CARACAS, Monday September 29, 2008 | Update
Politics
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will hold
on Tuesday a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo
Chávez in the Amazonian city of Manaus to address an
agenda focused on the financial crisis, energy and food.
The two presidents hold quarterly meetings to discuss bilateral
and regional issues, and the meeting on Tuesday will focus
on ways to strengthen regional integration as a means to reduce
vulnerability in crisis scenarios, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry
reported.
Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador
had been invited to participate in the meeting with Lula and
Chávez. However, the presidential office in Brasilia
reported that the visit of both leaders to Manaus had been
"planned (but) not confirmed."
04:43 PM. Politics. President Hugo Chávez set a date for a constitutional amendment which allows for indefinite reelection. He said that December is enough to prepare everything and the referendum could be held in January.