Washington’s attempts to
interfere in politics in South America, including in Venezuela, are
“extremely dangerous” and “may lead to civil war,”
former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has told RT. She added that
the US has already made mistakes in the Middle East, which only led
to the strengthening of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
“Our continent has been
living in peace for 140 years. Any attempt to interfere in the
legitimate constitutional process in Venezuela, including by forcing
a presidential election, is extremely dangerous, as it might lead to
a civil war,” the Brazilian politician said in an interview
with RT in Moscow.
Venezuela has been subjected to
new sanctions from Washington under President Donald Trump, who has
called its government a “dictatorship.” Amid massive opposition
protests in the Latin American state, the US claims the Venezuelan
government is cracking down on democracy. In August, the US leader
also mentioned a “military option” against the Venezuelan
president, Nicolas Maduro.
Caracas has in turn accused
Washington of meddling in its internal affairs, calling the US an
“aggressor” wanting a regime change in a foreign country through
“political and psychological terrorism.”
Saying that it is difficult to
analyze and predict Trump's actions, the former leader of Brazil said
that the only thing she can say for sure is that she finds his
behavior “extremely irresponsible and even criminal.”
The Venezuelan government would
not agree to transfer power to opposition peacefully, Rousseff said,
adding that while she cannot analyze the nature of the local
anti-government forces, international modern history has shown that
the US “have often been mistaken in regard to oppositions.”
“[Washington] says: ‘Those
are democracy supporters.’ They’ve said it about opposition
forces in Syria too. And what has happened with that opposition?
Islamic State has emerged, which has nothing to do with democracy.”
Now, with “Trump not ruling
out the possibility of military intervention in Venezuela,” it
is clear the US wants to use the same scenario in Latin America, the
Brazilian politician said, once again warning against a civil war in
the region.
“It has never led to any
good,” she said.
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