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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI; 01/27/10; 
BUENOS AIRES 
 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION; U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI; 01/27/10; 
BUENOS AIRES 
 
 
 
SUMMARY 
 
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¶1.  The top Haiti story on January 27 was the U.S. troops' 
"miraculous" rescue of a survivor from the ruins of a collapsed 
building.  Some media also covered Secretary Clinton's strong 
defense of U.S. relief efforts in response to those who criticized 
the U.S. decision to send troops along with civilians.   An opinion 
piece in pro-government, left-of-center newspaper Pagina 12 warned 
against an international adoption NGO with an office in Florida, 
which allegedly failed to deliver children as promised. End 
summary. 
 
 
 
"MIRACULOUS" U.S. RESCUE 
 
TOPS HEADLINES ON HAITI 
 
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¶2.  Several newspapers and TV stations reported very positively on 
the U.S. troops' "miraculous" rescue of a survivor two weeks after 
the earthquake.  Leading circulation Clarin, daily-of-record La 
Nacion, pro-U.S., conservative La Prensa, English-language and 
liberal Buenos Aires Herald, and Clarin Group's Todo Noticias cable 
TV station highlighted the rescue, adding that it came as U.S. 
relief efforts were focused on getting help to hundreds of 
thousands of survivors. 
 
 
 
"HAITI: U.S. DEFENDS ITS ASSISTANCE" 
 
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¶3.  Daily-of-record La Nacion and state-owned Telam wire service 
agency picked up an AP and EFE wire service story highlighting 
Secretary Clinton's strong defense of the U.S. relief efforts in 
Haiti. "I deeply resent those who attack our country, the 
generosity of our people and the leadership of our president in 
trying to respond to the unprecedented disastrous conditions after 
the earthquake," La Nacion quoted the Secretary as saying.  Noting 
that not only Bolivian President Evo Morales and Venezuelan 
President Hugo Chavez harshly criticized the U.S. military 
deployment but also some international media, the articles also 
quoted Secretary Clinton's remarks that "Some international media 
did not understand or deliberately misinterpreted" the decision to 
send troops along with civilians. 
 
 
 
"INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION 
 
AS A BUSINESS" 
 
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¶4.  Under the headline "International adoption as a business," 
pro-government, left-of-center Pagina 12 warned against Angel Faces 
International Adoption Organization and its Argentine head, 
Cristina Isabel Gutierrez. According to the article, the 
organization, which reportedly has an office in Florida, used an 
Internet site (www.angelfaces-adopcion-internacional.org) and a 
Yahoo forum to offer assistance in the adoption of "unprotected 
children" from Haiti arriving "by the hundreds" to the U.S. 
However, Gutierrez reportedly later said she would not be able to 
provide the service as a result of lack of support from the U.S. 
government. Pagina 12 also prints a side-box noting that the 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising Argentines not to adopt 
Haitian children based on the UN Convention on Children's Rights 
and UNICEF dictates. 
 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
 
classified website at: 
 
  
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
MARTINEZ