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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO291, MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO291 2008-06-10 11:03 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0011
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0291 1621103
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 101103Z JUN 08 ZDK
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8282
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9413
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8748
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3108
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000291 
 
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: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' 
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE 
 
 
Chavez's change in course 
 
Editorial in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (6/10) says: "[Hugo] Chavez's 
change in relation to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia 
(Farc) was so great that it surprised everyone.... He defended that 
the group should free all hostages and that Latin America has not 
place for guerillas any more.... But the president's move is better 
understood through Venezuela's internal politics.... A victory in 
[the] November [election] is seen as crucial for Chavez's plans to 
reintroduce, in 2010, a proposal to amend the Constitution in order 
to allow him to seek reelection indefinitely.... Even if for the 
wrong reasons it is good that he distances himself from the Farc. 
Equally - it is important to note that since the government's defeat 
in the December referendum which frustrated the president's attempt 
to obtain superpowers, politics has started to return to 
Venezuela." 
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