Brazil, Venezuela, stressed that regional integration

President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and her rival Venezuela, Hugo Chavez on Monday, stressing their common determination to continue in the Latin American regional integration.

"We must strengthen the area as a zone of peace. We do not want bombing and coups. We do not want external factors, our unity and integration," Chavez said in his first official meeting with the Rousseff unexpectedly suspended Chavez is scheduled to visit in early May with a knee injury.

Rousseff said the two countries have common interests, into a peace and economic growth, respect for human rights and social welfare in Latin America.

She said that Chavez's visit reflects the high esteem of the strategic alliance between the two countries.

During Chavez's visit, the two countries signed a bio-technology, petroleum, energy, agriculture, infrastructure, etc., 10 cooperation agreements.

These agreements include a number of financing transactions to be between the state oil company PDVSA and Brazil Venezuela Social Development Bank signed.

Venezuela's state oil company also signed a commitment with Brazil's Petrobras é defined Abreu Lima refinery, one under construction in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, the funding system of cooperation projects in the letter.

Brazil's Odebrecht Construction is recognized by 40 billion investment to finance a residential area of ​​Venezuela.

In 2010, trade between Brazil and Venezuela, to reach 4.6 billion, mainly for Brazil exported 3.8 billion worth of products last year, favorable to Venezuela.

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Brazil, Spain sign agreement on triangular cooperation

 Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and his Spanish counterpart Trinidad Jimenez signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding for triangular cooperation in third country, especially in Latin America and Africa.

In a press conference after signing the agreement here, Jimenez said that Spain and Brazil have already carried out successful joint operations in this regard.

"In the field of cooperation we already have a good experience of joint

work in countries with which we are closely linked, such as Haiti. We had an excellent experience and would like to carry it on," he said.

The agreement will aim at promoting "the development of joint actions for the benefit of third countries, as developed or less developed ones, with which both countries maintain cooperation relations for development through technical, humanitarian and emergency cooperation."

In the document, the two countries highlighted the growing importance and "the potential of triangular cooperation as a new tool" to support other nations.

A similar agreement was signed by Brazil and Spain in 2009, which served as a base for cooperation through technical and humanitarian actions in third countries.

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