ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE

C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 002397 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/27/2015 TAGS: PREL PHUM PE BO SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE (PERU) REF: A. STATE 99038 ¶B. LIMA 1933 ¶C. STATE 75344 Classified... id: 33439 date: 5/27/2005 22:13 refid: 05LIMA2397 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 05LIMA1933|05STATE75344|05STATE99038 header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. -------------- header ends -------------- C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 002397 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/27/2015 TAGS: PREL PHUM PE BO SUBJECT: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE (PERU) REF: A. STATE 99038 ¶B. LIMA 1933 ¶C. STATE 75344 Classified By: Political Counselor Alexander Margulies. Reason: 1.4(b /d). ¶1. (C) The Ambassador reiterated our request for Peru to support the candidacy of Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Ref B) to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Oscar Maurtua on 5/27. Maurtua said that Peru is being heavily lobbied by Bolivia to support the latter's candidate for this position, and that Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez will have to make the final decision. He added that he would inform the Foreign Minister of the Ambassador's request. The Ambassador said that he would call Rodriguez on this issue next week. ¶2. (C) NOTE: The Foreign Minister continues to recover from a serious illness (a lung infection accompanied by what appears to have been hepatitis) that had him hospitalized for nearly a month. He currently is working out of his home, handling Ministry affairs for several hours each day. According to Maurtua, Rodriguez' managed five hours of work the previous day, which so exhausted him that he could not deal with business on the 27th. END NOTE. STRUBLE =======================CABLE ENDS============================