preparations continue in Johannesburg, South Africa, for a summit of the heads of 5 countries that make up the so-called "BRICS" group. At the top of its agenda is opening the door for membership to new countries, some of which are characterized by economic and financial weight and others with demographic and military weight.

The BRICS group and its current member states Russia, China, India, Brazil and South Africa present themselves as an economic bloc seeking to break the West's dominance of the global economy.