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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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03BUENOSAIRES1662 | ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT-ELECT KIRCHNER NAMES CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. PRESIDENT-ELECT NESTOR KIRCHNER ANNOUNCED THE COMPOSITION OF HIS CABINET ON MAY 20. AS KIRCHNER HAD STATED DURING THE CAMPAIGN, ROBERTO LAVAGNA WILL CONTINUE ON AS ECONOMY MINISTER. THE BIGGEST SURPRISES WERE HIS SELECTION OF JUDICIAL AFFAIRS EXPERT RAFAEL BIELSA AS FOREIGN M [...] | 2003-05-20 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR US |
03BUENOSAIRES1747 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TAKES OFFICE WITH PREDICTABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NESTOR KIRCHNER'S MAY 25 INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ADVOCATING A GREATER STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING FISCAL DISCIPLINE. HE REPEATED HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GIVE PROMINENCE OF PLACE TO ARGENTINA'S RELATIONS WITH [...] | 2003-05-28 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL AR CU |
04BUENOSAIRES2228 | WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2004 UPDATE [...] In 2002, the Ministry of Labor estimated that 7.1 percent of children ages 5 to 14 were working in Argentina. Such statistics have not been updated to reflect the severity and consequences of the 2001 economic crisis. According to the Minister of Health, there are more children than adults [...] | 2004-08-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KOCI KWMN ELAB AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2291 | FORMER PRESIDENT DUHALDE ON KIRCHNER, FTAA AND [...] (C) Summary: Former President Eduardo Duhalde claims that a MERCOSUR-led "South American Union" will be announced before year's end. He claimed to support free trade and FTAA, especially after the recent compromise reached at the WTO meeting in Geneva. Duhalde said President Kirchner is more pr [...] | 2004-08-10 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL AR MERCOSUR FTAA |
04BUENOSAIRES2310 | INDIGENOUS RIGHTS SUPPLEMENT: RIGHTS TO LAND AND [...] Argentina's Northwest province of Salta is undergoing a gradual economic transformation with prices for agricultural products, mining, oil up, and the tourism sector growing. Life, however, for the region's rural poor and indigenous communities remains difficult, characterized by high unemploy [...] | 2004-08-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI ELAB PGOV EAID SENV AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2320 | NEW SECURITY MINISTER STAYS THE COURSE, MOSTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than two weeks after assuming office, Justice Minister Horacio Daniel Rosatti presented four domestic security initiatives to the Senate initially proposed by his predecessor Gustavo Beliz, indicating that the recent change in leadership at the Ministry will not affect the [...] | 2004-08-13 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2419 | KIRCHNER MOVES SECURITY SECRETARIAT INTO CASA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 President Nestor Kirchner announced the transfer of the Security Secretariat from the Justice Ministry to the Interior Ministry. This is widely viewed as a positive step that will increase the profile of security issues, by both placing one of the most influential Mi [...] | 2004-08-25 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS |
04BUENOSAIRES2540 | AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...] | 2004-09-03 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04BUENOSAIRES2712 | AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...] | 2004-09-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04BUENOSAIRES2714 | ARGENTINA SIGNS INL LETTER OF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Beilsa and Ambassador Gutierrez signed the first INL Letter of Agreement (LOA) since 1995. Post would like to express its appreciation to the INL and L Bureaus for their tremendous assistance in this process. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On September 17, Argenti [...] | 2004-09-23 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2866 | ARGENTINA: POLLING THE POLLSTERS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff recently met with several of the leading Argentine pollsters to discuss their views on the image of the United States, public support for Kirchner, and the current political situation in Argentina. Included in these meetings were Graciela Romer, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Mari [...] | 2004-10-07 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2891 | ARGENTINA: THE UCR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (U) Summary: The election of Adolfo Stubrin as president of the national Radical Civil Union (UCR) convention provides the UCR the opportunity to reorganize the party and begin to build on its grass-roots strength to serve as a viable opposition to the ruling Peronist Party (PJ). Stubrin's [...] | 2004-10-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2894 | POSSIBLE KIRCHNER VISIT TO CUBA STILL UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: At a luncheon on October 6, Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador that Cuba was lobbying hard for an official visit from either President Nestor Kirchner or the first lady but that no visit would be contemplated until Cuban scientist Hilda Molina wa [...] | 2004-10-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU AR MOLINA |
04BUENOSAIRES2900 | MEETING WITH TUCUMAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28-29, Pasoffs and Poloff met with Tucuman Governor Jose Jorge Alperovich and leading journalists in the province. The meeting with the Governor was positive and covered key issues facing the province, such as economic reform, relations with the national governmen [...] | 2004-10-13 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
04BUENOSAIRES2904 | OFFER OF ASSISTANCE WITH POLITICAL RECONCILIATION [...] (C) On October 13th, Ambassador accompanied by POLCOUNS and POLOFF met with leading Argentine pollster Graciela Romer. She has long been a helpful contact of the Embassy. (SEE REFTEL) Romer is active in opinion polling and political consulting in many parts of Latin America, and has comple [...] | 2004-10-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VZ |
04BUENOSAIRES2912 | ARGENTINA CRACKS DOWN ON PIQUETEROS IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early in the morning of Saturday October 2, 85 members of an elite Gendarmeria riot control unit, assisted by provincial police, broke up a roadblock and forcibly ended the piquetero occupation of an oil depot in the town of Caleta Olivia in President Nestor Kirchner,s home prov [...] | 2004-10-14 17:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR PROTESTS |
04BUENOSAIRES3041 | VENEZUELA: SPEAKING OUT ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POLCOUNS, delivered reftel demarche on Venezuela,s deteriorating democracy and human rights situation on October 22 to Argentine MFA Under Secretary for Latin American Policy, Ambassador Dario SIPDIS Alessandro. Alessandro was accompanied by his deputy, the Director [...] | 2004-10-27 18:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL VE AR DEMARCHE |
04BUENOSAIRES3066 | PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH GOA ON SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) Summary: DCM met October 22 with Argentine MFA Under Secretary for Latin American Policy Ambassador Dario SIPDIS Alessandro to discuss planning for next year's Summit of the Americas and to deliver talking points on Summit preparation. DCM also raised with Alessandro the recent visit to [...] | 2004-11-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KSUM PGOV PREL AR HA SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DEMARCHE |
04BUENOSAIRES3067 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM BIELSA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez met October 29 with Foreign Minister Bielsa to deliver a letter from Secretary Powell congratulating Argentina on its selection to the UN Security Council and to review other bilateral and regional issues. The Ambassador expressed his satisfaction with the st [...] | 2004-11-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR UNSC MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
04BUENOSAIRES3081 | COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] | 2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
04BUENOSAIRES3171 | DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 9, PolOff met with the Foreign Ministry's Jorge Luis Gomez, Directorate of International Organisms, and Federico Villegas, Office of Human Rights, to seek Argentina's support for the resolutions on Belarus, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Iran. Villegas noted that these wer [...] | 2004-11-10 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR UNGA DEMARCHE |
04BUENOSAIRES3185 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-12 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS AR UNGA |
04BUENOSAIRES3186 | DELIVERY OF ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE TO ARGENTINA [...] (C) Ambassador Gutierrez delivered on November 12 the Article 98 talking points from reftel to the Argentine Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Roberto Garcia Moritan. SIPDIS Ambassador Gutierrez underscored the importance of Article 98 agreements in our bilateral relationships and noted we [...] | 2004-11-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PREL AR KICC DEMARCHE |
04BUENOSAIRES3216 | URGENT DEMARCE CONCERNING THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-16 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IR BO ZI SU AR UNGA |
04BUENOSAIRES3272 | LOOKING AHEAD FOR HAITI: ARGENTINA DEMARCHE [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered talking points in reftel on November 19 to the MFA Director for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Minister Marcos Breton. POLCOUNS reaffirmed our appreciation for the support Argentina has demonstrated to the people of Haiti and for their firm commitment to con [...] | 2004-11-19 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA AR DEMARCHE |
04BUENOSAIRES3283 | SUDAN: PROMOTING THE EU RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-22 21:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SU AR UNGA |
04BUENOSAIRES3310 | IRAN/IAEA: ARGENTINA ON STRONG NATIONAL STATEMENTS [...] (C) Polcouns delivered points in reftel to the Argentine MFA Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN) the afternoon of November 24 to DIGAN counselor Luciano Tanto Clement. Clement reiterated the GOA's longstanding concerns regarding Iran's nuclear program and its [...] | 2004-11-24 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR AR IAEA |
04BUENOSAIRES3364 | SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: [...] (C) The GOA continues to pursue what it refers to as a policy of constructive engagement toward Cuba on democracy and human rights issues. The Presidency and Foreign Ministry argue that engagement and the influence that comes with it -- however limited -- is the best way to promote reform in [...] | 2004-12-01 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU AR MOLINA |
04BUENOSAIRES3427 | TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S MENDOZA PROVINCE LEADING [...] (C) Summary: POLOFFS recently traveled to Mendoza to attend a political development conference, meet with leading political leaders, and participate in a cosmic ray observatory dedication ceremony. Mendoza enjoys greater political diversity than the nation as a whole, with three well-develop [...] | 2004-12-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
04BUENOSAIRES3489 | MOLINA INCIDENT CREATES TURMOIL WITHIN ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the Molina incident at the Argentine embassy in Havana on December 16, Chief of Cabinet Alberto Fernandez told reporters on Friday that a "clarification" would be made later in the day regarding the status of the Argentine ambassador to Cuba, Raul Taleb, and the MFA chief of cabi [...] | 2004-12-17 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR CU MOLINA |
04BUENOSAIRES3490 | ARGENTINE CHAPTER OF 2004-2005 INCSR PART I [...] Argentina is not a major drug producing country, but it is a transit country for cocaine flowing from neighboring Bolivia, Peru and Colombia primarily destined for Europe. Argentina is also a transit route for Colombian heroin en route to the U.S East Coast (primarily New York). Due to its a [...] | 2004-12-17 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV AR PREL |
04BUENOSAIRES3542 | RAISING VENEZUELA WITH ARGENTINA MFA [...] (C) Ambassador Gutierrez met December 23 with Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa to raise again our concerns about recent events in Venezuela. The Ambassador began by noting that in his meeting with Secretary Powell, Bielsa had stated that President Kirchner and the GOA would use every [...] | 2004-12-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL VE AR MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES138 | CODEL DODD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner told Codel Dodd that Argentina appreciated President Bush,s and the U.S.,s help and understanding the past few months. Kirchner reiterated his support for President Mesa and Bolivian democracy. He counseled engaging with Chavez rather than isolating him. K [...] | 2005-01-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP AR CODEL |
05BUENOSAIRES141 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...] | 2005-01-20 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES159 | CODEL DODD VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Summary: (C) During their 24-hour visit to Argentina January 12-13, CODEL Dodd, accompanied by Ambassador Gutierrez, held informative and wide-ranging discussions with President Nestor Kirchner, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez, Deputy Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, and Central Bank [...] | 2005-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES184 | GAINING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) Polcouns met on January 26 with Ambassador Carlos Sersale, director of the Argentine MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs, to deliver talking points in reftel. Also attending the meeting was Ariel Gonzalez of the MFA Legal Advisor's Office who will be represe [...] | 2005-01-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PHSA PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES190 | ARGENTINA: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] The Government of Argentina (GOA) generally respected the human rights of its citizens; however, there were instances of killings and brutality by police and prison officials. There were prosecutions and convictions of police and prison officials but impunity remained a serious problem, as did [...] | 2005-01-27 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES223 | VICE PRESIDENT SCIOLI OUTLINES THEMES FOR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Argentine Vice President Scioli reviewed some of the themes and concerns he hopes to raise in his meeting next week with Vice President Cheney. Scioli said the meeting would present an opportunity to further develop the bilateral agend [...] | 2005-02-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES225 | ARGENTINA: CY 2004 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Due to the signing of a Letter of Agreement (LOA) in late September, Argentina received INL INCLE funding for the first time in nine years. Post is actively working to subobligate this funding early in 2005. In 2004, Post provided USD $1,430 for the maintenance of INL provided radio repeater [...] | 2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
05BUENOSAIRES226 | STATEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM AT THE CARTAGENA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO AR DEMARCHE |
05BUENOSAIRES260 | ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES SEEK TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Buenos Aires on February 1 for a whirlwind "working visit" following his appearance at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil last week (Ref A). Employing the same antics he had performed last week in Brazil, Chavez used his [...] | 2005-02-04 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VE |
05BUENOSAIRES264 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...] | 2005-02-04 22:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR CHAVEZ MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES267 | PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE FIFTH REGULAR SESSION, [...] On February 4, POLOFF met with Ambassador Victor Beauge, Special Representative for Terrorism Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the upcoming fifth session of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) in Port of Spain, Trinidad on February 16-18, 2005. 2. Ambassado [...] | 2005-02-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC DEMARCHE |
05BUENOSAIRES269 | AGRICULTURAL COUNSELOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, the Agricultural Counselor (AgCouns) and staff, and representatives from the Political Section met with Congresswoman Maria del Carmen Alarcon (Partido Justicialista - Santa Fe) and members of the agricultural lobbying organization, "Pampa Sur". Deputy Alarcon [...] | 2005-02-07 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3110 | Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tripwires and [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires has created an Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF),chaired by the DCM and composed of a program coordinator and representatives from MED, CON, RSO, MGMT, FAS and ESTH. The MTF [...] | 2005-12-20 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3119 | HEALTH CARE IN ARGENTINA, A MIXED REVIEW [...] SUMMARY. The Argentine health care situation can be compared to a person who has one hand in a pot of hot water and the other hand in a pot of freezing water: on average, the water temperature is just fine. While Argentina ranks thirty-fourth in the United Nations Development Program's Hum [...] | 2005-12-21 18:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO ECON PREL PHUM AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3164 | ARGENTINA AND CHILE SIGN ACCORD FOR A NEW COMBINED [...] (U) New Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre and her Chilean counterpart Jaime Ravinet signed an agreement December 27 in Buenos Aires to create a combined peacekeeping force to participate in United Nations missions, which is planned to debut in Haiti as early as August 2006. 2. (U) The [...] | 2005-12-28 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES3179 | Province of Buenos Aires Debt Exchange [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Province of Buenos Aires debt exchange closed on December 16. Preliminary results indicate that the province received tenders for USD 2.8 billion of old bonds, achieving a 93 percent par [...] | 2005-12-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
05BUENOSAIRES325 | CORDOBA PRISON RIOT RESOLVED AFTER 24 STANDOFF [...] (U) As of this writing, a riot in Cordoba's provincial prison, that left at least eight people dead, has ended with the release of all hostages. On 10 February, a protest over better living conditions and extended visitation hours turned deadly and escalated into a full-scale riot. The prison [...] | 2005-02-11 21:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS KRIM AR PROTESTS |
05BUENOSAIRES373 | GOA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET; CUBA DISCUSSED [...] (U) Reacting to sensationalist stories in Clarin and La Nacion about the description of Argentina in the Consular Information Sheet on February 16 (reftel),Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and Tourism Secretary Enrique Meyer held a press conference that night to take issue with our Consular In [...] | 2005-02-17 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL PGOV AR US CU |
05BUENOSAIRES392 | ARGENTINE AIRLINE COMPANY SUTHERN WINDS (SW) [...] SOUTHERN WINDS AIRLINES ) NADDIS NEGATIVE; ARGENTINE AIRLINES FORMED IN 1996 IN CORDOBA, ARGENTINA, BY FOUNDER AND CEO JUAN JOSE MAGGIO; BUS ADD: SUIPACHA 1111, 26TH FLOOR, CAPITAL FEDERAL; AVENIDA COLON 540, SUITE 5B, CORDOBA, ARGENTINA; AVENIDA SANTA FE 782, THIRD FLOOR, CAPITAL FEDERAL; LAV [...] | 2005-02-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR DEA |
05BUENOSAIRES430 | POLITICAL RENEWAL OR A CHANGE OF THE GUARD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFFS traveled to Santiago del Estero February 15-17 to meet with political leaders and election officials on the eve of gubernatorial and legislative elections. (See refs for background on elections) Everyone assured POLOFFS that the election would be free and fair, although [...] | 2005-02-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR OFDA |
05BUENOSAIRES461 | GOA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REINSTATING INTERPOL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 28, Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez contacted Ambassador to request USG assistance in obtaining the reinstatement of the Interpol "Red Notices for Capture" for 12 Iranian suspects wanted for questioning by the GOA [...] | 2005-03-01 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KCRM IR AR AMIA |
05BUENOSAIRES496 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SALTA TO MEET WITH GOVERNOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the northern province of Salta February 24-25 to meet with Governor Romero, to review the current state of U.S.-Argentine counternarcotics cooperation on the northern border, and to exchange views with leading business executives in the provi [...] | 2005-03-03 21:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR SNAR OFDA MEETINGS WITH AMBASSADOR |
05BUENOSAIRES507 | ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...] | 2005-03-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR |
05BUENOSAIRES68 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Gutierrez and the Embassy Buenos Aires country team warmly welcome CODEL Dodd to Argentina January 12-13. During your stay in Argentina you will have the opportunity to speak with senior Argentine officials and experts on a range of political, economic and counternar [...] | 2005-01-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1004 | ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...] | 2006-05-04 15:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
06BUENOSAIRES1005 | ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...] | 2006-05-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
06BUENOSAIRES1006 | ARGENTINA PROPOSES FUNCTIONAL IMMUNITIES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Paulo Cavalleri, an official in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN),called POLOFF April 26 regarding our proposal (ref A) to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the November 2006 UNITAS Atlantic Pha [...] | 2006-05-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
06BUENOSAIRES1024 | ARGENTINE CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR AVIAN FLU [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by POLCOUNS and POLOFF, met May 5 with the MFA's Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Luis Cappagli. Among the issues they discussed were reftel points regarding contingency planning for avian flu. DCM explained the steps being taken by U.S. authorities domestically an [...] | 2006-05-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KFLU KPAO SENV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1025 | ARGENTINA VERY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS [...] (C) POLOFF met May 5 with Minister Maria Ines Fernandez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations, to discuss reftel points. POLOFF said that Canada, the U.S., and Brazil had all contributed to the proposed OAS electoral mission for Guyana, but that the OAS was still short of the nece [...] | 2006-05-05 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC OAS PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1028 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.0 percent m-o-m in April, slightly above market expectations of 0.9 percent, following a 1.2 percent m- o-m increase in March. Last month's increase brought inflation to 3.9 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to a 4.5 percent inc [...] | 2006-05-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1035 | THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, met May 5 with Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan at the Foreign Ministry. Also participating in the meeting were Under Secretary for Political Affairs Luis Cappagli, North American Affairs Director Vicente Espeche Gil, [...] | 2006-05-08 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1037 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN LATIN AMERICA CHAVEZ US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the probable crash between the US and Iran; Latin America's regional situation after Bolivia's nationalization of hydrocarbons; Brazilian fears of a regional 'cold war;' the US "praising Argentine and Brazilian efforts to contain Bolivia;" the alleged [...] | 2006-05-08 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1038 | MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...] | 2006-05-08 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1050 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN MERCOSUR LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with Iran attempting to approach the US; China warning about triggering a war like that of Iraq; the implications of Bolivia's nationalization of the energy sector; the crisis of Mercosur; and the Latin American chair at the UN Security Council. [...] | 2006-05-09 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1059 | MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...] | 2006-05-10 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1061 | EXPANDING PSI IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Because of the relative difficulty of regional participation in global Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) events, post requests that the Department and Washington agencies consider establishing a Western Hemisphere PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) by the [...] | 2006-05-10 20:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PTER KNUC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1069 | MEDIA REACTION VENEZUELAN/BRAZILIAN CLASH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the clash between Venezuela and Brazil over the Bolivian gas crisis; the implications of Bolivian nationalization of the energy sector; the aftermath of the war in Iraq; the statements made by nominee for US Ambassador to Argentina [...] | 2006-05-11 18:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1079 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHE: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 11 to Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo of the Office of International Organizations of the Argentine Foreign Ministry. PolCouns reviewed points in reftel with Gomez and Raballo and underscored the importance we place on GoA supp [...] | 2006-05-11 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1087 | MEDIA REACTION EU-LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Bolivian President Morales ruling out compensation for nationalizing foreign oil and gas subsidiaries; the EU's belief Venezuelan President Chavez is a hurdle in reaching a deal between the EU and Mercosur; and statement [...] | 2006-05-12 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1088 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In a press conference on May 9, Minister of Labor Carlos Tomada and Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli announced that the GOA will increase the minimum pension from ARP 390 per month to ARP 470, a 21 percent increase. This will be the Kirchner Administration's eighth increase in the minimum [...] | 2006-05-12 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES109 | QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT - BUENOS AIRES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS: A. OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES: Â [...] | 2006-01-17 12:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
06BUENOSAIRES1090 | ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ADVOCATE EXPELLED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1091 | AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...] | 2006-05-12 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1099 | Argentina: Disaster Management System Overview [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOA has a number of agencies in place to deal with disaster management, many with well-trained personnel and established action plans. Of them, the GOA Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN) is particularly wel [...] | 2006-05-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OFDA PREL SENV KNNP KSCA AEMR ASEC KESS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1102 | MEDIA REACTION US TROOPS TO MEXICAN BORDER EU- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the US Pentagon drawing up plans for troops on the Mexican border; European and Latin American leaders' pledge to bolster ties in "bi- regional strategic relationship;" Argentine deputy Carlos Kunkel rejecting the statements of nominee for US ambass [...] | 2006-05-15 19:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1119 | MEDIA REACTION US SANCTION ON VENEZUELA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US imposing a ban on arms sales to Venezuela because of a lack of support by President Chavez's government for counterterrorism efforts; the USG decision to send troops to the US- Mexican border; the alleged confrontation of the US and China in I [...] | 2006-05-16 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1127 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA director for international organizations Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez on May 16. Gonzalez was accompanied by Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo. 2. (C) Gonzalez said he had been in contact throughout the day with the G [...] | 2006-05-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1130 | AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS, UNIONS SIGN SALARY AGREEMENT [...] Senior managers of Spanish-owned Aerolineas Argentinas and leaders of the unions representing the airline's pilots (APLA) and mechanics (APTA) signed an agreement on pay increases on May 15. Representatives of the airline have agreed: to increase pilots' and mechanics' base salary by 19 perc [...] | 2006-05-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1131 | MEDIA REACTION US MILITARIZATION OF US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US and Mexican reaction to the USG decision to send troops to the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's reaction to the US ban on arms sales to the country; and the Kirchner administration's handling of Argentine economic affairs. Le [...] | 2006-05-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1132 | APRIL 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.0 percent in April, bringing the 12-month inflation rate to 11.7 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 0.9 percent in March and the purchasing power of salaried workers in March was 5.3 percent higher than in March 2005. The poverty rate fell to [...] | 2006-05-17 18:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1144 | MEDIA REACTION US SENATE VOTING A FENCE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Senate voting to construct a fence on the US-Mexican border and supporting citizenship of undocumented US immigrants; Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivian President Morales creating a bi-national mining corporation; the legality of Bolivia [...] | 2006-05-18 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1148 | ARGENTINA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IMSO, IN [...] Econoff presented reftel talking points to Maritime Affairs Counselor Ariel Gonzalez of the Foreign Ministry's Office of Legal Counsel on May 18. Gonzalez responded that the GOA agrees, in principle, with the positions the USG is supporting in the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) [...] | 2006-05-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD TSPL KCIP KSCA KSTC EINT ETTC IMO |
06BUENOSAIRES1154 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On May 11, the GOA sold USD 239 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012),for a market value of USD 200 million, to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The GOA sold the bonds at market prices that translate into a yield of 7.59 percent. With this purchase, the GOV will [...] | 2006-05-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1156 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION BILL; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President George W. Bush requesting additional funds from the US Congress for the construction of fences and temporary troop deployment on the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's scam invasion of the US, intended to train its mil [...] | 2006-05-22 16:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES117 | MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S [...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...] | 2006-01-17 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE |
06BUENOSAIRES1176 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INTERVIEWS LIKELY WARM-UP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kirchner recently gave extensive newspaper interviews that likely presage his speech at the huge rally planned in the central square of Buenos Aires on May 25 to commemorate Revolution Day and the third anniversary of Kirchner assuming the presidency. Kirchner's interv [...] | 2006-05-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1177 | MFA OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS GOA COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Undersecretary for Latin American Policy Leonardo Franco told the DCM and PolCouns in a May 18 meeting that the GoA would remain actively involved in supporting Haitian democracy following the inauguration of President Rene Preval. Franco had just returned from Haiti wher [...] | 2006-05-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR HI |
06BUENOSAIRES118 | MINISTER MICELI DISCUSSES ECONOMIC POLICY AND LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A/S SHANNON REF: 05 BUENOS AIRES 3122 Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) ------- Summary ------- [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon called on Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli during his visit to Buenos Aires on January 12. Miceli said she had worked for former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna for many years and that her presence is a continuation of what the GOA has been doing sin [...] | 2006-01-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EAGR AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1181 | OAS PERMREP MAISTO'S DISCUSSIONS IN ARGENTINA [...] (C) Summary: OAS Permanent Representative John Maisto met May 17 with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to brief him on the U.S. perspective of current OAS activities and the state of play for the upcoming General Assembly meeting in Santo Domingo. Ambassador Maisto also took the oppo [...] | 2006-05-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OAS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1184 | EMBASSY SUCCESS ON BEHALF OF EXPRESS MAIL COMPANIES [...] (U) Argentina's Director General of Customs (DGC) has suspended implementation of a resolution, Resolution 2021, that would have amended the regulatory framework governing international express mail deliveries. Post organized the April 28 meeting between the DGC and representatives of Argent [...] | 2006-05-24 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1188 | MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...] | 2006-05-24 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1189 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; UN AND GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover an interview with journalist Robert Fisk on the war in Iraq; the UN asking the US to close the Guantanamo prison; the US/Latin American ties in the opinion of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner; the impact of the USG decision to militarize the US/Mexi [...] | 2006-05-24 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES119 | MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...] | 2006-01-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE |
06BUENOSAIRES1190 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO UNSC ALLIES ON A BURMA [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli on May 24. DCM reviewed background and talking points with Cappagli and left a copy of the draft resolution for GoA review and comments. 2. (C) Cappagli, who had just re [...] | 2006-05-24 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1191 | ARGENTINA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel points seeking public GoA support of the Iraqi political process to Argentina MFA acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli on May 23. 2. (SBU) Cappagli concurred that the government formation process represented an "import [...] | 2006-05-24 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1192 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 21:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AMGT AORC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES120 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met with Minister of Defense Nilda Garre January 12. They discussed the current situation in Haiti and Garre's vision for the Argentine armed forces. Garre will reconfigure the armed forces for a defensive doctrine, but also continue Argen [...] | 2006-01-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1203 | EMBASSY-GOA BILATERAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] The DCM led the Embassy's Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Working Group's first meeting with a GoA interagency security group headed by Internal Security Secretary Luis Tibiletti on May 23. Post's Working Group included representatives from RSO, LegAtt, MilGroup, DEA, DAO, POL/INL, and [...] | 2006-05-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1204 | MEDIA REACTION ANTHONY WAYNE'S NOMINATION AS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include a reported delay in the US Senate's approval of Mr. Anthony Wayne's nomination as US Ambassador to Argentina; Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana's meeting with US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, and the alleged [...] | 2006-05-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1210 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS; UN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the current situation in Iraq; the outcome of Colombian elections; the imminent voting at the UN Security Council to remove five of its non-permanent members; the implications of the Enron case; the status of the US immigration draft bill; the arriv [...] | 2006-05-31 15:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1211 | ARGENTINA'S SHARE OF FDI INFLOWS HAS DECLINED [...] Argentina received 1.4 percent of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to developing countries in 2005, and 5.9 percent of FDI inflows to Latin America. Both of these shares are well below Argentina's average FDI share during 1992-2000. Even if FDI from the 1990s privatizations is exclude [...] | 2006-05-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1216 | MEDIA REACTION NEW US TREASURY SECRETARY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the appointment of Henry Paulson as the new US Treasury Secretary in replacement of John Snow; the mobilization of some US troops from Kuwait to Southern Iraq; Argentina and Brazil's efforts to obtain greater integration among Latin American [...] | 2006-05-31 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1223 | BCRA Meets its Monetary Target, but Is Not [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The average M2 level during the first quarter was close to the lower end of the Central Bank's (BCRA's) Monetary Program target. Still, M2 increased 26 percent y-o-y, and would have increa [...] | 2006-06-01 19:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1225 | U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) I delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on June 1. I emphasized to Taiana that if Iran was prepared to suspend all enrichment and reprocessing activities and resume cooperation with the IAEA, the U.S. would become a full party to the EU-3 negotiations with Iran. I a [...] | 2006-06-01 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
