Brazil: protests and Petrobras
On March 14, several hundred thousand Brazilians took to the streets in major cities around the country in protest against corruption. It was a reminder of the 2013-14 protests that overshadowed the...
View ArticleChina in Latin America
At the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Forum meeting held in Beijing in January 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that over the next ten years trade between...
View ArticleLatin America’s right angle?
Latin America was not immune to global tumult in 2015. In the case of this enormous region, almost five times the size of India, the economic downturn affected the politics. In Brazil, Argentina and...
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Intra-BRICS Trade: an illustrative guide
In 2001, Goldman Sachs analyst Jim O’Neill predicted that over the next 10 years, Brazil, Russia, India and China (the ‘BRIC’) will form a significant share of world GDP and this should be taken...
View ArticleIs BRICS still relevant?
The 13th BRICS summit is set to be held on September 9 in digital format under India’s chairmanship. This plurilateral grouping comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is chaired by...
View ArticleGeopolitics, G20 and India’s Choices
The clock is ticking. In about three months, India will assume for the first time the Group of 20 (G20) year-long presidency from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023, culminating with the G20 Summit...
View ArticleDouble standards at the UNSC
On September 30th, the Russian veto killed a United Nations Security Council resolution[1] tabled by the U.S. and Albania to condemn the annexation of the four Ukrainian provinces occupied by Moscow’s...
View ArticleBrazil elections, looking ahead
On October 30, 2022, more than 120 million Brazilians will head to the polls for the second round of elections to select their next President. This is the first time that a late-term president – Jair...
View ArticleBRICS Summit: Redefining international cooperation
The 15th summit of BRICS comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is scheduled to take place at Johannesburg between 22nd and 24th August 2023. Like the G20 summit to be hosted by India...
View ArticleBRICS-XI, the new configuration
In the history of its fifteen summits, the BRICS – a consequential grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – summit just held in Johannesburg on 22-24 August has drawn an...
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