President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, announced a move towards a BRICS common currency, aiming to lessen the world’s dollar dependence. This announcement reinforces Lula’s previous calls for a unified currency within the BRICS nations to offer an alternative to the US dollar in trade and investments. At a […]
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