Latam leaders ease tension over Colombia, Uribe, Chavez handshake

(8 Mar 2008)
1. Wide of Presidents meeting at Rio Summit
2. Mid of audience listening to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe talking
3. President of Ecuador Rafael Correa listening to Uribe
4. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega complaining of Uribe's attitude
5. Correa listening to Uribe
6. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia:
"Some presidents have asked for the following: that Colombia apologise for it's incursion (into Ecuador), whenever you consider it's the proper time, we are willing to do so."
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador:
"I ask, please, that out of respect for the Ecuadorian people, and I have already asked for this: that your insolence is doing more damage on the dignity of the Ecuadorian people than your murderous bombs. Stop with these lies, stop trying to justify the unjustifiable. Acknowledge that you had no right to attack the Ecuadorian people, you have been lying with what you have said. Promise not to hurt again a brother country, get rid of all this lie about the FARC, which you Mr Uribe don't even believe in."
8. Wide of people applauding
9. Mid of Correa saying to Uribe UPSOUND: (Spanish)"calm down calm down" while Uribe interrupts UPSOUND: (Spanish) "don't try to exercise the cynicism of those who still feel nostalgic for communism. Don't try to apply the same cynicism you use to lie to your people."
10. Mid of Correa's empty chair
11. Zoom in from wide of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez talking
12. Cutaway Ortega listening to Chavez's speech
13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela: (overlaid with shot of Correa and President of Mexico Felipe Calderon talking)
"What I am being accused of now, of financing the FARC with 300 (m) million US dollars, is just another stripe for this tiger. What I have helped finance is economic activities in Colombia with all my good will."
14. Wide pan of room
15. Various of Uribe walking towards Correa to shake his hand, includes cutaway of Chavez
16. Correa and Uribe shaking hands
17. Uribe walks to shake hands with Chavez
15. Cutaway Calderon and other people clapping
16. Wide of people clapping
17. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador:
"I saluted President Uribe because I'm a gentleman and I represent all of the people, and on behalf of my people and the whole Latin American community, with the chance of an excuse offered no matter what, and getting over the discussion about the FARC will call that compromise over."
18. Uribe shaking hands with Ortega
19. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua:
"And in accordance with this, obviously, Nicaragua reverts the decision to end relations with Colombia."
20. Uribe responds UPSOUND: (Spanish) "I'll send later the bill for the Ambassador's plane ticket."
21. Ortega smiling
22. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, President of Honduras: +includes cutaways of leaders, Chavez applauding+
"There is also a threat to bring him (Hugo Chavez) before the criminal courts and that should be withdrawn as well, and it should be added to that document."
23. Mid of President of Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez resuming meeting
24. Pan left, wide of people clapping
25. Mid of Uribe at meeting
26. Mid of Calderon talking at the end of meeting
27. Mid of Correa listening
28. Calderon talking
29. Wide pan of meeting ending
30. Leaders hugging at end of meeting
STORYLINE:
Colombia, last week, conducted a military raid, into Ecuadorean territory, on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas, triggering the crisis in the region.

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