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04TEGUCIGALPA1598
2004-07-20 17:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tegucigalpa
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MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004

Tags:  OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO 
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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001598 

SIPDIS

FOR PD/WHA (OHILTON),IIP/G/WHA, EB/EPPD
INFO IIP/T/ES
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004


UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001598

SIPDIS

FOR PD/WHA (OHILTON),IIP/G/WHA, EB/EPPD
INFO IIP/T/ES
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004



1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna"
on 7/20 entitled "Neither yes or no." "Despite the fact
that Washington hasn't accepted or refused a new TPS
extension, the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs is
optimistic, and President Maduro has planned a trip to the
U.S. in September to negotiate a fifth extension. The
Salvadoran President, who presented a similar request, has
recently returned from Washington with dismay, where he even
promised to send another contingent of Salvadoran troops to
Iraq, but we can't lose hope."

"The Honduran government anticipates that a massive
deportation of so many Hondurans and other Central Americans
living illegally in the U.S. just wouldn't be possible, and
this fact wouldn't give Washington another chance but to
keep extending TPS every time the deadline approaches.
Besides, the U.S. is considering the human implications for
our countries and our economies, which will be severely
affected because they are mostly dependent of the millions
of dollars we receive every year as remittances."

"These negotiations aren't only a task for the Honduran or
the Salvadoran president, but for all Central American
presidents that should organize a diplomatic offensive in
Washington, to achieve a migratory amnesty or any other
definite solution for this issue."

Palmer