Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro canceled his attendance at the Ibero-American summit after receiving a positive COVID-19 test result, though he has since tested negative twice, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday.
Rodriguez said Maduro was informed by his doctors on Friday of a positive PCR test, leading him to cancel his appearance at the event, which provides a forum for leaders from across Latin America as well as Spain and Portugal.
"Two tests have been performed today with negative results. Everything indicates that it was a false positive," Rodriguez said on Twitter. Venezuela's information minister, Freddy Nanez, told Reuters earlier on Saturday that Maduro will not attend the event a day after a summit official said MaduroForeign Minister Yvan Gil will attend the Saturday and Sunday conference instead.
Maduro is shunned by many governments due in part to his 2018 re-election derided as a sham by international observers. His attendance would have marked his first foreign trip this year. Reporting by Leonardo Fernandez Viloria and Deisy Buitrago in Caracas Writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Matthew Lewis
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