A press worker received a blow to the chest. She happened during the coverage of an interview with the Venezuelan president.
A bodyguard of the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, attacked the journalists who were covering an interview in the framework of the summit of south american presidents carried out by the president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The incident occurred on Tuesday night at the Itamaraty Palacethe headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. A group of press workers was surprised by the refusal of the agents of the Institutional Security Office (GSI) to enter the place where Maduro was.
Through a video went viral on social media realizes that a security personnel hit a Brazilian journalist Delis Ortizwhile his colleagues were violently pushed.
The Brazilian government repudiated the attack
From the government of brazilhe Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attacks through a statement: “The Foreign Ministry regrets the incident in which there was aggression against press professionals, at the end of the meeting of presidents of South America. Proceedings will be taken to determine responsibilities“.
Source: Ambito
