Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waves a Venezuelan flag, as he participates in the closing event for the campaign, ahead of the referendum over a potentially oil-rich territory, part of its long-running dispute with its neighbour Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 1, 2023. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights
BRASILIA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Brazil rejects any use of force by Venezuela to occupy the Esequibo territory in Guyana and will urge the Caracas government not to threaten its neighbor, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s top foreign policy advisor said on Wednesday.
Celso Amorim, who traveled to Venezuela as Lula’s special envoy last month, told Reuters that Brazil opposes “the use of force or threat thereof.”
“I conveyed our very serious preoccupations,” he said of his visit to Caracas ahead of a public referendum on the Esequibo.
“Now there are new facts that are still more worrisome. We’ll not fail to transmit our concerns especially in relation to the policy of no use of force,” Amorim said.
Venezuelans voted in a referendum on Sunday to approve the annexation of the Esequibo. The Venezuelan government held the vote despite an…
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