South American leaders were to meet Tuesday in the Argentine provincial capital San Juan at the Mercosur summit to discuss a trade agreement with the European Union and a showdown between Colombia and Venezuela. Relations between the South American neighbours reached a new low last month after Colombia accused Venezuela of harbouring leftist FARC rebels. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez then cut off diplomatic relations with Bogota and accused Colombia of attempting to incite a war. Presidents Cristina Kirchner of Argentina, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, Jose Mujica of Uruguay, Sebastian Pinera of Chile and Evo Morales of Bolivia were also expected to attend Tuesday's meetings.
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