Brazil proposes "escape route" allowing Maduro to leave Venezuela

The acting President of Brazil, General Hamilton Mourao, proposed the creation of an "escape corridor" allowing Nicolás Maduro to leave the country after the self-proclamation of the opposition parliamentary leader, Juan Guaidó, as interim president.

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

With Jair Bolsonaro in the Davos forum, Vice President Mourao is serving as Interim President these days.

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

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" will be badyzed if Maduro reacts violently to the demonstrations. And on Friday, Washington asked its citizens "to seriously consider" leaving the country while withdrawing its non-essential staff from Caracas.

Meanwhile, Bolsonaro said, in an interview with Record TV, that "History has shown that dictatorships do not deliver power peacefully"but felt that Brazil "has reached the limit of what it 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 should be changed," said Bolsonaro, adding that "we will not undertake military intervention in Brazil, but we have never resorted to military intervention to solve the problems."

Bolsonaro also revealed in the interview of the Post, that Brazilian intelligence services detected widespread dissatisfaction 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.

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