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PARAGUANA, Venezuela — Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe mended relations Friday after months of sniping that threatened trade and unleashed a diplomatic crisis between Latin America’s top U.S. opponent and closest U.S. ally.
Chavez, who just months ago called reconciliation impossible, said the talks allowed the two to “completely turn the page after the storm that passed.”
The two have repeatedly clashed over their stances toward Colombia’s leftist rebels, but Uribe said “we’re brothers” and gave Chavez a book about South American independence hero Simon Bolívar.
