Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Maxwell Frost, Greg Casar, Nydia Velázquez, and Joaquín Castro traveled to Brazil, Colombia, and Chile last month as part of a trip organized by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-wing think tank.
The delegation met with Colombian president Gustavo Petro, Chilean president Gabriel Boric, and advisers to Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to "Strengthen diplomatic relations" between the House and Latin American leaders.
Through his Open Society Foundations, supports left-wing civic groups in each of the countries and is a longtime Lula ally.
According to a disclosure submitted by a congressional aide for the recent trip, Soros's organization funded the junket as part of its "Mission to foster greater interest from members of Congress on US-Latin America relations." In Brazil, the delegation met with Lula's advisers to discuss Brazil's foreign policy priorities.
The liberal Democrats' visit comes as the Biden administration has soured to some extent on Lula and Petro for embracing American adversaries like China, Russia, and Venezuela.
Salazar asserted "Petro's corrupt leftist policies have created a bleak future for Colombia." Petro's son was charged in July with accepting cash from drug traffickers to fund his lavish lifestyle and to contribute to his father's presidential campaign.
On a trip to China this year, Lula proposed a "Peace club" led by Brazil and China to end the war in Ukraine.
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