Venezuelan President brands Bush ‘the devil’
-20/09/06
Venezuelan President Hugo Chav
Venezuelan President brands Bush ‘the devil’
-20/09/06
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called U.S. President George W. Bush “the devil himself.”
“The devil himself is right in the house. And the devil came here yesterday. Right here,” said Chavez.
Chavez is seen as an enemy of many on the Religious Right in America.
Pat Robertson, a one-time US presidential candidate, even called for the assassination of the Venezuelan President.
However following a storm of international protest, the Christian broadcaster was forced to apologise. The World Evangelical Alliance and the National Council of Churches USA were among hundreds of individuals and public bodies who objected to the comments.
In the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Katrina however, Chavez pledged help for the US of cheap fuel, humanitarian supplies and relief workers.
Today however Chavez told the UN assembly: “The hegemonistic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very existence of the human species”.
Speaking from the same podium where Bush had addressed the assembly the day before, Chavez said “it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.”
He also said the domination of the U.N. Security Council by world powers had rendered the body worthless.
“I don’t think anybody in this room could defend the system. Let’s be honest. The U.N. system born after the Second World War collapsed. It’s worthless,” Chavez said.
The Chavez speech was “not worthy of reaction,” said Frederick Jones, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
Venezuelan President brands Bush ‘the devil’
-20/09/06
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called U.S. President George W. Bush “the devil himself.”
“The devil himself is right in the house. And the devil came here yesterday. Right here,” said Chavez.
Chavez is seen as an enemy of many on the Religious Right in America.
Pat Robertson, a one-time US presidential candidate, even called for the assassination of the Venezuelan President.
However following a storm of international protest, the Christian broadcaster was forced to apologise. The World Evangelical Alliance and the National Council of Churches USA were among hundreds of individuals and public bodies who objected to the comments.
In the aftermath of the devastating Hurricane Katrina however, Chavez pledged help for the US of cheap fuel, humanitarian supplies and relief workers.
Today however Chavez told the UN assembly: “The hegemonistic pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very existence of the human species”.
Speaking from the same podium where Bush had addressed the assembly the day before, Chavez said “it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of.”
He also said the domination of the U.N. Security Council by world powers had rendered the body worthless.
“I don’t think anybody in this room could defend the system. Let’s be honest. The U.N. system born after the Second World War collapsed. It’s worthless,” Chavez said.
The Chavez speech was “not worthy of reaction,” said Frederick Jones, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.