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### Viewing cable 09BUENOSAIRES1222, ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR

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09BUENOSAIRES1222 | 2009-11-12 20:59 | 2011-03-13 07:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Buenos Aires
Appears in these articles: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1357063-eeuu-veia-una-oposicion-cercana-a-la-irrelevancia

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 001222

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/09/2029
    TAGS: PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT AR
    SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR
    MACRI

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

    ¶1. (C) Summary: Buenos Aires city mayor Mauricio Macri let
    slip to the Ambassador that he intends to run for president
    in 2011. He criticized the Kirchners for the failure of
    their economic model, for the country's growing crime
    problems, and for alienating the United States. He also
    reiterated past criticisms that the USG was "too soft" on the
    Kirchners. The Ambassador said Washington remained fully
    committed to deepening and strengthening relations with
    Argentina. Macri also reiterated an earlier invitation for
    the United States government to build a new site in prime
    real estate in downtown Buenos Aires. End Summary.

    ¶2. (U) Mayor Macri received the Ambassador for an
    introductory call at City Hall on November 9. He was
    accompanied by his Secretary General Marcos Pena,
    international relations advisor Diego Guelar (former
    ambassador to the United States), and city international
    relations department chief Fulvio Pompeo. The Ambassador was
    accompanied by DCM and polcouns (notetaker).

    Macri's Take on the Kirchners
    -----------------------------

    ¶3. (C) The Ambassador asked about relations between the city,
    the province and the federal government, particularly in
    coordinating police coverage and public security. Macri
    bluntly said, "There are no relations with the Kirchner
    administration at all." He said he would be meeting with
    President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner later that day, but
    that it was only the second time in almost two years that
    they have met. He said the GOA had not been receptive to
    city overtures to discuss jurisdiction responsibilities to be
    divided between the new metropolitan police force and the
    PFA. Indeed, Macri said he suspected the GOA was
    deliberately fostering havoc in the streets in order to
    sabotage his new metropolitan police force from the outset.

    ¶4. (C) The Ambassador said she had noticed in the press that
    a judge had dismissed charges against (Kirchner-allied
    "piquetero" social activist) Luis D'Elia for seizing a police
    station despite the strong evidence against him, including
    videotape of D'Elia. Macri said he considered the court
    ruling a prime example of judicial susceptibility to
    intimidation, but he also said he believed the decision would
    be appealed.

    ¶5. (C) The Ambassador noted that Macri, like many other
    Argentines she had spoken with, had used the word "fear" in
    describing the current political climate. Macri said the
    Kirchners often succeeded by bullying their opponents and
    critics, but now that 80% of the Argentine public reject the
    Kirchners, he thought the media were pushing back against the
    Kirchners where political and business leaders had not. He
    reprised an earlier conversation with then-WHA A/S Shannon
    regarding the need to set limits on the Kirchners'
    misbehavior and the USG's supposed "softness" on the
    Kirchners. He argued that the USG's "silence" on the abusive
    mistreatment it suffered at the hands of the Kirchners (such
    as at the 2005 Mar del Plata Summit of the Americas) had
    encouraged more of the same.

    ¶6. (C) Macri also ridiculed the Kirchners for touting an
    economic "model" that had left 30% of Argentines in poverty.
    "What kind of model is that?" he asked.

    ¶7. (C) Macri said the Kirchners had succeeded in alienating
    Washington to the point where Washington did not care what
    Argentina (unlike Brazil or Chile) had to say about anything.
    The Ambassador sought to disabuse Macri of that notion,
    arguing that Washington remained fully committed to deepening
    and strengthening relations with Argentina. She pointed out
    that Washington was keenly aware of Argentina's position in
    the world as an agricultural powerhouse and of Argentine
    cooperation, actual and potential. As an example, she cited
    Argentina's role in developing satellites to be launched by
    NASA as evidence of Washington's appreciation for the
    high-tech value that Argentina could bring to bear.

    Macri's Running!
    ----------------

    ¶8. (C) In discussing agricultural trade, Macri let slip his

    presidential ambitions for 2011. He said beef exports may
    not be an issue for the Kirchners (because they want to keep
    beef at home), but beef will be an issue for him in a couple
    of years (i.e., when he is president).

    New Embassy Building?
    ---------------------

    ¶9. (C) Macri also asked about USG plans to relocate the
    Embassy and referred to a previous offer to provide a site
    for a new office building. (The site is located in downtown
    Buenos Aires, less than two miles from the Casa Rosada, in an
    old industrial area that the city wishes to develop into an
    upscale neighborhood that would include a number of Embassies
    -- see 08 Buenos Aires 1564.) The Ambassador and DCM
    explained (as we did in late 2008 after consulting with
    Washington) that the Department was committed to finding a
    site that would conform to new security requirements, but
    that the size of the project and more pressing demands
    elsewhere meant that it would be several more years before
    the project could get underway in Buenos Aires.

    Comment
    -------

    ¶10. (C) The meeting was another reminder of Macri's
    directness, his Manichean view of the world, and his
    discomfort with the niceties of interpersonal communication
    (he cut off the meeting abruptly after about twenty minutes).
    These are all qualities that he shares with Nestor Kirchner,
    his bitter political rival. Macri's insistence that the USG
    publicly reproach the Kirchners for their various
    transgressions suggests an unrealistic desire that Washington
    do the opposition's bidding. Nonetheless, the mayor remains
    one of the top contenders for the 2011 presidential race
    (arguably the second most competitive candidate, after Vice
    President Julio Cobos). We will continue to engage him
    actively as the elections approach.

    MARTINEZ

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