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Under Presidents Biden and Lula, the United States and Brazil have an opportunity to collaborate on key international issues like preventing climate change. Will they be able to mark a new era in U.S.-Brazil relations or will the two countries continue to operate at cross purposes?
Compared to the U.S., where the attacks of January 6, 2021, seem to only have deepened polarization and increased political risk, the January 8 insurgency in Brazil thus seems to have left fewer scars and can be seen as the apex of political instability.
Lula’s unmatched global recognition can be a unique asset to strengthen Brazil’s role on the global stage.
The administration of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has proposed an ambitious agenda to reform domestic cyber governance, but it is unlikely to depart significantly from Brazil’s established positions on global cyber diplomacy.
The answer to Lula’s question of who designated the U.S. dollar the global reserve currency is ironic: it was surplus countries such as Brazil and China. And despite what their leaders might say, none of them are in a hurry to upend the current system.
The vast majority of Guatemalans think the country is on the wrong track, but elections are unlikely to lead to improvements.
More political leaders—both left- and right-leaning—have used populist strategies in the past five years than at any time since the 1930s. That is bad news for countries’ economies and businesses.
Rather than imposing a vision about the future of South America, Brazil’s president can gently try to steer debates and hope that the meeting on May 30 is the return of a permanent dialogue among South American leaders.
Brazil’s position on Russia’s war in Ukraine reveals broader misgivings across the global south about the inclusiveness of the supposedly liberal international order.
Some degree of Chinese influence displacing U.S. initiatives is unavoidable, but the United States can leverage individual strength points to collaborate with both Brazil and Mexico.