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Viewing cable 06SANTIAGO594, MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06SANTIAGO594 2006-03-21 21:20 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Santiago 
VZCZCXYZ0037
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSG #0594 0802120
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 212120Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8711
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 0899
 
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000594 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA 
AMEMBASSY FOR PAO, IO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELAN GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE 
U.S. 
 
 
1. On March 20, TVN's "Medianoche."  Quote: 
 
"President Bush has had to withstand an avalanche of 
criticism...from comments that he is a coward and thickheaded to 
surveys that associate him with the word incompetent...Bush has 
announced a possible retaliation against Iran if it moves forward 
with its nuclear plan and threats against Israel....  President 
Chavez' statements do not seem to bother Washington.  Once more they 
have opted to turn a deaf ear to words that might not be too far 
from accurate." 
 
2. Government-owned, financially autonomous TVN.  Quote: 
 
"Some times too much diplomacy is tiring, other times, it is truly 
missed....  It is one thing to criticize the politics of a leader 
and another to insult that person's intelligence.  Hugo Chavez 
called President Bush thickheaded (burro) and genocidal--among other 
things--which clearly does not help improve relations between 
Caracas and Washington." 
 
YAMAUCHI