CARACAS - Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, chased down a boyracer who tail-gated him on a highway and reprimanded him, while his presidential motorcade was in tow.

Mr Chavez said the incident started when he was driving in the slow lane and a young man in a truck came up behind him and honked at the president - then passed him on the hard shoulder.

But Mr Chavez didn't let it go at that. He said he chased down the vehicle and scolded the remorseful motorist.

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