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### Viewing cable 06MADRID2708, SPAIN: ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ON IBEROAMERICAN SUMMIT

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 MADRID 002708

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS
    NOFORN

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/23/2016
    TAGS: PREL SP
    SUBJECT: SPAIN: ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ON IBEROAMERICAN SUMMIT
    AND TROUBLES IN IBEROAMERICA

    Classified By: Ambassador Eduardo Aguirre for reasons 1.4 (b) & (d).

    ¶1. (C/NF) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed the upcoming
    Iberoamerican Summit in Montevideo with Iberoamerican
    Secretary General Enrique Iglesias (protect) on October 17.

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    Iglesias also spoke about the friction between Uruguay and
    Argentina, what it would mean if Raul Castro represents Cuba
    at the Summit, Venezuela's loss of support among its
    neighbors, Brazilian President Lula, and Mexico's problems.
    END SUMMARY.

    -- The Iberoamerican Summit --

    ¶2. (C/NF) Over breakfast at the Ambassador's residence on
    October 17, Iglesias told the Ambassador and DCM that his
    first year as Iberoamerican Secretary General has been busy.
    Now it is even busier as he and the Secretariat staff prepare
    for the Summit in Montevideo on November 4-5. He lauded the
    high level of attention that Spain lavishes on this forum,
    noting that the King, President Zapatero, and new MFA
    Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez will

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    lead a big Spanish delegation to Montevideo. He also said
    that Spain was giving the Secretariat good support, including
    a staff of 25. Iglesias said that Spain wants this forum,
    where it is a big player and everyone is together at the
    table, to be successful. He said that the annual summit
    might seem like overkill but is an important way to tie
    together the many activities that go on throughout the year.
    While Uruguay is working hard on the Summit preparations,
    Iglesias said, it is going to be a complex event that will
    test the host. Not only is Uruguay itself facing particularly
    difficult relations with Argentina, but there are fires
    burning all over Latin America.

    -- Uruguay --

    ¶3. (C/NF) Speaking as an Uruguayan, Iglesias said that
    Uruguay feels besieged by Argentina. He lamented that the
    Entre Rios border crossing is closed again, and asked how
    Mexicans would feel if the US closed the US-Mexico border.
    Iglesias said that Argentine President Kirchner is being
    overly aggressive and has become the most hated man in
    Uruguay. With Brazilian President Lula no longer being
    helpful in resolving the dispute and Kirchner the source of
    the problem, a fairly leftist Uruguayan government is being
    driven towards the US, with which it is keen to deepen trade
    ties.

    -- Cuba --

    ¶4. (C/NF) On Cuba, Iglesias said that he has heard that Raul
    Castro might represent Cuba at the Montevideo Summit, but
    hasn't confirmed his attendance. Iglesias said that it would
    be an important sign if Raul were given external exposure at
    an international forum like this. Nonetheless, Iglesias said
    that he isn't sure that the Cubans are ready for Raul to be
    seen as the head of state. While Iglesias hasn't met Raul, he
    knows the other key players in the current triumvirate: Vice
    President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez
    Roque. He judged that while Perez Roque just spews the party
    line, Lage is trusted by Raul and "a guy that you can talk
    to."

    -- Venezuela --

    ¶5. (C/NF) Iglesias said that everyone in Latin America is
    concerned by the behavior of Hugo Chavez, who is becoming
    increasingly megalomaniacal. Iglesias said that over the
    years he has spent a lot of time with Chavez, and has
    recently seen more mistakes and incompetence. He noted that
    Chavez's UNGA speech destroyed a lot of his support within
    Latin America. Iglesias said that Chile finally decided to
    abstain from the UNSC vote out of frustration with Chavez's
    support of Bolivian outposts on the Chile-Bolivia border.

    -- Brazil --

    ¶6. (C/NF) According to Iglesias, Chavez's financing of seven
    or eight additional outposts on the Brazil-Bolivia border is
    now encouraging Lula to turn his back on Chavez. Iglesias
    seemed confident that Lula would win the second round of the
    presidential election. He said that a recently re-elected
    Lula might begin to actively seek to contain Chavez, might
    well look for a stronger relation with Mexico, and might even

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    reach out to the US on trade.

    -- Mexico --

    ¶7. (C/NF) Iglesias worried about the situation in Mexico,
    which has not been able to consolidate the democratic gains
    that came with the election of Fox. He said that the
    instability and lawlessness in Oaxaca are of real concern,
    though the recent PRI victory in the gubernatorial race in
    neighboring Tabasco is a positive sign. Iglesias said that
    Lopez Obrador would have been a bad president but his
    post-election behavior has been so horrible that he is
    definitively finished in Mexican politics.
    AGUIRRE

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