BRICS Summit 2025

by María Josefina Arce

Next July, the BRICS Summit will take place in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, one of the founding members of the bloc that represents an important alternative to an unjust international economic order, has held the rotating presidency of BRICS for the fourth time since last month.

The new meeting comes amid an expansion of the group, which has added new members and other nations as associate states, including Cuba and Bolivia for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Founded in 2009, BRICS currently represents 51% of the world's population and 40% of the world's gross domestic product.

Among Brazil's priorities during its presidency is to work for sustainable development with social inclusion and for a fairer and more representative global governance.

Therefore, according to the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, important decisions for development, cooperation and the improvement of the living conditions of all inhabitants of the countries of the bloc will be taken at the meeting.

Under the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil has contributed much to this progress. In his third term, the number of Brazilians living in poverty fell to its lowest level since 2012.

More than eight million people left the poverty line, while just over three million left extreme poverty.

The South American country has also registered a good pace of job creation, which has led to an improvement in the living conditions of many Brazilian families.

These are positive results, thanks to the social programs implemented, that Brasilia can transmit to the rest of the BRICS, which favors South-South cooperation for the benefit of its citizens.

In addition, under Lula da Silva, Brazil has returned to the international scene with strength, contributing to a greater relevance of the bloc and new opportunities for the nations of the global South.