Jair Bolsonaro claimed that he would consult the Congress on Brazil's behavior in case of Venezuelan invasion.

The President of Brazil, Jair BolsonaroHe said Monday that If there is a military intervention in Venezuela led by the United States, they will consult the National Defense Council and Congress. decide what to do in Brazil.

In an interview on local radio Jovem PanBolsonaro has issued the reservation that a military action in Venezuela can result in guerrilla warfare and take too much time.

Bolsonaro said that At a time when Brazil and the United States intend to create cracks in the Venezuelan army to undermine the support of the army to dictator Nicolás Maduro.

"Maduro's weakness is the strength of the dictatorship"said the president about the armed forces, when asked what he planned to do to solve the deep crisis Venezuela is going through.

Bolsonaro, who recognizes, like fifty other countries, the president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, as the legitimate president of this country, He felt that deepening the "economic embargo" may put pressure on the Maduro government "to bring it down".

"We can not let Venezuela become a new Cuba or even a North Korea," said the head of state in power since 1 January.

He also repeated that The United States is at the forefront of the measures to be adopted in Venezuela and commented that the president of this country, Donald Trump, had told him at his meeting at the White House that "all possibilities are on the table", including that of a military intervention.

"What can Brazil do? Suppose that there is a military invasion there, the decision (to support or not) will be mine, but I will listen to the National Defense Council and then the Brazilian Parliament to make a decision about it "he says

However, the Brazilian president questioned this option because the duration of the operation would not be known, among other factors, and for that reason, opted to deepen "the economic embargo" and expect a "crack in the army".

"The intention that exists in the United States and at home is also that there is a split, a division, in the Venezuelan army. There is no alternative, because who decides, as I said a long time ago and who was criticized, if a country is in a democracy or under a dictatorship, it is the armed forces, "he said. declared.

On the other hand, He said the plan to try to introduce humanitarian aid across the borders of Brazil and Colombia"achieved a large part of the goal" as this led the natives to turn against the Maduro government last February, as well as "part of the population".

"Venezuela can not continue as it is, with the suffering people and with a large part of them fleeing for Colombia or Brazil, we must put an end to this", he affirmed.

(With information from Reuters and EFE)