Brazil proposes "escape route" allowing Maduro to leave Venezuela

The acting president of Brazil, General Hamilton Mourao, has proposed the creation of an "escape route" allowing Nicolás Maduro to leave the country after the proclamation of the opposition president, Juan Guaidó, acting president.

"I still believe that the great mission of all countries is to provide an outlet for Maduro and his people.There must be an escape route," Mourao said in an interview with GloboNews.

Together with Jair Bolsonaro at the Davos forum, Vice President Mourao is currently Acting President.

"We have to leave a place for Maduro and his gang to escape, let him go and let the country rebuild from there," Mourao added.

The United States and 11 of the 14 countries of the Lima group, including Brazil, on Wednesday acknowledged Guaidó as "president in charge" of Venezuela, denouncing "the illegitimacy of Nicolás Maduro's regime".

The United States said that day that "all options" would be badyzed if Maduro reacted violently to the protests. And on Friday, Washington asked its citizens "to seriously consider" leaving the country while withdrawing its non-essential staff from Caracas.

In an interview with the TV station Record, Bolsonaro said that "history has shown that dictatorships do not deliver power in a peaceful way," while considering that Brazil "has reached the limit of what" He can to restore democracy ". in Venezuela.

In another Washington Post interview, Bolsonaro also admitted that "it will not be easy to get Maduro out of power."

"The current regime needs to be changed," Bolsonaro said, adding that "we will not be shipping Brazil into a military intervention." Historically, we have not resorted to military intervention to solve problems. "

Bolsonaro also revealed during his interview with The Post that the Brazilian intelligence services had detected a significant discontent among Venezuelan military commanders. "The signals sent by the armed forces indicate that internal cohesion is no longer the same as before."

However, outside the armed forces, they have ratified their support for Maduro. The regime has adorned them with large companies in Venezuela, many of which have dubious legality.

Brazil and Venezuela share a border of about 2,200 kilometers. Over the past three years, more than 150,000 Venezuelans have entered the South American giant, fleeing hyperinflation, scarcity and violence. Since 2015, only the poor state of Roraima has received 75,500 applications for regularization.

Source: Clarín

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