Venezuelan leader stated that the Brazilian president’s statement about not questioning the Venezuelan Supreme Court was “wise”
The Venezuelan leader, (United Socialist Party of Venezuela, left-wing), praised the president (PT) on Monday (November 11, 2024) after the PT member said he would not question the Venezuelan Supreme Court about the .
On your weekly show With Maduro +the chavista that Lula’s statement was “you knew” and that “each country has to find its own way of resolving its issues”.
“I have been watching [as declarações do presidente Lula] This morning, I thought it was really good. I agree with Lula. Each country has to find a way to resolve its issues, its conflicts, its problems. Brazil with its institutions and its national, sovereign dynamics and Venezuela with our institutions and our sovereign dynamics”said Maduro.
Lula’s speech took place in an interview with Ready TV!which aired on Sunday (10.nov). At the time, the Brazilian president said he did not have the right to “questioning the Supreme Court of another country”because you don’t want people to question yours. Also that Maduro is “a problem for Venezuela, not Brazil”.
Venezuela’s Supreme Electoral Court was responsible for validating Maduro’s victory on August 22. The opposition claims, however, that Edmundo González (Democratic Unitary Platform, center-right) obtained (7,303,480 votes), against 30% for Chavista (3,316,142 votes) – other candidates received 3% (267,640 votes).
A study carried out by Walter Mebane, professor of political science at the University of Michigan (USA) and specialist in detecting electoral fraud, concluded that there was no fraud in the elections – which gave victory to Edmundo González, who after the Venezuelan MP issued a mandate of arrest against him.
The CNE (National Electoral Council), a body controlled by the Chavista government, shows that Maduro obtained 51.2% of the votes, against 44.2% for González.
TENSION BETWEEN BRAZIL AND VENEZUELA
The Venezuelan government refused to publish the electoral records that supposedly prove Maduro’s election in the July elections, in which he was re-elected for a 3rd term. The position of the Chavista regime and caused tension between the 2 countries.
The situation between the leaders worsened after Brazil voted against Venezuela’s entry into the BRICS. The Lula government did not consider the moment to be propitious for the entry of Caracas because of the tensions caused by the Venezuelan election and left the country . The decision .
In 2023, when Nicolás Maduro visited Brazil, the PT member had said he was in favor of the neighboring country’s entry into the bloc.
On October 31, the Bolivarian National Police, Venezuela’s main police force, which suggests a veiled threat from Nicolás Maduro’s government to President Lula da Silva to Brazil.
The previous day, the Venezuelan government had summoned its ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Vadell, to provide clarifications on the statements made by the special advisor to the Presidency, Celso Amorim, in retaliation for Brazil’s veto.
