“Venezuela’s electoral opacity, cause of the veto in BRICS+”: Brazil

Boiler. Russian President Vladimir Putin trusted that Venezuela and Brazil will resolve their differences bilaterally, after Caracas accused the Brazilian Foreign Ministry of vetoing its entry into the BRICS+ group, which held a summit here this week.

Putin revealed that since last Tuesday he had information about Brazil’s position regarding the incorporation of Venezuela as an associate of BRICS+.

The Brazilian veto, as commented yesterday in Brazil by Celso Amorim, chancellor in the first government of President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva and current presidential advisor, is due to the fact that Caracas has not delivered the complete data of the elections of last July 28, of the that President Nicolás Maduro declared himself the winner. Amorim declared to the Brazilian press that Caracas promised to make this information public. He said that the veto on entry into the BRICS+ was due to a loss of confidence in the Venezuelan authorities and not to a political regime. They told us something and it was not donehe pointed out.

Putin declared, within the framework of the BRICS+ meeting, that his government takes Maduro’s victory for granted, which is not recognized, among others, by the United States or the European Union. We believe that President Maduro won the elections and that they were fair. He has formed his government and we wish his government and the people of Venezuela much success. I hope that Brazil and Venezuela can resolve their differences bilaterallyhe stated.

Maduro arrived at the BRICS+ summit on Tuesday night local time (nine hours ahead of central Mexico). Upon his arrival he declared that the nations with the largest oil reserves in the world were attending this summit, where Venezuela is first. That day he mentioned that he had come to Kazan to offer his share in oil matters to the countries that met here and defined the BRICS+ as the epicenter of the new geopolitics.

The group has nine permanent members: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Iran, United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia. Saudi Arabia has not yet formally integrated, but participates in the main core. In the meeting that concluded on Thursday, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Vietnam were incorporated as associates.

Shortly after the incorporation of the 13 associates became known, the Venezuelan chancellor accused Itamaraty, her Brazilian counterpart, of vetoing their entry, as published yesterday The Day. Caracas assured in its statement on Thursday that it had the support of the countries participating in the summit for the formalization of their entry into this integration mechanismin reference to BRICS+.

But through an action that contradicts the nature and postulate of the BRICS, the representation of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Itamaraty, led by ambassador Eduardo Paes Sabina, decided to maintain the veto that (former right-wing president Jair) Bolsonaro applied to Venezuela for years , reproducing the hatred, exclusion and intolerance promoted from Western power centers.

The statement from Caracas nowhere mentions President Lula da Silva, who at the last minute did not travel to the summit – in which he participated by videoconference – due to medical advice after a domestic accident, as reported at the beginning of the week.

Putin said, regarding the conflict between the two Latin American countries, that Russia and Brazil have different views on Venezuela. The other day I spoke about this with the president of Brazil. Otherwise, we have developed very good friendly relations. At least that’s how I see it. Venezuela is fighting for its independence and sovereignty.

He expressed confidence that Brazil and Venezuela can resolve their differences bilaterally. I know that President Lula is a very honest and decent man, and I am sure that he will take an impartial and unbiased position on this situation. During our telephone conversation, he asked me to convey a message to the president of Venezuela. I hope the situation improves.

President Nicolás Maduro spoke in the last session of the summit, last Thursday, which was attended by leaders from 35 countries, of which 32 were presidents and three foreign ministers.

At that ceremony, Putin highlighted the growth of the Venezuelan economy and said that the current government follows the policy of the late President Hugo Chávez of strengthening sovereignty.

Media in Caracas spread photographs of Maduro greeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Putin himself. The Venezuelan leader participated in the official events of the event.