Brazil courts China as its Musk feud erupts again
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, spies a chance to draw Brazil closer
The re-election of Donald Trump on November 5th rather overshadowed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s big bash. Lula, as Brazil’s president is known, hosted the G20 leaders’ summit in Rio de Janeiro on November 18th and 19th. Heads of state from 19 of the world’s largest economies, as well as the European and African Unions, convened to talk shop.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The best of friends”
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