Brazil Tells Russia, Other BRICS Nations To Hear Venezuelans' 'Cry For Freedom'

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Brazil Tells Russia, Other BRICS Nations To Hear Venezuelans' 'Cry For Freedom'

Brazil’s top diplomat has urged his counterparts in the BRICS grouping of countries -- Russia, India, China, and South Africa -- to listen to Venezuelans' "cry for freedom" and to support that country’s opposition leader in a tense political standoff.

"Brazil has heard that cry. I appeal to you all to listen to it, too," Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on July 26 at the opening session of a BRICS foreign ministers gathering in Rio de Janeiro.

Araujo reiterated his conservative government's support for Juan Guaido, the opposition leader who is struggling for power over socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

Araujo denounced Maduro’s government as "a regime sustained by force" that he said has led to extreme poverty, hunger, and "the exodus of 4 million Venezuelans."

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