Brasília - Today president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will spend the day at the Palacio do Planalto meeting mostly with members of his administration. At 9:00 am, Lula's first meeting of the day is with minister of Science and Technology, Eduardo Campos. At 10:00 am there is a meeting with the minister of Health, Humberto Costa. At 11:00 am Lula will see his secretary general (Secretaria-geral da Presidência), Luiz Dulci. And at noon, he will have the final meeting of the morning with the minister of Social Security, Romero Jucá.

In the afternoon, at 3:30, Lula will meet with the president of the Farm Worker Confederation (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura) (Contag), Manoel dos Santos. At 4:30 pm, Lula will meet with minister José Fritsch, the head of the Special Secretariat of Aquaculture and Fishing. At 5:30 pm, in the final scheduled meeting of the day, Lula will meet with minister Jorge Armando Félix, the head of the Office of Institutional Security.

Translator: Allen Bennett