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President Hugo Chavez delivered a bizarre attack on the Queen when the firebrand Venezuelan leader demanded Britain return the Falkland Islands to Argentina.The outspoken Mr Chavez used his weekly television and radio show Alo Presidente to rally Latin America behind the cause of his Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner by making a direct appeal to Buckingham Palace. "Look, England, how long are you going to be in Las Malvinas? Queen of England, I'm talking to you," said Mr Chavez. "The time for empires are over, haven't you noticed? Return the Malvinas to the Argentine people." Still addressing the Queen, he went...

Madrid -- Five words - "Why don't you shut up!" - have catapulted King Juan Carlos, the Spanish monarch, to internet stardom...The king's outburst was directed against Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, at a summit of Latin American and Iberian leaders in Chile last weekend. In his concluding remarks, Mr Chávez called José María Aznar, Spain's former prime minister,a "fascist". José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's current prime minister, interrupted Mr Chávez to demand "respect for a man who was elected by the people of Spain", but Mr Chávez ignored him and continued insulting Mr Aznar. That was when King...