According to Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Moncada, the Nicolás Maduro government will denounce President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration for “criminal negligence facing the pandemic, that endangers the lives of millions of inhabitants in Brazil and throughout the continent.”
The report will be sent through a letter addressed to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
1/ Venezuela denuncia en las Naciones Unidas al gobierno de Bolsonaro por negligencia criminal frente a pandemia que pone en peligro la vida de millones de habitantes en Brasil y en todo el continente.
— Samuel Moncada (@SMoncada_VEN) June 16, 2020
Aquí la carta que enviamos al Secretario General:https://t.co/pLiidcTLgs
The move could be criticized as the pot calling the kettle black, however. As The Brazilian Report showed in May, Venezuela’s coronavirus approach is not to be followed, as the country is believed to have tampered with official data.
Besides the poor handling of the pandemic, Messrs. Bolsonaro and Maduro share one thing: they were the only Latin American leaders who had social media posts deleted for containing false information about Covid-19.