Brazilians demonstrate outside the Embassy of Venezuela in Brasilia,
on Monday March 8, to show support for President Hugo Chavez,
and to reject "US intervention" in Venezuela.
Photo: E.B.
| During a conference at Florida International University last Sunday, [Ambassador Donna] Hrinak said that her government expects Brazilian President Lula da Silva to convince Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to adopt a “democratic solution” to the current political situation. |
Because what they're doing now isn't? Christ.
| Hrinak warned President Lula to "carefully calibrate his opposition" to certain political issues such as the current situations in Venezuela and Cuba, which are part of the main focus of the Bush administration in Latin America.
The Ambassador warned that if Basil pretended to be a regional leader, it should dedicate more time to that task. "It’s difficult to understand Brazil’s silence given the recent abuses of human rights in Cuba," said Hrinak. Hrinak said that the U.S. has avoided reacting to criticisms by the Brazilian government of some issues that are not fundamental for U.S. interests. However, she mentioned that her government would not adopt the same position with regard to Brazil's approach to the current situation in Venezuela. |
How interesting. The situation in Venezuela is fundamental for U.S. interests. It's called oil.
| Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula's International relations advisor, was outraged by the U.S. Ambassador’s comments. "I don’t think those kinds of comments are appropriate for an Ambassador to say. Brazil and the U.S. never had better relations, but it is obvious that we have different perceptions on several issues," Garcia told Argentine newspaper La Nacion. |
They may have never been better, but they can sure get worse.
| Garcia defended Brazil’s approach to the political situation in Venezuela by saying that "Brazil has good communication with both the government as well as with the opposition, and that is not the case in of the United States. Therefore we can help [Venezuela] a lot." |
| In reaction to Ambassador Hrinak's comments, several Brazilian social groups, intellectuals and political leaders participated in a demonstration this Monday in front of the Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia, to show their support for Venezuela's "Bolivarian revolution", and to repudiate "US intervention" in Venezuela and Brazil. |
(Article excerpts and photos from Venezuelanalysis.)
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