STF Minister suspends expulsion of 34 Venezuelan diplomats from Brazil | Politics

The deadline given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the representatives of Venezuela would end this Saturday (2). According to TV Globo, anyone who stays in Brazil would be considered “persona non grata”, losing diplomatic rights.

The minister’s decision is valid for ten days. Barroso determined that during this period President Jair Bolsonaro and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must present clarifications to the STF.

In March, Brazil ordered the removal of its diplomats working in Venezuela and wanted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to do the same. The Bolsonaro government defends Maduro’s departure from power and recognizes the self-proclaimed President Juan Guaidó as head of state.

Barroso responded to a request by federal deputy Paulo Pimenta (PT-RS), who entered the STF with a habeas corpus requesting the overthrow of the Itamaraty order.

According to the parliamentarian, forcing Venezuelans to move without adequate logistics, traditional legal procedures and responsibility, in a time of pandemic caused by a global virus, means practicing the most cruel acts.

“It means, above all, putting at risk the right to life of patients and their families, the most fundamental of human rights, protected by international conventions related to these rights, including the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all of them already duly introduced in our internal legal order, “wrote the PT.

This Friday (1), the Attorney General of the Republic, Augusto Aras, sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araujo, in which he declares that the expulsion of diplomats may contradict international treaties and conventions given the situation of the services of health. in Venezuela due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Augusto Aras also affirms that it is necessary to clarify the context in which the measure was taken and to verify the possible risks that may exist for compliance. From a humanitarian perspective, the PGR says that it is necessary to assess the epidemic context and national and international standards (see the video below).