This is CBSI in the world, the New World Report with Joseph O'Mire Executive Director

of the Secure Free Society.

He's traveling.

He's in the region.

He's in Colombia.

And Ernesto Arujo, former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil, the Bricks, Brazil,

Russia, India, China, South Africa, meeting in South Africa in these next hours.

The question here is, will the Bricks grow?

And the Reuters reporting, there are many countries who are applying for entry into the Bricks.

What was then?

What is now?

What is now is that, according to Reuters, over 40 countries are seeking membership.

40 countries that dominate the global south, from the Middle East, Iran, Saudi Arabia,

United Arab Emirates, Egypt, from Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Egypt,

Egypt, again, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, from Central Asia, Kazakhstan,

from the Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and from South America, from the Americas, Argentina,

Bolivia, and most notably Cuba, all asking to join with Russia, China, India, Brazil,

South Africa.

I turned to the former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Brazil to measure these applications.

Ernesto, I ask you to recover what was then while you were in the Foreign Ministry.

Was there interest in the Bricks expanding while you were there or under Mr. Bolsonaro's

government?

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