Identifier
Created
Classification
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07SANTIAGO57
2007-01-12 13:10:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000057
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 - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000057
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 - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
1. On January 11, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an opinion column by international
analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "The Conscience of the Global
Left." Quote:
2. "OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza should not feel bad
for becoming a member of the list of those offended by Hugo
Chavez.... What is alarming is the weak reaction by certain
politicians who give Chavez, and the totalitarianism that he is
imposing under his so-called 'Twenty First Century Socialism,' the
benefit of the doubt. These are the same ones that applaud the
dictatorship imposed by Fidel Castro in Cuba for more than 40
years.... The Venezuelan's revolution is something to fear...and
what is more dangerous is that he is preparing a single educational
system 'to demolish capitalist values.' Should Chavez achieve
(planting) ideology in education, then Fidel Castro could rest
assured. He has a successor."
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 - CHAVEZ'S SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
1. On January 11, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El
Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an opinion column by international
analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "The Conscience of the Global
Left." Quote:
2. "OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza should not feel bad
for becoming a member of the list of those offended by Hugo
Chavez.... What is alarming is the weak reaction by certain
politicians who give Chavez, and the totalitarianism that he is
imposing under his so-called 'Twenty First Century Socialism,' the
benefit of the doubt. These are the same ones that applaud the
dictatorship imposed by Fidel Castro in Cuba for more than 40
years.... The Venezuelan's revolution is something to fear...and
what is more dangerous is that he is preparing a single educational
system 'to demolish capitalist values.' Should Chavez achieve
(planting) ideology in education, then Fidel Castro could rest
assured. He has a successor."
KELLY