US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA1310

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001310 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR IIP/G/WHA AND IIP/T/ES, 
FOR WHA/PDA, WHA/USOAS, AND WHA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, PREL, KPAO, PGOV, KDEM, HO 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS, JUNE 20, 2005 
 
 
2.  The San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "Tiempo" carried 
an editorial entitled "Continental Summit."  "The Central 
American presidents, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and the 
Secretary General of the Organization of American States 
 
SIPDIS 
(OAS) will meet in Tegucigalpa the 29 and 30th of this month 
to hold a meeting of the Tuxtla Gutierrez Mechanism as well 
as a regular meeting of the Central American Integration 
System (SICA)." 
 
"The purpose of this continental summit is to analyze and 
make decisions regarding the Puebla Panama Plan (PPP) and 
examine the integration process in Central America.  Other 
topics that will be discussed are the fight against 
terrorism, organized crime, and situations of 
ungovernability in the region." 
 
"In the course of these two days of the Summit of 
Presidents, more than likely the attention of the presidents 
and the ministries of foreign affairs will be focused on 
critical problems, among which are the situations in 
Nicaragua and Panama." 
 
"Also, this Continental Summit offers some hopes on a 
possible alignment in Latin America based on the North-South 
blocks that seem to be the basis of North American diplomacy 
in dealing with Latin America." 
 
Palmer