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Viewing cable 09SAOPAULO571, MEDIA REACTION - Criticism of Brazil's Role in Honduras

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09SAOPAULO571 2009-09-28 14:34 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0571 2711434
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 281434Z SEP 09
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9644
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 0778
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 9264
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000571 
 
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 XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - Criticism of Brazil's Role in Honduras 
 
"Who makes the decisions now is Uncle Chavez" 
 
Editorial in Brazil's major magazine, with a weekly circulation of 
1.23 million, stated that by transforming the Brazilian embassy into 
ousted President Manuel Zelaya's headquarters Brazil has only served 
Hugo Chavez' greed in the region.  Veja compares the situation to 
1965, when Brazil helped the U.S. military in the Dominican 
Republic; now Brazil is "siding" with Uncle Chavez not with Uncle 
Sam like it did before.  It also questions what led the Brazilian 
government to act in a supporting role of Chavista expansionism in 
Latin America and says that the actions in Honduras are not in the 
interest of the Brazilian people.  "Supporting Zelaya does not mean 
defending democracy.  It means supporting Chavez' dictatorship."  It 
also says that working with Chavez to arrange Zelaya's return to 
Honduras only served the electoral interests of President Lula's 
party (PT). 
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