查韦斯嘲讽希拉里是"金发碧眼版的赖斯"

Venezuela's President Hugo mocked US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday as a "blond" version of her predecessor, and said a row with Spain over alleged links with rebel groups was over.

Visiting Latin America this week, Clinton said the Obama administration's policies toward the region were helping blunt the criticism of the United States by leftist leaders like Chavez.

"To me, she's like Condoleezza Rice ... a blond Condoleezza," said the Venezuelan, referring to former US president George W. Bush's secretary of state, with whom he exchanged frequent harsh words at long-distance.

Citing comments by Clinton in Brazil, Chavez said she was proving to be equally aggressive. "She comes to Brazil to provoke us, to try and divide us from our brothers."

While taking a familiar pop at the United States, Chavez was more conciliatory towards Spain.

President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government stirred Chavez's wrath this week by demanding an explanation of a judge's accusations that Venezuela had helped Basque ETA and Colombian FARC rebels plot possible attacks on Spanish soil.

But Chavez said after a conversation with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, he was satisfied that Madrid was now simply requesting information, not making accusations.

"The response from the Spanish government has been acceptable," he said, praising Zapatero and Moratinos' "maturity" and blaming the affair on Europe's "fascist right".

上周五，委内瑞拉总统乌戈·查韦斯嘲讽美国国务卿希拉里•克林顿是其前任的“金发碧眼”版，并称委内瑞拉与西班牙之间有关委内瑞拉涉嫌支持西班牙国内叛乱者的争端已经结束。

希拉里于上周访问拉丁美洲时称，奥巴马政府对该地区的政策有助于减少查韦斯等拉美左翼领导人对美国的批评之声。

查韦斯说：“在我看来，她和康多莉扎•赖斯一样，是金发碧眼版的康多莉扎。”在担任美国前总统小布什的国务卿期间，赖斯经常与查韦斯展开远距离“口水战”。

查韦斯援引了希拉里在巴西的讲话，并称她和赖斯一样咄咄逼人。“她来巴西是为了挑唆我们，试图分裂我们这些兄弟国家。”

尽管一向对美国出言不逊，查韦斯对西班牙却采取了较为温和的态度。

此前，西班牙一名法官指控委内瑞拉帮助巴斯克埃塔组织和哥伦比亚游击队密谋在西班牙发动袭击。上周，何塞•路易斯•罗德里格斯•萨帕特罗总统领导的西班牙政府要求委内瑞拉对此作出解释，让查韦斯大为恼火。

但在结束了与西班牙外长米古尔•安格尔•莫拉蒂诺的会谈后，查韦斯表示，目前西班牙只是要求委内瑞拉提供一些信息，并非提出指控，他对此感到满意。

他说：“西班牙政府的反应是可以接受的。”同时他赞扬萨帕特罗和莫拉蒂诺处事“成熟”，并将这场风波归咎于欧洲的“法西斯右翼”。

Vocabulary:

row: quarrel, a brawl（争吵）

blunt: to make something weaker or less effective 使减弱；使降低效应

pop: （手枪、步枪等的）一次射击，一枪。这里指对美国的攻击。