Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SANTIAGO594
2006-03-21 21:20:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000594
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
AMEMBASSY FOR PAO, IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
U.S.
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000594
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
AMEMBASSY FOR PAO, IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
U.S.
1. On March 20, TVN's "Medianoche." Quote:
"President Bush has had to withstand an avalanche of
criticism...from comments that he is a coward and thickheaded to
surveys that associate him with the word incompetent...Bush has
announced a possible retaliation against Iran if it moves forward
with its nuclear plan and threats against Israel.... President
Chavez' statements do not seem to bother Washington. Once more they
have opted to turn a deaf ear to words that might not be too far
from accurate."
2. Government-owned, financially autonomous TVN. Quote:
"Some times too much diplomacy is tiring, other times, it is truly
missed.... It is one thing to criticize the politics of a leader
and another to insult that person's intelligence. Hugo Chavez
called President Bush thickheaded (burro) and genocidal--among other
things--which clearly does not help improve relations between
Caracas and Washington."
YAMAUCHI
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
AMEMBASSY FOR PAO, IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
U.S.
1. On March 20, TVN's "Medianoche." Quote:
"President Bush has had to withstand an avalanche of
criticism...from comments that he is a coward and thickheaded to
surveys that associate him with the word incompetent...Bush has
announced a possible retaliation against Iran if it moves forward
with its nuclear plan and threats against Israel.... President
Chavez' statements do not seem to bother Washington. Once more they
have opted to turn a deaf ear to words that might not be too far
from accurate."
2. Government-owned, financially autonomous TVN. Quote:
"Some times too much diplomacy is tiring, other times, it is truly
missed.... It is one thing to criticize the politics of a leader
and another to insult that person's intelligence. Hugo Chavez
called President Bush thickheaded (burro) and genocidal--among other
things--which clearly does not help improve relations between
Caracas and Washington."
YAMAUCHI