Lula “Uncomfortable” with Chavez

A quote from Brazil’s Foreign Affairs Minisiter, Celso Amorim’s, addressing congress and published by AFP:

“We have communicated to Chavez how uncomfortable we feel and also how uncomfortable President Lula feels with some of his actions”… “President Lula unequivocally expressed his unconformability to the point of saying that this [Chavez’s actions in Bolivia] is not only puting at risk the gas pipeline but also South America's integration”.

This is the first clear signal sent by the Brazilian administration of disgust with Venezuela.