The Brazil-Mexico Dalliance Is More Hype Than Substance
Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Mexico counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum, have built a growing diplomatic rapport over the past 10 months, meeting four times at different events and holding a spat of phone calls. Contrast that with Sheinbaum's predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who skipped most summits. Sheinbaum even visited Brazil last year to participate in the Group of 20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, which López Obrador never did despite also having ideological similarities with Lula. Now, both governments are moving to deepen economic ties, with Brazil Vice President Geraldo Alckmin leading a delegation to Mexico in late August to explore potential commercial deals.
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