FOUR SHIPS of the Brazilian Navy docked in Barbados yesterday, bringing friendship and love.

The ships coming to port in Barbados form part of their annual Operation Caribex programme, where the Brazilian Navy strengthens friendships among neighbouring Central American and Caribbean countries.

The 2008 edition, under the command of Captain Edgard Riberio DeSilva, commander of the Naval Patrol of the North, is composed of the flagship Bocaina, and the vessels Graja´u, Guaiba and Guaruj´a.

The group arrived in Barbados yesterday with 28 officers and 131 sailors.

Today, the ships' crews will be part of a community programme, helping to refurbish Lily Cot at the Nightengale Home in Black Rock, St. Michael from 10 a.m. (BA)