As tensions escalated, Brazil protested Venezuela’s “insulting tone”.

According to Isna, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil announced in a statement 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 statement: “Personal attacks and escalation of verbal tensions are against the Brazilian government’s respectful behavior towards Venezuela and its people.”

Not long ago, the Venezuelan government summoned the Brazilian ambassador to the country because of Brasilia’s “repeated insolent and intrusive statements” and criticized Celso Amorim, the senior foreign policy advisor of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Diplomatic tensions between Brazil and Venezuela rose after Brazil’s interventionist stance following Venezuela’s presidential election last July. After holding these elections, Brazil announced that it does not recognize the victory of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in these elections, nor the claims of his opponents that the election was rigged. After these elections, Lula da Silva claimed that he wanted Caracas to hold new elections that would be fair and in accordance with international standards.

Earlier this month, Brazil vetoed Venezuela’s admission to the “BRICS” organization, which made relations between the two sides even darker. In response to this event, Venezuela called Brazil’s action an “inexplicable and immoral act of militancy”.

On Thursday, the Venezuelan police command posted on its Instagram social media account a silhouetted image of Lula da Silva with the Brazilian flag behind her and displayed this sentence next to it: “Whoever messes with Venezuela will pay for it.” gave.”

Following the holding of presidential elections in Venezuela on July 28, 2024, Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power in this country since 2013 after the death of his predecessor Hugo Chávez, won with 51 percent 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 announcement of the National Election Council of Venezuela.

Following the announcement 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 violent street riots in Caracas and several other major Venezuelan cities.

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