Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SANTIAGO2085
2006-10-04 20:14:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA HELPING BOLIVIA BUILD MILITARY
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 002085
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC PREL KMDR KPAO PGOV VE BR PA PE CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA HELPING BOLIVIA BUILD MILITARY
BASES NEAR ITS BORDER?
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 002085
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC PREL KMDR KPAO PGOV VE BR PA PE CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA HELPING BOLIVIA BUILD MILITARY
BASES NEAR ITS BORDER?
1. Two Santiago dailies cited UDI Members of Congress who denounced
Venezuela for providing assistance to Bolivia to build 26 military
bases along its border with Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Peru.
Excerpts follow:
2. On October 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 129,000):
"The House Foreign Relations Committee accepted the request filed by
UDI Congressman Ivan Moreira, and summoned Foreign Minister
(Alejandro) Foxley and Defense Minister (Viviane) Blanlot to explain
if they were aware that President Evo Morales had told Paraguayan
television that Hugo Chavez was financially assisting him to build
26 military bases in the triple frontier of Bolivia with Brazil, and
Paraguay, and on the frontier with Chile and Peru."
3. On October 3, conservative, afternoon daily "La Segunda" (circ.
33,000):
"UDI Members of Congress Ivan Moreira and Angelica Cristi denounced
the presence of Venezuelan troops in Bolivia and the construction of
military bases in that country. They said this would 'raise
tensions in the region and leads again to the question of whether
Hugo Chavez should be trusted and Chile should support Venezuela in
the UNSC. Congressman Moreira said this development 'makes Latin
America a geopolitical risk and is dangerous for Chile...."
KELLY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC PREL KMDR KPAO PGOV VE BR PA PE CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA HELPING BOLIVIA BUILD MILITARY
BASES NEAR ITS BORDER?
1. Two Santiago dailies cited UDI Members of Congress who denounced
Venezuela for providing assistance to Bolivia to build 26 military
bases along its border with Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Peru.
Excerpts follow:
2. On October 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 129,000):
"The House Foreign Relations Committee accepted the request filed by
UDI Congressman Ivan Moreira, and summoned Foreign Minister
(Alejandro) Foxley and Defense Minister (Viviane) Blanlot to explain
if they were aware that President Evo Morales had told Paraguayan
television that Hugo Chavez was financially assisting him to build
26 military bases in the triple frontier of Bolivia with Brazil, and
Paraguay, and on the frontier with Chile and Peru."
3. On October 3, conservative, afternoon daily "La Segunda" (circ.
33,000):
"UDI Members of Congress Ivan Moreira and Angelica Cristi denounced
the presence of Venezuelan troops in Bolivia and the construction of
military bases in that country. They said this would 'raise
tensions in the region and leads again to the question of whether
Hugo Chavez should be trusted and Chile should support Venezuela in
the UNSC. Congressman Moreira said this development 'makes Latin
America a geopolitical risk and is dangerous for Chile...."
KELLY