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Tabare Vazquez meets Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

(9 Aug 2007) 1. Pan right of Tabare Vazquez, President of Uruguay and Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela walking to news conference, zoom in of both sitting down 2. Wide of media 3. Mid of Vazquez and Chavez signing agreement 4. Close-up of Chavez, pan left to Vazquez 5. Mid of Chavez and Vazquez signing agreement 6. Wide of Chavez and Vazquez and other officials shaking hands 7. Cutaway of press 8. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela: "I hope that political willingness that we have, and that the majority of our people have, bears fruits. I hope we achieve the incorporation of Venezuela into MERCOSUR. I told the Canciller (chancellor), who is here, that I have never set a definitive date. That if on September 1st no, then no, no no. We can wait some more. But it will be hard to wait past this year. There is a MERCOSUR summit here in Montevideo. Imagine that December arrives and Venezuela is still not in, because of a whim, because there is no reason, or they should tell me the reason if there is one. We have always said, tell us the reason so we can act accordingly and try to find and solve it." 9. Various cutaways of media 10. Mid of Vazquez and Chavez posing for photographs 11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Daniel Martinez, President of ANCAP (State-run company responsible for several oil refineries in Uruguay): "The exploitation of crude oil on the Orinoco strip also involves that we keep going forward in this project in which ANCAP will build, of its own property, maintaining the monopoly under the Uruguayan laws, and expand its refinery in order to be able to perform deep conversions of the crude oil which will belong to the society, and so we will be able to take it, the crude from the Orinoco strip. We will also look into issues such as a memo of understanding with PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela SA) that will sell Venezuelan crude in the region via ANCAP." 12. Chavez and Vazquez leaving after press conference STORYLINE Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez took a campaign of petrodollar diplomacy to Uruguay on Wednesday, seeking stronger political ties while offering energy aid from one of the world's largest oil producers. Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and Chavez discussed ways to help Uruguay expand its lone oil refinery and to guarantee access to Venezuela's continent-leading oil and gas reserves at time of growing regional concern about security access to underground reserves. Uruguay, a nation of 3.5 million, enjoys both sweetheart terms for Venezuelan crude and warm ties with Washington. But efforts to sell more beef and textiles to the United States, its biggest trading partner, have been complicated by Uruguayan membership in the leading South American trade bloc, Mercosur. On a four-nation tour, Chavez plans to make similar pitches for a "grand South American alliance" to Ecuador and Bolivia this week, spreading energy and financial deals that leverage Venezuela's vast oil and natural gas reserves. On Tuesday in Argentina, he announced Venezuela will buy a total of 1 billion (b) US dollars (euro 720 million) in bonds this year, half immediately. When US President George W. Bush visited Uruguay five months ago during a Latin American tour, Chavez appeared at a soccer stadium rally in neighbouring Argentina to shout, "Gringo, go home!" The Venezuelan leader denounced US-style capitalism, claiming it harms hundreds of millions of poor on the continent, and haunted Bush on a parallel tour across Latin America. But he said he hoped for approval before Mercosur presidents next meet in December. "We can wait some more," Chavez said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...