US embassy cable - 04CARACAS1800

C O N F I D E N T I A L CARACAS 001800 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/20/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, PGOV, SOCI, VE 
SUBJECT: CORRECTED COPY: ANTI-SEMITIC TRACTS IN INTERIOR 
MINISTRY OFFICES 

 
CLASSIFIED BY: ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION ABELARDO A. ARIAS FOR REA 
SONS 1.4 (D) 
 
PARAGRAPHS FIVE AND SIX AMENDED TEXT. 
 
1.  (U) VISITING AN OFFICE IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND 
JUSTICE (MIJ) ON APRIL 29, POLOFF FOUND A LARGE STACK OF 
PRO-CHAVEZ RELIGIOUS TRACTS IN THE WAITING AREA.  THE 
COLOR-PRINTED LEAFLETS, CONTAINED APOCALYPTIC ANTI-SEMITIC 
AND ANTI-AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND THREATS.  AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 
PAPER, DATED FEBRUARY 13, IS AN EXPLANATION THAT THE PASSAGE 
WAS FOUND ON THE INTERNET.  ITS SPONSORS ARE A GROUP OF 
OBSCURE, APPARENTLY PRO-CHAVEZ, GROUPS. 
 
2.  (U) THE LEAFLET SAYS "THE SLAUGHTER OF JUSTICE BEGINS IN 
THE SYNAGOGUE OF CARACAS... THE SYNAGOGUE OF CARACAS THAT 
MURDERED THE FIRST INNOCENT IN THE STREETS OF THE CITY." 
WITH REFERENCES TO A COUP, IT ALLUDES TO THE U.S. ALLEGEDLY 
WANTING "BLOOD, NATIONAL REBELLION, DEATH OF THE MOST 
INNOCENT, INCLUDING THE BEST OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS 
PRESIDENT."  WASHINGTON, ACCORDING TO THE LEAFLET, IS WHERE 
THE THRONE OF THE BEAST IS LOCATED. 
 
3.  (U) IT CALLS THE RABBI OF CARACAS "THE BIGGEST ENEMY OF 
BOLIVAR," AND MENTIONS THE SONS OF SATAN, WHO EXPRESSED JOY 
AT THE ZIONIST COUP AGAINST VENEZUELA, "WHEN THAT BLACK NIGHT 
THE DARK WORLD OF THE "COORDINATOR" OF VENEZUELA WAS A 
CONSPIRING PRIEST AND TENTACLE OF THE DRAGON."  THE DEATH OF 
THE SONS OF SATAN WILL NOT CEASE UNTIL "THE DEATH OF THE 
RABBI OF THE COUP ... THE BEAST AND HIS CONSPIRACY AGAINST 
    VENEZUELA IS REVEALED AND BOLIVAR ARISES."  THE LEAFLET THEN 
MAKES REFERENCE TO PLAN COLOMBIA, AND THE "MURDEROUS CIA." 
ALL WILL PAY WITH DEATH, THE TEXT CONTINUES, "ALSO THOSE OF 
THE "COORDINADORA"." 
 
4.  (U) THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF JUSTICE AND RELIGION TOLD 
POLOFF MAY 4 THAT HIS OFFICE RECEIVES NUMEROUS RELIGIOUS 
LEAFLETS, AND LEAVES THEM IN RECEPTION FOR PEOPLE TO READ. HE 
DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENT OF THIS LEAFLET, THOUGH 
HE OFFERED TO DISCUSS IT WITH POLOFF IN THE FUTURE. 
 
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5.  (U) IN JANUARY 2004 THE EMBASSY RECEIVED AN E-MAIL WHICH 
CONTAINED THE MESSAGE "CAREFUL YOU COULD DIE ON LEAVING YOUR 
DOOR. IF YOU ARE NORTH AMERICAN OR JEWISH YOU AND YOUR 
CHILDREN ARE IN DANGER IN VENEZUELA." IT CONTAINED PHOTOS OF 
DEAD CHILDREN, AND LINKED TO A NOW INACTIVE WEB SITE OF THE 
"GUAICAPURO NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT". WE DO NOT/NOT KNOW 
IF THERE IS ANY CONNECTION WITH THE GOV. 
 
6.  (U) IN APRIL 2004 THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT JUAN 
VICENTE RANGEL RELEASED A PRESS STATEMENT REFERRING TO THE 
OWNERS OF A BUSINESS INVOLVED IN A LABOR DISPUTE AS BEING "OF 
JEWISH NATIONALITY." THE OWNERS ARE VENEZUELAN CITIZENS OF 
VENEZUELAN NATIONALITY. 
 
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COMMENT 
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4.  (C) WE WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THESE LEAFLETS OPENLY IN A 
GOVERNMENT OFFICE.  THE TEXT, ANGRY IN TONE, STEEPED IN 
BIBLICAL REFERENCES, AND STRONGLY ANTI-SEMITIC, DID NOT FAIL 
TO JAB AT THE U.S.  THOUGH MORE RADICAL, THE LEAFLET'S 
MESSAGE FITS WITH PRESIDENT CHAVEZ'S USAGE OF BIBLICAL 
IMAGERY, SUCH AS THE EARLY REFERENCE TO PRIVATE MEDIA AS THE 
FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE. 
SHAPIRO 
 
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