The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumwas shown this Thursday willing to call on American countries and other continents to look for a way out “peaceful” to any conflict in Venezuela and the regionby reiterating the importance of oppose any “intervention” and “interference”.
In his morning conference, Sheinbaum maintained that the Mexican position responds to “a conviction” and the Constitutionand proposed that it should be shared by the South American countries, even when there are political differences between governments.
“We do not agree with interventions (…) and we are in favor of the peaceful solution of conflicts”, he pointed out.
This, he added, “beyond the government of (Nicolás) Maduro in Venezuela“, then he sentenced “that’s another topic”.
“The central theme is interventionism and interference“, he stated, without putting the situation in Venezuela up for debate due to criticism of Nicolas Madurowhose victory in the 2024 presidential election has been questioned by numerous countries in the international community.
The president added that, in the event of a possible dispute, “there are all the mechanisms established by the United Nations” to channel a peaceful solutionwith the participation of the parties involved.
“If there is a conflict, there are all the mechanisms established by the United Nations to ensure a peaceful solution. (…) all parties have to participate“, he stated, emphasizing that this has been “Mexico’s long-standing position”.
However, he clarified that, until now, His government has not received requests to lead multilateral effortsnor has it established communication with any other government for this purpose.
“We have not received any formal request“, he noted, although he noted that There is communication through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Venezuela.
His statements come after this Wednesday the Mexican president urged the UN “to assume its role to avoid any bloodshed” and search always the peaceful solution of conflicts.
Sheinbaum insisted that, internally, supporting non-intervention is a legal and political obligation.
“It would be very serious if the president of Mexico agreed to any interventionbecause would be violating the Constitution“, said.
This Wednesday, the Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Yván Gilthanked the Mexican president for the call to the United Nationsin front of the escalation of tensions between Washington and Caracasin the middle of unprecedented US military deployment in the Caribbean and the aggressive rhetoric from US President Donald Trump.
For his part, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, insisted this Thursday that he can be a kind of mediator between the United States and Venezuela, in order to prevent there from being “a war” in Latin America..
“I do politics looking for solutions to problems”Lula said in a press conference, in which he confirmed that, in recent conversations with the presidents of the United States, Donald Trump, and of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, he asked to know “how we can contribute to a peaceful solution.”
Lula spoke separately with Trump and Maduro earlier this month and said that, in both cases, he insisted that “things are not resolved with shots,” but with political dialogue.
“I told Trump that this is a region of peace, that it must continue like this,” he declared, later offering to “talk with Venezuela and other countries to avoid an armed conflict in our South America.”
Lula pointed out that he still “does not understand” the reason for the tension between the United States and Venezuelasaid that he does not know “if it is for oil, for critical minerals, rare earths” or to “take down Maduro,” but that the important thing is to prevent an increase in hostilities.
“I’m even thinking that maybe I’ll try to talk to Trump again to find out how it’s possible to contribute to having a diplomatic agreement and not a fratricidal war”, added the Brazilian leader.
Lula and Trump last spoke by phone on December 2 to discuss the ongoing trade negotiations between their countries and the fight against drug trafficking at a time when the United States maintainse an extensive military deployment in the waters of the Caribbean and the Pacific.
