MEDIA REACTION ON MAR DE PLATA AND PRESIDENT BUSH,

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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON MAR DE PLATA AND PRESIDENT BUSH,
NOVEMBER 03, 2005



1. On 11/03 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo"
ran an op-ed by Billy Pena entitled "Condemned." "We have
realized that the President of the United Stated is being
universally condemned and we wonder how must he feel when he
is rejected in his own country and in the rest of the world.
We were amazed that on his trip to Mar de Plata, Argentina
he will be escorted by two thousand men. We think that it
is humiliating that the Argentineans condemn his presence in
their country. It is considered that the U.S President is
responsible for the genocide in Iraq and responsible also
for FTAA, the payment of the external debt, militarization
and poverty."
"Another situation that is causing great controversy is the
meeting between Bush and his adversary Hugo Chavez,
president of Venezuela. The ultra-conservative North
Americans wish to see Chavez' head on a silver platter
because they can't forgive the fact that, under Fidel
Castro's warmth, he has directly confronted the North
American government."
"The environment in Mar de Plata is tense due to the
presence of the North American president. We would like to
know who does the world prefer: George W. Bush or Hugo
Chavez? A survey could reveal the data and the results
could surprise us all."
"It must be difficult to feel rejected by the entire world.
It must be hard to watch the U.S. Government's credibility
crumbling with the scandals that exploded in Washington.
Vice President Cheney walks a thin line since Libby resigned
due to the delicate leak of information that endangered the
national security of the U.S. I imagine that the U.S.
Congress will investigate Cheney and President Bush also.
Was the invasion in Iraq justified? That was President
Bush's biggest mistake to invade Iraq alleging that Saddam
had weapons of massive destruction that were never found.
Was Bush lied to or was he the one who lied to justify the
invasion? We imagine that this entire situation will have
to be investigated by Congress. Meanwhile George W. Bush
has become the most condemned man in the world. Our own
politicians should take notes."
Williard