Álvaro criticizes Brazil's relationship with Venezuela.
According to Senator Álvaro Dias (PSDB-PR), the Venezuelan government is already known for not being a good payer, and he cited the Abreu e Lima refinery in Pernambuco as an example; "The Brazilian government is accustomed to being generous with other people's money. The government is dealing with the country's interests irresponsibly, with a third-world diplomacy," he said.
The Senate Agency - In a speech in the Plenary on Thursday afternoon (7), Senator Álvaro Dias (PSDB-PR) criticized the Venezuelan government's "defaults" and the Brazilian government's relationship with "the Chavista regime". The senator said that the Venezuelan government is already known for not being a good payer and cited the Abreu e Lima refinery in Pernambuco as an example. He recalled that Venezuela, even during the time of President Hugo Chavez, became a partner in the refinery and never contributed a single cent to the project.
Even so, Álvaro Dias pointed out that Brazil continued to finance subway and hydroelectric projects in Venezuela. The senator said he did not know the balance of trade relations between the two countries. But, based on an editorial in the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, he reported that the Brazilian government will come to the aid of the Venezuelan government.
"This generosity will be at the expense of the Brazilian taxpayer, who pays high taxes to a machine fattened by the physiological appetite of those who govern it," warned the senator.
According to the senator, Nicolás Maduro's government is under threat of losing support in the Venezuelan municipal elections, which will take place in December. Álvaro stated that Maduro asked the Brazilian government for help to guarantee the supply of many basic products in the neighboring country. The senator added that there is even a shortage of toilet paper in Venezuela.
According to the senator, the Brazilian government is even considering using Banco do Brasil as a guarantee for Venezuelan business deals. A bank from the neighboring country, he noted, would repay the financing in "easy" installments to the Brazilian bank. The risk of default, Álvaro said, would be assumed by Banco do Brasil, "due to the ideological commitments of the Workers' Party government."
"The Brazilian government is accustomed to being generous with other people's money. The government is handling the country's interests irresponsibly, with a third-world diplomacy," he stated.