cable Castilian translations filtered by WikiLeaks
By Gonzalo A. O. Luengo
never held this blog. Until now. It happens that I do not know where to post this, so I decided to drop in this place.
I was reviewing some of the cables filtered by WikiLeaks and translated for sharing. I've taken everything and let the sources http://cableaserch.org clear with each new entry, please see the footnotes to each. I'll select everything that catches my attention. Not much anyway. I'll see if I make a new post if they find something else. Let us ...
José María Aznar and his vision of Michelle Bachelet
In Chile, [José María Aznar] told the ambassador that President Bachelet is strongly influenced by the murder of his father and his own torture during the regime Pinochet. Aznar said that these experiences have profoundly shaped their deciciones executive, more than previously believed. (1)
Augustin Pinochet
It made me laugh: Instead of 'Augustus', speak of 'Augustin', speaking of the work of Judge Baltasar Garzón
Maybe your case famous was his attempt to bring to trial in Spain, the former Chilean leader Pinochet Augustin. (2)
Lula and Bachelet get along with Washington, despite being left
By contrast, the neo-left politicians like Lula (who just visited Buenos Aires sign a series of bilateral agreements) and Chile, Michelle Bachelet, are well regarded here as a pragmatic leaders are making progress on social justice, maintaining good relations with Washington. (3)
Bachelet shares his vision of South American leaders with Ambassador Simmons
I think this is the only cable that focuses so much attention in a Chilean and about former President Michelle Bachelet. El Mercurio published a translation on December 2, 2010 (4) :
Subject: Bachelet share views on South American leaders with the A / S (Secretary of State) Valenzuela.
Sort by: Paul Simons, Ambassador, State Department, EXEC; REASON: 1.4 (B) (D)
1. (C) Summary: President Bachelet emphasized the need to understand the nuances of Latin American leaders and their countries instead of grouping them into fields of populists, pro-Western. During a luncheon on January 12 with the A / S Valenzuela, Bachelet was relatively optimistic about Bolivia, reserving special praise for the minister of Foreign Affairs Choquehuanca and highlighting the many Bolivians politically moderate. She described frankly the challenges facing Argentina, through its institutions weaknesses and lack of a robust democracy to its President unstable. Bachelet has Lula in high esteem and feels that the major presidential candidates in Brazil are less impressive than its current leader. End Summary.
2. (U) President Bachelet offered a small lunch for A / S Valenzuela at the presidential palace of La Moneda on 12 January. The foreign minister, Mariano Fernández, Angel Flisfisch Undersecretary, Director General of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Ibarra, the Ambassador of Chile in the United States José Goñi and presidential advisers and Marcos Robledo Francisco Diaz accompanied the President Bachelet, while the A / S Valenzuela was accompanied by the Ambassador, DCM, and Poloff (take notes).
Bolivia: more moderate than what many perceive
3. (C) Strengthening the global sense of hope inspired by President Obama will be the great American challenge ahead, he said President Bachelet to A / S Valenzuela. Some leaders, including Evo Morales of Bolivia, are caught in a trap of opposing U.S. entities and individual ombudsmen. Likewise, there are many moderates in Bolivia, she said, implying that some Americans do not understand this. Bachelet warned against putting in the same bag all the leaders of inclination Latin American populism, stressing that Morales was very different from Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, and Morales had been elected legitimately. Fernández Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Secretary Flisfisch added that it was likely that Morales' MAS party will do well in local elections in April, further consolidating the power of the Bolivian leader.
4. (C) Bachelet had high praise for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia David Choquehuanca, who, she says, is more sophisticated than other Bolivian leaders and is "clear and capable." Cultural differences are important to understanding Bolivia and their leaders, Bachelet insisted, adding that although she had discussed with Choquehuanca economic growth, he has a different and more concentrated on the quality of life in economic development for its own sake.
Argentina: A country tested an unstable President
5. (C) Bachelet was frank about their views on Argentina, and said that Chile's neighbor has credibility problems as a country, its democracy is not robust and its institutions are strong. Flisfisch said the unusual federal system in Argentina and the Peronist ideology which can lead to political paranoia, are additional obstacles political and economic stability. Argentines tend to live from crisis to crisis, added the President, instead of pursuing policies stable, long-term.
