The Minister of the Interior and Justice Diosdado Cabello supported the position of the Brazilian president this Monday, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who expressed his concern due to the increase in tension between Caracas and Washington and offered to mediate between both governments.
During the weekly press conference of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Cabello highlighted that Lula’s attitude reflects good sense in the face of a conflict that, as he warned, could have consequences beyond Venezuelan borders.
“It is fine” and “it is logical” that Lula “has concern,” said Cabello, while recalling that anyone who “believes that a conflict with Venezuela is limited only to Venezuela is not reading real history correctly.”
The official pointed out that geographical proximity and regional ties explain Brazil’s interest in the Venezuelan situation.
“We are neighbors of Brazil, it is good that you are concerned, yes, I agree, that you raise your voice, not that you say ‘yes, sir’ (yes, sir), no, no, that you raise your voice to defend our America, to defend the great, complete homeland, for a reason it is the largest country in this entire region,” he expressed.
He too general secretary of the PSUV He stated that the government of Nicolás Maduro constantly receives messages of solidarity and support from people from different parts of the world willing to join the defense of Venezuela.
At the same time, he assured that this provision demonstrates the magnitude of the moment that the country is experiencing and warned that “messing with Venezuela” can “be a continental struggle and beyond.”
The minister’s statements came after Lula da Silva reiterated his intention to mediate in the crisis between the United States and Venezuela. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira confirmed the proposal after the meeting that the Brazilian president held on Sunday with US President Donald Trump in Malaysia.
This Monday, Lula He insisted on his willingness to collaborate with both countries. “If the United States needs Brazil’s support to address the problem of Venezuela,” he assured, the South American giant is willing to help to “maintain peace” in the region.
Meanwhile, the United States maintains a military deployment in the Caribbean Sea under the argument of strengthening the fight against drug trafficking. In the coming days, the arrival of the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier, considered the most modern in the US fleet, is expected.
With information from Efe.
