Economy Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim considers that "it is possible and desirable" that the Brazilian Congress will approve Venezuela's admission to the Market of the South (Mercosur), the regional trade agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Amorim thinks that the entry of Venezuela into Mercosur would be approved after the upcoming municipal elections in Brazil.

"I consider that the admission of Venezuela is very difficult at this moment, because we are on the eve of an election throughout the country," said Amorim in an interview published on Monday in Argentinean newspaper Clarín, EFE reported.

"However, I think that the Brazilian Congress will make a positive decision after the elections in November. It is possible and desirable," Amorim added.