Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez used his television program on Sunday to apologize to Chile’s government for having called it’s legislature a “bunch of fascists.” Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will still lodge a formal complaint with Chavez when both leaders meet at an energy summit on Wednesday.Chavez’ insult came after opposition politicians in Chile criticized his decision to shut down a Venezuelan television network allied to anti-Chavez factions.
Links- Mercopress, La Nacion, Voice of America, BBC News
Image- HispaLibertas (Hugo Chavez and Michelle Bachelet meeting in May 2006)
Nothing false about Chavez's assessment. Most of the politicians that criticized him on the RCTV case were involved with Pinochet's dictatorship during the 70s and 80s.
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