Overview
- Celso Amorim cautioned that a U.S. invasion of Venezuela could trigger a conflict resembling the Vietnam War with broader international involvement.
- Amorim said Brazil will not pressure Nicolás Maduro to resign, stressing that any decision to leave office must be Maduro’s own.
- He described President Trump’s declaration that Venezuelan airspace is completely closed as “totally illegal” and an “act of war.”
- He proposed a revocatory referendum, citing Venezuela’s 2004 vote, as a potential democratic way out of the crisis.
- He did not rule out asylum options for Maduro but declined to speculate, while local reporting describes stepped‑up U.S. measures including a reported $50 million bounty, a major Caribbean naval deployment, and lethal airstrikes.