MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000102 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/PP, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, WHA/EPSC STATE FOR INR/IAA, PM, INL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA ¶1. On January 16, business and financial daily "Estrategia" (circ. 20.000) carried an editorial by Boris Yopo, political scientist of the University of Chile International Studies Center entitled, "Rivalries in Latin America." Quote: ¶2. "The electoral processes taking place in Latin America have brought a difficult coexistence between political and populist projects, conservative governments, revolutionary regimes (that portray themselves as rupturing the current hemispheric order) or countries in which a renewed left governs. This makes it more difficult to share a view of the region's main challenges.... It is necessary to ponder the need for a new dialogue that allows coexistence taking into account distinct realities...." KELLY