Brazil fears that any intervention by the United States in Venezuela could be devastating for all of South America. Celso Amorim, advisor for foreign policy to the Brazilian president, revealed this to AFP on Thursday, writes TASR.
“With US warships deployed in the Caribbean, we cannot accept outside intervention because it will cause enormous resentment,” Amorim stated. “It could inflame South America and lead to the radicalization of politics across the continent,” he continued.
According to Amorim, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will refrain from lecturing the head of the White House during a possible meeting with US President Donald Trump over the weekend in Malaysia, and he expects the same from him. “Dialogue is needed to find common ground on issues like tough US tariffs,” he added. The leaders could meet at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur.
The US Department of Defense announced on Friday that The United States is deploying the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and other warships in Latin America to fight drug-trafficking organizations. The United States has been conducting military operations against alleged drug-smuggling vessels since early September, but has so far not released any evidence to support its claims that these vessels are involved in the drug trade.
According to AFP, so far Washington has carried out at least 10 attacks in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, at which at least 43 people died. The declared goal is to prevent the entry of drugs into the US territory.
