Brazil stands firm on BRICS ties despite US pressure
(MENAFN) A top advisor to Brazil’s president has confirmed the country’s intention to deepen cooperation with its BRICS partners, despite recent threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The advisor stated that Brazil will not be deterred by Washington’s warnings, including possible tariffs and criticism over the legal proceedings involving former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Speaking in an interview, presidential adviser Celso Amorim remarked that the mounting pressure from the United States is only strengthening Brazil’s resolve to maintain and expand its BRICS relationships. “Reinforcing our relations with the BRICS, because we want to have diversified relations and not depend on any one country,” he explained.
Amorim noted that Brazil is also working to enhance partnerships across multiple regions, including Europe, South America, and Asia, in an effort to expand both its diplomatic and economic networks.
He condemned the actions and rhetoric from Washington as overreach, characterizing the interference as more intrusive than historical colonialism. “I don’t think even the Soviet Union would have done anything like this,” he said, while emphasizing that the BRICS bloc should not be seen through an ideological lens.
Earlier this month, President Trump threatened to apply tariffs as high as 50% on Brazilian goods, linking the move to Brazil’s handling of Bolsonaro’s legal case. The former Brazilian president stands accused of attempting to overturn the results of the 2022 election. Trump also proposed an additional 10% duty on countries he claims are “aligning themselves” with the BRICS alliance, which he labeled “anti American.”
In response, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva firmly rejected Trump’s threats, stating that “he is not the emperor of the world” and reaffirming that Brazil would not yield to external pressure.
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