Brazil’s Explanation for Delaying Its BRICS Presidency Is Extremely Suspicious

Brazil’s Explanation for Delaying Its BRICS Presidency Is Extremely Suspicious

It’s unbelievable that a rising Great Power like Brazil can’t organize more than one major multilateral summit in a single year. What appears to be going on is that Lula is doing a favor for the US as a quid pro quo for its intelligence agencies helping to orchestrate the January 8th incident that’s consolidating…

Biden Stoops to Conquer Brazil’s Lula

Biden Stoops to Conquer Brazil’s Lula

The tragicomic “insurrection” in Brasilia on Sunday was destined to meet a sudden death. The universal condemnation and, in particular,  the brusqueness with which the Biden Administration distanced itself from the protestors, sealed their fate. Certainly, this revolt is no  “colour revolution,” although it is difficult to make predictions about new protests in the country….

Why the CIA Attempted a ‘Maidan Uprising’ in Brazil

Why the CIA Attempted a ‘Maidan Uprising’ in Brazil

A former US intelligence official has confirmed that the shambolic Maidan remix staged in Brasilia on 8 January was a CIA operation, and linked it to the recent attempts at color revolution in Iran. On Sunday, alleged supporters of former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, bypassing flimsy security…

Can China Help Brazil Restart Its Global Soft Power?

Can China Help Brazil Restart Its Global Soft Power?

Ten days of full immersion in Brazil are not for the faint-hearted. Even restricted to the top two megalopolises, Sao Paulo and Rio, watching live the impact of interlocking economic, political, social and environmental crises exacerbated by the Jair Bolsonaro project leaves one stunned. The return of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for what will…

The Geostrategic Consequences of Lula’s Re-Election Aren’t as Clear-Cut as Some Might Think

The Geostrategic Consequences of Lula’s Re-Election Aren’t as Clear-Cut as Some Might Think

Lula and Bolsonaro are striking exceptions to the oversimplification of contemporary leaders in the New Cold War either being unipolar liberal-globalists or multipolar conservative-sovereigntists since the first can be described as a multipolar liberal-globalist while the second was a unipolar conservative-sovereigntist. This is an admittedly imperfect assessment but one which nevertheless serves to make an…