🇻🇪🇻🇪❌🇧🇷🤡 — The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, accused the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, of using his recent accident—in which he struck the back of his head after a fall at the official Presidential residence—to “lie” to the BRICS group, thereby vetoing Venezuela’s entry into the alliance. See the full statement below:

"Direct and close sources in Brazil inform me that President Lula da Silva manipulated a supposed accident as an alibi to avoid attending the recent BRICS Summit, and that this version was nothing more than a ruse to enforce the veto against Venezuela, thus evading his responsibility to President Putin, other attending leaders, and particularly President Nicolás Maduro Moros.

What initially spread as a rumor now appears confirmed by a video released yesterday, showing President Lula in good health, fully capable, and acting with blatant cynicism. Meanwhile, there is considerable discontent within the Latin American left and revolutionary movements worldwide over the shameful and destructive actions of his government at the Summit, cowardly vetoing and attacking Venezuela while obediently following the directives of our historical enemies.

Lula reappeared smiling and unscathed, revealing that he used the ‘accident’ to deceive Brazil, BRICS, and the entire world, an act for which he should be investigated."

⌛️ Brazilian government sources stated that Nicolás Maduro attempted “last-minute” pressure to have Venezuela included on the BRICS associate members list, which Brazil responded to with an “emphatic” rejection.

💥 At the conclusion of the summit, Maduro’s administration labeled Brazil’s veto a “hostile gesture” and an “aggression” against Venezuela’s interests.

#BREAKING

🇧🇴🔫❗️ — It is reported that Former Bolivian President Evo Morales survived an supposed "assassination attempt" in Shinahota, Bolivia after the former socialist leader tried to flee a Police checkpoint, causing the police officers to fire upon the car

➡️ 14 gunshots against the vehicle he’s traveling in. His driver is wounded.

➡️ It happened after weeks that Evo Morales supporters blocked the roads and streets to protest against the current Leftist President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, over the attempts by Bolivian Judicial system to arrest Evo over the rape of a teenager

➡️ Over the past weeks, Mr. Morales has been trying to resist arrest attempts related to the rape accusation and has been actively, behind the doors, asking for asylum in neighboring and allied countries (i.e. Brazil), though he did not specify which ones.

➡️ Although Pro-BRICS media outlets purposefully do not mention this, it is worth remembering that Evo Morales' party, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), is irreparably fractured and that the current dominant faction, Pro-Arce, which is socially progressive and aligned with regional social-democratic factions, is doing everything it can to eliminate Morales from Bolivian politics.

🇮🇹🤝🇻🇪 — Images of the meeting in Italy between Edmundo González Urrutia, President-Elect of Venezuela, and Giorgia Meloni, the European country’s Prime Minister.

❗️ The opposition leader in Venezuela, Edmundo González, held a key meeting with Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, where they discussed repression and human rights violations in Venezuela under the current regime. González highlighted that the alarming situation in Venezuela has already drawn the attention of leaders from global democracies.

🌐 During the meeting, González thanked Meloni for her firm stance at the G7 and her denunciation at the UN of the abuses in Venezuela, asking her to continue this work in light of the upcoming G20 Summit. The relationship between Italy and Venezuela, strengthened by generations of immigrants, is now renewed with this commitment to support freedom and human rights.