Days after calling German Chancellor Angela Merkel a political descendant of Adolf Hitler, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shook hands with her on Friday and apologized.
'I haven't come here to fight. I was pleased to shake hands with the German chancellor,' Chavez was quoted as saying at a summit of European and Latin American leaders in the Peruvian capital, Lima.
'I told her that I was sorry if I'd been harsh,' he said, according to Peru's state news agency Andina.
Photographs showed the two smiling as they shook hands while heads of state mingled at the gathering dedicated to tackling poverty and climate change.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
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