Daniel Merli
Reporter - Agência Brasil

Caracas (Venezuela) – Brazil's minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, met with the Venezuelan minister of Agriculture, Antonio Abarrán. Both ministers said they were working to strengthen the two countries' cooperation agreements in the sector. According to Rossetto, "Both governments are committed to making land ownership more democratic."

Rossetto also announced that Brazil is optimistic that similar agreements will soon be signed with the new Evo Morales administration in Bolivia.

Rossetto was in Caracas for the 6th World Social Forum, where he was making preparations for the 2nd International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development scheduled for March 7 to 10 in Porto Alegre.

Translation: Allen Bennett