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06BUENOSAIRES1239
2006-06-02 14:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION
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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001239
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC,
WHA/EPSC
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION
IRAN IMF DELEGATION TO ARGENTINA UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN
PERU 06/02/06
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001239
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC,
WHA/EPSC
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION
IRAN IMF DELEGATION TO ARGENTINA UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN
PERU 06/02/06
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT
Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US
immigration legislation; the status of negotiations
with Iran on the suspension of its enriched uranium
program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and
the upcoming presidential elections in Peru.
2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES
- "Bush pressures over immigration legislation"
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (06/02) "US
President George W. Bush asked the US Congress to
accelerate the negotiations to come to an agreement on
how to reform the questioned immigration system of the
US, in which 12 million immigrants are undocumented
and another half a million every year.
"The debate has opened several fronts within both
parties, but particularly in the G.O.P. and in the
(US) Lower House... This disagreement seems to expand
as November legislative elections get closer."
- "Iran wants to hold talks but not on the conditions
imposed by the US"
Ana Baron, Washington-based correspondent for leading
"Clarin," comments (06/02) "US President George W.
Bush urged Iranian leaders yesterday to leave aside
their 'contumacy' and warned them that if they do not
suspend their uranium enrichment program and sit down
to hold serious negotiations, the UN Security Council
will impose sanctions on them.
"Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki replied
that 'We are determined to hold negotiations, but not
based on previous conditions, particularly those
related to our rights to civil nuclear technology.'
"US President Bush's words gained more importance
when just a few hours later, it transcended in Vienna
that the five permanent members of the UN Security
Council and Germany came to an agreement to submit
incentives to Iran to get it to renounce its uranium
enrichment program, or if it does not agree, impose a
set of sanctions on it... The fact that the US has
agreed to sit to negotiate with Iran may have made
available some kinds of concessions."
- "Peru, another battle in the 'Cold War' the region
is going through"
Dolores Tereso, on special assignment in Lima for
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (06/02) "Amid an
atmosphere full of tension and uncertainty, only two
days away from the second round of Peruvian
presidential elections, both candidates made stronger
charges against each other...
"While the two candidates were getting ready for the
final events before elections, nationalist Ollanta
Humala accused his rival, former president Alan
Garcia, of being a 'US soldier.' For his part, the
former president, who has termed these elections as a
fight 'between Peru and Hugo Chavez,' said that, if
the retired military wins, his country 'will become a
settlement of Venezuela.'
"... This struggle takes place in the middle of the
progress made by the left wing in the region - except
Colombia, where conservative Alvaro Uribe was
reelected last Sunday - and a clear division between
the two models represented by Garcia and Humala."
- "The IMF delegation came looking for the dark side
of economic growth"
Business-financial "El Cronista's" economic columnist
Juan Cerruti writes (06/02) "The IMF delegation that
is auditing the country's economic status has been in
Argentina for two weeks, and it already has one
certainty and one doubt. It is certain that the
Argentine economy will surely grow during this year
more than the 7.3% the IMF forecasted in early 2006.
The doubt emerges from the Argentine government's
strategy to tame inflation, which is based on price
accords.
"Actually, the IMF delegation, led by Indian economist
Ranjiv Teja..., insists on a lower dollar value and
bigger tax control as tools to put a brake on prices."
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our
classified website at:
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires
GUTIERREZ
UNCLEARED BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER
Graciela E. Vega
Information Assistant
Public Affairs Office
US Embassy
Tel. 54-115-777-4593
Fax 54-115-777-4228
vegage@state.gov
http://Spanish.argentina.usembassy.gov/
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our
classified website at:
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires
GUTIERREZ
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC,
WHA/EPSC
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION
IRAN IMF DELEGATION TO ARGENTINA UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN
PERU 06/02/06
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT
Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US
immigration legislation; the status of negotiations
with Iran on the suspension of its enriched uranium
program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and
the upcoming presidential elections in Peru.
2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES
- "Bush pressures over immigration legislation"
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (06/02) "US
President George W. Bush asked the US Congress to
accelerate the negotiations to come to an agreement on
how to reform the questioned immigration system of the
US, in which 12 million immigrants are undocumented
and another half a million every year.
"The debate has opened several fronts within both
parties, but particularly in the G.O.P. and in the
(US) Lower House... This disagreement seems to expand
as November legislative elections get closer."
- "Iran wants to hold talks but not on the conditions
imposed by the US"
Ana Baron, Washington-based correspondent for leading
"Clarin," comments (06/02) "US President George W.
Bush urged Iranian leaders yesterday to leave aside
their 'contumacy' and warned them that if they do not
suspend their uranium enrichment program and sit down
to hold serious negotiations, the UN Security Council
will impose sanctions on them.
"Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki replied
that 'We are determined to hold negotiations, but not
based on previous conditions, particularly those
related to our rights to civil nuclear technology.'
"US President Bush's words gained more importance
when just a few hours later, it transcended in Vienna
that the five permanent members of the UN Security
Council and Germany came to an agreement to submit
incentives to Iran to get it to renounce its uranium
enrichment program, or if it does not agree, impose a
set of sanctions on it... The fact that the US has
agreed to sit to negotiate with Iran may have made
available some kinds of concessions."
- "Peru, another battle in the 'Cold War' the region
is going through"
Dolores Tereso, on special assignment in Lima for
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (06/02) "Amid an
atmosphere full of tension and uncertainty, only two
days away from the second round of Peruvian
presidential elections, both candidates made stronger
charges against each other...
"While the two candidates were getting ready for the
final events before elections, nationalist Ollanta
Humala accused his rival, former president Alan
Garcia, of being a 'US soldier.' For his part, the
former president, who has termed these elections as a
fight 'between Peru and Hugo Chavez,' said that, if
the retired military wins, his country 'will become a
settlement of Venezuela.'
"... This struggle takes place in the middle of the
progress made by the left wing in the region - except
Colombia, where conservative Alvaro Uribe was
reelected last Sunday - and a clear division between
the two models represented by Garcia and Humala."
- "The IMF delegation came looking for the dark side
of economic growth"
Business-financial "El Cronista's" economic columnist
Juan Cerruti writes (06/02) "The IMF delegation that
is auditing the country's economic status has been in
Argentina for two weeks, and it already has one
certainty and one doubt. It is certain that the
Argentine economy will surely grow during this year
more than the 7.3% the IMF forecasted in early 2006.
The doubt emerges from the Argentine government's
strategy to tame inflation, which is based on price
accords.
"Actually, the IMF delegation, led by Indian economist
Ranjiv Teja..., insists on a lower dollar value and
bigger tax control as tools to put a brake on prices."
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our
classified website at:
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires
GUTIERREZ
UNCLEARED BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER
Graciela E. Vega
Information Assistant
Public Affairs Office
US Embassy
Tel. 54-115-777-4593
Fax 54-115-777-4228
vegage@state.gov
http://Spanish.argentina.usembassy.gov/
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our
classified website at:
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires
GUTIERREZ