Brazilian left-wing movements signed and sent a Letter support for dictator Nicolás Maduro. The document, entitled Solidarity of Brazilian Popular Movements with the people of Venezuela, has signatures from the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST), Union of Socialist Youth (UJS), the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), among others. The Workers' Party (PT) did not sign the document, but the party's international relations secretary, Romenio Pereira, and parliamentarians adhered to the letter.
In addition to coming out in defense of the presidential election and the regime imposed on the country, the document states that María Corina Machado, leader of the opposition to Maduro, is “a representative of the Bolsonarist extreme right” and that she “tried to run in the elections knowing that she was already prevented by the judiciary.” The candidate, the main opposition name in the country, was disqualified from running in elections for 15 years.
In recent months, Maduro has made it difficult for opponents to apply for the election scheduled for July 28th. With the maneuvers, the Venezuelan was the target of criticism even from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), a friend and defender of Maduro.
“Venezuela has a democratic electoral system, which uses electronic voting machines and also has printed votes, for checking. It held more than 30 elections during this period. All audited by international judicial authorities, including those from Brazil”, says the document, without mentioning that the last elections held in the country, in 2019, were not recognized by the international community.
The letter goes on to say that “the electoral power is independent and is at the same level as the Judiciary, the Legislature and the Executive.” Experts have already contested this thesis, taking into account that the country lives under a dictatorship regime manipulated by Nicolás Maduro. The autocrat is seen as influential and sovereign over the country's bodies.
On his profile on X (formerly Twitter), the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela, Yvan Gil, thanked the support of the Brazilian left. “On behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, we express our gratitude to the Brazilian popular movements for their solidarity in this message that rigorously analyzes the political situation in Venezuela and calls for respect for our people and their legitimate right to self-determination,” he wrote.
Contradictions in the letter
With 19 arguments, the letter from Brazilian left movements also says “there is total freedom of the press in the country, with several television stations and newspapers that openly oppose the government, where opponents say what they want.” But this is not a reality in the country. In March, dictator Nicolás Maduro ordered the cancellation of the German channel's signal transmission Deutsche Welle of all cable companies in the country.
The measure, according to Maduro's dictatorial regime, occurred because the broadcaster was allegedly promoting the “dissemination of content and promotion of hate propaganda” in Venezuela.
Days before the measure, the company had made publications on its social networks based on data from Transparency International, which placed Venezuela among the most corrupt countries in the world.
The letter also calls for an end to the United States' “economic blockade” of the country and for the Venezuelan people “to be able to use their main oil assets to recover the country's development.” Caracas suffers a series of economic embargoes imposed by the United States in an attempt to pressure Maduro into adopting a democratic regime.
In recent months, however, Washington agreed to remove sanctions as long as Nicolás Maduro committed to promoting democratic and transparent elections in the country. North American companies have even returned to purchasing products from Venezuelan ore. The permission, however, was reversed when the Venezuelan gave evidence of electoral maneuvers, with the disqualification of María Corina Machado.
Furthermore, recently, Corina Yoris, the replacement appointed by María Corina Machado, was unable to apply to run in the election. The situation was questioned by several countries and Maduro claimed that Yoris “did not represent the opposition”.
Who signs the letter
- National Confederation of Workers in Family Farming in Brazil – CONTRAF-Brazil
- Central of Workers of Brazil – CTB
- Brazilian Center for Peace – CEBRAPAZ
- Popular Movements Center – CMP
- Center for the study of religions of African origin – CENARAB
- National coordination of Quilombola communities – CONAQ
- Pastoral Council of Fishermen – CPP
- Evangelical Front for the Rule of Law
- Popular Youth Uprising – LPJ
- World March of Women – MMM
- Landless Rural Workers Movement – MST
- Movement of Artisanal Fishermen and Fisherwomen – MPP
- Popular Brazil Movement – MBP
- Peasant Women's Movement – MMC
- Movements of Those Affected by Dams – MAB
- Small Farmers Movement – MPA
- Unemployed Workers Movement – MTD
- Movement for Popular Sovereignty in Mining – MAM
- Rural Workers Movement – MTC
- Communist Party of Brazil – PcdoB
- Network of Popular Doctors and Medicines – RMMP
- Socialist Youth Union-UJS
In addition to the entities, there are a series of signatures from individuals, including parliamentarians, party secretaries, politicians currently without a mandate, religious people and liberal professionals.
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