World leaders had been asked to speak for five minutes but Chavez ran
long, and when the presiding diplomat passed him a note saying his
time was up, he threw it on the floor, saying if Bush could speak for
20 minutes, so could he.
When he finally stopped, he got what observers said was the loudest
applause of the summit.
Relations between Chavez and Washington have become increasingly
strained, though the United States remains the top buyer of Venezuelan
oil.
American religious broadcaster Pat Robertson recently suggested the
United States assassinate Chavez.
Chavez responded that Robertson had clearly "expressed the wish of the
elite that govern the United States."
Robertson has apologized.
From The Associated Press, 9/17/05:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/3357389
Chavez rips Bush in U.N. speech, earns applause
Venezuelan criticizes U.S. for waging war in Iraq without body's OK
By KIM GAMEL
Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS -
In front of a global summit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took
President Bush to task for waging war in Iraq without U.N. consent and
won rousing applause for his critique.
The leftist leader told a U.N. summit Thursday that fighting the war
without U.N. authorization showed Washington did not respect the world
body.
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