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06GUATEMALA1082
2006-06-01 21:43:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:  

GUATEMALA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS ON OAS

Tags:  ECON PREL ETTC OAS GT 
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FM AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9835
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
RUEHDG/AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO 0411
UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001082 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON PREL ETTC OAS GT

SUBJECT: GUATEMALA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS ON OAS
DECLARATION AND MEXICAN RESOLUTION

REF: State 87933

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001082

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON PREL ETTC OAS GT

SUBJECT: GUATEMALA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS ON OAS
DECLARATION AND MEXICAN RESOLUTION

REF: State 87933


1. (SBU) On June 1, Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche
to Carla Rodriguez, the Director General of Multilateral
Relations (A/S equivalent) at the MFA. Rodriguez was familiar
with Helms-Burton and indicated that Guatemala generally
supports multi-lateral diplomacy and opposes unilateral
measures. That said, she did not see the point in opening up
the Mexican resolution for revision, although she could not
commit to this since she had not seen Venezuela's proposed
amendments.


2. (SBU) We passed Rodriguez the Spanish language copy of
the Santo Domingo Declaration with Venezuela's requested
changes. She did not understand why Venezuela wanted them and
appeared to agree with our points that it would be
counterproductive to reopen the declaration for amendments.
She promised to send the declaration and our talking points
immediately to the Guatemalan delegation, passing the
documents to assistants for scanning and transmittal. During
the broader discussion Rodriguez manifested frustration with
Venezuela's actions at various international conferences,
stating that this will hurt rather than help Chavez' and
Venezuela's image.

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