Shut Up Hugo Chavez - The Ringtone
Last week’s Ibero-American summit hosted by Chile and attended by representatives of the Spanish government and much of Latin America would have been totally forgettable, if it weren’t for a heated exchange between Spanish monarch Juan Carlos and Venezuelan popular dictator Hugo Chavez.
In one of Hugo’s characteristic rants against pro-capitalist world leaders, he denounced Spain’s former prime minister Jose Maria Anzar as a fascist during a round table discussion prompting the king to call back, "Why don’t you just shut up?" Not to be outdone, Chavez continued his attacks against the king.
One dictator’s verbal diarrhea aside, the king’s outburst has earned him accolades at home and spawned Spain’s newest popular cell phone ringtone. Apparently opposition student groups in Venezuela have also begun downloading the ringtone as a form of protest.
Now I can’t imagine this is a particularly effective way to "fight the man", but it’s pretty damn funny nonetheless!
The king of Spain’s recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain.
An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words "Why don’t you shut up?", generating a reported 1.5m euros ($2m).
King Juan Carlos asked Hugo Chavez to "shut up" at a summit in Chile last week after the president said Spain’s ex-PM Jose Maria Aznar was a "fascist".
Branded mugs, t-shirts and websites featuring the row are also profitable.
In Venezuela, a group of students who oppose Mr Chavez’s government have also been downloading the ringtone, a US newspaper reported.
"It’s a form of protest," a 21-year-old student in Caracas told the Miami Herald. "It’s something that a lot of people would like to tell the president."
Companies selling the ringtones have avoided legal problems concerning breach of the king’s image rights by using an actor to voice the line.
‘No crisis’
The spat began at the Ibero-American Summit in Chile’s capital, Santiago, last Saturday when Mr Chavez called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, a close ally of US President George W Bush, a fascist, adding "fascists are not human. A snake is more human."
When Mr Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, the king leaned forward and said: "Why don’t you shut up?".
The row escalated when Mr Chavez said the king was "imprudent" and asked if he knew in advance of the 2002 coup against him.
President Chavez later accused the king of "arrogance" but said he did not want a political crisis with Spain - only that Venezuela’s head of state be respected.
Spain has said it hopes for a swift return to normal diplomatic relations.
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1 opinion for Shut Up Hugo Chavez - The Ringtone
humberto
Nov 28, 2007 at 8:49 am
about time somebody told him to shut up thank you mr.king
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