Because the dramatic occasions of January 8 in Brazil, which echoed related occasions in January 2021 in america, U.S.-Brazil relations appeared to enter a brand new part. Between Brazilian votes on Ukraine resolutions on the U.N., President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s February assembly with President Joseph Biden on the White Home, and Lula’s April go to to China to satisfy with President Xi Jinping, relations between the 2 international locations have been formed by distinct geopolitical occasions. On the similar time, each international locations are grappling with inside political and financial challenges to steady democracy.
On Might 15, the International Coverage program at Brookings will host former U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas Shannon for a keynote tackle adopted by a panel dialogue on the way forward for the U.S.-Brazil relationship at a vital time. The dialog will study the prospects for bettering relations between the U.S. and Brazil on this fluid home and geopolitical second.
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