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06SANTIAGO105
2006-01-18 13:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
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AMEMBASSY FOR PAO, IO
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
On January 14, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) carried an editorial entitled, "Chavez'
Activism." Quote:
"What has happened (with Mexico, Peru and Chile) prove right those
who saw in Hugo Chavez a successor to Fidel Castro and predicted an
intent to reconstitute something akin to the late Latin American
Organization for Solidarity (OLAS),promoted by the Cuban dictator
in the 70s with other Latin American leftist leaders and led by
former President Salvador Allende. The antibodies Chavez generates
and the reality of globalization will make it hard to reach his goal
of Latin American leadership."
KELLY