Vicente Barrientos

President of the BRICS Center

General information:

Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

President of the BRICS Center (2010 - present) Member of the Brazil & Russia Business Council (2000 - present)

Expert in business and international relations on Latin America, BRICS, CIS, EAEU, EU and Russia.

Education: MGIMO (FMO'94), MBA Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and English.

Professional experience: 1994 - 2024

Professor of the Russian Foreign Ministry, RANEPA, MGIMO and Moscow State University.
Visiting professor of public and private universities in Latin America and Russia.
Business and political consulting for Russian and Latin American public and private corporations, governments, embassies and universities in Latin America, BRICS, CIS, EAEU, EU and Russia.

Regular participant and speaker at business and academic conferences and forums on culture, science, business and international relations in Latin America, BRICS, CIS, EAEU, EU and Russia.

Head of projects implemented in the Russian Federation and Latin America:

Russian Culture Festival in Brazil (Brazil);
Auto expedition to Latin American countries (Latin America); Park of the Peoples of Siberia, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia;
BRICS'20!29, Yekaterinburg, Russia;
Film City in the Center of Russia, Krasnoyarsk Krai;

More details: https://brics.center/project

Links to speeches:
St. Petersburg Economic Forum 2024- "Cooperation of BRICS funds".
Moscow Economic Forum 2025 - Vicente Barrientos' speech at the Moscow Economic Forum'2025.
CULTURALICA-2025 - Speech by the President of the BRICS Center Vicente Barrientos.
International forum in Armenia - International forum "New horizons of cooperation between Armenia and the EAEU with BRICS and SCO".