King Juan Carlos to Chávez: “Shut up“ - No Comment

Raised voices and a royal rebuke marked the end of the Ibero-American summit in Chile, with Spain’s King Juan Carlos telling Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to “shut up.“ The monarch lashed out as Chavez tried to interrupt a speech by Spain’s prime minister. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was criticizing Chavez for calling former Spanish premier Jose Maria Aznar a fascist.
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