Tag: BRICS

• Tuesday, June 24th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

  July 7 becomes holiday in Rio due to BRICS event

  

  The city of Rio de Janeiro has declared July 7 (Monday) a municipal holiday due to the BRICS Summit, which will host leaders from over 20 countries. Additionally, July 4 (Friday) has been marked as an optional workday for public offices because of related events. Although the summit formally begins on July 6, key encounters among central bank heads and finance ministers will already be taking place on July 4 and 5.

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• Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 08:42 UTC

  Brazil sees opportunity in mRNA vaccine development

  

  Brazil's Alexandre Padilha admitted Tuesday at the at the 15th BRICS Health Ministers' Meeting in Brasilia that his country was seeking to become a global leader in messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine production, leveraging partnerships with national institutions like the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) and the Sao Paulo-based Butantan Institute. Padilha also reckoned other BRICS countries such as China would be engaged in the initiative.

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• Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  No full consensus at BRICS FMs gathering in Rio

  

  The BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in Rio de Janeiro Monday and Tuesday concluded without a joint statement, as discussions over United Nations Security Council reform failed to reach consensus. Although Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira stressed that the differences were not outright disagreements, Egypt and Ethiopia opposed the proposal to grant permanent seats to developing nations such as Brazil and India.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2025 - 19:37 UTC

  Brazil's Silva highlights BRICS' potential for just ecological transition

  

  Brazil's Environment and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva Thursday highlighted the BRICS group's potential to lead a just global ecological transition. She made those remarks during the bloc's 11th ministerial meeting in this regard, where issues like desertification, ecosystem preservation, plastic pollution, and climate action aligned with the UN's Agenda 2030 were discussed.

• Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

  Rousseff to stay at BRICS Bank helm for 5 more years after Moscow's nod

  

  Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will remain at the helm of the BRICS bloc's Shanghai-based New Development Bank following Vladimir Putin's green light, Agencia Brasil reported citing Brasilia's newly-appointed Secretary for Institutional Relations Gleisi Hoffmann. Rousseff's term was to end in July this year.

• Friday, March 14th 2025 - 19:03 UTC

  Putin invites Maduro over to Moscow for WWII Victory Day celebrations

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday invited his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro during a videoconference over to Moscow for the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Allies over the Third Reich on May 9. In addition, Putin suggested signing a strategic partnership with the South American country as they exchanged their mutual views on current world affairs. In the end, the Chavista leader did not confirm his attendance to the event where representatives from several countries, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and World War II veterans are expected to be present.

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

  Nigeria becomes new BRICS full member

  

  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.

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

  Indonesia joins BRICS as full member, Brasilia confirms

  

  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 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

  

  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.”