The minimum you must know
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said at the United Nations that global conflicts are causing him great concern. He explained that from his perspective, "We are living in a time of growing anguish, frustration, tension and fear,” because military budgets have ballooned as “the use of force, not supported by international law, is becoming the rule.” Brazil staunchly prefers a global return to the United Nations charter as a result.
Foreign relations are very important to Brazil because it has nine bordering countries including with emerging economies and various degrees of stability. Brazil is geographically the largest country in Latin America, very importantly sharing its northern border with Colombia and Venezuela, and its southern border with Argentina. Venezuela has been want of economic peace with the United States for several decades, and has been severely trade restricted, prompting an exodus of Venezuelans into neighboring Colombia and Brazil. This uncontrolled immigration created a large burden on recipient countries, including Brazil, which his home to millions of recent arrivals - who can participate freely in the global economy there. According to newspaper reports, recipient countries generously provided for half the population of Venezuela. Probably there will be a substantial flow of migrants from Brazil back to Venezuela when the country reintegrates with the global economy. Brazil is a very friendly country to the United States. But this author wonders if there is private consternation about U.S. foreign policy towards Venezuela as a result.
The country is also struggling for internally stability because of alleged coup ambitions.
Like many other countries, Brazil is focused on the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) to peace because of the safety risks advancing technology can pose. AI was central to his annual presentation at the United Nations.
President
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
United Nations 79th Session
There was nearly a joint partnership between NATO and Brazilian aviation. NATO passed, and consequently Brazilian manufacturers sell airplanes to all security sides. Brazil manufacturers for a former Soviet republic Azerbaijan. A Brazilian manufactured Embraer aircraft sold to Azerbaijan went down in December 2025.
The aviation incident within Kazakhstan was very near Russia but five hundred miles (approximately ninety minutes of flying time) away from the front lines between Russia and Ukraine. And the airline involved is obviously friendly to Russia, because it has flights to Moscow. Probably the incident was no intentional fault of anyone’s. (There was a very large spark visible on the front roof of the still-flying plane in a video posted on the internet. That area of the airplane was not exposed to people on the ground below. So probably something else was responsible for the spark.) NATO wasn’t involved in manufacturing, operating or even regulating the aircraft. Aviation safety incidences have occurred for all sides that are nobody’s intentional fault. (Russia would not take down an Azerbaijan aircraft approved for Russian skies. And Russia aviation officials informed the media that not only was the airplane approved for Russian air space, the specific plane was granted permission to reroute and land at any of the airports in the area. Russia was not responsible. Nevertheless, Russia signaled they would not blame any other country. President Putin even personally apologized that it could have happened.)
Brazil is a representative democracy that's very similar to the one in the United States. Brazilians share essentially the same values as North Americans. It's naturally one of the most beautiful countries in the world, with vast expanses of forests. Consequently the country has always been desirable for tourism. Brazil has developed socially and technologically very quickly. It's very much a leader in the region and far beyond as a result.
