Politics Jamal Walker ASSOCIATED PRESS, BRAZIL, BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY, BRICS, CE, CORRUPTION, CUBA, DEMOCRACY, EUROPE/ASIA, FOREIGN MINISTRY, FOREIGN POLICY, LU, LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA, LULA, MINISTRY, NICOLÁS MADURO, NORTH AMERICA, PAULO, POLITICAL PERSECUTION, RUSSIA, SOUTH AMERICA, TRADE RELATIONS, VENEZUELA Escalating Tensions: Brazil Responds to Venezuelan Rhetoric and Criticism