While the tension between them escalates United States and Venezuela after Donald Trump I would like to point out that this is not the case could rule out war against the regime Nicolas Madurothe Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned from the Mercosur summit that took place in Foz de Iguazú that “Armed intervention would be a humanitarian catastrophe“.
“The South American continent is once again pursued by the military presence of a power “Extra-regional (…) An armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe,” Lula said during the meeting of the heads of state of the South American bloc in the Brazilian city that is hosting the Mercosur summit, also attended by Javier Milei.
Trump is waging a campaign of attacks against suspected drug traffickers’ ships in waters near Venezuela and on Friday did not rule out war with the Caribbean country, raising tensions in a conflict that has gripped the entire region.
Lula, who has proposed himself as an intermediary between Venezuela and the United States and has had telephone conversations with both Trump and Maduro, said that in today’s world it seems easier to build walls than bridges.
After mentioning Friday’s ceremony where he inaugurated a new bridge between Brazil and Paraguay, he said this Borders do not pose a threat to sovereignty and it is necessary to build connections to enable the free movement of goods and people.
“The real threats to our sovereignty They are of different nature. Are Wars, anti-democratic forces and organized crime,” he said.
Contrasting positions on Venezuela were noted at the Mercosur meeting in Foz de Iguazú, as Brazil refused on Friday to agree to a ministerial resolution proposed by Argentina and Paraguay that would condemn human rights abuses and threats to democracy in the Maduro regime.
According to the Brazilian president, the weakening of institutions is being promoted Anti-democratic forces in the region have opened up more space for organized crime.
He added that Mercosur has already demonstrated its willingness to work together to combat organized crime and has introduced new tools in this regard in recent months, including asset recovery agreements and measures to protect children and young people in virtual environments.
He also made it clear that there is no common body to lead the fight against crime in South America, which is why Brazil and Uruguay would propose a regional meeting of justice ministers to discuss measures to strengthen the fight against organized crime in the region.
Lula also assured that Latin America is the deadliest region in the world for women, for which he collected data from ECLAC, according to which the region registers eleven femicides a day, and called on Paraguay, as the new interim president of Mercosur, to promote the creation of a pact to end femicides and the fight against violence against women.
The President of the United States said this in a telephone interview with the NBC News.
The most important thing about the interview was that Trump did not rule out the possibility of war with Venezuela. When asked directly whether the current operations could escalate into a war, he replied: “I don’t rule that out, no.”
He also defended the “blockade” order issued earlier this week against sanctioned oil tankers. He warned that seizures of ships near Venezuelan waters would continue.
|Although he did not explicitly confirm whether overthrowing Maduro is his ultimate goal, Trump responded cryptically: “He knows what I want and he knows it better than anyone.“.
Venezuela’s response was not long in coming. The Minister of Interior and Justice of Venezuela, Diosdado hairConsidered number two in the Maduro regime, he assured that police forces were ready to defend his country from “any threat.”
“Today Venezuela is a territory of peace, so it should continue to be, because when we talk about the fusion of population, military and police, today it is our police officers ready and willing to defend the homeland from any internal or external threat“the official said at a ceremony to hand over vehicles and uniforms to state security forces in Caracas.
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