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Viewing cable 06LIMA2368, CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH AFRO-PERUVIANS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LIMA2368 2006-06-13 21:23 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Lima
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ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 132123Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1001
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3554
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 2465
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 9597
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 0458
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JUN SANTIAGO 0648
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS LIMA 002368 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
USTR FOR AUSTR EEISSENSTAT AND BHARMAN 
DEPT FOR WHA/AND, EB/TPP, WHA/EPSC 
COMMERCE FOR 4331/MAC/WH/MCAMERON 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE
SUBJECT: CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH AFRO-PERUVIANS 
 
 
1. (U) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks met with 
representatives of the Afro-Peruvian community on May 27. 
The Afro-Peruvians discussed their marginalized role in 
society, where 90 percent live in poverty and their unique 
cultural heritage is largely ignored.  Congressman Meeks 
encouraged them to work actively to have their voices heard, 
and he offered to represent their interests in his meetings 
with Peruvian leaders. End Summary. 
 
2. (U) At a luncheon meeting at the Ambassador's residence, 
Congressman Gregory Meeks met with five Afro-Peruvian 
leaders; Oswaldo Bilbao, Carlos Lopez, Jorge Ramirez, and 
Paulo Colino and Congresswoman Cecilia Tait.  Ambassador 
Struble, Congressman Meeks' Legislative Director Sophia 
King, EconOff and PolOff (note taker) also participated. 
 
Concerned by Trade Accord 
--------------------------- 
 
3. (U) Congressman Meeks started the meeting by asking the 
Afro-Peruvian representatives what they thought of the 
proposed Peru Trade Promotion Agreement and to comment on 
politics in general.  The Afro-Peruvian leaders all 
complained about the "invisibility" of those they represent. 
When Peruvian politicians speak of social exclusion and 
racism, they almost always refer to the indigenous 
populations of the highlands and Amazon and not to coastal 
Afro-Peruvians, who make up 2 percent of the country's 
population, the vast majority of whom (over 90 percent 
participants said) live in poverty. 
 
3. (SBU) Oswaldo Bilbao was particularly concerned how Afro- 
Peruvian farmers, the majority of them small scale, 
subsistence agriculturalists, would be included in the FTA. 
He said that without special investments, Afro-Peruvians 
would be left out.  In a similar vein, other participants 
said that special programs were necessary to create 
scholarships and other opportunities for Afro-Peruvians. 
Such programs existed for Peruvians from the Amazon region. 
Paulo Colino asked how the FTA would enable Afro-Peruvians 
to recover their lost heritage, complaining that they have 
been systematically left out of Peruvian history. 
 
No Voice 
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4. (SBU) The majority of those present agreed that Afro- 
Peruvians suffered from a lack of truly national 
representation that would compel the central government to 
pursue policies that would allow Afro-Peruvians to catch up 
to their fellow citizens.  Congresswoman Cecilia Tait 
offered a dissenting view.  Saying with a note of irony that 
she could have used their support in INDEPA, the Executive's 
special department for indigenous and minority groups.  She 
also remarked that, as an elected official, she could not 
simply pay attention to the needs of her Afro-Peruvian 
constituents, but had to serve her entire electorate, 
warning that advocacy of purely sectoral policies might not 
work in practice for most politicians.  The group noted that 
Afro-Peruvians had lost ground in the April 9 elections for 
Congress, since the number of Afro-Peruvian representatives 
had dropped from three to one. 
 
Ignored 
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5. (SBU) When questioned if Afro-Peruvian leaders had 
approached either of the presidential candidates - Ollanta 
Humala or Alan Garcia - as a group to press their issues, 
they said no.  Oswaldo Bilbao mentioned that he had produced 
a 14-point agenda for Afro-Peruvians, but it was clear that 
none of the other leaders present had bought into his 
proposal. 
 
Comment: Where to From Here 
--------------------------- 
 
6. (U) Afro-Peruvians are one of Peru's most neglected and 
marginalized ethnic groups.  That their leadership remains 
divided, the participants recognized, limits their possible 
political influence.  Congressman Meeks' visit may have 
energized the group, at least momentarily.  Post will lend 
its good offices to raise consciousness of Afro-Peruvian 
issues.  End Comment. 
 
STRUBLE