WORLD ECONOMY Xi takes aim at US ‘protectionism’ in phone call with Lula 12-08-2025 10:56 Brazil President Lula and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on “upholding multilateralism” through the Group of 20 and BRICS.
BOLSONARO ROW Trump, Lula clash over politically charged coup trial 07-07-2025 15:27 US-Brazil relations slide into crisis after Trump criticised the high-profile coup trial of right-wing ally, ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, and Lula snaps back.
TRADE WAR BRICS criticism brings Trump 10% tariff threat 07-07-2025 14:00 BRICS leaders describe Trump's stop-start tariff wars as "indiscriminate", damaging, and illegal, drawing a quick rebuke from the pugilistic US president.
FOREIGN POLICY Modi and Milei vow to boost trade after Casa Rosada talks 06-07-2025 09:15 Indian PM Narendra Modi, leader of the world's fifth-largest economy, vows to expand and diversify trade Argentina before heading to Brazil to attend the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
TRADE & COMMERCE Lula and Xi to ink new deals as Brazil shrugs off Trump’s trade threats 13-05-2025 08:51 Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and China’s Xi Jinping are set to ink new trade-related agreements in Beijing on Tuesday.
TRADE WAR US or China? Latin America under pressure to pick a side 14-02-2025 12:55 US President Donald Trump pressures key trading partners like Mexico to break away from China's influence, vowing to shut the 'backdoor' allowing China to import products tariff-free through Latin America.
Trump BRICS Trump weaponizing dollar seen as needless BRICS provocation 02-12-2024 12:43 Trump puts pressure on BRICS, in an attempt to have countries around the world stay anchored to the US dollar-based financial system.
SINO-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS Xi, Lula meet in Brasília to 'enhance' diplomatic ties 20-11-2024 10:52 Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit Brazil to strengthen ties with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, focusing on enhancing trade relations, aligning development strategies, and marking 50 years of diplomatic relations. by Ramon Sahmkow, AFP
Trade tensions Lula’s embrace of Xi sets up a clash over Trump’s China policy 14-11-2024 12:37 Brazil’s President Lula is advancing a strategic partnership with China, pursuing infrastructure projects to boost Brazil’s economic ties with Asia, despite the risks of upsetting their other largest trade partner: the United States.
WORLD Venezuela's Maduro hails 'indestructible ties' with Russia 23-10-2024 15:50 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday hailed "indestructible ties" with Russia during a meeting with Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a BRICS summit.
INTERVIEW Rosendo Fraga: ‘Karina Milei has more power than the Cabinet Chief’ 23-10-2024 07:04 Journalist, political analyst and historian Rosendo Fraga, recently interviewed by postgraduate students in investigative journalism at the Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA), discusses President Javier Milei’s world view, Argentina’s new diplomatic line and the relationship with the International Monetary Fund.
GEOPOLITICS Putin hosts BRICS leaders in Russia in challenge to West 22-10-2024 08:39 President Vladimir Putin plays host Russia’s biggest gathering of world leaders since the invasion of Ukraine, using the BRICS summit to show he’s no pariah.
OPINION & ANALYSIS How economic and strategic alliances are changing in a multipolar world 12-10-2024 06:23 A guide to the new fault lines of geopolitics — from BRICS versus the G7 to Lula and Milei’s ideological rivalry in Latin America.
OPINION & ANALYSIS An expanded BRICS needs to innovate to show its influence 09-10-2024 14:07 Q&A session with research scientist Mihaela Papa, of Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Argentina formally rejects BRICS membership 29-12-2023 20:38 President Javier Milei send letters to BRICS leaders to formalise his decision to reject an invitation to join the grouping.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Diana Mondino says Argentina will not join BRICS under Milei government 30-11-2023 16:14 Economist Diana Mondino, who is set to be appointed foreign minister in Javier Milei’s government, has confirmed that Argentina will not join the BRICS on her new boss' watch. by Martin Soltys
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Destination China: President Fernández embarks on last international trip 12-10-2023 18:50 Argentina’s Peronist leader looks to close a new swap and move forward with his aim of joining the BRICS group. Fernández due to meet with Xi Jinping and Dilma Rousseff while in Beijing and Shanghai.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY China says premier will lead its G20 delegation, not president Xi 04-09-2023 09:23 Premier Li Qiang will lead China's delegation to the G20 summit in India this weekend, Beijing said Monday, all but confirming President Xi Jinping will snub the meeting of the world's biggest economies.