Guyana, Brazil talk agriculture, healthcare & infrastructure development

– as Brazilian Foreign Minister visits Georgetown to expand bilateral ties

South American neighbours Guyana and Brazil are looking to deepen bilateral relations in the areas of agriculture, healthcare, and infrastructure development.
President Dr Irfaan Ali held cooperation talks on these and other areas with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil, Mauro Vieira, at State House in Georgetown on Saturday.
According to a briefing statement posted to President Ali’s official social media account, “Discussions focused on expanding bilateral relations between the two countries, particularly in key areas such as agriculture, healthcare, and infrastructure development.”
During the engagement, Minister Vieira was also presented with a painting titled “The Trail to Roraima” that was done by local artist Merlene Ellis.
Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, and Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud joined President Ali during the meeting with the Brazilian delegation.
On Friday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Georgetown had announced that Minister Vieira would be leading a delegation of senior officials from his ministry on an official bilateral visit to Guyana from October 31 to November 1, 2025.
Guyana and Brazil established diplomatic relations on August 26, 1968. Since then, the two countries have been actively engaged in a broad range of bilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of trade, health, agriculture, education, infrastructure, air and road transport, technical cooperation, military and police cooperation and the environment.
Additionally, Guyana and Brazil continue to pursue regional cooperation through the mechanisms of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation, the Brasilia Consensus, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, and the Caribbean/Brazil Summit.

The visit, according to the missive from Takuba Lodge, reflects the solid, reliable partnership between Guyana and Brazil and serves as an important step in advancing the programme of cooperation between the two countries for their mutual benefit.
This is the first visit of a senior Brazilian Government official since President Ali was re-elected to office for a second term at the September 1 General and Regional Elections.
Back in June, the Guyanese Head of State had attended the Brazil–Caribbean Summit 2025 held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Itamaraty Palace in Brasília. On the sidelines of that summit, President Ali and his Brazilian counterpart, President Luis Inacio “Lula” Da Silva, had discussions on a number of infrastructure projects, including a highway connecting Boa Vista to Georgetown.
During that bilateral meeting, the two Heads of State discussed “…the implementation of infrastructure projects that will allow the flow of Brazilian goods throughout the Caribbean, including the paving of the highway connecting Boa Vista to Georgetown.”
Boa Vista is located in the Brazilian State of Roraima, which lies on the border with Guyana.
According to a brief statement from President Lula’s office, the two leaders also discussed international mobilisation initiatives related to biodiversity conservation and forest protection in preparation for COP30, which is being hosted by Brazil later this month.
President Ali is expected to attend the key United Nations Climate Change conference slated for November 10 to 21 in Belém, Brazil.