April 29, 2005
Latin-Americans ministers meet to discuss energy cooperation

(BNamericas.com) - "The energy ministers of Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina met in Venezuela's capital Caracas to discuss energy cooperation issues between the three countries, a Brazilian mines and energy ministry spokesperson told BNamericas, confirming press reports.

Brazil's mines and energy minister Dilma Rousseff, Venezuela's energy and oil minister Rafael Ramírez and Argentina's energy secretary Daniel Cameron met to discuss joint power and oil sector projects, Brazil's federal government news agency Agencia Brasil reported (.)

Brazil and Venezuela are leading sponsors for Latin American energy integration though their respective state-controlled oil and power companies".