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Spain's king to Venezuela's Chavez - "shut up"
Reuters ^

Posted on 11/10/2007 11:37:29 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Spain's king to Venezuela's Chavez - "shut up" Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:21pm EST

By Manuel Farias and Pav Jordan

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday to "shut up" during closing speeches by leaders from the Latin world that brought the Ibero-American summit to an acrimonious end.

"Why don't you shut up?" the king shouted at Chavez, pointing a finger at the president when he tried to interrupt a speech by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Zapatero was in the middle of a speech to the summit of mostly leftist leaders from Latin America, Portugal, Spain and Andorra, and was criticizing Chavez for calling former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a fascist.

Chavez, a leading leftist foe of Washington, also attacked Spanish businessman Gerardo Diaz Ferran earlier in the week after he questioned the safety of foreign investments in Venezuela.

"I want to express to you President Hugo Chavez that in a forum where there are democratic governments ... one of the essential principles is respect," Zapatero told the leaders gathered in the Chilean capital, Santiago.

"You can disagree radically, without being disrespectful," Zapatero, a socialist, said sternly, drawing applause from some of the other heads of state.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chavez; hugochavez; juancarlos; latinamerica; royals; spain; venezuela; zapatero
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1 posted on 11/10/2007 11:37:31 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
I love it when the Left begins to fight like cats.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 11/10/2007 11:39:00 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Sub-Driver

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!


3 posted on 11/10/2007 11:39:27 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: Sub-Driver
Geeze...even the Eurocommies hate him.
4 posted on 11/10/2007 11:43:18 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Wanna see how bad it can get? Elect Hillary and find out.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Callate!


5 posted on 11/10/2007 11:44:44 AM PST by gotribe (I've been disenfranchised by the GOP.)
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To: Sub-Driver

A king worth his salt! Bravo!


6 posted on 11/10/2007 11:45:12 AM PST by Clara Lou (Thompson '08)
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To: Sub-Driver

LOL!

Can we please teach Republicans, to talk like that?


7 posted on 11/10/2007 11:45:21 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (I like Duncan Hunter)
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

You mean, “con huevos?”


8 posted on 11/10/2007 11:46:51 AM PST by Max in Utah (If your neighbors habitually trespassed, wouldn't you want a nice tall fence with razor wire on top?)
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To: goldstategop
I love it when the Left begins to fight like cats.

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9 posted on 11/10/2007 11:47:34 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: Sub-Driver

Juan Carlos woulda made a good real king....

Chavez is just another feral thug who rose above his station through violence


10 posted on 11/10/2007 11:49:06 AM PST by wardaddy (This country is being destroyed by folks who could have never created it.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Chavez the bullying buffoon - even other leftists can't stand him except when he's doling out money and oil. Actually, even then they can't stand him but they have to suck up to him for the handouts......

Love this little whinefest from Bolivia:

In his closing remarks, Morales accused other countries of perceiving him as a lackey of the Venezuelan president. "They treat us like animals because of the unconditional cooperation from comrade Hugo Chavez ... him as the big one and me as the little one," Morales told summit leaders.

Big turd, little turd..... yeah, it fits.
11 posted on 11/10/2007 11:49:12 AM PST by Enchante (Democrat terror-fighting motto: "BLEAT - CHEAT - RETREAT - DEFEAT")
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To: Sub-Driver
Chavez believes he is the next Castro rescuing his people from tyranny, but is guiling their prosperity, he can’t survive.
12 posted on 11/10/2007 11:50:46 AM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: Clemenza; PARodrig; martin_fierro

ping


13 posted on 11/10/2007 11:51:02 AM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: Sub-Driver

socialist=democratic government?


14 posted on 11/10/2007 11:51:11 AM PST by machogirl
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To: Sub-Driver

Chavez’s source of power stems from the ever rising oil prices. This is why I’d like to see some real alternatives to oil developed. Not some lefty global warming claptrap, but to put tinpot dictators like Chavez out of business.


15 posted on 11/10/2007 11:52:07 AM PST by bshomoic
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To: boomop1

Quashing, I say.


16 posted on 11/10/2007 11:57:16 AM PST by boomop1 (there you go again)
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To: bshomoic
Exactly. Petro thugs like Putin, Chavez and Ahmedinejad are all sustained by high oil prices. They take that way and no one would care what they do.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

17 posted on 11/10/2007 11:57:58 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Sub-Driver

“It Can Happen Here” is a book by Sinclair Lewis. Well...It CAN happen here! Chavez was elected to his position of power and the citizens of the U.S. could do the same in this country.

Marxism is OUR nation´s MOST serious and important threat! We can survive a nuclear suit case bomb but freedom will NOT survive if the Marxists win in the voting booth!

So..what is the Marxist´s most important weapon here in the U.S.? Answer: Our government K-12 schools and our colleges and universities. Marxists are in complete control of both environments and are hard a work indoctrinating the next generation of voters.

Yes, IT IS THAT SERIOUS! (yes, I am shouting, but everyone seems asleep)


18 posted on 11/10/2007 12:00:20 PM PST by wintertime (Good ideas win! Why? Because people are not stupid.)
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To: goldstategop
I love it when the Left begins to fight like cats.

Maybe we'll get lucky and they will eat their own.

Cierre su boca, Hugo. Usted es un socialista puta. ¿Comprende?

5.56mm

19 posted on 11/10/2007 12:01:32 PM PST by M Kehoe
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To: Clara Lou

***A king worth his salt! Bravo!***

I still remember how the news media made fun of Juan Carlos when he was presented by (Gasp) Franco.


20 posted on 11/10/2007 12:07:16 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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