Chavez Frias flies to Argentina to push for Venezuelan entry to Mercosur
President Hugo Chavez Frias is expected to fly to Argentina tonight to attend a meeting of the Southern Cone Economic Zone (Mercosur).
The meeting is being held at Port Iguazu on the Argentinean, Brazilian and Paraguayan border and attending the meeting will be: Lula da Silva (Brazil), Jorge Batle (Uruguay), Nicanor Duarte Frutos (Paraguay) and host, Nestor Kirchner (Argentina).
Special guests include Venezuela's Hugo Chavez Frias, pursuing admittance into Mercosur for his country, Mexican President Vicente Fox and associate country leaders: Ricardo Lagos (Chile), Carlos Meza (Bolivia), while Alberto Toledo (Peru) is as yet unconfirmed and delegations from India, Egypt and Colombia.
Chavez Frias and Vicente Fox are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. and join Mercosur's second work session afterwards.
There is a possibility that Argentina's Kirchner will meet the Venezuelan President tomorrow, as well before the latter returns to Caracas in the evening to continue his "No to a recall referendum" campaign in Venezuela.
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