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06SAOPAULO605
2006-05-31 19:00:00
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Consulate Sao Paulo
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MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000605
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SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION; SAO PAULO
"Uribe's Reelection"
Liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/31) editorialized: "Reelected with 62%
of votes, the returns are the confirmation of [Colombia's President]
Alvaro Uribe's hard line against the guerrillas and crime.... The
intensification of the presence of the Army and the police has
helped to reduce common criminality.... The return of the sense of
security in the major cities is the mainly due to Uribe's victory.
In regards to drug traffickers, the 'democratic security' policy was
less effective despite the USG's USD 500 million annual assistance.
The drug barons' power has been reduced, but not to the point of
jeopardizing that activity, which is the main source of corruption
in the government and that of financing the guerrilla. In his second
term Uribe must consolidate such achievements and enlarge them, by
forcing the Farc to negotiate. He will also need to work in fronts
other than security. Priority must be given to the economy. Included
in the agenda are the approvals of a tax reform and the ratification
of a FTA with the US."
Wolfe