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E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/3/2016
SUBJECT: HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN CARDINALS SEEK USG HELP
IN PROMOTING FREE TRADE
REF: (A) VATICAN 034, (B) 05 VATICAN 562
CLASSIFIED BY: Christopher Sandrolini, Deputy Chief of Mission,
EXEC, State.
REASON: 1.4 (d)
¶1. (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin
American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for
the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free
trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower
classes in the region. End summary.
¶2. (SBU) Taking advantage of their presence in Rome for the
recent consistory (at which new cardinals were named, including
two Americans - ref A) Ambassador called on Mexican Cardinal
Juan Sandoval on March 28, and on Brazilian Cardinal Claudio
Hummes on March 29. DCM and Political Officer were present at
both meetings.
¶3. (C) Sandoval, after mentioning his personal dream of building
a sanctuary in Guadalajara to commemorate Mexican martyrs,
echoed some of our Vatican interlocutors in raising concern
about the increasing presence of leftist leaders in Latin
America - Castro, Chavez, Morales, Kirchner, Bachelet, and
perhaps Lopez Obrador - and called it a dangerous trend (ref B).
He asked whether President Bush could help. Sandoval said that
under Lopez Obrador's governance, crime and violence had risen
in Mexico City.
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