[NYTr] Chavez, Unmollified, Will Thoroughly Review Relations with Spain

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Chavez Revising Relations with Spain

Caracas, Nov 14 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said
Wednesday that relations with Spain are undergoing a thorough review
in the wake of Spanish defense of the pro-interference stance of former
head of the Spanish Government Jose Maria Aznar.

In an interview with regional TVO channel, Chavez said by condemning
his action in legitimate self-defense assumed in the Ibero-American
Summit in Chile, the president of the Spanish Government Jose Rodriguez
Zapatero is not being consistent.

In that meeting, the Venezuelan president was reproached by Rodriguez
Zapatero and King Juan Carlos after he accused Aznar as a fascist and
of having supported the 2002 coup in Venezuela.

Replying to a question in this regard, Chavez said his country does not
want to harm bilateral relations, "but at this moment I am thoroughly
reviewing political, diplomatic and economic relations with Spain."

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