Poverty, trade and terrorism on agenda of summit

Описание: (30 Mar 2005)

1. Wide shot of conference venue
2. Pan right summit meeting
3. Close-up Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
4. Close-up President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Prime Minister
"Of course we are still the ones with greater validity before the European Union. And I've always thought that America, Latin America, has an ally in Europe."
6. Pan right of summit meeting
7. Close-up Colombian President Ricardo Uribe
8. Close-up Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
9. Close-up Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva
10. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan President
"That's why it's important to trust each other. Trust. Venezuela doesn't support guerrillas, doesn't support drug trafficking and doesn't support any movement against any government."
11. Pan right summit meeting
12. Close-up Colombian President Ricardo Uribe
13. Venezuelan Chancellor Ali Rodriguez Araque and Venezuelan Minister of Defence Jorge Luis Garcia Carneiro (in uniform)
14. Over the shoulder shot as Hugo Chavez speaks
15. SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese with Spanish voice over) Ignacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil:
"We don't accept insinuations against partners. I feel that Venezuela has the right to be a sovereign country, to make its own destiny, and at the same time Venezuela doesn't need to be accused of things that those who live with you know they are not part of your way of thinking or acting."
16. Wideshot, people look at map
17. Closeup map of Central America
18. Closeup Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva
19. Closeup Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
20. Closeup Colombian President Ricardo Uribe
21. Pull out from Hugo Chavez as conference ends and people stand up

STORYLINE:

Leaders from Latin American and Spain attended a daylong summit aimed at deepening political alliances and coming up with common approaches to problems from drug trafficking to poverty on Tuesday outside the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz,
Venezuela.

The four nation summit - attended by leaders from Spain, Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia, was opened by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by rejecting US allegations that his left-leaning government is a threat to stability in Latin America.

Chavez told visiting leaders that Tuesday's meeting was of the highest importance for building ties and addressing Latin America's problems.

Chavez has championed Latin American unity as part of a vision for a "multipolar" world in which smaller nations unite to negotiate with the United States and other world powers on more even terms.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was making his first official visit to Venezuela, in keeping with his policy of greater engagement in Latin American affairs.

Officials have said a pact between Spain's Repsol oil company and Venezuela's state-run Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. could be finalised during his visit.

Spain is also seeking to revive its shipbuilding industry and is considering the sale of ships and transport planes to Venezuela and Colombia.

It remains unclear whether those sales to Venezuela could draw criticism from Washington.

Also at the summit, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe appealed for international help in bringing peace to his country after 40 years of civil war.

Talks were closed to reporters although parts were carried on state television.

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