Por Que no te callas?
Translated: Why don't you shut up?
Video with subtitles
here.
...is what Spain's King Juan Carlos said to Venezuela's '
President' Hugo Chavez.
Seems he has a problem with running at the mouth.
From
New Zealand Stuff/Reuters:
Chavez's loose talk ruffles feathers again
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez exhausted his Colombian counterpart's patience by speaking out of turn once too often, prompting President Alvaro Uribe to end his neighbour's mediation with rebels on freeing hostages.
With less than two weeks before Chavez faces a close referendum on scrapping his term limits, the break-off delivered a diplomatic defeat to the Cuba ally and highlighted what many voters dislike about him � he cannot stop talking.
Accused of breaking a protocol accord by bypassing Uribe and contacting a Colombian general about the hostages, his ejection as mediator comes just weeks after the outspoken Chavez also provoked Spain's king to tell him to "shut up."
Chavez's mediation failure robs him of an opportunity to burnish his credentials as a statesman and hurts his image as he seeks to convince sceptical voters they should pass a December 2 referendum to expand the former coup leader's powers.
"The Venezuelan president exaggerated and abused the role of a mediator," said Felix Gerardo Arellano, an international relations academic at the Central University of Venezuela.
"It seemed more like a media show than a negotiation."
Talk about being one's own worst enemy...
Keep on keepin' on Hugo
Posted by DaveH at November 25, 2007 8:20 PM