Hugo Chávez blasted President Barack Obama as a ''clown'' and an ''embarrassment'' who has turned the United States into a ''disaster'' after Obama criticized Venezuela's ties with Iran and Cuba, according to a report Tuesday.
Chávez's comments came in the wake of Obama's Monday written interview with the Caracas paper El Universal, where the U.S. president questioned Venezuela's connections to those countries. Chávez hit back strongly at Obama on state TV Monday, according to The Guardian, saying the president gave the interview only to ''win votes'' in the 2012 election.
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