Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03GUATEMALA1032
2003-04-21 22:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:  

GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CUBA RESOLUTION AT OAS

Tags:  PGOV PREL PHUM GT OAS 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 001032

SIPDIS

WHA/USOAS BRUCE FRIEDMAN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2013
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM GT OAS
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CUBA RESOLUTION AT OAS

REF: STATE 9937

Classified By: Ambassador John Hamilton for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d).

(C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Gutierrez, Embassy
raised reftel points with Director General for Multilateral
Affairs, Giovanni Castillo on April 21, 2003. Castillo
agreed that the OAS Permanent Council is an appropriate venue
for a human rights resolution on Cuba. Castillo cautioned
that he could not speak officially without reviewing the
actual text, but then assured us that Guatemala would support
an OAS resolution along the lines proposed in reftel.
Castillo said that Nicaraguan and Costa Rican co-sponsorship
would reinforce Guatemala's support for the resolution and
speculated that El Salvador and Honduras would be almost
certain to support it as well. Castillo emphasized that
under those circumstances it would be "impossible" for
Guatemala to oppose the resolution.
HAMILTON