6. (C) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is emblematic of the problems of Argentina, Chileans agreed. Kirchner is not anti-American nature, Bachelet said, but is convinced that the incident of "Suitcase" in 2007 was a conspiracy against her and will not consider any evidence that says otherwise. (Note: "Suitcase" refers to an incident in which Venezuelan officials (sic) found nearly $ 800 billion in cash in the suitcase of a U.S. citizen at the airport in Buenos Aires. (Editor 's Note: Argentine officials were). An assistant U.S. attorney said the money was illegal contributions to the campaign of Kirchner. End note.) In general, Kirchner is prone to believe rumors and defamatory newspaper articles and has a tendency to make public comments unfortunate, Bachelet noted, recalling the negative comments after the recent trip Kirchner A / S Valenzuela to that country.
7. (C) President Bachelet stressed that Chile had reached a very positive relationship with Argentina despite the challenging political situation in that country and the weaknesses of Kirchner. Chile and Argentina have a number of bilateral agreements in force and during the October visit to Santiago de Kirchner the two presidents shared the now famous "embrace of Maipú" after recalling the historic friendship and heroism of both countries.
Brazil: Presidential candidates can not hold a candle to Lula
8. (C) In describing Lula as a "political fox," the President said that Brazil does not play a major role in a majority of regional issues, despite press reports that describe the country well as an important regional mediator. Bachelet believes that Brazil is more interested in acting in world stage on issues including climate change and nuclear non-proliferation. On the other hand, Brazil has been steadily a good ally of Chile, said the governor, calling the President Lula as intelligent and charming. She also gave his opinion on the major presidential candidates in Brazil, who, she said, do not have the distinguishing features of Lula. He described the opposition candidate José Serra as arrogant and preferred Lula's chief of staff Dilma Roussef, as distant and formal.
presidential elections Chile: Concern over presidency of Piñera and bias of the press
9. (C) With regard to presidential elections approaching Chile, Bachelet issued the belief of many that there is general agreement among the major political candidates, and therefore the attitude and personalities of these are more important than political differences. However, he said it was concerned about a potential presidency Piñera, especially because it would create a tremendous concentration of power (Note: Piñera is a wealthy businessman and a number of his key advisors will likely come from the business community. End of note .)
10. (C) Bachelet expressed her frustration with the sensationalism and bias anticoncertacionista of the Chilean press. Whenever Frei's campaign raises questions about the problem of conflict of interest surrounding the large portfolio of shares Piñera, the effort is described as a "dirty war" by the majority right-wing press, which tends to ignore faux pas on the right.
11. (U) The Assistant Secretary approved this cable. Notes
(1) Taken from http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=06MADRID2632 , paragraph 3, which says: 'In Chile, the Ambassador That I Told President Bachelet is Strongly Influenced by her father's murder and her own torture During The Pinochet regime. Said Aznar These Experiences That Are More profoundly shaping her executive Decisions Than Previously Believed I Had. "
(2) Taken from http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=09MADRID347 , paragraph 5, which says: "Perhaps historical WAS MOST famous historical case Attempt to bring to trial in Spain formed Chile Augustin Pinochet ruler. "
(3) Taken from http://cablesearch.org/cable/view.php?id=08BUENOSAIRES235 , paragraph 8, which states: 'In contrast, neo-left Politicians like Lula (Who just visited Buenos Aires to sign a number of bilateral agreements) and Chile's Michelle Bachelet Are well-regarded here as pragmatic Leaders Who are making progress on social justice while Maintaining good relations with Washington. "
(4) Available in http://www.mer.cl/modulos/generacion/mobileASP/detailNew.asp?idNoticia=C57602020101202&strNamePage=MERSTIN004AA0212.htm&codCuerpo=705&codRev=&iNumPag=4 & ; strFecha = 2/12/2010 & iPage = 1 & tipoPantalla =, accessed December 8, 2010. Gonzalo A.
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