Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SANTIAGO48
2007-01-10 18:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000048
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000048
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
1. On January 10, Chile's conservative, independent "La Tercera"
(circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Venezuela and
Twenty-First Century Socialism." Quote:
2. "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has clearly shown his
intention of deepening what he calls 'Twenty-First Century
Socialism'.... The first signs were given by the appointment of his
new cabinet.... He also raised alarming signs regarding freedom of
expression by not renewing the concession of the oldest television
station in Venezuela, arguing it is a medium that 'favors a
coup'....
3. "The Venezuelan President's new administration is also starting
with announcements of nationalizations in two key areas of the
economy: telecommunications and electricity.... Although it is a
fact that Venezuela as a sovereign state can choose whatever path it
estimates most convenient, and that President Chavez was elected
with 60 percent of the votes in open elections, the latest announced
measures cause uneasiness.
4. "Considering that Venezuela does not have a required
counterweight...his decisions are aimed against...freedoms and
counteract what appears to be benefiting the majority in the region:
increased economic openness, support for globalization, and a
rejection of the confrontational discourse. Thus it would be
desirable to have greater synchronization with the rest of Latin
America because measures such as the ones announced do not
contribute to needed regional integration."
KELLY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL VE CI
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
1. On January 10, Chile's conservative, independent "La Tercera"
(circ. 101,000) carried an editorial entitled "Venezuela and
Twenty-First Century Socialism." Quote:
2. "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has clearly shown his
intention of deepening what he calls 'Twenty-First Century
Socialism'.... The first signs were given by the appointment of his
new cabinet.... He also raised alarming signs regarding freedom of
expression by not renewing the concession of the oldest television
station in Venezuela, arguing it is a medium that 'favors a
coup'....
3. "The Venezuelan President's new administration is also starting
with announcements of nationalizations in two key areas of the
economy: telecommunications and electricity.... Although it is a
fact that Venezuela as a sovereign state can choose whatever path it
estimates most convenient, and that President Chavez was elected
with 60 percent of the votes in open elections, the latest announced
measures cause uneasiness.
4. "Considering that Venezuela does not have a required
counterweight...his decisions are aimed against...freedoms and
counteract what appears to be benefiting the majority in the region:
increased economic openness, support for globalization, and a
rejection of the confrontational discourse. Thus it would be
desirable to have greater synchronization with the rest of Latin
America because measures such as the ones announced do not
contribute to needed regional integration."
KELLY