Posted on 11/13/2005 8:13:22 PM PST by Kitten Festival
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused Mexican leader Vicente Fox on Sunday of disrespecting him and his close ally the Argentine president, warning Fox: "Don't mess with me."
Tensions between Fox and Chavez spilled over after this month's Summit of the Americas in Argentina, where Fox sought to defend a U.S.-backed proposal for a free trade zone while Chavez proclaimed the idea dead.
"President Fox left bleeding from his wound," Chavez said during his weekly radio and TV show, echoing remarks days ago in which he accused Fox of being a "puppy" of the U.S. government for supporting its plans for the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Chavez recalled a folk song from Venezuela's cattle-raising plains about a thorn, saying it seems appropriate for Fox since "you're a man of horses." After reciting the lyrics, Chavez said: "Don't mess with me, sir, because you'll come out pricked."
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Thx for the ping.
ap whack at it..
Mexico Warns Venezuela Over Chavez Quip ("Don't mess with me" - Hugo)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521844/posts?page=10
bttt
"That's not much of an air force for a country with a trillion dollar GDP."
Take a look at the vintage on some of those aircraft. PT-17s for Pete's sake!
Naaa! Put Castro in Club Gitmo!
Why make life easier for Old Bushy Whiskers? Place him in one of the rathole prisons that his regime created.
Not only Vladimir Putin approved, but Ursultan
Nazarbayev, Aleksandr Lukashenko, KPRF, and Wen Jiabao approved!
Since Chavez scoffs at a Free Trade Zone, why does he propose to offer cut rate gasoline at Citgo's throughout the US?
/pregnant question off
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