Posted on 09/01/2006 2:35:23 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Brazilian ambassador in Chile described as mere “fantasy” alleged statements by President Lula da Silva particularly offensive towards Chile, Argentine president Nestor Kirchner and former Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle.
“I can assure you it is all mere fantasy”, said Ambassador Mario Vilalva in Santiago adding that “I can back my words because I happened to be at the official dinner at the Brazilian Embassy in Tokyo”, when the alleged incident took place.
In a book released this week titled “Travels with the President” two Brazilian journalists, Eduardo Scolese and Leonencio Nossa wrote that President Lula in the Embassy in Tokyo referred to Chile as “sh(expletive deleted); Chile is a joke. They make agreements with the Americans. They want us here to be screwed. They pi(expletive deleted) on us”.
Talking about the Argentine president Kirchner, Lula apparently said that “there are moments, my dear friends, in which I would like to send Kirchner to hell, tell him to f(expletive deleted) off”.
And speaking of former Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle his comments were also particularly aggressive and offensive.
“Dam Batlle, he is not Uruguayan. He was brought up in the United States. He’s a cub of the Americans”
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