Overview
- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Venezuela’s crisis should be resolved internally and condemned the foreign capture of Nicolas Maduro as unacceptable.
- Lula stated Brazil cannot accept a scenario in which one head of state invades another country to seize its president.
- He said he will deliver a written proposal to President Donald Trump asserting that Brazilian citizens accused in the United States should be tried in Brazil.
- Lula signaled plans for talks in Washington next month to negotiate cooperation on organized crime, drug trafficking and rare earth minerals.
- He emphasized that Brazil does not feel threatened by the United States and wants a respectful, “civilised” relationship, as Maduro remains in U.S. custody in New York on drug-trafficking charges.