Brazil is not only a country of carnivals and football, but also a master of the diplomatic game. Its foreign policy is a mixture of flexibility, pragmatism and the ability to be friends with everyone.
The main principles of Brazilian foreign policy are enshrined in Article 4 of the 1988 Constitution: national independence, the primacy of human rights, self-determination of peoples, non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, equality between states, protection of peace, peaceful resolution of conflicts, rejection of terrorism and racism, cooperation between peoples for the sake of human progress, and the provision of political asylum. At the same time, Brazil's aspiration for Latin American integration and the creation of a regional community of nations is recorded.
How does it manage to remain neutral in conflicts, be the voice of the Global South and at the same time remain on good terms with both the US and China?
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