... set of long-standing political problems (for example, the Taiwan issue), ideological differences (China maintains its commitment to socialism based on a strong civilisational foundation and national interests) and increasingly tough competition in the economy and finance (China is pursuing industry, technology and finance in its own way). Such problems in relations between Brazil and the US are simply difficult to imagine at the current stage. At the recent BRICS summit, the country's leadership pursued a balanced line, avoiding a confrontational stance towards the West. And yet, Brazil is in the crosshairs of US economic ...
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President Lula declared that “Russia is an important partner for us in areas such as oil, gas and small nuclear reactors, which is an extraordinary novelty, so that we can have guaranteed energy for ever and ever.” The president also
noted
that if Brazil wants to be the fifth largest economy in the world, it needs more stable energy than wind or solar power, “so that what happened to Spain and Portugal [during the recent electricity blackout in April 2025] never happens to us.
The nuclear sector was also high on the agenda of Brazil's ...
Policy Brief # 58 / 2025
Policy Brief # 58 / 2025
Russia’s engagement with Brazil — Moscow’s foremost trading partner in Latin America and a key member of BRICS — stands as a crucial component of Russia’s strategy to foster a multipolar world. Alignment on various items on the international agenda and the ability to ...
... Promotion of Economic Cooperation with Latin American Countries;
Ana Livia Araujo Esteves, Lecturer at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University;
Ivan Kryazhev, Senior Advisor at the Senior Advisor at the World Youth Festival ... ... at the Institute of World Military Economics and Strategy, HSE University;
Anna Shakhina, Executive Secretary of the Russia-Brazil Business Council;
Irina Isakova, Independent Expert.
The session was moderated by RIAC Program Coordinator Alexandra Terzi....
... American extractive capacitive wherewithal, needs to meet and mate with proven Indian expertise, in the domain of knowledge-economy and services-based exports, such that commercial exchanges are not contingent on the fortuitousness of serendipitous circumstances,... ... Indian pharmaceutical industry’s entry into Latin America, which in the main, was the enabling by-product of the Lula led Brazilian government’s tiff with US pharma companies who refused to revise prices for anti-retroviral drugs, or for that matter,...
... Bolsonaro’s team from the BRICS discussions have largely been overblown. While the scope of the agenda put forth by Brazil during its year of presidency in the BRICS might not seem too ambitious, there do appear to be important priorities accorded by the Brazilian side to issues of economic cooperation in the sphere of innovation and digital economy development. With important innovations of the past several years such as the BRICS+ and outreach exercises unlikely to be actively pursued this year, Brazil will likely seek to show more results in the economic and security areas to mark its ...
... Russian or Brazilian authorities. This is perhaps because the majority of Russian players on Brazilian markets have no links to government agencies and primarily target the more dynamic and innovative private sector. That said, a significant part of the Brazilian economy is publicly owned and it appears that such businesses will soon be prepared to introduce new digital technologies. This portion of the market may well be overburdened with red tape but it seems too lucrative for Russian companies to overlook. ...
... mention that virtually all of the region’s countries joined the “food race” in the early 21
st
century, since today, the large players on the food markets (both exporters and importers) have the same opportunities to influence the global economy and politics as the producers and consumers of fuel and mineral resources.
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Both traditional Latin American food exporters (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay and Ecuador, among others) and countries for whom it is a relatively new export (Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Chile) are participants in the “food race.”
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At the same time, manufactured goods are given priority in ...
... are rising. The fact that in terms of GDP the United Kingdom once again left Brazil behind and became the sixth largest world economy dealt a heavy moral blow to the Latin American giant. Moreover, according to forecasts, in 2015 India will replace Brazil as the seventh largest economy in the world.
Disagreements in the ruling coalition
Regardless of the extremely low rating of the President, there are no formal grounds for her impeachment.
enca.com
Zbigniew Iwanowski:
Brazil: Hard-won Victory and Challenges for
Dilma Rousseff
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... banks.
Levy's budget cuts have created tensions throughout the political class particularly among the leadership of Dilma's Workers Party because cutbacks rather than anti-inflationary measures, including high consumer credit card rates, hurt working Brazilians the most. They have a potential to spark spontaneous riots like the social explosions of 2013.
Government sources now indicate that the economy is about to contract this year by around a negative 1.1 percent, signaling recession. Economic reform is likely to continue and could become an issue in the 2018 presidential election.
Meanwhile former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva continues ...