06BUENOSAIRES1229 | MEDIA REACTION HADITHA INVESTIGATION; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's stories include the current status of Haditha Investigation; the shift in US policy in Iran; and the opinion of Argentina's ambassador to the US on the bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES "... Bush promises a punishment for the 24 civil [...] | 2006-06-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1239 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US immigration legislation; the status of negotiations with Iran on the suspension of its enriched uranium program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and the upcoming presidential elections in Peru. 2. OPINION P [...] | 2006-06-02 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1243 | KIRCHNER'S ASSOCIATES ATTACK FORMER ECON MINISTER [...] (U) Other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (SBU) Summary: Following a number of recent public appearances and statements by former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna, many government officials close to President Kirchner have come out strongly [...] | 2006-06-02 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1246 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IRAN IMF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US immigration legislation; the status of negotiations with Iran on the suspension of its uranium enrichment program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and the upcoming presidential elections in Peru. 2. OPINION [...] | 2006-06-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1251 | MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ HADITHA FTAA- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the alleged murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha by a group of US troops; the consequences of the war in Iraq; the US/Latin American relationship; FTAA/Mercosur ties; a group of Canadian residents that were arrested for planning to blow up targets in [...] | 2006-06-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1270 | ARGENTINA OFFERS MORE FLIGHTS TO U.S. CARRIERS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. This is an action request: see paragraph 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Econoffs met with Under Secretary of Transportation for Commercial Aviation Ricardo Cirielli on May 19 as a follow-up discussion o [...] | 2006-06-06 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1273 | MEDIA REACTION OUTCOME OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of the Peruvian elections; the possibility of US-Uruguayan and US-Paraguayan FTAs; the US 2006 trafficking in Persons Report; and Venezuela's alleged entry into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STO [...] | 2006-06-06 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1279 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...] | 2006-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES128 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 12. During the conversation, which focused on Bolivia, A/S Shannon defined key U.S. concerns about the incoming Evo Morales administration and underscored [...] | 2006-01-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1283 | MEDIA REACTION PERUVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of Peruvian elections; the USG proposal to Iran; the World Bank granting new loans to Argentina; Brazilian military's geopolitical concerns; and hundreds of landless farm workers invading Brazilian Congress to dema [...] | 2006-06-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1286 | CODEL SHELBY MEETINGS WITH VP SCIOLI AND FM TAIANA [...] (U) Summary: Senators Richard Shelby and Paul Sarbanes visited Argentina April 22-24. The Senators' visit was focused on examining GoA cooperation on combating money laundering and terrorism financing but also touched on regional issues and the Argentine economic recovery. The Senators hel [...] | 2006-06-07 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1288 | MEETING READOUT WITH GOA ON TIG INSURANCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM and Econoff (notetaker) met with Secretary of Economy for Legal and Administrative Affairs Estela Palomeque, and Advisors to the Secretary Carlos Arganaraz and Beatriz Pallares on June 7 to di [...] | 2006-06-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1297 | MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-CRIME TECHNOLOGY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US new anti-crime "technological arsenal;" the war in Iraq; the current status of the US-Venezuelan relationship; and post-election Ollanta Humala's statements. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US prepares anti-cri [...] | 2006-06-08 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES13 | MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAW THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: the controversy unleashed by US anti-illegal immigration legislation; the Bush administration's legacy; negotiations related to global farm subsidies; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' first trip abroad; the Kirchner administratio [...] | 2006-01-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1309 | ARGENTINA: 2007 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STARTS EARLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Minister of the Economy Roberto Lavagna's recent steps towards a likely presidential run has opened the 2007 presidential campaign early, with President Nestor Kirchner finally admitting that either he or his wife will be the "official" candidate and center-right Republic [...] | 2006-06-09 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1312 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to meet next week to reach an agreement on the price of Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. No specific date was announced, however. There have been technical level negotiations between the two governments, but difficulties in reaching an [...] | 2006-06-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1323 | MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...] | 2006-06-12 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1340 | MEDIA REACTION AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH US-CUBAN TIES FARM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of Al Zarqawi's death; an escalation in the US-Cuban confrontation; agricultural liberalization as the main demand of developing countries; the progress made by the International Criminal Court; internati [...] | 2006-06-13 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1349 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO IRAQ; ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's trip to Baghdad; and the US House of Representatives passing a resolution calling on the Latin American countries to 'intensify their efforts' against Islamic groups. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORI [...] | 2006-06-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1352 | ARGENTINA-BOLIVIA NATURAL GAS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] Minister of Planning Julio De Vido and Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera ended their 7-hour negotiating session on June 12 without reaching an agreement on the price that Argentina would pay for Bolivian natural gas. De Vido entered the session against the backdrop of public statem [...] | 2006-06-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1353 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 9, the GOA sold USD 243 million of Boden 2012 (a USD-denominated bond maturing in 2012) sold to the Government of Venezuela (GOV). The bonds have a market value of USD 200 million. This is the GOV's sixth purchase this year of GOA bonds, and brings its total 2006 purchases to USD 1.7 [...] | 2006-06-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1362 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, updating Post,s 2004 Investment Disputes Report (reftel C) and its 2005 update (reftel B). Post is aware of 21 disputes involving 19 claimants against the GOA, of which 12 are active. Since [...] | 2006-06-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1364 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IMF-ARGENTINA MIDDLE EAST FTAA-MERCOSUR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Senate allegedly limiting US President Bush's war power in Iraq; the report of external auditors on the IMF performance in handling the 2001 Argentine crisis and the Independent Evaluation Office's review; the situ [...] | 2006-06-16 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1388 | MEDIA REACTION US-NORTH KOREA; FUTURE US AMBASSADOR TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers cover the escalation of tension between the US and North Korea; the future US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; the resignation of DEPSEC Robert Zoellick; Bolivian President Morales' alleged willingness to sign an FTA with the US; Chacho Alvare [...] | 2006-06-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1389 | MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; US-LATIN AMERICA; GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers lead with the current tension between the US and North Korea; the US concern over Latin American democracy; the EU pressuring US President Bush over the closure of Guantanamo prison; US President Bush leading world trade negotiations; the nature of Latin Amer [...] | 2006-06-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1391 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE EU; US ANTI-MISSILE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President Bush's trip to the EU; the US activating its anti-missile defense system in an escalation of tension with North Korea; a report from the US Energy Information Administration stating that Brazil, Colombia and Argenti [...] | 2006-06-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES140 | ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) President Kirchner met with Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on January 17 in Buenos Aires. The Morales visit to Argentina followed a series of meetings that he had conducted with leaders in Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, France, Spain, South Africa and China. Morales stated in a brief pre [...] | 2006-01-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES141 | REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan phoned the Ambassador on January 18 to follow up on the Ambassador's January 12 demarche on reporting Iran to the Security Council (Reftel B). Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador the GOA would support both the call for an emergency [...] | 2006-01-19 17:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AR AORC |
06BUENOSAIRES1414 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; KIRCHNER IN SPAIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea warning Washington about a possible military confrontation between the two countries; the alleged US campaign to avoid Venezuela's entry into the UN Security Council; the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee's resumptio [...] | 2006-06-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1424 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, the presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to announce an agreement on natural gas exports, but several new issues have arisen. Bolivia is standing firm on its condition that Argentina cannot re-export gas to Chile (Bolivia refuses to sell gas to Chile, seeking to recov [...] | 2006-06-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1433 | IRAQ; ALLEGED US ESPIONAGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; EVO MORALES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the alleged preparation for US troop withdrawal from Iraq; former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's statement that US President Bush will ask for his help in fighting the insurgency in Iraq; a new espionage scandal in the US; the rela [...] | 2006-06-26 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1434 | The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...] | 2006-06-26 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1439 | ARGENTINA'S DRUG CZAR ISOLATED, LEGALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22, the DCM, accompanied by Acting DEA Chief and POL Officers, met with Dr. Jose Granero, the head of Argentina's Drug Prevention Secretariat (SEDRONAR) to discuss recent reports that the Interior Minister had ordered several federal law enforcement agencies to stop workin [...] | 2006-06-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1441 | THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...] | 2006-06-27 17:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1442 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS PROPOSED IDB LOAN TO ARGENTINA FOR REMOTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires supports the proposed USD 50 million IDB loan to Argentina for a remote sensing satellite as being in the US national interest and as being an appropriate loan for the IDB. Far from be [...] | 2006-06-27 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID TSPA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1454 | ALLEGED US BANKING ESPIONAGE; MIDDLE EAST; COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include allegations of USG banking espionage; the situation in the Middle East; the implications of Colombian President Uribe's re-election; the summit to be held between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morale [...] | 2006-06-28 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1459 | ARGENTINA TO AGREE TO EXPANDED FLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM met with Secretary of Transportation Ricardo Jaime on June 27 to discuss Reftel A talking points on Open Skies. The DCM observed that business and tourism travel between the U.S. and Argentin [...] | 2006-06-29 10:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES146 | STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...] | 2006-01-19 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1460 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on July 3. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, 2005 President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term l [...] | 2006-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1462 | ARGENTINA: THE K-STYLE OF POLITICS [...] (C) This cable is designed to examine President Nestor Kirchner's unique operating and decision-making style that has become known as the "K-Style." Given Kirchner's control over all aspects of GOA policymaking, knowledge of Kirchner's motivations and methods in arriving at decisions is essential t [...] | 2006-06-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1465 | USG-THE NEW YORK TIMES; MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the confrontation between the USG and The New York Times newspaper over the newspaper's disclosure of the USG's alleged banking espionage; US supporting the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories aimed at rescuing an [...] | 2006-06-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES147 | STAFFDEL MACKEY EXAMINES ARGENTINE NARCOTICS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief Counsel Paul Oostburg Sanz traveled to Argentina January 10-13 [...] | 2006-01-19 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1476 | US SUPREME COURT RULING ON GUANTANAMO; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Supreme Court declaring that military tribunals created after the September 11 attacks violated the Geneva Convention; US Congressional ratification of the Peru FTA; and the US Senate's alleged confirmation of Earl Anthony Wayne as Ambassador t [...] | 2006-06-30 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1481 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, Argentina and Bolivia finally reached an agreement on Bolivian gas exports to Argentina. The agreement was signed by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morales, and provides for an increase in the volume of gas exported to Argentina. The price will inc [...] | 2006-07-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1486 | MORALES IN ARGENTINA TO SIGN GAS, IMMIGRATION [...] (U) Bolivian President Evo Morales visited to Argentina on June 29 to sign agreements with President Kirchner on the price and volume of natural gas deliveries from Bolivia and agreements on immigration and bridge construction. Kirchner did not sign an agreement on coca leaf imports to Argent [...] | 2006-07-03 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD ECON AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1487 | RULING ON GUANTANAMO; MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO; KIRCHNER TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the US media reaction to the US Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo; the implications of the Mexican election; Argentine President Kirchner's trip to Venezuela; the US-Peruvian FTA; US-Indian ties; alleged USG surveillance of banks in [...] | 2006-07-03 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1510 | FM TAIANA INSTRUCTS UN MISSION TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Argentine Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan the morning of July 6. (Note: Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana is currently in India.) The Ambassador underscored the gravity of the decision by the DPRK to go forward with the missile launche [...] | 2006-07-06 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1515 | NORTH KOREA; THE CARACAS SUMMIT; VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local media report on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's address to the Venezuelan National Assembly, in which he strengthened his alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and added that Venezuela "is a full democracy fighting for justice." Papers speculate on [...] | 2006-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1516 | INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ; VENEZUELA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major papers cover extensively the Fourth of July reception held in the Ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires. Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez who underscores that "US-Argentina ties are stronger regard [...] | 2006-07-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1523 | ARGENTINE FM TAIANA'S TRIP TO INDIA YIELDS FEW [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Argentine FM Jorge Taiana led a delegation of over 70 businesspersons and GOA officials to India July 3-7. The mission's goal, according to the office of the MFA's Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, wa [...] | 2006-07-07 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFTA EAGR ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1533 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO REQUEST CO-SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Ambassador spoke on July 8 with Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to urge the GoA to co-sponsor the Japanese UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches. The conversation was a follow-up to the Ambassador's July 6 demarche to Garcia Moritan on the DPRK res [...] | 2006-07-10 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1535 | INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...] | 2006-07-10 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES154 | ARGENTINA: LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao paid a courtesy call on Argentine Labor Minister Carlos Tomada. Secretary Chao took the opportunity to speak about the benefits of free trade, noting that free trade was the best way for Argentina to achieve the goals of continued [...] | 2006-01-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1545 | ARGENTINA: STATE OF PLAY OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Reftel A points to Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio of Argentine MFA International Organizations office on July 11. Fernandez Salorio expressed hope that Chinese diplomatic effort would succeed but reemphasized that Argentina would vote in favor of the UNSC resolution [...] | 2006-07-11 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1548 | MUMBAI BLITZ; GUANTANAMO 07/12/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the bomb blitz in Mumbai killing more than 160 in India's worst terrorist attack since 1993; and the USG's alleged announcement that the Geneva Convention will apply to the Guantanamo prison. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES [...] | 2006-07-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES155 | MEDIA REACTION BRASILIA SUMMIT STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Bin Laden's warning that he is preparing new attacks in the US; French President Chirac's warning that nuclear weapons could be used as a response to a state terrorist attack; French Defense Minister offering Argentina five sup [...] | 2006-01-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1550 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.5 percent m-o-m in June, below market expectations of 0.7 percent, and follows an identical increase in May. The better-than-expected result is due mainly to reduced pressure on food prices, which represent almost one-third of the Index. Last month' [...] | 2006-07-12 20:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1566 | ARGENTINA'S "SO-SO" MERCOSUR PRESIDENCY COMING TO [...] (C) Summary: As Argentina's pro temp Mercosur presidency comes to an end, it can claim success in its top priority, bringing Venezuela into the Mercosur fold, but it failed to make much progress on any other fronts. An MFA official characterized the Argentine presidency as "so-so." Argentina [...] | 2006-07-14 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PINR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1567 | U.S. CITIZEN'S LAND THREATENED WITH EXPROPRIATION [...] The senate in the Argentine province of Catamarca unanimously approved a bill July 13 expropriating 53,603 hectares of privately-held land, a large part of which is owned by U.S. citizen Peter McBride. The bill must still be approved by the provincial lower house and signed by governor Eduar [...] | 2006-07-14 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1571 | FISCAL SITUATION IN PROVINCES DETERIORATING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 b and d. 2. (C) Summary: Provincial finances are deterioriating, with the provincial contribution to the consolidated surplus this year projected to be zero. The worsening state of provincial finances is mainly the result of sp [...] | 2006-07-14 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1573 | JUNE 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.5 percent in June, bringing the 12-month inflation rate to 11 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 1.5 percent in May and the purchasing power of salaried workers in May 2006 was 5.2 percent higher than in May 2005. According to the BCRA's last s [...] | 2006-07-17 12:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES158 | MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...] | 2006-01-20 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1584 | MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...] | 2006-07-17 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1586 | US PRESIDENT BUSH ON ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST LEBANON; USG [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US President George W. Bush supporting Israeli offensive against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militia captured two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday; the USG accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of promoting terrorism; and Ambassador Wayne's confirmed [...] | 2006-07-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1587 | JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...] | 2006-07-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES159 | MEDIA REACTION A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include A/S Shannon's statements on populist governments; the Human Rights Watch annual report; the Brazilian and Argentine presidents' pledge to discuss issues raised by Uruguay and Paraguay; and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazq [...] | 2006-01-20 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1593 | MIDDLE EAST; TRIPLE BORDER; WTO DOHA ROUND; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the war in the Middle East; the US Senate's attempt to pass a resolution intended to create an antiterrorist task force on the Triple Border between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil; and the US-Argentine deal to fight money launderi [...] | 2006-07-18 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1594 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER AT THREE YEARS [...] (C) Coming to power after one of the worst economic, political and social crises in Argentina's history, President Nestor Kirchner has had a successful first three years in office. He is seen as a strong and decisive leader and is credited with restoring governability to the executive branch and pr [...] | 2006-07-18 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1599 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON THE ADOPTION OF A CHAPTER [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Augustin Colombo Sierra and Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Luis Cappagli on July 18. Cappagli is the P equivalent in the Foreign Ministry. Foreign Minister Jorge [...] | 2006-07-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1600 | ARGENTINA PROPOSES ITU QUID PRO QUO [...] Reftel directed the Embassy to seek the GOA's support for reelecting the U.S. to the ITU Council at the ITU's November 2006 meeting. That message was delivered March 2006. 2. The Argentine MFA has responded with a diplomatic note containing a proposal for reciprocal assistance. That is, [...] | 2006-07-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS AORC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1605 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The new price agreement between the GOA and the Government of Bolivia will go into effect on July 15, increasing the price of natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters through the end of 2006. In this context, Chilean Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik met with Argen [...] | 2006-07-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES161 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SUPPORTS URUGUAY'S RIGHT TO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner made a statement to the press on January 19 during his state visit to Brasilia that he would not oppose Uruguay's negotiation of a free trade agreement with the U.S. "If Argent [...] | 2006-01-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL AR BL VE CI |
06BUENOSAIRES1610 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER ON GOA POLICY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 5, the DCM paid a farewell call on Secretary General of the Presidency (President Nestor SIPDIS Kirchner's chief of staff) Oscar Parrilli that included a frank discussion on GOA policy in the region. Attempting to clarify Kirchner's recent comments about the U.S. [...] | 2006-07-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1617 | MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...] | 2006-07-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1624 | K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...] | 2006-07-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES163 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN ALLEGED A/S SHANNON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Argentina's alignment with the US against Iran and promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy; the Latin American intervention in Haiti; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' visit to Argentina and his announcement [...] | 2006-01-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1630 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] According to local media, the GOV will buy approximately USD 600 million of Boden 2012 bonds from the GOA through the end of the month. This will represent the largest purchase by the GOV in such a short period. Along with USD 1.4 billion deposited by the GOA in the Banco Nacion, it will be [...] | 2006-07-21 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1631 | CASTRO ATTENDS MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30th Mercosur heads of state summit took place in Cordoba, Argentina July 20-21. The summit marked Venezuela's debut as a full member of Mercosur. However, the arrival of Cuban leader Fidel Castro has overshadowed all other aspects of the gathering. Castro, Venezuelan pre [...] | 2006-07-21 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1632 | ARGENTINA: FAREWELL CALL ON KIRCHNER INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 19, the DCM paid a farewell call on President Kirchner's closest and most influential advisor, Technical and Legal Secretary Carlos Zannini, that included a discussion on the bilateral relationship and GOA regional policy. Reviewing the U.S. bilateral objectives over [...] | 2006-07-21 21:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES164 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso appreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD during the week to close at 3.05 ARP/USD, one cent below last Friday's close. This week's appreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar sales by exporters, accompanied by the Central Bank's constant intervention in the FX market to prevent [...] | 2006-01-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1643 | MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...] | 2006-07-24 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1656 | ARGENTINE AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's agricultural producers mounted a four-day strike to protest the GOA's policies toward the sector, which include export taxes and market manipulation. Strikers described their act [...] | 2006-07-25 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1665 | MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN CORDOBA: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MERCOSUR summit, which took place July 20-21 in Cordoba, left more questions than answers about the future of the regional organization. The impact of Venezuela joining the union, how to better treat the smaller members of the bloc, whether MERCOSUR can return to a primarily e [...] | 2006-07-26 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1678 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; AL QAEDA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US support for Israel; Al Qaeda entering the confrontation; ties between Hezbollah and the Arab countries; the Russian-Venezuelan relationship; the "dangerous" implications of Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur; an alleged US-Uruguayan FTA; a [...] | 2006-07-28 17:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1679 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...] | 2006-07-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES168 | MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' inauguration ceremony and the progress of indigenous movements in Latin America; the US attitude toward Morales; the US-Argentine relationship; the possible nomination of US Assistant Secretary Earl Anthony Wayne [...] | 2006-01-23 19:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1681 | SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; TRI-BORDER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East; the US proposal to deepen its monitoring of the Tri-Border; the US urging Russia not to sell military equipment to Venezuela; the need for an update in Argentine legislation on terroris [...] | 2006-07-28 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1682 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...] | 2006-07-28 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1698 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 25, the GOA raised the gas export tax from 20 percent to 45 percent. The GOA decided to increase levies on exports to mitigate the effect of the price agreement reached with Bolivia, which increased the price of imported natural gas from USD 3.20 to USD 5 per million cubic meters thro [...] | 2006-07-31 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1705 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...] | 2006-08-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1707 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...] | 2006-08-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES171 | CODEL MCCONNELL FACT-FINDING MISSION TO ARGENTINA [...] SUMMARY: From January 10 to 12, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY),accompanied by Senators Mel Martinez (R-FL),Richard Burr (R-NC),and John Thune (R-SD) held a series of fact- finding and orientation meetings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Following a country team brief chaired by Ambassador Lino [...] | 2006-01-23 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR CODEL SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1732 | K VERGUENZA: KIRCHNER-CONTROLLED CONGRESS PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Lower House of the Argentine Congress approved a controversial bill granting the Casa Rosada permanent special powers to modify the federal budget without the approval of Congress. The bill passed the Senate three weeks earlier. Congress authorized these spec [...] | 2006-08-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1733 | CHARGE MEETING WITH VICE MOD VASQUEZ OCAMPO [...] (C) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with CDA Matera, Mil Group Commander, A/DATT and PolOff, Vice Minister of Defense (Vice-MOD) Vasquez Ocampo stated his satisfaction with the state of bilateral mil/mil relations, including continued cooperation, the Bilateral Working Group, training and e [...] | 2006-08-03 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL OAS HA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1743 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; CUBAN TRANSITION; AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the war in the Middle East and the need for putting an end to the escalation in violence; Fidel Castro's transferring power to his brother; and US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, having to deal with local political lead [...] | 2006-08-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1744 | MIDDLE EAST WAR; CUBA; IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the war in the Middle East; US foreign policy; the situation in Cuba; the danger posed by Venezuelan President Chavez to Mercosur and the world; and expectations about the Alan Garcia administration. 2. OPINIO [...] | 2006-08-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1746 | ARGENTINA AND POSSIBLE TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan told CDA on July 29 (ref. B) that Argentina will attend the Force Generation Meeting in New York--once scheduled--and would consider participation in a UN Lebanon force, depending on conditions on the ground. Since CDA's conversation [...] | 2006-08-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1765 | MIDLE EAST AND A DEAL FOR A CEASE FIRE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers heavily cover the implications of the war in the Middle East and a US-French deal for a cease fire at the UN; a likely FTA between the US and Uruguay; current ties between the US and Latin America; the situation in Cuba; alleged support for terrorism at the T [...] | 2006-08-07 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1766 | USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...] | 2006-08-07 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1769 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On July 28, the GOA published a resolution authorizing the issuance of USD 482 million worth of Boden 2012 bonds to Venezuela, although the bond placement was made secretly on July 17. With this new issuance, Boden 2012 stock has reached USD 15.1 billion, of which more than one-quarter was so [...] | 2006-08-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1786 | MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 18:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1787 | GPS UNDER REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; 08/08/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story include USTR Susan Schwab's announcement that the Bush administration will analyze whether it will limit, suspend or remove commercial advantages granted to the country under the GSP; and US President George W. Bush urging the UN t [...] | 2006-08-09 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1791 | STORY OF RUSSIAN ARMS SALES OVERBLOWN [...] (C) On August 9, The Washington Times ran a story regarding potential Russian arms sales to Argentina (local daily "La Nacion" ran the story last week). The source for the WT story, from which the article quotes liberally, is a standard MOD press release following Minister Garre's meetings w [...] | 2006-08-09 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS PREL VZ RS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1792 | CONTINUED ARGENTINE COMMITMENT TO HAITI AND [...] (C) Vice-MOD and Secretary for Military Affairs Jose Maria Vasquez Ocampo assured CDA August 4 of continued GOA support for Haiti and MINUSTAH. CDA spoke with Vasquez Ocampo following the Vice-MOD's participation that same day in the meeting of MOD and MFA representatives of the Latin Americ [...] | 2006-08-09 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1803 | ARGENTINA SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met August 10 with Federico Villegas, MFA Director for Human Rights, to deliver reftel talking points. Villegas noted that the MFA is still looking at the text of the resolution but that Argentina had supported holding the special session of the Human Rights [...] | 2006-08-10 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR |
06BUENOSAIRES1804 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) paid a courtesy call on Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist, that included a discussion on the 2007 elections and GOA policy. The Charge noted Argentina's impressive economic recovery in th [...] | 2006-08-10 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1809 | MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...] | 2006-08-11 19:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1825 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRORISM; WAR IN THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the failed terrorist plot to blow up a number of civilian airplanes heading for the US; the war in the Middle East; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the implications of the GSP review in Argen [...] | 2006-08-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1826 | ARGENTINA'S PROGRESS ON MERCURY PARTNERSHIPS [...] Reftel requested information concerning Argentina's participation in partnerships geared to reducing mercury contamination, with an eye to the February 2007 UNEP Governing Council meeting, where mercury will be an agenda item. The Embassy spoke on August 11 with Gonzalo Entenza of the MFA's [...] | 2006-08-14 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1827 | MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...] | 2006-08-14 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES183 | MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES, US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers carry speculation about a second possible candidate for Ambassador to Buenos Aires; the aftermath and repercussions of Evo Morales' inauguration and the appointment of his new Cabinet, and the possible advantage of Brazil's 'war industry' as major supplier of weapon [...] | 2006-01-24 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1835 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 8, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner reacted negatively to the announcement that Argentina could lose benefits from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program. The GSP grants duty-free treatment to US imports of goods from developing countries, including Argentina. Accor [...] | 2006-08-15 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1839 | ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EXPANDED UNIFIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 16 to Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli regarding possible Argentine participation in expanded UNIFIL peacekeeping force. Cappagli listened attentively to Charge's argument for Argentine participation but stated that the dec [...] | 2006-08-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINA: IAEA ARREARS AND IRAN VOTE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered talking points on the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting and Argentina's arrears to the IAEA to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 24. As in previous discussions with Taiana on the Iranian nuclear program (reftels b and c),the Ambassador unders [...] | 2006-01-24 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AORC AR IR KNNP PREL IAEA |
06BUENOSAIRES1842 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the GSP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...] | 2006-08-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1843 | MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...] | 2006-08-17 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1848 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...] | 2006-08-17 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1869 | GOA'S DECISION NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO LEBANON; FUNDING OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories examine the Argentine government's rejection of the UNSC request to send troops to Lebanon; confirmation by a Hezbollah leader that some of its funding is sourced in Argentina; and an editorial about the terrorist threat highlighted by the plot uncov [...] | 2006-08-18 20:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1871 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the SGP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...] | 2006-08-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1873 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...] | 2006-08-22 18:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES188 | MEDIA REACTION PALESTINE ELECTIONS BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include White House expectations regarding Palestinian elections; speculation about the next US ambassador to Buenos Aires; the continued back and forth on alleged US- Uruguayan free trade discussions; the benefits of free trade agreem [...] | 2006-01-25 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1880 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA's monthly economic activity index, viewed as a reliable leading indicator of GDP, came out was up 8.2 percent y-o-y in June -- below the BCRA market survey forecast of 8.5 percent. Nonetheless, this continues the recovery since April, which showed the weakest growth rate (+6.3 percent) [...] | 2006-08-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1886 | MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1888 | ARGENTINA TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR, RESTART [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina plans an expansion of its nuclear energy infrastructure, including a return of its uranium enrichment program, according to MFA Director General for International Security Issues Ambassador Elsa Kelly. Planning Minister Julio De Vido is expected to lay out the plans d [...] | 2006-08-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES19 | MEDIA REACTION US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories focus on the Bush administration terming the US-Argentine bilateral relationship 'positive,' as opposed to 'excellent' only three months ago; the alleged anti-US feeling in Latin America; Argentina canceling its 9.5 billion- dollar debt to [...] | 2006-01-04 17:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1901 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER POWER GRAB PUSHING OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The century-old Radical Civic Union (UCR) party is facing serious divisions in the run-up to its national convention to be held in Rosario August 25-26 between those who want to accept President Kirchner's call to join his "concertacion" and those who want to remain an oppositi [...] | 2006-08-24 18:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1905 | GOA FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON EVENTUAL OECD [...] (C) The GoA participates actively in OECD affairs as an observer state and its Foreign Ministry is keen to have Argentina considered for eventual full membership status. Accepting that OECD accession is a long term play, the Foreign Ministry sees its still pending request for an OECD review of [...] | 2006-08-24 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1906 | ARGENTINA CONFIRMS PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner presided over a ceremony August 23 at which Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced that Argentina was going to expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant ura [...] | 2006-08-24 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1910 | IRAN; CUBA; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM; US-URUGUAYAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the USG rejection of the Iranian government's proposal to resume multilateral nuclear talks without suspending its nuclear program; US Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs Thomas Shannon's statements about Cuba's transit [...] | 2006-08-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1912 | THE LEADING CENTER-LEFT OPPOSITION LEADER ON [...] (C) On August 24, ADCM and Poloff (notetaker) met with center-left opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who gave her view of the current political situation in Argentina. Elisa Carrio began the discussion with her analysis of President Kirchner's foreign policy, which she argued was marked by a c [...] | 2006-08-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1929 | WAR IN LEBANON; WAR ON TERRORISM; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the implications of the war in Lebanon; the ongoing war on terrorism; USG's support for Argentina's nuclear program; and USTR Susan Schwab's statement that the US does not believe it should revive global commercial talks through a [...] | 2006-08-25 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1930 | ARGENTINA: U.S. CITIZENS' LAND THREATENED WITH [...] (SBU) Two recent cases of threatened land expropriation directed against two U.S. citizens have garnered local media attention, but it does not appear that the seizure of properties will move ahead in the near term. The most serious case involves the land of Douglas Tompkins, whose property [...] | 2006-08-25 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1943 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] Argentina announced that it would expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant uranium enrichment facility. The announcement described four pillars upon which Argentina's enhanced nuclear energy capabilities would rest: The GOA plans to finish construction of the approximately 70 [...] | 2006-08-29 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1966 | MFA OFFICIAL ON VENEZUELAN UNSC CANDIDACY AND GOA [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by PolCouns, paid a courtesy call August 29 on the new Director General of the MFA Office of International Organizations, Ambassador Raul Ricardes. In the course of the conversation, Ricardes (please protect) opined that it would be very difficult for either Venezuela [...] | 2006-08-31 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AR VZ |
