President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) said that Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro is not “Brazil’s problem”.
Lula and the Brazilian government have been criticized for — linked to Maduro, the country’s electoral body declared him victorious, but did not present the voting minutes, raising suspicions of fraud in the election. He also went so far as to say, without proof, that the . Because of Maduro’s behavior in relation to the electoral process, Lula has already qualified him as ““.
The Brazilian president’s statement about Maduro not being Brazil’s problem was made in an interview with RedeTV!, broadcast on Sunday night (10).
I think Maduro is a problem for Venezuela, not a problem for Brazil
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Lula also said it was necessary “to be very careful when dealing with other countries and other presidents”.
Lula also recalled the note, made with Colombia, citing the “concern that you do not have proof of the electoral result”. “He [Maduro] He should have sent the note to the National Electoral Council, which he created, he didn’t show it, it went straight to the Supreme Court.”
I don’t have the right to question another country’s Supreme Court because I don’t want any country to question my Supreme Court, even when it makes mistakes. Even when she does what she did to me by not letting me be a candidate in 2018
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Recently, another point of friction between the countries was Brazil blocking Venezuela from joining the BRICS. The Venezuelan prosecutor went so far as to say, also without evidence, that it was what led him to not attend the meeting in Russia last month — Maduro went to the meeting. Lula suffered a head injury in a domestic accident after a .
The Brazilian president also said that he wants “Venezuela to live well”, and that “they take care of the people with dignity, and I will take care of Brazil”. “Maduro takes care of himself, the Venezuelan people take care of Maduro, I take care of Brazil and we will move forward.”
