Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 06BUENOSAIRES813, MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #06BUENOSAIRES813.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06BUENOSAIRES813 2006-04-10 20:10 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0013
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #0813/01 1002010
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 102010Z APR 06
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4112
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000813 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, 
WHA/EPSC 
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ 
US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION PERUVIAN ELECTIONS US- 
PERUVIAN FTA UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ARGENTINE 
BUSINESS CLIMATE 04/10/06 
 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Weekend international stories include the outcome of 
Peruvian elections; USG concern over Humala Ollanta; 
suicide bombers blasting worshippers as they left a 
Shiite mosque killing at least 79 people and wounding 
more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this 
year; and Uruguay breaking off talks with Argentina 
over the pulp mill dispute. 
 
Centrist "Perfil," business-financial "InfoBae," and 
conservative "La Prensa" report on last Friday's DVC 
carried out in the US Embassy in Buenos Aires with 
John Gastright, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES 
 
- "The US is concerned over the emergence of 'another 
Chavez'" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (04/09) "Taking 
into account the outcome of Peru's presidential 
election, eradication of coca crops, the signature of 
an FTA and the entry of new capital are the topics the 
USG believes could suffer a serious retreat in the US- 
Peruvian bilateral relationship. 
 
"The US State Department will keep silent as long as 
possible, as it did last December regarding Bolivian 
elections. It will assess the outcome of elections, 
 
whether runoff elections will be necessary, comments 
made by the one who wins and his first announcements 
as well as the ministers he chooses. 
 
"According to USG spokesperson Sean McCormack, 'We 
hope a free and fair election in Peru'... 
 
"According to diplomats, government officials and 
experts who have been consulted by US diplomats during 
recent weeks, US Assistant Secretary for Latin 
American Affairs, Tom Shannon, has held talks for 
months with foreign ministers of the region in order 
to agree on an action line, if possible, if the most 
confrontational candidate, Ollanta Humala, wins. 
 
"'Shannon knows that the US position on this election, 
whether more confrontational or conciliatory, could 
affect pending elections in Latin America throughout 
the year - Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Nicaragua and 
Venezuela.' 
 
"Venezuela continues to be the greatest concern for 
many foreign ministries of the hemisphere, including 
the US State Department and the Organization of 
American States (OAS). However, they fear that Humala 
could adopt for his own reasons a confrontation style 
along the lines of Hugo Chavez' rather than Morales' 
more moderate profile." 
 
- "The US asks Argentina not to support Chavez" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (04/08) 
"Argentina has just left the UN Security Council 
chair, although it will be a member of the selected 
club for nine more months. However, crossed pressures 
and disputes over its succession have already started 
and they could unleash a hemispheric diplomatic 
conflict. 
 
"Guatemala and Venezuela are competing for the UN 
Security Council chair... 
 
"... The Argentine Foreign Ministry has received 
requests for support from both countries, as well as 
from US diplomats for the (Argentine) Government to 
support Guatemala's candidacy and prevent President 
Hugo Chavez to access the UN Security Council. 
 
"... The US Department of State sustains that Chavez 
and his aides would only use the opportunity to carry 
out their 'dialectic war' in this forum and hinder any 
future decision on Iran, Syria or Cuba (Caracas' 
 
 
 
allies). 
 
"According to official sources of both countries, US 
Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Issues 
Tom Shannon and his team have already stated their 
'dislike' in view of this possibility during their 
meetings with Ambassador Jose Octavio Bordon." 
 
- "Chavez threatens US ambassador" 
 
Business-financial "Ambito Financiero" reports (04/10) 
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened US 
Ambassador William Brownfield to expel him from the 
country in the event 'he insists' on provoking 
controversial situations involving 'the Venezuelan 
people.' 
 
"... Chavez considered that Brownfield 'provoked' an 
incident last Friday when official groups threw 
tomatoes and other food and chased the diplomatic 
caravan in a Western section of Caracas. 
 
"... The US Department of State accused local Caracas 
authorities of 'complicity' due to last Friday's 
incident and warned the Venezuelan Ambassador to 
Washington, Bernardo Alvarez, that there will be 
'severe diplomatic consequences' between both 
countries if another similar incident takes place." 
 
