Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09CARACAS779
2009-06-22 20:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Caracas
Cable title:  

TIP REPORT "AN OBSTACLE TO NORMALIZING RELATIONS"

Tags:  PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KTIP VE 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 000779 

SIPDIS

HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
DEPARTMENT PASS TO AID/OTI (RPORTER)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2024
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KTIP VE
SUBJECT: TIP REPORT "AN OBSTACLE TO NORMALIZING RELATIONS"

REF: STATE 60638

Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ,
REASONS 1.4 (B).

C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 000779

SIPDIS

HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
DEPARTMENT PASS TO AID/OTI (RPORTER)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/21/2024
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KTIP VE
SUBJECT: TIP REPORT "AN OBSTACLE TO NORMALIZING RELATIONS"

REF: STATE 60638

Classified By: POLITICAL COUNSELOR FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ,
REASONS 1.4 (B).


1. (C) Embassy Caracas delivered an advance copy of the
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs on June 16, as requested in Reftel. No
Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV)
official has responded directly to the Embassy regarding the
report.


2. (SBU) Nevertheless, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
categorically rejected the TIP report in a June 17 press
release calling the report "a tool of the political
imperialists against independent countries", and said that
the U.S. "oppresses and exploits immigrants, especially Latin
Americans, divides families, builds border walls, has
practiced torture and protects terrorists." The press
release concluded by stating that the TIP report "is a
serious obstacle to normalizing bilateral relations."
Pro-government newspapers have based coverage of the TIP
report on this press release. German Saltron, a senior GBRV
human rights official, sharply criticized the TIP report in
an interview on the government-owned Venezolana de Television
station. He said that that the problem was a result of world
poverty caused by capitalism, and that the U.S. was the
driving force behind trafficking in persons world-wide.

CAULFIELD