As tensions escalate between Colombia and Venezuela over Colombia’s decision to allow US troops access to military bases in the country, VHeadline’s Patrick J. O’Donoghue reported on some ill-advised punning by Colombia’s Defense Minister, Gabriel Silva:
[Silva] brushed aside a mediation offer from Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero using a Spanish phrase “zapatero a tus zapatos” (cobbler should stick to his last).
The minister was effectively inviting Zapatero to focus only on Spanish affairs.
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