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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES1296, MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ AND MERCOSUR; HAMAS AND THE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES1296 2007-07-05 19:52 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
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OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #1296/01 1861952
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 051952Z JUL 07
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8574
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001296 
 
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
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ AND MERCOSUR; HAMAS AND THE 
LIBERATION OF THE BBC JOURNALIST; BUENOS AIRES 07/05/07 
 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Papers lead with President Chavez'spat with Lula over Venezuela's 
entry in MERCOSUR, and HAMAS' liberation of BBC journalist Alan 
Johnston, viewed as a strategic move aimed at showing it's fully in 
control of the Gaza Strip. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS 
 
- "Chavez and his place in the world" 
 
Ricardo Roa, deputy general editor of leading Clarin, opines (07/05) 
"Chavez intends to impose rules on Mercosur which its founding 
partners wouldn't even dream of, and he does this without even 
belonging to the bloc... Two of the members need to approve it: 
Paraguay and Brazil. Chavez gave both a three month ultimatum to 
vote for once and for all. Otherwise, he will return his access 
application. 
 
"His real fight is with Brazil. The Brazilian Congress condemned the 
closing down of Venezuela's key TV station and Chavez called them 
'Washington's parrots'. From then on, there was an escalation of the 
controversy, which reached Amorim first, and then Lula himself. 
 
"Chavez also said Mercosur is boring, old and pro right-wing, thanks 
to Brazil. How can he be bored if he hasn't entered it yet, asked 
Amorim ironically. Yesterday, Lula was fed up and, with Chavez' same 
diplomacy, told him to abide by the rules, if he wishes to be a 
member. 
 
 
"...The region's ongoing effort to lure him, despite all this, is 
due to his petrodollars and his oil. This also explains why his 
almost indigestible attitudes -- such as the alliance with Iran --, 
are tolerated. But many already believe Chavez' unpredictable 
demands on MERCOSUR are, in the end, nothing but a pretext to avoid 
entering a place that's doesn't suit him. " 
 
- "It's the economy, again..." 
 
Marcelo Cantelmi, leading "Clarin" international editor, says 
(07/05) "... Probably, Chavez' attacks against Mercosur are less a 
series of political rows than a domestic economic scenario, which is 
what makes Caracas move away from the bloc. Chavez angrily rejects 
it, so he says, for the 'Capitalist' profile of MERCOSUR, but those 
countries aren't less capitalist than Venezuela is today, regardless 
of rhetoric. The issue seems to be the fact that Chavez is facing a 
myriad of challenges, which can be summarized in public spending 
without control (it grew 60% in 2006 and will grow 37% this year) 
and fiscal deficit. 
 
".... If Venezuela enters Mercosur the issue of tariffs and its 
openness to MERCOSUR partners would be today anything but 
beneficial.  Chavez needs resources to face spending, including 
subsidizing consumption. This explains recent nationalizations in 
public services and most of the oil income. He also seeks to have 
his hands free in order to negotiate with anyone he wants, without 
the limitations Mercosur imposes on its partners." 
 
- "Hamas' Bet" 
 
Paula Lugones, leading "Clarin" international columnist, writes 
(07/05) "The journalist's liberation was a staged move, perfectly 
calculated by Hamas. It wasn't by chance that Alan Johnston appeared 
before the anxious international photographers at the house of 
Ismael Haniyeh, the man who rules the Gaza Strip, and who's rejected 
by the West for confronting with the 'moderate' West Bank. 
 
"By doing this, Hamas is trying to show the world that it fully 
controls the Gaza Strip; that as the organization that won the 
recent democratic elections, it has nothing to do with those groups 
that kidnap people in that territory, and which some people link 
with Al Qaeda. And, above all, Hamas is trying to show that Mahmoud 
Abbas, the Palestinian leader 'pampered' by the powers, failed in 
setting the journalist free. 
 
"Haniyeh was cornered, given he had to dominate an unruly clan that 
was part of "Islam's Army" who kept the journalist hostage as a 
bargaining tool. But Great Britain too, raised its stakes to the 
limit, ignoring the Western powers' blockade on Hamas and sent an 
official to Gaza to continue negotiations.... 
 
"In sum, the Johnston case might open a rift in Hamas' isolation and 
help it get rid of its 'Satanic' image. As part of this bet, what 
remains now is the liberation of the Israeli soldier, who was 
kidnapped a year ago and who's now in the hands of this 
organization, allegedly in control of the Gaza Strip." 
 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
WAYNE