Aécio sees 'shameful omission' by the government regarding Venezuela.
The president of the PSDB party, along with Senator Aloysio Nunes (PSDB-SP), invited the wives of two imprisoned Venezuelan leaders to a hearing in the Senate this Thursday, the 7th; "This authoritarianism that today takes lives, punishes government opponents in Venezuela with imprisonment, will be happening in other countries tomorrow if there isn't a stop to it," criticized Aécio Neves, regarding the government of Nicolás Maduro; for him, the visit of Lilian Tintori and Mitzy Capriles could be "a moment for Brazil to rise up and definitively put an end to this escalation of violence in Venezuela."
247 - The president of the PSDB party and senator Aécio Neves (MG) criticized on Thursday, the 7th, what he called the "shameful omission" of the Brazilian government regarding the escalation of violence in Venezuela. He, along with Senator Aloysio Nunes (PSDB-SP), invited Venezuelan women Lilian Tintori and Mitzy Capriles, wives of opposition leaders to the government of Nicolás Maduro who are imprisoned in the country, to a Senate committee hearing.
"The Brazilian government's inaction regarding the escalation of authoritarianism in Venezuela is shameful. It affects us all, as citizens and as democrats that we should always be," said Aécio. According to him, the visit of the Venezuelan women is perhaps "a moment for Brazil to stand up and put a definitive stop to this escalation of violence in Venezuela."
Lilian is the wife of Leopoldo López, leader of the Popular Will party. Mitzy Capriles is the wife of the mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma. Both were imprisoned by order of the regime led by President Nicolás Maduro. They are participating this Thursday in a meeting of the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense (CRE). The two met yesterday with former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and are awaiting a response regarding a meeting with President Dilma Rousseff.
"What we want with the presence of these important activists who have been traveling throughout the region is to draw the attention of the Brazilian government, of the Brazilian authorities, because when we talk about democracy, when we talk about freedom, about human rights, there is no need to respect borders, because this authoritarianism that today takes lives, punishes government opponents with imprisonment in Venezuela, tomorrow will be happening in other countries if there is no stop to it," added the politician.