CARICOM hails Brazil ties

Acting CARICOM Secretary-General Lolita Applewhaite congratulating Ambassador Luiz Gilberto Seixas de Andrade.

CARICOM  and Brazil on Wednesday solidified diplomatic relations through the accreditation of that country’s second Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM, Luiz Gilberto Seixas de Andrade, a release from the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said.

In accepting the Letters of Credence, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Secretary-General (ag) said Brazil had “long since been embraced into the Caribbean Community based on the warm and collaborative relationship,” which the CARICOM Secretariat had enjoyed with Ambassador de Andrade’s during his tenure as Ambassador to Guyana.

This friendship, she noted, also mirrored the