Republican hopefuls get tough with Chavez, Cuba
Tagged: Cuba, Hugo Chavez, John McCain, Spain, television, Univision, VenezuelaPosted on: December 10th, 2007
Republican presidential hopefuls on Sunday called Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a dictator and vowed to maintain the US embargo against Cuba, in a debate on Univision Spanish language television.
“I … would like to echo the words of (King) Juan Carlos, ‘Por que no te callas?’ ‘Why don’t you shut up?,’” Arizona Senator John McCain said about Chavez and the reprimand he received during a recent summit from Spain’s King Juan Carlos.
Most of the candidates were critical of the leftist, anti-American Chavez, and praised the Venezuelan people for defeating his referendum a week ago on constitutional reform that would have expanded his powers.”*
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Election 2008, Politics
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