Wikileaks: US berates Rigoberta Menchu
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Sunday, January 16, 2011
The US Embassy in Guatemala berates Nobel Peace Prize winnter Rigoberta Menchu in the latest Wikileaks diplomatic cable release, dated 2008, over Menchu’s defense of the land.
The US Ambassador begins with:
“During the Ambassador’s July 8 farewell call on President Colom, Colom defended his decision to sign a PetroCaribe deal with Venezuela, asserting that the deal would help to alleviate rising fuel and food prices. Colom expressed confidence in new Minister of Government Jimenez, and reviewed the mixed performance of Attorney General Florido and Environment Minister Ferrate. Colom said that Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, whom he called a ‘fabrication,’ had incited indigenous residents of San Juan Sacatepequez to oppose local construction of a cement plant …”
After the cable release on Monday, President Colom’s spokesman Renaldo Robles said the cable is full of “subjective opinions of former embassy personnel,” and “the government reiterates its respect for Dr. Menchu,” according to AP Guatemala.
The Menchu foundation and the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City declined to comment to AP.
Read cable: http://213.251.145.96/cable/2008/07/08GUATEMALA867.html
En espanol:
http://www.elperiodico.com.gt/es/20110116/pais/188720
Censored News will update this entry in the event Menchu responds to the cable.
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