Both today’s Listin Diario and the El Caribe carry headlines that tell of a new initiative and possible meeting of presidents Mejia and Chavez in the near future. After three months of tense relations, which saw the Venezuelan ambassador recalled to his country and the flow of Venezuelan oil to the Dominican refinery curtailed, this is the first positive news. Although the Venezuelan ambassador has since returned and announced that the oil would soon begin to flow again, it has yet to resume and the topic of oil was not touched during this weekend’s exchange of polite messages. Chavez sent Mejia a “Hello, Mr. President” from his television address and President Mejia confirmed the possibility of meeting with Chavez, telling his TV audience that he had spoken with the Venezuelan head of state and that they had considered four possible sites for a meeting: Panama, Bolivia, Dominican Republic or Venezuela. In his television talk, Chavez said that he was sending “his affection, his friendship and, above all, his admiration of the Dominican people.” Apparently a meeting held earlier in the week between President Mejia and the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior, Lucas Rincon, and the Venezuelan ambassador, Francisco Belisario Landis, worked to smooth the situation.