After a four-year hiatus, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, signed a decree yesterday authorizing the import of electricity from Venezuela. This move marks a departure from the previous administration’s 2019 decision to halt these imports. The goal is to procure energy generated from Venezuela’s Guri hydroelectric power plant to supply the state of […]
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