US embassy cable - 04TEGUCIGALPA1598

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001598 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR PD/WHA (OHILTON), IIP/G/WHA, EB/EPPD 
INFO IIP/T/ES 
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, PREL, SMIG, KPAO, HO 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TPS, JULY 20, 2004 
 
 
1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" 
on 7/20 entitled "Neither yes or no."  "Despite the fact 
that Washington hasn't accepted or refused a new TPS 
extension, the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs is 
optimistic, and President Maduro has planned a trip to the 
U.S. in September to negotiate a fifth extension.  The 
Salvadoran President, who presented a similar request, has 
recently returned from Washington with dismay, where he even 
promised to send another contingent of Salvadoran troops to 
Iraq, but we can't lose hope." 
 
"The Honduran government anticipates that a massive 
deportation of so many Hondurans and other Central Americans 
living illegally in the U.S. just wouldn't be possible, and 
this fact wouldn't give Washington another chance but to 
keep extending TPS every time the deadline approaches. 
Besides, the U.S. is considering the human implications for 
our countries and our economies, which will be severely 
affected because they are mostly dependent of the millions 
of dollars we receive every year as remittances." 
 
"These negotiations aren't only a task for the Honduran or 
the Salvadoran president, but for all Central American 
presidents that should organize a diplomatic offensive in 
Washington, to achieve a migratory amnesty or any other 
definite solution for this issue." 
 
Palmer