“’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.”
It’s unfortunate that Zapatero would allow that Venezuela under the pig Chavez is democratic. It is anything but. They should not have given Chavez the dignity of inviting him to a gathering of democratic nations.
And Chavez calling Aznar a “fascist” would be like Rosie O’Donnell calling someone butch. Aznar didn’t have protesters against his government gunned down in the streets, didn’t shut down the opposition media and didn’t rig the elections or attack opposition political parties. And when he was voted out, he left gracefully unlike Chavez who will not leave office without being forced to do so at gunpoint.
It’s unfortunate that Zapatero would allow that Venezuela under the pig Chavez is democratic.
My sense of it is that he was putting a thumb in Chavez's eye for running a totalitarian state. "In a forum where there are democratic governments"—as opposed to your tin-pot dictatorship.