Nicolás Maduro’s first visit to Brazil, since the return of Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva to the presidency, had several moments that were questionable by sectors opposed to Maduro, such as those of the Brazilian government denying human rights violations in Venezuela and the announcement of a possible hydroelectric cooperation agreement amid the energy crisis in the South American country.
But; However, one of the most notable was the attack on several journalists by Brazilians by Nicolás Maduro’s security team while they were trying to obtain a statement from the Venezuelan president, who stepped on the Carioca country after several international clashes with former President Jair Bolsonaro. According to the Brazilian news portal Metropoles, after a press conference, Maduro prepared to leave the room where his appearance to the media took place.
After leaving the room, several journalists approached Maduro to obtain a statement, for which his security team began a verbal confrontation with several reporters. After several exchanges of words, the bodyguards began pushing, attacking a reporter to move her out of the corridor where the president was walking. According to Lula da Silva’s authorities, his summit protocol and press team tried to mediate between the escorts and the reporters.
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to issue a statement condemning the attack against the press by Maduro’s security team, for which reason they will open an investigation to clarify what happened. “The Foreign Ministry regrets the incident in which there was aggression against press professionals, at the end of the meeting of presidents of South America,” the statement said.
After the attack against the press, Delis Ortiz, a reporter for the local channel TV Globo, denounced that she received a strong blow to the chest by Maduro’s bodyguards, after being pushed by one of the guards, while one of her colleagues He claimed to have been dragged along the ground. So far, no authority from the government of Nicolás Maduro has issued a statement explaining what happened or offering an apology.
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