Jan. 1—What a start to 2023! Today Brazil has a new President, Lula da Silva, who made clear at his inauguration that Brazil is to link up with Argentina in a fight for economic development and the rolling back of poverty in South America. And he has made clear the last several days, that, after the previous President Jair Bolsanaro turned his back, now Brazil will be part of a renewed drive for coordination with Russia, India, China and South Africa—Brazil’s BRICS collaborators—on that economic development.