US embassy cable - 05TEGUCIGALPA2009

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002009 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR WHA/PD, IIP/T/ES, IIP/G/WHA, EB, AND WHA/CEN 
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, PREL, PGOV, EPET, KPAO, HO 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON HURRICANE RITA AND OIL PRICES, 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
 
 
1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" 
on 9/28 titled "Boogeyman."  "Hurricane Rita wasn't as 
violent or as harmful as Katrina, but has had some negative 
impact in the communities in the southern U.S., and has also 
affected some oil refineries.  However, that hasn't provoked 
a dramatic rise in international oil prices as it was 
expected." 
 
"Here in Honduras, uncertainty still prevails on the 
consequences it will have on domestic oil prices.  But, in 
the meantime, the transnational oil importers took into 
account the suggestions made by the ad-hoc Oil Commission to 
provide subsidized gas for public buses and taxis in the 
main cities, but not to all other consumers.  As we can see, 
since the government lost control of the gasoline issue, it 
now can't find its way out of this labyrinth." 
 
Williard