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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO297, MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO297 2008-06-11 11:37 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0003
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0297 1631137
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 111137Z JUN 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8309
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9439
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8752
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3109
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000297 
 
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 U-turn 
 
Article in center-right O Estado de S.Paulo (6/11) says: "Venezuelan 
President Hugo Chavez has traded darkness for light....He announced 
that 'Latin America has no place for guerillas any more....' The 
question that has echoed through the hemisphere-'what got into 
Chavez?'-has more than one answer to it. All of them...suggest he is 
finally convinced that the cost of protecting an organization that 
is repudiated by the vast majority of Colombians and has been 
harshly attacked by Bogot's administration greatly surpasses the 
benefits expected from a Bolivarian solidarity that could support 
Chavez's ambitions.... The dismantling of the Farc coincides with 
the reaction of Venezuelan democratic forces to Chavez's 
totalitarian plans.... Since [December's referendum] Chavez' 
popularity has fallen 20 points...and the prospects for the November 
elections are less favorable than he would like.... It is in this 
context that [Chavez's] u-turn fits. 
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