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  • Spanish press mocks Zapatero over US snub

    11/11/2004 7:55:34 PM PST · by aculeus · 51 replies · 4,973+ views
    The Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | November 12, 2004 | By Isambard Wilkinson in Madrid
    The Spanish Socialist prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, yesterday faced a barrage of derision over his government's anti-Americanism following a snub by President George W Bush. Mr Zapatero was one of the first premiers to send a congratulatory telegram to Mr Bush after his election victory last week. But, in what was a stinging confirmation of the poor state of relations between Washington and Madrid, he has yet to receive a reply. Mr Zapatero had also telephoned Mr Bush before the election result was made official but was not put through to the president. Spain's newspaper columnists, the opposition...