The Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile, on November 10 ended on a heated note after the Spanish king told Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, to “shut up”.
The outburst was preceded by Chávez referring to the former Spanish prime minister, José María Aznar, as a “fascist”. Chávez had also said in a speech to leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal: “Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.”
Later, Spain’s socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, responded by urging Chávez to be more diplomatic with his choice of words and to recognize that the former prime minister had been the elected choice of the Spanish people.
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