HisMajesty Juan Carlos to Chavez: "Shut Up"

[C.F. Kane]

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Shut up, Spain's king tells Chavez

Spain's King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to "shut up" as the Ibero-American summit drew to a close in Santiago, Chile. The outburst came after Mr Chavez called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a "fascist".
Mr Chavez then interrupted Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's calls for him to be more diplomatic, prompting the king's outburst.
Latin American, Portuguese, Spanish and Andorran leaders were meeting in Chile.


'Democratically elected'
Mr Chavez called Mr Aznar, a close ally of US President George W Bush, a fascist, adding "fascists are not human. A snake is more human."
Mr Zapatero said: "[Former Prime Minister] Aznar was democratically elected by the Spanish people and was a legitimate representative of the Spanish people."
Mr Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, despite his microphone being turned off. The king leaned forward and said: "Why don't you shut up?"
According to reports, the king used a familiar term normally used only for close acquaintances - or children.


Later, Mr Chavez responded to the king's rebuke.
According to the Associated Press news agency, he said: "I do not offend by telling the truth. The Venezuelan government reserves the right to respond to any aggression, anywhere, in any space and in any manner."
The theme of this year's 22-nation summit was "social cohesion".
Earlier, a row between neighbours Argentina and Uruguay threatened to overshadow the summit.
The long-running dispute erupted anew after Uruguay gave an operating permit to a paper mill despite unresolved environmental objections by Argentina.
On Saturday, scores of Argentine protesters staged a peaceful protest against the setting up of the plant, which they fear could contaminate their crops.
Some of the marchers carried banners reading "No to the paper plant!". Police stopped them from marching across a bridge into Uruguay.


'Stabbed in the back'
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez granted a long-awaited start-up permit to the mill on Thursday - hours after giving a conciliatory speech at the summit, which he ended by hugging outgoing Argentine President Nestor Kirchner.
On Friday, Uruguay announced it had closed its border crossing with Argentina closest to the mill in Fray Bentos.
The moves led to protests from the Argentine delegation in the Chilean capital, with Mr Kirchner blaming Mr Vazquez for putting an end to efforts by King Juan Carlos to mediate a resolution to the dispute.
"You have stabbed the Argentine people in the back," Mr Kirchner told his counterpart according to the official Argentine news agency Telam.
This is the latest instalment of a two-year row.
The Finnish owners of the pulp mill - the biggest foreign investment in Uruguay - insist it employs the latest technology and will not pollute. But Argentina disagrees and has taken the case to the International Court in The Hague, whose ruling is pending.

 

[Abaddon]

lol, like it's never happened before.

 

[The Spectre]

That's what happens when you are a spoiled king! You'd expect everyone to yield to your wishes.

 

[Enriquespy]

At least he was asking for something really necesary...

That Chaves should really ****!!!! like forever...

 

[Manic]

Talk about your degenerating arguments. I half-expected the article to say "Chavez replied 'Why don't you come over here and make me?"'

 

[chamber-music]

About time someone had the balls to tell the guy to shut his cake hole.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

LOL...Spain's "King" Told someone to shut up?
awesome!

 

[Ahura Mazda]

You guys realise that Juan Carlos sufferred the rule of a true dictator, Franco. And he was reinstated as the king at the end of Franco's rule. Juan Carlos then instigated a process which resulted in the democracy which is Spain today.

He is not your typical King.

 

[newavengers12]

At least he was asking for something really necesary...

That Chaves should really ****!!!! like forever...

True man! ....Perfectly said!!

 

[newavengers12]

About time someone had the balls to tell the guy to shut his cake hole.

LOL! hahahaaha... I just enjoyed that!

 

[sinewave]

i don't get how chavez can attack any other country's ruler or political system while he's trying to do away with presidential term limits just so he can remain in power indefinitely. that just reeks of a dictatorship.

 

[Matt]

You guys realise that Juan Carlos sufferred the rule of a true dictator, Franco. And he was reinstated as the king at the end of Franco's rule. Juan Carlos then instigated a process which resulted in the democracy which is Spain today.

He is not your typical King.

Suffered? He was Franco's heir. He lived as a prince and publically supported Franco. Hardly would call that suffering. That is like saying Fidel Castro's sons suffer under their father's rule. Granted, he brought democracy, but it is largely because he was an incompetant puppet ruler who was not capable of maintaining control over Spain and would've faced revolution if he did not.

 

[C.F. Kane]

i don't get how chavez can attack any other country's ruler or political system while he's trying to do away with presidential term limits just so he can remain in power indefinitely. that just reeks of a dictatorship.

 

[sinewave]

^'sactly.