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Two antagonistic possessions – that of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and that of Nicolás Maduro, for another term in Venezuela – mobilize Latin America and displace part of the political table of the region in early 2019. By As of now, Maduro's reelection is disputed by 14 Lima group members, who at the March 4 meeting tend to mark the position of not recognizing the new government.
Established in 2017 to try to find a peaceful solution to the Venezuelan crisis after the demonstrations that resulted in the deaths of 125 people, the Lima group did not recognize the president's victory last May and withdrew his ambbadadors of the country. Before Maduro begins his new term, the next day 10, the body intends to sever his relationship with him.
Colombian President Iván Duque, for whom Venezuela is facing an overwhelming dictatorship, is at the forefront of the division defending the closure of embbadies, although his country currently has five million Venezuelans.
The invitation made by Maduro to Jair Bolsonaro's possession also indicated that relations with the new Brazilian government were bad, without even existing.
If, on the one hand, Bolsonaro and Duque, as well as Argentina, Chile and Peru, plead for further pressure against Maduro; On the other hand, the new president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who is also part of the Lima group, tempers the tone and has already indicated that he would not break diplomatic relations with Venezuela.
Venezuelan President marked presence in Mexican possession earlier this month and was booed, leaving Lopez Obrador in the uncomfortable situation of having to defend the indefensible.
Upon his accession to the temporary presidency of Mercosur, Argentine Mauricio Macri asked its partners from Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay to work for the return of democracy in Venezuela and against the "fraudulent dictatorship" of Maduro.
But to what extent will the rupture with the government mitigate the drama of the population inside and outside Venezuela? This is the dilemma that countries in the region have been facing since Maduro gradually took control of the country's main institutions, such as the legislative, judicial and armed forces.
According to the Brookings Institution, in a year the number of Venezuelan exiles in the world could reach 8 million, more than double that of those who have fled the regime here. And as the humanitarian crisis worsens, Maduro broadens its tentacles, strengthening its ties with countries outside the Americas such as Turkey, China and Russia, demonstrating that there is more to come. Actors to ensure their survival.
Sandra Cohen – Photo: Art / G1
