By Rodolfo Pablo Treber * At the beginning of last year, the current president of Brazil (at that time a candidate), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promoted the creation of a common currency in Latin America as a tool to expand relations between the countries of the region and destroy the anchor of political dependence that the US dollar means. ...

Reporting from Brazil Lula da Silva decided to make his first official international visit, since he assumed the presidency of Brazil for the third time, to Argentina, thus affirming the strategic relationship between the two largest economies of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). The visit took place within the framework of the VII Summit of Heads of State and Government ...

By Rodolfo Pablo Treber * In recent days, Brazil’s presidential candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, defended the creation of a single currency in Latin America as a tool to expand relations between the countries of the region and break dependence on the US dollar. This old, but still valid idea emerges to the public debate in an opportune geopolitical ...

By Gabriel Galípolo and Fernando Haddad The Brazilian former President – and candidate for the upcoming elections in October, Lula da Silva has proposed “to end the dependency on the US dollar and crate a South American common currency”. With this statement, Lula has supported a concept presented by Gabriel Galípolo and Fernando Haddad. Galípolo is former President of the ...