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Brazil wants more pressure on Venezuela
During a meeting of the Lima Group (a 14-country body
created to find solutions for the Venezuela crisis) later today, Brazil’s vice president Hamilton Mourão will argue for the need to increase the diplomatic pressure on Nicolás Maduro’s regime, and boost international support for opposition leader Juan Guaidó—who proclaimed himself the country’s legitimate president. However, Mr. Mourão will stress that no aggressive military action should be taken.
The Brazilian military wants to lower tensions at the border. On Saturday, two trucks loaded with food and medicine crossed the border into Venezuela but had to pull back after security forces blocked them, throwing tear gas on Brazilian soil. Venezuelan protesters clashed with security forces and at least four people were killed. Meanwhile, reports say that members of the Venezuelan army are robbing people on the Brazilian side of the border.
To make matters even more complicated, the sector of the government which backs total alignment with the U.S.—led by Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo and Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, one of the president’s...