RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday that he believes in a nonviolent solution for the crisis in Venezuela.

"Brazil firmly believes that it is possible to get Venezuela back to the peaceful democratic life without any extreme measures, in which we will be mistaken by history as aggressors, invaders and violators of national sovereignty," Mourao said.

In an interview with GloboNews, a 24-hour news channel on Brazilian television, Mourao said there are "great powers" interested in Venezuela and it would be bad to bring a "Cold War environment" to South America.

Earlier on Monday, Mourao participated in the meeting of the Lima Group, which issued a joint statement calling for peaceful solutions for the conflict. They called for the resignation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and new presidential elections to be held.

Founded by Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Paraguay in 2017, the Lima Group is a hemispheric bloc of countries mostly aligned with Washington, which is backing the Venezuelan opposition's push to unseat Maduro.