Let Rumsfeld bark, says Chavez
aljazeera.net: Hugo Chavez made his remarks in Havana on Friday where he received a UN prize handed over by Fidel Castro, the president of Cuba.
His visit to Havana comes amid an intensifying war of words between Washington and Latin America's leaders.
Donald Rumsfeld compared Chavez to Adolf Hitler on Thursday and criticised Cuba and the populist leadership in Bolivia.
Chavez played down Rumsfeld's comparison. ..."Let the dogs of the empire bark, that's their job," he said. "Ours is to battle to achieve the true liberation of our people."
Chavez said the US government was weakening already, and echoed Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong's idea that capitalist countries were a "paper tiger" to be challenged.
"They will forever try to preserve the US empire by all means, while we will do everything possible to shred it"
"They are right to be worried, because they know what's happening here," Chavez said in a speech lasting nearly three hours after accepting his prize.
"They will forever try to preserve the US empire by all means, while we will do everything possible to shred it."
Rumsfeld expressed the same fears about Bolivia's new reformist president, Evo Morales, whose election he described as "worrisome".
Addressing himself to Morales and the Bolivian people, Chavez said: "We will always be with you." Read more
His visit to Havana comes amid an intensifying war of words between Washington and Latin America's leaders.
Donald Rumsfeld compared Chavez to Adolf Hitler on Thursday and criticised Cuba and the populist leadership in Bolivia.
Chavez played down Rumsfeld's comparison. ..."Let the dogs of the empire bark, that's their job," he said. "Ours is to battle to achieve the true liberation of our people."
Chavez said the US government was weakening already, and echoed Chinese revolutionary Mao Zedong's idea that capitalist countries were a "paper tiger" to be challenged.
"They will forever try to preserve the US empire by all means, while we will do everything possible to shred it"
"They are right to be worried, because they know what's happening here," Chavez said in a speech lasting nearly three hours after accepting his prize.
"They will forever try to preserve the US empire by all means, while we will do everything possible to shred it."
Rumsfeld expressed the same fears about Bolivia's new reformist president, Evo Morales, whose election he described as "worrisome".
Addressing himself to Morales and the Bolivian people, Chavez said: "We will always be with you." Read more
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