US EditionArmed conflict in Venezuela would be 'humanitarian catastrophe': Lula
Lula urged negotiation as US military actions near Venezuela risk escalating conflict and causing a humanitarian disaster, with at least 104 deaths linked to US strikes, officials said.
- 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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Foz Do Iguazú., Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned yesterday that “an armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe for the hemisphere and a dangerous precedent for the world”, during the summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) held in Foz do Iguazú, Brazil.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva believes that military intervention would trigger a humanitarian catastrophe. Some other South American leaders support Trump.
Brazil's President Lula warns of a possible US military deployment in Venezuela as a "dangerous precedent."
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