Chavez's statements may hinder vote on Venezuela's accession to Mercosur: Brazilian senators
Chavez's statements may hinder vote on Venezuela's accession to Mercosur: Brazilian senators
08:13, November 10, 2009 
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The call by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the country's military on preparing for a war against Colombia may hinder the Brazilian Senate's vote on the Protocol of Venezuela Accession to Mercosur, warned some Brazilian senators on Monday.
In the weekly Venezuelan program "Alo Presidente," broadcast last Sunday, Chavez urged people to defend the country against possible invasion by American and Colombian military, from the installed base in Colombia.
The government leader deputy in the Brazilian Senate, Gin Argello (PTB), said that the act of Chavez will be a complicating factor "for voting the document on Wednesday (Nov. 11)," as agreed between Senate President Jose Sarney (PMDB) and some leaders last week.
Some parties are already taking action this week to try to derail the vote on the matter. The Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) chairman, Demosthenes Torres (DEM), intends to ask his party leader, Jose Agripino Maia, to talk to Sarney to suspend the Wednesday vote.
"We will show that once again Hugo Chavez attempts to ignite the continent," said Torres.
On his turn, deputy Alvaro Dias (PSDB) said that his party will defend, in plenary, that the Senate should suspend discussions on Brazil's support to the entry of Venezuela to Mercosur.
Senator Renato Casagrande (PSB) considers that this matter should be analyzed more carefully by Wednesday. He acknowledged, however, that Chavez does nothing to help the Brazilian government to facilitate the adoption of the protocol in the Senate.
Casagrande said that by making such declarations, the Venezuelan president only creates problem for the government coalition that supports the country's entry to Mercosur.
Chavez's statements were made at a time of growing tensions on the border with Colombia and when a military agreement is being signed between the Colombian and U.S. governments, according to BBC Brazil.
The diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Venezuela has deepened in the last two weeks, when two Venezuelan soldiers were killed in the border state of Tachira by suspected paramilitaries.
Source: Xinhua
In the weekly Venezuelan program "Alo Presidente," broadcast last Sunday, Chavez urged people to defend the country against possible invasion by American and Colombian military, from the installed base in Colombia.
The government leader deputy in the Brazilian Senate, Gin Argello (PTB), said that the act of Chavez will be a complicating factor "for voting the document on Wednesday (Nov. 11)," as agreed between Senate President Jose Sarney (PMDB) and some leaders last week.
Some parties are already taking action this week to try to derail the vote on the matter. The Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) chairman, Demosthenes Torres (DEM), intends to ask his party leader, Jose Agripino Maia, to talk to Sarney to suspend the Wednesday vote.
"We will show that once again Hugo Chavez attempts to ignite the continent," said Torres.
On his turn, deputy Alvaro Dias (PSDB) said that his party will defend, in plenary, that the Senate should suspend discussions on Brazil's support to the entry of Venezuela to Mercosur.
Senator Renato Casagrande (PSB) considers that this matter should be analyzed more carefully by Wednesday. He acknowledged, however, that Chavez does nothing to help the Brazilian government to facilitate the adoption of the protocol in the Senate.
Casagrande said that by making such declarations, the Venezuelan president only creates problem for the government coalition that supports the country's entry to Mercosur.
Chavez's statements were made at a time of growing tensions on the border with Colombia and when a military agreement is being signed between the Colombian and U.S. governments, according to BBC Brazil.
The diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Venezuela has deepened in the last two weeks, when two Venezuelan soldiers were killed in the border state of Tachira by suspected paramilitaries.
Source: Xinhua
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