July 12, 2011—Over the course of a generation, Brazil has emerged as both a driver of growth in South America and as an active force in world politics. A new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR ...

The United States ranked second, providing 12% of Brazil’s imports and purchasing 15.5% of its exports, according to Brazilian government data. In 2024, Brazil recorded a slight trade deficit of ...

The Brazilian-Turkish agreement with Iran on enriched uranium was part of Brazil’s effort to project the power to "solve conflict through negotiation," says Brazilian international affairs ...

Differences between the two countries must be addressed through negotiation and mutual respect, not punitive measures.

Brazilian authorities recently admitted that their country’s intelligence agency had spied on Paraguayan officials between June 2022 and March 2023. Paraguay Recalls Ambassador […] advertisement ...

TOPSHOT - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (L) and U.S. President Joe Biden chat after posing for a family photo during the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.

Brazil, Russia, Indian and China: a new grouping on the world stage The Brazilian government's recent mediation efforts to persuade Iran to sign a deal on enriching uranium as a way of allaying ...

Brazil should be guided in international relations by its national interests, including cooperation in the framework of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), rather than ideology ...

During Lula’s first two terms in office, between 2003 and 2010, this meant asserting Brazil’s international relevance by being active in multilateral institutions such as the United Nations ...

On February 10th, after we went to press, Brazil’s new leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was due to visit President Joe Biden in Washington. It will be the first international trip ...

Despite initial concerns that Brazil-U.S. relations would diminish after Lula’s election, bilateral relations have largely continued as usual; Lula visited President Joe Biden in February and ...