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SELA will hold a Regional Seminar on economic and financial relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the BRICS Group with the aim of identifying areas of opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean in the economic, commercial and financial fields with the BRICS Group. To that end, an analysis will be made of the evolution of the BRICS Group; the characteristics, structure and projects of the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS Group; the contingency reserve mechanism and prospects for establishing relations with development financial institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean.