{"id":864,"date":"2025-03-28T14:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=864"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T14:27:04","slug":"lulas-japan-vietnam-visits-show-brazils-diplomatic-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=864","title":{"rendered":"Lula&#8217;s Japan, Vietnam Visits Show Brazil&#8217;s Diplomatic Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to <em>Foreign Policy<\/em>\u2019s Latin America Brief.<\/p>\n<p>The highlights this week: Brazilian President <strong>Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/strong> visits Japan and Vietnam, U.S. Secretary of State <strong>Marco Rubio<\/strong> heads to the Caribbean, and <strong>Colombian poet <\/strong>Andrea Cote Botero gains new recognition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/latin-america-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-shortcode-newsletter=\"latin_america_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-latin_america_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-latin_america_brief newsletter-shortcode-latin_america_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletters-page newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-latin_america_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive Latin America Brief in your inbox every Friday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-latin_america_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Latin America Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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The trip was a sign of both countries diversifying their geopolitical ties as the United States becomes a less predictable partner.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil is home to the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2023\/08\/83de62262027-feature-japans-brazilian-diaspora-remembers-disaster-that-proved-its-genesis.html?phrase=japan%20airlines&amp;words=\">largest<\/a> Japanese diaspora, and over the years, the two countries have worked to grow trade and jointly advocate for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.emb-japan.go.jp\/itpr_en\/yamazaki021624.html\">expansion<\/a> of the U.N. Security Council. Even so, Lula <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/planalto\/pt-br\/acompanhe-o-planalto\/discursos-e-pronunciamentos\/2025\/03\/declaracao-a-imprensa-do-presidente-lula-apos-reuniao-com-primeiro-ministro-do-japao\">said<\/a> this week that the relationship \u201cdoes not match the size of our economies\u201d and set a goal of boosting annual trade from $11 billion to $17 billion.<\/p>\n<p>During Lula\u2019s four-day visit, Brazilian and Japanese officials <a href=\"https:\/\/oglobo.globo.com\/economia\/noticia\/2025\/03\/26\/o-que-lula-conseguiu-e-o-que-ficou-de-fora-da-viagem-ao-japao-que-termina-nesta-quarta.ghtml\">signed<\/a> 10 bilateral agreements and committed to holding leader summits every two years. Lula pledged to work toward a Japan-Mercosur trade deal, while Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to send an expert mission to Brazil to study the possibility of opening Japan\u2019s markets to Brazilian beef exports.<\/p>\n<p>Lula\u2019s trip showcased Brazil\u2019s diplomatic practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2021\/12\/10\/latin-america-china-celac-democracy-summit-active-nonalignment\/\">active nonalignment<\/a>, or multialignment. As U.S. President Donald Trump champions protectionism, Brazil has leaned into this approach. Though its relationship with China gets wide attention, Brazil has also expanded ties with other Asian countries, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/brics-planes-beef-spotlight-brazils-lula-visits-vietnam-sources-say-2025-03-20\/\">Vietnam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enterprisesg.gov.sg\/grow-your-business\/go-global\/international-agreements\/free-trade-agreements\/find-an-fta\/mercosur-singapore-free-trade-agreement\">Singapore<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/planalto\/en\/latest-news\/2025\/01\/brazil-announces-indonesia-as-full-member-of-brics\">Indonesia<\/a>. Lula traveled on to Vietnam after Japan.<\/p>\n<p>In purely economic terms, Brazil sees increasing ties with Asian countries as a hedge against the risk of tariffs from the United States, its No. 2 trade partner.<\/p>\n<p>The partnerships span other issues, too. Lula\u2019s administration will host this year\u2019s annual U.N. climate conference, and Japan\u2019s government argues that climate stewardship is a mark of global leadership. Japan regards Brazil as both a \u201cmajor partner\u201d and a \u201cmajor power\u201d on climate, Japan\u2019s deputy chief of mission in Brazil, Tomoaki Ishigaki, told <em>Foreign Policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though some countries may be tempted to follow Trump\u2019s lead in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-finance\/news\/2025\/03\/removing-the-consumer-carbon-price-effective-april-1-2025.html\">backing down<\/a> from climate commitments, Japanese officials have repeatedly said that they want Brazil\u2019s climate conference to succeed. While Washington <a href=\"https:\/\/infoamazonia.org\/2025\/02\/20\/efeitos-dos-cortes-da-usaid-para-organizacoes-da-amazonia\/\">froze support<\/a> for rainforest protection in Brazil this year, Japan and Brazil signed a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/mre\/pt-br\/canais_atendimento\/imprensa\/notas-a-imprensa\/atos-adotados-por-ocasiao-da-visita-do-presidente-luiz-inacio-lula-da-silva-ao-japao-toquio-de-25-a-27-de-marco-de-2025\">pledge<\/a> this week to work together on climate projects.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond climate, Lula and Ishiba said they both stood for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/planalto\/pt-br\/acompanhe-o-planalto\/noticias\/2025\/03\/lula-201ca-relacao-brasil-japao-ganha-nova-dimensao201d\">democratic values<\/a>\u2014a foreign-policy priority for the United States that appears to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/22\/world\/middleeast\/turkey-erdogan-democracy-istanbul-mayor-detention.html\">slipped<\/a> under Trump. But as Lula traveled abroad, the fragility of democracy was underscored back home, where Brazil\u2019s top court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/26\/nx-s1-5341507\/bolsonaro-brazil-trial-coup-attempt\">voted<\/a> to try his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, on accusations of plotting a coup.