President of the Venezuelan Republic, His Excellency Hugo Chavez (left), gestures while making a point at a press briefing held on August 24 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Montego Bay following a series of bilateral talks between government officials of Jamaica and Venezuela. At right Prime Minister the Most Hon. P.J. Patterson listens. President Chavez arrived in the island on August 23 to finalize a bilateral agreement under the PetroCaribe Accord on Energy Cooperation.