Tijolaço: Guaidó's visit is a diplomatic blunder.

By Fernando Brito, from Tijolaço - Since it did not adopt the correct position of neutrality and negotiation, the Brazilian government could well cultivate a discreet posture, now that there has been a clear demonstration that the self-proclaimed "interim president," Juan Guaidó, has no control whatsoever in Venezuelan territory.

The fiasco of Saturday's humanitarian aid, although damaging for everyone, proved this and, at great cost, the intervention of General Hamilton Mourão, with the necessary harsh expressions to mask the retreat, made Brazil back down from the belligerent escalation to which the Itamaraty (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) had led us.

This position, incidentally, was adopted by the Lima Group, effectively dashing the American desire for us, along with Colombia, to serve as a spearhead for military adventures in Venezuelan territory.

It seems obvious that, even for those who desire the voluntary removal of Nicolas Maduro and political-electoral solutions that resolve the neighboring country's problems, the minimum this will require is also the removal of Guaidó, unless they insist on the failed attempt to depose the president of Venezuela or to force him to resign.

Guaidó is like a banana tree that has borne fruit; he is no longer useful in the political arena, his illusion of rising meteorically and illegitimately to power shattered.

So what's the point of taking him to this meeting with Bolsonaro, taking a few photographs and, who knows, provoking some awkward statement from His Excellency, the former captain?

What if he wants to let out his war cries, the madman he's become after being forced to speak in a high-pitched voice due to parliamentary pressure surrounding the pension reform?

Brazilian professional diplomacy would never make the mistake of this meeting, now, from which Guaidó – who is wandering aimlessly like a dog that falls off a moving truck – gains a lot and Bolsonaro, with luck, gains nothing.