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still too early to say whether partnerships such as Brazil and Japan\u2019s can sustain multilateralism through a turbulent year. At the very least, the countries are positioning themselves to do more bilateral business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the very fluid global economic and political environment, there\u2019s a strong incentive for both parties to collaborate even further,\u201d Ishigaki said.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 28: <\/strong>U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visits Mexico, where she will meet President Claudia Sheinbaum and Foreign Secretary Juan Ram\u00f3n de la Fuente.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 29: <\/strong>Lula concludes his state visit to Vietnam.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>Peru is set for elections. <\/strong>On Tuesday, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/25\/americas\/peru-boluarte-general-elections-security-crisis-instability-latam-intl\/index.html\">called<\/a> presidential and legislative elections for April 2026. Boluarte became president after Pedro Castillo, under whom she served as vice president, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-latin-america-63895505\">impeached<\/a> in December 2022. Given Boluarte\u2019s deep <a href=\"https:\/\/cbconsultoraop.com\/ranking-presidentes-de-sudamerica-ranking-de-parlamentarios-pais-por-pais-marzo-2025\/\">unpopularity<\/a>, many doubted whether she would reach the end of her term in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/peru-elections-declared-2026-president-boluarte-dabea7cd70b6288542317b080b99c8aa\">July 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Boluarte cannot run for reelection because of <a href=\"https:\/\/elperuano.pe\/noticia\/235586-la-reeleccion-presidencial-una-medida-electoral-recurrente-en-america-latina\">term limits<\/a>. But her slightly early election announcement could turn attention away from her own performance, political analyst Rosa Mar\u00eda Palacios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/X8cWhzWu9zI?si=VJ0UxOgIm5v55aO4\">said<\/a> on a <em>La Rep\u00fablica <\/em>news program.<\/p>\n<p>Early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/es-pe\/encuesta-peru-21-ipsos-como-votarian-los-peruanos-si-las-elecciones-fueran-manana\">polls<\/a> suggest a fragmented field for the presidential election, with longtime political fixture Keiko Fujimori\u2014the daughter of a hard-line <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2024\/09\/12\/alberto-fujimori-obituary-dead-age-86-peru-human-rights\/\">former president<\/a>\u2014and right-wing Lima Mayor Rafael L\u00f3pez Aliaga ranking among the most popular potential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Some Castillo allies are expected to run, while other groups on Peru\u2019s left and center-left are in talks about fielding a unified ticket, former Castillo administration official Anah\u00ed Durand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celag.org\/peru-camino-a-las-elecciones-generales-2026\/\">wrote<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1191085\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\">            <span style=\"padding-bottom:66.625%;&#10;        \" class=\"image-attachment -ratioscale\"><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <\/span><figcaption style=\"height:0;opacity:0;\">A giant metal sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig sits on a brick pedestal outside a large office building. Large clouds billow in the sky overhead.<\/figcaption><p id=\"caption-attachment-1191085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig is seen outside the state-run oil company Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. in Caracas on Feb. 26.<span class=\"attribution\">Pedro Mattey\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s tariff threats. <\/strong>On Monday, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cvgwjxz1e92o\">threatened<\/a> 25 percent tariffs on all U.S. imports from countries that buy Venezuelan oil. China was Venezuela\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/24\/business\/trump-venezuela-oil-tariffs\/index.html\">top oil buyer<\/a> last year. While the United States has recently experimented with secondary sanctions\u2014blacklisting entities that supply Russia\u2019s war effort, for example\u2014the type of tariff that Trump proposed would be a new and potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-03-25\/trump-s-threat-of-secondary-tariffs-invents-new-trade-weapon?sref=vxSzVDP0\">more sweeping measure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the threat was a response to a range of Venezuelan actions, including \u201cpurposefully\u201d sending people who he alleged were gang members to the United States. It is not first U.S. attempt to play hardball over migration with Caracas. After the United States sent Venezuelan migrants to a maximum security prison in El Salvador this month, Venezuela <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/23\/us\/politics\/venezuela-us-deportation-flight.html\">began accepting<\/a> U.S. deportations again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry prize. <\/strong>Colombian poet Andrea Cote Botero is the most recent winner of the Casa de Am\u00e9rica prize for poetry from the Americas, awarded by the Spanish government. Cote\u2019s body of work often explores themes of migration, including her aunt\u2019s journey from Colombia to the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Cote, a professor at the University of Texas, El Paso, <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/us\/2025-03-18\/andrea-cote-botero-poeta-quisiera-regresar-a-colombia-para-mi-jubilacion-pero-el-pais-que-yo-deseo-probablemente-ya-no-exista.html\">told <em>El Pa\u00eds<\/em><\/a> this month that she embraces Spanglish with her student writers, as it is \u201ca reflection of our journey and our evolution, of the historical moment.\u201d (All the more amid \u201cthe removal of Spanish from official [U.S. government] documents,\u201d she added.)<\/p>\n<p>In one of Cote\u2019s most famous <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/dear-beth\">poems<\/a>, addressed to her aunt, she wrote, \u201cIs this bright, \/ hard, polished stone of rage \/ the land that we were promised?