Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SAOPAULO312
2009-05-27 11:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK, NUCLEAR
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000312
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 XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK, NUCLEAR
PROGRAM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S POLICIES; GLOBAL
ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT; ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS:
AL-QAIDA GLOBAL INFLUENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN, HUMAN
RIGHTS; SAO PAULO
Title - The Red Button
Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5-26) states:
"Internationally, North Korea uses its nuclear project as a
bargaining chip....[and] on the domestic front the detonation serves
as propaganda for the worn out communist regime. The stroke
suffered by Kim last year initiated a dispute over succession on the
sidelines and demonstrations as the one we saw yesterday accomplish
the function of reaffirming the power of the present dynasty - the
dictator intends to give power to one of his sons. A similar
combination of external and domestic motivation, and of nuclear
blackmail, is happening in Iran.....International diplomacy must use
all of its bargaining chips in order to dissuade Iran and Korea from
this path....But it is important to remember that diplomacy does not
end at the moment nations enter the nuclear power club...and with
that the hypothesis of an armed intervention is always
temerarious."
Title - Al Qaeda in Brazil
Article in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5-26) by Janio de Freitas
says: "A high-ranking member of Al Qaeda was arrested in Brazil,
under strict secrecy. The arrest was made by Brazil's Federal
Police in Sao Paulo, where the terrorist was based and conducted
operations of international scale. Nonetheless, there are no
records that he was developing any activities linked to terror
actions in Brazil....Only the U.S. government has information on
what happened in Sao Paulo.... The choice for Sao Paulo by Al Qaeda
seems to be derived, at least in part, by a combination of the
Brazilian government's captivating neutrality towards Islamic
countries and the non-existence of an anti-terrorist obsession here
[in Brazil].....With the active presence of an Al Qaeda member in
Sao Paulo, Brazil places itself on the map of international
anti-terrorism fixations. And there are only inconveniences in
that."
Title - The Chavist truculence aggravates
Editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (5-26) notes: "Before
the impact of the steep drop in oil prices on Venezuela's finances
and the ability of Hugo Chavez to influence Latin American
governments....his reaction has been to enhance the control of the
State over the national economy...and to intensify the repression
over the remaining independent institutions and social powers in the
country, like the press and unions....Chavez and Ecuadorian Rafael
Correa have proposed to Unasul the creation of organisms that will
'defend local governments from the abuses of the press.' History
shows that, in Latin America, the press has always been obliged to
defend itself from governments whose abuse what it denounces. And
this is what always happens when a democracy does not succumb to its
enemies."
Title - New and larger legal aggressions against the environment
Editorial in business oriented Valor Econtmico (5-26) states:
"Recent measures taken by the [Brazilian] government and by Congress
may worsen an already precarious Brazilian environmental
picture.....An ample governmental alliance is needed for President
Lula to elect his successor. With this political bargain, many bad
things may happen to the environment."
Title - Violation of Human Rights in Iran
Article in business oriented Valor Econtmico (5-26) by Marcos Alan
Ferreira, ESPM professor with a degree in Strategy and Defense
Policies from the National Defense University, notes: "the U.S. and
Europe have acted in a concrete way in international forums against
the development of nuclear technology by Iran. On the other side,
the important issue of Iran's human right record has been left in
second place. Nevertheless, this could be the starting point in the
analysis of the international community towards that
country...Another worrying issue is its religious intolerance...."
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 XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC: DPRK, NUCLEAR
PROGRAM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S POLICIES; GLOBAL
ECONOMY: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT; ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS:
AL-QAIDA GLOBAL INFLUENCE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN, HUMAN
RIGHTS; SAO PAULO
Title - The Red Button
Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5-26) states:
"Internationally, North Korea uses its nuclear project as a
bargaining chip....[and] on the domestic front the detonation serves
as propaganda for the worn out communist regime. The stroke
suffered by Kim last year initiated a dispute over succession on the
sidelines and demonstrations as the one we saw yesterday accomplish
the function of reaffirming the power of the present dynasty - the
dictator intends to give power to one of his sons. A similar
combination of external and domestic motivation, and of nuclear
blackmail, is happening in Iran.....International diplomacy must use
all of its bargaining chips in order to dissuade Iran and Korea from
this path....But it is important to remember that diplomacy does not
end at the moment nations enter the nuclear power club...and with
that the hypothesis of an armed intervention is always
temerarious."
Title - Al Qaeda in Brazil
Article in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5-26) by Janio de Freitas
says: "A high-ranking member of Al Qaeda was arrested in Brazil,
under strict secrecy. The arrest was made by Brazil's Federal
Police in Sao Paulo, where the terrorist was based and conducted
operations of international scale. Nonetheless, there are no
records that he was developing any activities linked to terror
actions in Brazil....Only the U.S. government has information on
what happened in Sao Paulo.... The choice for Sao Paulo by Al Qaeda
seems to be derived, at least in part, by a combination of the
Brazilian government's captivating neutrality towards Islamic
countries and the non-existence of an anti-terrorist obsession here
[in Brazil].....With the active presence of an Al Qaeda member in
Sao Paulo, Brazil places itself on the map of international
anti-terrorism fixations. And there are only inconveniences in
that."
Title - The Chavist truculence aggravates
Editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (5-26) notes: "Before
the impact of the steep drop in oil prices on Venezuela's finances
and the ability of Hugo Chavez to influence Latin American
governments....his reaction has been to enhance the control of the
State over the national economy...and to intensify the repression
over the remaining independent institutions and social powers in the
country, like the press and unions....Chavez and Ecuadorian Rafael
Correa have proposed to Unasul the creation of organisms that will
'defend local governments from the abuses of the press.' History
shows that, in Latin America, the press has always been obliged to
defend itself from governments whose abuse what it denounces. And
this is what always happens when a democracy does not succumb to its
enemies."
Title - New and larger legal aggressions against the environment
Editorial in business oriented Valor Econtmico (5-26) states:
"Recent measures taken by the [Brazilian] government and by Congress
may worsen an already precarious Brazilian environmental
picture.....An ample governmental alliance is needed for President
Lula to elect his successor. With this political bargain, many bad
things may happen to the environment."
Title - Violation of Human Rights in Iran
Article in business oriented Valor Econtmico (5-26) by Marcos Alan
Ferreira, ESPM professor with a degree in Strategy and Defense
Policies from the National Defense University, notes: "the U.S. and
Europe have acted in a concrete way in international forums against
the development of nuclear technology by Iran. On the other side,
the important issue of Iran's human right record has been left in
second place. Nevertheless, this could be the starting point in the
analysis of the international community towards that
country...Another worrying issue is its religious intolerance...."
WHITE