Chinese President Xi Jinping defined all the major decisions embedded in the 15th BRICS summit in South Africa as “historic”. That may be seen as an understatement.
The Global South, a broad, loose collection of nations including most of Africa, Asia and Latin America, emerged from the depths of academic obscurity to demonstrate real power amid the crisis in Ukraine by refusing to bend to Western wealthy countries’ will. How is the Global South defined? Which nations qualify? Check out Sputnik’s explainer.