La carta de Cristina a Obama en inglés

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION

Buenos Aires, 30 October 2014

Mr. President,

I am writing to you to bring to your attention a matter that, if confirmed by

you, would have grave implications for relations between our two countries.

What I wish to know is whether Nancy Soderberg, the person you have

appointed as Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), which

reports directly to the Government of the United States of America, is also

the Co-Chair of the American Task Force Argentina (ATFA), an entity

specifically created to attack and slander the Argentine Republic and its

President.

As you are certainly aware, the functions of the PIDB encompass sensitiveissues of national security and include giving advice to the President and to

other US Executive Branch officials. In fact, on 10 November 2012, upon

reappointing Ms Soderberg, the White House publicly described such post as

key. However, the biography distributed by your office does not mention

Ms Soderbergs position in ATFA and the biography of its Co-Chair distributed

by ATFA does not include the high post held by that person in the White

House. Could this be a case of namesakes?

TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

H. E. BARACK OBAMA

WASHINGTON DC


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The organization co-chaired by Nancy Soderberg also publicly accused

Argentina of supplying weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr.

President, anyone who knows our position on the arms trade will find this

absurd. However, you will agree with me that this absurdity would become a

very serious accusation if the person who claims this were, at the same time,

the same person with access to classified information and who advises the

President of the United States.

Specifically with regard to the arms trade, let me make it clear that, quite on

the contrary, Argentina is globally recognized as an active player in policies

to control trafficking in and for destruction of arms. The question of arms is

crucial and that is why I bear in mind, as you surely also do, the words of the

then President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, in the US Congress, when hestated that 80% of the weapons seized from Mexican criminals had been

manufactured in the United States and that there are over 7000 gun shops at

the border between your country and Mexico. Perhaps you know where the

arms that have showered the world with violent deaths come from, where

they go and how they are used. But you can be sure that they do not come

from my country.

It would be inadmissible for a key post of the government of the UnitedStates, with access to classified information and direct links to the US

Congress, were to be held by the same person that co-chairs an organization

devoted to attacking and defaming in the worst possible terms a sovereign

nation that wishes to have productive relations with your country. We

therefore hope this is nothing but a confusion and that it merely and

fortunately involves a case of namesakes.

Mr. President,


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The upcoming G20 to be held on 15-16 November in Brisbane will be a good

opportunity to work together against the vulture funds, to strengthen the

restructuring of sovereign debt and to eliminate tax havens. Bringing those

problems to an end is the role of national leaders, and manipulation by

lobbyists at the service of unscrupulous persons cannot be allowed.

Sincerely,

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