Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SANTIAGO127
2007-01-22 19:36:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN RIO
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000127
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
On January 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ.
101,000) carried an opinion column by journalist and former diplomat
Jose Rodriguez Elizondo entitled "Mercosur: Histrionics and
Strategy." Quote:
"One could say that Chavez' strategy is antithetical to Bolivar's
dream of integration, but we cannot deny that it does exist. On the
contrary, the rest of the region has focused on the dilemma of
whether it is good or bad that after 9/11 the White House has
eliminated us from its agenda. Instead of integrationist actions,
we are like those dumb hares [in a fable] discussing whether their
chasers are greyhounds or bloodhounds."
KELLY