Once, Brazilian diplomats took off their shoes to enter the US; with Lula and Dilma, Brazil strikes a more independent tone and helped to create the BRICS Bank
If there were a single incident to define Brazil's foreign policy before the arrival of Lula to the presidency, it would certainly be the shame imposed on the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the FHC government, asked to take off his shoes to enter the United States, to prove he was not a terrorist carrying explosives. Since then, Brazil's stance has changed so much that this incident is more like a joke. But it did happen: it was in 2002, the last year of submission of our diplomacy.
Brazil’s dependence on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also lagged behind. While Cardoso appealed to the IMF three times, Lula paid the debt, and in 2014, founded the BRICS Bank, a development bank that is an alternative to the IMF and the World Bank.
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