Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06CARACAS39
2006-01-06 16:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Caracas
Cable title:
VENEZUELA BLAMES USG FOR DELAYED ANTI-DRUG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 000039
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
FOR FRC LAMBERT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2020
TAGS: PGOV KCRM VE
SUBJECT: VENEZUELA BLAMES USG FOR DELAYED ANTI-DRUG
AGREEMENT
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERT R. DOWNES FOR 1.4 (D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 000039
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
FOR FRC LAMBERT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2020
TAGS: PGOV KCRM VE
SUBJECT: VENEZUELA BLAMES USG FOR DELAYED ANTI-DRUG
AGREEMENT
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERT R. DOWNES FOR 1.4 (D)
1. (C) Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon blamed the
USG January 4 for delays in normalizing the U.S.-Venezuelan
counternarcotics relationship. Chacon complained that the
accord had been hard to settle because "the DEA keeps
modifying its text." (Note: the USG and GOV already have a
bilateral counterdrug memorandum of understanding, signed in
1978. Post provided the GOV for review in mid-December
implementation guidelines based on the 1978 memorandum.) The
GOV also informed the Embassy in a December 19 diplomatic
note that it was denying TDY visas to two DEA chemists
because the negotiations over the new agreement had not been
settled. Embassy responded by returning without action the
visa requests of two Finance Ministry officials planning to
attend IDB meetings in Washington.
2. (SBU) GOV antidrug agency CONACUID chief Luis Correa
called NAS director after Chacon's pronouncement to apologize
and to assure him the agreement would be signed after some
fine-tuning by the GOV. DEA reports that its working-level
relationship with the GOV has been business-as-usual over the
past several weeks.
3. (C) Comment: The GOV has not lately repeated its
December claim that an alleged DEA agent in Colombia attended
a meeting of conspirators plotting against Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez. The visa dispute also appears settled
for the time being. Chacon's statement, then, may be just
another case of gratuitous USG bashing. Chacon knows the
facts of the matter will be lost on the Venezuelan public.
For his part, Correa is seeking to minimize working-level
problems with the USG. Yet, the assuring words of Correa,
who has lied to U.S. officials, should not necessarily be
taken to indicate a smooth process ahead.
WHITAKER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
FOR FRC LAMBERT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/01/2020
TAGS: PGOV KCRM VE
SUBJECT: VENEZUELA BLAMES USG FOR DELAYED ANTI-DRUG
AGREEMENT
Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERT R. DOWNES FOR 1.4 (D)
1. (C) Venezuelan Interior Minister Jesse Chacon blamed the
USG January 4 for delays in normalizing the U.S.-Venezuelan
counternarcotics relationship. Chacon complained that the
accord had been hard to settle because "the DEA keeps
modifying its text." (Note: the USG and GOV already have a
bilateral counterdrug memorandum of understanding, signed in
1978. Post provided the GOV for review in mid-December
implementation guidelines based on the 1978 memorandum.) The
GOV also informed the Embassy in a December 19 diplomatic
note that it was denying TDY visas to two DEA chemists
because the negotiations over the new agreement had not been
settled. Embassy responded by returning without action the
visa requests of two Finance Ministry officials planning to
attend IDB meetings in Washington.
2. (SBU) GOV antidrug agency CONACUID chief Luis Correa
called NAS director after Chacon's pronouncement to apologize
and to assure him the agreement would be signed after some
fine-tuning by the GOV. DEA reports that its working-level
relationship with the GOV has been business-as-usual over the
past several weeks.
3. (C) Comment: The GOV has not lately repeated its
December claim that an alleged DEA agent in Colombia attended
a meeting of conspirators plotting against Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez. The visa dispute also appears settled
for the time being. Chacon's statement, then, may be just
another case of gratuitous USG bashing. Chacon knows the
facts of the matter will be lost on the Venezuelan public.
For his part, Correa is seeking to minimize working-level
problems with the USG. Yet, the assuring words of Correa,
who has lied to U.S. officials, should not necessarily be
taken to indicate a smooth process ahead.
WHITAKER