Portugal and Venezuela attempt to get closer...again

by rahul | May 13, 2008 at 04:27 pm | 45 views | add comment

Caracas, Venezuela, 13 May 2008. Today, Portuguese Socialist Prime Minister José Socrates started a three day visit to Venezuela. After meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Miraflores Presidential Palace, PM Sócrates signed five bilateral agreements on energy, food security, tourism, judicial assistance against drug trafficking and diplomatic cooperation. After few Chavez visits to Portugal, the signing of these new agreements are expected to boost bilateral relations. But bilateral relations have been tainted by both timing and political considerations. They have mostly been fuelled by immigration concerns and common nationality issues.

This visit takes place amid the exchanges between President Hugo Chavez and German Chancellor Angela Merkel just days prior to an EU Latin America Summit in Peru.

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Sources: VTV, Globovision,

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