06BUENOSAIRES1969 | FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA; U.S. SUPPORT OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies lead with the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Ernesto; the US Government's amicus curiae filing supporting Argentina's claim against two venture capital funds seeking to opt out of the terms under the GOA's debt swap deal; and Argenti [...] | 2006-08-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1970 | US OPTIONS IN IRAN; CHAVEZ IN SYRIA; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the USG's options in Iran; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Syria; the situation in Bolivia; and the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Bush's three options" Hugo Alconada Mo [...] | 2006-08-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1977 | ARGENTINA: RALLY CALLING FOR GREATER PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-crime advocate Carlos Blumberg filled the symbolically important Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires last night in a peaceful demonstration calling on the Kirchner government to provide increased public security. Event organizers succeeded in attracting a large crowd, despite e [...] | 2006-09-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1978 | ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION UCR PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the August 25-26 national convention of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) confirmed that the UCR would remain an opposition party, it also demonstrated the UCR's weakened state because the most significant party leaders failed to attend. Calls by UCR Congressman Federico [...] | 2006-09-01 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1983 | US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...] | 2006-09-01 19:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1984 | TRAVEL NOTE: ARGENTINA'S UNDERDEVELOPED NORTHWEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with leading political, economic and academic leaders August 14-19 in the politically and economically underdeveloped provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja. Poloff's meetings in Catamarca August 14-15 highlighted the province's economic potential, particularly in mini [...] | 2006-09-01 23:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1985 | GSP GRADUATION FOR ARGENTINA? - JUST ANOTHER BRICK [...] (SBU) A possible Argentine graduation from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program will certainly hurt both specific production sectors, including leather and food products and some underdeveloped provinces where U.S. GSP export production is concentrated, including Santa Fe, Chub [...] | 2006-09-01 23:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1993 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On August 17 the BCRA announced it will work to encourage banks to boost mortgage lending and ease applicant paperwork in an effort to address rising rents. This initiative follows Secretary of Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno's proposal to "reactivate" the mortgage loan market through an "inc [...] | 2006-09-05 20:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1994 | SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAN; US ECONOMY; US-URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the USG's alleged use of the war in Iraq for upcoming US legislative elections; the positions of the US, EU and Russia vis-`-vis the imminent sanctions on Iran; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the condition of t [...] | 2006-09-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES20 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] | 2006-01-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES2001 | US-IRAN; VISIT OF CARLOS VALDERRAMA, EXPERT ON INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad disregarding UN ultimatum and maintaining he will further his nuclear plans; US President Bush's reaction to Iran's challenging response; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's praising [...] | 2006-09-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES203 | COCAINE BUST CAUSES BANANA TRUCK BOTTLENECK [...] SUMMARY: On December 31, members of the Gendarmeria Nacional seized 738 kilograms of cocaine in Jose C. Paz, Buenos Aires Province, hidden inside bags of charcoal. The operation included the arrests of ten individuals, among them three brothers of the Motok family, a known Salta-based drug [...] | 2006-01-27 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2033 | THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...] | 2006-09-07 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2037 | PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...] | 2006-09-08 10:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2038 | U.S. NO VOTE ON IDB SATELLITE LOAN: EMBASSY [...] (U) Post delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Ministry North America Director Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil, to Ministry of Economy Director for International Organization Projects Gerardo Hita and to the Foreign Ministry's CONAE (NASA-equivalent) Executive Director Conrado Varotto. Pr [...] | 2006-09-08 10:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES204 | NO DEBT RELIEF FOR CUBA YET [...] (C) Summary: Despite a GOA debt restructuring offer in 2003 and a partial rescheduling agreement announced in 2004, Cuba's USD 2 billion debt to Argentina has not been reduced, nor have the two governments reached any lasting agreement on how to treat it. Cuba's debt was transferred to the bo [...] | 2006-01-27 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENIV CU AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2040 | PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...] | 2006-09-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2060 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; ARGENTINE PUBLIC SERVICE RATES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks and their connection to the invasion of Iraq and the current situation in Iran; the disapproval of European leaders vis-`-vis US President Bush's acknowledgement of CIA secret pr [...] | 2006-09-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2061 | ARGENTINE FOREIGN TRADE SECRETARY: WHY URUGUAY [...] (C) Charge paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Alfredo Chiaradia, Secretary of External Trade in the Argentine MFA, on August 29. The conversation ranged over prospects to re-energize the Doha Round (not optimistic),the possibility of Argentina joining the FTAA (even less so),and USTR's GSP [...] | 2006-09-11 10:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFTA ECIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2070 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; GSP REVIEW; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend local papers' special supplements cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Other international stories include the impact of the GSP review on Argentina; Argentine President Kirchner's upcoming trip to New York; the situation in Bolivia and its impac [...] | 2006-09-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2073 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story is US President George W. Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Other international stories include Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's attempt to gather support from his Mercosur counterparts for his negotiations to rea [...] | 2006-09-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2080 | FINANCE SECRERTARY SEEKS EARLY RESOLUTION WITH [...] (C) During a September 11 courtesy call, Argentine Finance Secretary Alfredo Mac Laughlin requested Charge's help in arranging a bilat with Treasury Secretary Paulson at the IMF/World Bank meeting in Singapore. The GOA will propose a small IMF quota increase for Mercosur members during the S [...] | 2006-09-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES209 | ARGENTINA NOT LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG'S ICAO SEC-GEN [...] Per Reftel A, Econoff met with Under Secretary of Transportation for Commercial Aviation Ricardo Cirielli to discuss the support for the USG's candidate for Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Cirielli told Econoff that Argentina probably would not supp [...] | 2006-01-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2091 | ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN SYRIA; THE US AND THE WAR IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local newspapers report on the criminal attack on the US Embassy in Damascus. Other international stories include Democrats' assertions that US President Bush used a day of mourning to defend the war in Iraq; Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's negotiations i [...] | 2006-09-13 20:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2100 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES' [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...] | 2006-09-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES211 | MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US DEFENSE DEPUTY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the visit of US Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Pardo-Maurer to Buenos Aires; the sweeping victory of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary polls; and Latin America's [...] | 2006-01-27 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2117 | US GENERAL CRADDOCK'S STATEMENTS AT TENTH CONFERENCE OF THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US General John Craddock's statements at the Tenth Conference of the Americas; the US Senate Armed Services Committee passing a bill aimed at protecting the rights of foreign terrorism suspects; and the US Lower House pas [...] | 2006-09-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES212 | MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES-U.S.-ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories today focus on the strong U.S. interest in Bolivia and President Kirchner's alleged decision to play a regional role in moderating Evo Morales; election outcomes for Hamas and implications for the Middle East peace process, and the World Social Forum organized [...] | 2006-01-27 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2120 | KIRCHNER PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA DURING [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels to New York for the UNGA with the stated objective of enticing U.S. companies to invest in Argentina, even as local press plays up the chilly bilateral relationship. Kirchner has a limited official schedule -) including meetings with UNSG Kofi Annan and Italia [...] | 2006-09-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2122 | ARGENTINA: TOP POLITICAL LEADERS FROM KEY PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, Charge and Poloff met with leading Peronist from Santa Fe province, Senator Carlos Reutemann, and Poloff met separately with leading candidate for Governor of Santa Fe, Socialist Hermes Binner. Reutemann said that Kirchner will continue to succeed politically a [...] | 2006-09-18 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2123 | ARGENTINA: CLOSE KIRCHNER ASSOCIATE ON U.S. AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Charge and Poloffs (notetakers) met with Congressman and longtime Kirchner associate Carlos Kunkel that included a wide-ranging discussion on bilateral relations, Venezuela and Argentine politics. Kunkel noted that the GOA has many points of cooperation w [...] | 2006-09-18 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2129 | NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES213 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.7 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.07 ARP/USD. This week's depreciation is mainly explained by higher dollar demand by banks as well as greater Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, where it purchased USD 200 million and EUR 10 million in the [...] | 2006-01-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2136 | IRAN; MICELI/PAULSON MEETING; REGIONAL FORUM ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local dailies cover extensively the Regional Forum on International Security and Organized Crime, held yesterday at the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. They also report statements from Theo Van Lingen, Policy Advisor for the Western Hemisphere, US Treasury. Daily-of-reco [...] | 2006-09-19 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2139 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA announced that GDP grew 7.9 percent yoy in the second quarter of 2006 -- slightly above the central bank (BCRA) consensus forecast of 7.8 percent -- and 8.3 percent yoy in the first half of 2006. Growth derived primarily from strong domestic demand - primarily increased investment an [...] | 2006-09-19 22:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2149 | IRAN; IMF ANNUAL MEETING; US-BOLIVIAN TIES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the exchange of accusations between the US and Iran at the UN General Assembly; the IMF Annual Meeting; Bolivian President Evo Morales rejecting a US report on the outcome of the struggle against drug trafficking; Morales' ackno [...] | 2006-09-20 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2165 | MEETING BETWEEN ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON AND ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers report on the meeting between Assistant Secretary Shannon and Argentine Government officials. Leading SIPDIS "Clarin" highlights that "the US Department of State is following with much interest the Argentine Government's initiative aimed at convincin [...] | 2006-09-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2169 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S TRIP TO NEW YORK AND MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers "Clarin" and "La Nacion" reported on President Nestor Kirchner's trip to New York and his meeting with US Ambassador to Argentina, Tony Wayne, and US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs Thomas Shannon. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries [...] | 2006-09-22 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2179 | CHARGE SPEAKS WITH DAIA ON ANTI-SEMITISM ISSUE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Charge spoke with the president of the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Association (DAIA) Jorge Kirszenbaum on September 22 to express the Embassy's solidarity with the local Jewish community over th [...] | 2006-09-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2183 | IRAQ; CIA SECRET PRISONS; US-VENEZUELA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on a confidential intelligence report about the impact of the US global war on terrorism; the CIA secret prisons; a diplomatic incident between the US and Venezuela; President Nestor Kirchner's trip to the US and its impact on the US-Argentine bilatera [...] | 2006-09-26 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2191 | GOA PRICE CONTROLS STRATEGIES - EDUCATION AS EXEMPLAR [...] (SBU) Private school fees remain a politically sensitive barometer in greater Buenos Aires and GoA efforts to "manage" tuition expenses offer an instructive insight into the Kirchner administration's approach to controlling inflation. Private school tuition fees have already jumped 24 percent [...] | 2006-09-26 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2196 | VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; ARGENTINE ANTI-TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US reproach Argentina for its support for Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; former Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna supporting Uruguay as a "natural candidate" to replace Argentina at the UN Se [...] | 2006-09-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2199 | OTA FIT: FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES (FIT) [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED -- PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) AS PART OF A USG/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE BILATERAL INITIATIVE, THE U.S. TREASURY OFFICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (OTA) IS OFFERING A ONE-WEEK FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS TECHNIQUES (FIT) COURSE IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, OCTOBER 23 ) OCTOBER 27. IN ORDER TO M [...] | 2006-09-26 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KTFN AR BL PE |
06BUENOSAIRES22 | ARGENTINA PAYS OFF ITS IMF DEBT [...] President Nestor Kirchner announced on December 15 that the GOA would pay its remaining debt totalling nearly USD 10 billion to the International Monetary Fund shortly after the new year (reftel). Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Central Bank President Martin Redrado announced on January 3 [...] | 2006-01-04 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EINV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2200 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2202 | ARGENTINA'S PRICE CONTROL CZAR - A TRUE BELIEVER [...] (C) GoA Secretary of Domestic Trade Guillermo Moreno, President Kirchner's designated price control enforcer, justifies a GoA mix of export tariffs, export controls and strong-arm populist price controls as a means to correct monopolistic behavior and oligopolisitic collusion in Argentina's sm [...] | 2006-09-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2214 | ARGENTINA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION RADICAL CIVIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 22, Charge, PolCouns, and Poloffs met with opposition Radical Civic Union (UCR) party leaders to discuss the state of the party and the Argentine multi-party system. They explained that while they are concerned for the health of their party as Kirchner tries to re [...] | 2006-09-28 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2215 | LEADING CENTER-RIGHT ARGENTINE OPPOSITION LEADER MAURICIO MACRI ON KIRCHNER AND THE 2007 ELECTIONS REF: BUENOS AIRES 01901 Classified By: CDA, a.i., Michael Matera, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d) [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, Charge and Poloff met with leading center-right political leader Mauricio Macri and longtime Macri associate and local businessman, Nicolas Caputo. Macri voiced his criticisms of President Nestor Kirchner's policies and spoke at length about next year's national [...] | 2006-09-28 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2229 | A HISTORIAN'S VIEW OF KIRCHNER AND ARGENTINE [...] (C) Leading Argentine historian Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton sees President Kirchner as largely reflecting the opinions of the majority of the Argentine people. For Garcia Hamilton, there are two great traditions that make up Argentine political culture: the republican democracy tradition be [...] | 2006-09-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES223 | ARGENTINA: CY 2005 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Vehicles and equipment provided to the GOA include: two fiberoptic scopes provided in 2005, one to the Aduanas' anti-narcotics unit in Mendoza and one to the DEA funded Northern Border Task Force (NBTF); one man-portable X-ray machine provided in 2005 to the NBTF; four vans provided in late 2 [...] | 2006-01-30 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2237 | ARGENTINA: ACCUSED TORTURER AND FORMER POLICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former police official and accused torturer Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz was convicted on September 19, 2006 for the disappearance of six people during the Argentine military dictatorship. The ruling was significant as the first major conviction since two amnesty laws were overtur [...] | 2006-10-02 17:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2240 | ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI'S VIEWS ON IDB, PARIS [...] (C) Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli told Charge September 27 that President Kirchner's visit to the U.S. showcased Argentina's rapid normalization and increasing opportunities for investors. She questioned the logic of recent U.S. votes in the IDB, but accepted Secretary Paulson's explanati [...] | 2006-10-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2242 | A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON THE US-Argentina BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's statements on the US-Argentina bilateral relationship; Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; Argentina's vote in favor of Venezuela's candidacy; a Watergate reporter's [...] | 2006-10-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2248 | A/S THOMAS SHANNON STATEMENTS ON LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include A/S Thomas Shannon's statements on Latin American "democratic" and "authoritarian" leaders; the outcome of Brazilian elections; commercial talks between the US and Uruguay; and Paraguay removing immunity from US troops and contracto [...] | 2006-10-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2264 | AUSTR EVERETT EISSENSTAT IN BUENOS AIRES; US/MEXICAN BORDER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include yesterday's press round table with AUSTR Everett Eissenstat in the US Embassy in Buenos Aires. Business-financial "El Cronista" front-pages "US message - 'Game rules should be honored to improve the business climate.'" Other inter [...] | 2006-10-06 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2274 | NORTH KOREA AND THE US; MIAMI HERALD EDITOR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea's announcement that it will test its nuclear technology for military purposes and the USG's reaction to this announcement; the resignation of The Miami Herald editor due to Cuban Americans' pressure; a Latino-Coalition s [...] | 2006-10-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES228 | ARGENTINA: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC [...] (U) ESTHOFF delivered demarche points in reftel to Argentine MFA Environmental Counselor Miguel Hildmann, and, in a separate meeting, to Ministry of Health (MOH)Secretariat of the Environment officials Pablo Issaly and Lorenzo Videla on January 27, 2006. Both Hildmann and Issaly attended the [...] | 2006-01-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2280 | ARGENTINE STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] The Argentine Foreign Ministry released the following statement regarding the North Korean nuclear test on October 9, 2006. 2. Begin text: The Argentine Government condemns the underground nuclear test conducted today by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK),which poses a thre [...] | 2006-10-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2281 | RICE IN IRAQ; US-BOLIVIAN TIES; AZNAR'S STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US Secretary Rice's trip to Iraq; Bolivian President Evo Morales' put on a secret list to prevent his entry into the US by plane; former Spanish President Aznar's statements that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez poses a t [...] | 2006-10-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2286 | NORTH KOREA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; US TROOP IMMUNITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover world reaction to North Korea's first nuclear test, underscoring that every country termed it an act of provocation, and that superpowers have asked for sanctions that could include a military action against Pyongyang. According to some local dailies, U [...] | 2006-10-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2292 | AUSTR EISSENSTAT VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Assistant United States Trade Representative Everett Eissenstat met October 4 with Foreign Ministry Secretary of International Economic Relations Chiaradia to review WTO, GSP, and regional trade issues, including the U.S. bilateral dialogue with Mercosur member Uruguay. Chiaradia stresse [...] | 2006-10-12 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON UR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2293 | NORTH KOREA; ALAN GARCIA IN THE US; 10/11/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies report on the world's reaction to North Korea's nuclear challenge. 2. OPINION PIECES - "New North Korean challenge" Daily-of-record "La Nacion" reports (10/11) "One day after the North Korean nuclear test, which shocked the world, a North Korea [...] | 2006-10-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES23 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] | 2006-01-04 21:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES2300 | ARGENTINA: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNSC KNNP KNEP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2329 | NORTH KOREA; VENEZUELA'S CANDIDACY TO THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover China's sanctions on Pyongyang; Venezuela's efforts to win a seat at the UN Security Council; and alleged racism of Bolivian President Morales' opponents; and the UK and Spain's success in solving a long history of diplomatic differences through dialogu [...] | 2006-10-17 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2341 | VENEZUELA'S CANDIDACY TO A UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT; GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Venezuela's bid to the UN Security Council; and US President George W. Bush signing "controversial" legislation related to the US Global War on Terrorism. Business-financial, center-right "INFOBAE" published a full-page inter [...] | 2006-10-18 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2357 | UNSC: BREAKING THE IMPASSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-19 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2385 | ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION EFFORTS TO FORM A COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6 Charge and Poloff met with former President and former Senator Federico Ramon Puerta, who wanted to discuss his concerns over the status of democracy in Argentina. Puerta expressed grave concern over the likelihood of fraud in the October 29 Constitutional Conventio [...] | 2006-10-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2386 | CORDOBA GOVERNOR DE LA SOTA: ARGENTINA'S FREE MARKET [...] (SBU) Cordoba Governor Jose Manuel de la Sota, in a dinner with the Charge, portrayed himself as a champion of free market orthodoxy standing up to a Kirchner administration riding roughshod over market disciplines and contractual sanctity. He questioned the values of a politically and sociall [...] | 2006-10-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2388 | WAR IN IRAQ & ITS IMPACT ON NOVEMBER 7 LEGISLATIVE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on the war in Iraq and on the finding of human remains at Ground Zero and their probable impact on the November 7 legislative elections; the Nicaraguan upcoming elections; US Senator Lugar's report on Non proliferation; Venezuelan Preside [...] | 2006-10-24 09:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2389 | US PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ; GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's statement about a possible parallel between the rise in violence in Iraq and the 1968 Communist Tet offensive; an Argentine-Bolivian gas deal worth 17 billion dollars; the role to be played by the 'Coalit [...] | 2006-10-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2390 | VENEZUELA'S CANDICACY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the standstill in the vote to determine who will succeed Argentina at the UN Security Council; the implications of the new US National Space Policy; the international community vis-`-vis North Korean nuclear tests; and th [...] | 2006-10-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2412 | ARGENTINA ON FRANCO-AMERICAN PROPOSAL TO REMOVE [...] (C) On October 24, Poloff delivered ref. A talking points and background paper to Minister Juan Ignacio Tobella of the Office of Terrorism and Other Related Crimes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tobella stated that he would pass the proposal to, and coordinate a response with, his colleag [...] | 2006-10-25 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2413 | ARGENTINA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UN INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff, in conjunction with New Zealand First Secretary Mark Gibb, and Australian Third Secretary Lou-Ellen Martin delivered ref. A talking points and background paper to Monica Pinto, MFA Advisor on Human Rights and asked if the GOA intended to change its position on the de [...] | 2006-10-25 21:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2423 | AMIA BOMBING - REQUEST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ARREST ORDER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers widely report on the AMIA bombing prosecutor's request that an international arrest order be issued against former Iranian president Ali-Akbar Hashem Rafsanjani and seven other former Iranian government officials. The U.S.'s strong support for the investig [...] | 2006-10-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2435 | US FENCE BILL; THE AMIA CASE; AMBASSADOR EARL ANTHONY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 18:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2437 | UPDATE ON AMIA INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Local press coverage of the October 25 release of the AMIA Prosecutors' report remains relatively low-key. The Iranian Mission here has rejected the Prosecutors' findings, dismissed the report as the work of the CIA and Mossad, and cautioned Argentine officials not to repeat th [...] | 2006-10-27 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2441 | 1994 AMIA BOMBING; US-MEXICAN BORDER WALL; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Last weekend's key international stories include the implications of Argentine Prosecutor Nisman's request for an international arrest order against former Iranian government officials for the 1994 AMIA bombing case; the probable impact of upcoming US legislative elections [...] | 2006-10-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2445 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL WEEKLY (OCTOBER [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review for the week ending October 27, 2006. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact EconOff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...] | 2006-10-30 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2448 | ARGENTINA TO SEEK BALANCED RESOLUTION ON THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that the Argentine government (GOA) supports efforts to realize a lasting a [...] | 2006-10-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER AR LE IS |
06BUENOSAIRES2449 | ARGENTINA ON ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that he would coordinate with his colleagues in the Division of Human Righ [...] | 2006-10-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2451 | ARGENTINA: COALITION LED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Misiones Province governor and Kirchner ally Carlos Rovira's attempt to amend the provincial constitution to allow indefinite re-election was soundly rejected in an October 29 election for delegates to a constituent assembly. President Nestor Kirchner had publicly supported the [...] | 2006-10-31 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2455 | AMIA ARREST WARRANTS COULD COME EARLIER THAN [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told CDA and EmbOffs that Judge Canicoba Corral could issue arrest warrants for the eight indictees as early as this Friday, November 3. It was expected that Canicoba Corral would not want the case sitting on his desk for any length of time, but ra [...] | 2006-11-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2456 | UPCOMING US ELECTIONS; US AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA EARL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the upcoming US legislative elections; and a radio interview with Argentine Ambassador Jose Octavio Bordon about US Ambassador to Argentina Earl Anthony Wayne. Leading "Clarin" carries an op-ed page by Francis Fukuyama, profess [...] | 2006-11-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2458 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; US ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the state of the US-Argentine relationship based on a report from the US Department of State about Argentina and what kind of cooperation the US expects from Argentina; the upcoming US elections; and the outcome of Brazilian elections [...] | 2006-11-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2485 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At his request, General Coordinator of the Presidential Unit Juan Carlos Mazzon met with Charge on November 3, and opened the conversation with an admission that the Casa Rosada has been very quiet and alone in the wake of the results of the elections for the Constitutional Asse [...] | 2006-11-03 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2486 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PLEAS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado urged patience with his sequencing of reforms during an October 20 meeting with Charge, claiming that a program of gradual monetary tightening was impacting inflation and some delay was warranted before Argentina returns to a fully flo [...] | 2006-11-03 21:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KTFN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2488 | US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories include the US-Mexican fence; the upcoming US legislative elections; the implications of Ortega's potential victory in Nicaraguan elections; and the investigation into the AMIA bombing case. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Argentina supports Ibero-A [...] | 2006-11-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2499 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; NICARAGUAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on the arrival of Ambassador Wayne to Argentina; the upcoming US legislative elections; Nicaraguan presidential elections; an alleged White House's Website containing detailed information on how to manufacture a nuclear bomb; Saddam Hussein sentenced t [...] | 2006-11-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES250 | MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the State of the Union message, in which President Bush defends his foreign policy, warns Iran and Hamas that the U.S. will fight tyranny in the world, urges them to set aside terrorism; refers to Iraq saying that if the U.S. leaves, 'then Bin Laden will r [...] | 2006-02-01 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2509 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana used Ambassador Wayne's presentation of credentials to stress his desire for good cooperation and open dialogue with the U.S. In his 45 minute private meeting with Wayne, Taiana stressed that the U.S. is a "friend" of Argentina and that Argentina [...] | 2006-11-07 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2513 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO ARGENTINA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major papers report on the arrival of US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, and his presentation of credentials to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. Other international stories include today's US legislative elections; the outcome of Nicaraguan presiden [...] | 2006-11-08 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2524 | ARGENTINA TO SUPPORT CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION; [...] (SBU) On November 8, DCM raised points in Ref A to Argentine Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli. Cappagli stated that the GOA would vote for the resolution condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba, but noted that the GOA had not decided on whether it will support the Australian amend [...] | 2006-11-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN AR CU |
06BUENOSAIRES2537 | ARGENTINA EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN U.S. GLOBAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentine officials responded enthusiastically to Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State Dr. George Atkinson's proposed Global Science Partnerships progra [...] | 2006-11-13 19:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SCUL OEXC OSCI |
06BUENOSAIRES2538 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETING WITH ARGENTINE MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 8 with Minister of Education Daniel Filmus to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on education and to expand academic exchange opportunities. The Ambassador briefed the Minister on two new Embassy program initiatives - the Southern Cone Youth Am [...] | 2006-11-13 19:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCHUL SOCI AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2540 | LATEST ON ARGENTINA'S PLANS TO NEGOTIATE PARIS [...] (SBU) In advance of the Paris Club Tour d'Horizon on November 15, 2006, Post provides the following status report on Argentina's pursuit of a deal on its $7.2 billion debt to Paris Club creditors. GoA Finance Secretary Mac Laughlin wrote the President of the Paris Club November 9 officially c [...] | 2006-11-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2541 | WAR IN IRAQ; IRAN; AMIA BOMBING CASE; AFTERMATH OF US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories during the weekend and today include the status of the war in Iraq and the USG's alleged withdrawal plans; the reasons pointed out by the media for the Republicans' defeat in US legislative elections; the Argentine judicial decision on the AMIA bom [...] | 2006-11-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2544 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NOAA'S SMITH, CAO [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA's Chief of International and Interagency Affairs David Brent Smith, Research Physical Scientist Changyong Cao and Communications Specialist Nina Jackson to travel to Argentina for the period of November 11-16, 2006. The purpose of the visit is [...] | 2006-11-14 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPA OTRA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES255 | MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key stories focus on the State of the Union message, noting that Latin America is hardly mentioned; the complicated international scenario posed by President Ahmadinejad's challenges to the UNSC and the Western world; speculation about a possible truce between Hama [...] | 2006-02-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2556 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO CALLS FOR CLOSER [...] (C) Argentina's powerful Planning Minister, Julio De Vido, urged the Ambassador November 14 to use their direct relationship as the means to resolve bilateral economic issues. De Vido emphasized the importance of U.S. investment and said he anticipates a number of large U.S. energy sector inv [...] | 2006-11-16 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2558 | IRAQ; IRAN; THE AMIA BOMBING CASE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US strategy in Iraq and Iran; mounting tension between Argentina and Iran on the AMIA bombing probe; the US commitment to cooperation with the GOA and Interpol authorities to arrest those suspected of having organized and carrie [...] | 2006-11-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2559 | PRESIDENT BUSH'S ASIAN TOUR; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include President Bush's Asian tour; the status of Argentine-Iranian ties following the latest developments in the AMIA bombing probe; the situation in Central America in the aftermath of Daniel Ortega's election as the new president of [...] | 2006-11-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2567 | US DEMOCRATIC PARTY; US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the alleged profound disagreement within the US Democratic Party about how to handle sensitive issues such as the war in Iraq; the Church's opinion about the US-Mexican border fence; the Kirchner administration's alleged closer ti [...] | 2006-11-16 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2568 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] (s) Econoff conveyed reftel demarche and background information November 16 to Gustavo Urutia, Deputy Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Urutia said the normal procedure for handling U.S. prenotifications is for the MFA to hold the information until the day [...] | 2006-11-16 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2569 | CRISTINA TACKLES JUDICIAL REFORM: TRIAL BALLOON [...] (C) Summary. In what many view as a trial balloon for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bid for the presidency in 2007, the Senator and First Lady introduced a bill on November 9 that would gradually reduce the number of justices on the Argentine Supreme Court from nine to five. The seven j [...] | 2006-11-16 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2570 | ARGENTINA UNDECIDED ON BELARUS BUT WILL SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftels A-C, Argentina's MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations Ana Berta confirmed on November 16 that the GOA has issued instructions to their mission in New York to vote with the United States on the country-specific [...] | 2006-11-16 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
06BUENOSAIRES2576 | ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI SEEKS SUPPORT ON GSP, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's November 14 courtesy call, Economic Minister Felisa Miceli welcomed the possibility to reengage on economic and trade issues and lobbied for Treasury Secretary Paulson to visit Argentina. In response to Miceli's request for support on maintaining Argentine GSP privi [...] | 2006-11-17 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES258 | ARGENTINA REACHES SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentina and Brazil arrived at a bilateral safeguards agreement February 1. The widely publicized agreement is the result of over a year of negotiations, and is a political t [...] | 2006-02-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2580 | SECRETARY'S S&T ADVISER VISITS ARGENTINA [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Science and Technology Adviser (STAS) to the Secretary Dr. George Atkinson led a delegation of U.S. SIPDIS scientists and engineers on a visit to Argentina November 7-9. [...] | 2006-11-17 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SCUL OEXC OSCI |
