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Viewing cable 09CARACAS1233, RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09CARACAS1233 2009-09-18 21:10 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Caracas 
VZCZCXRO9583
PP RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ RUEHROV RUEHSL RUEHSR
DE RUEHCV #1233 2612110
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 182110Z SEP 09
FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3723
INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1037
RUMIAAA/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
RUEHWH/WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS
 
UNCLAS CARACAS 001233 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE 
 
1. (SBU) During a September 17 press conference, Venezuelan 
Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami gave the 
Venezuelan government (GBRV) response to the Presidential 
Determination for Major Drug-Transit and Major Illicit 
Drug-Producing Countries (the Majors).  El Aissami described 
the Majors report as bordering on "immoral, cynical and 
hypocritical."  Describing U.S. drug control policy as 
"failure after failure," the Minister suggested that the 
United States should, "decertify itself out of shame."  El 
Aissami repeated the charge made by President Chavez on his 
September 13 episode of "Alo Presidente" that the DEA "had 
become the main drug cartel operating in the United States." 
 
2.  (SBU) President Chavez, speaking during a September 17 
televised event, admitted not having read the report, and 
added that he would study it carefully to see if Venezuela 
was being accused of supporting drug trafficking.  Chavez 
also announced that he was considering a airplane shoot-down 
policy for Venezuela.  "I don't like the idea," said Chavez, 
"but others have the policy."  Chavez revealed that drug 
pilots ignore or laugh at orders to land from Venezuelan 
authorities.  Chavez warned the "Colombian and Yanqui" drug 
traffickers that he was seriously considering the issue (a 
shoot-down policy). 
 
3.  (SBU) Both local and sydnicated press reported Chavez's 
informal comments that he considered the waiver to fund civil 
society groups in Venezuela as funding for opposition groups 
to conspire against him. 
 
DUDDY