As tensions escalated, Brazil protested Venezuela’s “insulting tone”.
Brazil has accused Caracas authorities of using an “insulting tone” against it as diplomatic tensions between the coury and Venezuela coinue.
According to Isna, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil announced in a stateme that it was surprised to see what it called the “insulting tone” of Venezuelan officials against Brazil.
According to the Reuters News agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil announced in a stateme: “Personal attacks and escalation of verbal tensions are against the Brazilian governme’s respectful behavior towards Venezuela and its people.”
Not long ago, the Venezuelan governme summoned the Brazilian ambassador to the coury because of Brasilia’s “repeated insole and irusive statemes” and criticized Celso Amorim, the senior foreign policy advisor of Brazilian Preside Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Diplomatic tensions between Brazil and Venezuela rose after Brazil’s ierveionist stance following Venezuela’s presideial election last July. After holding these elections, Brazil announced that it does not recognize the victory of Venezuelan Preside Nicolás Maduro in these elections, nor the claims of his oppones that the election was rigged. After these elections, Lula da Silva claimed that he waed Caracas to hold new elections that would be fair and in accordance with iernational standards.
Earlier this moh, Brazil vetoed Venezuela’s admission to the “BRICS” organization, which made relations between the two sides even darker. In response to this eve, Venezuela called Brazil’s action an “inexplicable and immoral act of militancy”.
On Thursday, the Venezuelan police command posted on its Instagram social media accou a silhouetted image of Lula da Silva with the Brazilian flag behind her and displayed this seence next to it: “Whoever messes with Venezuela will pay for it.” gave.”
Following the holding of presideial elections in Venezuela on July 28, 2024, Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power in this coury since 2013 after the death of his predecessor Hugo Chávez, won with 51 perce of the vote. In this election, “Edmundo Gonzalez”, the opposition candidate and a veteran Venezuelan diplomat, came second with 44.2% of the votes, according to the announceme of the National Election Council of Venezuela.
Following the announceme of the preliminary results by the Election Council, the protesters led by “María Corina Machado”, the senior leader of the Venezuelan opposition, rejected the election results and claimed that Gonzalez won a “decisive victory” with 73.2% of the votes. These protests led to viole street riots in Caracas and several other major Venezuelan cities.
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