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Nov 10 2023 
FM Lavrov’s video address at the 5th International Municipal BRICS+ Forum
10 November 2023 14:30
Greetings to the organisers and participants of the 5th International Municipal BRICS+ Forum.
In recent years, this format has gained a reputation as a popular platform for building cooperation between regional and municipal officials, for promoting international links and establishing mutually beneficial contacts between the business communities of the dynamically developing countries in… Continue reading
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Sep 18 2023 
BRICS – A Window to the Light? – Or the Latest Make-Believe Deception?
Is De-dollarization a Pipedream?
By Peter Koenig
During the 15th BRICS Summit, 22-24 August 2023, in Johannesburg, South Africa, chaired by South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, six new countries were admitted to the bloc. The BRICS are now called the BICS-11 and include the five original nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa. The new members invited… Continue reading
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Aug 31 2023 
Does BRICS Need Its Own Currency?
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Sputnik
The new era opened with the strategic tour de force inbuilt in the creation of BRICS 11 involves the make-or-break issue of setting up a new international economic/financial strategy.
Right at the heart of fervent discussions are the merits of designing a new BRICS currency.
Brazilian economist Paulo Nogueira Batista… Continue reading
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Aug 29 2023 
Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson: BRICS plus six, Ukraine, multipolar world economy (Now with Transcript)
Transcript:
BRICS+ is here. Danny Haiphong interviews Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar, August 25, 2023.
DANNY HAIPHONG: As you can see, it’s your host, Danny Haiphong, and I’m joined by two very special guests, friends of each other and friends of this show.
We have the renowned economist Michael Hudson, author of The Collapse of Antiquity, his recent… Continue reading
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Aug 28 2023
FM Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions at the news conference following the BRICS Summit with my comments
One can write three books on the 2023 BRICS summit in Johannesburg. Why?
ASEAN wants to drop the dollar.
The biggest economies in Africa want to drop the dollar.
The biggest economies in Latin America want to drop the dollar.
Why? Because the U.S. dollar is a global economic wrecking ball.
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Aug 26 2023 
‘Welcome to the BRICS 11’
‘No mountains can stop the surging flow of a mighty river.’ With the addition of six new members that add geostrategic clout and geographic depth to the once sputtering BRICS, the multilateral institution is now gathering the momentum needed to reset international relations.
By Pepe Escobar and posted at the Cradle
In the end, History was made.… Continue reading
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Aug 26 2023 
Grayzone’s Anya Parampil and Ahmed Kaballo of African Stream report live from Johanesburg, South Africa,
Comments: Eventually, I moved the video up to pick up the conversation of Ahmed Kaballo of African Stream and skipped the Grayzone comments because it was clear that they were out of their comfort zone (this is not a criticism, just an observation). Ahmed made the very same observations that I made, on the 2nd… Continue reading
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Aug 25 2023 
From Argentina on BRICS
Pepe Escobar pointed us to this, saying, “Excellent analysis by my dear friend Vior in Buenos Aires.” I translated via DeepL.com
The decision of the non-aligned bloc to incorporate our country into a different international system and gives us access to the New Development Bank (NDB).
This columnist ended his previous article, this very week, expressing… Continue reading
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Aug 24 2023 
At BRICS: The most inspiring speech: Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday made a speech at the Closing Ceremony of the BRICS Business Forum 2023, which was read out by Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.
Following is the full text of the speech:
Enhancing Solidarity and Cooperation To Overcome Risks and Challenges And Jointly Build a Better World
Your Excellency President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
Members of the… Continue reading
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Aug 24 2023 
BRICS1 on Day 3: New Members, Johannesburg II Declaration of the XV BRICS Summit
BRICS Leaders have reached consensus on the expansion guidelines of admission to BRICS. The following countries will be full members of BRICS with effect from 1 January 2024:
Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Congratulations!
With its expansion, the GDP of BRICS is now 36% of global GDP and 47% of the world’s population.
BRICS… Continue reading
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Aug 23 2023 
BRICS2 on Day 2 – Nalendi Pandor; FM South Africa
She says the agreements on growth and expansion of BRICS are complete and we will know before the end of the Summit.
(And speaks about a tiny little hiccup in interpretation and sound management – oops, little it was not).
She says Dilma Rousseff is bringing innovative thinking.
Minister Pandor further expanded on the… Continue reading
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Aug 23 2023 
BRICS1 on Day 2: Plenary session
We don’t yet have what we came for. This is:
Who are the selected new BRICS members?
What are the arrangements for currency swaps?
What is the progress and future steps for a BRICS currency?But, we do have uplifting speeches and hope to get the rest during the course of the day. The South African Broadcasting… Continue reading
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Aug 22 2023 
BRICS: the China–India factor
By Pepe Escobar: This is BRILLIANT. Strategic Culture has been heavily censored again. Their domain has been canceled. I’ve sent them this first BRICS column via a crucial helping hand, and the column is now out on Telegraph. No pasaran.
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Aug 22 2023 
BRICS2 for day 1: Leaders have taken the podium for their addresses
Excellencies: Cyril Ramaphosa, Lula da Silva, Narendra Modi, Wang Wen Tau representing Xi Jinping, Dilma Roussef, Deputy President Paul Mashatile are present. (Where is Mr Lavrov?)
The moderator stated that the business community report will be heard first. Economics and currencies were discussed at a high level but it gets complex and we will have to… Continue reading
