The Brazilian businessman Joesley Batistayes J&Fhad a private meeting with the interim president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguezlast Friday (9), in Caracas. The Batista family conglomerate has commercial interests in the country, especially in the food and energy sectors.
According to CNN As it turned out, the two talked about the stability of the provisional government, about the level of support given to Delcy by the Chavista regime after the capture of Nicolás Maduro and also about investment prospects in Venezuela.
Although he is not a diplomatic or political representative or envoy of the Brazilian government, Joesley maintains the administration of the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) informed about these movements in Caracas.
According to reports collected by the report, Joesley has passed on positive perceptions of the conversation he had with Delcy to the United States government, American businesspeople and Brazilian politicians and investors.
round trip
A CNN found details of Joesley’s journey in the “round trip” made to meet the president of Venezuela. The Brazilian took off from Washington aboard the Bombardier Global 6000, registration PS-BJB, aircraft registered in the name of his brother José Batista Junior.
According to records on the FlightTradar 24 website, the flight departed the United States on Thursday (8), at 9:58 pm local time, and landed in Caracas at 2:52 am the following day, already in the Venezuelan time zone.
After his meeting with Delcy Rodríguez, he embarked back to Washington on Friday night (9), at 10:01 pm, where he touched American soil at around 1:15 am on Saturday (10), both local times.
Other side
When sought out by CNN with all the details of the investigation, the J&F communications department responded: “We will not comment.”
The Brazilian government also did not comment.
The report also contacted the communications department of Delcy Rodríguez’s government, but so far has not received a response.
