Luis Fernandes, professor at IRI/PUC-Rio and Coordinator of the Development Innovation and Governance Program, is interviewed by O Globo

Professor Luis Fernandes, from IRI/PUC-Rio and coordinator of the Development Innovation and Governance Program at the BRICS Policy Center, gave an interview to the newspaper O Globo. In his analysis, he compares the tariff hike imposed by Donald Trump to the Opium War, arguing that both represent forms of imperialist imposition.

Luis Fernandes emphasizes that the U.S. attempt to exert authority beyond its national borders violates the principle of sovereignty. In the Brazilian case, he cites Trump’s pressure to halt the trial of former President Bolsonaro as an example, framing it as an attack on the Democratic Rule of Law.

Read the full interview