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Chavez gets royal Spanish welcome | |
(about 10 hours later) | |
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has met Spain's king for the first time since they fell out at a conference in Chile last November. | |
The pair had talks over breakfast at King Juan Carlos's summer house, on the island of Mallorca. | |
The king famously told Mr Chavez to shut up after he accused Spain's former Prime Minister, Jose Maria Aznar, of being a fascist. | |
The remarks caused outrage and no shortage of diplomatic tension. | The remarks caused outrage and no shortage of diplomatic tension. |
Mr Chavez said before he left for Spain he would like to hug the king but also warned he was not about to shut up. | |
The two leaders shared smiles and a warm handshake in front of the cameras, but there was no hug. | |
There were no public remarks by either man. | |
Ringtones and jokes | |
"Por que no te callas?" were the five words uttered angrily by King Juan Carlos, who was fed up with Mr Chavez interrupting a summit of heads of state last November. | |
They became the buzz of the Spanish speaking world. | |
It was even turned into a mobile phone ringtone - dozens sprang up in the days following the outburst. | |
Millions of people downloaded it as "Why don't you shut up?" became a cult slogan. | Millions of people downloaded it as "Why don't you shut up?" became a cult slogan. |
It spawned hundreds of jokes and cartoons and was emblazoned across T-shirts. | |
For his part, Mr Chavez accused the king of impudence and arrogance and immediately said he would review the business of all Spanish companies in Venezuela. | For his part, Mr Chavez accused the king of impudence and arrogance and immediately said he would review the business of all Spanish companies in Venezuela. |
Little came of the threat and ties have since improved, but there was still intense interest in this meeting. |