Brazilian Public Favors Neutrality on U.S. Operation in Venezuela

Overview

• Sixty-six percent say Brazil’s government should remain neutral regarding U.S. actions in Venezuela, according to Genial/Quaest.
• Forty-six percent approve of the U.S. military action that led to Nicolás Maduro’s arrest, while 39% disapprove and 15% are undecided.
• Fifty-eight percent fear the United States could undertake a similar intervention in Brazil.
• Half consider it acceptable to intervene in another country to detain a dictator, compared with 41% who reject that idea.
• Fifty-one percent view President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s harsh condemnation of the U.S. action as the wrong stance, versus 37% who see it as correct.