President Hugo Chavez strikes back & a round-up of colorful quotes from the deranged Presidente

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday almost told German Chancellor Angela Merkel to go to hell. Chancellor Merkel had earlier called on Latin American leaders to distance themselves from the wackjob Chavez. He backed off for using the word Hell, but went right ahead and called her a Nazi spawn--a political descendent of Adolf Hitler and German fascism. The leftist President said: "She is from the German right, the same that supported Hitler, that supported fascism, that's the Chancellor of Germany today." Chavez also said he might confront her about that statement if she attends an upcoming summit of heads of state from Europe and Latin America in Peru.

El Presidente has also commented on other world leaders over the last few years:

On President George W. Bush: "The devil."

Also on George W. Bush: "The devil came right here... And it still smells of sulfur today." ~ Chavez at the UN referring to the President of the United States.

On Sunday, President Chavez called Colombian President Alvaro Uribe a "liar" who "shouldn't even run a corner store."

President Chavez on President Bush: "You are ignoramus, you are a burro, Mr Danger... or to say it to you in my bad English: [switching languages] You are a donkey, Mr Danger. You are a donkey, Mr George W. Bush. [Returning to Spanish] You are a coward, a killer, a [perpetrator of] genocide, an alcoholic, a drunk, a liar, an immoral person, Mr Danger. You are the worst, Mr Danger. The worst of this planet... A psychologically sick man, I know it. "

On televangelist Pat Robertson: “That's why Pat Robertson, the spiritual adviser of Mr. Bush, is calling for my assassination. That would be much cheaper than an invasion.”

Chavez talks about the U.S. Secretary of State: "Remember, little girl, I'm like the thorn tree that flowers on the plain. I waft my scent to passers-by and prick he who shakes me. Don't mess with me, Condoleezza. Don't mess with me, girl. " He blew a screen kiss to Ms Rice and jokingly referred to her as "Condolence."

On former Prime Minister Tony Blair: "Don't be shameless, Mr Blair. Don't be immoral, Mr Blair. You are one of those who have no morals. You are not one who has the right to criticise anyone about the rules of the international community. You are an imperialist pawn who attempts to curry favour with Danger Bush-Hitler, the number one mass murderer and assassin there is on the planet. Go straight to hell, Mr Blair. "

He once called U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld "one of the dogs of the devil," and described-President of Mexico Vicente Fox as a "lap-dog of the empire."
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