Guatemalan, Brazilian
Leaders Discuss
Energy, Drug Trafficking
Guatemala -- Visiting
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva on Tuesday met with his Guatemalan
counterpart Alvaro Colom to discuss
cooperation in energy and fight against drug
trafficking, local reports reaching here
said.
According to documents signed during the
visit, Brazilian firms are expected to
invest in exploration and production of
hydrocarbons in Guatemala while the
Brazilian government will take part in a
hydroelectric project there.
The two sides also agreed to open
negotiations for Guatemala to buy six
Brazilian jet fighter Super Tucano, which
will be used to fight drug trafficking and
organized crime.
At the start of Lula's visit, which began on
Monday, the leaders held a minute of silence
in commemoration of the 228 passengers who
are still missing, presumably dead, aboard
Air France flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to
Paris. The Airbus 330-200 went down into the
Atlantic early hours on Monday about four
hours after taking off.
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