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Today was Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez‘s turn to speak at the United Nations General Assembly and not surprisingly his statements have pissed people off. He called U.S. President Bush “the devil” and said the the room still smelled of sulfur. Chavez then proceeded to do the sign of the cross on himself. The speech went on to talk about the U.S. as an imperial power. Chavez’s speech garnered applause from the audience, which included only a low level U.S. Diplomat.

Are people really surprised or shocked by Chavez’s spoken word style? Is he really saying anything that he hasn’t said before? How much of the U.S. media’s reaction to Chavez’s statement has to do with the cultural differences between U.S. and Latin American style politics and politicians?

Via / CNEWS