Aznar and Chavez

Here are some quotes of Jose Maria Aznar, this is what he said in Miami not too long ago.

That might be why Chavez was sore.

http://www.hacer.org/current/LATAM273.php (spanish)

Translation by me ;)

About the EU position regarding Cuba

"When I'm asked about what I whish for Cuba, I have to answer: nothing different than what I whish for my own country, but it strikes me that there are people in Europe and my country who wish something different".

About the power transition between Fidel and Raul Castro:

I'll never support a brother transition that will translate into a Cuba under the same regimen"

About Latin-America

''Latin-America is in a decisive crossroads for its future" "some of its countries have been disenchanted from populism and authoritarianism and some others are decided to defend a liberal democracy… if this tendency is kept the continent will inevitably be divided"

About Chavez' regime "XXI Century's new socialism" in Venezuela:

"It is a poisonous spectrum of the totalitarian specie that cannot have the old Castro's Marxist disguise" "Oh yeah, making a Bolivarian revolution with an 90 dollars old barrel"

He also stated that those old revolutionary recipes will only result into a latin-american disaster and remarked Colombia and his president's fight "against all evils" to defend its democratic system.

"I'm really worried because the American congress doesn't want to approve the Free trade agreement with Colombia, which is one of the biggest American allies" "What kind of message are we giving to the Latin-American world? That it is better not to be USA's friend?"

About the war on terror he said that if terrorism is a global menace then it need "global answers" and supported the alliance between Europe and USA to fight the world problems.

"You never negotiate with terrorism. Terrorism just deserves one answer that is combat and defeat… whoever uses appeasing means against someone who wants to destroy him will only get to encourage the accomplishment of his goals."