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BRASÍLIA – Itamaraty accused Nicolás Maduro's government of terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption and money laundering in an unprecedented speech in a Brazilian diplomacy, in a statement released Thursday after more than 11 hours of meetings with leaders of Venezuelan opposition. Until recently, Brazil only called al-Qaeda terrorist groups clbadified by the United Nations as such.
"The system headed by Nicolás Maduro was a mechanism of organized crime, based on widespread corruption, drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering and terrorism," the statement said. .
In addition, during discussions, Brazil indicated that it would support a possible transitional government in Venezuela, chaired by Juan Guaidó, the current president of the country's National Assembly. However, this support was not clear in the statement issued by Itamaraty.
During the meeting attended by representatives of the Lima group (political bloc of 14 countries of the continent) and the US government, the leaders of some of the main political opposition forces in Venezuela stated that: 300,000 people are at risk of starvation in this country, more than 100,000 newborns die each year and the drug deficit to meet the needs of the population is 85%. Opponents pointed out that Maduro was at the head of a "silent genocide against his own people".
"Brazil will do everything in its power to help the Venezuelan people live free again and to overcome the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe," the statement said, recalling Brazil's position that the Maduro government is illegitimate.
The meeting was closed. Participants could not enter with their mobile phone. In the early afternoon, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo interrupted discussions and led Gustavo Cinosi, Counselor of the OAS General Secretariat, and Miguel Angel Martín. , president of the Supreme Court of Venezuela in exile, to talk with President Jair Bolsonaro, at the palace of Plbadto. They then returned to Itamaraty to resume the discussions.
Opponents of the Maduro regime also called on the Lima Group countries to adopt sanctions approved at a meeting held on Jan. 4 to strangle Maduro's administration. Among the measures envisaged is the blocking of the badets of the authorities.
– These are not sanctions against Venezuela. These are sanctions against those responsible for a government that has ransacked the public treasury – said Antonio Ledezma, former mayor of Caracas exiled in Madrid.
The former Speaker of the National Assembly, Julio Borges, exiled in Colombia, said that he was not intending to seek military intervention from the countries of the Lima group. He joked that there are already a lot of Cuban soldiers in his country and stressed that the idea is to force Maduro to go out.
– We ask President Bolsonaro to put pressure on and punish Nicolás Maduro, president who has already fallen, who is defeated and without legitimacy – said Borges.
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