US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA1379

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001379 
 
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 28, 2005 
 
 
1. On 06/28 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" 
published an editorial entitled "Teeth."  "Surely 
unemployment, gang growth, Pueblo-Panama Plan and 
immigration issues will be the main subjects of the Central 
American Summit and will also have the participation of the 
presidents of Mexico, Colombia, IBD and the OAS' and ILO's 
Secretaries General." 
 
SIPDIS 
 
"In informal meetings the predominant subject, after what 
happened in Ecuador and Bolivia, will be the situation in 
Nicaragua. Mr. Enrique even considered moving forward the 
elections but last weekend he withdrew his decision and will 
finish out his governmental term." 
 
"Perhaps this is a great opportunity to consider what these 
countries can do to discourage these falls. Perhaps together 
they can decide to take matters to the OAS in order to 
qualify the recognition that would be given to a government 
that rises this way." 
 
"In Nicaragua the situation has deteriorated to a point 
where Congress and the Executive power didn't even sit down 
to talk things through, ignoring the mediation efforts by 
the OAS Secretary General. Dialogues function well until 
patience bursts and the parties have gotten to an 
irreconcilable position and don't even want to talk to each 
other. In these cases teeth measures are necessary to 
obligate them to look for ways out that are not based on 
whim." 
 
Palmer