Bachelet criticizes Brazil and Venezuela | It worked …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, updated the report presented on July 4 on the situation in Venezuela. He denounced new cases of "possible extrajudicial executions", warned against the country's fragile economic situation and condemned the harsh blockade imposed by the United States. Bachelet also took advantage of his speech to criticize the environmental policy of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

As part of the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, the former president of Chile said that "the economy is currently going through the episode hyperinflationary most acute of the region ". With regard to security, he recommended the dissolution of the Bolivian National Police Special Operations Forces (FAES), "for possible extrajudicial executions of its members," he said. In his report, Bachelet also condemned the blockade of the US government, "Worsening the humanitarian situation" of the country.

The high commissioner also questioned the environmental policy of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. "We are burning our future" with fires in the Amazon, he said in an excerpt from his speech. Fire sources are particularly damaging to "women, men and children living in these areas, including many indigenous peoples," he said.