Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08SAOPAULO297
2008-06-11 11:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000297
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE
Chavez's U-turn
Article in center-right O Estado de S.Paulo (6/11) says: "Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez has traded darkness for light....He announced
that 'Latin America has no place for guerillas any more....' The
question that has echoed through the hemisphere-'what got into
Chavez?'-has more than one answer to it. All of them...suggest he is
finally convinced that the cost of protecting an organization that
is repudiated by the vast majority of Colombians and has been
harshly attacked by Bogot's administration greatly surpasses the
benefits expected from a Bolivarian solidarity that could support
Chavez's ambitions.... The dismantling of the Farc coincides with
the reaction of Venezuelan democratic forces to Chavez's
totalitarian plans.... Since [December's referendum] Chavez'
popularity has fallen 20 points...and the prospects for the November
elections are less favorable than he would like.... It is in this
context that [Chavez's] u-turn fits.
White
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE
Chavez's U-turn
Article in center-right O Estado de S.Paulo (6/11) says: "Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez has traded darkness for light....He announced
that 'Latin America has no place for guerillas any more....' The
question that has echoed through the hemisphere-'what got into
Chavez?'-has more than one answer to it. All of them...suggest he is
finally convinced that the cost of protecting an organization that
is repudiated by the vast majority of Colombians and has been
harshly attacked by Bogot's administration greatly surpasses the
benefits expected from a Bolivarian solidarity that could support
Chavez's ambitions.... The dismantling of the Farc coincides with
the reaction of Venezuelan democratic forces to Chavez's
totalitarian plans.... Since [December's referendum] Chavez'
popularity has fallen 20 points...and the prospects for the November
elections are less favorable than he would like.... It is in this
context that [Chavez's] u-turn fits.
White