Politica Externa

In general, foreign policy is planned studying all the topics of a bilateral or multilateral relationship between nations, starting from a certain state, seeks to protect the interests of the nation, its security and its economic and commercial interests. The foreign policy is related to international cooperation, political and trade agreements at the international level and cases of conflict.

Foreign policy is outlined by the Head of Government in conjunction with the foreign minister. Some nations have their foreign policy overseen by the legislature.

in search of balance of trade with other nations and the equilibrium of the balance of payments. Foreign policy, considering the economic policy as a topic of your planning, aims to protect strategic sectors of its economy towards foreign competition and encourage business partnerships with foreign initiatives.

Brazilian foreign policy follows the 4th article of the Constitution of 1988, which determines the position of Brazil before the other countries, advocates nonintervention Brazilian and respect for self-determination, as well as participation in international cooperation and posture peaceful solution to international conflicts.

In Brazil, the Brazilian Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy, created from the need to strengthen citizen participation in the democratic management of foreign policy related to human rights. This need arose from the observation and opinion of civil society organizations and state institutions.

The institution is a group that permanently monitor the implementation of Brazilian foreign policy. The idea of its creation arose during the public hearing "Foreign Policy and Human Rights", held on September 28, 2005, the House of Representatives.

Brazil has sought in recent years to consolidate itself as a political leadership in the world, with the intention of occupying an increasing number of global decision-making, to behave as a regional leader and often take positions that are contrary to the interests of the great powers.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil (MRE), also known as the Foreign Ministry, is an agency of the Executive Branch, responsible for advising the President in the formulation, monitoring and performance of Brazil's relations with other countries and international organizations.

The role of the Foreign Ministry copper strands political, commercial, economic, financial, cultural and consular external relations, areas in which performs classical tasks of diplomacy: to represent, inform and negotiate.

The soft power diplomacy of Brazil involves institutional strategies, such as the formation of diplomatic coalitions to constrain the power of the great powers established.