Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MANAGUA884
2006-04-21 23:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Managua
Cable title:
NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAGUA 000884
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, IO/UNP BHARRIS, WHA/PPC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/21/2016
TAGS: OVIP PGOV PTER PREL VE NU
SUBJECT: NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN
ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD
REF: A. STATE 60604
B. STATE 59535 MANAGUA 0841
C. AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador Paul A. Trivelli. Reasons 1.4 (B,D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAGUA 000884
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, IO/UNP BHARRIS, WHA/PPC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/21/2016
TAGS: OVIP PGOV PTER PREL VE NU
SUBJECT: NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN
ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD
REF: A. STATE 60604
B. STATE 59535 MANAGUA 0841
C. AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador Paul A. Trivelli. Reasons 1.4 (B,D).
1. (C) On April 20, Ambassador shared with Nicaraguan
Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the pattern of harassment
directed by the Venezuelan government against U.S. Ambassador
to Venezuela, William R. Brownfield, most recently when
Ambassador Brownfield was donating baseball equipment to a
Little League team in a poor Venezuelan neighborhood.
Caldera, who was cognizant of the incident, and concurred
that these are not spontaneous incidents, informed the
Ambassador that the Nicaraguan government shares our
condemnation of the failure of the Venezuelan government to
meet Vienna Convention obligations to protect foreign
diplomats.
2. (C) On the subject of the Venezuelan government, Foreign
Minister Caldera noted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez'
increasing influence in Nicaragua, specifically Chavez'
interest in Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega's winning
the November election. Terming the Venezuelan government's
initiative to provide oil to certain Sandinista-run
municipalities in Nicaragua with attractive loan terms a
political ploy to support Ortega's candidacy, Caldera
questioned the feasibility of such a venture. He explained
that a loan to the GON would require the approval of
Nicaragua's National Assembly, but the Sandinistas do not
have enough votes on their own to approve the venture.
Further, Caldera doubted that Nicaragua possesses the
infrastructure to implement the project before the November
elections.
TRIVELLI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, IO/UNP BHARRIS, WHA/PPC
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/21/2016
TAGS: OVIP PGOV PTER PREL VE NU
SUBJECT: NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN
ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD
REF: A. STATE 60604
B. STATE 59535 MANAGUA 0841
C. AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador Paul A. Trivelli. Reasons 1.4 (B,D).
1. (C) On April 20, Ambassador shared with Nicaraguan
Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the pattern of harassment
directed by the Venezuelan government against U.S. Ambassador
to Venezuela, William R. Brownfield, most recently when
Ambassador Brownfield was donating baseball equipment to a
Little League team in a poor Venezuelan neighborhood.
Caldera, who was cognizant of the incident, and concurred
that these are not spontaneous incidents, informed the
Ambassador that the Nicaraguan government shares our
condemnation of the failure of the Venezuelan government to
meet Vienna Convention obligations to protect foreign
diplomats.
2. (C) On the subject of the Venezuelan government, Foreign
Minister Caldera noted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez'
increasing influence in Nicaragua, specifically Chavez'
interest in Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega's winning
the November election. Terming the Venezuelan government's
initiative to provide oil to certain Sandinista-run
municipalities in Nicaragua with attractive loan terms a
political ploy to support Ortega's candidacy, Caldera
questioned the feasibility of such a venture. He explained
that a loan to the GON would require the approval of
Nicaragua's National Assembly, but the Sandinistas do not
have enough votes on their own to approve the venture.
Further, Caldera doubted that Nicaragua possesses the
infrastructure to implement the project before the November
elections.
TRIVELLI