Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a press conference at a hotel after the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, September 11, 2023.
In part, that reflects the choppier waters the 77-year-old Brazilian leader now navigates, as Beijing and Washington flirt with a new Cold War while war rages in Ukraine.
Even before he took office, Lula was greeted like a rock star last November at the U.N. climate change conference in Egypt.
The closer ties to Beijing could complicate Brazil's relationship with Washington, including access to key technology, Shannon added.
"Brazil is rapidly wasting its soft power by trying to be an international player with an outdated agenda," he said.
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