"The last thing we want is for South America to become a war zone and a war zone that would inevitably not just be a war between the US and Venezuela. It would end up having global involvement and this would be really unfortunate, said Amorim, a veteran diplomat and former minister in the first two of Lula's three terms. If there was an invasion,"
"Since August, the US has put a $50m bounty on Maduro's head, launched the biggest naval deployment in the Caribbean Sea since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and carried out a series of deadly airstrikes on alleged drug boats that have killed more than 80 people. Most international airlines have halted flights to Venezuela after Trump declared the country's airspace closed in its entirety late last month a move Amorim called totally illegal."
Celso Amorim warned that a US invasion or attack on Venezuela could plunge South America into a broad, Vietnam-style conflict and draw global powers into the fighting. He labeled the US decision to close Venezuelan airspace an act of war and predicted rising anti-American sentiment across Latin America rooted in historical resistance to foreign intervention. Recent US moves include a $50m bounty on Maduro, a major naval deployment in the Caribbean, and deadly airstrikes on alleged drug boats that killed more than 80 people. Many international airlines have suspended flights after the airspace closure, and regional instability could expand if military action proceeds.
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