CARACAS.- Brazil, along with Colombia and Mexico, did not want to put its communication channels with the Nicolás Maduro regime at risk And that is why it did not vote on the resolution on the Venezuelan issue in the Organization of American States (OAS), as neither did the other countries mentioned, analysts consulted said.
Ricardo Ríos, environmental analyst and president of Power & Strategy He said that Brazil and Colombia are “the bridges that the regime has” and that is why, although they remain firm in requesting transparency in the delivery of the electoral records, they did not approve the resolution in the OAS.
This refusal is the diplomatic sphere of the OAS that made it possible for Brazil to take over the representation of Buenos Aires in Caracas. And with this “Brasilia will send a message that it is against political persecution,” said the internationalist. Elsa CardozoDiplomatic personnel left Caracas on August 1, after being expelled by the Nicolás Maduro regime.
“I think that Brazil, like Colombia and Mexico in a broader geopolitical spectrum, did not want to jeopardize their communication channels with Maduro. He recalled that these leaders have not denied the request for the presentation and verification of the minutes and remain in contact,” Cardozo insisted.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that he will speak with his counterparts from Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and from Colombia, Gustavo Petro, about the crisis in Venezuela and all three agree on calling for transparency in the vote count.
“Yes, it is likely that today (Thursday) we will speak by phone with President Lula and President Petro. We are going to talk about the positions that exist in the case of Venezuela. We have acted with prudence,” López Obrador said in his press conference, recorded by AFP.
Ricardo Ríos, who is also a member of the Asociación Civil Estrategia Ciudadana, stressed that Brazil, Mexico and Colombia are ideologically similar to Maduro and logically that is why they did not support the resolution, but they maintain their position of negotiating.
Awake
Referring specifically to that Brazil assumed the representation of Argentina, Ricardo Ríos said that “it is clear that this was done in coordination with the Maduro government.”
Elsa Cardozo insists that this gesture by Brazil to protect the six Argentine asylum seekers, the leaders of the Vente Venzuela party led by María Corina Machado, sends a clear message that it is against political persecution.
“Venezuela will thus respect the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the Convention on Consular Relations,” said Argentine President Javier Milei, thanking Brazil for its willingness to represent his country in Caracas.
Ríos insisted that if this political situation is not resolved in one or two weeks, in a favorable and transparent manner, the “migratory tsunami will not wait.”
Rios added that “The OAS has been quite hostile towards the Almagro case, asking the Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for MaduroAnd that does not help in a negotiation process, because beyond the indignation that what happened on Sunday may cause us and beyond the clear evidence that the opposition won, we must understand that the arrest warrants of the International Criminal Court are impracticable, as has happened with Putin or the Israeli Prime Minister, because they are more like moral sanctions.”
For its part, Carmen Beatriz Fernandez of Ciberpolítica considers that “Mexico, Brazil and Colombia by avoiding approving the OAS resolution for democracy in Venezuela” sent “a sign that there is an open game in the negotiations with Maduro.”
No break
Ríos indicated that “in the statement made by María Corina Machado, on her X account, they are favorable to Brazil and Colombia.” And when asked about the political future of this decision by Lula, the analyst commented that “this decision to take charge of the Argentine Embassy cannot be seen as the preamble to a possible rupture between Caracas and Brasilia.
“We thank the Brazilian government for its willingness to assume the diplomatic and consular representation of the Republic of Argentina in Venezuela, the protection of its headquarters and residence, as well as the physical integrity of our colleagues who have taken refuge in said residence. This could contribute to advancing a constructive and effective negotiation process such as the one that Brazil has supported,” wrote María Corina Machado.
“For now, these are the bridges that the Government has, even for mediation and that suits it.“If that does not happen, the deepening of isolation would be worse, I say this in a very crude and dramatic way, if that happens and if, in fact, in one or two weeks things are not defined in a favorable and transparent way, the migratory tsunami will not wait,” said environmental expert Ricardo Ríos.
Argentina
According to the Argentine Foreign Ministry, the custody assumed by Brazil covers “the premises of the Argentine mission in Caracas, including the embassy and the official residence, its assets and archives.”as well as the protection of its interests and the interests of Argentine nationals in Venezuelan territory.”
Regarding the Venezuelan asylum seekers who are now in the custody of BrazilThe Foreign Ministry said that “they were prevented from leaving the country along with the staff of the (Argentine) embassy due to the failure of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic to comply with the Caracas Convention on Diplomatic Asylum.”
Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino had requested in Washington “the solidarity of all countries to collaborate with diplomatic efforts and the protection of asylum seekers,” while participating in an emergency meeting of the Permanent Council of the OAS.
The Argentine embassy in Caracas raised the blue and white flag again, after they briefly displayed the Brazilian flag, after announcing that the government headed by Lula will assume its diplomatic representation, according to CNN.
Source: ANALYST CONSULTATIONS / AFP / WE MONITOR / SOCIAL NETWORKS / DAILY LAS AMÉRICAS EDITORIAL
