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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO104, MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO104 2008-03-04 12:04 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo
VZCZCXYZ0109
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0104/01 0641204
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 041204Z MAR 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 7967
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9117
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8619
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3042
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000104 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA 
AND ECUADOR; SAO PAULO 
 
 
1. "Time For diplomacy" 
 
Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo 
editorialized (3/4): "Colombia owes an explanation to Ecuador and 
the international community for having violated Ecuadorian 
territory.... No one questions Bogota's right to harass the FARC, a 
Marxist guerrilla that has become a gang of bandits that finance 
their actions with drug trafficking.... The need to fight the FARC, 
however, does not give Colombia the right to invade a neighboring 
nation to capture or kill guerrillas, even if they are camped on the 
other side of the border.... Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is 
right to demand from his colleague Alvaro Uribe a firm commitment 
that such operations will not happen again....  The Uribe 
administration's reasoning that Ecuador would be providing refugee 
to FARC members is part of a diversionist maneuver.... Chvez's 
attitude of sending troops to the border with Colombian was 
irresponsible. While the world diplomatic efforts are engaged in 
facilitating an understanding between Colombia and Ecuador, the 
Caracas' caudillo went beyond his irresponsibility and made the 
situation even more explosive....  Neighboring nations must help 
Colombia in its fight against the FARC.  Nothing justifies open or 
veiled support for a criminal organization that kidnaps and 
murders." 
 
2. "Serious Diplomatic Crisis In Brazil's Neighborhood" 
 
Business-oriented Valor Economico maintained (3/4): "There is little 
doubt whether Alvaro Uribe violated Ecuadorian territory and 
sovereignty. A right winger that has been antagonized by neighboring 
nations and that has the support and arms provided by the USG to 
fight drug trafficking, Uribe has not given up tough actions against 
the FARC.... Uribe's action gave Chvez the pretext he needed to 
once again demonstrate his inclination for irresponsible gestures 
and his alliance with the FARC.... In his rhetoric, Chvez was 
accompanied by Fidel Castro, who condemned in the same tone the 
'genocidal plans of Yankee imperialism'.... Venezuela's recent arms 
race was aimed at facing situations like the current one, which, in 
the Chavist language is another US affront. It is hard to predict 
what may happen with three hard line presidents involved in a, so 
far, verbal duel.... By pointing out Rafael Correa and Hugo Chvez 
as FARC allies, based on suspect documents, Colombia can not only be 
trying to legitimate its actions of invading neighboring nations, 
but also paving a political way for future similar operations. 
Uribe's calculation certainly includes the US' tacit support in view 
of any armed conflict with Chvez." 
 
3. "Cold Water Douses The Fire" 
 
Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo opined 
(3/4): "The incident would not provoke the reactions showed by 
Presidents Rafael Correa and Hugo Chvez if both were not 
increasingly committed with the FARC.... The Venezuelan government 
has for a long time accepted the presence of narco-guerrillas in its 
territory, either in rest and training bases or in cocaine 
trafficking actions - the FARC's main source of income, beyond the 
profitable industry of kidnappings and extortion.  And President 
Hugo Chvez has used his good relations with FARC leaders to exert 
political pressure on President Alvaro Uribe, whom he accuses of 
being servile to Yankee imperialism. In addition, now it is possible 
to see that Chvez's influence on Rafael Correa is much more than it 
was thought.... The fact is that both Chvez and Correa have 
supported the fight of a group of terrorists and drug traffickers 
against a legitimately elected government that has the approval of 
the immense majority of the Colombian people." 
 
4. "Neutrality Is Not The Case" 
 
Columnist Clovis Rossi wrote in liberal, largest national 
circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/4): "Brazil can and must be 
neutral between the two neighbors [Colombia and Ecuador], but it 
cannot or should not be neutral between the legitimate Colombian 
government and the delinquent FARC group.... The FARC have for long 
abandoned any veiled political action through armed means to become 
a delinquent organization that live on drug trafficking and 
kidnappings." 
 
5. "Clarions Of War" 
 
Columnist Eliane Cantanhede noted in liberal, largest national 
circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/4): "Colombian President 
Alvaro Uribe determined his isolation in South America after having 
violated Ecuadorian territory  to attack the FARC and kill the 
second man in the guerrilla's hierarchy.... It is fundamental now 
that Uribe clearly apologizes to Ecuador.  But Rafael Correa will 
 
also have to explain how and why the FARC have easily operated 
within Ecuadorian territory.  After all, it is a drug trafficking 
guerrilla fighting a constitutionally elected government." 
 
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