South America’s biggest economy and African nations share the goal of eliminating income, race, and gender disparities, Lula says
Brazil and African countries share a common vision of the future, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday at the BRICS Business Forum in Johannesburg, hailing his country’s resurgent ties with the continent.
“In addition to a past that unites us,” Brazil and African nations want to eliminate disparities related to income, race, and gender “while developing our countries in an equitable and ecological way. It’s possible. That’s why BRICS is so important,” the Brazilian leader wrote on X (aka Twitter).
The BRICS group currently comprises Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which together account for 40% of the world’s population.
According to South Africa, which holds the BRICS rotating chair, more than 20 nations have formally applied to join the club, and several more have expressed an…