🇧🇷‼️🇬🇾🇻🇪 — Venezuela vs. Guyana Conflict: Brazil's Defense Minister, José Múcio Monteiro, declared that Brazil will not allow the use of its territory for Venezuela to invade Guyana

➡️ According to him, without passage through Roraima, the only way for forces under dictator Nicolás Maduro to reach is by sea.

⚠️ Monteiro believes that Maduro's speeches about annexing part of Guyana's territory are merely a political maneuver. The minister does not believe that the Venezuelan dictator will escalate the conflict.

💬 "If it were close to the elections, I would be very concerned. But he won't spend a year trying, postponing the government," he commented. Monteiro emphasized that the government will ensure the integrity of Brazilian territory, and the country will not get involved in a potential conflict.

🌐 Maduro confirmed that he will meet on Thursday, the 14th, with Guyana's President, Irfaan Ali. They will discuss the crisis in the Essequibo region. The meeting will take place on the island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) was invited but will not attend. He will send Presidential Advisor for International Affairs, Celso Amorim.

🚩 The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mediate the meeting between the two leaders.

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