In an interview with Opera Mundi, the president of Venezuela states that he and Lula have “obligation” to understand and “turn the page”
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro (United Socialist Party of Venezuela, left), said on Monday (27.jan.2025) that between his country and Brazil “There was no crisis, there is no crisis, there will be no crisis” and qualified the latest diplomatic tensions as “Simple differences” among the Ministries of Relations. The statements were made in granted to journalist Breno Altman, in the Opera mundi.
“With Brazil there was no crisis, there is no crisis, nor will there be crisis. There are simply differences between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, differences with advisors there, here ”he said.
Relations between Brazil and Venezuela have been shudder since the president’s government (PT) requested the release of ballot boxes with the results of the South American neighbor’s presidential elections. Maduro’s in the election in July 2024 was challenged by the international community. The Venezuelan leader with at least 8 Latin American countries.
“The obligation of President Lula and President Nicolás Maduro is to understand our countries, turn the page, see the new scenario of the world geopolitics […] and prioritize relations between Brazil and Venezuela, peaceful relationships, cooperation, brotherhood, economic progress ”said Maduro in the interview.
The height of the entrepreneurial voltage Brazil and Venezuela was when Brazil was entry of the Latin American neighbor in the BRICS, in October 2024. Maduro qualified the measure as “aggression” and compared the petista’s government to that of the former president (PL).
After the episode, Lula did not attend the inauguration of the Venezuelan President, leaving the Brazilian representation by the ambassador in Caracas, Gylvânia Maria de Oliveira.
About the veto, Maduro highlighted the importance of “Looking at the future and turning the page” hoping that there is the “Recognition of what is already a reality: Venezuela belongs to BRICS”. Maduro even said that the person responsible for conceiving the name of the “Brics” did so with “B”, “Brazil”, which is also the capital “B” of Bolivar, in reference to Simon Bolívar, leader of the independence of the colonies Spanish in South America. “Who dreamed of the BRICS was Bolivar”, He added.
The Venezuelan President stressed the importance of the commercial relationship between Brazil and Venezuela, especially in the energy sector, and urged dialogue as “The only way” for the development of both countries.
“If you knew how many investors from Brazil are coming to Venezuela, in the oil, gas, petrochemical, energy and tourism business. We have this path traced and if there are differences of opinion, the only way is to speak, communicate ”he said.
Maduro also made optimistic statements about the change of government in the United States. For the Venezuelan President, the (Republican Party) means, for their country, “An opportunity to open the door to a new kind of relationship in which everyone earns.”
Asked about the meaning for the world to have Trump in the White House, Maduro acknowledged that we will watch changes that, despite the “Turkens and Problems”, mean the existence of “A multicenter, pluripolar world“.
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