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South American Crisis Ends With Handshakes

After spat over raid, Colombia, Ecuador make nice with promises for future

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 7, 2008 6:55 PM CST

(Newser) – The threat of war involving Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela was diffused today with a bevy of handshakes televised all over Latin America, Reuters reports. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and his opposite number, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, reached an agreement on combating insurgents in the future;...   Read full story »

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