Spanish King tells Chavez to Shut up

'Shut up!' Spanish king tells Chávez


Rory Carroll in Caracas and Paul Hamilos in Madrid
Monday November 12, 2007
The Guardian

When Hugo Chávez is in full flow, politicians and diplomats know better than to try and cut him dead. But not kings. As the Venezuelan president was in mid-harangue, excoriating his "fascist" foes at a summit of leaders from the Latin world, Juan Carlos, the Spanish monarch, could take no more. He flashed a withering look at the president and uttered five words likely to go down in diplomatic history: "Why don't you shut up?"
The stunning breach of protocol, did shut up the socialist revolutionary. For about two seconds. Then he regained his voice. However brief, it was a moment Chávez's detractors have dreamed of: the comeuppance, as they see it, of a motormouth autocrat who regularly obliges all of Venezuela's television stations to broadcast his marathon speeches.

Venezuela's opposition gleefully portrayed Saturday's encounter at an Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile, as a humiliation. People gave each other the high-five and replayed the scene over and over. The president's supporters were indignant and said the king was the one humiliated because he lost his temper.

Cuba's Fidel Castro issued a statement backing his ally. "Chávez's criticism of Europe was devastating."

Chávez prompted the row by calling the former Spanish prime minister, José María Aznar, a "fascist" who supported a 2002 coup against him. When the current Spanish prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, defended his predecessor as a legitimately elected leader, Chávez repeatedly interrupted, even though his microphone was off.

It was at this point that the king, seated beside Zapatero, intervened. He used the familiar form "tu" rather than the more formal "usted".

Most Spanish newspapers applauded the rebuff. "The king fulfilled his role, given that the Venezuelan president crossed the line," said El Pais.

Chávez complained of disrespect by a hereditary leader. "The king is a head of state like me, only that I have been elected three times with 63% support."

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[odin66673]

i woder if tyson knows how to use the bathroom?

[SenseiAntonio]

Everything you say is not only false but also completely surreal. Juan Carlos, king of Spain, by law, cannot get involved in Spain's International Affairs.

If you know the facts, great. If not, keep it to yourself.

[Youreallsheople]

All this bad press about Chavez just in time for the referendum on whether to throw out the Zionists or not, on whether to have Zionist control of V's central bank or not.

[Youreallsheople]

"Why don't you stop trying to overthrow my govt, you stupid Zionist fascist poodle?"

Carlos was involved in  a coup plot to overhtrow Chavez in 2002. Aznar was involved.

That's why Chavez was angry at these fascists.

[encarnadenoche]

please put the video back in your mother´s asshole and walk away very slowly !!

[lvskshyne]

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[JJMD88]

puedes irte a la mierda con el vídeo :D