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Viewing cable 06LAPAZ1794, SANTA CRUZ: THOUSANDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LAPAZ1794 2006-06-29 21:05 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy La Paz
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 292105Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9820
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 5972
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3290
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7139
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 4396
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 1679
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 1681
RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 1744
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 3893
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 4310
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 8867
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS LA PAZ 001794 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR WHA/AND LPETRONI 
COMMERCE FOR JANGLIN 
TREASURY FOR SGOOCH 
NSC FOR D.FISK 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL PGOV SOCI BL
SUBJECT: SANTA CRUZ: THOUSANDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMY 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: An estimated 400,000 people gathered in 
Santa Cruz June 28 to support civic leaders' campaign for a 
"yes" vote in the July 2 departmental autonomy referendum. 
Speakers accused the Morales administration of attempting to 
consolidate "hegemonic" power and declared autonomy a means 
of countering GOB objectives.  Against this backdrop, some 
political analysts and business leaders highlighted the civic 
(rather than political) nature of Santa Cruz' power, while 
others saw the potential for the consolidation of a 
significant anti-MAS opposition.  The sense in Santa Cruz is 
that if 70 percent of that department's population vote "yes" 
in Sunday's referendum, local officials will immediately 
declare the department autonomous.  End summary. 
 
2. (U) In a festive, peaceful event not unlike a county fair, 
an estimated 400,000 people gathered in Santa Cruz June 28 to 
support civic leaders' campaign for a "yes" vote in the July 
2 departmental autonomy referendum.  Parents brought babies 
and small children, teenagers gathered with their friends, 
groups congregated in nearby cafes, and rural students (many 
bussed in by the Pro Santa Cruz Committee) marched with their 
teachers.  Nearly all wore pro-autonomy T-shirts or headbands 
boasting the green and white of Santa Cruz, and virtually 
everyone brandished a green and white flag bearing the words 
"autonomia si," or "yes for autonomy." 
 
3. (U) Speakers contributed to the festive atmosphere by 
stepping aside for well-known bands and periodically urging 
the crowd, in the impassioned tones characteristic of rally 
leaders, to express their support at the polls.  Many, 
including Pro Santa Cruz Committee President German Antelo, 
the event's principal organizer, energized listeners by 
accusing the Morales administration of attempting to 
consolidate "hegemonic" power and declaring autonomy a means 
of countering GOB objectives.  The committee's spokesman, 
Daniel Castro, reportedly declared decentralization 
"irreversible," perhaps seeking to convince the crowd (and 
Morales' supporters, who were simultaneously gathered in La 
Paz advocating "no" votes) that Sunday's referendum outcome 
could be no other than departmental autonomy. 
 
4. (SBU) Against this backdrop, political analysts and 
business leaders highlighted the civic (rather than 
political) nature of Santa Cruz' power and speculated about 
Morales' plans.  Analyst Martin Rapp characterized Santa Cruz 
as a "nucleus" of distinct groups, each with its own 
interests and goals, and declared departmental and civic 
leaders incapable of forging a common political structure or 
message.  This weakness, he told Econoff, relegated Santa 
Cruz' outspoken leaders to defensive, rather than offensive, 
positions and meant they would never become national players. 
 According to Rapp, the absence of an organized opposition 
would enable Morales to carry out his political, economic, 
and social revolution, gradually undermining the power of 
those (like the military, the business community, and the 
church) who attacked his policies and consolidating control 
over political and economic institutions, much like 
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.  Morales' one big 
advantage, Rapp suggested, was control of the public's 
interpretation of events; he noted that Morales had 
effectively defined good and evil, painted a black and white 
picture of the world, and distinguished between friends and 
enemies of the MAS-led administration, making it difficult 
for any opposition to take root. 
 
5. (SBU) La Paz analysts Cayetano Llobet and Oscar Eid, on 
the other hand, had a more optimistic view of the potential 
political implications of the Santa Cruz rally.  They 
underscored the inclusiveness of its message for other 
Bolivian departments and its massive participation.  They 
also noted that Evo Morales' and the MAS' campaign 
initiatives threatening such deeply held personal interests 
as private property and religion in non-public schools had 
"finally generated a real opposition."  They agreed that the 
larger meaning of "Autonomy Si!" was emerging as "Democracy 
Si!" 
 
6. (SBU) Analysts and businessmen also warned that if 70 
percent of Santa Cruz' population vote "yes" in Sunday's 
referendum, local officials will immediately declare the 
department autonomous.  Eastern Agriculture Chamber General 
Manager Mauricio Roca told Econoff he expected departmental 
leaders to announce victory as early as Sunday night, 
possibly provoking Morales by suggesting the Constituent 
Assembly "work out the details" instead of considering the 
question of autonomy itself.  His counterpart, Santa Cruz 
Chamber of Industry and Commerce President Gabriel Dabdoub, 
had similar expectations, although he worried that if 
autonomy won relatively little support nationwide, Morales 
would ignore legislation requiring the issue to be decided on 
a departmental basis and declare that "the people" had voted 
against it, using the results to consolidate central 
government control. 
 
7. (SBU) Comment: The massiveness of the Santa Cruz 
demonstration -- said to be Bolivia's largest ever -- should 
give Morales pause, even if the department's political 
influence may be weaker than perceived.  That said, Santa 
Cruz leaders' expected declaration of autonomy could open a 
new rift in regional relations -- and further pit the 
market-oriented, more Europeanized, and relatively wealthy 
lowlands of the east against the socialist, indigenous, and 
predominantly poor highlands of the west.  End comment. 
GREENLEE