The presidents of Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva; and Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, are planning to hold a mini-summit Monday in Argentina.

The meeting was agreed by the Heads of State during the last Mercosur summit, held in Tucumán, northern Argentina, early in July, EFE reported.

Diplomatic sources said that the Latin American presidents will deal with "an open agenda." However, government officials said that the leaders would discuss several topics, including cooperation in energy and food production, trade, economic integration, investments among the three countries and the development of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur.)

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan Embassy said that President Chávez's agenda has not been defined yet. "President Chávez will pay a working visit to address cooperation as well as energy and food security issues."