Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stressed that he has a lot to do to move Brazil forward, although he expressed his desire for Venezuela to “live well.”
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, emerged from the silence on Venezuela that he had for weeks after his country’s veto to prevent Caracas from joining the Brics bloc by making a new statement that could be interpreted as an action to reduce tension between both nations.
Lula, who was interviewed by the RedeTV medium, assured that he cannot be aware of what is happening in Venezuela when he has a lot to do in Brazil and pointed out that, although he wants the country to move forward and have a good quality of life, what What happens with his counterpart, Nicolás Maduro, is an issue that Venezuelans must resolve.
«I have learned that you have to be very careful when it comes to other countries and presidents. Maduro is a problem for Venezuela, not a problem for Brazil (…) I want Venezuela to live well, for them to take care of their people with dignity. I worry about Brazil. Maduro should worry about him, the Venezuelan people should worry about Maduro,” said the Brazilian president.
The escalation of tension between Brazil and Venezuela began with the initiative of Lula da Silva and the Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, to seek to mediate in the Venezuelan electoral situation by requesting that the disaggregated data of the elections be published. This reached a milestone when the country was excluded from the Brics; at a time that coincided with the cancellation of the Rio president’s trip to Russia due to a domestic accident that left him with several stitches on the back of his neck; but that the attorney general, Tarek William Saab, said it was false.
Despite this, Maduro indicated that he preferred to wait for his Brazilian counterpart to measure the situation of the Brics and make a statement; attributing the Brasilia veto to Foreign Ministry officials.
The other point of tension was around the elections. Itamaraty, headquarters of the Foreign Ministry of the Amazonian nation, expressed its surprise at the “offensive tone” with which various Venezuelan authorities have addressed that country, its officials and national symbols.
This diplomatic knot was accentuated by the statements of Celso Amorim, special advisor to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who spoke that something had been promised in Caracas and had not been fulfilled; This is in reference to the publication of the disaggregated data of the elections that would validate the proclaimed triumph of the Venezuelan president.
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This response was expanded on October 29 in an appearance before the Foreign Relations Commission of the Chamber of Deputies to explain Brazil’s position regarding the Venezuelan electoral process. There, Amorim insisted that Lula da Silva’s government does not recognize the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections due to the lack of transparency.
His statements caused controversy within the Venezuelan Executive. Jorge Rodríguez, president of the 2020 National Assembly, told Amorim that he was lying about the issue of the election results in Venezuela because “The National Electoral Council published the numbers returned by the electoral machines and the Supreme Court of Justice of Venezuela ratified, in unappealable sentence, the absolute will of the people of Venezuela” and that he would also take to the Plenary the initiative to declare him persona non grata for considering him an “agent” of the United States
On the other hand, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underwent new medical examinations after the blow he received in the back of the head and it was determined that he remains without symptoms, so doctors assure that he can maintain his usual activities and even take flights for international meetings. .
Lula, 79, fell at his official residence on October 19 and suffered a blow to the back of his head, which caused a wound that required five stitches.
Since then he has been under medical observation, although he has gradually resumed his activities and has been working, with some restrictions, at the presidential palace in Brasilia.
With information from Europa Press / Swiss Info
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