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06BUENOSAIRES1825 2006-08-14 15:29 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Buenos Aires
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DE RUEHBU #1825/01 2261529
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
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FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5550
INFO RHMFISS/CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2//
RULGPUA/USCOMSOLANT
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001825 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, 
WHA/EPSC 
CDR USSOCOM FOR J-2 IAD/LAMA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
SUBJECT: US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRORISM; WAR IN THE 
MIDDLE EAST; US-URUGUAYAN FTA; GSP; IMF AND ARGENTINA; 08/11/06 
 
1. SUMMARY STATEMENT 
 
Today's international stories include the status of the US-Argentine 
bilateral relationship; the failed terrorist plot to blow up a 
number of civilian airplanes heading for the US; the war in the 
Middle East; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the implications of the GSP 
review in Argentina; and international organizations' criticism of 
Argentine economic policy. 
 
2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES 
 
- "Suggestive - no USG officials (at the Council of the Americas 
meeting)" 
 
Pablo Wende, columnist of business-financial "Ambito Financiero," 
writes (08/11) "No USG official attended the Council of the 
Americas' meeting, which was held yesterday in Buenos Aries. It was 
a sign of the cold ties between the US and Argentina. 
 
"In spite of previous speculation, the US Commercial representative 
for Latin America, Everett Eissenstat, who had been present in a 
similar encounter in Uruguay, did not attend either. 
 
"... As a matter of fact, no one expected USG officials to attend 
the encounter. The White House's Assistant Secretary for Latin 
American Affairs, Tom Shannon, had already regretted two weeks ago, 
although he had initially been included as a lecturer. 
 
"Only some members of the US Embassy were seen, among them Michael 
Matera, who will fill a high-ranking position along with new US 
Ambassador Anthony Wayne. 
 
"Argentine Government officials tried not to make comments on the 
bilateral relationship between the US and Argentina. The only one 
who slightly referred to the White House's decision to eliminate 
preferential tariff rates for Argentine imports was Cabinet Chief 
Alberto Fernandez. He said 'We have the right to continue defending 
our interests at international fora,' in reference to Argentina's 
claim for developed countries to lower their farm subsidies. 
 
"... Argentine businessmen who are members of the Council sought to 
downplay disagreement over ties between the US and Argentina. 'The 
two countries are strongly willing to hold talks, regardless of some 
statements that were made.'" 
 
- "The US-Argentine relationship cools down" 
 
Mariano Obarrio, columnist of daily-of-record "La Nacion's" "Economy 
and Business" supplement, writes (08/11) "The Kirchner 
administration ministers' attendance at the Council of the Americas 
forum resulted in formal and mutually praising statements, but it 
also made clear that US-Argentine bilateral ties have cooled down - 
there were no signs of mutual confidence. 
 
"Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez did not avoid criticizing the USG's 
decision to limit preferential tariff rates for Argentine exports. 
 
"... Businessmen acknowledged that Kirchner attained economic growth 
through unorthodox measures, but they also maintained that Argentina 
still has a long road ahead to have clear rules and judicial 
security for investment. 
 
"They also said that US prioritizes other countries, like Chile, 
Peru, Colombia or Uruguay, where FTAs are already in force or are 
being negotiated. 
 
"Regarding the political factor, businessmen believe that Kirchner's 
closeness to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Bolivian President 
Evo Morales has impaired the US-Argentine relationship, and they 
think it is possible that the relationship will cool down even 
further." 
 
- "Maximum alert in the US on flights to the UK" 
 
Ana Baron, Washington-based correspondent for leading "Clarin," 
writes (08/11) "The US Homeland Security Department decreed the 
maximum state of alert for commercial flights with the UK, following 
the discovery of a massive terrorist plot to blow up ten airplanes 
heading for the US... 
 
"... For his part, US President George W. Bush said 'The recent 
arrests in the UK are a reminder that the nation is at war against 
Islamic fascists who want to use any means to destroy those who love 
freedom and hit our country.' 
 
"The head of the White House has managed to politically capitalize 
on this kind of information... 
 
 
"However, with opinion surveys indicating that only 31% of Americans 
believe that the US is winning the war on terrorism, even a failed 
plot like yesterday's may reinforce the opinion of those who believe 
that the Bush administration is losing the battle." 
 
- "Bush declares state of alert and lashes out at Al Qaeda" 
 
Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for 
daily-of-record "La Nacion," writes (08/11) "Yesterday morning, only 
one month away from the fifth anniversary of the September 11 
attacks, all US airports were declared on maximum state of alert and 
the USG again charged Al Qaeda as the main suspect in a new and 
failed terrorist plot. 
 
"US President George W. Bush accused 'Islamic fascists' of the 
failed plot to blow up nine or ten airplanes of three main US air 
companies over the Atlantic Ocean." 
 
"Only five years after the largest attack against the US, the White 
House continues without defeating Al Qaeda or capturing Osama bin 
Laden while its two front battle, in Iraq and Afghanistan, are 
absorbing its military power." 
 
- "A Lebanese woman's testimony" 
 
Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an op-ed page by writer Marcos 
Aguinis, who writes (08/11) "Brigitte Gabriel is a risky Lebanese 
journalist... 
 
"... Against my expectations, Brigitte Gabriel mentioned in detail 
something that happened before Israeli independence, February 22, 
1948 - three trucks loaded with explosives exploded on the busy Ben 
Yehuda street in Jerusalem killing 54 and injuring hundreds of 
civilians. She said, with a severe tone, that they were not 
'desperate due to the occupation.' 
 
