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Hugo Chávez calls Aznar a fascist at the Latin American Summit, while Zapatero starts two new humanitarian initiatives
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By h.b. - Nov 10, 2007 - 8:32 AM
Spain is to set up an emergency aid base in Panama and also establish a new 'water fund' designed to bring drinking water to parts of the the Latin American region
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, called Spain’s previous Prime Minister, José María Aznar, a fascist as many as three times in his speech to the 12th Latin American Summit over the weekend.
The references came in Aznar’s support for the ALCA free trade area proposed by the United States, which Chávez described as ‘an imperialist project’.
King Juan Carlos and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were both present from Spain, and announced several initiatives. A permanent base is to be set up in Panama to distribute emergency aid to all of Latin America, and also to help establish a security plan in the region, with programs to stop domestic violence and violence against children. Spain will give 72 million € to the initiative over the next five years.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero also announced the creation of new ‘Water Fund’ into which Spain would pay a minimum of 1.5 billion dollars over the next four years. He said he hoped other countries would contribute to the fund which had the target of meeting the millennium objectives in the region of reducing by half the number of people without drinking water by 2015.
Joking about the Spanish plans, King Juan Carlos is reported to have commented that ‘Zapatero and I are to the left of the Cuban delegation’, though he could have been referring to the seating plan.
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Hugo Chávez calls Aznar a fascist at the Latin American Summit, while Zapatero starts two new humanitarian initiatives
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By h.b. - Nov 10, 2007 - 8:32 AM
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez - Photo EFE
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, called Spain’s previous Prime Minister, José María Aznar, a fascist as many as three times in his speech to the 12th Latin American Summit over the weekend.
The references came in Aznar’s support for the ALCA free trade area proposed by the United States, which Chávez described as ‘an imperialist project’.
King Juan Carlos and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero were both present from Spain, and announced several initiatives. A permanent base is to be set up in Panama to distribute emergency aid to all of Latin America, and also to help establish a security plan in the region, with programs to stop domestic violence and violence against children. Spain will give 72 million € to the initiative over the next five years.
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero also announced the creation of new ‘Water Fund’ into which Spain would pay a minimum of 1.5 billion dollars over the next four years. He said he hoped other countries would contribute to the fund which had the target of meeting the millennium objectives in the region of reducing by half the number of people without drinking water by 2015.
Joking about the Spanish plans, King Juan Carlos is reported to have commented that ‘Zapatero and I are to the left of the Cuban delegation’, though he could have been referring to the seating plan.
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Patrick
10 Nov 2007, 16:41
10 Nov 2007, 16:41
Chavez is nothing more than another tin-pot dictator and only a Venezuelan
peasant himself who supports the Colombian drug-cartels because they give
him big financial rewards to do so as he swans around guarded by his
henchmen wherever he goes. He insults ALL Western leaders and anyone else
he considers are to the RIGHT of LEON TROTSKY while taking their handouts
having taken his percentage off the top first. He is one step removed from
a primate and Spain should save the billions of euros it will waste
donating its support of its "brothers" on this continent all at the Spanish
taxpayers expense, because only its individual leaders will get richer
while the millions of "normal" people throughout South America will remain
poor and the many projects planned will die a death, King Juan Carlos, the
Spanish Royal Family,Jose Luis Zapatero and all will be insulted and told
they have NEVER DONATED ENOUGH !
Andrew
10 Nov 2007, 20:27
10 Nov 2007, 20:27
Viva Chavez!
J Puentes
10 Nov 2007, 21:15
10 Nov 2007, 21:15
Chavez is a despot who is pushing a rotted "disguised" marxist-leninist
idology of mediocraty and totalitarianism....
It is fitting that Che is the "21st century socialism's mascot.... An unrealistic despot who ultimatley failed miserably.... like Chavez will....too bad the beautiful people of Venezuela are suffering becaue of him.
It is fitting that Che is the "21st century socialism's mascot.... An unrealistic despot who ultimatley failed miserably.... like Chavez will....too bad the beautiful people of Venezuela are suffering becaue of him.
Hector
11 Nov 2007, 00:07
11 Nov 2007, 00:07
Good job Chavez .. At least one President trying to do his job.. Because
the spaniars all they did was kill and steal our gold and silver and they
think they owned South America.. Cahvez is not a Dictator and Venezuela is
not suffering from nothing we are becoming an strong nation They King and
other rich paople are mad because they are not getting nothing no profit
from Venezuela anymore Becuase everything now belongs to Venezuela the
imperialism, globalization and capilatism is over in Venezuela .. VIVA La
Bolivar!!
