The president of , , criticized this Saturday (3) members of the Brazilian right for celebrating the Trump government’s intervention in and called the applause for the military operation in a neighboring country submission.
Edinho also highlights that he made it clear, in an interview, that his interest is in oil production, which sets a very serious precedent. He defends that the Brazilian democratic field unites in defense of democracy.
“We cannot understand the applause from the Brazilian right about what happened in Venezuela, it is a lot of submission. It is very serious for the Trump government to invade a country just because of its oil reserves. The precedent is very serious, it is time for the Brazilian democratic camp to unite, democracy has to win, the concept of sovereignty cannot be defeated”, he stated.
This Saturday morning (3), the PT stated that it vehemently condemned US military action.
“The Workers’ Party (PT) strongly condemns the military aggression of those from America against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its people. Given the facts disclosed, the act is characterized as a kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and the First Lady. In a previous note, the PT had already expressed deep concern about the escalation of the conflict, which has political and economic motivations, and warned of the serious risks to regional stability”, says the PT note.
In the document, the party already warned of threats to sovereignty and institutional stability in the . But he did not mention what he now classifies as the right’s subservience to American interventionism.
