Venezuela Election: Brazil President Lula Cheering on Venezuela Opposition, Calls on Nicolas Maduro to Conduct ‘Free and Fair’ Elections | Latin Post [Video]

The Venezuela elections are in full swing as the opposition has picked Edmundo Gonzalez to challenge dictator Nicolas Maduro. This development has been welcomed by Lula, president of Brazil, as he cheered on the opposition candidate who might finally kick Maduro out of office in July,

“There’s something extraordinary happening in Venezuela,” said Lula during a press conference in Brasilia. “The whole opposition has gathered, the opposition is launching a single candidate, and there will be elections.”

Lula is actually allied to the Venezuelan strongman but has since slammed his “friend” over Maduro’s tactics of political repression, joining the United States and other Latin American countries in calling for free and fair elections in the country.

According to Bloomberg, his recent criticisms of his “ally” came after receiving much backlashthanks to his comments that urged former Venezuelan opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado and her supporters to stop “crying” and choose a replacement. This was …