Greg Dykstra Ph.D.
11 Nov 2007, 00:53
11 Nov 2007, 00:53
You can certainly see the focus Zapatero has in supporting this leftist.
Spain needs new leadership.
areecia
11 Nov 2007, 04:48
11 Nov 2007, 04:48
OLE, Juan Carlos! Finally, there IS someone with enough conojones to tell
Chavez enough is enough. And no one could do it better than the king of
Spain. BRAVO!
Richard Cheeseman
11 Nov 2007, 08:15
11 Nov 2007, 08:15
Although he now has the job in his own right, the present king of Spain was
parachuted onto the throne by the fascist dictator Franco because he was
considered a safer pair of hands for protecting the fascists. Obviously he
still loves them, if he can lose his dignity like this when Mr Aznar's
fascism is mentioned.
Mr Aznar is a war criminal over Iraq and his regime supported the attempted coup against democracy in Venezuela, so Mr Chavez is quite right to despise him.
Mr Aznar is a war criminal over Iraq and his regime supported the attempted coup against democracy in Venezuela, so Mr Chavez is quite right to despise him.
bob
11 Nov 2007, 20:42
11 Nov 2007, 20:42
Fitting name, Cheeseman. Calling the King a Fascist by association with
Franco. Brilliantly retarded. Dick Cheese(man) I will gladly schedule the
follow-up on your lobotomy.
Anita
12 Nov 2007, 01:47
12 Nov 2007, 01:47
Fine job, Chavez. Very well done. The King had to react the way he did (for
the sake of the Spanish audience and the pro-PP and Aznar's audience). But
Zapatero is following an exciting path too. The PP are enraged and that's
always funny. I love Chavez and Evo Morales, whom the US administration is
trying to overthrow, even by poisoning.
Richard Cheeseman
12 Nov 2007, 12:09
12 Nov 2007, 12:09
Pay attention Bob, and wipe the froth off your chin.
The Spanish king WAS placed on the throne by Franco, that's a historical fact, instead of his father the "legitimate" monarch. Whether or not the king is (or was) a fascist - I didn't call him one - it was because the Franco dictatorship saw him as a safe pair of hands for the fascists that he got the job.
And he DID lose his cool over his friend the war criminal and coup-backer Aznar being given his pedigree by Chavez.
The Spanish king WAS placed on the throne by Franco, that's a historical fact, instead of his father the "legitimate" monarch. Whether or not the king is (or was) a fascist - I didn't call him one - it was because the Franco dictatorship saw him as a safe pair of hands for the fascists that he got the job.
And he DID lose his cool over his friend the war criminal and coup-backer Aznar being given his pedigree by Chavez.
ProChavez
13 Nov 2007, 15:02
13 Nov 2007, 15:02
He Patric, you are such an idiot. I wonder if you have any education at
all. What Chavez did in such a short time for all latin america, Spain and
the US never did for Latin America in History. Instead of giving they took
and make Latin America pooooooooor.
tresco
14 Nov 2007, 07:21
14 Nov 2007, 07:21
A fascist?
Who's speaking! Even the way Chavez reached power is similar to Hitler's.
Who's speaking! Even the way Chavez reached power is similar to Hitler's.
Democratic Socialist
25 Nov 2007, 10:32
25 Nov 2007, 10:32
Tresco... That is irrelevant. Hugo Chavez said nothing wrong. Since when
did fascism become intrinsically wrong. It was perhaps thrown by Chavez as
an insult, but as a Democratic Leader, the president knows that Facism is
an Ideological perspective. Calling Aznar a Facist is a perspective in
itself.
He was just playing to voters and his own discomfort and negative association to the word fascism. In a democracy, facist are not excluded from debate or election only silenced of closeted.
All Imperialist states take great discomfort in pointing our their past oppressions.
Aznar... The king... The Kings Father... Are all Fascists. Lets Face it. Spain needs to come to terms with it past and deal with its demons starting with the Fascist imposed monarch!
He was just playing to voters and his own discomfort and negative association to the word fascism. In a democracy, facist are not excluded from debate or election only silenced of closeted.
All Imperialist states take great discomfort in pointing our their past oppressions.
Aznar... The king... The Kings Father... Are all Fascists. Lets Face it. Spain needs to come to terms with it past and deal with its demons starting with the Fascist imposed monarch!
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