Brazil, Spain seek progress on Mercosur-European Union agreement

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (Mar. 6) welcomed Spanish President Pedro Sanchez, who is on an official visit to Brazil, at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia. During the meeting, bilateral agreements were signed in the areas of communications; science, technology, and innovation; public administration, and health. Lula and Sanchez expressed their intention to expand political, commerci