Former foreign minister Celso Amorim, in interviews with the Bloomberg financial service and the most traditional left-wing publication in the US, The Nation, stated that a Lula government would restore diplomatic relations with Venezuela, as Colombian Gustavo should do. Petro.
“How can we have a program for the Amazon rainforest without Venezuela?”, he justified to Bloomberg, adding that “having diplomatic relations does not mean approving a government” and that the former Brazilian president is considering releasing a letter “detailing commitments on such as deforestation and indigenous rights”.
To Nation, Amorim predicted greater Latin American integration, resuming with greater impetus that which occurred during the first Lula administrations, when “you had [o venezuelano Hugo] Chavez on one side, but [o colombiano Álvaro] Uribe on the other.”
“There were some governments of a progressive nature in a number of countries, but if Lula wins in October it will be a big change, because now you would have not only the majority, but also the biggest countries in Latin America sharing progressive views.”
In the Bloomberg spotlight, he criticized US sanctions on Russia as a mistake (above) and “warned the dangers of isolating an economy ‘as large and strategic’ as Russia’s”, arguing that it was “irresponsible not to seek peace” in the face of the risk of nuclear conflict. It is the position he has defended since the beginning of the war, for example, the German Der Spiegel.
Asked by the two American vehicles about returning to public office, Amorim replied that “the right person will be found at the right time”, about Itamaraty, and added:
“You know, I’m an 80-year-old guy. I’ve done everything to serve my country, so I’ve done enough. But if Lula wants to offer me a little room in the back, and invite me to have coffee with him once in a while , that would be great. But it’s up to him, not me.”
