Despite having been in power for less than a week, Lula da Silva has already begun to take his first steps. One of them was to repeal a decision made by Jair Bolsonaro. Thus, Brazil returned once again to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), from which they had withdrawn three years earlier by order of the former president.
Through a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the neighboring nation expressed: “Through the appropriate diplomatic channels, (I ask) the reincorporation of Brazilfully and immediately, to all instances of the mechanism, both those of a political nature and those of a technical nature”. The creator of this international bloc had been Lula da Silva himself, in 2010, with the aim of being able to improve dialogue in the region.
However, at the beginning of 2020, Jair Bolsonaro decided to withdraw the participation of Brazil in this body, after arguing that they gave “prominence to non-democratic regimes such as those of Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua.” In this way, we will have to wait and see what the organization will decide, which will hold a summit on January 24 in the city of Buenos Aires (a date that coincides with Lula’s visit to Argentina).
“The return of Brazil to the Latin American community of States is an essential step for the recomposition of our diplomatic patrimony and for the full reintegration of the country into the international community,” the Brazilian ministry stated. During his inauguration speech, he had already indicated that he was going to take similar steps by speaking of “South American integration” and the reconstruction of the “high and active dialogue with the United States, the European Community and China.”
mercosur currency
After the assumption of Lula da Silva to the presidency from the neighboring countryOnce again, rumors of the establishment of a “Mercosur Currency”, for common use, which is similar to the euro in the European Union, began to sound. “Integration with Brazil It is a road map that must be followed, since it has maximum objectives in which we agree, such as undertaking the challenge of having a common currency for commercial exchange”, Santiago Cafiero had indicated on January 1.
Although the Brazilian president stated, during his campaign, that he intended to carry out this measure, Fernando Haddad put cold cloths on this idea by indicating to the media: “There is no single currency, there is no such proposal, they will be informed first.”
