The concern expressed by the Brazilian government with what the dictatorship in Venezuela is doing to prevent truly free elections was timid and late.
Even so, our government was insulted by Venezuela as a lackey of the Americans.
No, the word lackey does not appear in the official statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Caracas in relation to the government of Brasília.
But it says that Brazil, when expressing concern about the electoral process in Venezuela, was following the words dictated by the American government. Which, states Caracas, produces comments full of lack of knowledge and ignorance about the political reality in Venezuela.
President Lula's government can claim anything, except not knowing what is happening in the neighboring country.
And what happens is a dictatorship that represses and suffocates the opposition. And it reneges on the agreements that it signed, with encouragement from Brazil, to guarantee truly free elections.
Lula does not hide his sympathy for a repressive, corrupt regime accused by the UN of human rights violations. To which she recommended that she create a narrative, as the problem with the Chavista regime in Venezuela would only be an image problem.
That's what dictator Maduro did.
He created the narrative of free elections, but he is the one who chooses who can be an opposition candidate. Leaving Brazil in a terrible position.
If you support what Maduro does, you have become an accomplice. If he criticizes, he becomes a lackey of the Americans.
That's what happens when you're friends with a dictator.
Source: CNN Brasil
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