DIPLOMACY
Lula hits the phones to contain Venezuela fallout
Brazil’s President Lula has condemned the US’s military involvement in Venezuela, but has stopped short of directly confronting the Trump White House. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent his Thursday on the phone with foreign leaders, moving quickly to navigate the regional and diplomatic fallout from US President Donald Trump’s military operation to remove Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela.
Lula spoke with the presidents of Colombia and Mexico and the prime minister of Canada, all of whom have recently been targets of pressure or threats from Washington…
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