The President of Uruguay has been caught on microphone calling his Argentine counterpart, Cristina Fernandez, an "old hag".
Jose Mujica was caught at the beginning of a news conference while speaking quietly with another official during a visit to a farming area in Uruguay to discuss trade with Brazil and Argentina.
The microphone picked him up saying: "This old hag is worse than the cross-eyed man."
The "cross-eyed man" is apparently a reference to Mrs Fernandez's late husband, the former president of Argentina Nestor Kirchner, who had a lazy eye. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 2010.
El Observador newspaper, which posted the audio on its website, said Mr Mujica was referencing the Kirchners and did not realise that the microphones were on.
The clip attracted so much web traffic it shut the newspaper's website down.
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Jose Mujica was caught at the beginning of a news conference while speaking quietly with another official during a visit to a farming area in Uruguay to discuss trade with Brazil and Argentina.
The microphone picked him up saying: "This old hag is worse than the cross-eyed man."
The "cross-eyed man" is apparently a reference to Mrs Fernandez's late husband, the former president of Argentina Nestor Kirchner, who had a lazy eye. He died suddenly of a heart attack in 2010.
El Observador newspaper, which posted the audio on its website, said Mr Mujica was referencing the Kirchners and did not realise that the microphones were on.
The clip attracted so much web traffic it shut the newspaper's website down.
Full Article.
