The article analysis Lula's foreign policy. In the one hand, both political and economic stabilization in course since the end of the military government ("redemocratização") have naturally intensified Brazil's role as a global player. In the other hand, even though his government has been able to take advantage of this condition, Lula's charismatic and ideological approach to foreign policy could be a risk for the impersonal and institutional qualities that characterizes international relations.
Foreign policy; Gaullism; international presence; charismatic diplomacy