Chávez postpones meeting with Brazil's Dilma Rousseff

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez will not meet this weekend with his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff, as he had announced last Saturday in the framework of the 11th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), held in Caracas on February 4-5.

"No meeting has been scheduled on this weekend" between the two Heads of state, a source of the Brazilian President's Office told AFP on Wednesday. The information was confirmed on Wednesday night by President Hugo Chávez, who announced that he will travel to Brazil by the end of March to meet with Dilma Rousseff and promoting bilateral relationship.

Chávez made the announcement following a meeting with Alessandro Teixeira, the Executive Secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade. The meeting was held at the presidential palace of Miraflores, the official seat of the executive office in Venezuela. They talked about bilateral issues.

Chávez also announced that Venezuela purchased 20 Brazilian aircrafts to increase the fleet of state-run airline Conviasa.

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