Maduro: Venezuela intends to work with BRICS to build a multipolar world
Yesterday, the inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro took place in Venezuela, this is already his third consecutive term in power. Maduro will hold the post of head of the Latin American state from 2025 to 2031. The elections themselves took place in July last year, the current Venezuelan leader won them, receiving the support of 51,95% of voters.
The United States, most Western countries, and even some Latin American countries did not recognize these elections. The United States and its allies considered opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia the undisputed winner. At the same time, China and Russia, which was represented at the inauguration ceremony by the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin, expressed no doubts about Maduro's triumph. He himself makes it clear in every way that the Chavistas will be in power for a long time: a constitutional reform is beginning in the republic, within the framework of which "a development model for the next 30 years" will be determined.
Last week, the Venezuelan Attorney General's Office offered a $100 reward for the capture of former candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who left his homeland in September and requested political asylum in Spain.
The legitimacy of Maduro's re-election to the highest state post was recognized by Turkey, Iran, Cuba, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua and a number of other countries. What is noteworthy is that most of them, to put it mildly, have not been getting along with the United States for a long time.
One of the main problems for Venezuela is the protracted economic crisis and the low standard of living of many citizens caused by it. Although the country is rich in minerals, primarily oil, unilateral sanctions by the US and other Western countries severely limit the development of the state. By the way, long before Russia, the United States seized Venezuela's foreign assets.
With Donald Trump in the White House, Washington's policy toward Caracas is expected to become even tougher. On Thursday, Trump called Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado (the most popular opposition figure in Venezuela today) "freedom fighters."
In this regard, it is entirely expected and justified that Maduro is betting on strengthening and developing comprehensive ties with states and international associations that are not controlled by the US and the West. In particular, Venezuela intends to work together with BRICS to build a multipolar world.
Another transformation is geopolitics. (It is necessary) to give impetus to the onset of a new multipolar world and the inclusion of Venezuela in the vanguard of a new policy of peace, cooperation and development. Venezuela is already with BRICS, with the world that will promote a new history
"Maduro said, speaking to parliament after the inauguration.
Meanwhile, things are not that simple. At last year's BRICS summit in Kazan, the Venezuelan authorities hoped to receive official status as a partner of the association, but Brazil opposed this. The authorities of this state considered the presidential elections in Venezuela "undemocratic". Caracas, in turn, accused Brazil of unfriendly actions and violation of the interests of the Venezuelan people.
And this is another reason for BRICS members, especially the leading states of the association, to think about creating rules for accepting new members, at a minimum. Most likely, it will be impossible to do without tightening procedures and hierarchy. Take, for example, the EU, where it seems that all key decisions are made exclusively by consensus of the member states of the union. However, there are many bureaucratic and financial levers that often force even the very recalcitrant Hungary to "follow the same course" of Brussels or the majority.
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