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Viewing cable 05SANTIAGO1665, MEDIA REACTION - TELESUR

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05SANTIAGO1665 2005-08-05 19:06 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Santiago
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 001665 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA, INR/R/MR, WHA/BSC, WHA/PDA, INR/IAA 
AMEMBASSY FOR PAO, IO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION - TELESUR 
 
On August 5, conservative, influential "El Mercurio" 
(circ. 116,807) ran a column by pundit Andres 
Oppenheimer entitled, "Tele-Bush to Stop Tele-Chavez?" 
Quote: 
 
"A U.S. TV channel - which would end up being called 
Tele-Bush - would be counterproductive, at least while 
there still exist remnants of press freedom in 
Venezuela.  As a frequent CNN political analyst I do not 
agree with Chavez' stance that CNN reflects the White 
House's opinions....  However, Telesur should be left to 
its own fate....  If the U.S. Congress wants to confront 
Chavez's financial and propaganda squandering in Latin 
America, it would do better to assist Venezuelan daily 
"El Universal"...that would be far more effective...and 
wouldn't give Chavez a new excuse to remain in power 
forever by arguing that he is defending Venezuela from 
the claws of `imperialism'." 
 
KELLY