Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has vowed to expel foreigners who publicly criticise him or his government.
"No foreigner can come here to attack us. Anyone who does must be removed from this country," he said during his weekly TV and radio programme.
Mr Chavez also ordered officials to monitor statements made by international figures in Venezuela.
His comments came shortly after a senior Mexican politician publicly criticised the Venezuelan government.
"How long are we going to allow a person - from any country in the world - to come to our own house to say there's a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?" Mr Chavez said during his "Hello, President" broadcast on Sunday.
"It cannot be allowed - it is a question of national dignity," he said.
Gark note: Presidente Chavez, where I come from it is called freedom of speech. Of course, if your goal is to consolidate power, yeah, you probably would want to put the kabash on it. "Offender" Mexico's National Action Party President, Manual Equino told listeners at a pro-democracy conference in Caracas a plan by Chavez to end term limits on Venezuela's presidency were a threat to democracy.
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