IBERO AMERICAN SUMMIT
King to Chavez: "Why don't you shut up!"
11/10/2007
Spanish King Juan Carlos on Saturday angrily told President Hugo Chavez to shut up as the Venezuelan leader was involved in a heated verbal exchange with the head of the Spanish government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
The unusual incident during the final plenary session of the Ibero American summit here was triggered by strong criticism by Chavez of former Spanish president Jose Maria Aznar, whom he repeatedly called a fascist.
Zapatero addressed the session to tell Chavez he should respect, even in spite of political differences with Aznar, a conservative who was a close allied of U.S. President George Bush and strongly supported the war in Iraq.
Aznar “is a fascist,” said Chavez. “Fascists are not human. A snake is more human than a fascist.”
”There is a basic principle in diplomacy, and that is respect,” Zapatero said. “If one wants to be respected, one has to respect.”
As Zapatero calmly spoke, Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt him but his microphone was off. At one point, as the Venezuelan leftist leader continued, the King, sitting next to Zapatero, turned to Chavez, and angrily told him: “Why don't you shut up!”.
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Everything that comes out of this guy's mouth makes
me come unglued!"
It’s about time someone told off CHAVEZ!
King Juan Carlos ... You go GUY!
Translation: King to Chavez: "Why don't you shut up!"
Maybe someone can tell that to
Cindy Sheehan, too ... What do you think about this?
