The Return of the King

For those of you who haven't known me very long (or for that matter, at all), Spain was the first country I ever visited (excluding British territories in the Caribbean). So naturally, I'll always have a small amount of affection for my first real experience outside of the United States, notwithstanding my first in Europe. Having said that, this entry has nothing to do with said affection. Instead, it has to do with what so many of us who pay attention to the politics of Spanish speaking countries have been waiting to hear for so long. Hugo Chavez, Shut up! Haha excuse me, Calla te! However, it wasn't just that the two-bit dictator was told to shut up by anyone, but the King of Spain himself Juan Carlos; the man who saved Spain from its 2nd attempt at military dictatorship after "el golpe de estado" and kept democracy intact.

During the recent Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, where Spain, Portugal, and their former colonies, consisting of 21 nations and 489 million people, meet in order to greater harmonize relations. Well, there was nothing harmonious about this experience. Being a conservative that I am, it should be abundantly clear that I am not a fan of Jose Luis Rodrigo Zapatero, Spains current socialist President. Like many socialists, the President is also something of a spineless twit, willing to be pushed around by the likes of ETA and obviously Hugo Chavez. Well, cue the return of the King. After interrupting many heads of state at the forum table, and then ranting that the former President of Spain Jose Maria Aznar was a facist (to which our gutless Zapatero remarked "please be more diplomatic"), the king had heard enough. Juan Carlos quickly jumped in and said to Chavez "Enough, shut up!" As mentioned earlier, having faced down dictatorship before during his reign, this was nothing new for the monarch.

Now, if this story is not cool enough on its own, here is another cartoon lampooning the event by our favorite, Michael Ramirez.

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