Get ready for a new period of controversy over U.S. diplomatic cables being unleashed by WikiLeaks. According to this continental roundup by Rogelio Núnez of Spain’s Infolatam, in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Columbia and Guatemala, newly disclosed cables are impacting presidential elections, angering heads of state, and sparking local political squabbles that are likely to have significant consequences.
For Infolatam, Rogelio Nunez begins his overview this way:
The storm over Wikileaks now rages over Latin America. Newspapers ‘Página 12’ of Argentina, ‘El Espectador’ of Colombia, ‘El Comercio’ of Perú, and ‘La Jornada’ of México have begun publication of a new batch of documents leaked by the Wikileaks site that refer to relations between the United States and Latin America.
El Espectador has more than 16,000 cables, El Comercio of Peru some “4,000 pages of classified documents from the U.S. Department of State,” and Página 12 has in its hands over 2,000 of the classified cables. The majority of the documents don’t constitute major updates about what was known or suspected, but nevertheless, they have sparked major controversies in some countries in the region.
WikiLeaks in Peru
Due to the proximity of presidential elections to be held in April, the Wikileaks revelations have had a huge impact in Perú. Even Alejandro Toledo, the favorite to win the elections, has admitted: “The (WikiLeaks) documents are disrupting the electoral process, because they don’t allow the candidates to concentrate on discussing their proposals.”
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