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CARACAS, Monday September 14, 2009
Lula is certain that Senate will approve Venezuela's membership in Mercosur

During an interview with daily newspaper Folha de Boa Vista, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that with Venezuela in Mercosur, the states of northern Brazil will be benefitted from increasing trade.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday he is confident that the Brazilian Senate will approve Venezuela's entry into the Common Market of the South (Mercosur).

During an interview with daily newspaper Folha de Boa Vista, Lula said that with Venezuela in Mercosur, the states of northern Brazil will be benefitted from increasing trade.

"There is not opposition of the Senate to Venezuela's entry into Mercosur," Lula said in the interview, AP quoted.

"The proposal was already analyzed and approved by the Chamber of Deputies. I am positive that the Senate will pass it also," Lula said.

http://english.eluniversal.com/2009/09/14/en_eco_esp_lula-is-certain-that_14A2738167.shtml
Opposition newspaper