British magazine The Economist classified as “incoherent abroad” and “unpopular at home” in a report published over the weekend.
Early on, the text mentions that on June 22 condemned him to the attacks of Israel and the Iranian territory and stated that the offensive represented a “violation of sovereignty” of Iran and “of international law.”
The publication says that this position of Brazil about the war between Israel and Iran was against the stance of other Western democracies, who supported the attack on the United States or just expressed concern.
For The Economist, “Brazil’s sympathy with Iran” will continue with the participation of both countries, which will meet in a leader summit on July 6 and 7 in Rio de Janeiro.
The Iranian government joined the emerging economies group in 2024, when other new members also officially joined the bloc.
‘Hostile to the West’
According to the British magazine, Brazil’s participation in a BRICS dominated by the agendas of and makes the country “seem increasingly hostile to the West.”
“Brazil’s role at the center of an expanded BRICS dominated by a more authoritarian regime is part of Lula’s increasingly incoherent foreign policy,” says The Economist.
The text also highlights the removal between the current Brazilian government and the United States commanded by.
“There is no record that the two men have met in person, which makes Brazil the largest economy whose leader did not squeeze the president of the United States,” the publication says. “Instead, Lula cuts China. He met with China’s president twice last year.”
The magazine also cites Russia’s trip in May for the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
“He took advantage of the trip to try to convince Brazil to mediate the end of the war in. Neither Putin nor anyone listened to him.”
The removal of since the election of in 2023 and the demonstrations of support for Venezuela at the beginning of his government are also pointed out as part of Lula’s “inconsistency” in foreign policy.
‘Unpopular at home’
The Economist states that Lula’s weakness in the world scene “is aggravated by the fall of home popularity.”
That the disapproval of the government reached 57% in early June, the highest rate of its third term.
The British newspaper still draws attention to the overthrow of the decree that raised the (tax on financial operations) by the unprecedented movement in the last 30 years and that signals the weakness of the agent before the legislature.
“The country leaned to the right. Many Brazilians associate their workers’ party with corruption, due to a scandal that led to prison for more than a year (his conviction was later annulled),” the report says.
“He has built the party with the support of unions, Catholics with social awareness and poor government alms beneficiaries. But today Brazil is a country where evangelical Christianity is expanding, where employment in agriculture and informal economy is growing rapidly, and where the right also offers alms.”
According to the publication, the former president () “will probably be arrested soon for allegedly planning a blow to remain in power after losing an election in 2022” but still has strength among the population.
“He [Bolsonaro] It has not yet chosen a successor to lead the right. But if he does and the right will unite with this person before, the presidency will be theirs, “says the magazine.
‘Stop pretending importance’
The report ends by saying that American Donald Trump rarely refers to Brazil in his constant criticisms of the rest of the globe.
In part, says The Economist, this can be explained by the huge commercial deficit with the United States, “something no other major emerging economy has,” today.
“But its silence can also be due to the fact that Brazil, relatively distant and geopolitically inert, simply not being so important when it comes to war issues in Ukraine or. Lula should stop pretending to have and focus on closer issues,” the publication concludes.
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