“Q&A: Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira on the ‘Lula Doctrine’”
Americas Quarterly, 23 March 2023. Non-alignment, relations with the United States and China, and Brazil’s “diplomatic DNA”.
Americas Quarterly (opens in a new tab)No. 17 — Archive
Media & publications
Interviews, official texts, reporting and research — a reading list of primary and secondary sources, all published by third parties.
A note on the record
Foreign ministers communicate mainly through official channels — speeches, press notes and interviews — which Itamaraty publishes and FUNAG preserves. Brazilian news agencies such as Agência Brasil carry many of these statements; during election periods some public-agency content is temporarily withdrawn under electoral law, which can make originals harder to consult.
Vieira’s own academic writing includes his 1992 thesis for the Rio Branco Institute’s Curso de Altos Estudos, on Mexico’s position in the NAFTA negotiations, as recorded by FUNAG.
Interviews
Expansion will bring more weight and visibility to BRICS
Interview given to RT on 25 August 2023, reported in English by Brasil 247.
Brasil 247 (opens in a new tab)“Mauro Vieira diz que reunião Lula-Trump foi muito positiva”
CNN Brasil, 26 October 2025. Remarks after the leaders’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur (Portuguese).
CNN Brasil (opens in a new tab)Brazil–Argentina relations
Interview with Clarín, 9 August 2026, as reported in Portuguese by Jornal de Brasília.
Jornal de Brasília (opens in a new tab)Official statements & texts
Inaugural speech, 2 January 2023
Full Portuguese text published by FUNAG.
FUNAG (opens in a new tab)Transfer of office, 2 January 2015
Text published by FUNAG’s Centre for Diplomatic History and Documents.
FUNAG (opens in a new tab)G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Rio de Janeiro
English text of the 22 February 2024 press statement, archived by the G20 Research Group.
G20 Research Group, University of Toronto (opens in a new tab)Security Council debate on the Middle East, 24 October 2023
Published by Itamaraty.
Itamaraty (opens in a new tab)UK–Brazil Strategic Partnership 2026 to 2030
Full text published by the UK Government.
GOV.UK (opens in a new tab)Diplomatic developments
US veto of Brazil’s draft on humanitarian pauses
UN News, 18 October 2023.
UN News (opens in a new tab)The ministerial-level open debate on the Middle East
Security Council Report, October 2023.
Security Council Report (opens in a new tab)EU–Mercosur signing
Al Jazeera, 17 January 2026.
Al Jazeera (opens in a new tab)COP30: key outcomes in Belém
Carbon Brief, November 2025.
Carbon Brief (opens in a new tab)International responses to Venezuela’s 2024 election
Americas Society / Council of the Americas.
Americas Society / Council of the Americas (opens in a new tab)Research & foreign-policy analysis
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira — ministers of state
FUNAG / Centre for Diplomatic History and Documents.
FUNAG / Centre for Diplomatic History and Documents (opens in a new tab)Itamaraty curriculum vitae (Senate Message 70/2016)
The official career record submitted to the Federal Senate.
Senado Federal (opens in a new tab)Brazil in the United Nations Security Council 2022–2023
CEBRI Journal.
CEBRI Journal (opens in a new tab)Brazil’s foreign policy in 2015
Oliver Stuenkel, 2 January 2015.
Oliver Stuenkel, Post-Western World (opens in a new tab)The foreign trade of Brazil in 2025
FGV IBRE analysis of official trade data.
FGV IBRE (opens in a new tab)Constitution of 1988, Article 4
Official Portuguese text (Planalto).
Presidency of the Republic (opens in a new tab)