New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Brazil's president rallies regional and global leaders against Washington's use of force, reaffirming multilateralism, international law, and Venezuela's sovereignty amid escalating crisis.

BRASILIA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has emerged as a central diplomatic voice opposing Washington's latest use of force in Latin America, holding urgent high-level talks with the leaders of Canada, Mexico, and Colombia to coordinate a response to the rapidly escalating crisis in Venezuela.

According to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Lula conducted a series of telephone conversations focused squarely on Venezuela's sovereignty, the humanitarian fallout of the crisis, and what regional leaders described as the...