Brandy Farmer, president of the board of directors for Centro Civico Mexicano, looks on during President Barack Obama's nationally televised address at Centro Civico Mexicano, Nov 20, 2014, in Salt Lake City. [Photo/IC]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.