Spanish King Tells Chavez to "Shut Up"

[HURAKAN]

Spanish King Tells Chavez to "Shut Up"
By EDUARDO GALLARDO – 53 minutes ago Link

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up" Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

Chavez, who called President Bush the "devil" on the floor of the United Nations last year, triggered the exchange by repeatedly referring to former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a "fascist."

Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush as prime minister, "is a fascist," Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. "Fascists are not human. A snake is more human."

Spain's current socialist prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, responded during his own allotted time by urging Chavez to be more diplomatic in his words and respect other leaders despite political differences.

"Former President Aznar was democratically elected by the Spanish people and was a legitimate representative of the Spanish people," he said, eliciting applause from the gathered heads of state.

Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, but his microphone was off.

Spanish King Juan Carlos, seated next to Zapatero, angrily turned to Chavez and said, "Why don't you shut up?"

The Venezuelan leader did not immediately respond, but later used time ceded to him by his close ally Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to answer Zapatero's speech.

"I do not offend by telling the truth," he said. "The Venezuelan government reserves the right to respond to any aggression, anywhere, in any space and in any manner."

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Finally someone steps up and puts Chavez in his place. What do he thinks he is going around and offending everyone? The Venezuelan people doesn't seem to realize what a joke of a person they have as a president. They should look to what happened to us Cubans and realize what communism does to a nation.

[Ptarmigan]

I can empathized with you Hurakan. I know what the Cubans are going through under Castro. North Korea is horrible.

[HURAKAN]

Video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid ... s=1&ms3=54

Interestingly the summit's purpose was to bring the Spanish and Portuguese countries of the Americas and Europe together.

[Chacor]

And ironically the theme of the summit was "social cohesion".

[lurkey]

'Shut up' Chavez a ringtone hit

The king of Spain's recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain.

An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words "Why don't you shut up?", generating a reported 1.5m euros ($2m).

[HURAKAN]

Also the song and video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=d9X8DYOA5DE

Also in Reggaeton: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-JPlKT6p3DA&feature=related

[Squarethecircle]

'Shut up' Chavez a ringtone hit

The king of Spain's recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain.

An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words "Why don't you shut up?", generating a reported 1.5m euros ($2m).

That's freakin' hilarious!

[HurricaneBill]

"Why don't you shut up?" has become a popular slogan amongst student protesters in Venezuela.