Brazil Must Respect Venezuela’s Right to Self-Determination: Arreaza
ALBA-TCP Secretary Jorge Arreaza, 2024. X/ @polianalitica
October 31, 2024 Hour: 1:41 pm
Itamaraty and its advisors should adhere to the principles set out in the Brazilian constitution and the UN Charter.
On Thursday, former Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza criticized Brazilian diplomacy for forgetting the most basic principles that should govern international relations.
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“The Brazilian Foreign Ministry must adhere to its foreign policy legislation, which establishes foundations such as the self-determination of peoples and non-intervention. It seems that Itamaraty, the great academy and house of Brazilian diplomacy, as well as some of its advisors, need to be reminded of the most basic principles of their country’s constitution and the United Nations Charter,” said Arreaza, who is currently the Secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).
As a “simple reminder,” he shared the Brazilian Constitution’s Article 4, which states that the country is governed in its international relations by the principles of self-determination of peoples, non-intervention, equality of states, and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
Arreaza also mentioned that one of the “purposes” established in the UN Charter’s Article 1 is to promote “friendly relations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and the self-determination of peoples.”
On Tuesday, Celso Amorim, advisor to the Brazilian presidency on international affairs, declared that “the principle of transparency was not respected” in the Venezuelan presidential elections held on July 28, arguing that the detailed results of the vote were not published on time. He believes it is not possible to recognize the victory of either President Nicolas Maduro or the opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez.
On Wednesday, the Venezuelan Parliament president Jorge Rodriguez announced that he would request his institution to declare Amorim a “persona non grata,” accusing him of being an “envoy” and an “instrument” of Jake Sullivan, the White House National Security Advisor.
That same day, the Venezuelan government summoned its ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Vedell, for consultations, after rejecting the “interfering and rude” statements from Amorim.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
