Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SANTIAGO109
2007-01-19 16:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
VZCZCXYZ0028 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHSG #0109 0191629 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 191629Z JAN 07 FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0778 INFO RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 0047 RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JAN CARACAS 1240
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000109
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 AR BL VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000109
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 AR BL VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
1. On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ.
101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Mercosur's Failed Promise."
Quote:
"For a long time Mercosur has seemed more a place for political
gathering than a trade pact. But the bloc's ongoing Summit has made
clear the extent (to which it has become political),and that could
present challenges to Chile.... It is undeniable that Chile's
staying in Mercosur is becoming more complicated as [Mercosur] shows
signs of moving away from the political options for which Chile has
opted in the last decades: trade openness and global integration,
good relations with Washington, democracy and free trade economy."
KELLY
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 AR BL VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
1. On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ.
101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Mercosur's Failed Promise."
Quote:
"For a long time Mercosur has seemed more a place for political
gathering than a trade pact. But the bloc's ongoing Summit has made
clear the extent (to which it has become political),and that could
present challenges to Chile.... It is undeniable that Chile's
staying in Mercosur is becoming more complicated as [Mercosur] shows
signs of moving away from the political options for which Chile has
opted in the last decades: trade openness and global integration,
good relations with Washington, democracy and free trade economy."
KELLY