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Montevideo, January 20th 2025 - 20:58 UTC

Tag: BRICS

  • Saturday, January 18th 2025 - 10:38 UTC

    Nigeria becomes new BRICS full member

    Nigeria is Africa’s fourth-largest economy and the world’s sixth-most populous nation

    The Brazilian Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in charge of the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc, announced Friday that Nigeria, Africa's fourth-largest economy, was joining the alliance as a full member. “The Brazilian government announces today, January 17, 2025, the official accession of Nigeria as a partner country of the group,” a statement from Itamaraty read.

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  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 07:13 UTC

    Indonesia joins BRICS as full member, Brasilia confirms

    Brazil took over the bloc's rotating presidency on Jan. 1.

    Brazil's government confirmed Monday that Indonesia had joined the BRICS bloc as a full member, making it the first country to do so this year, Agencia Brasil reported. The alliance now has the fourth largest population on the planet, with the new partner's 284 million inhabitants making it the 10th largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the World Bank.

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Brazil takes over BRICS rotating presidency

    Brazil last chaired the BRICS bloc under Bolsonaro and gave little to no importance to it

    Brazil took over Wednesday the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc which now features at least nine new members. It is the fourth time the South American country has held that position, Agência Brasil noted.

  • Saturday, November 16th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Venezuelan ambassador returns to Brasilia

    Vadell resuming his functions ended the diplomatic dispute between the two countries after Brazil's veto to the Chavista country joining BRICS

    Venezuela's Ambassador to Brazil Manuel Vadell returned to Brasilia on Thursday after two weeks in Caracas for consultations, thus ending the diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The diplomat announced this move through a video published on social networks. He had been summoned to Venezuela on Oct. 30, after Nicolás Maduro's regime said that statements by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Foreign Affairs Advisor Celso Amorim were “interfering and rude.”

  • Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula says Maduro not Brazil's problem

    “Maduro is a Venezuelan problem, not a Brazilian problem,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in an interview with RedeTV that Nicolás Maduro was “Venezuela's problem,” not his country's. “It seems to me that it was a wise reflection by Lula,” Maduro replied after recent incidents between the two Latin American nations resulting in Caracas being excluded from the BRICS associate membership granted to Bolivia and Cuba, among others.

  • Tuesday, October 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Maduro lashes out at Itamaraty and Boric

    Boric “believed that supporting the fascists of Venezuela against the Bolivarian Revolution was going to give him votes, on the contrary people do not support cowards,” Maduro argued

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Monday accused Brazil's Foreign Ministry of being an agent at the service of the United States, which would explain his country not being admitted as an associate member of BRICS, unlike Cuba and Bolivia.

  • Friday, October 25th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

    Dilma offered new term as BRICS bank head

    Rousseff and Putin met earlier this week but it remains to be seen whether she is interested in the new job offer

    Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was offered the chance to stay for another five years as head of the New Development Bank (NDB, also known as the BRICS Bank) by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the bloc's Summit in Kazan, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday. Rousseff's term ends in July 2025.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 08:00 UTC

    Brazil/China peace plan, rejected by Kiev, considered a chance by Russia

    Brazil and China are full members and founders of the BRICS group next to Russia, India and South Africa

    Brazil has positioned itself as neutral in the Ukraine war, refusing to join sanctions or provide military aid to Kiev, while proposing a peace initiative in cooperation with China. The joint Brazil/China peace plan or at least to end hostilities, has been defined by Ukrainian president Zelensky as “destructive”.

  • Monday, March 25th 2024 - 07:47 UTC

    Mondino: FTA with Japan OK but trade with China not good

    “We cannot gain much by working together with some countries that are not liberal democracies,” Mondino said about China

    Argentine Foreign Minister Daiana Mondino traveled to Japan between March 21 and 23 to boost a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Asian country and the South American Common Market (Mercosur). While at it, Mondino seized the opportunity to further criticize China.

  • Friday, March 22nd 2024 - 19:27 UTC

    Buenos Aires Governor Kicillof turns to BRICS for financial help

    During the videoconference, Kicillof (R) explored the possibility of the province getting a loan from the NDB

    The governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires Axel Kicillof Thursday held a video conference with BRICS bank chairwoman and former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to “strengthen collaboration ties and discuss investment opportunities” for the country's largest territory, according to a statement from the Peronist/Kirchnerite leader's office.

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