US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA1181

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001181 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT. FOR WHA/PD; IIP/G/WHA DIPASQUALE; AND IIP/T/ES 
DEPT. FOR PM AND EB/TRA 
DEPT. FOR WHA/EPSC, WHA/PPC AND WHA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, KPAO, PGOV, MASS, EAIR, EAID, HO 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT U.S.-HONDURAN MILITARY BASE 
SOTO CANO/PALMEROLA, MAY 31, 2005 
 
 
1. On 05/29 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" 
published an op-ed by Habencio Varela Montoya entitled 
"Important for Hondurans."  "Brothers in pain and misery, to 
take decisions at the national level must be our alternative 
in light of the precarious economic situation in our 
country. The suggestion of honest and worthy elements that 
look outside our national borders has brought to our 
attention the importance of a permanent place for the export 
of Honduran products." 
 
"Mother nature is prodigious; unfortunately, decision makers 
in our country won't take the steps necessary to make 
Honduras a place of well being and greatness for all. I want 
to refer to the incomparable Airbase Palmerola, which we 
know is the Promised Land for existing sophisticated 
airplanes. The other port in the Atlantic, Puerto Cortes, 
should be called number one in Central America." 
 
Palmer