00:00Ambassador Carlos Marcio Cozende is from Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
00:06We are fortunate enough to live in a region which is marked by peace.
00:10Brazil has settled basically all its border issues.
00:14We don't have any issues with any of our neighbors.
00:18That allows us to have a focus on keeping the region at peace without interference from the great powers.
00:26That's what we act in the region, in Latin America.
00:30Also in the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone.
00:34We are going to have a ministerial meeting on that this year.
00:37Also to reinforce the idea that this southern part and this hemisphere is a peaceful region.
00:43In the beginning you mentioned that you have seen relatively, in a quiet region, haven't really seen much turbulence.
00:51But there has been an event recently, that of Nicolás Maduro, where the U.S. military captured the Venezuelan president.
00:59It has brought shock to the international community.
01:03How does that impact Brazil?
01:05And how do you see that perhaps becoming an issue of regional security in Latin America?
01:11Well, that's something that we certainly regret.
01:14It was the first time that there was military intervention by the United States in South America.
01:19They had intervened before in Central America and Caribbean, but not in South America.
01:23So that's regrettable that that happened, especially given this concept that we try to defend,
01:29that this should be a peaceful region and those kinds of events should not happen.
01:35We hope that's a one-off.
01:37Now we are supporting Venezuela in recuperating their economy, their political activities internally and supporting their processes as well.
01:54Certainly the Venezuelan people should be the ones who take this forward.
01:58Does this development, though, affect Brazil's strategic relationship with the United States?
02:03I think it can be a good opportunity for cooperation as well with the United States in the sense that
02:10it would seem that after this intervention,
02:14the United States is interested in rebuilding institutionality in Venezuela.
02:18That has always been our interest as well.
02:20So in that sense, if that is correct, if that appreciation is correct, that would be also an opportunity for
02:25cooperation.
02:27Brazil is in the Western Hemisphere, and it's interesting.
02:31I would like to know, how does Brazil balance its strategic partnership with China,
02:37but at the same time maintaining strong ties with the United States, the United States story, but also Europe?
02:43Brazil has traditionally had very good relationship with all countries in the world.
02:48In fact, we are probably the country that has the greatest number of relationships in terms of establishing diplomatic relations,
02:58have basically diplomatic relations with all UN members, plus some countries which are not at the UN.
03:04So it's part of the Brazilian tradition to have that kind of relationship with all those countries.
03:10And it wouldn't be different with the great powers that have an influence in our region, that have an influence
03:18in the world.
03:19So I think Brazil has been trying to cooperate with different countries.
03:27In the case of the United States, it's a very well-established relationship in terms of investment, in terms of
03:32trade, in terms of interpersonal relations.
03:34China is something relatively more recent in that respect, because, of course, relations were established in the 70s,
03:41and then since then they have been steadily developing.
03:46And Europe is also our matrix, in a sense.
03:50So all those regions are very present in Brazil and very present in our relations.
03:54So let's go to India.
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