COLOMBIA REPORTS/ Allegedly, a shouting match broke-out between Alvaro Uribe and Hugo Chavez during a private lunch for Latin American summit leaders near Cancun. There was no media present. An anonymous witness from Colombia said "Uribe questioned Chavez about his country's trade embargo on Colombia. Chavez didn't like this and began to play the victim, he accused Colombia of sending paramilitaries to kill him and he threatened to leave the meeting." "'Be a man! These issues are meant to be discussed in these venues. You're brave speaking at a distance, but a coward when it comes to talking face to face," was Uribe's response to Chavez's threat to leave. Chavez then reportedly told Uribe to "go to hell!" Cuba's Raul Castro intervened to calm the heated argument.
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