[NYTr] Cuba and Brazil Expand Economic Relations

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Cuba and Brazil Expand Economic Relations

Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade Raul de la Nuez said his recent visit 
to Brazil heading a delegation to the Cuba-Brazil joint 
inter-governmental commission was highly positive. The Cuban minister 
met with the president of the Brazilian National Bank to analyze the 
credits granted to Cuba to buy Brazilian products, the majority of 
which are food items.

Nuez said Cuba's deadline to spend the remaining credit was put off to 
the first trimester of 2008 and set the expectations were surpassed at 
the meeting which he said will help expand bilateral relations, 
reported Prensa Latina. "There are many areas where their will be an 
increase exchange, among them, agriculture, health  and education, and 
we are analyzing aspects in the energy sector," said De la Nuez, who 
said that next year will be decisive for consolidating economic and 
commercial exchange.