FHC declares support for the coup in Venezuela.
After supporting the coup against President Dilma Rousseff, which resulted in the handover of Brazil's pre-salt oil reserves, former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has just declared his support for the coup led by the United States – and supported by Jair Bolsonaro – against Venezuela, which has the same motivation: oil. "The situation in Venezuela demands a stance. Although I believe that political solutions should come from within the country, I cannot remain silent: it is necessary to return to the people the freedom and democracy that have been usurped from them. All power to the National Assembly to call elections without fraud. Enough is enough!", he said. Countries that defend the self-determination of peoples, such as Russia and Mexico, have positioned themselves against the coup.
247 - After supporting the coup against President Dilma Rousseff, which resulted in the handover of Brazil's pre-salt oil reserves, former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has just declared his support for the US-led coup against Venezuela, which has the same motivation: oil. "The situation in Venezuela demands a stance. Although I believe that political solutions should come from within the country, I cannot remain silent: it is necessary to return to the people the freedom and democracy that have been usurped from them. All power to the National Assembly to call elections without fraud. Enough is enough!", he said.
Read the Reuters report on the case below:
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian government on Wednesday recognized Juan Guaidó, president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, as the country's interim president and pledged to support the "transition process" in the neighboring nation, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, Guaidó was sworn in as interim president of Venezuela, increasing the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whose inauguration for a second term in office has been questioned by the international community, especially by Latin American countries.
Shortly before the Itamaraty statement, the White House had released a statement informing that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, had also recognized Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela.
While the Itamaraty (Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) statement was being released on the ministry's website, President Jair Bolsonaro was holding a press conference in Davos, where he is participating in the World Economic Forum, alongside the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, and authorities from Peru and Canada, to announce that those countries recognize Guaidó as the interim president of Venezuela.
"Brazil, along with the other countries in the Lima Group, are recognizing this fact one by one. We will give all the necessary political support so that this process can run its course," Bolsonaro told reporters in Davos.
Earlier this month, the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Saint Lucia, which form the Lima Group, appealed to Maduro not to assume a second term after elections deemed fraudulent. Mexico, which is also part of the group, did not sign the statement.
After Maduro's inauguration on the 10th, Itamaraty (Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs) stated that he was beginning an illegitimate term and declared its support for the Venezuelan National Assembly, which is controlled by the opposition.
Guaidó's swearing-in as interim president and his recognition in the position by countries in the region occurred on the same day as protests against the Maduro government took place in Venezuela.
Venezuela is experiencing a severe political, economic, and social crisis that has led thousands of Venezuelans to seek refuge in other countries.