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### Viewing cable 09QUITO791, BROADCAST TAPE OF CORREA HAS TELEAMAZONAS FEELING

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09QUITO791 | 2009-09-01 17:05 | 2011-04-13 17:05 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Quito
Appears in these articles: http://www.eluniverso.com/2011/04/13/1/1355/cable-223201.html

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000791

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: TWENTY YEARS
    TAGS: PHUM PGOV KPAO EC
    SUBJECT: BROADCAST TAPE OF CORREA HAS TELEAMAZONAS FEELING
    THE HEAT

    REF: QUITO 00437

    Classified By: Ambassador Heather Hodges for Re...

    id: 223201
    date: 9/1/2009 17:17
    refid: 09QUITO791
    origin: Embassy Quito
    classification: CONFIDENTIAL
    destination: 09QUITO437
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L QUITO 000791

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: TWENTY YEARS
    TAGS: PHUM PGOV KPAO EC
    SUBJECT: BROADCAST TAPE OF CORREA HAS TELEAMAZONAS FEELING
    THE HEAT

    REF: QUITO 00437

    Classified By: Ambassador Heather Hodges for Reasons 1.4 (b, d)

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his latest weekly address on August
    29, President Correa lashed out against the independent
    television station, Teleamazonas, and what he called "a sewer
    with antennas" and demanded its immediate closure following
    its airing of a clandestine recording.  The 2008 audio
    recording, captured Correa's discussions with a PAIS assembly
    member and other government officials about changes made to
    the text of the constitution after it had already been
    approved by the Constituent Assembly.  Correa denies the
    allegations and insists that Teleamazonas be shut down on
    grounds that it violated the Broadcasting Law prohibiting the
    broadcasting of clandestine recordings.  Fernando Balda,
    ex-PAIS member and instigator of the Teleamazonas' airing of
    the tape, claims the recording was actually made by the
    current Minister of Political Coordination.  In the meantime,
    the legality of a potential closure of the independent
    station remains in question.  END SUMMARY.

    ¶2. (SBU) On August 29, during his weekly public address,
    Correa lashed out against the "filth" Teleamazonas and its
    "conspirators" reported in his heated tirade about the
    illegality of the station's airing of a clandestine audio
    tape allegedly of Correa, his Minister of Political
    Coordination, Ricardo Patino, and PAIS assembly member and
    president of the Oversight and Political Accountability
    Commission, Silvia Salgado.  In the tape, the three discuss a
    different version of the constitution submitted by President
    Correa after the text had already left the hands of the
    Constituent Assembly, prior to the September 28, 2009
    referendum vote.  The recording was made public on August 25,
    2009, by Fernando Balda, Patriotic Society Party assembly
    member and PAIS defector, on Jorge Ortiz's Teleamazonas
    program.  According to Balda, he took the recording to the
    Prosecutor General office and made a formal complaint back in
    March.  After inaction by that office, he decided to make the
    video public, first on You Tube in August and then on
    Teleamazonas last week.  Balda stated that he would present
    Patino as the person behind the recording to the Prosecutor
    General's office on September 1; however, no update was
    available at the point of this cable's release.  In his radio
    address, Correa accused Balda of making the covert recording
    himself and threatened him with a charge of treason and
    prison for "spying on the president" and "threatening
    national security."

    ¶3. (SBU) With this latest episode, Teleamazonas potentially
    faces a fourth investigation and third sanction against them,
    which would likely lead to the station's closure (reftel).
    In his address, Correa accused the station and newsman Jorge
    Ortiz of "violating the principles of ethics and breaking the
    Broadcasting Law."  Specifically, the article of the law in
    question states that the "reproduction of clandestine videos
    and/or recordings unauthorized" by those individuals in the
    recording and in a manner that affects the "honor of people
    consecrated in the Constitution" is cause for an infraction.
    In their defense, Teleamazonas claims to have not broken any
    rules since they were not involved in the making of the
    recording, since the tape was made in the President's office
    during official hours and since its content was made public
    by Balda on You Tube as well as in the written press prior to
    Tuesday's airing on Teleamazonas.

    ¶4. (C) If a formal complaint against Teleamazonas is
    submitted to the regulatory body by the President, it is
    unlikely to result in immediate closure.  A Teleamazonas
    executive told Embassy public affairs officer that if the
    government does decide to bring charges against the station,
    it will have to go through the formal legal procedures.  Due
    to the various steps and associated time limits with the
    sanction process it would be "five weeks at best" before a
    resolution would be reached.  In light of the previous
    publication of the audio clip and its transcript, the station
    representative expressed concern that television is being
    targeted for its power to reach the "masses."

    ¶5. (C) COMMENT: After a short period of relative calm
    surrounding Teleamazonas, the recent airing of the
    clandestine audio clip has Correa fuming and the station in
    hot water.  However, with so many questions still left
    unanswered, such as who made the recording and under what
    context was it made, it may be too early to gauge the
    likelihood of a Teleamazonas closure, or the truth behind the

    allegations against the President and his advisors.
    HODGES

    =======================CABLE ENDS============================

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