Identifier
Created
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Origin
06SANTIAGO1325
2006-06-16 18:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY
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TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY
On June 15, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio"(circ. 116,807) carried a column by international
commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "The United States at a
Crossroad."
"There is so much news from the U.S. that one tends to focus only on
the shocking ones...but in the U.S. the fine-tuning of politics
reveals other elements. For example Hank Paulson...an
environmentalist who transformed Goldman Sacks investment bank into
a "green" Wall Street institution, was appointed secretary of the
Treasury. This is important, because it shows a new trend. It is
no secret that President Bush has shown almost no interest in
environmental issues.... Today most essays analyze the crucial
moment at which the U.S. finds itself with respect to energy and the
need to regain a sense of nation after the mistakes made in Iraq....
It will be interesting to see the solutions as they arise, because
the United States is still a free and open society and its ability
to criticize, correct, and innovate is its greatest strength."
KELLY
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 - GLOBAL ECONOMY
On June 15, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio"(circ. 116,807) carried a column by international
commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "The United States at a
Crossroad."
"There is so much news from the U.S. that one tends to focus only on
the shocking ones...but in the U.S. the fine-tuning of politics
reveals other elements. For example Hank Paulson...an
environmentalist who transformed Goldman Sacks investment bank into
a "green" Wall Street institution, was appointed secretary of the
Treasury. This is important, because it shows a new trend. It is
no secret that President Bush has shown almost no interest in
environmental issues.... Today most essays analyze the crucial
moment at which the U.S. finds itself with respect to energy and the
need to regain a sense of nation after the mistakes made in Iraq....
It will be interesting to see the solutions as they arise, because
the United States is still a free and open society and its ability
to criticize, correct, and innovate is its greatest strength."
KELLY