Madrid 2020 countdown: Ana Botella's blunder with English goes viral
Friday, September 6, 2013 @ 9:35 PM
WITH just 24 hours to go before Spain finds out whether its Madrid 2020 Olympic bid is successful, the city's mayoress has been sent up on the internet for her blunder with the English language.
Ana Botella (PP), wife of former Spanish president José María Aznar, was asked in English by the International Olympic Committee (COI) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, whether she thought it was sensible policy on Spain's part to attempt to host the Games when the country was suffering under the weight of enforced austerity measures and crippled with unemployment at 27 per cent.
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