The Ministry of People's Power of Foreign Affairs rejects in the strongest terms possible the comments made on February 4 by the new U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon.
Mr. Shannon's comments are unacceptable for being invasive and disrespectful. It is not the role of a diplomat, much less a diplomat accredited to a friendly country, to give advice to a sovereign government. These comments represent a new and indefensible level of involvement of his government in the internal matters of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Ambassador Shannon should dedicate himself to his mission of promoting relations between the U.S. and Brazil
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