Brazil leverages Pix and electronic voting to bolster technological sovereignty

Experts suggest that Brazil’s development of essential public infrastructures, such as the Pix instant payment system and electronic voting machines, demonstrates the country's technological evolution. In an interview with the Mundioka podcast, international law specialist Laura Ludovico noted that producing and exporting such technology reduces national vulnerability to external pressures and interference, which is a key component of sovereignty.

Ludovico highlighted that BRICS partners, including Russia and India, also possess electronic payment systems. This shared capability helps reduce dependence on the economies of the United States and Europe. She argued that cooperation within the BRICS bloc creates opportunities to implement or encourage alternative systems in countries that currently rely on major global powers, thereby challenging the historical paradigm of technological dependency for nations in the global periphery.