06BUENOSAIRES2588 | AMCHAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HOSTED A LUNCHEON IN HONOR OF AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO WELCOME HIM TO ARGENTINA AND BRIEF HIM ON THE BUSINESS CLIMATE AND THE CONTRIBUTION U.S. COMPANIES HAVE HISTORICALLY MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE IN ARGENTI [...] | 2006-11-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2590 | POST SUPPORTS DELAY OF HEZBOLLAH TRI-BORDER AREA [...] (S/NF) Post understands that Treasury proposes the designation under E.O. 13224, on November 21, of nine individuals and two organizations operating in the tri-border region. Post does not object to the specific individuals and organizations that will be subject to the designation. However, P [...] | 2006-11-20 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | KFTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2594 | DUKE ENERGY BETS ON GROWING ARGENTINE ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Duke Energy plans to upgrade and expand its two hydro and gas-fired electricity generating plants in Neuquen province and possibly make new generating capacity acquisitions in the domestic market. In a call on Ambassador Wayne, Duke executives explained that they see the Argentine elect [...] | 2006-11-20 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2595 | IRAQ; THE AMIA CASE; SOUTH AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers focus on the USG's possible shift on its strategy on Iraq; the AMIA case probe and its possible use by the USG to urge the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran; Brazil's plans to unite South American military forces; and Ambassador Earl Anthony Way [...] | 2006-11-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2597 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 20 with Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli, his assistant Minister Ricardo Lagorio, and his brother Jose Antonio Scioli, Director of the Corporacion Antigua Puerto Madero. In the 45-minute meeting, Scioli said that he is a "friend" of the U.S. who [...] | 2006-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2598 | ARGENTINA PETROLEUM ROUNDTABLE: U.S. PLAYERS [...] (C) Representatives of U.S. upstream and downstream hydrocarbon players Apache, Chevron, Esso, Occidental and Pan-American briefed Ambassador on regulatory, tax and labor issues they face. Key concerns include (1) the immediate impact of an oilfield work stoppage that threatens to disrupt nat [...] | 2006-11-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON OECD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2612 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Argentine Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne to discuss ways to strengthen U.S.-Argentine cooperation on law enforcement, judicial reform, and anti-corruption issues. Iribarne noted that money laundering and terrorism financ [...] | 2006-11-22 21:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2613 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador had a very constructive first meeting with Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez. They discussed the excellent working relations between Embassy agencies and the four federal law enforcement agencies under the Minister's control. The Minister explained his [...] | 2006-11-22 21:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER KCRM PARM EWWT KNNP ASEC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2614 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM TAIANA [...] (C) Ambassador met on November 17 with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, primarily to discuss how the U.S. might be of assistance to the GoA in the next phases of the AMIA investigation (Reftel A reports this discussion.) However, the Ambassador took the opportunity to raise several ot [...] | 2006-11-22 21:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2620 | IRAQ; WORLD BANK'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT KIRCHNER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include US President Bush's decision not to travel to Baghdad on Thanksgiving Day; the World Bank's response to President Kirchner's letter over the pulp mills; Venezuelan President Chavez's reported decision to remove his Ambassador to [...] | 2006-11-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2629 | UNESCO DEMARCHE ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS - GOA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Martin Romero, Secretary of Embassy in the Foreign Ministry's Directorate of SIPDIS International Organisms (DIOIN). According to Romero, Argentina is proceeding with the ratification process for the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...] | 2006-11-28 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2630 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, Ambassador discussed judicial reform issues with members of the Argentine Supreme Court, including outgoing President Enrique Petracchi, incoming President Ricardo Lorenzetti, and Justices Juan Carlos Maqueda, Elena Highton, and Carmen Maria Argibay. The Justice [...] | 2006-11-28 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2636 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL GOODLATTE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina November 29-December 3. As one of the world,s major agricultural producers and exporters, Argentina,s policies in this sector have an important impact on U.S. agriculture. You will have the [...] | 2006-11-28 20:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2637 | AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTORS CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, AMIA prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos called on the Ambassador to express their deep appreciation for the USG's support for their investigation and publicly for our public support following the release of their report. They noted that their [...] | 2006-11-28 21:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2647 | ARGENTINA'S FINANCIAL SERVICE PLAYERS ON CAPITAL MARKETS, [...] (SBU) Senior Argentine financial sector representatives outlined to Ambassador their concerns about lagging development of domestic capital markets. While optimistic about Argentina's medium term growth prospects, they questioned whether existing channels of financial intermediation can sustai [...] | 2006-11-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2651 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE ON "ONE [...] Ambassador Wayne met November 22 with Nicholas Negroponte of MIT to discuss how the U.S. Embassy can assist the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program, about to be launched in Argentina. Negroponte underlined his interest in working with the State Department and said he intended to incorporate a [...] | 2006-11-29 16:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2665 | AMIA UPDATE: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MFA'S [...] (C) At a November 28, event, Ambassador and DCM spoke with Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, Senior Advisor to Deputy Foreign Minister, Roberto Garcia Moritan, about the MFA's perspective on the AMIA case. Ambassador Gonzalez has been charged with managing AMIA at the MFA. He said the MFA is s [...] | 2006-11-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2667 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE VISITS ARGENTINA'S AGROINDUSTRIAL CAPITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR WAYNE TRAVELED TO ARGENTINA'S AGROINDUSTRIAL CAPITAL OF ROSARIO FOR HIS FIRST TRIP OUTSIDE OF THE CAPITAL. ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL COUNSELORS, THE INFORMATION OFFICER AND THE SENIOR FSN COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH THE [...] | 2006-11-30 19:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR BESP ECON ETRD |
06BUENOSAIRES2669 | ARGENTINA AT THE SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy made reftel points November 29 to GOA Undersecretary of Environment and delegation head Bruno Carpinetti and to MFA Counselor Ana Bianchi, another member of Argentina's delegation to the [...] | 2006-11-30 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SENV EFIN PHUM OAS USTR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2683 | GROWING RESISTENCE TO GOA PRICE, EXPORT CONTROLS: AGRARIAN [...] (SBU) GoA price control czar Internal Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno is encountering increasing resistance to his efforts to tamp down headline consumer inflation rates via expanded export controls on beef, wheat and corn and via pressure on wholesalers and retailers to observe publicize [...] | 2006-12-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2691 | CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...] | 2006-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2692 | FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...] | 2006-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2694 | CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...] | 2006-12-05 21:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2695 | ARGENTINA'S VIEWS ON THE POTENTIAL INCLUSION OF [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy officers made Ref A points to officials from Argentina's foreign ministry and transportation secretariat November 30. After first saying that Argentina would not take a position on the issue ( [...] | 2006-12-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2696 | ARGENTINA'S ROLE IN UPGRADING LIBYAN NUCLEAR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) A December 3 article in a local daily reported that Argentine high technology firm INVAP (Ref A) had won a contract to upgrade a Libyan nuclear power plant. For clarification and details, the Embas [...] | 2006-12-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2697 | HARVARD INITIATES STEM CELL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Harvard University and the GoA have begun an education and research and development initiative in Argentina that will initially focus on stem cell research. The program, called PA [...] | 2006-12-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2705 | IRAQ; CHAVEZ; ECUADOR; MYLES FRECHETTE IN BUENOS AIRES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US Pentagon's director Robert Gates' statements regarding the war in Iraq; the aftermath of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; and the outcome of Ecuadorian elections. Conservative "La Prensa", business-financial "InfoBae [...] | 2006-12-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2710 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE ON "ONE [...] Ambassador Wayne met November 22 with Nicholas Negroponte of MIT to discuss how the U.S. Embassy can assist the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program, about to be launched in Argentina. Negroponte underlined his interest in working with the State Department and said he intended to incorporate a [...] | 2006-12-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2711 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR PM/DAS MICHAEL COULTER AND THE POL/MIL BILATS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2712 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, post carried out a pre-license check on Buenos Aires, Argentina-based foreign end-user Juan Diego Ariztegui, Representaciones Aeronauticas (Ariztegui) on November 9. It is post's opinion that the company will be a responsible recipient of United States Muniti [...] | 2006-12-07 17:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2723 | CODEL GOODLATTE MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Goodlatte November 30 meetings in Argentina included discussions with senior officials at the GoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, and the Argentine Lower House of Congress, as well as with U.S. company representatives at the American Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2006-12-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR AR OREP ETRD |
06BUENOSAIRES2726 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MONETARY POLICY, GROWTH, TERROR [...] (SBU) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado, in a December 5 lunch with the Ambassador, invited a dialogue with USG on GoA monetary policy which he called conservative, slightly contractionary and generally misunderstood. Now, five years after Argentina's economic crisis, Redrado said Argentina [...] | 2006-12-11 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES273 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD - one cent lower than last Friday's close. This week's depreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar demand by banks and Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, and comes in spite of higher USD [...] | 2006-02-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2730 | ARGENTINA DOES NOT MAINTAIN TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) The Government of Argentina does not maintain any list of terrorists such as the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) List (reftel). According to Acting Director of the MFA's Counter Terrorism Office, Gustavo Urrutia, the GoA instead relies on the UN 1267 Committee consolida [...] | 2006-12-11 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER ETTC PREL EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2731 | ARGENTINA: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC THEMATIC [...] (C) PolCouns delivered talking points in reftel to the MFA Office of International Organizations on December 7, prior to the long holiday weekend in Argentina. PolCouns followed up on November 11 with Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio. 2. (C) Fernandez Salorio said Argentina will be repr [...] | 2006-12-11 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2732 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE VISITS SALTA PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne traveled to Argentina's Salta province November 30-December 1, to support anti-narcotics efforts, public outreach and commercial diplomacy. The Ambassador visited the DEA's Northern Border Task Force office, and participated in a ceremony to deliver drug dogs t [...] | 2006-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2733 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Wayne paid a courtesy call on Minister of Health Mario Gines Gonzalez Garcia on December 5, 2006. The exchange was positive, with both the Ambassador and the Minister stating that they were pleased with the level of cooperation and the generally strong bilateral relationship on hea [...] | 2006-12-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2747 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL TIES; AMIA BOMBING CASE AND IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon's statement that the US is working 'fantastically' with the Argentine Government; the current state of the Argentine-Iranian ties following an Argentine co [...] | 2006-12-14 18:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2751 | ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER AND KIRCHNER AIDE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EmbOffs met with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana December 14 and discussed U.S.-Argentine relations, among other issues (septels). Ambassador raised the recent article in La Nacion newspaper that claimed President Kirchner had told Venezuelan President Cha [...] | 2006-12-14 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2753 | DEATH OF PINOCHET; DIGITAL TV STANDARD COMPETITION IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; the debate over Argentina's upcoming decision on digital TV standard; US Assistant Secretary Shannon's statements about US ties with Latin America; SIPDIS [...] | 2006-12-15 09:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2754 | IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...] | 2006-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2755 | DEATH OF PINOCHET; FATF AND ARGENTINA; AMIA BOMBING CASE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications of General Pinochet's death and the USG reaction to it; a probable FATF sanction on Argentina for its lack of stricter anti-terrorist legislation; and the current state of Argentine-Iranian ties after an Argentine [...] | 2006-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2767 | ARGENTINA 2006-2007 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES278 | MEDIA REACTION HAMAS-ARGENTINA, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main stories today refer to Hamas' declarations to a Brazilian daily announcing its trip to South American countries in search of political and financial support, with the FMA saying they haven't received any request for a visit or interviews; Argentina's possible vote on [...] | 2006-02-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2782 | ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana December 14 discussed with Ambassador a broad range of topics. Taiana commented on his trip to China and the GoA's interest in developing Chinese markets for Argentine exports. Taiana said the GoA is pleased with the U.S. Congress' recen [...] | 2006-12-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL UNESCO AR BL MX CH |
06BUENOSAIRES2783 | IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...] | 2006-12-19 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2784 | US TIES WITH CUBA AND VENEZUELA; RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's main international stories include the US relations with Cuba and Venezuela; the public image of Russian President Putin in the aftermath of the murder of former spy Litvinenko; and Iran's move to promote a "historical revision" of the Holocaust. All local newspap [...] | 2006-12-19 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2785 | NORTH KOREA; ROBERT GATES HEAD OF THE US PENTAGON; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's newspapers carry opinion pieces on the Six-party talks to address North Korea's nuclear program; Robert Gates taking office as the new head of the Pentagon; Colombia's conflict with Ecuador; and Iran's move to question the Holocaust. 2. OPINION PIECES - "A dis [...] | 2006-12-19 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2790 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS WITH AMIA FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met December 15 with representatives from "Familiares y Amigos de las Victimas" (Family and Friends of the Victims, or FAV),one of the three main organizations representing AMIA victims, and the first meeting between FAV and Ambassador Wayne. Both sides expressed t [...] | 2006-12-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR IR LE |
06BUENOSAIRES2792 | Ambassador Wayne Meets with President of OAS Private [...] Summary: On December 12, Ambassador Anthony Wayne met with the President of the OAS Private Sector of the Americas (PAS) group and a delegation of PAS members from Argentina. They spoke about their desire to reinvigorate a trade dialogue and to foster corporate social responsibility. PAS me [...] | 2006-12-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KTEX AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2795 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Planning Julio De Vido to discuss a wide range of issues. Minister De Vido, who is President Kirchner's top minister and one of his closest advisors, asserted that U.S.-Argentine relations were in a very good situation. De Vido said U.S.-Argent [...] | 2006-12-20 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ECON EAIR PTER ETRD CIVAIR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2798 | A SURPLUS 2007 BUDGET DESIGNED TO BOLSTER KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) The Argentine Senate approved the 2007 National Budget December 13, 2006, in the face of opposition criticism over its growth and inflation assumptions, the continuation of "superpowers" that allow the GoA to make future fiscal decisions without Congressional authorization, and the lack [...] | 2006-12-20 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2805 | ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH MFA ON AMIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 DCM, Emboffs, and visiting Staffdel members met with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Cappagli to discuss the recent Interpol response to the AMIA case and tri-border issues. Staffdel members underlined the importance of responding to INTERPOL Secretary Gener [...] | 2006-12-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2806 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) FOR [...] (C) Post provides the following response to reftel request for contact information on Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO. a) TFCO contact information: Michael A. Matera Deputy Chief of Mission 54-11-5777-4321 MateraMA@state.sgov.gov (class email) MateraMA@stat [...] | 2006-12-21 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2808 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ELECTRICITY, GAS SECTOR U.S. INVESTOR [...] (SBU) Country managers of U.S. players in Argentina's electricity and natural gas sectors met with Ambassador to review constraints imposed by GoA regulations, uncertain natural gas supplies for generation, and frozen retail electricity and gas tariffs. Participants representing AES, CMS, Duke, [...] | 2006-12-21 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2828 | US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; AMIA-RIO TERCERO BLAST; ARGENTINA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US Senator Joseph Biden's statement that, once the US Congress is controlled by the Democratic Party, it will pay "much more attention" to Latin American issues; an interview with Brazilian sociologist Helio Jaguaribe, wh [...] | 2006-12-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2838 | ARGENTINA-U.S. POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary: The United States and Argentina held a successful round of political-military bilateral consultations on December 15, 2006 in Buenos Aires. Both delegations shared their foreign policy principles and objectives. The Argentine delegation explained their government's goals for c [...] | 2006-12-28 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PARM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2842 | SADDAM HUSSEIN; CUBA AND CHINA; ISRAEL; MERKEL; CRIMES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming execution of Saddam Hussein; Cuba looking to the 'Chinese model;' the US Department of State criticizing Israel's plans to establish a new settlement in the West Bank; a new declassification of USG documents; Angela Merke [...] | 2006-12-29 16:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2847 | HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY IN ARGENTINA; ECUADOR; 12/29/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Most local papers extensively report on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner coordinating a manhunt for a human rights witness, who went missing on Wednesday after accusing last year former police officer Luis Patti of torturing him in 1972. Local dailies highlight that auth [...] | 2006-12-29 18:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES291 | VISIT OF DASD PARDO-MAURER TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Rogelio Pardo-Maurer visited Argentina January 26-28. During his visit, Pardo-Maurer met with Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre and other senior ministry officials. During his meetings, Pardo-Mau [...] | 2006-02-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES293 | ARGENTINA: COUNCIL OF MAGISTRATES BILL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lower House of Congress will soon vote on a controversial law to reform the Council of Magistrates that regulates Argentina's judicial system that appears likely to pass despite a united opposition effort against the bill. The proposed law would shrink the size of the Counc [...] | 2006-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES300 | The 2006 Monetary Program Unlikely to Help [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado presented the BCRA's 2006 monetary program on December 29. It will maintain a moderately contractive monetary policy, with a small increase in [...] | 2006-02-08 16:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES308 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN-IAEA-ARGENTINA, GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers continue to lead with the Iran case at the IAEA, with France and Russia seeking to stop the escalation against Tehran, and Argentina's public stance on the up-coming vote at the UNSC; the growing violence between the Muslim world and the West, following the publicat [...] | 2006-02-08 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES309 | Argentina - WHA FY-2006 ESF Anti-Trafficking [...] The following anti-trafficking project proposal developed in coordination with the Regional Office of the International Organization for Migration is submitted by Embassy Buenos Aires for funding consideration from FY 2006 ESF appropriations per reftel instructions: A. PROJECT TITILE: Pr [...] | 2006-02-08 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES317 | ARGENTINA ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Minister Ricardo Boccalandro, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Issues (DIGAN) and Claudia Corti, who covers IAEA issues in the same office. POLOFF also e-mailed copies of the President's and Secretary's Febr [...] | 2006-02-09 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP IAEA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES33 | ARGENTINA -- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
06BUENOSAIRES333 | JANUARY 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3 percent in January. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 12.1 percent. Average nominal salaries increased 1.2 percent in December and the purchasing power of salaried workers in December 2005 was 7.1 percent higher than in December 2004. Offici [...] | 2006-02-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES338 | ARGENTINE PROGRESS ON RATIFICATION OF THE UNESCO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Argentina has done little to ratify the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions following its October 2005 adoption. The process by which the Convention wou [...] | 2006-02-10 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO AR |
06BUENOSAIRES34 | ARGENTINA -- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR |
06BUENOSAIRES340 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 93 million in the FX market on February 7 and 8. Then the BCRA dropped out of the FX market, allowing the [...] | 2006-02-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES344 | MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER MUHAMMAD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main story today is the global escalation of violence over Muhammad's cartoons, and its unpredictable consequences. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Freedom and Common Sense" Pablo Ceron, centrist, leading "Clarin" international columnist, opines (02/09) "Freed [...] | 2006-02-13 14:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES345 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN, GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The Iranian crisis and its global repercussions continue to garner media attention, followed by the international 'furor' over Muhammad's cartoons, which may 'snowball' and the hectic elections in Haiti, marred by violent incidents and disorganization. 2. OPINION PIECES [...] | 2006-02-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES346 | LABOR PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT IN PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] SUMMARY: A two-week protest by dissident elements of the oil and gas workers union in President Nestor Kirchner's home province of Santa Cruz turned deadly on February 8 when a police officer was killed in the town of Las Heras, Santa Cruz and 15 others were wounded. This is the first death [...] | 2006-02-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PINS ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES350 | CONVERSATION WITH CASA ROSADA INSIDER OSCAR [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with DCM, Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parrilli said GoA SIPDIS efforts to control prices were working and that the 2006 inflation rate would be lower than generally expected. He defended the government's approach to controllin [...] | 2006-02-13 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES359 | ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE TO USG ICAO CANDIDATE, IN [...] Per Reftel A, Econoff presented the leave-behind document on William Voss to civil aviation and Foreign Ministry authorities involved in the decision-making process for candidates to leadership positions in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Econoff met with Air Regions Co [...] | 2006-02-14 16:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES36 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 11-12. Your visit comes at a critical time for Argentina's relations with its neighbors, especially Bolivia. As a result of Kirchner's resounding victory in October 23 legislativ [...] | 2006-01-06 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES369 | FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE HITS ARGENTINA AGAIN [...] Argentina has recently confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Seventy animals on one ranch in the northeastern province of Corrientes were diagnosed with the disease. Argentina's National Service for Agrifood Quality (SENASA) subsequently destroyed the entire herd of approxi [...] | 2006-02-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES382 | ARGENTINA INTERESTED IN ATTENDING APRIL 11-12 PSI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) At a February 15 lunch hosted by Ambassador, the MFA's new Director of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Issues (DIGAN),Elsa Kelly, said the GOA would like to send an interagency delegation to the April 11-12 PSI Operat [...] | 2006-02-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES387 | STATUS AND TEXT OF CENTRAL BANK'S PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: Post recieved a copy of the text of a Central Bank-drafted bill that would criminalize terrorism and the financing of terrorism in Argentina. A Central Bank (BCRA) director confirmed on February 15 that the BCRA board had reviewed the legislation and, after a final review, expe [...] | 2006-02-16 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES396 | MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the quick approval of Ambassador Wayne's 'agrement', underscoring that he's a good choice to iron out the differences following the Summit of the Americas, and that the move is another sign of both countries' interest in improving bilateral relations. The [...] | 2006-02-17 19:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES398 | MEDIA REACTION ABU GHRAIB, IRAN, HAITI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the new scandal following the broadcast by an Australian TV station of previously unpublished images of apparent abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Bush's request of funds to 'democratize' Iran and the growing allegations of fraud in Haiti which could lead [...] | 2006-02-17 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES406 | ARGENTINA'S 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Argentine entities responsible for upholding IPR failed to translate the momentum from a strong 2004 into tangible successes in 2005. U.S. pharmaceutical companies are still waiting for commercially valuable patents; CD and DVD piracy rates appear to be rising, despite Argentina's economic r [...] | 2006-02-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES407 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Ambassador Meets with New MFA International Security Director -- Rumors of Kirchner Cabinet Changes -- Paper Mill Dispute: Blockage of Bridges into Uruguay Contin [...] | 2006-02-17 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES408 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 64 million in the FX market on February 14. Then the BCRA kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...] | 2006-02-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES41 | MEDIA REACTION A/S THOMAS SHANNON UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover: the upcoming visit of A/S Thomas Shannon to Buenos Aires; Uruguay denying that it may be negotiating a free trade deal with the US; the upcoming elections in Haiti; the Argentine- Bolivian relationship; US Republican Tom De Lay quitting US Congress m [...] | 2006-01-09 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES411 | TRANSFER OF ITCY WAR CRIMES INDICTEE MILAN LUKIC [...] Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Milan Lukic was transferred to the ICTY from Argentina on February 20. Lukic had been detained in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2005, by Argentine authorities after meeting with his wife and youngest child in a local restaurant (reftels). Argentine Federal Judge [...] | 2006-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL BK SR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES414 | ARGENTINA DETAINS FALKLANDS ISLANDS FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Argentine Coast Guard vessel challenged and - for the first time - detained a fishing vessel from the Falklands Islands February 20. The Argentines claim that the boat was within Argentina's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),while the vessel's owners - one of whom is an [...] | 2006-02-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS MARR ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES416 | ARGENTINE HISTORIAN DENIED ENTRY TO CUBA: FOREIGN [...] Summary: Argentine historian and writer Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton was denied entry into Cuba moments after arriving on February 18 despite having a valid visa. In public statements, Garcia Hamilton suspects he was denied entry to the country because of his latest book, which includes cont [...] | 2006-02-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AR CU |
06BUENOSAIRES419 | NEW INSIGHTS INTO INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN [...] Third quarter INDEC figures show that the average per capita income of the ten percent of families with the highest incomes in Argentina was 34 times higher than that of the ten percent of families with the lowest incomes. That difference in average incomes is the highest since the 2002 cris [...] | 2006-02-22 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES423 | ARGENTINA ON UN REFORM [...] (C) As a follow-up to the Ambassador's demarche to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana (reftel a),PolCouns met on February 13 with MFA deputy director for International Organizations Jorge Gomez to obtain further details on GoA position on UN reform issues raised in reftels b and c. 2. (C) Man [...] | 2006-02-22 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO AR |
06BUENOSAIRES428 | MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major stories today refer to Ambassador Wayne's designation, its positive repercussions in Argentina and the possible topics he will be addressing; Hamas' difficult relationship with Israel; the aftermath of Haiti's elections and the global concern posed by the avian flu a [...] | 2006-02-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES433 | ARGENTINA ON AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (C) On February 23 POLOFF delivered the President's February 22 statement (reftel) as well as the joint statement by Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director of the North Africa and Middle East Affairs Office in the MFA. POLOFF also asked for the GOA to issue a [...] | 2006-02-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES439 | MEDIA REACTION US CANCELLATION OF BOLIVIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the US canceling Bolivian Senator Zurita's visa; the discovery of an anthrax case in New York; the US enabling Argentine meat (except that from a province that was affected by a recent foot-and-mouth bout) to enter US markets; an [...] | 2006-02-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES442 | ARGENTINA'S 2005 MINING REPORT [...] Secretary of Mining Jorge Mayoral paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador to present an overview of mining activity in Argentina from the onset of the economic crisis of 2002 to the present. Mayoral highlighted the growth in the number of exploration projects and drew attention to investment [...] | 2006-02-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES447 | ARGENTINA ON CONTACTS WITH HAMAS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points February 23 to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director in the MFA's Office of North American and Middle East Affairs. Jones said that the GOA had received no requests for a meeting with Hamas representatives, and that in any case, the GOA does not meet with "politica [...] | 2006-02-24 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KWBG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES448 | ARGENTINA ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 18:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM IAEA KNNP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES451 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Paco Use Increases Among Argentine Adolescents -- Ibarra Impeachment Update -- Las Heras Truce Wearing Thin -- Argentina Seeks Dialogue with Uruguay but Prepared f [...] | 2006-02-24 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES452 | COUNCIL OF MAGISTRATES REFORM BILL BECOMES LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: A controversial bill first proposed by Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to reform the Council of Magistrates easily passed in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies to become law on February 23. The bill reduces the size of the Council and will likely increase the Casa Rosada [...] | 2006-02-24 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES456 | ARGENTINA TO BACK VOSS FOR ICAO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] The Department informed Post on Friday, February 24 that some members of the Latin American Commission on Civil Aviation (LACAC) intend to cast their votes for USG candidate William Voss as the next Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). This information r [...] | 2006-02-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES458 | ARGENTINA'S PEACEKEEPING CENTER [...] (U) DCM, accompanied by POLOFF, visited the Argentine Joint Peacekeeping Training Center (CAECOPAZ) February 24 to receive a briefing on CAECOPAZ's capabilities, as well as on ongoing Argentine contributions to PKO's in Haiti (about 600 troops),Cyprus (about 400 troops),Kosovo (about 130 troo [...] | 2006-02-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS KPKO AR |
06BUENOSAIRES459 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 92 million in the FX market on February 21. The BCRA then kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...] | 2006-02-27 16:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES469 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN-RUSSIA IRAQ US-BOLIVIA US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Iran and Russia agreeing to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture; the danger of civil war in Iraq; Palestinian PM-designate Haniyeh's statement that Hamas would establish "peace in stages" if Israel were to withdraw to the borders it held befor [...] | 2006-02-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES470 | ANOTHER AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS STRIKE REMAINS A [...] (C) The threat that the November 2005 strike will repeat itself on or after March 1 remains a distinct possibility. The pilots' and mechanics' unions entered salary negotiations with the national flag carrier on December 2, 2005, at the conclusion of a 9-day strike. Under the GOA-brokered se [...] | 2006-02-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES477 | MEDIA REACTION US, COLOMBIA SIGN FREE TRADE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include a free trade agreement reached between the US and Colombia; a US Embassy press release asking for a fast solution of the dispute between the Argentine Government and Monsanto corporation; implications of the nuclear agreement b [...] | 2006-02-28 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES479 | Argentina: GOA Funds Nanotechnology Efforts [...] Summary: Buoyed by a ten million dollar grant from the Argentine Ministry of the Economy (MOE),the Argentine Nanotechnology Foundation (FAN) seeks to diversify the Argentine economy through promotion of public-private nanotechnology projects. FAN is the first effort to tie public and priva [...] | 2006-03-01 14:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA KNNP TSPL TSPA TPHY AR |
06BUENOSAIRES480 | DEMARCHE ON ARGENTINA IDB ABSTENTION [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instruction, I called on MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Luis Cappagli (the number three official in the MFA) at 10:45 a.m. local time (8:45 a.m. Washington time) on March 1. Foreign Minister Taiana was at the Congress for President Kirchner,s speech at the openi [...] | 2006-03-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES486 | KIRCHNER BREAKS SILENCE ON PAPER MILL CONTROVERSY [...] (U) During his annual address to Congress on March 1 (SEPTEL),President Nestor Kirchner made his first public remarks regarding the controversial paper mills under construction in Uruguay (REFTELS). In his remarks Kirchner appealed directly to Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez to, stop the [...] | 2006-03-01 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI EAGR AR UY |
06BUENOSAIRES497 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 3 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- HAVANA ON THE PARANA -- DIRTY WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS PROCEED -- 200 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN SHIPMENT OF FROZEN FISH -- MILITARY JUSTICE CODE REFORM PROPOSED [...] | 2006-03-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES498 | MINISTRY OF ECONOMY'S SECRETARY OF TECHNICAL [...] (C) The DCM paid a courtesy call on new Ministry of Economy Secretary for Technical Coordination Carlos Salas on February 24, to ask about the GOA's economic policy plans for the coming year. Salas responded that he was not an economist, but expressed optimism that the economy would continue [...] | 2006-03-03 14:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES499 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION [...] (SBU) Kirchner delivered a state of the nation speech to congress on March 1st. He began the speech by repeating many of the themes that he has mentioned in earlier speeches, such as Argentina's continuing struggle to emerge from "hell." He claimed that Argentina has now entered a process of [...] | 2006-03-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG AR |
06BUENOSAIRES500 | MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's trip to India; the IDB granting a loan to Argentina "in spite of US objections;" Argentina's supporting the strengthening of Haiti's Congress; and President Kirchner urging a 90-day halt to the construction of [...] | 2006-03-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES505 | MEDIA REACTION US-INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL A/S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the nuclear cooperation deal reached between the US and India; the press conference with Eric M. Bost, US Assistant Secretary for Food, Nutrition and consumer Service, US Department of Agriculture; and Argentina [...] | 2006-03-03 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES512 | PERUVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VISITS ARGENTINA [...] (U) On March 2, Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanto Humala visited Argentina during a campaign tour of the region and met with President Nestor Kirchner, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana at the Casa Rosada. According to press reports, there are as many as [...] | 2006-03-03 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR PE |
06BUENOSAIRES513 | AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS STILL NEGOTIATING WITH UNIONS [...] (U) Aerolineas Argentinas remains in salary negotiations as of March 3 with representatives of the airline's pilots and mechanics even though the 90-day negotiating period which the GOA brokered in December has expired. The airline offered a 20-percent pay increase to both groups on March 1. [...] | 2006-03-03 21:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ELAB AR |
06BUENOSAIRES515 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. The peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD early in the week, after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 29 million in the FX market on February 27. By mid-week, strong investment inflows to purchase domestic stoc [...] | 2006-03-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES524 | MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US President Bush praising Pakistan as crucial ally in the war on terrorism; the implications of a nuclear deal between the US and India; the civil war in Iraq; the confrontation between the US and Iran on the latter's nuclear prog [...] | 2006-03-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES534 | MEDIA REACTION US-BOLIVIA US-CUBA US-INDIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Bolivian President Evo Morales accusing the USG of "blackmail" for withdrawing anti-terrorism funding for his country; India's new strategic role in the current geopolitical scenario; the recent expulsion of the Cuban delegation [...] | 2006-03-08 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES535 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN MIDDLE EAST US-BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's speech on the International Women's Day; US Vice President Dick Cheney's threats to Iran if it does not suspend its enriched uranium-related activities; the US and Russia rejecting Iran's proposal to enrich ur [...] | 2006-03-08 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES538 | KIRCHNER TAKES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL DAILIES [...] President Kirchner recently took his contentious relationship with the Argentine press to a new level, publicly and directly attacking Argentina's two most influential daily newspapers -- Clarin and La Nacion. Although La Nacion is accustomed to being targeted by Kirchner, Clarin has enjoyed a [...] | 2006-03-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL PHUM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES549 | AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS FACES "LIGTNING STRIKE" [...] Members of Argentina's Air Line Pilots Association (APLA) and the Association of Professional Aeronautic Technicians (APTA) initiated a 24-hour strike at noon on March 9. Air Force Chief of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Airport Commodore Mario Marelli stated that union representatives had in [...] | 2006-03-09 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB AR |
