Sunday evening, Paris time, the outcome of the Brazilian presidential election was still uncertain… But, regardless of the winning candidate, Brazil will cultivate its ties with Russia.
Because, if Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro have diametrically opposed positions on the international scene, they nevertheless find themselves on one point: their indulgence vis-à-vis Vladimir Poutine in the name of his traditional non-alignment.
The leader of the left wants to restore the largest country in Latin America to a respected player on the world stage after four years of diplomatic isolation and controversy under the mandate of Jair Bolsonaro.
But regardless of the president who will be elected on Sunday in the second round of the presidential election, it is unlikely that Brazil, which has weakly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and refrained from voting for international sanctions , operates a diplomatic about-face.
Brazil's isolation
The former president (2003-2010) has already said that, if elected, he would speak...
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