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SUBJECT:  CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20 
 
Leading Story 
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¶1.  As anticipated, Peru filed with the International Court of The 
Hague a claim to change maritime and land borders with Chile. 
 
U.S.-Related News 
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¶2.  La Tercera published a letter to the editor by acting Minister 
of Interior Patricio Rosende, saying the daily had misquoted him in 
a March 19 article on security measures for the upcoming Progressive 
Governance Summit.  Reportedly, Rosende had said "the Carabineros 
police are under (subservient to) the FBI..." The Carabinero police 
force, wrote Rosende, "has done an outstanding job in all summits 
hosted by Chile and we are certain that it will once again show its 
professionalism, in coordination with the security delegations of 
all the important officials that will attend the summit (La Tercera, 
conservative, independent, circ. 101,000, 3/20). 
 
¶3.  Former U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Randall 
Kroszner will be the guest speaker at think tank Libertad y 
Desarrollo on April 2 (Que Pasa, newsweekly magazine, 3/20). 
 
¶4.  Former U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, who was a 
commander of forces in charge of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, has 
been invited to the Diego Portales University journalism school. "I 
was demoted [to Colonel] because they needed a scapegoat, and was 
prohibited from speaking out. I was offered good jobs in Washington 
but turned them down and left the Army.  I want to prove in court 
that I never knew about the torture and make sure that those who are 
responsible pay," said Karpinski (Las Ultimas Noticias, 
leading-circulation, popular, 140,000, 3/20). 
 
Chile-Peru 
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¶5.  Peru submitted a claim for the International Court of The Hague 
to review its maritime border with Chile.  Chile's position is that 
Peru and Chile have treaties that established maritime and land 
borders, and both countries have historically respected them.  Lima 
wants to set the sea border along a diagonal line rather than the 
parallel established in the treaties.  This would give Peru an 
additional 10,280 square miles of ocean.  Bolivia is concerned over 
Peru's claim because any change in borders would ultimately affect 
its claim for a passage to the sea through Chilean territory.  La 
Tercera highlights that Peru's claim also includes changing the land 
border with Chile (All dailies, 3/20). 
 
Bolivia - U.S. 
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¶6.  The Bolivian and U.S. governments are working on a new 
"framework agreement" to improve their deteriorated bilateral 
relations, said Bolivian Foreign Affairs Minister David 
Choquehuanca.  He said that the United States needs to realize that 
"it must respect Bolivian authorities and sovereignty."  He noted 
that until recently, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had 
command over Bolivia's police and military in the fight against 
narcotics.  "Now that authority rests on Bolivia," he said. 
Choquehaunca, however, did not dismiss U.S. assistance in this area. 
 "If it (the U.S) wants to cooperate, we'd appreciate it," he said. 
 
 
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