Juan Guaidó asks Brazil for help, gov’t says
Brazilian vice-President Hamilton Mourão said today (Jan. 30) that Brazil has sought ways to grant the request of humanitarian help made by the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, who declared himself the country’s interim president on January 23. The government is collecting all requests made by the Venezuelan, Mourão said, so that Jair Bolsonaro makes a decision on what is to be done.
“We can provide doctors, medicines, and food, also through donations [from the population],” the vice-president said after meeting with Chilean Ambassador to Brazil Fernando Schmidt and Chile’s Minister-Counselor Rafael Puelma.
Mourão said he has been sorting the demands so that President Jair Bolsonaro—who is currently recuperating from a surgery where his intestinal tract was reconstructed two days ago—may decide how to grant the requests later on.
Journalists in jail
During his meeting with the Chilean diplomats, the Brazilian vice-president expressed regret over the imprisonment of Chile’s TVN journalists during coverage activities outside the Miraflores Palace. One reporter and one cameraman were arrested, along with two Venezuelan press agents.
No decision has been made concerning a possible note condemning the situation, Mourão said, adding that the scenario is alarming for Brazil. “It’s been hard to get information [from Venezuela],” he declared.
