Brazil recalls "all" its diplomats and staff from Venezuela

A car monitors the Venezuelan-Brazilian border between the Venezuelan city of Santa Elena de Uairen and Pacaraima, in northern Brazil, on November 20, 2020. BRUNO MANCINELLE / AFP

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Venezuela is even more isolated Thursday, March 5, after Brazil decided to recall "all" its diplomatic staff from the country, the government of Jair Bolsonaro also demanding in Caracas to withdraw all its representatives from Brazil. A conclusion after months of tensions between the two countries, since the arrival in Brasilia of the far-right president.

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With our correspondent at Caracas, Benjamin Delille

Between Brasilia and Caracas, nothing is going right. Jair Bolsonaro and Nicolas Maduro have never hidden their differences , but now the break is complete. However, despite the withdrawal of Brazilian diplomatic personnel from Caracas, the two countries should keep a minimum of diplomatic relations.

Weaken Maduro

The Brazilian government says " assess how consular assistance will be provided " since at least 10,000 Brazilians still live in Venezuela.

For Jair Bolsonaro, it is above all a question of weakening Nicolas Maduro a little more, a year after recognizing Juan Guaidó as interim president . The Venezuelan president, who does not hesitate to call his Brazilian counterpart " fascist ", regularly accuses him of plotting with the United States and Colombia to overthrow him.

Armed conflict?

In mid-February , Nicolas Maduro even accused him of " training the Brazilian armed forces towards an armed conflict with Venezuela " after an attack by a group of deserters against a Venezuelan military post near the Brazilian border.

Still, this decision of the Brazilian government isolates Caracas a little more , which resists despite significant international pressure.

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  • Brazil
  • Venezuela
  • Diplomacy
  • Jair Bolsonaro
  • Nicolas Maduro

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