Spanish president Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has warned Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez against disrespecting his government during the Latin American-European Summit to be held in Lima this week:

…he reiterated to Hugo Chavez that he must respect Spanish institutions, after he once again criticized the Spanish king.

On his weekly radio address, Aló Presidente, Hugo Chávez said that the Spanish king “thinks he’s superior” to Latin Americans but that “when the King goes to the bathroom, he lets out the same thing the rest of us do.” Quite the colorful illustration.

President Zapatero says that if Chavez does go to the Summit this week, “it’s quite probable that I will have a talk with him”. Zapatero is apparently attempting to avoid another embarrassing incident like this one.

Perhaps the German government should be more concerned. Apparently Chavez has been comparing president Angela Merkel to Hitler and plans to confront her at the Summit.

Via / Canarias 7 and El Universal