Brazil has changed a lot since he was last in power over a decade ago
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskUnder Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil retreated into its shell. His foreign friendships were limited to Donald Trump, Israel and the national-populist regimes in Hungary and Poland, though he also visited Vladimir Putin just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He sent senior diplomats to stamp passports as consuls or to secondary posts.
In a world of geopolitical confrontation and war in Europe, Brazil’s traditional balancing act between west and east, south and north, has become harder. Theremain important in economic terms, says Mr Amorim. He would like Argentina to join, to balance Russia and China. Russia is one of the few issues on which Lula and Mr Bolsonaro agree. Brazil condemns the invasion but, like many developing countries, will not cut ties.
Lula’s victory means that left-wing governments are in charge in all of Latin America’s bigger countries. There are many differences among them. But there is also a sense of solidarity. All look to Lula as their elder statesman, to revive moribund regional talking-shops and to try to broker an agreement between Venezuela’s government and its opposition ahead of a presidential election due in 2024. What Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocrat, wants is relief from American sanctions.
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