Hugo Chavez, Hillary Clinton enjoy friendly chat at Brazil inauguration - slide show

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enaged in friendly conversation at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on New Year's day.

A Brazilian official who witnessed the encounter told AFP, "It looked like a social conversation, both were smiling," and Chavez later confirmed the amiable tenor of their conversation.

"Mrs Clinton, the secretary of state, appeared. She was smiling, very pleased, and so was I," said Chavez. "We greeted each other and spoke about a few things," he said.

"It was a pleasant moment, but we took advantage of it and spoke of two or three timely things," he said...

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