Tarcísio celebrates US action in Venezuela and says that Maduro had support from Lula
The governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), celebrated this Saturday the United States’ action in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of Chavista leader Nicolás Maduro and stated that the maintenance of the Chavista regime was only possible over the years through external support, with the connivance and omission of political figures, making reference to President Luz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT).
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— A dictatorship does not fall overnight. It slowly corrodes, rots from the inside, institutions slowly die and the price is extremely high. It cost the freedom of innocent people, the political rights of opponents, the prosperity of Venezuela and its people. And all of this was only possible over time because there was connivance, omission and even explicit support from those who insisted on calling a dictator their companion — he said in a video published on social media, showing an image of Lula.
Tarcísio classified Maduro’s capture as a symbolic milestone and recalled the impacts of the Chavista regime on the Venezuelan population, and stated that for many years, “millions of Venezuelans were also captured, lost their businesses, were forced to leave their own country and saw their hope go away”.
The governor said that authoritarian regimes consolidate gradually and exact a high cost on society.
— Meanwhile, families crossed the border, children dropped out of school, lost their childhood, parents sold everything to start over from scratch. We welcome many here with open arms. People who previously dreamed of winning started fighting just to survive — he said.
In the final part of the video, the governor associated the episode with the regional and Brazilian political scenario, saying that “Venezuela is now winning against the left, and at the end of the year Brazil will also win”. The governor is listed as a candidate for President of the Republic, but there has not yet been a definition.
