US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA1215

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Identifier:	05TEGUCIGALPA1215
Wikileaks:	View 05TEGUCIGALPA1215 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Tegucigalpa
Created:	2005-06-07 22:29:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	OIIP KPAO ETRD HO USTR
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001215 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT. FOR WHA/PD; IIP/G/WHA DIPASQUALE; AND IIP/T/ES 
DEPT. FOR EB/TPP DCLUNE, WHA/EPSC AND WHA/CEN 
DEPT. PASS USTR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, KPAO, ETRD, HO, USTR 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON CAFTA, JUNE 06, 2005 
 
 
1. On 06/04 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" 
published an op-ed by Rigoberto Espinal Irias entitled 
"Mysterious opposition to CAFTA."  "Has there ever been 
solidarity among workers in the world?" 
 
"CAFTA-DR's approval has generated a mysterious alliance 
against the commercial instrument that would be the starting 
point for creating a continental market and strengthening 
trade with competitively and high-quality levels." 
 
"Some U.S. union workers see these `first Americans' 
improvement [of working conditions] as a threat to their 
legitimate interests. Central Americans don't believe they 
can benefit with the arrival of foreign investment and the 
creation of more and better jobs." 
 
"It's a sociological mystery: they are capable of joining 
against the starting point for economic growth, but 
incapable of understanding who are CAFTA's winners because 
with it new international trade relationships aren't 
developed." 
 
"Anyway, we are gaining experience." 
 
Palmer