Lula: South America is once again harassed by the military presence of an extraregional power

Published at: 20/12/2025 07:51 PM

The Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, warned this Saturday, during an opening speech at the Mercosur summit, that an armed intervention in Venezuela by the United States would be “a humanitarian catastrophe”.

“The real threats to our sovereignty today come in the form of war, anti-democratic forces and organized crime. More than four decades after the Falklands War, the South American continent is once again beset by the military presence of an extraregional power,” the president denounced.

“The limits of international law are being tested. An armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe for the hemisphere and a dangerous precedent for the world,” Lula added in statements collected by the RT agency.

Mazo News Team