BRICS Is Getting Increasingly Hard to Ignore
Expansion of the club to include 10 members is enhancing its economic clout in a US-dominated world.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on a screen during the first plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6.
Photographer: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images
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There they were, beaming representatives of the alternative world order lined up against the backdrop of Rio’s Sugarloaf Mountain.