06BUENOSAIRES560 | GOA SUSPENDS BEEF EXPORTS AS AN INFLATION-FIGHTING [...] (C) The GOA announced a 180-day suspension of beef exports in an effort to stem price increases. Exports to the EU that go toward fulfilling the Hilton Quota and those governed by bilateral agreements will not be affected. The suspension, described by a Cargill Argentina executive as "brutal, [...] | 2006-03-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES561 | ARGENTINA SIGNS SEISMIC MONITORING AGREEMENT [...] (U) Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan signed an Agreement March 9 concerning the establishment and operation of a Primary Seismic Station at Paso Flores in the Argentine province of Rio Negro. The Agreement updates an existing December 1987 Agreement between the Ar [...] | 2006-03-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR TPHY KNNP PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES562 | ARGENTINA: IBARRA'S REMOVAL CHANGES THE BUENOS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 7, the Buenos Aires City Legislature voted to permanently remove Mayor Anibal Ibarra from office. Although the required ten votes for removal included mostly opposition legislators, the deciding vote came from a Kirchnerista, Helio Rebot. Ibarra's removal changes the [...] | 2006-03-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES564 | COUNTER-TERRORISM MINISTER BLAMES MISUNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Visiting Desk Officer Gomez, accompanied by POLOFF and POL Intern, delivered (REFTEL) talking points on March 8 to Minister Gustavo Urrutia, Deputy Director of the Office of Counter Terrorism and Related Crimes. 2. (C) Regarding the Declaration of San Carlos, Urrutia said that Argentina [...] | 2006-03-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL USOAS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES572 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN US HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Iran warning the US that it could inflict "harm and pain" to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN Security Council to dole out for Tehran's refusal to halt atomic research; the 2006 US State Department Human Righ [...] | 2006-03-10 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES573 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN IRAQ VISIT OF A/S OF THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major local newspapers cover the press conference with Patrick O'Brien, US Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing, at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires as well as his meetings with members of the Argentine government. Papers highlight that, in spite of th [...] | 2006-03-10 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES578 | ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (C) On March 8, in a meeting with Visiting Desk Officer Gomez, POLOFF, and POL Intern, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke openly about the GOA's intentions to wait for Brazil before signing the Additional Protocol (AP). (Note: This is the same thing we have [...] | 2006-03-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES579 | MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories from the weekend cover socialist pediatrician Michelle Bachelet's swearing in as the nation's first female president; the US President's popularity rating; the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay reaching an agreement to suspend construction of [...] | 2006-03-13 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES592 | FEBRUARY 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in February. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 11.5 percent. Food and Beverages, and Medical and Health Care Services were the two CPI components with the highest monthly price rise in February, even though the GOA had launched price [...] | 2006-03-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES595 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN CHILE US-BOLIVIAN TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover US President George W. Bush's alleged plan to destabilize Iran; the possible impact of a hypothetical pre-emptive attack against Iran; Argentine President Nestor Kirchner receiving Haitian president-elect Rene Garcia Preval, who thanke [...] | 2006-03-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES596 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 14 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PROSECUTION OF AND APOLOGIES FOR MILITARY HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES -- NARCOTICS UPDATE 1: FLYING SUITCASE JUDGE REMOVED -- NARCOTICS UPDATE 2: WHITE WEDDING FOR "WHITE WI [...] | 2006-03-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES601 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated versus the USD this week, closing at 3.10 ARP/USD, reaching its lowest value in three years. The peso's fall this week resulted from higher dollar demand by banks, who want to dollarize their portfolios in expectation of higher U.S. interest rates, and the Central Bank's [...] | 2006-03-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES611 | ARGENTINA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on March 23-26. Your visit comes as President Nestor Kirchner continues to consolidate his resounding victory in mid-term legislative elections last October 23. Based on these results, Kirchner has tightened his [...] | 2006-03-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES621 | INVITING ARGENTINA TO THE MIAMI PSI MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentina has been a strong supporter of PSI since its inception. It remains the only country in South America to have formally endorsed PSI. Argentine officials have been willing to make this commitment operational. Post recommends against delivering the instructions set forth [...] | 2006-03-16 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR MARR PARM PREL |
06BUENOSAIRES623 | MEDIA REACTION UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major local newspapers lead with the creation of the UN Human Rights Council to replace "the discredited UN Human Rights Commission." Based on an article from the New York "Forward" magazine, business- financial, center-right "InfoBae's" Website reports that "The B [...] | 2006-03-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES625 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 17 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACEVEDO STEPS DOWN FROM TUMULTUOUS GOVERNORSHIP -- NARCOTICS UPDATE: THAT WHICH WAS LOST IS NOW FOUND -- TELERMAN TAKES THE HELM -- MISIONES PROVINCE IN FLAM [...] | 2006-03-17 18:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES626 | ARGENTINE MFA RAISES CONCERNS ON POSSIBLE IFC [...] (C) Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana requested a meeting with the Ambassador on March 15 to discuss GoA concerns regarding a proposal before the International Finance Corporation to provide funding for the controversial paper cellulose plants in Uruguay. In the absence of the Ambassad [...] | 2006-03-17 22:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EFIN SENV AR UY |
06BUENOSAIRES628 | MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy Report, in which US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations an [...] | 2006-03-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES635 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] GDP increased 9.1 percent y-o-y in the fourth quarter of 2005 - well above the BCRA consensus forecast of 8.4 percent - bringing annual GDP growth for 2005 to 9.2 percent. Growth was mainly driven by investment and strong consumer spending. Investment increased 27 percent y-o-y in the fourt [...] | 2006-03-20 17:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES649 | MEDIA REACTION THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers lead with the third anniversary of the war on Iraq; anti-war demonstrations in different countries of the world; half a million protesters taking to the streets across France to demand the scrapping of a new law that could erode job security; Al Fatah le [...] | 2006-03-20 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES65 | MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US SENATORS UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana's meetings with a delegation of US Republican senators; tomorrow's visit of A/S Shannon (business-financial papers highlight the "US and Argentina's renewed intention to resume talks afte [...] | 2006-01-11 18:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES653 | POST'S VIEWS ON COUNTERNARCOTICS TECHNICAL EXPERT [...] Post strongly supports the visit of a group of Washington-based technical experts to Argentina to brief high level GOA contacts on the scope and complexity of the U.S. counter narcotics program in Bolivia; the current challenges to the program; and possible consequences of increased cocoa and [...] | 2006-03-20 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES660 | ARGENTINA WILL NOT SUPPORT VENEZUELAN CHANGES TO [...] (C) On March 20, POLOFF delivered talking points (REFTEL) to Ambassador Victor Beauge and Deputy Director Gustavo Urrutia of the Office of Counter Terrorism and Related Crimes. Mr. Urrutia will head the Argentine delegation at the CICTE meeting in Colombia on March 22-24. 2. (C) Beauge [...] | 2006-03-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OAS PARM AR VE |
06BUENOSAIRES665 | MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's warning that he will use "military force" against Iran if Tehran attempts to attack Israel; the implications of the US Human Rights Report; and the WTO supporting Argentine Siderca corporation in its [...] | 2006-03-21 17:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES666 | Argentina: Environmental Challenges in Argentina's [...] Summary: ESTHOFF and Brasilia Regional Environmental Officer (REO) traveled to Chaco and Santiago del Estero provinces in Argentina's environmentally sensitive Grand Chaco area from March 6 - 9 to visit national and provincial parks and to examine deforestation and the ecological challenges [...] | 2006-03-21 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON EAGR KSCA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES677 | CONVERSATION WITH CARLOS ZANNINI [...] (C) Summary: DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met on March 20 with Carlos Zannini, the Secretary for Legal and Technical Affairs in the Casa Rosada. This was our first face to face meeting with Zannini since last November's Summit of the Americas. Zannini is widely considered to be the i [...] | 2006-03-22 18:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES688 | MEDIA REACTION USG TRIES MAIN COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers lead with the Basque separatist group ETA declaring a permanent ceasefire after almost four decades of attacks in Spain; Bolivian President Evo Morales blaming the USG for two criminal assaults launched against La Paz; the US Embassy in Sao Paulo's statement [...] | 2006-03-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES689 | MEDIA REACTION US-IRAN IRAQ US-SOUTH AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's meeting with President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires during the first state visit of her presidency; the US State Department charging Iran with having ties with Al Qaeda; US President Bush' [...] | 2006-03-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES693 | ARGENTINA ON SUDAN MISSION [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points March 23 to Minister Jorge Luis Gomez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. Gomez said that the had spoken with Argentina's UN Mission regarding our draft resolution on the rehatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan. He said that Argentin [...] | 2006-03-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO SOCI SU AR |
06BUENOSAIRES697 | ALLEDGED DOMESTIC ESPIONAGE DENOUNCED BY SOCIAL [...] (U) On March 19 the Buenos Aires-based think tank CELS (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales) charged that the officials at the Admiral Zar Naval Airbase in Trelew, Chubut Province, Argentina, were spying on Argentine lawyers, politicians, union leaders and journalists. Following the publi [...] | 2006-03-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PHUM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES699 | GOA RESCINDS WATER CONCESSION FROM FRENCH FIRM AND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) The GOA on March 21 announced that it was rescinding privately-owned Aguas Argentinas' thirty year concession to provide water and sewer services to Buenos Aires city and its surroundings in Buenos Air [...] | 2006-03-23 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES705 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UNDERGOES DRAMATIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's telecommunications industry has gone through a great deal of change since its initial liberalization in 1989. The consolidation following the economic crisis in 2001-200 [...] | 2006-03-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES706 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The GOA announced a primary fiscal surplus of ARP 1.9 billion in February, above market expectations of ARP 1.6 billion. This brings the accumulated fiscal surplus for the first two months of 2006 to ARP 3.5 billion. This better-than-expected February result is mainly the result of strong r [...] | 2006-03-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES707 | AMBASSADOR GUTIERREZ'S TRIP TO BARILOCHE [...] Ambassador Gutierrez traveled to the Patagonian city of San Carlos de Bariloche for a March 17 meeting with executives of INVAP, an Argentine high-technology company that builds nuclear reactors and satellites. The Ambassador stressed the importance the U.S. attaches to non-proliferation of [...] | 2006-03-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP ETRD TSPA TSPL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES718 | MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the US National Security Strategy; immigration demonstration drawing 500,000 in Los Angeles; US Secretary of State Rice's alleged statement that the US could withdraw a significant number of its troops in Iraq; the US Embassy in La Paz's response t [...] | 2006-03-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES723 | Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tabletop [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires' Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF) conducted an AI mission specific tabletop exercise which was led by the PMO and included CLO, IRM, PAS and the MSG representatives on Marc [...] | 2006-03-28 17:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES727 | ARGENTINA'S TOURISM SECTOR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Argentina received a record number of 3.7 million foreign tourists in 2005, a twelve percent rise over 2004. Argentina's tourist sector was the third most important source of foreign exchange [...] | 2006-03-29 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES737 | MEDIA REACTION US CHIEF OF STAFF ANDREW CARD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush announcing the resignation of his chief of staff and his replacement with budget director Joshua Bolten; acting PM Ehud Olmert declaring victory in Israeli elections and their impact on the Middle East conflict; [...] | 2006-03-30 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES738 | MEDIA REACTION MOUSSAOUI STATEMENTS ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testifying that he and would-be 'shoebomber' Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on September 11, 2001 and fly into the White House; Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Pal [...] | 2006-03-30 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES746 | THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN ARGENTINA [...] (S) Reftel asked the Embassy to forward the most current records of official Iranian diplomatic representation in Argentina. Poloffs visited the MFA March 30 and spoke with Minister Bibiana Jones and Maria Ruth de Goicochea of the Office of Northern Africa and The Middle East. MFA officials [...] | 2006-03-31 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PINR PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES748 | BRIDGING ARGENTINA'S DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's IT industry is the third largest in Latin America. Argentina's IT industry enjoys many advantages and is growing quickly. IT companies expect continued rapid growth and are inv [...] | 2006-03-31 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND AR |
06BUENOSAIRES753 | CODEL GRASSLEY DISCUSSES TRADE AND AGRICULTURE IN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA),Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, led a delegation to Argentina March 23-26 for discussions related to trade and agriculture with GOA off [...] | 2006-04-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES754 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN US-INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover Iran rejecting UN ultimatum; a US reporter being set free by Iraqi kidnappers; the Financial Action Task Force asking Argentine legislators to label terrorism as a crime; the US "criticizing Argentina's suspension of meat exports;" the [...] | 2006-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES758 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] On March 31, the GOA issued a resolution strengthening restrictions on beef export. The resolution includes exports of processed beef and cattle in the previous 180-day beef export ban. The aim of this measure is to increase local supply and avoid further increases in domestic beef prices. [...] | 2006-04-03 19:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES759 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IRAN US IMMIGRATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledging US "mistakes" in Iraq; the implications of the war in Iraq and the threat posed by Iran; US immigration policies and their impact on upcoming US legislative elections; the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui [...] | 2006-04-03 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES766 | READOUT ON ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) POLOFF met March 31 with Oscar Fuentes Lira, First Secretary at the Chilean Embassy in Buenos Aires, for a SIPDIS readout of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's March 21 meeting with President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires. 2. (C) Lira said the meeting had gone well and that the t [...] | 2006-04-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG AR CI |
06BUENOSAIRES771 | MEDIA REACTION ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include a US federal jury finding conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty; a debate in the US Senate on undocumented immigrants and the impact of the issue on November legislative elections; Peruvian presidential ca [...] | 2006-04-04 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES782 | MEDIA REACTION TIES BETWEEN TRI-BORDER AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the alleged ties between the Tri-Border and terrorist organizations through a New York bank account; US President Bush favoring a US law including temporary work permits; and the nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne as new US Ambassador [...] | 2006-04-06 18:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES785 | MEDIA REACTION TIES BETWEEN TRI-BORDER AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the alleged ties between the Tri-Border and terrorist organizations through a New York bank account; US President Bush favoring a US law including temporary work permits; and the nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne as new US Ambassador [...] | 2006-04-06 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES786 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Latin immigrants preparing a large demonstration in the US for May 1; and Uruguayan Economy Minister Danilo Astori's statement that his government has not dismissed an eventual FTA with the US. Daily-of-record "La Nacion," leading [...] | 2006-04-06 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES787 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM FOR OIG [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Argentina's size, importance to the regional economy, and ability to contribute to U.S. security goals make the bilateral relationship important to U.S. interests. Argentina is the size of the United States east of the Mississippi, with a population of 39 million inhabitants [...] | 2006-04-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASIG BBG |
06BUENOSAIRES798 | ARGENTINA: NEGOTIATING A STATUS OF FORCES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) POLOFF met April 4 with Minister Ricardo Boccalandro and Counselor Paulo Cavalleri in the MFA's Office of International Security (DIGAN) to discuss the text of the draft diplomatic note (ref. A) on a short-term Status of Forces [...] | 2006-04-07 21:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR KTIA MARR MOPS MASS |
06BUENOSAIRES800 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.2 percent m-o-m in March, well above market expectations of 1 percent following a 0.4 percent m-o-m increase in February. Last month's increase brought inflation to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year, compared to a 4 percent increase in th [...] | 2006-04-10 12:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES813 | MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Peruvian elections; USG concern over Humala Ollanta; suicide bombers blasting worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year; and [...] | 2006-04-10 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES822 | MEDIA REACTION US-CHINA-LATIN AMERICA US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's upcoming trip to Beijing; SIPDIS immigrants' demonstrations throughout the US; nationalist Ollanta Humala leading the count for Sunday's presidential election; conservative Silvio Berlusco [...] | 2006-04-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES83 | DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: THE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO AR |
06BUENOSAIRES84 | DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. The Ambassador underscored the potential dangers of Duvalier's return to Haiti and urged Taiana to express similar concerns to the IGOH. 2. (C) Taiana, who appeared not to be aware of the I [...] | 2006-01-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES85 | REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 12. Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan was also in attendance. Drawing on points in reftel, which were left as a non-paper, the Ambassador urged the GOA to continue its effor [...] | 2006-01-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AR AORC |
06BUENOSAIRES850 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN US-PERUVIAN FTA US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG asking for "tough measures" against Iran, which has announced plans to obtain industrial-scale enriched uranium; and the signature of an FTA between the US and Peru despite Humala's opposition. Conservative "La P [...] | 2006-04-13 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES852 | POVERTY DECLINING AT AN EVER-DECREASING RATE [...] According to a recent National Bureau of Statistics and Census (INDEC) report, the percentage of people living below the poverty line was 33.8 percent in the 28 most important urban areas of Argentina during the second half of 2005. The percentage of people living below the destitution line [...] | 2006-04-13 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES854 | FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S VISIT TO [...] Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Steven Blust met with GOA officials and industry representatives during his April 4-7 visit to Buenos Aires. Chairman Blust gave a presentation on the FMC's role in regulating maritime affairs to the Industrial Union of Argentina (UIA),the Chamber o [...] | 2006-04-13 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT AR |
06BUENOSAIRES857 | ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...] | 2006-04-13 21:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES858 | ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...] | 2006-04-17 10:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES859 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] Supermarket representatives warned this week that their agreements to keep prices unchanged on 200 basic goods may not be possible if their costs increase as a result of the wage negotiations with the commercial employees union. The union is asking for a 28 percent wage increase but reported [...] | 2006-04-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES862 | GOA Will Easily Cover its Financial Needs in [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The GOA will have no difficulty meeting its USD 11 billion in financing needs in 2006. Under a conservative set of assumptions, the GOA will have resources of USD 12.3 billion from its fiv [...] | 2006-04-17 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES866 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN SIX US GENERALS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover six US retired military allegedly asking for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the UN to adopt a resolution on Iran; the implications of the US immigration policy; the US policy on the Mi [...] | 2006-04-17 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES876 | MEDIA REACTION ARGENTINE MINISTER DE VIDO'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentine Planning Minister Julio De Vido's upcoming trip to the US; the US immigration policy and its implications; the IMF spring meetings; the Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala; and the upcoming visit of the hea [...] | 2006-04-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES886 | ARGENTINA ON PRESSURING IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by POLOFF, met with FM Jorge Taiana April 18 to discuss reftel points and asked for Argentina's support for a strong Chapter VII resolution requiring Iran to comply with the steps called for in the UNSC Presidential Statement and in past IAEA Board of Governor resol [...] | 2006-04-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES887 | ARGENTINA ON VENEZUELA'S TREATMENT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by POLOFF, delivered reftel points April 18 to FM Jorge Taiana regarding the April 7 attack on Ambassador Brownfield and four similar attacks over the last seven months. Taiana had been unaware of the earlier incidents and thanked the Ambassador for bringing them t [...] | 2006-04-19 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES89 | Argentina: Re: Beijing Pledging Conference on [...] Argentina will be represented by Dr. Hugo Fernandez, Director of Epidemiologica Surveillance for the Ministry of Health and by Argentine Embassy staff. Dr. Fernandez said that he cannot attend the side meeting on January 19th as the Conference will have ended by then and he has already book [...] | 2006-01-13 18:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES894 | MEDIA REACTION THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT UNCLEARED BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS PROG 04/20/06 PAO:RBANKS PRESS:GVEGA IO:MTEKACH PAS AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SECSTATE WASHDC, IMMEDIATE INFO CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2// USCOMSOLANT STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, [...] | 2006-04-20 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES902 | ARGENTINA: LEADING KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and POLOFF (notetaker) met April 18 with Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Nestor Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist. The DCM noted the overall positive nature of the bilateral relationship and took the opportunity to highlight our concerns on Venezuela. Mazzon s [...] | 2006-04-21 18:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES903 | ARGENTINA NAMES STRONG CHAVEZ ALLY AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOA announced April 18 that it was seeking acceptance from the Government of Venezuela to name former airline stewardess, union leader, congresswoman, and Chavez ally Alicia Castro as the new Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela. Castro, 56, is known as one of Chavez's most [...] | 2006-04-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG AR VZ |
06BUENOSAIRES908 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the wave of arrests of illegal immigrants in the US; US President Bush's tour to China; Venezuela leaving the Andean Community of Nations to join Mercosur; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's statement that there are 'imperialistic fo [...] | 2006-04-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES911 | TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S NEUQUEN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In March, Poloff traveled to the province of Neuquen to meet with political and academic leaders and has subsequently met with a number of national legislators from Neuquen. Neuquen Governor Jorge Sobisch is currently the only declared candidate for the 2007 presidential elect [...] | 2006-04-21 21:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES912 | MARCH 2006 INFLATION UPDATE AND PREDICTIONS [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.2 percent in March. This brings the 12-month inflation rate to 11.1 percent. Clothing, Education, and Food and Beverages were the three CPI components with the highest monthly price rises in March, increasing 9.5 percent, 6.1 percent and 1.5 percent, re [...] | 2006-04-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ETRD ALOWAR |
06BUENOSAIRES915 | MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL TORTURE CHINESE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Osama bin Laden issuing new threats in an audiotape broadcast on Arab TV accusing average Westerners of supporting "a Zionist, crusaders' war on Islam" and urging his followers to go to Sudan to fight a proposed UN peace force; criti [...] | 2006-04-24 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES925 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY BLOW TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include terrorist bombs hitting the Egyptian resort of Dahab killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 60; US President George W. Bush's trip to California and defense of his proposal to grant a temporary work permit to immigrant [...] | 2006-04-25 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES932 | ARGENTINA REQUESTS EXPANDED FAA ASSISTANCE WITH [...] Senior FAA officials visited Buenos Aires April 18-21 to meet with the Air Regions Command (ARC),an Air Force command that is the country's civil aviation authority (CAA). The focus of the visit was a review of the ARC's progress six months after the October 2005 announcement of Argentina's [...] | 2006-04-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES940 | MEDIA REACTION CHAVEZ' INFLUENCE ON LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include President Bush's investigation into oil price abuses; Presidents Lula and Kirchner's reaction to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasing influence in Latin America; the increasing amount of Bolivian cocaine entering Argentina [...] | 2006-04-26 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES944 | ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY LOSES CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Recrear political advisor, Ricardo Lopez Murphy is asking for a leave of absence as Recrear Party President and may leave the party following contentious internal elections that left Lopez Murphy isolated within his own party. Lopez Murphy's request for a leave of [...] | 2006-04-26 21:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES956 | MEDIA REACTION IRANIAN LEADER'S THREAT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei's serious war threat to the US; the US reinforcing its espionage operations in Latin America; the implications of the complaints by several US military retirees against US Defense Secretary Don [...] | 2006-04-27 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES964 | MEDIA REACTION AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major local papers extensively report on statements made by US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez as the keynote speaker of a diplomatic and business lunch at Club de la Union Nacional. Ambassador Gutierrez is reported to have said that his country "never backed the violation o [...] | 2006-04-28 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES966 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In its second quarter inflation report, the BCRA increased its 2006 growth forecast from 6 percent to "above 7 percent" based on the strong economic performance during the first two months of the year and the statistical carry-over effect from 2005. According to the report, the continued stre [...] | 2006-04-28 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR |
06BUENOSAIRES97 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG EPET AR |
06BUENOSAIRES984 | ARGENTINA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR REACTION TO [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalized the country's oil and gas reserves by decree on May 1. The decree fulfilled one of Morales' most prominent campaign pledges, but the scope and speed of the decision came as a shock to Argentine officials and business representatives alike. GOA [...] | 2006-05-02 21:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON AR BL |
07BUENOSAIRES1000 | ARGENTINA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (U) Embassy Buenos Aires keys the responses below to reftel A questions. 2. (SBU) NATURE OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARGENTINA BUSINESSES HAVE IN CUBA. The GOA imposes no requirement to register foreign direct investment and the Embassy has been unable to uncover any major investment by Argentine [...] | 2007-05-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC PHUM AR CU |
07BUENOSAIRES1004 | ARGENTINA IN PLAY: RE-ENGAGING ON ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) We need to re-engage with Argentina on broad economic policy and debt management issues. This re-engagement should be both with GoA officials and with this nation's vibrant and diverse civil society and media. In the big picture, Argentina is in play. We should not abandon the field to th [...] | 2007-05-22 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1007 | ARGENTINA INAUGURATES OFFICE DEDICATED TO [...] Argentina has created its first prosecutorial body dedicated to fighting crimes against the environment. The establishment of that office, known by its Spanish acronym UFIMA, is the latest in a series of steps taken by Argentina's active environment secretary toward a more vigorous protectio [...] | 2007-05-23 11:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1008 | FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER DISCUSSES GOA ECONOMIC [...] (C) During a March 16 meeting with Federal Reserve Governor Kroszner and Ambassador Wayne, GoA Economy Minister Miceli outlined the GoA's incipient effort to implement medium/long term economic planning, now that the financial crisis and default are five years in the past. She described the G [...] | 2007-05-23 13:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1025 | MEETING WITH ARGENTINE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER: [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan invited Ambassador to coffee May 22. He wanted to verify that the incident between security details during the Washington visit of Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner was behind us and would have not negative aftereffe [...] | 2007-05-23 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR IR VE |
07BUENOSAIRES1030 | ARGENTINE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE SUPPORTS TIP AND [...] (C) On May 22, Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Speaker of the House Alberto Balestrini and Vice President of the House Patricia Vaca Narvaja. They underscored the importance of the bilateral relationship and continued cooperation in providing security to Argentines and Americans alike i [...] | 2007-05-24 13:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PRGOV ECON ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN ASEC |
07BUENOSAIRES1042 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, post carried out a pre-license check on Rosario (province of Santa Fe),Argentina-based foreign end-user Rodamientos Severino on May 15. It is post's opinion that the company will be a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items. The firm has [...] | 2007-05-24 19:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1043 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 14 - [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 14 - 18, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...] | 2007-05-24 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1045 | GARCIA MORITAN'S VIEWS ON UN REFORM AND UNHRC [...] (C) Summary. On May 24, Ambassador Wayne hosted a lunch in honor of new Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arguello, with Deputy Foreign Minister Garcia Moritan present, among others. The Ambassadors discussed the importance of UN reform and stressed the need to work together [...] | 2007-05-24 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNHRC UNAUS PHUM KNNP PARM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1046 | ARGENTINA: CIVAIR TURBULENCE ON THE GROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentina has been seized recently with media stories alleging unsafe skies and a "broken" civil aviation regime, with some analysts and pilot and controller groups weighing in to support this charge. What began with a March 1 electrical storm that knocked out the primary radar se [...] | 2007-05-24 21:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1051 | MEDIA REACTION; US-LED GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM; US VIEWS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on the US-led Global War on Terrorism; a US experts' views on the outcome of upcoming Argentine presidential elections; the relationship between the media and governments in Latin America; and comments on the US State Department's Consula [...] | 2007-05-29 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1058 | NEW GOA INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCY TO FOCUS ON HIGH TECH [...] (SBU) Beatriz Nofal, head of the GoA's recently established investment promotion agency, Prosper-Ar, will focus her organization's efforts on attracting investment in the high tech and creative content sectors. In a May 18 meeting with Ambassador, Nofal said she would also like to be become in [...] | 2007-05-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KIPR PREL OECD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES106 | MEDIA REACTION KIRCHNER-LULA'S ROLE IN MODERATING CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include Argentine President Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva's role in moderating Chavez in favor of Mercosur's interests; fears of China re-launching its space arms race; the two highest-ranking Democratic leaders of Congress criticizing the W [...] | 2007-01-22 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1062 | MEDIA REACTION; RUSSIA NUCLEAR SUPER-MISSILE; ROBERT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the test of a Russian nuclear missile; the appointment of Robert Zoellick as the new head of the World Bank; and the implications of the USG Consular Information Sheet on Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Nostalgia" [...] | 2007-05-30 15:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1070 | ARGENTINA'S AIRPORTS OPERATOR ON HIGH AIRPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on May 18 with Ernesto Gutierrez, President of Aeropuertos Argentinas AA000 (AA2000),the private company that holds the 30-year concession to run 32 major Argentine airports. Gutierrez is a leading Argentine businessman, with extensive contacts and experience in [...] | 2007-05-31 13:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAIR BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1071 | MEDIA REACTION; BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT; US-SPAIN DISAGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include President Bush hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin in July amid tensions over US plans to build a missile shield in Europe; US Secretary Condoleezza Rice's trip to Spain, which is aimed at underscoring disagreements with the Za [...] | 2007-05-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1080 | FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER IN ARGENTINA; HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Fed Governor Kroszner highlighted globalization's impact on international capital flows and yield curves in speeches and roundtable meetings with central bank, government, and private sector representatives during his May 15-16 visit to Buenos Aires. Issues raised during roundtables inclu [...] | 2007-06-01 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1082 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 21 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 21 - 31, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...] | 2007-06-01 20:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1083 | ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TELLS FED GOV [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank President Redrado assured Fed Governor Kroszner and Ambassador that the GoA would make it through October elections without a sharp increase in inflation. However, he said post-election adjustments were needed to bring the inflation rate down and ensure a soft landi [...] | 2007-06-01 20:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1086 | WORLD BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED; ARGENTINA SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding Mr. Zoellick's candidacy and qualifications for the position of World Bank President in writing on May 30 to Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Central Bank President Martin Redrado. Charge subsequently reiterated points and urged GoA support [...] | 2007-06-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IBRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1088 | ARGENTINA: SHOWDOWN FOR BUENOS AIRES MAYOR: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Center-right leader Mauricio Macri (PRO) was the clear winner of the first round of voting for mayor of Buenos Aires city on June 3, but the Kirchner administration can also claim victory, as its candidate, National Education Minister Daniel Filmus came in second. This has push [...] | 2007-06-04 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1090 | MEDIA REACTION; RCTV; G8 SUMMIT; 06/04/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to the implications of the revocation of RCTV's license in Venezuela; and the upcoming G8 Summit with the major topics of disagreement between the US and Russia. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela - Ch [...] | 2007-06-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES11 | DEMOCRATS RETAKING CONTROL OF US CONGRESS; LULA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Democrats retaking control of US Congress and announcing a rapprochement with Latin America; and expectations about Lula's second term in office. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The new US Congress will take office today" Leonardo [...] | 2007-01-04 20:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1102 | MEDIA REACTION; ROGER NORIEGA'S STATEMENTS ABOUT THE IMPACT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include former US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega's remarks on SIPDIS the impact of Buenos Aires elections on the Kirchner administration; and the upcoming G8 summit vis-`-vis the US-Russian bilateral r [...] | 2007-06-05 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1105 | MEDIA REACTION; BRAZILIAN LEGISLATORS AGAINST CHAVEZ; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international opinion pieces include the Brazilian Congress' offensive against Chavez's entry into Mercosur; and US analysts' opinion about Mauricio Macri; and the status of press freedom in Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Brasilia's offensive [...] | 2007-06-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1113 | EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES STUDENT SELECTION LIST: TRAFFICKING IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 11:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SNAR SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1120 | MEDIA REACTION; BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY; RUSSIA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international opinion pieces discuss Brazil's "realistic" foreign policy; Russia's authoritarian style of government; and prospects for the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Venezuela is involved in Brazil's strategic game" [...] | 2007-06-07 15:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1125 | ARGENTINE SENATE PASSES COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (C) The Argentine Senate passed the draft anti-terror and counter terrorism finance (CTF) bill on June 6. There are positive indications that the lower house -- Chamber of Deputies -- will consider the law soon, but it is unclear whether it will be able to pass the bill prior to the Financial [...] | 2007-06-07 18:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1127 | Managed Mercosur Auto Trade [...] (U) Argentina's auto sector is roaring ahead, and 2007 is well on track to be the best in its history. The auto industry is a crucial pillar of the Argentine economy, bringing good jobs, technology transfer and innovation. Given the auto industry's importance and political sensitivity, the GO [...] | 2007-06-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD AR BR VE |
