Brasília, 12/22/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The Brazilian Superior Court (Superior Tribunal de Justiça) (STJ), which is below the Supreme Court (STF), has donated 60 computers and 15 printers to courts in Cabo Verde, Mozambique and Guine Bissau as part of a cooperation and exchange program to provide assistance to judicial systems to members of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).

According to the STF president, Nilson Naves, the donation is a Brazilian contribution to the modernization of brother-countries that share the same language. Naves explained that Brazil will also provide training for personnel.

The STJ program is being run in partnership with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry and the UN.

In July, Angola was the first country to implant a Brazilian computer system in its judicial system.(AB)