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Diplomatic spat: King Juan Carlos and
President Hugo Chavez at the summit


President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela received an angry rebuke from the King of Spain when the monarch pointedly told him to "shut up" at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

Mr Chavez, the outspoken Left-wing leader who called President George W. Bush the "devil" on the floor of the United Nations last year, triggered the exchange by lashing out at the former Spanish prime minister José Maria Aznar."

Mr Aznar, a conservative who backed the US-led war in Iraq, "is a fascist", Mr Chavez said in a speech to leaders at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. The Venezuelan leader added: "Fascists are not human. A snake is more human."

Spain's current Socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, responded during his own allotted time by urging Mr Chavez to be more diplomatic in his words and to respect other leaders despite political differences.

"Former prime minister Aznar was democratically elected by the Spanish people and was a legitimate representative of the Spanish people," said Mr Zapatero, eliciting applause from the gathered heads of state.

Mr Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, but his microphone was off. King Juan Carlos, seated next to Mr Zapatero, angrily turned to Mr Chavez and said: "Why don't you shut up?"

The Venezuelan leader did not immediately respond, but later used time ceded to him by his close ally, President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua, to answer Mr Zapatero's remarks.