Agência Brasil*
Brasília – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chilean president Michelle Bachelet are going to sign today memorandums of understanding in the areas of science and technology, social security, biofuels, education and tourism. The signing is scheduled to take place at 12:15 pm, at La Moneda Palace, in Santiago (Chile), soon after a meeting between the two heads of states and advisors. At the meeting, the texts of the memorandums will be defined as will some points of future cooperation agreements between companies in both countries, like oil companies Petrobras and Enap and aircraft maker Embraer and Enaer (a Chilean state-owned company in the aeronautics sector).
At 05:00 pm, both heads of state will head to CasaPiedra Convention Centre, where they will give a talk at the Brazil-Chile Business Meeting. After that, president Lula is scheduled to participate in the closing of the World Economic Forum on Latin America. Promoted by the World Economic Forum and the government of Chile, the meeting began yesterday (25) and brings together 400 business leaders from 28 countries who are discussing The Power of a Positive Regional Agenda.
*Translated by Mark Ament
