(8 Apr 2001)
1. Tilt down "Panteon" to honour guard in formation
2. Honour Guard
3. Wide shot of flags and honour guard
4. Cutaway of children with flags
5. Children and audience with flags
7. Vicent Fox arriving and shaking hands with Andres Pastrana and Hugo Chavez
8. Cutaway of soldiers
9. Presidents entering "Simon Bolivar monument"
10. Presidents together
11. Presidents walking and reviewing monument
12. President Pastrana leaving the other two presidents
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela
"And we are also thinking about creating a social program for the three countries, a program specifically designed to combat poverty, to provide credit to small businesses."
14. Group of 3 (G-3) in working meeting
15. Various shots of commissions at work
17. All three presidents pose for photo
18. Wide of press conference
19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andres Pastrana, President of Colombia
"Our biggest project, in Colombia and Venezuela, is integration. We are generating over 500 thousand employees. We've spent over 8 years trading over 200 to 300 million to now 3 billion U.S. dollars between Colombia and Venezuela."
20. Medium of presidents
21. Close up of President Chavez listening to question
22. Mid shot presidents
23.SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
"We are ready (referring to peace process in Colombia) to assist the government and the people of Colombia to do everything necessary, at the request from the Colombian administration."
24. Medium of presidents and the audience
25. Presidents Chavez and Pastrana
26. Reporter comes to microphone
STORYLINE:
The presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela met in Caracas over the weekend to discuss a range of issues affecting the three nations and their relationship.
Topics under discussion encompassed continental poverty, financial incentives for small businesses and oil production.
The weekend summit aimed to revive a 6-year-old trade bloc dubbed the Group of Three.
The presidents of the three nations announced on Sunday they will create a 100 (m) million U-S dollar social fund to protect the poor as Latin America dismantles its trade barriers.
Backed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Andean Development Corporation, the fund will help less-developed nations, such as those in Central America, prepare for hemisphere-wide free trade.
It will provide credits to small businesses and would-be entrepreneurs, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said.
He also said the presidents want more generic medicines to help the (m) millions who cannot afford branded prescription drugs.
The three oil-producing nations agreed to work together to stabilize oil prices.
While Venezuela belongs to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Mexico and Colombia are
independent though Mexico frequently supports OPEC production decisions.
By coordinating regional energy policies, Fox said he envisioned a streamlined energy production and delivery system connecting North and South America within several years.
Chavez said the leaders didn't discuss Plan Colombia, a U-S-backed drug eradication program aimed at cutting Colombia's cocaine and heroin production through targetted military and economic aid.
However, he did stress Venezuela's involvement, along with other third nations, in promoting peace talks between leftist rebels and the government of Colombia.
Chavez long has emphasized that the rise of globalisation and a quarter century of democratic government have failed to alleviate Latin American poverty.
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