On Tuesday, fake watches both men adopted a different tone, in recognition of the damage to the economies of both countries caused by the escalating tension. Trade between Colombia and Venezuela plunged more than 30 percent in 2009 from the previous year, after Venezuela imposed restrictions on Colombian imports.

The meeting’s modest results included an agreement to send ambassadors to each other’s capitals, improve military patrols along their border and determine how Venezuela would pay about $800 million in omega watch debts to Colombian companies.

“President Chávez and I are putting the interests of our people above personal conveniences,” said Mr. Santos, 59, a staunchly pro-American economist who served as defense minister in the administration of his fake rolex predecessor, álvaro Uribe.

Mr. Chávez, 56, arrived in Santa Marta with various flourishes, carrying red flowers for his hosts and wearing a colorful jacket with the design of Venezuela’s flag. After the meeting, he denied that Venezuela was harboring rolex watches Colombian guerrillas, telling Mr. Santos, “Count on my friendship.”

The leaders may have had little choice but to hold their noses and shake rolex watch hands. Mr. Chávez has said he plans to be re-elected to a new six-year term in 2012, while Mr. Santos may already be eyeing a second four-year term in 2014.

“That means they both expect to be in power cheek to cheek until 2018,” replica watches said Myles Frechette, a former United States ambassador to Colombia. “Therefore, it’s in both of their interests to learn to get along.”

Still, that did not mean that the leaders’ encounter would not be infused with tension over comments each had made in the past.In April, Mr. Chávez referred to Mr. Santos as “a wolf dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood,” replica watch while also contending that Mr. Santos had been part of a conspiracy to assassinate him.

Mr. Santos, for his part, has been among the most outspoken members of Colombia’s political establishment in deriding Mr. Chávez. In an essay written before he was elected president, Mr. Santos acknowledged that Mr. Chávez Angelo had been legitimately elected, but added, “as were Hitler, Mussolini, Aristide and Fujimori, and so many other demagogues turned tyrants.”ZMC