In the heart of Rio de Janeiro, the 17th BRICS summit propels the Global South to the forefront of the international stage and challenges Western supremacy in an era marked by hybrid conflicts and a major geopolitical reconfiguration.

In the Middle East, the US-Israeli alliance is faltering in the face of Iranian resistance, while proxy wars persist in Yemen and Lebanon. In Africa, the Sahel, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the scene of violence exacerbated by geopolitical rivalries. In Asia, the South China Sea, the Indo-Pacific, and Myanmar are all zones of hybrid tensions. In Latin America, organized and internalized crime in Mexico and Colombia is fueling instability. The BRICS summit, representing an alliance of nearly half the world’s population, is advocating dedollarization and marginalizing NATO, strengthening the autonomy of the Global South in the face of these crises.

Putin’s iconic speech and the summit’s final declaration

The highlights of the concluding statement from Rio, along with the main points of the Russian President’s address delivered via videoconference during the plenary session, are as follows: BRICS leaders unanimously condemned the terrorist attacks targeting bridge and railway infrastructure in the Bryansk, Kursk, and Voronezh regions.........

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