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Mercosur: South America’s Fractious Trade Bloc
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![A poster about Mercosur is torn down in a street in Strasbourg, France.]()
![<p>A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2025. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>A demonstrator holds a sign reading in Portuguese “No to Trump’s taxation”, during a protest against the tariffs on Brazilian products imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil July 29, 2025. </p>]()
By James Wallar![<p>Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva listens at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 7, 2025. </p>]()
Brazil and the BRICS, With Oliver Stuenkel
Podcast Type- Backgrounder
What Is the BRICS Group and Why Is It Expanding?
![BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro]()
- Backgrounder
China’s Growing Influence in Latin America
![<p>Chinese shipping giant COSCO owns a majority stake in a new megaport in Chancay, Peru.</p>]()
- Backgrounder
Can Amazon Countries Save the Rain Forest?
![<p>An aerial view of a section of the forest destroyed by illegal fires in Amazonas State, Brazil.</p>]()
![<p>A Brazilian wildcat miner, or garimpeiro, pans for gold at a wildcat gold mine in a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>A woman holding a baby in Santiago, Chile, September 4, 2022.</p>]()
By Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil![<p>The Customs and Port Administration building in Montevideo, Uruguay, on January 3, 2024.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>U.S. President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hold hands as they attend the launch of the Global Biofuels Alliance at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India.</p>]()
By Heidi E. Crebo-Rediker![<p>Migrants line up along the border in El Paso to surrender to U.S. immigration officials on March 25, 2024.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![Brazil and the World]()
Symposium![<p>Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum greets supporters during an event on February 18, 2024 in Mexico City.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>A deforested area which, according to authorities, is used for coca leaf plantations is seen during an overflight by the Colombian anti-narcotics police in Putumayo, Colombia, November 12, 2023. </p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends the 63rd Summit of Heads of State of Mercosur and Associated States, at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 7, 2023.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil
