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Viewing cable 08BUENOSAIRES608, MEDIA REACTION; US ELECTION CAMPAIGN; ARGENTINA'S VOTE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BUENOSAIRES608 2008-05-07 20:39 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0010
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #0608/01 1282039
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 072039Z MAY 08
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0983
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000608 
 
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; US ELECTION CAMPAIGN; ARGENTINA'S VOTE 
AGAINST THE IMF; LULA/CHAVEZ/BUSH; 05/07/08 
 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Today's local international stories are focused on new developments 
in the Democratic primaries; Argentina's vote against IMF 
initiatives; and Lula da Silva's "meddling" in the confrontation 
between Hugo Chavez and the US. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS 
 
- Obama and Hillary cannot break their tie" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, daily-of-record "La Nacion's" Washington-based 
correspondent, comments (05/07) "The last big night of the 
Democratic primaries ended in the same way it began - with Barack 
Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in confrontation and without having 
inflicted a decisive blow to the other, which could lead them to the 
nomination... 
 
"... Now, the two will focus on West Virginia next Tuesday. Their 
competition will continue through June 3, when primary elections 
will end and a period will start during which some Democratic 
leaders expect one of the two competitors to step down before the 
August convention. 
 
"... Last night's results revealed that Obama could be some 100 
delegates below the necessary number required, while the New York 
senator could be 250 (delegates) away... 
 
"... The local economic crisis turned out to be the most important 
issue in both Indiana and North Carolina (66%), surpassing the issue 
over the war in Iraq (20%9), delayed immigration reform, the 
profound problems posed by the medical care or global warming... 
 
"... In the case of Obama, the question is whether he would be able 
to win in November, bearing in mind that during the last eight weeks 
(and with so much in his favor) he was not able to get rid of 
Hillary, he lost in Pennsylvania and has not been able to capture 
the white and Hispanic vote. Meanwhile, in Hillary's case, there are 
new doubts given that her negative image was reinforced among a 
large segment of the electorate and that she also has to overcome a 
very steep slide." 
 
- "A new anti-IMF league - Argentina goes with Zimbabwe, Angola and 
Laos" 
 
Pablo Wende, columnist of business-financial "Ambito Financiero," 
writes (05/07) "Argentina is on its way to making up a new league of 
countries, which is made up of those countries that oppose any IMF 
initiative without caring too much about the issue. The day before 
yesterday, the country took a new step in this direction by voting 
against a new IMF initiative aimed at managing its investments. 176 
countries voted in favor of it. Only a 'select' group voted against 
it - Zimbabwe (harassed by hyperinflation and charges of all kinds 
against its old dictator Robert Mugabe), Laos, Turkmenistan, Angola 
and Argentina are the members of this group. 
 
"At this point, one can already see a line of behavior - just one 
week ago, the Argentine Government also voted against the change in 
the voting structure at the IMF. 
 
"... The Argentine position triggered irritation at the IMF, 
particularly in its head, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who, in an unusual 
gesture, attended President Cristina Kirchner's inauguration 
ceremony last December 10. Nevertheless, the IMF is unlikely to 
remain idle. For the time being, it has already made it known that 
the IMF will not make any effort to help Argentina in negotiating 
its Paris Club debt, as Strauss-Kahn had promised. 
 
"What was most striking to Washington was Argentina's changing 
position in a matter of days and, in some cases, in a matter of 
hours." 
 
- "Lula is revealed to have attempted to moderate the confrontation 
between Chavez and Bush" 
 
Eleonora Gosman, leading "Clarin's" Sao Paulo-based correspondent, 
writes (05/07) "It was common knowledge that the Brazilian right 
wing did not want Lula da Silva to take power in October 2002, and 
one could have imagined that it would have pressured even the 
military to avoid that 'danger.' However, it is not unusual that 
that same group asked the US to intervene in order to prevent the 
trade unionist from taking power. This was exactly what happened, 
according to what former Deputy Secretary of State for Latin America 
Otto Reich told the Brazilian economic newspaper 'Valor.' 
 
"He received such a request dring a short trip to Brazil by 
mid-2002... Reich added that 'there were also Brazilians who told us 
 
that Lula would be very dangerous.' However, by then, the Bush 
administration had some other urgent affairs to manage - the war in 
Afghanistan and the imminent military intervention in Iraq. Reich 
acknowledged that, due to these reasons, 'we decided not to get 
involved in Brazil; there was nothing to do.' 
 
"... There is another aspect to the story presented by 'Valor' 
newspaper - based on about 200 US government documents..., that 
demonstrate how Lula da Silva attempted to downplay an open 
confrontation between Hugo Chavez and the US." 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
WAYNE