Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, center, stands next to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, center right, as leaders prepare themselves for a group photo at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov. 7, 2022. [AP]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was not invited to a summit of Western Hemisphere leaders in June. But by October, he travelled to Egypt for a conference where he joked with French President Emmanuel Macron and shook hands with John Kerry, the U.S. government's climate envoy.