US EditionArmed conflict in Venezuela would be 'humanitarian catastrophe': Lula
Lula said US strikes killed at least 104 people and warned military action risks a regional humanitarian crisis, offering to mediate to avoid conflict.
- On Saturday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned US military action in Venezuela would spark a humanitarian catastrophe as he opened the Mercosur summit in Foz do Iguaçu.
- Rhetoric from Washington escalated after US President Donald Trump left open the possibility of war on Thursday, while US forces increased Caribbean military presence in recent months.
- Data on strikes and a shipping blockade have sharpened regional concern as at least 104 people have been killed in US strikes on alleged drug boats and a blockade targets oil tankers under US sanctions.
- Lula said Thursday he was very worried about the crisis and offered to serve as mediator, telling US President Donald Trump dialogue must replace shooting.
- Invoking history, Lula said `Four decades after the Falklands war...`, warning of US military actions in Venezuela while Maduro denies the 'Cartel of the Suns' charges.
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Brazil's President Lula warns of a possible US military deployment in Venezuela as a "dangerous precedent."
Brazil's Lula warns US intervention in Venezuela could be catastrophic
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that an "armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe" in the face of escalating actions from the United States toward regional neighbor Venezuela.
Javier Milei asks Mercosur to condemn Maduro's government and support US military pressure, highlighting the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned this Saturday at the Mercosur Summit that a possible military intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe and would create a grave precedent for all of South America. “Four decades after the Malvinas War, the continent is once again threatened by the military presence of a power,” said the progressive leader referring to the US air siege in the Caribbean off the coast of Vene…
After the Falklands War between Argentina and Britain, the South American continent is once again haunted by the military presence of an extra-regional power, the Brazilian president said.
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