- "Immigrants will demonstrate in the US due to 
polemic legislation" 
 
Ana Baron, Washington-based correspondent for leading 
"Clarin," comments (04/10) "... Today, Hispanic 
immigrants will go out to the streets to stage mass 
demonstrations against HR 4437 legislation. 
 
"According to this draft bill, which was passed by the 
US House of Representatives, the 12 million 
undocumented immigrants are criminals and deserve to 
be arrested and deported, but not only this. According 
to the law, every organization or church granting 
help, whether monetary or spiritual, to undocumented 
immigrants will be punished and their leaders or 
priests could be sentenced to up to five years of 
imprisonment. 
 
"... The Catholic Church in the US is powerful... With 
this kind of support, Hispanics expect to turn today's 
demonstration into a real organized movement like that 
of the '60s that defended the civil rights of the Afro- 
American community." 
 
- "Humala wins and participates in runoff elections 
but no one still knows who will compete with him" 
 
Dolores Tereso, on special assignment in Lima for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (04/10) "Last 
night, uncertainty took hold of Peruvians. A 
nationalistic retired military, Ollanta Humala, who 
admires Venezuelan Hugo Chavez, won the first round of 
presidential elections but with a percentage that will 
compel him to compete in a runoff election with an 
unknown competitor. 
 
"... According to all opinion surveys, none of 
competing forces will have its own majority at 
Congress... 
 
"Yesterday's figures revealed a divided country- 
first, those supporting Humala's promises to 
nationalize natural resources and increase taxes on 
multinational corporations voted for him; secondly, 
those who want a moderate and pro-free market 
government voted for Flores; and, third, those who 
sought a greatest intervention of the State in the 
economy voted for Garcia." 
 
- "Peru and the unfulfilled promises of markets" 
 
Oscar Raul Cardoso, international analyst of leading 
"Clarin," opines (04/08) "... Things could favor 
Humala, a relatively new character in the national 
scenario whose personal history (former military who 
led a coup with Alberto Fujimori) and populist 
 
 
 
rhetoric (he proposes the nationalization of mineral 
resources and key centers like ports of the country) 
present him as someone similar to Hugo Chavez. 
 
"... Will Peru add itself to Latin American countries 
that have lately inclined themselves in favor of 
center-left governments? 
 
"... Of course, market ideologues do not believe this. 
Toledo had to ask the US to postpone the ratification 
of an FTA (which Humala opposes), with which 
Washington is attempting to replace the now-dying 
FTAA. These deals are a 21st century version of the 
domino theory - every piece falling on these deals is 
another nail in the coffin of any alternative model of 
hemispheric organization to that proposing a 
definitive alignment with Washington and conditions 
all those who are reluctant to reach them. But this, 
as well as many other things in the region still 
remain to be seen." 
 
- "Chile and free trade, challenges to be met by Peru" 
 
Dolores Tereso, on special assignment in Lima for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (04/08) 
"Everything in the Peruvian election campaign seems to 
be around Ollanta Humala. It was enough that the 
retired military said a couple of polemic phrases 
about Chile for the Peruvian-Chilean ties (always 
difficult) were placed at the center of the debate in 
this tough race for the presidency. 
 
"An FTA with the US and Peru's ties with Chile are one 
of the main foreign policy challenges to be faced by 
the new Peruvian president. What to do with coca 
crops, an issue that marks the tone of the US-Peruvian 
relationship, will be another challenge. 
 
"Favorite in opinion polls, Humala unleashed a strong 
controversy last January when he announced he would 
set 'limits on Chilean investment in strategic areas' 
of the economy (such as ports) and he criticized 
Chilean compulsive purchase of armament, which, in his 
opinion 'has broken the military strategic balance of 
the region.' 
 
"Conservative Lourdes Flores and former center-left 
president, Alan Garcia, second and third in opinion 
surveys respectively, reacted to the nationalistic 
candidate's statements and, not to be less, toughened 
their own stances." 
 
- "I loosened the reins" 
 
Jorge Elias, international columnist of daily-of- 
record "La Nacion," writes (04/09) "Every time George 
W. Bush looked to Latin America, he thought of China. 
The region itself was going to be inseparable of the 
common fate with the US. It was going to be so until 
the Century of the Americas, announced during (Bush's) 
first election campaign as a hook for Hispanics living 
in the US, made Twin Towers stumble to pieces. Ever 
since, the precarious presence of the hemisphere in 
the US agenda was due to its little risk potential. 
While the focus shifted from Afghanistan to Iraq, the 
Asian competition in a territory considered one's own 
was not enough to erase the latent interest in pre- 
emptive wars on terrorism. 
 