07BUENOSAIRES1128 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, following an action request cable (Ref A),and updating Post's 2004 Investment Disputes Report (Ref B),and its subsequent 2005 and 2006 updates (Refs C and D). There were no new disputes f [...] | 2007-06-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1129 | MEDIA REACTION; G8 SUMMIT CONCLUSIONS; PUTIN'S PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include G8 countries committing themselves to reduce gas emissions; and the implications of Russia's offer for the US to use a Russian-controlled radar system in Azerbaijan for a missile defense shield. 2. OPINION PIECES AND E [...] | 2007-06-08 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1142 | MEDIA REACTION; LULA'S WARNING TO CHAVEZ; CHAVEZ AND THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials cover Lula's criticism of Chavez's verbal excesses; Chavez's inconsistent response to the Pope's warnings of growing authoritarianism in Latin America; and the "totalitarian" nature of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's decision to [...] | 2007-06-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1151 | GOA SUPPORTS PRESERVING ALL MANDATES AND BROAD [...] (C) On June 11, Poloff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Human Rights Gabriela Quinteros and Third Secretary Alexis Am. Quinteros stated that the GOA, in principle, supports the continuation of all country-specific and thematic mandates at the UN Human [...] | 2007-06-12 18:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UNAUS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1153 | MEDIA REACTION; 27TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE OAS IN PANAMA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repudiating "the censorship of not renewing private TV licenses in Venezuela" in the framework of the 27th OAS General Assembly in Panama; and US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez's statem [...] | 2007-06-12 19:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1162 | MEDIA REACTION; T.I.P. REPORT; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international opinion pieces today include the Argentina section in the Trafficking in Persons report issued by the Department of State; what the U.S. and other leading countries are doing to put an end to the current flare-up in the Middle East; and Argentine First Lad [...] | 2007-06-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1169 | MEDIA REACTION; POSSIBLE RETURN OF THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the possible return of the Visa Waiver Program to Argentina; and Argentina passing anti-terrorism legislation, allegedly under pressure by the U.S. and others. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Argentines could again trave [...] | 2007-06-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES117 | MEDIA REACTION LULA'S GROWTH ACCELERATION PROGRAM; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers report on Brazilian President Lula da Silva's "Growth Acceleration Program," which will reportedly have a positive impact on Argentina and Mercosur; Argentina's draft bill against terrorist financing; and Bolivian President Evo Morales' plans to nationalize the [...] | 2007-01-24 13:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1177 | MEDIA REACTION; THE LATIN AMERICAN POPULIST MODEL; THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories cover Latin America's populist model; the lack of progress made by the G8 summit in terms of the social and environmental agenda; and the Visa Waiver Program. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The hypnotic populist model" Dail [...] | 2007-06-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1180 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 4-12, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to [...] | 2007-06-15 17:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1183 | ARGENTINE CONGRESS EXPEDITES PASSAGE OF COUNTER [...] (SBU) The Argentine Chamber of Deputies passed the GoA's draft counter-terrorism and counter-terrorism finance law on June 13, just one week after it passed the Senate on June 6. Neither house made changes to the government's draft, so the law will go directly to the office of the President for [...] | 2007-06-15 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1185 | GOA REACTION TO TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary. While there has been no public GOA reaction yet, GOA private reaction to the USG's 2007 TIP report was very negative. Vicente Espeche Gil, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs, called the report "unhelpful" and Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez ex [...] | 2007-06-15 22:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES119 | ARGENTINA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] This cable transmits the text of the Argentina Investment Climate Statement for 2007 OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Four consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor int [...] | 2007-01-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV OPIC USTR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1192 | MEDIA REACTION; THE GAZA STRIP; USG ASKING THE ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials cover the state of affairs in the Gaza Strip as well as the next steps to be taken by the Bush and Olmert administrations; the USG praises the Argentine Government for its approval of an anti-terrorist draft bill and reque [...] | 2007-06-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES12 | ARGENTINA'S VIEWS ON MERCURY AT THE UPCOMING 24TH [...] Reftel asked addressee posts to seek host government support for UNEP's voluntary mercury partnerships, and to solicit views on various proposals to control mercury that parties are expected to raise at the upcoming UNEP Governing Council meeting in Nairobi. With that in mind, Emboff spoke J [...] | 2007-01-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EMIN ETRD SENV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1200 | MEDIA REACTION; US IMMIGRATION REFORM; US FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international topics today include the US immigration reform; and the US House Foreign Relations Committee discussion about the status of the US-South American relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Immigration on the arena" Daily-of-record "La Nacion [...] | 2007-06-20 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1208 | INTERIOR MINISTER MAKING PUSH ON COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez is making a public push to enhance counternarcotics cooperation and effectiveness in Argentina, initiating such ideas as a sole national registry for collecting CN information and analyzing trends, creating a scientific advisory [...] | 2007-06-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1212 | GOA view of MERCOSUR Economic Priorities: Lesser [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Ministry (MFA) and Economy Ministry contacts are skeptical that MERCOSUR will make progress on its key economic priorities going forward: 1) revise the common external tariff (CET); 2) coordinate macroeconomic policy; 3) eliminate double collection of tariffs; 4) [...] | 2007-06-21 19:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1216 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE ANTI-TERRORIST LEGISLATION; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories cover the questioning of Argentina's antiterrorist legislation based on some gaps which could lead to human rights abuses; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's reasons for pushing Nicaragua into Mercosur; and the view of Latin Amer [...] | 2007-06-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES122 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) On Friday, January 19, Ambassador presented his credentials to Argentine Vice President Scioli in the Casa Rosada. A twenty minute discussion with the Vice President was focused on trade and investment, exchanges, and the shifting political landscape in Latin America. Highlights of the [...] | 2007-01-24 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFPD PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1221 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN HUGO CHAVEZ NOT ATTENDING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's decision not to attend the Asuncion Mercosur presidential summit; and the implications of Chinese and Indian corporations and governments' reinvigorated ties to Latin and Central America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDI [...] | 2007-06-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1232 | MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST; HUGO CHAVEZ; LATIN AMERICA IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces cover the US and Israel's strategy on the Middle East; the decline of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's popularity in opinion surveys; and the inclusion of Latin America in the US election campaign. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Middl [...] | 2007-06-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1236 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S JUNE 20 & 21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 20 and 21 Ambassador Wayne received governors of two key border provinces. Presidential candidate and Neuquen Governor Jorge Sobisch described the main themes of his long-shot presidential run. Jujuy's Governor EduardoFellner stated his continuing commitment to anti- [...] | 2007-06-25 18:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1239 | MEDIA REACTION; US EXPECTATIONS OVER ARGENTINE PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion stories include the analysis by US commentators of Mauricio Macri's victory in the Buenos Aires mayoral race; the outcome of the Paris Conference on Darfur; and the confirmation of Robert Zoellick as head of the World Bank. 2. OPINION PI [...] | 2007-06-26 14:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1240 | ARGENTINA: MACRI IS NEW BUENOS AIRES MAYOR: [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kirchner's image of political invulnerability has been shaken by two local elections, but he is still far ahead in presidential election polls. Center-right leader Mauricio Macri (PRO) is the new mayor of Buenos Aires city, having won the runoff election on June 24 by [...] | 2007-06-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1244 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Ambassador Wayne called on former President Raul Alfonsin to discuss Alfonsin's views on the current political panorama in Argentina. Alfonsin frankly shared his view that current economic policies are not sustainable and that Argentina is likely to see economic [...] | 2007-06-26 20:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AR ECON |
07BUENOSAIRES1245 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON STATUS OF ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary. On June 25, Ambassador Wayne called on Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez to discuss the status of TIP legislation and ongoing counternarcotics cooperation in the Tri-Border Area (TBA),the Department's offer to conduct a counterterrorism assessment of Argentina (reported septel [...] | 2007-06-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1246 | GOA INTERIOR MINISTER ON COUNTERNARCOTICS AND [...] (C) Summary. On June 25, Ambassador Wayne called on Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez to discuss ongoing counternarcotics (CN) cooperation in the Tri-Border Area (TBA),the Department's offer to conduct a counterterrorism (CT) assessment of Argentina, and status of TIP legislation (reporte [...] | 2007-06-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1248 | ARGENTINA: INVESTIGATION INTO SUSPECT WEAPONS [...] (SBU) THIS INFORMATION IS LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE. 2. (SBU) Summary: A judicial investigation into a suspected tax evasion and, perhaps, arms smuggling case, involving Farmington, Connecticut-based company JLD Enterprises, continues here. Argentine customs and judicial authorities have [...] | 2007-06-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KCRM PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES125 | MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; A/S SHANNON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's State of the Union Address; US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs Thomas Shannon's statements about ties between the US and Latin America, and particularly Venezuela; upcoming World Econo [...] | 2007-01-25 11:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1257 | MEDIA REACTION; ANTI-US FEELING IN ARGENTINA; US-LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT - "Argentina, one of the countries that most reject the US" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (06/28) "The fact that George W. Bush is rejected in Argentina is little surprising, although the broad dimension of said [...] | 2007-06-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES126 | ARGENTINA: "ELATED" OVER HAGUE PULP MILL DECISION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice in the Hague denied on January 23 Uruguay's request to force Argentina to stop blocking vital roads and bridges linking the neighboring countries, finding that the circumstances of the case "are not such as to require the exercise of its power. [...] | 2007-01-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1262 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 12-27, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov t [...] | 2007-06-28 18:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1266 | MEDIA REACTION; ACNUR REPORT; US IMMIGRATION REFORM; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the UN High Commissioner's Report "2006 World Tendencies Report;" the status of the US immigration reform bill; and what Mercosur needs to operate efficiently. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "More refugees due to wars" [...] | 2007-06-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1278 | Repsol-YPF Plans Minority Sale to Local Argentine [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to press and local sources, Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol-YPF is negotiating to sell a 45% stake in its Argentine subsidiary YPF. Plans call for 25% of Repsol- YPF's shares to be bought by Argentine businessman/banker Enrique Eskenazi, who has ties to President Kirc [...] | 2007-07-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG AR VZ SP |
07BUENOSAIRES1283 | ACTIVE ABROAD, STYMIED AT HOME; ARGENTINA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 26, Ambassador Wayne met with head of the Office of Anticorruption, Dr. Abel Fleitas Ortiz de Rozas to discuss possible increased cooperation on anti-corruption issues. Fleitas highlighted his office's very active participation in international anti-corruption conventio [...] | 2007-07-02 17:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1284 | MEDIA REACTION; US IMMIGRATION REFORM; DECLASSIFICATION OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the US immigration reform; the implications of the declassification of CIA documents; and Wall Street experts' opinion about the Argentine energy crisis. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The US - the newly arrived are no [...] | 2007-07-02 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1286 | ARGENTINA: "PINGUINA" FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be the official candidate of the GoA for president in October, replacing her husband, current President Nestor Kirchner. Fernandez de Kirchner's candidacy was widely anticipated after months of intimation from the Ca [...] | 2007-07-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1287 | ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1296 | MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ AND MERCOSUR; HAMAS AND THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with President Chavez'spat with Lula over Venezuela's entry in MERCOSUR, and HAMAS' liberation of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, viewed as a strategic move aimed at showing it's fully in control of the Gaza Strip. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chavez [...] | 2007-07-05 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1297 | ARGENTINA REVIEWING CONTRIBUTION TO UN/AU HYBRID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 20:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1298 | ARGENTINA REVIEWING CONTRIBUTION TO UN/AU HYBRID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 20:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1301 | ECONOMY MINISTER DECLINES INVITE TO URUGUAY [...] (C) Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Ambassador discussed on July 3 the Minister's invitation to participate in upcoming meetings in Uruguay with Treasury Secretary Paulson and other Ministers from the region. Although Miceli expressed interest, her staff confirmed on July 5 that the Minist [...] | 2007-07-05 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1302 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 3 with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana before the signing of the CivAir Agreement (septel) to discuss a range of issues. Taiana noted that the GoA has focused its foreign policy primarily on regional issues and South American integration - a difficult task. He [...] | 2007-07-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PARM ETRD PTER KCRM |
07BUENOSAIRES1313 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE 28 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 28 - July 5, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be [...] | 2007-07-06 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1315 | U.S., Argentina Sign Milestone Aviation Accord [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 3, in a public and widely-publicized ceremony, the Ambassador and Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana signed an aviation accord that significantly expands air service between our two countries, and contains an important and modernized security chapter. The accord was hailed [...] | 2007-07-06 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EINV ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1319 | MEDIA REACTION; RICE-BUSH ON U.S.-LATAM RELATIONS; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories carry Secretary Rice's declarations on U.S. relations with the hemisphere, in the framework of the White House Conference of the Americas, in which she highlights the ties with Brazil and Chile as 'extraordinarily good' while those with Argentina are 'different [...] | 2007-07-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1327 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH AMIA FRIENDS AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Ambassador Wayne, accompanied by Legal Attache and poloff, met with representatives from the Friends and Families of victims of the 1994 Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) terrorist attack (FAV). The Ambassador praised the FAV's efforts to keep the memory o [...] | 2007-07-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI IS |
07BUENOSAIRES1341 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKING FOR BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: This is an Action Message: please see para. 7. On July 11, Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan invited Ambassador to a confidential discussion on the "future" of bilateral relations. He and Undersecretary for Foreign Relations Vicente Espeche Gil raised the need for [...] | 2007-07-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1347 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JULY 6 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period July 6 - 13, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...] | 2007-07-13 19:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1351 | ARGENTINA: TOILET-GATE, ENVIRO-GATE, AND OTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The emergence of yet more corruption scandals tied to the administration has President Kirchner on the defensive. On July 11, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez publicly defended the actions of Environment Secretary Romina Picolotti against charges of nepotism and irregular spen [...] | 2007-07-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1352 | (C) GOA FOILS ETON PARK INVESTMENT BID: CORRUPTION [...] (C) Major U.S. investment fund Eton Park's two year effort to buy a minority stake in Argentina's regulated electricity transmission grid from Brazil's Petrobras offers a snapshot of GoA machinations to favor local -- and presumably more easily controlled -- capital investment in strategic [...] | 2007-07-15 22:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG BEXP VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1353 | IOM COUNTRY REP ON IOM'S AND THE GOA'S ANTI-TIP [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, Ambassador Wayne met with Eugenio Ambrosi, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Country Representative to talk about IOM's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and improve the lives of migrant populations in Argentina. (Septel will cover Ambassa [...] | 2007-07-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1357 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; CHINA-TAIWAN; 07/16/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the impact of the situation in Iraq on the Bush administration; and the dispute between China and Taiwan in Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Iraq - when the puppeteer abandons its puppet" Oscar Raul Cardoso, inte [...] | 2007-07-16 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1359 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES VENEZUELA IN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 11 with Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Garcia Moritan discussed GoA's continuing belief that it is better to have Venezuela on the inside of MERCOSUR, although this is not an easy task. GoA's primary interest in including Venezuela is stability, commercial [...] | 2007-07-16 22:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1360 | ECONOMY MINISTER MICELI RESIGNS, REPLACED BY [...] (SBU) GoA Economy Minister Felisa Miceli, dogged by scandal following the discovery of over $60,000 in cash in her office, has resigned. Chief of Cabinet Minsiter Alberto Fernandez announced Miceli's subordinate, Secretary of Industry and Trade Migueil Peirano, will be named to replace her fo [...] | 2007-07-16 22:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1363 | GOA MOVEMENT ON DOHA UNLIKELY PENDING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The EU Mission in Argentina sees little potential before October presidential elections for the GoA to support a Doha deal that cuts NAMA tariffs. Post shares that view. The GoA trade negotiator says Argentina counseled Brazil and India to walk out of the Potsdam G-4 meeting; that Argen [...] | 2007-07-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL EU AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1364 | SUPPORT FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OTA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) I am writing in support of a Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) initiative to offer direct technical assistance (TA) and training to the Government of Argentina (GoA) in the areas of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism finance (CTF). 2. (SBU) I understand that [...] | 2007-07-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1367 | MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT; US-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover the international conference on the Middle East called by US President George W. Bush; the current status of the US-Russia relationship; and implications of US Treasury Secretary Paulson's trip to Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND [...] | 2007-07-18 11:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1369 | APACHE ENERGY EXPANDS ARGENTINE HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AND [...] (SBU) Apache Energy is expanding exploration and development activities in Argentina's southern most Tierra del Fuego province, with $100 million invested in new production in 2006 and an additional $150 million budgeted in 2007. This expansion comes despite shrinking profit margins caused by [...] | 2007-07-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1374 | MEDIA REACTION; US NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories cover the latest US Intelligence Estimate, according to which Al Qaeda remains determined to mount attacks on major targets in the U.S.; Argentina's observation of the 13th anniversary of the criminal attack against the AMIA; and the st [...] | 2007-07-18 16:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1375 | MEDIA REACTION; US NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories cover the latest US Intelligence Estimate, according to which Al Qaeda remains determined to mount attacks on major targets in the U.S.; Argentina's observation of the 13th anniversary of the criminal attack against the AMIA; and the st [...] | 2007-07-18 17:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1379 | OAS SYG INSULZA ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) On July 18, Ambassador met over breakfast in Buenos Aires with visiting OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza. Insulza told Ambassador that, as Secretary General, he feels it important to show the OAS is making every effort to work with Venezuela at this time. He said he believes th [...] | 2007-07-18 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1384 | BRIEFING TO GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA ON DECLARATION [...] On 10 July 2007, DCM and ESTOff, together with Russian Charge Shchetinin, met with Directorate of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs (DIGAN) Director, Ambassador Elsa Kelly to discuss the US-Russian Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation (Ref B). Also in attendanc [...] | 2007-07-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1385 | MEDIA REACTION; AMIA BOMBING ANNIVERSARY; 07/19/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion," leading "Clarin," and liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carry editorials on the 13th anniversary of the AMIA bombing. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "When 13 is really unlucky" Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires He [...] | 2007-07-19 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES139 | ECONOMIC MINISTER ON MERCOSUR SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a January 24 meeting focused primarily on Paris Club issues (septel),Economic Minister Miceli told the Ambassador that the recent Mercosur summit in Rio had its tense moments, but had finished with the clear understanding that Mercosur priorities can not be subordinated to the inte [...] | 2007-01-25 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ENRG EINV EMIN ETRD BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES140 | ARGENTINA STRIKES DEBT DEAL WITH SPAIN, CONTINUES [...] (C) Economic Minister Felisa Miceli and new Finance Secretary Sergio Chodos forcefully argued the GoA case for a SIPDIS Paris Club restructuring deal during a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador. Miceli said the GoA and Spain had completed a separate deal on the repayment of Argentina's [...] | 2007-01-25 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1414 | ARGENTINA: FIRST LADY LAUNCHES CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner officially launched her candidacy for president of Argentina at a ceremony in her home town on July 19. Fernandez's speech outlined three "pillars" that have served as the foundations of her husband President Nestor Kirc [...] | 2007-07-20 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR ECON |
07BUENOSAIRES1415 | ARGENTINE ENERGY SHORTAGE - A CRISIS FORETOLD [...] (SBU) A combination of an unusually cold winter, unseasonably low water levels at hydro-electric facilities, and a 5-year post-crisis legacy of under-investment in basic electricity and natural gas infrastructure has resulted in significant energy shortages in Argentina. The consequence: Ove [...] | 2007-07-20 21:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EPET ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1416 | PUT THEM ON TRIAL: SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS PARDONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On July 13, the Argentine Supreme Court overturned a 1989 presidential pardon granted by then President Carlos Menem to General Santiago Omar Riveros, former military official who is accused of crimes against humanity for heading up clandestine detention centers dur [...] | 2007-07-20 22:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1417 | SUPPORT FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OTA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) I am writing in support of a Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) initiative to offer direct technical assistance (TA) and training to the Government of Argentina (GoA) in the areas of anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism finance (CTF). 2. (SBU) I understand that [...] | 2007-07-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1422 | AMBASSADOR TOURS KRAFT FOODS ARGENTINA AND ARGENTINE FOOD [...] (SBU) Ambassador visited the Kraft Foods Argentina plant in General Pacheco, Kraft's second largest cookie plant in the world. Kraft highlighted their strong commitment to their Corporate Social Responsibility Programs. They also discussed the direct role that the union plays in their operatio [...] | 2007-07-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OCRA OFSO OCBD OSTA OAO ONA OTP ECON BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1431 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAN TIES TO LATIN AMERICA; IMF LEADERSHIP; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories include Israel's concern over Iran's growing ties to Latin America; and U.S.-Argentina concurrence on the appointment of the next head of the IMF. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Israel is concerned over Iran's growing ties to Latin Am [...] | 2007-07-24 15:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1436 | MEXICAN AMBASSADOR ON RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting July 13 with Ambassador, Mexican Ambassador to Argentina de la Garza Sandoval discussed President Kirchner's visit at the end of July to Mexico to sign an "Agreement of Strategic Association," which will group together under one instrument a number of existing bilat [...] | 2007-07-24 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1438 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; TURKEY; UPCOMING ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories include a US military report advising troop withdrawal from Iraq begin in the summer of 2009; implications of Turkish parliamentary elections; and speculation about the outcome of upcoming Argentine presidential elections. 2. OPINION PIECES AND [...] | 2007-07-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1445 | ARGENTINA: DOHA NAMA TEXT UNACCEPTABLE AS BASIS FOR [...] (SBU) The GoA views the current Doha Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) Modalities text presented by NAMA Committee Chair Stevenson wholly "unacceptable as a basis for negotiations" according to senior Argentine trade officials. They argue it fails to reflect the views of the NAMA 11, a dev [...] | 2007-07-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1448 | ARGENTINA: CONFIDENT THEY WILL COMPLETE UNCAC CHECKLIST BY [...] (U) Nicolas Raigorodsky, the Director of Transparency Policies in the Office of Anticorruption, confirmed to post that he and his team have received the Spanish version of the checklist and that Argentina would complete the UNCAC checklist before the August 15 deadline. Raigorodsky expressed a [...] | 2007-07-26 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1449 | MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST; CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the "historic" summit between Israeli PM Ehud Olmert and Egyptian and Jordan Foreign Ministers; and implications of Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's trip to Spain. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Hist [...] | 2007-07-26 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1456 | PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON ENERGY CRISIS AND [...] (SBU) Argentina will successfully weather current and future energy shortages, according to Planning Minister De Vido, via a combination of short term fixes (including imports of Brazilian electricity and GoA subsidies for the import of diesel fuel for generators),plans for a post-election nat [...] | 2007-07-27 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET EAIR BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1459 | US FIRMS AND LABOR MINISTER TOMADA DISCUSS CSR AND [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, Ambassador Wayne hosted a roundtable meeting with Labor Minister Carlos Tomada and representatives from U.S. companies to discuss the Labor Ministry's initiative to promote formal employment and decent jobs as well as U.S. companies' corporate social responsibility [...] | 2007-07-27 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ELAB AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1462 | MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON CUBA; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories cover current and future US policy on Cuba; and the agreement reached by US Senator Nicholas Negroponte and Intel corporation to work together on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - " [...] | 2007-07-30 09:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1464 | ARGENTINA TO CONSIDER SWING IOM DG CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 16:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG |
07BUENOSAIRES1465 | MEDIA REACTION; AMIA CASE; MIDDLE EAST; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the USG praise for Argentina's cooperation in the AMIA terrorist bombing investigation; US policy in the Middle East; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's "perpetual presidency," along the lines of that of Argentine former President Jua [...] | 2007-07-30 18:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1468 | Judicial Branch feels pressure, appreciates U.S. program [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 18, Ambassador lunched with key members of Argentina's judicial branch. They expressed deep appreciation for exchanges, speakers, and seminars which the Embassy has sponsored for the last six years. They described the stark need of the judicial branch in Argentina to [...] | 2007-07-30 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1472 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRHCNER TO MEXICO; UK [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the visit of Argentine President Kirchner and First Lady and Senator Cristina Kirchner to Mexico and the signature of a strategic deal between Argentina and Mexico; UK PM Gordon Brown's trip to the US and his meeting with President Bu [...] | 2007-07-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1476 | ARGENTINA TO WORK CLOSELY ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) On July 30, poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations Ana Berta and U.S. Desk Officer Hernan Santivanez. Berta stated that while the Argentine government does not appreciate the "paternalistic" nature of the TIP report, it is committed to work [...] | 2007-07-31 18:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1477 | ARGENTINA TO SUPPORT UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] On July 24, poloff delievered ref A points to MFA Director for Human Rights Federico Villegas Beltran, who also serves as the MFA's focal point for Holocaust issues. Villegas Beltran stated that Argentina will support, but not co-sponsor the UNESCO Holocaust resolution. He explained that giv [...] | 2007-07-31 18:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AR |
07BUENOSAIRES148 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, Ambassador Wayne called on Secretary General of the Presidency (President Nestor SIPDIS Kirchner's chief of staff) Oscar Parrilli. Parrilli said that the GOA is committed to serving as a positive example of democracy in the region and tries to demonstrate democr [...] | 2007-01-26 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1488 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT NESTOR KIRCHNER TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories are related to President Kirchner's criticism of the wall along the US-Mexican border; and the US Lower House's resolution asking Interpol to issue international warrants for the capture of Iranian and Lebanese suspects in the attack agai [...] | 2007-08-01 18:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES149 | MEDIA REACTION TIFA BETWEEN THE US AND URUGUAY; 01/26/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major newspapers report on the signing of a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement between the US and Uruguay and DUSTR John Veroneau's statement that "The TIFA's will help us find ways to explore and broaden economic opportunities as well as identify further opport [...] | 2007-01-26 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1496 | NEW ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER PEIRANO: [...] (C) New Economy and Production Minister Miguel Peirano was elevated from his Secretary of Industry and Trade and Small Business post in the same Ministry to replace Felisa Miceli on July 17. Miceli had resigned abruptly after a scandal involving the discovery of $100,000 in cash in her office [...] | 2007-08-01 19:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1501 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's attempt to amend the country's constitution in order to obtain indefinite re-election; and prospects for Argentina's economic boom and Cristina Kirchner. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - [...] | 2007-08-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1502 | BUENOS AIRES MAYOR TELERMAN ON CITY AND NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 1st meeting with Ambassador, Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Telerman expressed his personal affinity for the U.S. and said he thought U.S.-Argentine relations were "like the swing of a pendulum" and would move in the other direction eventually. Telerman offered his vi [...] | 2007-08-02 20:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1514 | PRESIDENT CHAVEZ'S AUGUST 6 VISIT TO ARGENTINA: BONDS, [...] (SBU) President Chavez arrives in Buenos Aires August 6 for a meeting with President Kirchner en route to Bolivia. The agenda will be principally economic: the issuance of a third tranche of the joint GoA/GoV "Bono del Sur" valued at up to US$1 billion will be announced. Other likely announc [...] | 2007-08-03 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1517 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CALLS ARGENTINE ECONOMIC [...] (C) The GoA's "fiscal policies are not sustainable past this year," Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado (PROTECT) told Ambassador during their July 31 meeting. He warned of increasing problems if Argentina maintained its domestic demand-driven growth policies (he noted the BCRA estim [...] | 2007-08-03 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1519 | KIRCHNERS: PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In recent group and individual discussions with G-8 and Spanish Ambassadors, all agreed that Cristina Kirchner is trying to convey more interest in international affairs and to show that she is listening to concerns expressed by others. But her proposals for how she will govern [...] | 2007-08-03 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD AR SP GM MX |
07BUENOSAIRES1525 | MEDIA REACTION; US WIRETAPPING LEGISLATION; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the new US legislation expanding government authority to listen in on international phone calls and read e-mail messages of US citizens without warrants; speculation about Argentina's future foreign policy, with a focus on the upcoming me [...] | 2007-08-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1535 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN RELATIONSHIP; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories are related to the bilateral relationship between Argentina and Venezuela; and Brazilian President Lula reinforcing an alliance between Mexico and Brazil. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Two presidents, among jokes and praising spe [...] | 2007-08-08 13:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1536 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CRISTINA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications of Argentine Presidential Candidate Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's address to the Council of the Americas; and the impact of current Argentine-Venezuelan ties on Argentina's foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES A [...] | 2007-08-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1544 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TRIES TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine President Nestor Kirchner received Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on August 6 to finalize Venezuela's purchase of US$500 million in Argentine bonds and to sign a number of energy accords, including the joint construction of a $400 million LNG receiving terminal in [...] | 2007-08-08 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR VZ |
