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Related: About this forum'She's an old hag' Argentina's Cristina Kirchner furious as Uruguay's leader caught on mic
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/389560/She-s-an-old-hag-Argentina-s-Cristina-Kirchner-furious-as-Uruguay-s-leader-caught-on-micARGENTINA made a formal complaint to neighbours Uruguay after the countrys president Jose Mujica was heard branding the Argentine President an old hag.
By: Mark ReynoldsPublished: Fri, April 5, 2013 21Comments Uruguay's president called Argentina's Cristina Kirchner an 'old hag'
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He was heard telling, Carlos Enciso, the governor of Uruguays Florida province: That old hags worse than the cross-eyed one.
The latter insult was in reference to Ms Kirchners late husband and former Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner.
Mr Mujica, 77, apparently went on undeterred: Cross-eyes was more of a politician, shes just stubborn.
Referring to Ms Kirchners visit to Rome last month, when she presented the Argentinian Pope Francisco with a flask to drink traditional mate tea, he then mocked: She actually went to the Pope, who has lived 77 years, to explain what is tea and what is a thermal flask!
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In a statement handed to Uruguayan Ambassador Guillermo Pomi, he stressed Argentinas profound unease with the terms used by Mr Mujica.He said: It is unacceptable the such outrageous comments, which offend the memory of a deceased person, who cannot defend himself, have been made by someone Kirchner considered her friend.Relations between the two South American countries have deteriorated in recent years as Ms Kirchner has restricted imports and limited access to foreign currencies, measures which have hurt Uruguays exports and tourism industry.Nestor Kirchner accused Uruguay of stabbing Argentina in the back in 2007 after president Tabare Vazquez restarted operations at a pulp mill on a river bordering the two countries which Argentina had blockaded.
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'She's an old hag' Argentina's Cristina Kirchner furious as Uruguay's leader caught on mic (Original Post)
Bacchus4.0
Apr 2013
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naaman fletcher
(7,362 posts)1. Today I learned
Jose Mujica is a fascist tool of the CIA
Bacchus4.0
(6,837 posts)2. its probably a right wing newspaper/reporter
or a rightwing reporter working for the CIA.