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Beneath the diplomatic protocol of Lula’s recent visit to Washington lay a strategic contest over rare-earth resources, the ongoing U.S.-China rivalry, and Brazil’s efforts to leverage geopolitical competition for national advantage ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

Major Indian investments in Brazil’s energy sector demonstrate the deepening transformation of the global energy and geopolitical architecture, in which countries of the Global South are increasingly shaping alternative centers of power.

Mikhail Mishustin’s high-level visit to Brazil highlights a calculated Russia–Brazil convergence, reshaping BRICS cooperation, de-dollarization and challenging U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.