These two are a fucking LIARS......

Embajador Carlos Pascual and Presidente Felipe Calderón

cable 09MEXICO3061, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DENNIS BLAIR'S

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Blair asked Calderon for his perspective on
political developments in the region and how the United
States could continue to increase its diplomatic
effectiveness.Calderon emphasized that Venezuelan President 
Hugo Chavez is active everywhere,including Mexico.He went 
out of his way to highlight that he believes Chavez funded 
the PRD opposition during the Presidential campaign nearly 
four years ago.Chavez uses social programs,including 
sending doctors,to curry political influence,and there are 
governors in Mexico who may be friendly to him.Calderon 
said that Mexico is trying to isolate Venezuela through the 
Rio Group.Calderon also commented that he is particularly 
concerned about Venezuela's relations with Iran,and that the 
Iranian Embassy in Mexico is very active.Calderon 
underscored that Iran's growing influence in Latin American 
should be of considerable concern to the United States,and 
Chavez is doing all he can to aid and abet it. 

¶5.(S/NF)Calderon exhorted the U.S.to watch Guatemala and
Belize,since their internal weaknesses make them vulnerable.
He is concerned about Mexico's southern border,and said the
GOM is starting a strategic planning process to better treat
the topic.(Note: Calderon is scheduled to visit Guatemala
next week.End note.)Calderon later in the meeting raised
the southern border again as an area for U.S.-Mexico
cooperation.Ambassador Pascual noted that the U.S.and
Mexico were to hold the next day a joint conference on the
Guatemala border to combat arms trafficking from the south.

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¶6.(S/NF)Circling back to Venezuela,Calderon said that 
Chavez has no qualms about involving himself in Latin 
American elections,and that he tried to do so in Mexico's 
own 2006 presidential contest.The region needs a visible 
U.S.presence,he noted.Chavez,said Calderon,will also 
have the opportunity to do so in a number of upcoming votes, 
especially Honduras.Most importantly,said Calderon,the 
United States must be ready to engage the next Brazilian 
president.Brazil,he said,is key to restraining Chavez, 
but he lamented that President Lula has been reluctant to do 
so.The U.S.needs to engage Brazil more and influence its 
outlook.In closing,Calderon said that there is a link 
among Iran,Venezuela,drugs,narcotics trafficking, and rule 
of law issues.The U.S.should look at Latin America from an 
interconnected perspective. 

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