John Kerry and Nicolás Maduro Greet at U.N. Climate Conference

Presidential climate envoy John Kerry shared a laugh and handshakes with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro today on the sidelines of the annual COP27 U.N. climate conference taking place in Egypt, a video of the brief encounter showed. The encounter is reminiscent of last year’s U.N. gathering, during which Kerry had embraced yet another regime implicated in widespread human-rights abuses.

The Associated Press clip depicts Maduro and Kerry shaking hands, then holding a brief conversation in which they chuckle and smile. Kerry seems to wag his finger at Maduro, then rub his fingers together in what appears to be a playful “shame on you” gesture.

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Presidential climate envoy John Kerry shared a laugh and handshakes with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro today on the sidelines of the annual COP27 U.N. climate conference taking place in Egypt, a video of the brief encounter showed. The encounter is reminiscent of last year’s U.N. gathering, during which Kerry had embraced yet another regime implicated in widespread human-rights abuses.

The Associated Press clip depicts Maduro and Kerry shaking hands, then holding a brief conversation in which they chuckle and smile. Kerry seems to wag his finger at Maduro, then rub his fingers together in what appears to be a playful “shame on you” gesture.