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Chavez Ties Merkel to Hitler

Posted May 12, 08 10:26 CDT in World 

(Newser) – Hugo Chavez fired back at Angela Merkel after the German leader suggested Latin American countries should be wary of ties to Venezuela. "She is from the German right," he said yesterday, "the same that supported Hitler, that supported fascism, that's the Chancellor of Germany."

"Ms. Chancellor, you can go to ..." Chavez said, eliciting giggles from an audience including military and cabinet officials, Reuters reports. "Because she's a woman I won't say anything else."

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting with his Cabinet at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers her statement at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg eastern France.   (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks on his weekly radio and television show "Hello President" in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Sunday, May 11, 2008.   (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office)
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