Brazilian President
Calls For Solidarity
With Poor Countries
Brazilian President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
said here on Friday that
the Latin American
countries with stronger
economic power must be
solidary with and help
the poor countries.
Speaking before
Argentina's Legislative
Assembly as part of his
state visit to Argentina
which began on Thursday
night, Lula said "a rich
Argentina or Brazil is
not any good (in the
region) if all the other
(countries) are poor."
Lula said Latin America
"has a historic
opportunity" for its
development and "Brazil
is no longer an
international debtor and
has become an
international creditor,"
adding that this
situation "had not
occurred in 500 years of
history."
"We now have more
(international) reserves
than debts and our
situation may not be
privileged but it is
better than the past",
said the president.
Earlier on Friday Lula
and his Argentine
counterpart Cristina
Fernandez signed 17
bilateral accords at La
Casa Rosada, Argentina's
federal government
headquarters.
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