MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001322

SIPDIS

FOR WHA/PDA (OHILTON); WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S
PASSING, JUNE 9, 2004


1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna"
on 6/9 entitled "The legacy." "The passing of Ronald Reagan
has brought back the controversy of the time of civil war in
Central America. Considering where these countries are now,
opposed to the crisis they were going through and the bloody
battles they had to endure during the lost decade, the
American policy toward the region was significant for the
region's current political landscape."

"Our present situation could have been much different if we
hadn't been influenced by the obstinate determination of
President Reagan who, by defending his country's own
interests of national security, pushed for the consolidation
of the democratic liberties we enjoy today."

Palmer