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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO350, MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO350 2008-07-02 10:15 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0003
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0350 1841015
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 021015Z JUL 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8364
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9498
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8777
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3126
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000350 
 
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: COLOMBIA 
 
Uribe's Adventure 
 
Editorial in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (7/02) says: "President of 
Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, is facing political-juridical difficulties 
although his popular prestige continues to be high.  It is exactly 
this mixture that worries. ... In an attempt to suppress the scandal 
[ex-Senator Yidis Medina vote buying scandal], the government 
launches the idea of convoking a referendum, which authorizes the 
repetition of the 2006 presidential contest.  This would be a way to 
recover legitimacy.  The logic of the proposal is precarious. 
Nobody questions Uribe's victory; what is contested is the legality 
of his candidacy.  It seems frightening to take such decision to the 
streets, especially in a context in which the Executive and 
Judiciary are in a dispute and the Legislative is going through an 
unprecedented credibility crisis.  The measure sounds even more 
dangerous when one has known for some time that Uribe is flirting 
with the idea of a third mandate." 
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