Brazil’s border with Venezuela is “absolutely calm”, says minister
Venezuela’s border with Brazil was reopened this Saturday, Brazilian authorities said, after briefly closing the Venezuelan side following the United States attack on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro.
The governor of Roraima, Antonio Denarium (PP), told Reuters that the State’s border with Venezuela was closed for around two or three hours this Saturday morning.
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The Brazilian government held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the virtual participation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chancellor Mauro Vieira, in addition to the presence of the Secretary General of Itamaraty, Maria Laura da Rocha, among others, to assess the situation in Venezuela. Vieira was on vacation and is flying back to Brazil.
Also present at the meeting, Defense Minister José Múcio said that the border was calm.
“We already have a sufficient contingent to cope, the border is absolutely calm,” he told reporters.
In recent years, Roraima has received a large flow of immigrants.
Earlier, the director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues, told Reuters that Venezuela had closed the border with Brazil following the United States attacks against Venezuela.
“Our police attaché and deputy attaché are at the embassy in Caracas, gathering information to advise the ambassador and try to anticipate movements. For now, everyone is safe,” said Rodrigues.
