The dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro made a grotesque error in the statement in which he reported having summoned the Venezuelan ambassador in Brazil for consultations and in which he attacked Celso AmorimLula’s main advisor on international affairs.
In addition to the diplomatic error of attacking one of Maduro’s main interlocutors with Lula and adversaries such as the United States, the Venezuelan dictatorship made a blunder by saying that Celso Amorim “behaves” like a “messenger of North American imperialism.”
“The Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela summoned, today, the chargé d’affaires of the Federative Republic of Brazil, with the objective of expressing its firmest repudiation of the recurring interfering and rude statements of representatives authorized by the Brazilian government, particularly those of the special advisor for International Affairs, Celso Amorim, who, behaving more like a messenger of North American imperialism, has dedicated himself, in an impertinent manner, to issuing value judgments on processes that are the exclusive responsibility of the Venezuelans and their democratic institutions,” says the Venezuelan statement.
Anyone who knows a little about Celso Amorim’s history knows that the diplomat, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first and second governments and Minister of Defense in the government of Dilma Rousseff, is anything but an Americanist. On the contrary, he is known for his anti-US positions.
Amorim is one of the main voices in defense of multipolarity. In several interviews, the former foreign minister maintains that Brazil is large enough to participate in the creation of a multipolar world and, therefore, does not need to align itself with any power.
Given Amorim’s track record, Maduro’s accusations against Lula’s special advisor were seen in Brasilia as a “joke.” And in bad taste. Immediately, the former foreign minister has no intention of responding to the Venezuelan dictator, according to the diplomat’s advisors.