Federal deputy Júlia Zanatta (PL-SC), a Bolsonaro ally, filed a request for information from the Civil House to clarify President Lula's involvement in Brazil's official stance on Nicolás Maduro's capture by the US operation in Venezuela. She seeks details on directives to omit Maduro's name and questions the exclusive condemnation of the American action. The request aims for an exception to the parliamentary recess due to the urgency of the events.
Deputy Júlia Zanatta (PL-SC), an ally of former President Jair Bolsonaro, prepared a request for information addressed to the Civil House, led by Minister Rui Costa, to probe President Lula's (PT) role in shaping Brazil's official position on Nicolás Maduro's capture. The document questions whether there was direct guidance from Lula to omit the Venezuelan dictator's name from government statements, despite him being the target of the US international operation.
Zanatta requests that the Chamber of Deputies accept the information request during the parliamentary recess, citing the urgency of the events. She inquires about the Presidency and Civil House's involvement in defining, validating, and coordinating Brazil's stance, including Lula's statements condemning the operation on the day of the attack, and whether they were previously discussed or analyzed.
Furthermore, the lawmaker questions the Civil House's role in the emergency UN Security Council meeting on January 5, which addressed Maduro's capture. She demands to know if Lula directed the government to condemn only the US actions, without addressing the authoritarian nature of the Venezuelan regime, human rights violations, or accusations of narcotrafficking and crimes against humanity against Maduro.
In the request, Zanatta asks if Lula deems it compatible with democracy defense to condemn a democratic country while deliberately silencing a regime accused of persecuting opponents, rigging elections, and causing humanitarian exodus. In the justification, she notes the oddity of omitting Maduro, particularly after Brazil refused to recognize his 2024 reelection due to fraud suspicions, and stresses the need to clarify the Executive's political decision in foreign policy.
