Identifier
Created
Classification
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07LAPAZ1428
2007-05-24 12:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy La Paz
Cable title:  

BOLIVIAN RESPONSE ON RCTV CLOSURE

Tags:  PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL VE BL 
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DE RUEHLP #1428 1441211
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 241211Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3685
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6805
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 4145
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 8032
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 5278
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 2516
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 2651
RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 3486
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 4635
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 5146
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 9743
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA 0337
RHMFISS/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
RUMIAAA/USCINCSO MIAMI FL
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
C O N F I D E N T I A L LA PAZ 001428

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SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/23/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL VE BL
SUBJECT: BOLIVIAN RESPONSE ON RCTV CLOSURE

REF: SECSTATE 67643

Classified By: DCM Krishna Urs for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

(C) On May 22, Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign
Affair's director of international organizations and
delivered reftel demarche. The director, a career diplomat,
appeared visibly embarrassed to have to defend the GOB's
position on RCTV. He explained that the GOB's support of the
GOV's closure of RCTV was not decided within the MFA and
stated that "all decisions having to do with Venezuela and
Cuba are made in President's office."
GOLDBERG