"Then, she sadly evoked the Lebanon of her childhood before the 
civil war, which claimed to also clean the country of Christians... 
 
 
"Brigitte Gabriel's words again injected hope that the Arab world 
has brave personalities... There are in Lebanon hundreds of 
thousands that hope that Hezbollah's criminals, who attacked Israel 
without the justification of any 'occupation,' will be defeated for 
the sake of the region and the world." 
 
- "'This war serves the US interests'" 
 
Marcelo Cantelmi, international editor of leading "Clarin," 
interviews Muhammad Barrake, Israeli Arab deputy, who says (80/11) 
"Asked about the war, Barrake says 'This is a war of the US and 
Israel, it is part of their policies for the entire region. Both the 
war in Iraq and Lebanon express an imperialistic view that they 
attempt to impose. And in this way, Israel ends up acting not in 
defense of its own interests but those of the US.'" 
 
- "Mercosur is reported to allow a limited FTA between the US and 
Uruguay" 
 
Business-financial "Ambito Financiero" reports (08/11) "In a little 
more time, the Vazquez administration will have to decide whether it 
will stay in Mercosur as one more partner or whether it will become 
an associate country, just like Chile, Peru or Bolivia. 
 
"Reportedly, the two largest members of the bloc would let Uruguay 
sign an FTA with the US as long as it only includes three products - 
meat, dairy products and software - but leaving aside any reference 
to governmental purchases, services, communication and IPR. In the 
event the Vazquez administration makes progress on those fields, 
which would imply the signature of an FTA, the deal will not be 
supported by Argentina and Brazil. 
 
"Nonetheless, according to US case law, the Bush administration only 
has two kinds of trade opening proposals for Latin American 
countries - entering the GSP or an FTA including all sectors of the 
economy and not just only some goods. 
 
"As we all know, the first program is being dismantled by the USG 
leaving aside the three South American beneficiaries - Argentina, 
Brazil and Venezuela. 
 
"The US strategy in the region is reaching FTAs, as those 
implemented with Chile and Colombia, and those that are being 
reached with Peru and Ecuador." 
 
- "The opposition will support Tabare's attempt to reach an FTA with 
 
the US" 
 
Patricia Valli, columnist of business-financial, center-right 
"InfoBae," comments (08/11) "Former President Luis Maria Sanguinetti 
pointed out that Tabare Vazquez's announcement that he will seek 'a 
broad FTA' with the US was a 'historic milestone' that will bury the 
Frente Amplio's biases. 
 
"For his part, former Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle said that the 
only way to achieve a real insertion is through an FTA. In this way, 
the Vazquez administration confirmed that it has no obstacles among 
opponents, although historic opponents to the FTA are within the 
same government. They argue that it could impair Uruguay's ties with 
Mercosur, in addition to 'anti-imperialistic' reasons. 
 
"According to Pablo Rosselli, economist from Deloitte, it is 'quite 
logical' for Uruguay to seek some opening because 'Mercosur is not 
working well, and its trade suffers frequent interruptions." 
 
- "Reaction to US blockade" 
 
Business-financial "Ambito Financiero" (08/11) "The possibility that 
the US could leave Argentina outside of its GSP... turned on alarm 
bells among farmers and the governments of at least 15 provinces, 
which could be seriously affected by the blockade. 
 
"Yesterday, the Tucuman government said that it will ask the Foreign 
Ministry to intervene based on the fact that the end of exports of 
strawberries could damage some 5,000 families who live on said 
production in the province. 
 
"... There are some 5,000 farmers in Tucuman, who account for some 
50% of Argentine strawberry exports, mainly to the US, for some 8 
million dollars per year." 
 
- "Hostile gestures from financial hubs" 
 
Marcelo Bonelli, economic columnist of leading "Clarin," writes an 
op-ed page (08/11) "The (Argentine) Government perceived clear signs 
that the G7 and political and financial hubs have started to put 
limits on Argentina. This is why, Nestor Kirchner again confronted 
the greatest public representative of this power - the IMF... 
 
"The country is questioned for not following what is interpreted as 
international rules. 
 
"Local financial sectors sustain that claims could be deepened with 
the arrival of the new US Ambassador, Earl Wayne, although this 
version was totally dismissed by spokespersons of the US diplomacy 
in Buenos Aires. 
 
"... Another sign was the last IMF board meeting - a total change in 
the Argentine economic policy. 
 
"Another sign was Washington's decision to impose commercial 
sanctions." 
 
3. EDITORIALS 
 
- "The time of the terrorists" 
 
An editorial in liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" 
reads (08/11) "The British government's announcement of the 
discovery, following months of international surveillance, of a 
massive terrorist plot to blow up an unknown number of civilian 
airplanes, is a frightening prospect and an extremely disturbing 
revelation, even while there is still much missing in the way of 
information about the investigation... 
 
"... For some the adjectival outbursts of President Bush, in his 
reference yesterday to 'Islamic fascists,' might have its reasons, 
but in real terms that is a language aimed at simpletons and not of 
any use to society at large, least of all to its educated 
components... 
 
"We may be in a new season of terrorism, which can be attributed in 
part to the growing warfare in the Middle East. The important angle 
of approach to the worldwide threat to human life is that no person 
is left out, everybody becomes a suspect, nobody is completely safe. 
This is what makes terrorism, from whatever political side it is 
generated, so damaging to society, because it is an element of 
division. And that is what an open society has to guard against." 
 
To see more Buenos Aires reporting, visit our 
classified website at: 
http://www.state.sqov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 
 
MATERA