"Latin America was not a priority at the beginning of 
the Bush administration. 
 
"... Since his first administration, every time Bush 
looked to Latin America he thought of China, but he 
warned that, due to a less noteworthy US influence 
because of the reduction of the budgetary allotments 
for the region..., Chavez' thunderstorm was growing 
with the impetus of investment and his anti-US and 
anti-free trade slogans... 
 
"Bush, focused on getting out of the chaos he sparked 
in Iraq, did very little to soften the impact of the 
downfall in the US image and above all, of his own 
credibility in the neighborhood. He did very little to 
preserve his leadership." 
 
 
 
 
- "US Democrats urge labor clause in Peru FTA" 
 
Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" 
reports (04/10) "The Bush administration should 
include a provision in a proposed free-trade pact with 
Peru that meets international labor standards, a group 
of congressional Democrats said on Friday. 
 
"... If USTR accepted an offer by Peruvian President 
Alejandro Toledo to put the labor standards obligation 
in the pact, the group said it would work with the 
administration on a major aid package to ensure that 
Peru was able to implement the agreement, particularly 
the labor elements." 
 
- "Argentina seeks votes for a key institution" 
 
Ana Baron, Washington-based correspondent for leading 
"Clarin," writes (04/10) "Argentine Ambassador to the 
UN, Cesar Mayoral, is leading an effort to obtain the 
96 votes required for Argentina to be elected as a 
member of brand-new UN Human Rights Council. 
 
"The task is not an easy one. Latin America only has 
eight seats of the 47 total seats of this 
institution... The Kirchner administration is 
determined to become a member of it." 
 
- "Afghanistan makes progress with foreign donations" 
 
Patricia Valli, columnist of business-financial, 
center-right "InfoBae," writes (04/10) "US priorities 
are the eradication of poppy crops to put a brake on 
opium and narco-trafficking, as well as the 
development of new crops and the improvement of basic 
health, water and electricity services. 
 
"Five years away from the removal of Talibans from 
Afghanistan, there are 20,000 US troops stationed in 
the country in order to maintain the stability of 
Karzai's government. 
 
"According to John Gastright, US Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh, 
 
SIPDIS 
the reconstruction strategy drafted along with Karzai, 
includes to put an end to the network of opium growing 
and traffic." 
 
- "Opium harasses Afghan democracy" 
 
Guillermo Belcore, columnist of conservative "La 
Prensa," writes (04/09), comments "Almost five years 
away from the invasion of Afghanistan, US Deputy 
Assistant Secretary John Gastright depicted a panorama 
of the situation in the country. According to 
Gastright, legality is being strengthened in Kabul, 
but drug trafficking has increased. The US is willing 
to stay many years and invest in the country." 
 
- "The Bush administration is planning to stay in 
Afghanistan all the time it needs" 
 
Yolanda Yebra, columnist of centrist newspaper 
"Perfil," writes (04/09) "... Beyond capturing Omar 
and Osama, the US wants 'a stable Afghanistan that is 
able to live on its own means.' In order to meet this 
goal, the US has already invested '10,5 billion 
dollars in the reconstruction of the country' and 
'will stay there all the time it needs.'" 
 
3. EDITORIALS 
 
- "Inadequate (Argentine) business climate" 
 
An editorial in daily-of-record "La Nacion" reads 
(04/10) "... According to The Economist Intelligence 
Unit report on business climate, Argentina and the 
Dominican Republic maintained the same rankings as 
last year. 
 
"... In spite of the fact that, according to the 
report, a good number of Argentina's economic 
variables are in good health, Argentina obtained the 
same score as in 2005. This should be attributed, 
 
 
 
among other issues, to Argentina's little respect for 
judicial security and its impact on the lack of 
investment. For this reason, it is necessary to 
develop an overall institutional view that will serve 
to create an adequate business climate in order to 
capture productive investment and, therefore, assure a 
sustained economic growth." 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
LLORENS