Altman: Tucanos provoke Caracas and outmaneuver Brasília.

The trip by the delegation of senators to Venezuela "cannot be seen as an isolated operation," states Breno Altman, director of Opera Mundi and columnist for 247; "The Senate has long harbored the main bunker against Brazilian foreign policy, never combated with the necessary rigor and persistence," he says; for Breno Altman, "the primary intention of the parliamentary tour was evident: to feed the Venezuelan conservative forces, especially their most reactionary factions, seeking to internationally isolate the government of Nicolás Maduro"; he also harshly criticizes the approval, in Congress, of a motion of repudiation against Venezuela, an act that received support from the PT, PCdoB, and PSOL blocs, and according to him, led to "one of the most shameful days in the history of the Brazilian left."

June 19, 2015, 21:33 pmUpdated July 04, 2018, 23:16 pm

The trip by the delegation of senators to Venezuela "cannot be seen as an isolated operation," says Breno Altman, director of Opera Mundi and columnist for 247; "The Senate has long harbored the main bunker against Brazilian foreign policy, never combated with the necessary rigor and persistence," he says; for Breno Altman, "the primary intention of the parliamentary tour was evident: to feed the Venezuelan conservative forces, especially their most reactionary factions, seeking to internationally isolate the government of Nicolás Maduro"; he also harshly criticizes the approval, in Congress, of a motion of repudiation against Venezuela, an act that received support from the PT, PCdoB and PSOL blocs, and according to him, led to "one of the most shameful days in the history of the Brazilian left" (Photo: Gisele Federicce)

247 - The trip by the delegation of Brazilian senators to Venezuela, with the stated objective of visiting leaders of the opposition to the government of Nicolás Maduro, "cannot be seen as an isolated operation," states Breno Altman, director of Opera Mundi and columnist for 247, in a new article.

"The Senate has long harbored the main stronghold against Brazilian foreign policy, which has never been combated with the necessary rigor and persistence," writes Altman, noting that members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee maintain close ties with the U.S. State Department.

"The primary intention of the parliamentary tour was evident: to fuel Venezuelan conservative forces, especially their most reactionary factions, seeking to internationally isolate the government of Nicolás Maduro, the White House's main target in Latin America. The other objective was also not hidden: to create embarrassment in relations between Brazil and Venezuela," he states.

The journalist also criticizes the approval in Congress of a motion of condemnation against Venezuela, proposed by Congressman Nilson Leitão, leader of the PSDB party. "The government leader in the house, Congressman José Guimarães (PT-CE), instructed his party to vote in favor. The PT, PCdoB, and even PSOL benches followed suit. Only fear of media onslaught and high doses of parliamentary cretinism can explain such pusillanimous behavior, bowing down to the coup-mongering farce orchestrated by the PSDB," he attacks. The episode, he says, led to "one of the most shameful days in the history of the Brazilian left."

Altman finally asks: "What would be the right thing to do? For the Venezuelan government to repress the protesters against the PSDB's interference, to avoid the supposed 'hostility'? Or to abolish the right of Venezuelans to demonstrate against foreign delegations notoriously serving the destabilization of the country?"

And he concludes: "The fact is that, if the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party) and its associates played the sordid role they had announced, in a farce against democracy and international law, the Brazilian government and the main left-wing forces have succumbed to infamy. It is high time to understand that it is not possible to fight against coups and regression, here or abroad, by genuflecting before the threats that surround democracy."

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