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Viewing cable 06LIMA3014, PERUVIANS PRAGMATIC ON CASTRO'S ILLNESS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LIMA3014 2006-08-02 22:17 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Lima
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPE #3014 2142217
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 022217Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1665
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3712
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 6917
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 9699
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AUG QUITO 0580
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0767
RUMIAAA/CDR USCINCSO MIAMI FL
UNCLAS LIMA 003014 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
SUBJECT: PERUVIANS PRAGMATIC ON CASTRO'S ILLNESS 
 
 
1.  (U) Pronouncements by Peru's leaders on the situation in 
Cuba have been guarded and pragmatic. 
 
--After lamenting Castro's deteriorating health, Peruvian 
Prime Minister and long-time advisor to President Alan Garcia 
told Radio Programs of Peru on 8/1 that the international 
community should prepare itself to assist in a political 
transition in Cuba to avoid "a civil war."  Del Castillo 
noted that Cubans are divided into "impassioned groups" and 
that "it is necessary to form a group that can play a role" 
in assuring a peaceful transition in that country. 
 
--In a similar vein, APRA Congressman and former Foreign 
Minster Luis Gonzalez Posada told Radio Programs of Peru on 
8/2 that he did not expect any change in the Cuban Government 
as the immediate result of Castro's illness and that it was 
necessary to wait and see how the Cuban leader's health 
problems would turn out. 
 
2.  (SBU) Comment: In contrast to many other figures in the 
region -- some of whom lionized Castro -- the comments so far 
by ruling APRA Party leaders and officals have been guarded, 
pragmatic, and oriented toward the need to assure a peaceful 
succession.  President Garcia has yet to offer a public 
opinion on Castro's situation.  End Comment. 
STRUBLE