Ernesto Araújo, Brazil’s Foreign Minister says, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will not be able to reverse the democratic transition that is taking place in his country, but the military will also need to support that change.
Opposition leader Juan Guaido called on the military to change sides last month, but only a handful of soldiers heeded his April 30 call.
Maduro’s government has launched a crackdown on opposition lawmakers allegedly linked to the attempt.
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The Foreign Minister, who was in Paris for an OECD meeting said the process is irreversible with all the international support for a democratic transition adding that foreign intervention in Venezuela was necessary and that economic and diplomatic efforts were isolating Maduro.
Venezuela’s economic meltdown has left roughly a quarter of its 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, the United Nations says.