Brazil president to visit Cuba, Haiti, Mexico

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to go on a Latin American and Caribbean tour, which would include stops in Mexico, Cuba and Haiti.

Lula is to take part in the Latin American Summit in the Mexican resort city of Cancun and will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday.

He will then travel to Cuba, where he will meet with President Raul Castro and long-time leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday, Lula’s spokesman said Friday in Brasilia.

It would be the Brazilian leader’s fourth visit to Cuba during his presidency and he would meet Fidel Castro as a “friend,” the spokesman said.

The tour will conclude with stops in earthquake-ravaged Haiti and the Central American nation of El Salvador.