07BUENOSAIRES1545 | ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT FAILS CREDIBILITY TEST ON [...] (SBU) On August 6, the Argentine statistical agency, INDEC, reported monthly inflation of 0.5%, once again below even the lowest private sector estimates, indicating continued GoA manipulation of the data. This dashed market hopes that new Economy Minister Miguel Peirano (reftel) would use th [...] | 2007-08-08 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1556 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE FOREIGN POLICY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international opinion pieces cover Argentina's current and upcoming foreign policy; and the mounting trade dispute between the US and China. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Gestures towards the world" Ricardo Kirschbaum, general editor of leading "Clarn, [...] | 2007-08-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1557 | Argentina Response to Airline Crew Tax Proposal [...] (U) Summary: On June 11, Post delivered via diplomatic note the reftel message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the possibility of the GOA signing a multilateral Convention on Reciprocal Tax Exemption of Airline Crews. In response, on July 20, the MFA sent a diplomatic note proposi [...] | 2007-08-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA EINV ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1558 | ARGENTINA ON DOHA AGRICULTURE MODALITIES AND NAMA LINKAGE [...] (SBU) The GoA believes the latest Doha Agriculture Modalities draft is moving in the right direction and notes common ground with the paper's domestic support, market access, and export competition language. Trade policy makers here appreciate that the USG is now "listening closely" to GoA Doh [...] | 2007-08-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR EINV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1580 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN TIES; GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to the current status of Argentine-Venezuelan relationship following the scandal of the 800,000-dollar suitcase found at Jorge Newbery Airport; and the impact of the global financial crisis on Argentine economy and upcoming election [...] | 2007-08-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1582 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINA-VENEZUELA; US ECONOMY; SUSAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today are related to the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship following the scandal of the 800,000-dollar suitcase found at Jorge Newbery Airport; the current status of the US economy; and comments from Susan Segal, head of the Council of the Americas [...] | 2007-08-14 12:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1586 | COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS CONFERENCE: GOA CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The GoA used this year's Council of the Americas conference in End Summary ------------------------------ The GoA: Upbeat and On-Message ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) On August 7, key GoA Ministers and Cristina Kirchner addressed Planning Minister Julio de Vido, Finance M [...] | 2007-08-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG PREL VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1591 | COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS CONFERENCE: GOA CHARM [...] (SBU) The GoA used this year's Council of the Americas conference in Buenos Aires both to claim economic success and to stress its interest in U.S. investment. The high profile GoA presence, and particularly presidential candidate Cristiana Kirchner's wrap-up speech, have been widely seen as [...] | 2007-08-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG PREL VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1593 | COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS CONFERENCE: GOA CHARM [...] (SBU) The GoA used this year's Council of the Americas conference in Buenos Aires both to claim economic success and to stress its interest in U.S. investment. The high profile GoA presence, and particularly presidential candidate Cristiana Kirchner's wrap-up speech, have been widely seen as [...] | 2007-08-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG PREL VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1595 | MEDIA REACTION; KARL ROVE'S RESIGNATION; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories cover the resignation of US President George W. Bush's chief political strategist Karl Rove; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's reaction to the scandal involving a Venezuelan businessman who tried to smuggle nearly 800,000 US dollars into A [...] | 2007-08-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES16 | NEWLY ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI; US-LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include Democrats taking control of both the US House of Representatives and Senate for the first time in a dozen years; Rep. Nancy Pelosi's selection as the first woman House leader in US history; Pelosi's statements about revisiting ties [...] | 2007-01-05 22:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES1608 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN-ARGENTINE TIES; 08/15/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories are related to the current status of the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship in the aftermath of the suitcase-scandal and its impact on Cristina Kirchner's chances to win the Argentine presidency. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - [...] | 2007-08-16 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1609 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN TIES; US-IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion stories review the implications of the latest (Argentine-Venezuelan) political scandal surrounding a suitcase with nearly 800,000 dollars seized at the Argentine capital's airport; as well as the US intention to include the Islam [...] | 2007-08-16 15:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1622 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE COUNTRY-RISK; IMPACT OF THE WORLD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today are related to the impact of Argentine-Venezuelan ties on Argentina's country-risk ratings; and business expectations about the next Argentine Government's economic policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "(Argentina's) country-risk [...] | 2007-08-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1628 | NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1629 | FAA'S FILIPPATOS DISCUSSSES ARGENTINA AVIATION TRANSITION, [...] (SBU) The August 13 visit to Argentina of FAA Assistant Administrator for International Aviation James Filippatos and Acting Western Hemisphere Director Cecilia Capestany reinforced close ties with senior-level GOA aviation officials. FAA officials also met with U.S. carriers operating here. [...] | 2007-08-21 12:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA EINV ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1632 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ICRC STANDING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-21 16:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1644 | NEW PROTECTIONIST NON-TARIFF BARRIERS TARGET [...] (SBU) President Kirchner and Economy Minister Peirano announced an ill-defined package of non-tariff protectionist measures that targets imports of plastics, textiles, artificial leather, and tires. Growing Argentine imports from China (up 54% in the first half of 2007) were singled out as a [...] | 2007-08-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP |
07BUENOSAIRES1646 | MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ-KIRCHNER AND THE SUITCASE SCANDAL; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The main weekend international stories are related to the implications of the suitcase scandal in the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship; and the role played by US vulture funds in the world financial crisis. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Santa Cruz, Carris and C [...] | 2007-08-22 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1647 | MEDIA REACTION; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today focus on Bolivian President Evo Morales' attempt to amend his country's Constitution in search of indefinite re-election, along the lines of Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez's "model;" a Zogby International opinion poll revealing that Lati [...] | 2007-08-22 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1648 | ARGENTINA: NON-TARIFF TRADE BARRIERS NOT YET OFFICIAL, BUT [...] (SBU) President Kirchner's announcement late last week of non-tariff measures aimed at curbing Asian imports is affecting U.S. companies. Argentine customs has held up many Asian import shipments, including those from U.S. high technology companies Dell and Honeywell, pending clarification of [...] | 2007-08-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK RP SN |
07BUENOSAIRES1658 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; US FINANCIAL CRISIS AND HEGEMONY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local media carry opinion pieces on US President Bush's address to a Veterans Convention; the US handling of the international financial crisis; and PDVSA's special privileges in Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Specters" Marcelo Cantelmi, internationa [...] | 2007-08-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1667 | WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAS: FEEDBACK FROM [...] SUMMARY: POST SENT 11 NGO LEADERS TO THE JULY 9 WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAS. ON JULY 20, THE AMBASSADOR HOSTED A ROUNDTABLE WITH NINE OF THE 11 PARTICIPANTS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND DISCUSS FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES. THEY APPRECIATED THE CONFERENCE BUT SUGGESTED THAT THERE COULD HAVE BEE [...] | 2007-08-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KSUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1672 | ARGENTINA: CHACO SENATOR CAPITANICH DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 9, Ambassador Wayne received Senator Jorge Capitanich, a pro-Kirchner candidate for governor in the poor northern province of Chaco. Capitanich described the main themes of his gubernatorial campaign and the lack of critical infrastructure in his province. He exp [...] | 2007-08-24 18:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1673 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS CRISTINA'S RUNNING MATE, WITNESSES THE BOOM IN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 18:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR ECON PGOV PREL SOCI |
07BUENOSAIRES1676 | MEDIA REACTION; CRISTINA KIRCHNER'S UPCOMING TRIP TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers carry opinion pieces on Argentine First Lady and presidential candidate Cristina Kirchner's upcoming trip to the US; the impact of the world financial crisis on Argentina's economy; and the alleged failure of the Doha Round as well as current conditions in the [...] | 2007-08-24 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1684 | ARGENTINA: CHACO SENATOR CAPITANICH DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 9, Ambassador Wayne received Senator Jorge Capitanich, a pro-Kirchner candidate for governor in the poor northern province of Chaco. Capitanich described the main themes of his gubernatorial campaign and the lack of critical infrastructure in his province. He exp [...] | 2007-08-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1685 | NEXT STEPS ON THREE PLUS ONE MECHANISM AND TBA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In Ref B, Embassies Buenos Aires, Asuncion and Brasilia recommended expanding the Three Plus One mechanism (3 1) to encompass other illicit activities and sources of illicit financial flows, while continuing to give preeminence t [...] | 2007-08-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA BR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1689 | ARGENTINA: STARTING AN IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoA officials confirmed, in response to Ref A questions, that import safety issues are a concern, but to date they have taken only limited measures to increase safety inspections. The GoA announced on August 17, 2007 new measures to restrict imports from 13 Asian countries (Ref B [...] | 2007-08-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1700 | MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON IRAQ; ARGENTINE ECONOMIC & [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are mainly related to the US policy on Iraq; and Argentina's upcoming economic and foreign policy. Leading "Clarn" also carries an interview with Professor James Kenneth Galbraith, headlined "The world no longer wants to be led by the US." [...] | 2007-08-28 22:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1701 | MEDIA REACTION; ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALEZ'S RESIGNATION; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Attorney General Alberto Gonzles' resignation; and the alleged Fidel Castro death watch on the Internet. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The White House's last line of defense" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washin [...] | 2007-08-28 22:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1705 | MEDIA REACTION; ANTONINI WILSON; EVO MORALES; 08/29/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today are related to the FBI finding Antonini Wilson in Miami; the relationships among Argentina, Venezuela and the US; and internal Bolivian politics. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The FBI finds Wilson in Miami and now expects an ar [...] | 2007-08-29 16:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1707 | ARGENTINA-URUGUAY PULP MILL DISPUTE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Relations between Argentina and Uruguay have deteriorated since early 2006 over the construction of the $1.2 billion Finnish-built "Botnia" pulp mill, now nearing completion on the Uruguayan side of the Uruguay River. Some Argentine residents across the river from the pulp mill [...] | 2007-08-29 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EINV PREL SOCI UY AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1708 | ARGENTINA: CHINESE REACTION TO NON-TARIFF BARRIERS [...] (SBU) Ten days after President Kirchner announced the imposition of non-tariff barriers on burgeoning Asian imports, local media has reported that China struck back with retaliatory phytosanitary inspections of Argentine soy shipments, though two grain trading company reps say the inspections o [...] | 2007-08-29 19:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR CH HK IN ID KN KS MY PK |
07BUENOSAIRES1709 | ARGENTINE MINISTER OPEN TO BROADER 3 + 1 DIALOGUE [...] (C) Ambassador asked Argentine Minister of the Interior (MOI) Anibal Fernandez August 27 about his views on dealing with terrorist threats and other serious problems in the Tri-border area (TBA). He asked the Ministe his views on the potential benefits of addressing a broader scope of issue [...] | 2007-08-29 20:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KTFN AR BR PA |
07BUENOSAIRES171 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy in Buenos Aires and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina February 8-9. While not always seeing eye to eye with the USG, the Kirchner administration continues to be an important partner on a wide range of security issues, from non-proliferation and militar [...] | 2007-01-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1710 | INTERIOR MINISTER: ARGENTINA GEARING UP TO WIN [...] (C) At a meeting August 27 (septels),Ambassador asked Argentine Minister of the Interior (MOI) Anibal Fernandez about the GOA's preparations connected to the AMIA case in advance of the November Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Marrakech. (At that meeting, the General Assembly will vote [...] | 2007-08-29 20:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER AR IR |
07BUENOSAIRES1718 | ARGENTINA: OECD NATIONAL CONTACT POINT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, Argentina MFA official Ambassador Enrique Julio De La Torre briefed Economic Counselor and Investment Officer on recent GOA efforts involving its National Contact Point (NCP) office. The GoA's NCP seeks to raise awareness of the Organization for Economic Cooperation [...] | 2007-08-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV OECD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1720 | WORKSHOP HOSTED BY EMBASSY ADVANCES MUTUAL INTERESTS OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires hosted a successful workshop, led by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT),to facilitate the drafting by Argentine government officials from eight separate GoA entities and private sector re [...] | 2007-08-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1721 | STAFFDEL QUILTER'S VISIT TO ARGENTINA (AUGUST 16-21) [...] (U) This message was cleared by HCFA Staffer Peter Quilter. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: (HCFA Staffer Peter Quilter visited Buenos Aires August 16-21, 2007, and met with Argentine political analysts, pollsters, and politicians to get their views on the political panorama for the October 28 presiden [...] | 2007-08-30 16:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1723 | ARGENTINE TIP LEGISLATION STALLED IN CONGRESS [...] (SBU) On August 27, Ambassador asked Argentine Minister of the Interior (MOI) Anibal Fernandez about the prospects for enacting comprehensive federal Trafficking in Persons (TIP) legislation in Argentina. Fernandez stated that it is ""very difficult"" to make progress in the Argentine Con [...] | 2007-08-30 17:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KWMN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1726 | ARGENTINA: ENERGY SECRETARY CAMERON ON U.S. BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Energy Secretary Daniel Cameron, a leading candidate to replace Planning Minister De Vido in a likely Cristina Kirchner administration, told Ambassador the Planning Ministry will be re-engineered to better administer its Energy, Transportation, Communications, Mining and Public Works resp [...] | 2007-08-30 17:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV ECON PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1727 | MEDIA REACTION; CHILEAN PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELET; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications of the protests staged over the Chilean Government's economic and social policies; and comments from US Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns on Argentina and Brazil. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Figu [...] | 2007-08-30 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES173 | DUSTR VERONEAU VISITS ARGENTINA - ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) Deputy USTR Ambassador John Veroneau, accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat and Senior Director for the Southern Cone Susan Cronin, met with the Ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs and with U.S. investors in a visit to Argentina that focused on developments in the Doha Round World [...] | 2007-01-31 12:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD |
07BUENOSAIRES1730 | ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Election season is in full gear now that there are less than 60 days to presidential elections on October 28. The opposition further damaged its image this week when the highly-publicized effort to join the candidacies of center-left leader Elisa Carrio and center-right lead [...] | 2007-08-31 11:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR ECON |
07BUENOSAIRES1736 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL AUDITOR GENERAL AND UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary: The President of the National Auditing Office (AGN),Ambassador Leandro Despouy, recently discussed the AGN's broad government oversight role and his responsibilities as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. He described his impressions of the state of h [...] | 2007-08-31 16:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SENV KCOR KPAO AR EAID |
07BUENOSAIRES1737 | MEDIA REACTION; ANTONINI WILSON; CHAVEZ MEDIATION BETWEEN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories are related to the Argentine Government's expectations regarding a request to the US for Antonini Wilson's extradition; Venezuelan President Chvez's attempt to mediate between the Colombian Government and the FARC; and the allege [...] | 2007-08-31 16:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1745 | NEW ECONOMY MINISTER ON PARIS CLUB, DOHA TALKS, [...] (C) New Economy Minister Miguel Peirano emphasized to the Ambassador his interest in resolving the Paris Club impasse, supported Canada's IMF reform proposals, agreed to deal with disputes involving U.S. interests, and affirmed Argentina's commitment to broad trade liberalization in an August 2 [...] | 2007-08-31 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1747 | White House Science Official Richard Russell Meets [...] Ambassador Richard Russell, United States Representative to the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference, and concurrently Deputy Director for Technology of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President, visited Argentina on August 27 and 28. Ambas [...] | 2007-09-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1751 | MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT CHAVEZ AND COLOMBIA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include implications of Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez' attempts to mediate between FARC and the Colombian Government; and the possible reasons for US President Bush's visit to Iraq. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chvez to the rescu [...] | 2007-09-04 19:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1757 | MEDIA REACTION; THE ISRAEL LOBBY; COLOMBIA; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion pieces are related to "The Israel Lobby," by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt; negotiations over hostage release in Colombia; and Chinese hackers' reiterated attacks on the US Pentagon's computing system. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIAL [...] | 2007-09-06 08:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1760 | AMBASSADOR AND SECRETARY OF TOURISM REVIEW [...] (U) Ambassador Wayne met with Secretary of Tourism Enrique Meyer to discuss ways to encourage and support the growing tourism between the U.S. and Argentina. He also advocated on behalf of Sheraton Hotels/Starwood, which was caught up in a dispute between two factions of the taxi drivers union [...] | 2007-09-06 13:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1761 | ARGENTINA: EMBASSY ASSISTS U.S. CHEMICAL FIRMS AND [...] (U) In July 2007, the Embassy learned that Argentine chemical and petrochemical unions had called strikes in Zarate/Campana region, paralyzing production in that sector, which features four U.S. companies. One of those firms, Monsanto, initially requested no Embassy involvement, as they hoped [...] | 2007-09-06 13:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EAGR ECON BEXP ELAB AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1769 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER PRESIDES OVER SIGNING OF CSR [...] On September 4, Ambassador Wayne attended the signing ceremony of the "Formal Employment and Corporate Social Responsibility Commitment Agreement" between the Ministry of Labor and approximately 100 leading firms in Argentina. The ceremony took place at the Casa Rosada and featured President [...] | 2007-09-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ELAB AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1775 | MEDIA REACTION; TERRORISM; GLOBALIZATION AND ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include Europe's expected reaction to the threat posed by terrorism; how Argentina should manage globalization in order to fully "deploy its potential for development;" and the Argentine Supreme Court's verdict on government spending in t [...] | 2007-09-06 17:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1776 | ARGENTINE-URUGUAYAN PULP MILL DISPUTE: FINNISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Finnish Embassy believes that despite the bilateral frictions that the Argentina-Uruguay pulp mill dispute has created, the mill project will open as scheduled in October with a minimal possibility of violence. The Embassy discounts as spurious Argentine environmental ac [...] | 2007-09-06 19:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV SENV PREL SOCI FI UY AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1777 | ARGENTINA'S PRESUMPTIVE NEXT PRESIDENT: OPEN TO A [...] (C) Cristina Kirchner appears headed to be Argentina,s next President. While she will not likely break significantly from the policies of her husband, it looks like she will be much more interested in international affairs and more attentive to relations with other countries, including the Un [...] | 2007-09-06 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1781 | ICAO Demarche on U.S. Candidacy Delivered [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO PREL ECON AORC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1785 | ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTRY OFFICIALS AGREE TO [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on supporting plans to clear Liberia's IMF arrears to new Economy Ministry Chief of Advisors Javier Alvaredo and new Undersecretary of Finance Juan Carlos Barboza on September 5. Econoff also outlined issue in general terms over the telephone to Secretary [...] | 2007-09-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1793 | ARGENTINE PLANS TO DEVELOP A SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1795 | ARGENTINE TAX AUTHORITY SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH IRS AND [...] This is an Action Request for the Department of Treasury/IRS. See paragraphs 2 and 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Argentine revenue authority, AFIP, wants to negotiate a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the IRS. Responding to earlier U.S. Treasury guidance that [...] | 2007-09-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1797 | MEDIA REACTION; SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAQ; 09/10/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend major international stories are related to the implications and consequences of the September 11 attacks on its sixth anniversary; and the state of affairs in Iraq. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Doomed to success" Daily-of-record "La Nacisn" carries an [...] | 2007-09-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1798 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories are related to a report issued by a US independent commission of military experts on the situation in Iraq; as well as to the infringements on and attacks against press freedom in both Venezuela and Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDI [...] | 2007-09-10 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1800 | ARGENTINE TAX AUTHORITY ON CSI, 9/11 ACT, MEGAPORT, AND [...] (SBU) The Argentine customs and revenue authority, AFIP, is pleased with the development of its Container Security Initiative (CSI) pilot program and hopes to expand pre-clearance cargo examinations to two additional port terminals in the Buenos Aires region. With this expansion, AFIP's Direct [...] | 2007-09-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIPR KTFN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1802 | ARGENTINA: AMIA DICUSSES INTERPOL GA VOTE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. On September 4, Ambassador Wayne met with the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Luis Grynwald and other AMIA officials to discuss AMIA's strategy to ensure that the INTERPOL General Assembly (GA) votes to uphold its Executive Committee's (EC) decision [...] | 2007-09-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES1807 | MEDIA REACTION; S-11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAQ; 09/11/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover the September 11 sixth anniversary; as well as the "confrontation" between the US Legislative and Executive Branches over the war in Iraq. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "S-11 increased the power of the Bush administration's ex [...] | 2007-09-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1809 | IMF CANDIDATE STRAUSS-KAHN LOBBIES FOR ARGENTINE [...] (C) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, France's candidate for Managing Director of the IMF, capped a four-country tour through Latin America with two days of meetings in Buenos Aires. French Embassy officials called the meetings with GoA officials "surprisingly cordial," particularly with President Kirc [...] | 2007-09-11 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1813 | ARGENTINA: TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (S) Econoff conveyed the pre-notification demarche on the USG designation to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee of five Saudi individuals (Ref A) on September 10 to Jose Ignacio Tobella, Acting Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tobella reiterated his office's no [...] | 2007-09-11 19:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1816 | MEDIA REACTION; S-11; ARGENTINE DEBT TO THE PARIS CLUB; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international opinion pieces today cover the features of "multinational" terrorism and an assessment of the world response on the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; as well as ongoing negotiations between Argentina and the Paris Club. 2. OPINION PIECES [...] | 2007-09-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1819 | ARGENTINA: PAMPA HOLDINGS BETS ON GOVERNMENT PROMISE TO [...] (SBU) Pampa Holdings, one of Argentina's largest investment funds with a market capitalization of over $760 million, is aggressively expanding its participation in Argentina's electricity generation, transmission, and distribution sectors. Pampa principal Carlos Mindlin described his investme [...] | 2007-09-12 16:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG AR |
07BUENOSAIRES182 | CLASH AT INTERPOL LEADS TO HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On January 22, an Argentine delegation, led by MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez and including AMIA special prosecutors, met at Interpol headquarters in Lyon with Secretary General Noble and other Interpol officials to argue their case for issuing Red Notices for the [...] | 2007-01-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES1824 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES INNOVATION IN ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10 Ambassador visited Los Grobo, one of Argentina's leading agricultural companies, and participated in a luncheon with several of the sector's leading producers to discuss business innovation and technology adoption in Argentine agriculture. These Argentine compan [...] | 2007-09-12 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1826 | ARGENTINE PRESIDENT SIGNS NATIONAL ANTI-MONEY [...] (C) In a high-profile ceremony on September 11, President Kirchner signed the GoA's new "National Agenda" on money laundering and terrorism financing. The Agenda is designed to serve as the roadmap for the GoA to improve coordination and enforcement on anti-money laundering and counter-terror [...] | 2007-09-12 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1828 | MEDIA REACTION; CLASHES IN CHILE; SARKOZY'S COMMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international stories include the murder of a Chilean police officer on the 34th anniversary of the coup d'etat against former Chilean President Salvador Allende; French President Nicolas Sarkozy warning Argentina and other emerging powers that they shoul [...] | 2007-09-13 13:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1833 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO THE TRIBORDER AREA [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 11, top Argentine intelligence officials and analysts briefed Ambassador on their perspective of the terrorist threat in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). They noted that Hizballah maintains a real structure in the region, including experienced agents. They detailed adv [...] | 2007-09-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV SNAR AR PA BR |
07BUENOSAIRES1839 | ARGENTINA'S VILLEGAS BELTRAN TO ATTEND GLOBAL [...] Post delivered reftel invitation to Argentine MFA Counselor Federico Villegas Beltran, Director General of Human Rights. Counselor Villegas Beltran told poloff that, "in principle", he will attend the Global Futures Forum (GFF). Per ref C, post extended an invitation to participate as a pan [...] | 2007-09-13 19:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes you and your delegation to Argentina February 6-7. While the Kirchner administration does not always see eye to eye with the USG, it continues to be an important partner in fighting transnational crime, drug and human trafficki [...] | 2007-01-31 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1845 | ICAO Demarche on Budget Delivered, Government of Argentina [...] Civair Officer delivered reftel U.S. ICAO budget position to Messrs. Marcelo Cesa, Alejandro Casiro, and Martin Romero in the Government of Argentina (GOA) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to these officials, the GOA has not yet formulated its position with respect to this issue. 2. [...] | 2007-09-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ICAO PREL ECON AORC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1847 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; THE ARGENTINE PRESIDENTIAL COUPLE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international opinion pieces cover US President Bush's announcement of "gradual troop cuts" in Iraq; Argentine First Lady/Senator Cristina Kirchner's trips abroad; and the impact of the international financial crisis on Argentine banks as well as the country's [...] | 2007-09-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES185 | ARGENTINA TO ALLOW IRAQ TO REESTABLISH EMBASSY [...] (C) The Argentine government plans to inform the Iraqi government in February, that the GOA would allow the GOI to reopen its Embassy in Buenos Aires "sometime in March", Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 30. Garcia Moritan stressed that [...] | 2007-01-31 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OFDP KCOM AR IQ |
07BUENOSAIRES1850 | Argentina's Anticorruption Office: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being ranked 93rd (low) on Transparency International's corruption perception index, Argentina has an active anti-corruption office. The office has both a policy-promotion mission and an investigatory function. Despite a heavy investigatory workload, the office has yet [...] | 2007-09-14 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1858 | ARGENTINA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO WIPO DG [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref A demarche September 13 to the MFA's Emiliano Waiselfisz, Direction of Multilateral Economic Negotiations (DIREM),and the MFA's Martin Romero, Direction of International Relations (DIOIN). Waiselfisz said any decision on action would be made by his superiors, but n [...] | 2007-09-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES186 | GOA URGES GREATER SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON HAITI [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan called for increased senior-level dialogue on Haiti during a January 30 meeting with Ambassador. He extended a dinner invitation to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns with Arge [...] | 2007-01-31 22:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UNAUS HA EUN |
07BUENOSAIRES1862 | ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ticket slates for the national elections on October 28 are now final. First Lady and presidential front-runner Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is still leading the polls with a comfortable lead over the next-closest candidate and stands to benefit from her husband's increased [...] | 2007-09-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR ECON |
07BUENOSAIRES1868 | MEDIA REACTION; NORTHERN ROCK CASE; STRUGGLE AGAINST DRUGS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the political and economic implications of the Northern Rock case; a USG report on drug trafficking; and the threat posed by corruption to democracy and capitalism. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Signs of a gloomy futur [...] | 2007-09-18 17:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES187 | GOA URGES GREATER SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON HAITI [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan called for increased senior-level dialogue on Haiti during a January 30 meeting with Ambassador. He extended a dinner invitation to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns with Arge [...] | 2007-01-31 22:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UNAUS HA EUN |
07BUENOSAIRES1870 | MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON IRAN; IRAQ; THE KIRCHNERS TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to the US policy on the Iranian threat; the Bush administration's alleged attempt to "shift the blame to its successors for the cost of its failed military operation in Iraq;" and President Nstor Kirchner and First Lady/Senator and [...] | 2007-09-18 18:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1874 | ARGENTINA STILL CONSIDERING COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR |
07BUENOSAIRES1875 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINA IN HAITI; IRAQ; US INTEREST RATE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Argentina's participation in the international peace keeping mission in Haiti; the US policy on Iran; and the US Federal Reserve's decision to lower US interest rates. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Why should we stay in Ha [...] | 2007-09-20 12:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1877 | ARGENTINE AMCHAM'S ANNUAL IPR CONFERENCE MAKES A SPLASH [...] (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina hosted a successful intellectual property rights conference on September 11, with international participation and significant press coverage. Government officials from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and the U.S. spoke about their national programs [...] | 2007-09-20 12:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1879 | MEDIA REACTION; LEBANON; ARGENTINE DEBT TO PARIS CLUB; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include the implications of yesterday's attack on Lebanon; First Lady/Senator and presidential candidate Cristina Kirchner's economic agenda; and expected changes in Argentina's foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "A sc [...] | 2007-09-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1883 | ARGENTINA'S FIRST COUPLE VISITS NEW YORK: HE SAYS [...] (C) Summary: President Nestor Kirchner and First Lady, Senator, and presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will travel to New York September 23-29, where Kirchner will address the UNGA and Cristina will address the Council of Americas. (Septel reports Senator Kirchner's Sept [...] | 2007-09-20 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1884 | ARGENTINA REQUESTS ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUTURE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. On September 18, CDA was called in by the MFA's Under Secretary for Bilateral Relations Vicente Espeche Gil to discuss the Department's 2007 International Religious Freedom Report. Espeche Gil reiterated GOA concerns that it [...] | 2007-09-20 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO CASC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1888 | CRISTINA IN HER WORDS: WILL ARGENTINA'S [...] (C) Summary. A well-briefed, confident Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) described her policy priorities to the Ambassador on September 20, a few days before she departs for a five-day program in New York. Although she defended GOA positions on controversial economic issues, CFK expressed a stro [...] | 2007-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OVIP EFIN EINV EAIR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1890 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 5-14, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be in [...] | 2007-09-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1892 | ARGENTINA: FRUSTRATED EXXON-MOBIL PUTS ASSETS IN [...] (C) After 96 years in Argentina, Exxon-Mobil is shopping its refining and retail assets. Company officials call this part of a region-wide "internal valuation exercise" that follows Exxon's recent decision to exit the Venezuelan market. It also reflects growing company frustration with a com [...] | 2007-09-21 16:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1893 | ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine opposition candidates are publicly calling on the GOA to invite the OAS to send international observers for the October 28 elections. The opposition's demand is not resonating with the Argentine media or public, and it appears unlikely the GOA will ask for internat [...] | 2007-09-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1898 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE-IRANIAN TIES; ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include implications of Argentine President Nstor Kirchner's decision to include the AMIA issue in his address to the UN General Assembly; Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's statements about Argentine presidential candidate Cristina Kirch [...] | 2007-09-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1902 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; THE KIRCHNERS TO THE US; FUJIMORI [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international major stories include expectations regarding Argentine President Nstor Kirchner's address to the United Nations General Assembly and how he will discuss the issue of Iran's cooperation on the AMIA case; as well as the growing chances of war against Ira [...] | 2007-09-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1920 | ARGENTINA: EX-VEEP ALVAREZ ON MERCOSUR, VENEZUELA, AND [...] (SBU) Former De La Rua Administration Vice President "Chacho" Alvarez, currently serving as the President of Mercosur's Permanent Representatives Commission, sees Mercosur's current expansion agenda as a political effort to contain and manage Venezuela (protect). A Venezuela within Mercosur an [...] | 2007-09-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PINR VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1931 | ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CALLS ON IRAN TO COOPERATE [...] (C) Summary: Media pundits, Jewish groups, and Argentine government officials uniformly praised President Kirchner's strong call during his September 25 address to the UN General Assembly for the Government of Iran to cooperate fully with Argentina's justice system in the investigation of the [...] | 2007-09-26 20:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1933 | MEDIA REACTION; UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the political implications of Argentine President Nstor Kirchner's address to the UNGA, in which he urged the UN to persuade Iran to cooperate with a judicial probe into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA in Buenos Aires; and similarities b [...] | 2007-09-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1934 | MEDIA REACTION; THE KIRCHNERS TO THE US; AHMADINEJAD'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include Argentine Senator/First Lady Cristina Kirchner's human rights agenda in New York; implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's address at UNGA; and the Argentine Government's alleged attempt to thaw its relationship with [...] | 2007-09-27 10:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1938 | MEDIA REACTION; KIRCHNER'S ADDRESS TO THE UNGA; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentine President Nstor Kirchner's tough talk against Iran at the UNGA; chances that Cristina Kirchner could be received by US President Bush if she wins the Argentine presidency; the US business community reaction to Senator [...] | 2007-09-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1946 | ARGENTINA PREPARED TO SUPPORT U.S. ON BOLIVIA, [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on encouraging Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay to pay their delinquent dues to the Financial Action Task Force for South America (GAFISUD) on September 26 to Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne. Iribarne agreed that GAFISUD members should encourage the d [...] | 2007-09-28 18:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1947 | ARGENTINA'S INVESTMENT PITCH MARRED BY POOR GRADES ON [...] (U) Summary: During President and Mrs. Kirchner's New York business-focused visit (reftel),two highly respected and widely read international business reports released their annual surveys - and Argentina came up wanting. Transparency International's "Corruption Perceptions Index 2007" (CPI) [...] | 2007-09-28 18:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1949 | MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE TIES; BOLIVIA-IRAN; 09/28/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the current status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and the risks and contradictions involved by hard positions, which are held by both Bolivian President Evo Morales and his opponents. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...] | 2007-09-28 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1951 | ARGENTINA: CHIEF JUSTICE TO SEEK JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Argentine Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti, on the eve of his first official visit to Washington, to discuss his agenda and judicial reform in Argentina. Lorenzetti shared the details of his October 1-5 Washington schedule and his hope to pr [...] | 2007-09-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM SNAR EAID KDEM AR PINR |
07BUENOSAIRES1952 | ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator and Victory Front (FPV) presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner continued her foreign-policy based campaign with a trip to New York City, where she pitched Argentina to Wall Street investors. Back home, she launched an interactive website aimed at attra [...] | 2007-09-28 19:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR ECON |
