SANTIAGO, CHILE — The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up” Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
Chavez triggered the exchange by repeatedly referring to former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a “fascist” in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile.
Spain’s current socialist prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, responded during his own allotted time by urging Chavez to be more diplomatic in his words and respect other leaders despite political differences.
Neo-Nazis’ march met with violence
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC — Neo-Nazis trying to march through the Jewish quarter of Prague on Saturday clashed with groups trying to stop them, and at least 80 people were arrested in outbreaks of violence around the capital.
Police seized weapons as the extremists tried to reach the Jewish quarter.
At least six people, including one policeman, suffered head injuries, said Prague rescue service spokeswoman Jirina Ernestova.
The march was scheduled a day after the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night in 1938 when the Nazis attacked synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses throughout Germany and parts of Austria.
Authorities banned the march, and about 1,400 police were deployed in the capital, including riot police and officers on horses to prevent it.
Flood death toll rises to 19
OSTUACAN, MEXICO — The death toll from massive flooding in southern Mexico rose to at least 19 Saturday after authorities found the bodies of two young girls, victims of a landslide and subsequent wave that wiped out a village.
The discovery of the girls, 7 and 10 years old, brought the number of people confirmed dead in the Chiapas hamlet of San Juan Grijalva to 11.
The search continued as divers looked for at least 16 people reported missing after a Nov. 5 landslide covered the village with small lakes of water.
