BRICS nations represent around 45 percent of the world’s population and 16 percent of global trade. Originally, comprised of four of the world’s fastest-growing emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, and China -- South Africa joined two years later. This year, BRICS doubled in size to ten and now, nearly three-dozen more countries want to join, including Cuba. The bloc says it aims to promote peace, security, development, and cooperation in the Global South. CGTN’s Luis Chirino reports from Havana.

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