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05QUITO2886
2005-12-19 18:50:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Quito
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MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIA; IMMIGRATION

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UNCLAS QUITO 002886 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INR/R/MR, WHA, WHA/AND, WHA/PDA
DIRONDCP FOR PA
EMBASSIES FOR PAO/IO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIA; IMMIGRATION

UNCLAS QUITO 002886

SIPDIS

STATE FOR INR/R/MR, WHA, WHA/AND, WHA/PDA
DIRONDCP FOR PA
EMBASSIES FOR PAO/IO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL OPRC KIRC KPAO EC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: BOLIVIA; IMMIGRATION


1. "Evo or not Evo," a column (12/12) by Grace
Jaramillo in Quito's leading centrist "El Comercio"
(circ. 70,000)

Quote: "Difficult, extreme dilemma. Bolivian
democracy seemed to have been strengthened with the
semi-parliamentary political scheme where no elected
president could be sworn in without a guarantee of
enough support to govern. This political reform
seemed to be the most appropriate for the particular
circumstances of political instability and regional
divisions that have characterized Bolivia. . .Now,
this visionary reform may have become a trap with
unforeseeable consequences.

"In this election, there is neither a middle position
nor the possibility of bridging political positions
that are so contradictory. . . Bolivia has crossed
the threshold of democratic order, because for quite
some its political class has failed to recognize the
level of social inequity and marginalization. . .
Such extreme marginalization has made Morales'
reformist and anti-imperialistic rhetoric appealing
for the poorest and has added to his followers. But
it is not that simple, Evo does not have a clear plan
to govern, his threat of nationalizing multinational
companies is causing chills to the more moderate. . .
Bolivia is walking on the edge of the abyss."


2. "Tear Down those Walls," an editorial (12/19) in
Guayaquil's (and Ecuador's) leading center-right "El
Universo" (circ. 140,000)

Quote: "The WTO meeting in Hong Kong showed that
industrialized nations desire for a world free of
barriers for themselves, but with even higher walls
for the rest. . . All European countries have
toughened their legislations to make immigration from
the Third World even more difficult and the US
Congress just approved the building of a one thousand-
kilometers long wall in various sections of its
border with Mexico with the same goal .

"Industrialized nations: tear down those new walls
of shame!"


3. "The Third Wall," an editorial in Guayaquil's
centrist "Expreso" (circ. 28,000)

Quote: "Now the Congress of the US, the country that
supports globalization, the one that places itself in
the forefront of freedom for the people, the one that
proclaims itself to be the example of
internationalism, has just approved the President's
plan to erect a "double wall" in some parts of
California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. . .The
right wing in the US has celebrated [the proposal]
with exaggerated enthusiasm - a dangerous attitude. .
.Naturally, in Latin America there was a response of
rejection towards the so-called law that criminalizes
immigrants ."

JEWELL