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-text\">\n<p>What is the name of S\u00e3o Paulo\u2019s Japanese neighborhood, which is sometimes referred to as Little Tokyo?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Bixiga<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Jardins<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response is-answer\"><\/p>\n<p>Liberdade<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"fp-quiz-question-response \"><\/p>\n<p>Pinheiros<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-result\">\n<div class=\"fp-quiz-question-description\">\n<p>Some neighborhood historians trace the name, which means liberty, to the detention and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/portuguese\/articles\/cglp5jyxelgo\">execution<\/a> of a Black <a href=\"https:\/\/sebrae.com.br\/sites\/PortalSebrae\/artigos\/bairro-da-liberdade-um-classico-do-turismo-cultural-em-sp,470fcd9c659c1810VgnVCM100000d701210aRCRD\">soldier<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.camarasantos.sp.gov.br\/projeto-de-lei-sobre-a-historia-de-chaguinhas-e-aprovado-na-camara\">revolted<\/a> against unequal and delayed pay in the early 19th century. Before becoming the epicenter of Japanese culture in S\u00e3o Paulo, the neighborhood was also a center of Brazil\u2019s abolitionist movement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<hr\/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1191086\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone none\">            <span style=\"padding-bottom:66.625%;&#10;        \" class=\"image-attachment -ratioscale\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane bound for the Caribbean, seen at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 26.\" class=\"image alignnone size- wp-image-1191086 -fit\" src=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?w=800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=550,367 550w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=401,267 401w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=800,533 800w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=1000,667 1000w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=275,183 275w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=325,217 325w, https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rubio-caribbean-GettyImages-2206428725.jpg?resize=600,400 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/span><figcaption style=\"height:0;opacity:0;\">U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane bound for the Caribbean, seen at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 26.<\/figcaption><p id=\"caption-attachment-1191086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a plane bound for the Caribbean, seen at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 26.<span class=\"attribution\">Nathan Howard \/ Pool \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/span> <!-- caption placeholder --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting Guyana, Jamaica, and Suriname this week in his second trip to Latin America since taking office. Though Rubio\u2019s first visit to the region was largely devoted to securing agreements for countries to accept U.S. deportees, this time, he has suggested a greater <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/on-the-record-briefing-on-secretary-of-state-marco-rubios-travel-to-jamaica-guyana-and-suriname\/\">focus<\/a> on economic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>In Jamaica, Rubio said that he would work with U.S. agencies to <a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/jamaica-and-us-to-cooperate-in-trade-investment-logistics\/\">promote nearshoring<\/a> in the country, though no concrete deals were announced. Rubio told the leaders of Barbados, Jamaica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines that he would consider their concerns about Trump\u2019s policies, including cuts to the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/nation-world\/world\/americas\/article302886374.html?taid=67e4c3ec0d319400016934b3&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a>, which monitors Caribbean hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>The Caribbean leaders also criticized the U.S. State Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/expansion-of-visa-restrictions-policy-for-individuals-exploiting-cuban-labor\/\">warning<\/a> last month that it would issue visa restrictions on foreign government officials involved in programs to facilitate Cuban doctors\u2019 work in their countries. Though Rubio has said the programs \u201cbasically operate as forced labor,\u201d the three Caribbean leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/26\/cuban-health-workers-trump-human-trafficking\">rejected<\/a> that characterization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe follow all the international conventions when Cubans come here,\u201d St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves said. Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley said the country \u201ccould not get through the [COVID-19] pandemic without the Cuban nurses and the Cuban doctors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rubio traveled on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250327-rubio-offers-us-security-for-oil-rich-guyana-as-venezuela-looms\">Guyana<\/a>, which has become one of the world\u2019s biggest per capita oil producers. Trump\u2019s special envoy to Latin America, Mauricio Claver-Carone, said that the United States envisions a security cooperation agreement with Guyana akin to those with Gulf states. In Guyana\u2019s neighborhood, \u201cregional threats\u201d would include Venezuela, which claims the Guyana-controlled <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2023\/12\/07\/venezuela-maduro-guyana-esequibo-interstate-war-oil-referendum-icj\/\">Essequibo region<\/a> as its own.<\/p>\n<p>Other U.S. officials kept migration at the top of their regional agenda this week. On Wednesday, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/03\/26\/el-salvador-noem-cecot-venezuelans\/\">visited<\/a> the Salvadoran prison housing migrants deported from the United States and threatened to send more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/28\/lula-brazil-japan-ishiba-vietnam-diplomacy\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Foreign Policy\u2019s Latin America Brief. 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