Russia and Brazil - What Will Come After Rousseff?

... Vladimir Putin and Luiz Inacio Luiz da Silva, entered into historic strategic alliance, which continued to grow under presidents Dilma Rousseff and Dmitry Medvedev and led to commerce in oil extraction, the exploration of outer space, aerospace cooperation and the sale of Russian military hardware to Brazil. Moreover, Brazil is now a major exporter of meat and other agricultural products to Russia.... ... future goal of Brazil’s economy- beyond the BRICS- is linked to obtaining a complete trade pact with the NATO-connected European Union. This “we want to be like the Western Europeans” mantra of Brazil’s political class and the huge,...