MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY BUREAU--APRIL 1986

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• Publication Date: April 7, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Paraguay Bureau--April 1986
1. Despite four of the worst thunderstorms in
recent years and the "manana" attitude of the local
subcontractor, the Associate ROSET was installed and
operational by the end of April. Regional Engineer
and S.T. Research contractors Mike Tzanakis and
Jim Ross cooperated in the joint effort to get everything
done well and on time. The Bureau can now successfully
monitor Brasilsat Al and A2. A2, however, is carrying only
two carrier beams and the Bureau has no indication when it
will start carrying any programming. There are currently
seven television channels and two radio stations on the Al
bird. No press agencies have been monitored; the
previously monitored EBN and Senado Federal for some reason
apparently stopped transmissions on Al in February.
The ROSET was formally turned over to the Bureau
on 5 May. The next order of business will be a complete
cruise-out of the antenna. This will be started locally by
the cruiser and technicians, who will be joined by a staff
cruiser from Headquarters in early June to complete the
cruising effort and training of Bureau personnel.
The Bureau used the ROSET for its first coverage
application on 1 May to cover the May Day speech Brazilian
President Sarney delivered to the nation.
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2. During the month, the political situation in
Paraguay took a dramatic turn. The opposition has shaken
off some of its fears and held several peaceful protests
that have been severely repressed by the police and
security forces, as well as by "unknown" groups and
individuals. The "unknowns" have gone so far as to attack
the local Radio Nanduti studios twice, threaten the
Catholic Church's Radio Charitas, and enter the medical
college and hospital, where they attacked doctors, nurses,
staff, and patients alike. At the same time, local media
have harshly attacked Ambassador Taylor, linking him and
the Embassy to the upsurge in opposition activities and the
consequent violence.
3. As part of the series of briefings by Embassy
principals, the Bureau Chief on the 3d spoke before the
weekly Country Team meeting on Bureau operations in
particular and FBIS operations in general, stressing that
in the future FBIS will be heavily involved in television
and satellite monitoring.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
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1. The major news story this month was the
increased activity by the Paraguayan opposition and the
violent suppression by the government and its supporters.
In a speech to Congress at the beginning of the month,
President Stroessner largely ignored the situation, but in
impromptu remarks to his immediate aides shortly afterward
he lashed out at the "defectors" from the ruling Colorado
Party. On the morning of Sunday, 13 April, the Bureau had
a monitor on duty and an editor and teletypist on call to
cover a scheduled opposition rally some 100 kilometers
outside Asuncion. The police and Colorado Party loyalists
stopped the demonstrators outside the planned rally area,
however, and in the ensuing clash at least 30 were injured
and several opposition leaders were arrested.
Demonstrations have also been held in Asuncion by students
and medical personnel from the Hospital de Clinicas. These
were forcefully put down, and in one case an FRG camera
crew and the FRG press attache who was accompanying them
were beaten and briefly arrested.
2. Terrorist actions in Chile intensified this
month. Largely claimed by the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic
Front, they included bombings and bus burnings in Santiago
and other major cities. The bombings reached their peak on
the night of the 24th when seven bombings were reported in
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Santiago; on the 29th, a bomb exploded outside the U.S.
Ambassador's residence, breaking windows in the surrounding
area. On the night of the bombing near the Ambassador's
residence, the police rounded up all adult males in some
low-income neighborhoods and took them to a soccer stadium
for questioning. Since then, the police and army have
conducted several more such roundups.
3. Uruguayan President Sanguinetti on the 9th
welcomed Peruvian President Alan Garcia to Montevideo on an
.official visit. In a speech to the Uruguayan Congress the
next day, Garcia discussed the Latin American debt and
other issues. Since the speech was not monitorable from
Uruguayan radios, however, the Bureau's contractor in Lima
relayed the speech live via telephone. Assisting with its
ROSET, Panama Bureau also monitored and processed a speech
carried by a Lima television station that Garcia made to
the Latin American Integration Association during his
visit.
4. In a speech at mid-month, President Alfonsin
surprisingly advocated "capital flight" when he formally
proposed moving the capital from Buenos Aires to Viedma in
the Patagonia region.
B. Lateral Services
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In a note to the Bureau, Ambassador Taylor
expressed his thanks for our coverage of Paraguayan events
and our "timely" delivery. He further said: "I'll try not
to take (too much) advantage of your capabilities, but they
are so conspicuous it's hard not to."
C. Cruising
The cruiser surveyed reception of Radio Free
Suriname and Panama Bureau coverage for which the Bureau
would assume responsibility in the case of an emergency.
The results: Radio Free Suriname is unmonitorable and
reception of radios in Panama's coverage area is at best
sheer luck d no th austral summer. He also surveyed
reception of broadcasts to South America.
Currently he oily involved in learning and cruising
with the Associate ROSET equipment.
D. Technical
1. The technicians had a busy month working on
the Associate ROSET, microwave expansion, and antenna
refurbishment projects as well as on related work. They
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provided translation liaison services and helped the
regional engineer and S.T. Research contractors overcome
work-related problems in the Paraguayan milieu.
2. Although the microwave ex ansion project was
not completed during TDY because the
wiring diagrams did not arrive with the equipment, all the
equipment has been received and tested. We are now
awaiting the fabrication of new racks by a local contractor
so we can install them at the ANTELCO remote site in Luque,
some 20 km from the Bureau. This project should be
completed in June.
