The President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, has culminated this weekend in Barcelona the operation that began with his opposition to the Israeli occupation of Gaza and that today has made him a reference for the global left and, by opposition, the nemesis of Donald Trump. It must be admitted that Sánchez has known how to play his cards well internationally (perhaps better than domestically), and the success of this Saturday's summit of progressive leaders is the culmination of a strategy planned and executed from Moncloa to the millimeter.

For weeks, Pedro Sánchez has been working to crown himself the architect of anti-Trumpism. And this weekend he will be its graphic image in Barcelona. The Spanish president will bring together several world leaders from the progressive space to confront the reactionary wave that continues to grow globally. The first handshake was with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both have starred in the first Spain-Brazil summit, held at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona, to strengthen relations between both countries and sign several strategic and commercial agreements. They will subsequently appear at a press conference.

For weeks, Pedro Sánchez has been working to establish himself as the architect of anti-Trumpism. And this weekend, he will be the graphic image in Barcelona. The Spanish president is bringing together various world leaders from the progressive sphere to confront the reactionary wave that continues to grow globally. The first handshake was with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both have led the first Spain-Brazil summit, held at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona, to strengthen relations between the two countries and sign various strategic and commercial agreements. The two leaders have highlighted the alliance and sent an international message in defense of multilateralism and peace in the face of Donald Trump's warmongering confrontation.

Pedro Sánchez has inaugurated with Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, the weekend with which the Spanish government seeks to establish Barcelona as one of the reference cities against trumpism. The two leaders met this morning at the Palau de Pedralbes, where they held a meeting, and thus inaugurate two days in which up to three summits of international progressivism coincide in the Catalan capital, with the Spanish president acting as host.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces the last year of his third term strengthened on the international stage, thanks to a firm stance in confronting the interference of Donald Trump, with a stable local economy, but with the uncertainty of the presidential elections in October, which, once again, will be held in a scenario in.

With a handshake and two forced smiles, Donald Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva staged reconciliation this Sunday in Kuala Lumpur. In a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit, being held in the Malaysian capital, the presidents of the United States and Brazil put the rough seas of recent months behind them and announced that their respective teams will "immediately" begin negotiations to lower tariffs. The thaw comes after the White House increased tariffs on most products from Brazil from 10% to 50% in August.

We said yesterday that the sentencing of Bolsonaro, the far-right leader and former Brazilian president, to 27 years in prison for an attempted coup d'état is an important international benchmark for the judicialization of politics, an anomaly not unique to Spain and a favorite weapon of populism and the far right when it comes to destabilizing the country. As we know here, putting the justice system at the service of political interests subverts the democratic principle of the separation of powers. But it's a transgression that some people happily commit if they can profit from it. When the trick backfires, it seems like a "judicial dictatorship," which is what Bolsonaro and his supporters are now denouncing.

China has dealt the first major defeat to the United States in the tariff war initiated by Donald Trump. The blow has come at the agricultural level, with soybeans taking center stage. The Asian superpower has decided to turn to another ally to replace the legume grown in the American region of the MidwestThis is Brazil, the country of origin for 25% of China's agricultural imports, with which it shares multilateralism within the BRICS and an interconnected global economic vision. The good rapport between the two countries is demonstrated by the fluid, mutually supportive relationship between their top leaders, Xi Jinping and Lula da Silva.

When Judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered the house arrest of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Earlier that month, the Federal Police also ordered the seizure of Bolsonaro's cell phone. Among the documents found on the device, agents located a 2024 draft in which Bolsonaro requested political asylum from his far-right ally, Javier Milei, head of the Argentine government.

US President Donald Trump is also resorting to the threat of raising tariffs to defend his friends and allies. The latest target of his attacks is now Brazil, against which he has said he will raise tariffs from the planned 10% to 50% starting August 1 in response to the "witch hunt" he believes is being waged by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. The former Brazilian president has an open judicial process for the attempted coup d'état in the country in 2022.

The 66th Mercosur Presidential Summit took place this Thursday in Buenos Aires, during one of the blog's most uncertain times. Brazil and Argentina, the region's two largest economies, have differing views on the organization's purpose and usefulness. The meeting of heads of state in Buenos Aires highlighted the well-known differences between Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, who has passed on the six-month presidency of the blog to him.

The construction of a major highway deep in the Amazon rainforestThe fact that it crossed a protected area has sparked international controversy due to its alleged connection with the UN summit against climate change This year's COP30, being held in Brazil. Regional authorities responsible for the project claim it has nothing to do with COP30, but the fact is that the highway under construction—which has deforested a 13-kilometer-long strip of land—will carry a good portion of the 50,000 summit participants to the host city, Belém do Pará.