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Viewing cable 08MANAGUA1203, ORTEGA SUPPORTS CHAVEZ, CLAIMS U.S. BEHIND

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08MANAGUA1203 2008-09-25 18:31 2011-06-23 08:00 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Managua
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DE RUEHMU #1203/01 2691831
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
O 251831Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY MANAGUA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3204
INFO RUEHMU/WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS PRIORITY
RUMIAAA/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL//J2/J3/J5// PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAGUA 001203 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/FO DAS MADISON 
DEPT FOR WHA/CEN KRAAIMORE 
DEPT FOR USOAS 
STATE PASS TO USAID/LAC -- CARDENAS AND BATLLE 
NSC FOR FISK AND GARCIA 
SOUTHCOM FOR FPA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/21/2018 
TAGS: PREL VE NU
SUBJECT: ORTEGA SUPPORTS CHAVEZ, CLAIMS U.S. BEHIND 
ASSASSINATION PLOT 
 
REF: CARACAS 1271 
 
Classified By: Amb. Robert J. Callahan for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 
 
1. (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega publicly 
supported Hugo Chavez's decision to declare persona non grata 
the United States ambassador and accused the United States of 
being behind a plot to assassinate the Venezuelan President. 
His public statements were part of a coordinated strategy of 
supporting his closest Latin American ally while also 
attacking the United States and human rights organizations 
critical of his leadership. END SUMMARY. 
 
U.S. BEHIND ALLEGED PLOT 
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2. (SBU) On September 21, Ortega publicly accused the United 
States of plotting to assassinate his main ally in the region 
with the complicity of members of the Venezuelan armed 
forces.  At the inauguration of a water sanitation project, 
Ortega thanked the Government of Venezuela for its assistance 
and pledged the solidarity of the people of Nicaragua "before 
the plans that are being developed to assassinate" Chavez. 
Ortega answered his rhetorical question, "who wants to kill 
them (Chavez and his allies)?  The darkest forces of the 
empire (the United States) and the darkest forces of 
Venezuela." He remarked that these "darkest forces" want to 
assassinate Chavez because "he is a good man, on the side of 
the poor, and wants to unite Latin America." 
 
3. (SBU) Ortega claimed that the alleged plot would use a 
combat aircraft from the Venezuelan armed forces in the 
service of "the empire and the oligarchy" to bomb Chavez,s 
location and kill him.  Ortega added that it did not matter 
to the alleged plotters whether "100, 200 or 500 people were 
left dead."  He also claimed that "this was the plan and they 
(Chavez) managed to discover it and it is not new." 
Recalling the Venezuela coup d'etat of 2002, Ortega remarked, 
"they tried to kill him (Chavez) and the people went out into 
the streets and rescued him from the hands of those who had 
held him prisoner and had sentenced him to death."  Ortega 
continued by saying that the enemy was always conspiring 
against the poor people because "they want the wellbeing, the 
paved streets, the potable water, electricity, wealth...for 
themselves" and for the poor people "hunger and unemployment, 
dusty streets, (and the) need for water." 
 
SUPPORT FOR EXPELLING THE U.S. AMBASSADOR 
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4. (SBU) Ortega also reaffirmed his solidarity and support of 
Chavez's decision to declare persona non grata the U.S. 
ambassador and to adopt measures against those who are 
"conspiring" against the government of Venezuela. Invoking 
Pope John Paul II, Ortega referred to the fight against 
"savage capitalism" by the poor, saying that the "poor people 
cannot wait" and that Venezuelan financial aid was meeting 
the needs of poor Nicaraguan families "in these basic 
services of water." Ortega continued his praise of Chavez by 
"expressing our solidarity" to the Venezuelan president and 
"our support for the decisions taken to declare non grata and 
to expel from Venezuela those that have been conspiring under 
the protection of their diplomatic mission, others who 
entered (the country) as tourists and began a dirty campaign 
against the government."  According to Ortega, Chavez had no 
other choice but to expel them from the country.  Ortega 
added, "we welcome and accept with open arms those who 
respect us, but if a foreigner comes to try to do us 
harm...if they want to stay in Nicaragua, they should respect 
Nicaraguans" and "if they do not obey, there is nothing left 
to do but to kick them out as the Venezuelan government has 
done." 
 
5. (C) COMMENT: Ortega continues to support Chavez 
unconditionally.  Indeed, he has gone farther than Chavez, 
who only expelled the U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela in 
solidarity with Evo Morales' act in Bolivia, and did not make 
any specific allegation against him. 
 
CALLAHAN