3. The Bureau finally received written permission from
ANTELCO -- after 4 months -- to construct a long-wire
antenna and to refurbish two ANTELCO antennas no longer
being used: a doubled-ended antenna that the Bureau will
redirect from Hamburg to Santiago and a log periodic
antenna. These antennas will improve reception of
Argentine, Chilean, and Uruguayan radios.
4. The complete rewiring of the Main Radio patch
panel was finished.
5. The construction of the Bureau's new
television-monitoring booth was completed. The booth
comprises two monitorial positions with the capability to
view five televisions simultaneously; one position also
includes a complete radio-monitoring configuration. This
and other ROSET-related items and equipment will be part of
the background in the video tape production on the
Associate ROSET project produced by an S.T. Research
American contractor who visited the Bureau in late April.
6. The IBM PC/XT was returned to Headquarters
because it was received with two damaged disk drives. The
Bureau expects to receive a replacement in June.
Personnel
The Bureau this month started a recruitment effort
to fill the monitorial position that will become vacant
when Chief Monitor retires in February 1987.
In response to the advertisements published in three local
papers, we received some 40 applicants, 10 of whom are
being tested. The Bureau hopes to make its final decision
on an applicant by late May.
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1. The Bureau Chief attended the changing of
command ceremony on the grounds of the Office of Defense
Cooperation on 3 April. Col Chuck Fry was replaced by Col
Millard Peck.
2. The Bureau Chief to Washington for the Bureau
Chiefs Conference and annual leave 5-29 April.
3. S.T. Research contractor Mike Tzanakis to the
Bureau 1 April-4 May to install the Associate ROSET.
4. Regional Engineer) Ito the
Bureau 15 April-6 May to work on the ET project and the
microwave expansion at the remote site.
5. S.T. Research contractor Jim Ross to the
Bureau 24 April-6 May to assist in the ROSET installation
and training of personnel in its use.
6. The deputy chief
visited the Bureau in the 18th for a briefing on Bureau
operations and Bureau-TCU relations.
Bureau personnel and the visiting engineers
gathered in the office on the afternoon of the 30th to
celebrate the ROSET installation and the coming of the
space age to Paraguay Bureau.
Chief, F S Paraguay Bureau
CC: Chief, Panama Bureau
Chief, Key West Bureau
Attachment: Monthly Production Report
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Paraguay Bureau Production Report for April 1986
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE W0RI:)AGE FILED DURING MONTH: x'75 0
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILEI? DURING MONTH: 8510
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: ?616
BROAD- PRESS PUBL I ---
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
I I . INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE g 9306.0C) 42450. 00 174.23
(minutes or issues per week::) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per mriorith)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Argentina Tel evi sores ("(:)].or
Network in
Spanish x';840
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish 6780
Buenos Aires DYN in
Spanish 7620
Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
Spanish 1543C)
Buenos Aires TELAM in
Spanish 218 ..?0
Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
English 0290
Buenos Aires CLARIN in
Spanish 1410
Buenos Aires GENIE in
Spanish C-)
Buenos Aires LA NACION in
Spanish 1830
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish 8760
Buenos Aires TIEMPO ARGENTINO in
Spanish 970
BOLIVIA
La Paz La Red Panamer- i cana in
Spanish
La Paz Radio I l l i mars i in
Spanish
La Paz El Diario in
Spanish
La Paz PRESENC I A in
Spanish
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BROAD- PRESS F'UBL... I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
BRAZIL
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese E30()
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 387(::)
Porto Alegre Radio Suai ba in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro Radio Globo Network in
Portuguese 51(::)
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese 59(:)
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL. in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro NANCHETE in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo FOLHA DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo VEJA in
Portuguese
CHILE
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish
Santiago DUE PASA in
Spanish
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
Santiago CAUCE in
Spanish
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
Santiago MENSAJE in
Spanish
CHINA
Beijing Beijing in
Spanish
3150
4170
4400
2350
160
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FRANCE
Paris AF:"F' i n
Spanish
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Radio Nandut.i in
Spanish
4050
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
S p a n i shy
1
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
?66(-)
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marto in
Spanish 400
Asuncion Red Privada de Teledifusor-a
F'araguaya Television in
Spanish .`_'8 0
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish
Asuncion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish
PERU
Lima Cadena America Television in
Spanish
Lima Canal 9 Television in
Spanish
Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Lima Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
Lima Panamericana Television
Network in
Spanish
Lima Radio del Pacifica in
Spanish
BROAD._ - PRESS F?'l.1Dl.._ I -
CASTS AGENC I E" CAT I ONS
4970
2210
473.0
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Lima Rad i oprogr-amas del Peru in
Spanish
Lima Television Peruana in
Spanish
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
Lima EL COMERC I C) in
Spanish
Lima EL D I AR I O MARk.A in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
t:;RLiAL)..._ F'RESS FUEL..I
CASTS AGEF\IC I ES CATIONS
URUGUAY
Montevideo Domestic Service in
Spanish 1.4o
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish}
Montevideo Radio El Espectador? ill
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
Span i sh
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
USSR
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Spanish to Latin America
Moscow in
Portuguese to Bra:_ i l
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba
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