In Rio de Janeiro’s Itamaraty Palace, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva raised a quiet toast. There was no anti-American rhetoric, no thunderous declarations — just a call for “cooperation without coercion.” As BRICS leaders gathered for their July 6–7, 2025, summit, the message was unmistakable: this was not about replacing the United States, but about creating space from it.
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