Lula to meet Morales, Chavez and Kirchner tomorrow

02/05/2006 - 22h24

Nelson Motta
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will meet with the presidents of Bolívia, Evo Morales, Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and Argentina, Néstor Kirchner, in Foz do Iguaçu, state of Paraná, tomorrow, Thursday, May 4. On top of the agenda at the summit is the issue of energy security in South America.

On Monday, Morales announced the nationalization of Bolivia's oil and gas sector and sent troops into oil fields and refineries. Some of them owned by Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras.

Translation: Allen Bennett