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| Chavez demands apology from Spain's king | |
| 2007-11-17 | |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez demanded Friday that Spain's King Juan Carlos apologize for telling him to "shut up" during a summit in Chile last week. Chavez said Juan Carlos should "offer some type of apology."
"The least I'm entitled to as head of state is that the King of Spain -- who is not the king of Latin America -- offer some type of apology for attacking me," Chavez told state-run television VTV. Chavez claims he neither saw nor heard the king, as he (Chavez) was addressing Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero at the Ibero-American summit. "If I had heard him ... I would have stared him down like an Indian, because I am an Indian and a little bit black and white," he said. Zapatero on Thursday said the king was merely defending him when he intervened at the summit -- Chavez interrupted Zapatero's speech several times before the king told him "why don't you just shut up." The Spanish prime minister said the incident "took on great significance" because television cameras picked it up. The populist and virulently anti-American Chavez made his comments during the television interview on the eve of a foreign visit that begins on Saturday with the OPEC summit in Riyadh, followed by a trip to Tehran and a visit to Paris for his first meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. How about this: "Hugo, the entire civilized world wishes you to know we're so very sorry your dad didn't pull out just a bit sooner." | |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #8 Thomas, Compare Chavez in 1992 to Juan Carlos when the Spanish generals attempted a coup. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-11-17 21:18 |
| #7 "If I had heard him ... I would have stared him down like an Indian, because I am an Indian and a little bit black and white," he said. I lol'd! In his attempted coup in 1992 'ugo was found hiding under a desk in the military museum. Yes him was bad stinky. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-17 16:52 |
| #6 Hugo! "Por que usted no cierra para arriba? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-11-17 11:54 |
| #5 I am so sorry... that you appear to have become a Venezuelan girly man. Regards. |
| Posted by: Juan Carlos 2007-11-17 10:24 |
| #4 How about "I'm sorry you are a $hithead Hugo?" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-11-17 09:59 |
| #3 "Chavez said Juan Carlos should 'offer some type of apology.'" When hell freezes, Pumpkin head. |
| Posted by: Elmolurong the Wide1638 2007-11-17 08:35 |
| #2 "If I had heard him ... I would have stared him down like an |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-17 08:06 |
| #1 Dear Hugo: You still flapping your gums? Sincerely, The King |
| Posted by: Raj 2007-11-17 07:47 |