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09SANTIAGO517
2009-06-03 13:43:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santiago
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CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2

Tags:  KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI 
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TAGS: KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
SUBJECT: CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2

Leading Stories
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000517

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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 - JUNE 2

Leading Stories
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1. Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1.
All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France
commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean.

U.S.-Related News
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2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the
Environmental Cooperation Agreement, the Fifth Meeting of the
Environmental Affairs Council and the Third Meeting of the Joint
Committee is scheduled for July 1, 2009, in Washington D.C. (El
Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, circ.
129,000, 6/1).


3. General Motors CEO in Chile, Julie Beamer, said that regardless
of the company's situation in the United States GE will continue to
supply spare parts and services for its vehicles in Chile (El
Mercurio, 6/2).

Human Influenza
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4. Public Health Institute (ISP, in Spanish) Director Ingrid
Heitmann said that tests confirm that the strains of the AH1N1 virus
found in Chile are identical to those circulating in other parts of
the world, which means the virus has not mutated. Heitmann said that
the urgent matter now is to determine if the virus is causing more
severe symptoms (La Nacion, government-owned, editorially
independent, circ, 4,200, 6/2).

Narcotics
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5. The counternarcotics police at Santiago's international airport
arrested a 26 year-old Argentine woman in transit to Spain. The
woman was carrying two suitcases made from cocaine and plastic (El
Mercurio, 6/2).

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