Or vice-president Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) classified it as “regrettable”.
In an interview with CNN Brazilthis Friday (10), Alckmin reiterated the Brazilian position of not recognizing the elections that brought Chavista back to power.
According to him, “democracy is civilizing and needs to be strengthened, dictatorships suppress freedom”. The president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) has not yet commented on the inauguration.
Ministers also criticize
Brazilian government ministers also spoke out against Maduro’s inauguration. The Minister of Transport, Renan Filho (MDB)classified the Venezuelan leader as a “tireless dictator” and said that the takeover of the government “by brute force and without legitimacy needs to be condemned”.
The Minister of Ports and Airports, Silvio Costa Filho (Republicans)stated that the event was “an attack on democratic principles” and defended freedom and prosperity for the Venezuelan people.
Lula government sent ambassador
Despite maintaining a basic diplomatic relationship with the neighboring country, Brazil continues to press for the release of electoral records by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE). Ambassador Glivânia Oliveira was sent to Caracas in a gesture of protocol, while the government avoided sending high-ranking leaders.
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Maduro’s inauguration, marked by protests and criticism, only had the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, as head of state present.
In recent years, the Brazilian government has avoided high-level contact with Venezuela. Tension between the two countries intensified after Venezuela’s exclusion from Brics, during the bloc’s meeting in 2024, a decision taken by Brazil in response to the lack of transparency in the Venezuelan electoral process.
(With Estadão Content)
