Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SANTIAGO253
2009-03-17 15:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17
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TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
SUBJECT: CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17
Leading Stories
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000253
SIPDIS
STATE FOR R/MR, I/PP, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
SUBJECT: CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17
Leading Stories
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1. Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a non-elected
PPD official to fill the Chamber of Deputy seat vacated by
Congresswoman Toha, who joined the Bachelet cabinet as press
spokesperson. This has triggered debate about the replacement
process and calls for it to be reviewed. Dailies also reported the
plebiscite held in the community of Vitacura on proposed municipal
development projects has triggered requests for plebiscites in other
communities nationwide.
U.S.-Related News
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2. A New York Times article on Quillagua, "the driest town in the
world," in northern Chile, highlighted how water rights in Chile are
privately-owned. These rights are bought and sold as any other
goods in a process under which the government has little control (El
Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, circ.
129,000, 3/17).
3. Attorney Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, Executive Director of "Oceanos
Azules" (Blue oceans) will attend a seminar in Virginia organized by
Microsoft, which will gather influential international leaders to
discuss public policy on an array of issues, including the
environment. Ruiz- Tagle is the spokesperson for presidential
candidate Eduardo Frei's political agenda (La Tercera, 3/17).
Chile- Peru
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4. Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez reiterated Chile's
position on Peru's maritime border claim at The Hague: "the maritime
border with Peru is determined by the legal border" that already
exists between the two countries (La Tercera, 3/17).
SIMONS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR R/MR, I/PP, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
SUBJECT: CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17
Leading Stories
--------------
1. Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a non-elected
PPD official to fill the Chamber of Deputy seat vacated by
Congresswoman Toha, who joined the Bachelet cabinet as press
spokesperson. This has triggered debate about the replacement
process and calls for it to be reviewed. Dailies also reported the
plebiscite held in the community of Vitacura on proposed municipal
development projects has triggered requests for plebiscites in other
communities nationwide.
U.S.-Related News
--------------
2. A New York Times article on Quillagua, "the driest town in the
world," in northern Chile, highlighted how water rights in Chile are
privately-owned. These rights are bought and sold as any other
goods in a process under which the government has little control (El
Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, circ.
129,000, 3/17).
3. Attorney Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, Executive Director of "Oceanos
Azules" (Blue oceans) will attend a seminar in Virginia organized by
Microsoft, which will gather influential international leaders to
discuss public policy on an array of issues, including the
environment. Ruiz- Tagle is the spokesperson for presidential
candidate Eduardo Frei's political agenda (La Tercera, 3/17).
Chile- Peru
--------------
4. Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez reiterated Chile's
position on Peru's maritime border claim at The Hague: "the maritime
border with Peru is determined by the legal border" that already
exists between the two countries (La Tercera, 3/17).
SIMONS