US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA1774

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001774 
 
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, AUGUST 25, 2005 
 
 
1. On 8/25 San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" 
published an op-ed by Fausto Leonardo Henriquez entitled 
"CAFTA Central America-Dominican Republic-U.S.A."  "The 
economic agreement of July 28, 2005 has created several 
debates, discussions, and protests all over; the final phase 
in the North American Congress was fast and the votes were 
tight." 
 
"I've been a witness, and I have even been a participant in 
several fora, of the social proposal to fight against 
poverty in Honduras and the fears this new form of economic 
globalized neocolonialism brings." 
 
 
"CAFTA is a brotherhood among people and a path to 
`Americanization.' What is yet to be determined is whether 
or not it is unfair, and whether or not it is a disadvantage 
to the people involved in this treaty. This treaty is to 
prepare ourselves for America's continentalization, because 
that is what we are: America." 
 
"We are taking painful and sometimes incomprehensible steps 
toward a full continental identity. A process that can be 
considered as `Americanization.' What today seems to us as 
craziness is part of a journey that will end in a single 
idea: America." 
 
"A constitution, powers capable to restore democracy, 
liberty, and social justice will be born." 
 
Williard