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Viewing cable 09SAOPAULO672, MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BASES IN COLOMBIA

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09SAOPAULO672 2009-11-17 14:02 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXRO0942
OO RUEHRG
DE RUEHSO #0672 3211404
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 171402Z NOV 09
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0208
INFO RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA IMMEDIATE 0203
RUEHRG/AMCONSUL RECIFE 0031
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO
RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000672 
 
SIPDIS 
STATE INR/R/MR 
IIP/R/MR 
WHA/PD 
DEPT PASS USTR 
4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC OIIP BR XM XR KMDR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BASES IN COLOMBIA 
 
"Drugs, the Real Enemy" 
 
 
 
Article in circulation leader and liberal Folha de S. Paulo (11-14) 
by Clovis Rossi states: "If Brazil really wants to help Colombia 
and Venezuela reach an understanding for joint surveillance of 
their borders....[Brazil] has to begin to understand clearly what 
is happening in the border areas.....The problem of the 
Colombia-Venezuela border is not military or diplomatic.  It is one 
of delinquency.... [and] the problem in Colombia is not just 
internal.  Drug trafficking is only less globalized than financial 
transactions.  It is not going to be solved without coordinated 
action at least in the regional arena, the only area where Brazil 
may have a leadership role.....The war threats that Chavez has 
directed against Colombia......is a choice made against the wrong 
target.....The enemy is not U.S. bases in Colombia, but the 
uncounted bases - and soldiers - of the drug traffickers in all 
Latin American countries." 
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