strangest thing is Mexico president raising nordstream which is not position you would expect consider his political leanings. Some one must have briefed Putin that Mexican president value this thing. this is quality of intelligence.
US antagonism is rapidly radicalizing AMLO's stance.
AMLO recently also stepped up the
. With the US investing a lot of money nearshoring EV production to Mexico, having national control over lithium will give Mexico significant (read: unacceptable) economic leverage with the US.
“We remind those hypocritical and irresponsible politicians that Mexico is an independent and free country, not a colony or a protectorate of the United States!”
massive capital rally in Mexico
The US response: War on Terror 2.0
Some BRICS news:
Russian Chancellor Sergei Lavrov will
. He's likely there to officially
to vote against Russia at the UN. Relations will likely remain good under the table.
"The mission here seems the most challenging, at least if you consider the group of member countries of the BRICS. Brazil was the only member of the group to vote against Russia in a resolution of the United Nations (UN) that condemned the invasion of Ukraine. China, India and South Africa abstained", adds the journalist. "At Itamaraty, the almost unanimous version is that Brazil will keep its current position untouched, of neutrality in the conflict, but critical of the invasion of a sovereign country".
Lula's 26 March visit:
The official acts, which will take place on the 28th, include a meeting between Lula and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping; and a day later a business forum will be held in which between
400 and 500 businessmen will participate, nearly half of them Brazilians.
The sector with the greatest weight will be agriculture, with 90 Brazilian companies represented, according to the Foreign Ministry of the South American country, which is a major exporter of food for the Chinese market.
The signing of about 20 agreements is expected in the commercial area, phytosanitary protocols, technology, development, energy transition and other areas of collaboration within the framework of the strategic association that both countries have maintained since 2002.
After Beijing, Lula will travel to Shanghai on the 30th, where he will visit the headquarters of the BRICS development bank and propose former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff as the new head.
China has already
.
Also, Lula reportedly talked to Biden, Macron, and Scholz about peace before the Xi meeting. That's interesting given Putin's
on UK, US, France and Germany role in future Ukraine negotiations.
