(8 Mar 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Pan of summit, officials clapping
2. Mid of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
3. Mid of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez (right)
4. Uribe walking over to shake hands with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa
5. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clapping
6. Uribe walking towards Correa, shaking hands
7. Correa and Uribe shaking hands
8. Uribe walking over and shaking hands with Chavez
9. Mid of Correa
10. Medium of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega speaking, Uribe standing nearby
11. Uribe, Ortega and Chavez talking
12. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua:
"Based on this, Nicaragua logically reverses its decision to break relations with Colombia."
13.SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia:++PARTLY OVERLAID++
"I will charge you for the ambassador's plane ticket."
14. Mid of Ortega
15. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Manuel Zelaya, Preisdent of Honduras:++PARTLY OVERLAID++
"There is also a threat to bring him (Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez) before a criminal court and that should be withdrawn as well, and it should be added to that document.
16. UPSOUND: (Spanish) Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia:++OVERLAID WITH SHOT OF FERNANDEZ LISTENING++
"You can count on that, we will send that information to president Chavez."
17. Mid of Uribe
18. Medium of Fernandez
19. Mid of Fernandez clapping
20. Mid of Chavez clapping
22. Pan of summit
23. Mid of officials hugging
STORYLINE
The presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela agreed on Friday to resolve their angry recriminations over a cross-border Colombian commando raid, a crisis that has brought troop movements and talk of war.
The uneasy neighbours joined in a declaration noting that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe apologised for the last weekend's attack on a Colombian rebel base in Ecuadorean territory and that he pledged not to violate another nation's sovereignty again.
The declaration signed by presidents of the 20-nation Rio Group also reiterated a commitment to fight threats to national stability posed by "irregular or criminal groups."
Their emergency summit was an hours-long passion play, with finger-jabbing lectures, furious speeches and pleas for goodwill.
The dramatic high point came when the host, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez, urged Uribe to shake hands with his antagonists to show his goodwill.
Uribe then marched around the table and shared stiff handshakes with Ecuador's Rafael Correa and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
Correa appealed to Uribe to respect their border and never again act unilaterally to send troops into his territory to attack a rebel camp.
The showdown underscored Latin America's swerve to the left in recent years, and the increasing isolation of Colombia's centre-right government, which is Washington's strongest ally in the region.
Correa, Chavez and Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, all leftists opposed to US foreign policies, were the most strident in confronting Uribe.
But even centrist leaders lectured Uribe about the need to honour territorial sovereignty and the rule of law.
At one point, the atmosphere became so bitter that Correa walked out of the seaside meeting hall.
He returned to denounce Uribe as a liar.
Uribe said his military was forced to act because Colombia's neighbours refused to stop offering haven to the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which finances its anti-government insurgency through kidnapping and drug trafficking.
He said that the rebels, in turn, have done favours for Chavez and helped Correa get elected.

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