Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that U.S. President George W. Bush was a "terrorist" responsible for "genocide."
Chavez made the remarks on his weekly "Alo, Presidente" television and radio show, in response to a Wednesday speech in which Bush charged him with squandering Venezuela's oil wealth on an anti-American campaign, and supporting "terrorists" in Colombia.
"The president of the United States himself has come out and attacked us and attacked me personally, calling me a demagogue. Well, I am calling him a terrorist and genocidal," he said.
Chavez also rejected Bush's allegation that Venezuelans are suffering hunger, saying that instead they are "better fed than ever."
In the United States, by contrast, there are 30 million poor people, he added.
"The people taking hits from their own government are in the United States, which has an economic crisis," Chavez said.
Source:Xinhua
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