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Viewing cable 06SAOPAULO1039, WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; SAO PAULO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06SAOPAULO1039 2006-09-28 11:09 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0008
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #1039 2711109
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 281109Z SEP 06
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5823
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 6881
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 7461
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 2582
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 001039 
 
SIPDIS 
 
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 ETRD BR
SUBJECT: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; SAO PAULO 
 
 
"Having Bush As Counterpoint Helps Chvez" 
International commentator Newton Carlos opines in leading national 
circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo (9/28): "Hugo Chvez 
wouldn't have any importance if he didn't have George W. Bush as 
counterpoint.... Washington's uncompromising hostility favored the 
emergence of an anti-Bush, a condition Chvez has assumed 
aggressively to the point of feeling himself free to engage in 
excesses, such as in his recent speech at the UN. The isolation of 
Chvez's, initiated by Condoleezza Rice, is currently trying to 
prevent Venezuela from obtaining a non-permanent seat in the 
Security Council.... Chvez also uses the fact that Venezuela is a 
victim of measures that are reminiscent of 'dirty wars,' such as its 
inclusion among nations that are watched by a special intelligence 
unit.  Thomas Friedman wrote that Bush is the most unpopular U.S. 
president in history.  It's the hook Chvez uses." 
McMullen