Lula to start international agenda with trip to Argentina
On the first working day of his newest term of office, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent Monday (Jan. 2) at Itamaraty Palace – Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs - receiving heads of state and government, and representatives of foreign delegations who came to Brasilia for his inauguration.One of the meetings was with Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who confirmed Lula's trip to Buenos Aires on January 23 and 24 for several activities, including the conference of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which is under Argentina's temporary presidency."We are on the same track; we seek the same destiny for our peoples and the integration of Latin America. On January 23 we will meet in Argentina to move forward with concrete actions and institutionaliz...