07BUENOSAIRES1955 | MEDIA REACTION ARGENTINE DEBT TO PARIS CLUB; IRANIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the USG asking Argentina to resume talks with the IMF in order to settle its Paris Club debt; implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Latin America; and the outcome of Ecuadorian elections. 2. OPINION PIECES [...] | 2007-10-01 15:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1962 | MEDIA REACTION; US SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE RULING ABOUT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US Supreme Court of Justice's ruling against two vulture funds that had requested an embargo of Argentine Central Bank reserves; IMF skepticism about Argentina's chances of reaching a fast deal with the Paris Club; and expectati [...] | 2007-10-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1964 | ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER PROPOSES OVERHAUL OF [...] (C) GoA Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne briefed the Ambassador September 26 on his draft proposal to reform the federal criminal justice system (other discussion topics reported Ref A and septel). The reforms, based on the recommendations of a Special Commission, aim to alter the rules of e [...] | 2007-10-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS KCRM EAID KCOR PHUM |
07BUENOSAIRES1971 | (S/NF) EMBASSY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON IRANIAN [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS -- SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) Interpol's General Assembly meets November 5-8 in Marrakech, Morocco. Embassy understands the Government of Iran may be actively lobbying Interpol member governments to either vote against or abstain in the vote for the Executive Committee's re [...] | 2007-10-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PGOV IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1972 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH UNHCR REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Cristian Koch-Castro, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for Southern Latin America, called on the Ambassador to discuss UNHCR's activities in Argentina and the region. Koch-Castro explained that UNHCR has made it a priority to strengthen the cap [...] | 2007-10-03 13:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF AR BR CI UY BL PE |
07BUENOSAIRES1974 | MEDIA REACTION; RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE KOREAS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international opinion pieces today include possible reconciliation between the Koreas; anticipated political reform in Ecuador; and ICSID rulings on Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "A long road back home" Hinde Pomeraniec, political columnist of [...] | 2007-10-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1980 | ARGENTINE PUNDITS: RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE KEY [...] (C) Summary. A group of top political and economic analysts maintain that the main challenges facing Argentina's next administration are restoring confidence in public institutions; reining in inflation and labor demands for higher wages; and improving juridical certainty to attract greater [...] | 2007-10-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KLAB KCOR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1990 | ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL [...] (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Assembly meeting in Marrakech, Morocco. Gonzalez explained that on October 3 the MFA sent an ALDAC to its diplomatic mi [...] | 2007-10-04 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1991 | ARGENTINE PREPARATIONS FOR NOV. 5-8 INTERPOL [...] PLEASE DISREGARD BUENOS AIRES 1990 WITH THE SAME SUBJECT LINE, SENT BY ERROR. POST WILL RECALL OOB OCTOBER 5. 2. (S) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 4 with the Foreign Ministry's Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez to discuss the GOA's preparations for the November 5-8 Interpol General Ass [...] | 2007-10-04 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1992 | MEDIA REACTION; PLAN MEXICO; GERMAN REUNIFICATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international opinion stories refer to the anticipated Plan Mexico, similar to Plan Colombia; and German reunification as a possible example for the Koreas. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The Plan Colombia, the Mexican way" Gerardo Albarrn de Alba, [...] | 2007-10-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1994 | ARGENTINA: ELECTIONS 2007 WEEKLY ROUNDUP OCTOBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The latest polls confirm that Senator and Victory Front (FPV) presidential candidate Cristina Kirchner maintains a healthy lead over her closest challengers. Senator Kirchner's campaign continues to focus on foreign policy and travel, while downplaying domestic issues. The op [...] | 2007-10-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1995 | ELECTION-YEAR SPENDING EXTRAVAGANZA UNDERMINES [...] (SBU) Argentine President Kirchner's election-year spending spree has exceeded expectations and led to deteriorating fiscal accounts in 2007. Through July 2007, expenditures increased almost 50% year-over-year, a result of large increases in pension payments, subsidies, wages, and capital spe [...] | 2007-10-05 18:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1996 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE PARIS CLUB DEBT; PRESS FREEDOM; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories cover the IMF waiting until after Argentine presidential elections to engage on Paris Club debt issues; media owners charging that press freedom is curtailed in Argentina; and commentary on the USG reportedly authorizing painful interro [...] | 2007-10-05 18:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES1997 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 18:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS CITEL XK XL XM ECON ITU AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2014 | ARGENTINE EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR "JUDGES GO TO SCHOOL" PROGRAM [...] AMBASSADOR WAYNE ON OCTOBER 3 GAVE REMARKS AT THE ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT DURING THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF A MOCK TRIAL ORGANIZED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF JUDGES AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL JUDICIARY AND THE NGO ASOCIACION CONCIENCIA AS PART OF THEIR "JUDGES GO TO SCHOOL" PROGRAM. FOUND [...] | 2007-10-10 12:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KSUM PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2015 | ARGENTINA: GETTING READY FOR THE OCTOBER 28 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over 20 million Argentines are expected to turn up at polling stations on October 28 to cast their votes for president, vice president and, in many locations, for governor, mayor and legislative offices. If required, a second presidential round would be held on November 25. [...] | 2007-10-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2016 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; ARGENTINE-IMF TIES; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include UK Gordon Brown's decision to reduce UK troops deployed in Iraq; ties between the IMF and Argentina; and the risks to be met by Argentine Presidential Candidate Cristina Kirchner if she wins the presidency. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...] | 2007-10-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2017 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS; THE TWO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include implications of French FM Kouchner's remarks on the Iranian threat; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice supporting free trade deals; and the "historic" reconciliation between the two Koreas. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...] | 2007-10-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2018 | ARGENTINA: URGE BEIJING SUPPORT FOR ONE-YEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL PGOV HA AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2021 | ARGENTINA: GOA PR OFFENSIVE ON INFATION [...] (C) Inflation has become a polarizing campaign issue in the Argentine presidential campaign, with controversy surrounding its real rate of increase, underlying causes, and the methodologies used by the GOA. Many Argentine economists have developed their own "true" inflation indicators and, in [...] | 2007-10-10 18:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2032 | "Brinks Job" Theft at Argentina Airport: Another Black Eye [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 4 United Airlines flight from Washington to Buenos Aires was the scene of a highly publicized theft of $80,000 in cash, stolen within a U.S.-based Brinks container, part of a larger U.S. Federal Reserve Bank transfer to the Central Bank of Argentina. Government of A [...] | 2007-10-11 16:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR ICAO AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2033 | ARGENTINA CONVICTS PRIEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Christian Von Wernich, a Roman Catholic priest and ex-chaplain of the Buenos Aires Police during Argentina's 1976-1983 Dirty War, was convicted October 9 of being an accomplice in several cases of murder, torture and illegal imprisonment. Von Wernich is the third ex-military official fro [...] | 2007-10-11 16:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2035 | MEDIA REACTION; ARMENIAN GENOCIDE; US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include implications of a US House committee vote to condemn the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey in World War I as an act of genocide; prospects for the US-Latin American relationship; and similarities between the military regimes [...] | 2007-10-11 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2044 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 17 - October 5, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state. [...] | 2007-10-12 18:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2045 | MEDIA REACTION; ANKARA-WASHINGTON TIES; PRESS FREEDOM IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today are related to the US-Turkish relationship in view of a possible attack from Turkey against Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq, thereby destabilizing even further the situation in the country; Ankara's denial of the Armenian genocide being equ [...] | 2007-10-12 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES205 | AMIA UPDATE: ARGENTINA LIKELY TO REQUEST QUIET USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met February 1 with MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez (who has the lead on the AMIA case) to discuss GOA strategy to prepare for the March Interpol Executive Committee meeting that will likely decide whether Red Notices will be issued for the arrest of the nine suspects in t [...] | 2007-02-02 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES2053 | MEDIA REACTION; AL GORE; CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the impact of the Nobel Peace Award granted to former US VP Al Gore on the race for US presidency; the Chinese Communist Party Congress; Argentina seeking political support at the IMF Annual Assembly; and implications of the deal reache [...] | 2007-10-17 08:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2056 | MEDIA REACTION; THE US PENTAGON'S VIEW OF IRAN AND CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US Pentagon's view of Iran and Chvez as threats to the region; Argentina's alleged 'pro-West' foreign policy; and Argentine Paris Club debt negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "According to the US Pentagon, Ir [...] | 2007-10-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2059 | REDUCED EXPECTATIONS: ARGENTINA SEEKS LOW PROFILE [...] (C) The GoA delegation to the annual IMF/World Bank meetings, led by Economy Minister Miguel Peirano and Central Bank President Martin Redrado, will arrive in Washington under instructions from President Kirchner not to say or do anything controversial, given the proximity of Argentina's Octob [...] | 2007-10-17 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2060 | AMIA: ARGENTINA'S REQUESTS FOR HELP AT INTERPOL [...] (C/NF) Summary: DCM and EmbOffs met October 16 with the Argentine government's point man on AMIA issues, Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, recently returned from meetings in Lyon with Interpol's secretariat. Gonzalez formally requested USG assistance in lobbying Interpol member governments in p [...] | 2007-10-17 21:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2062 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; CHINA; ARGENTINE PARIS CLUB DEBT; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include President Bush's warning that if Iran obtained nuclear weapons it could lead to "World War III;" the outcome of the 17th Communist Party Congress; and Argentina's ongoing negotiations to repay its Paris Club debt. 2. OPINION [...] | 2007-10-18 15:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2065 | MOTHERS AGAINST PACO: ARGENTINE NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Below is Post's nomination for the 2008 International Woman of Courage Award. In Argentina, women have led a number of social and political causes, such as struggles against trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, poverty, and drug abuse. AmEmb Buenos Aires' nomination rec [...] | 2007-10-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN SNAR KCRM PHUM ASEC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2070 | MEDIA REACTION; THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE; IMF-ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international opinion pieces are related to the Armenian genocide; the status of IMF-Argentine ties; and doubts about governance in a future government of Argentine First Lady/Senator and Presidential Candidate Cristina Kirchner. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITO [...] | 2007-10-19 18:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2079 | POLICE REFORM AND CORRUPTION IN ARGENTINA'S BUENOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Federal Prosecutor Dr. Carlos Stornelli, who will likely be the next Minister of Security for the Province of Buenos Aires following October 28 elections. His first priority and greatest challenge will be the institutional and cultural reform of the notor [...] | 2007-10-22 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2080 | WORLD BANK LOOKS TO INCREASE FOOTPRINT IN [...] (C) New World Bank Country Director Pedro Alba told Ambassador that he will wait to see what reforms the next Argentine government implements before deciding whether to develop a new country assistance strategy (CAS) or just issue a progress report on the current CAS. The existing CAS is focu [...] | 2007-10-22 19:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2081 | MEDIA REACTION; THE CIA; ARGENTINE PARIS CLUB DEBT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include remarks on Tim Weiner's book on the CIA; Argentine Paris Club debt negotiations and the need for IMF reform; and implications of the US Congressional statement acknowledging the Armenian genocide. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...] | 2007-10-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2086 | ARGENTINA: WIDE MARGIN PREDICTED FOR FIRST LADY'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With less than one week before the October 28 presidential elections in Argentina, First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has a commanding lead, according to ten local polls published on October 21. Senator Kirchner seems poised to win by a large margin over the range [...] | 2007-10-23 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2087 | Argentina: Opposition Candidates' Economic Platforms [...] (SBU) Substantive policy debate about clouds gathering on Argentina's economic horizon has been largely absent from the presidential election campaign here. An exception has been high-profile sniping by principal opposition candidates Roberto Lavagna and Elisa Carrio at GoA mis-steps in its al [...] | 2007-10-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES209 | MEDIA REACTION; ANTI-SEMITISM; CHAVEZ; TRI-BORDER AREA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international lead stories include Iranian President Ahmadinejad's anti-Semitism; President Chavez' nationalization plans; the USG's concern over the Tri-Border Area; and Latin America increasing arms race. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The new face of anti-Semitism" [...] | 2007-02-02 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES2091 | MEDIA REACTION; TURKS AND KURDS; IMF GENERAL ASSEMBLY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include implications of Turkey's plan in Northern Iraq and its parallel with Israel's formula in Lebanon; and the outcome of the IMF General Assembly with an alleged IMF crisis. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "A Lebanese-styled so [...] | 2007-10-23 21:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2094 | ARGENTINA LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG ON NO-ACTION [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftel A, Argentina's Acting Director for International Organizations Manuel Fernandez Salorio told poloff that the GOA will likely support the USG on no-action motions and country-specific resolutions at the United Nations Third Com [...] | 2007-10-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2095 | TIP ACTIVIST TRIMARCO LAUNCHES ANTI-TIP FOUNDATION [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Wayne delivered the keynote speech at the launch of Susana Trimarco's anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) foundation. In the Ambassador's remarks, he highlighted the need for comprehensive anti-TIP legislation and underscored USG commitment to fight TIP. He also annou [...] | 2007-10-24 18:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AR KWMN PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB |
07BUENOSAIRES2097 | MEDIA REACTION; FIRE IN CALIFORNIA; PLAN MEXICO; VATICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the fire in California; implications of Plan Mexico; and a Vatican member supporting Iran's right to "a peaceful use of nuclear energy." 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Evacuees" Hinde Pomeraniec, international columni [...] | 2007-10-25 08:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2098 | MEDIA REACTION; BUSH SPEECH ON CUBA; 10/25/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories focus on US President Bush's speech on Cuba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Bush creates a world fund for the Cuban transition" Ana Barsn, leading "Clarn's" Washington-based correspondent, writes (10/25) "In an address to t [...] | 2007-10-25 13:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2100 | ARGENTINA: TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) Econoff conveyed the pre-notification demarche on the USG designation to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee of seven Iraqi individuals (Ref A) on October 10 to Jose Ignacio Tobella, Acting Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As per reftel instructions, Econoff [...] | 2007-10-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2101 | ARGENTINA LIKELY TO TAKE MIDDLE GROUND ON U.S. [...] (C) On October 23 poloff delivered ref A points to Eduardo Zuain, MFA Counselor who covers indigenous rights issues. Zuain replied that the GOA will not support our request to suspend ongoing negotiations on the OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). However, he indicate [...] | 2007-10-25 15:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PHUM PREL UN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2110 | Argentina: Economic Challenges Facing the Incoming [...] (SBU) The inauguration of a new Argentine president in December 2007 will coincide with the conclusion of the Argentine economy's fifth (2003-2007) consecutive year of 8-9% real growth, and record levels of exports, foreign reserves, and formal employment. Argentina also enjoys solid, if declin [...] | 2007-10-25 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EINV ETRD EFIN ENRG PGOV |
07BUENOSAIRES2112 | ARGENTINA'S INFLATION DEBATE CONTINUES; ADOPTING U.S. CPI [...] (SBU) Amidst continuing accusations of GoA manipulation of inflation statistics, presidential candidate Cristina de Kirchner defended current statistics but said the government is studying adopting a new method of measuring inflation, "possibly the method of the United States." She reiterated [...] | 2007-10-25 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2114 | TOURISM SECRETARY PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF TOURISM PROSPECTS [...] As a follow-up to our July 29 meeting with Secretary of Tourism, Enrique Meyer, the Ambassador hosted a meeting with the Secretary and all relevant Agency section heads. Secretary Meyer explained that the United States was a priority market for the Argentine tourism industry and provided a det [...] | 2007-10-26 13:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP OTRA ATRN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2115 | AMIA: ARGENTINA REQUESTS USG OUTREACH TO KOREA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2116 | MEDIA REACTION; WHITE HOUSE DELEGATION TO BUENOS AIRES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today are focused on post-election economic discussions between the U.S. and Argentina; implications of Brian O'Neill replacing Nancy Lee at the US Treasury Department; and increasing tension between the US and Iran. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...] | 2007-10-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2119 | ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES TIP, MONEY [...] (C) Introduction: This cable covers and provides updates on issues that Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne and the Ambassador discussed during their recent meeting (reftels). They include: 1) status of Trafficking in Persons legislation and Justice Ministry efforts to push for its passage; 2) [...] | 2007-10-26 16:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KTFN SNAR KJUS KCRM PHUM KWNM |
07BUENOSAIRES2121 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INCOMING BUENOS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met former federal judge Guillermo Montenegro, who was enthusiastic about his new position as Minister of Security-elect of Buenos Aires City, outlining political and bureaucratic challenges he anticipates in his "first executive assignment." He spoke openly abo [...] | 2007-10-26 18:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2123 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON SOCIAL ISSUES IN TUCUMAN [...] (U) In an October 19 visit to Argentina's northwestern province of Tucuman, the Ambassador met with local members of the media. He toured an American-owned citrus company that has a progressive Corporate Social Responsibility project to educate off-season workers. The Ambassador was also a keyn [...] | 2007-10-26 19:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB |
07BUENOSAIRES2124 | ARGENTINA WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF U.N. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2126 | EXIT POLLS SAY CRISTINA KIRCHNER BECOME [...] (SBU) Summary: According to exit polls and the partial official vote tally, First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) appears to have been voted the next president of Argentina in the October 28 national election. With 45.41% of the ballot boxes counted, CFK had a prelimina [...] | 2007-10-29 02:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2131 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE FOREIGN POLICY; PLAN MEXICO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend major international stories are related to the foreign policy of the future Argentine government; Plan Mexico; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's threat to intervene militarily in Bolivia in the event someone attempts to "oust" Bolivian President Evo Morales. [...] | 2007-10-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2134 | ARGENTINE DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ON BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador discussed bilateral cooperation and training and Argentina's strong support for peacekeeping operations, particularly in Haiti, with new Vice Minister of Defense Alfredo Forti. Forti explained that the MOD is carefully evaluating the bilateral agreement on profession [...] | 2007-10-29 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KPKO AR HA |
07BUENOSAIRES2137 | BRAZILIAN AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Ambassador Wayne met October 29 with Brazilian Ambassador to Argentina Mauro Vieira (protect). Following are highlights: 2. (C) Cristina Fernandez' election: Vieira had arranged for President Lula to call Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) at 2100 October 28 to offer congratulatio [...] | 2007-10-29 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2138 | ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTRY OFFICIALS SEE [...] (C) Economy Minister Peirano told Ambassador he will hold off discussing bilateral or multilateral issues until the dust settles from the October 28 elections. He called his participation in the IMF/World Bank meetings a success, and he expects improved cooperation and coordination with those [...] | 2007-10-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2139 | NEAR-COMPLETE ELECTION RESULTS CONFIRM IMPRESSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 29, with ballots from approximately 96.5% of the voting stations tallied, Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) maintains an insurmountable lead in the presidential race with 44.91% of the total vote. Second-place finisher, center-left candi [...] | 2007-10-30 09:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2142 | STATUS OF POST ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs have devoted major resources to raise and investigate the human rights (and anti-Semitism) case of Argentine citizen Eduardo Saiegh (victim in 1980 of kidnapping, torture, and expropriation -- Reftels). The Ambassador has raised the case at high levels, and Econ/Pol [...] | 2007-10-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2145 | MEDIA REACTION; NEW ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT FOREIGN POLICY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include speculation about the newly elected Argentine Government's foreign policy; and an "emerging" arms race in Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The US expects Cristina Kirchner's wink" Hugo Alconada Mon, daily-o [...] | 2007-10-30 17:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2146 | ARGENTINA ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AORC UN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2149 | ARGENTINA: AIRPORT POLICE CHIEF DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's October 22 meeting with GOA Airport Police chief Marcelo Sain (protect throughout) focused on common counter-terrorism goals and the need to continue working together on airport security issues. Sain thanked the Ambassador for recent FBI- and DHS-provided tra [...] | 2007-10-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV CASC KCRM PREL KCOR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2153 | AMIA: FINAL DISCUSSIONS WITH ARGENTINE MFA PRIOR [...] (S) Summary: MFA's AMIA lead Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez told Charge October 31 that he felt reasonably confident Argentina's request for capture notices would be supported at the November 5-8 Interpol General Assembly (GA) meeting. He noted they were still uneasy about Africa -- and would [...] | 2007-10-31 21:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL AR IR |
07BUENOSAIRES2155 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT-ELECT CRISTINA KIRCHNER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include foreign analysts' and Argentine businessmen's expectations on the challenges ahead for Argentine President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner; and US House Ways and Means Committee passing an FTA between the US and Peru. 2. OP [...] | 2007-11-01 14:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2163 | Argentina: Demarche on Montreal Convention Delivered [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 13:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2170 | MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON CUBA; VENEZUELA; IMF AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the Bush administration's policy on Cuba; Venezuelan President Chavez's concentration of power; IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn's remarks about Argentina; and implications of Pakistani leader Musharraf's emergency rule. [...] | 2007-11-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2175 | Argentina: Demarche on International Maritime Organization [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 18:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2191 | REACTION IN ARGENTINA TO POSITIVE NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: Argentine officials, Jewish organizations, and private citizens lauded the Interpol General Assembly's (GA) overwhelming vote for the issuance of international capture notices for five current and former Iranian government officials and one Lebanese Hizballah member wanted in con [...] | 2007-11-08 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AR IR BR |
07BUENOSAIRES2198 | ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on FATF's statement on Iran November 7 to Dr. Juan Felix Marteau, the Argentine government's National Coordinator for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF). Marteau, who reports directly to the Minister of Justice, is the GoA's repr [...] | 2007-11-09 19:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES22 | IRAQ; US TRADE AGENDA; DEATH PENALTY; DEMOCRATS TAKING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include US President Bush's announced plan to send additional troops to Iraq; US House of Representatives leader Nancy Pelosi's statements that Democrats could deny US President George W. Bush the money should he call for additional troops; the implications [...] | 2007-01-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES2202 | ARGENTINA TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2204 | ARGENTINE FM TAIANA ON HIS MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) In the course of an October 26 discussion of other issues (reftels),Argentine FM Taiana told the Ambassador he was very pleased by his meeting with the Secretary at UNGA as well as separate encounters with U/S Burns and A/S Shannon. He characterized it as a very "frank" conversation, notin [...] | 2007-11-14 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2206 | DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN: CRISTINA'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced a new cabinet November 14 that will look very much like her husband's. The early announcement was sparked by infighting among cabinet factions. The limited changes suggest strongly that any evolution in policies und [...] | 2007-11-14 21:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV MARR PINR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2207 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ WAR; PAKISTAN; IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories cover the allegedly 'hidden costs' of the war in Iraq; the Pakistani crisis; and the outcome of the Ibero-American summit. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The 'hidden costs' of Bush's war" Ana Baron, leading "Clarin's" Washi [...] | 2007-11-15 07:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2211 | THEFTS OF BAGGAGE AT BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently informed Argentina's Foreign Minister Taiana and Interior Minister Fernandez that the Embassy would be updating its Consular Information Sheet to include a warning to U.S. travelers about thefts at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport. 2. (SBU) On October 24, Am [...] | 2007-11-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR PREL KCOR KCRM CMGT CJAN ASEC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2212 | CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PUSHES GOA DOHA NEGOTIATORS [...] (C) On November 12, Ambassador urged Argentine Central Bank President Martin Redrado to engage within the GoA to moderate Argentina's "rejectionist" position in Doha Round talks. Redrado confided that he had already intervened on the subject with the Foreign Minister and GoA trade negotiators [...] | 2007-11-15 08:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR EINV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2214 | Ambassador Attends Post-Election Business Conference, [...] (SBU) During Argentina's major private sector conference, November 7-8, former Brazilian President Cardozo subtly warned about the need to control inflation, and Argentine business leaders discussed privately with the Ambassador whether president-elect Christina Fernandez de Kirchner will carry [...] | 2007-11-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EINV ENRG BEXP PREL OTRA TPHY TSPA SCUL |
07BUENOSAIRES2216 | IDB PRESIDENT MORENO OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO THE [...] (C) IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno urged the Kirchners to rebuild their relationship with the USG during his November 5-6 visit to Buenos Aires. Moreno relayed this to Ambassador November 6, noting that President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) seemed to understand that USG supp [...] | 2007-11-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2217 | GAFISUD AND ARGENTINA SEEK U.S. HELP TO AVOID [...] (C) In separate conversations, GAFISUD's Executive Secretary Alejandro Montesdeoca and Argentina's National SIPDIS Coordinator Dr. Juan Felix Marteau expressed grave concerns to Emboffs that GAFISUD (South American Financial Action Task Force) would be forced to suspend Bolivia's membership [...] | 2007-11-15 16:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC AR BL CO PA |
07BUENOSAIRES222 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S JANUARY 31 MEETING WITH CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 31, Ambassador Wayne called on Chief of Cabinet Alberto Fernandez. Ambassador Wayne talked through four areas for more work: cooperation on security issues (narcotics trafficking, counterterrorism); support for democracy; creating a more inviting investment climate an [...] | 2007-02-05 20:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2222 | AMIA: MFA READOUT FROM MARRAKECH AND NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Summary: GOA is very pleased with the results of the November 7 Interpol General Assembly vote in Marrakech and credits its success to its close coordination with, and the efforts of, the USG. The GOA has seen no "diffusion" notice from Iran regarding the GOI's stated intention to seek in [...] | 2007-11-15 21:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PTER PREL AR IR |
07BUENOSAIRES2223 | PULP MILL DISPUTE: GUARDEDLY HOPEFUL THAT [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Concerns over the pulp mill dispute have calmed down in Buenos Aires, despite the sharp words and protests generated last weekend when Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez gave the order to commence operations November 9 at the pulp mill in Fray Bentos, western Urug [...] | 2007-11-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC FI UY AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2225 | CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT ON PARIS CLUB, ICSID [...] (C) During a November 11 meeting, Ambassador urged Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado(protect strictly) to use his considerable influence to steer the debate within the GoA on developing a workable Paris Club proposal and on paying ICSID arbitral awards. Discussions on Argentina's po [...] | 2007-11-16 15:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2229 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SANCHEZ [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina November 20-21. Your visit occurs during a period of heightened political interest following the October 28 election victory of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her November 14 announcement of her [...] | 2007-11-16 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2231 | Argentina: Mendoza Governor-elect and Ambassador discuss [...] (SBU) Mendoza Province Governor-elect Celso Jaque said his main challenge as governor will be to improve provincial security and to upgrade education infrastructure and standards. In a cordial November 8 meeting with Ambassador, Jaque also acknowledged poor prison conditions in his province, w [...] | 2007-11-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GTIP SNAR TSPL SOCI ECON ENRG AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2237 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN-CUBAN CONFEDERATION; BRAZIL'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on an idea to create a Venezuelan-Cuban Confederation as a result of an amendment to the current Venezuelan constitution; Brazil's support for Venezuela's entry into Mercosur; implications of DAS John Negroponte's trip to Pakistan; and th [...] | 2007-11-20 07:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES224 | MEDIA REACTION; UPCOMING TRIP OF U/S NICHOLAS BURNS TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major newspapers report on US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's upcoming trip to Buenos Aires. Other international leading stories include the report from London-based International Institute for Strategic Studie [...] | 2007-02-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES2240 | ARGENTINA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AMBITOUS JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Supreme Court President Dr. Ricardo Lorenzetti on November 15 to discuss Lorenzetti's October trip to Washington, learn more about Lorenzetti's proposed national judicial management reform plan, and identify areas for enhanced cooperation on deep [...] | 2007-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI PREL EAID AID JUS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2241 | ARGENTINE TAX AUTHORITY'S ABAD ON CRISTINA GOVERNMENT, TAX [...] (SBU) Alberto Abad, head of Argentina's customs and revenue authority, AFIP, sees key economic challenges facing the incoming Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration as re-inserting Argentina into global capital markets, dealing with inflation, reducing the heavy burden of state sub [...] | 2007-11-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ETRD ECON KTFN |
07BUENOSAIRES2243 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE-BRAZILIAN TIES; 11/20/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The major international story today is the outcome of the meeting between Argentine President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva and their purpose of stepping up cooperation in oil and gas exploration between the two countries. 2. [...] | 2007-11-20 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2244 | ARGENTINA: 2007 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Post, through the combined efforts of the political section and ICE office, continues to coordinate with Argentine authorities to develop local capacity to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. We also continue to work with Argentine partners in government and civil society to [...] | 2007-11-21 08:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2251 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, NOVEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 1 - 16, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be i [...] | 2007-11-21 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2252 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE FOREIGN POLICY; 11/21/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories are related to President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's trip to Brazil and a change of priorities in Argentina's foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "(Argentina's) foreign policy has already started" [...] | 2007-11-23 09:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2254 | MEDIA REACTION; CHANCES OF A MERCOSUR-ISRAEL FTA; IMF AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories cover an alleged initiative from Lula and Cristina Kirchner for Mercosur to sign a trade deal with Israel, in an attempt to keep Venezuelan Hugo Chavez at bay; implications of IMF head Dominique Strauss' trip to Argentina to attend Cristi [...] | 2007-11-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2258 | MEDIA REACTION; ANNAPOLIS MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONFERENCE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend's local international stories are focused on prospects for success of the upcoming Annapolis Peace Conference; an alleged attempt by Argentina and Brazil to put Venezuelan Hugo Chavez at bay; and implications of the discovery of a Brazilian oil field. 2. OPINION [...] | 2007-11-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2263 | ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT-ELECT GIVES REVEALING INTERVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Notoriously inaccessible to the media, Argentina's president-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) gave a lengthy interview to left-of-center, pro-government and often anti-U.S. daily "Pagina 12." The broad range of topics included her political attitudes; [...] | 2007-11-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KPAO AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2265 | MEDIA REACTION; ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories deal with expectations for the Middle East Peace conference in Annapolis; the Venezuelan referendum on the country's constitutional amendment; and a critical view on the war on drugs. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chavez falling [...] | 2007-11-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2266 | MEDIA REACTION; ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE; BURMA; UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the outcome of the Middle East peace conference held in Annapolis; Burma and the oil dispute between Beijing and Washington; and the upcoming visit of US experts on Latin American issues. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - " [...] | 2007-11-29 07:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2267 | Argentina: Kirchners Appoint Loyalists to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the Ministers set, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband, outgoing President Nestor Kirchner (NK),are now filling key Congressional slots with loyalists. Sources close to the Kirchners have publicly revealed that Senate President Pro-Tempore Jose Pampuro, Se [...] | 2007-11-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2268 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BUENOS AIRES VICE [...] (C) Ambassador Wayne met with Buenos Aires City Vice Mayor-elect Gabriela Michetti to discuss incoming Mayor Mauricio Macri's key policy priorities and challenges. She noted that increasing city revenue is a top priority, as the city's budget deficit makes it difficult to invest in public i [...] | 2007-11-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2270 | ARGENTINA REQUESTS AGREMENT FOR HECTOR TIMERMAN [...] (SBU) Action Request -- para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry convoked the Ambassador November 28, 2007 to present a diplomatic note dated the previous day from the MFA requesting U.S. agrement for the appointment of Hector Timerman as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Repu [...] | 2007-11-30 07:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OFDP PINR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2271 | Argentina's New Economy Minister Faces Daunting Policy [...] (SBU) Incoming Economy Minister Martin Lousteau will replace Miguel Peirano following the December 10 inauguration of President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). The new Minister is a well-regarded 36-year old banker whose poise, intelligence and discretion reportedly caught CFK's ey [...] | 2007-11-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PINR |
07BUENOSAIRES2272 | GAFISUD WILL SUSPEND BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, PARAGUAY [...] (C) The Executive Secretary of GAFISUD (the South American Financial Action Task Force),Alejandro Montesdeoca, told TreasAttache November 29 that Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay will have their membership in GAFISUD suspended as of December 1. Following Bolivia and Paraguay's recent partial [...] | 2007-11-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC AR BL CO PA |
07BUENOSAIRES2279 | FLORIDA GOVERNOR MEETS VP DURING QUICK VISIT TO ARGENTINA [...] Florida Governor Charlie Crist made a short visit to Argentina on November 8 during a swing through South America. His delegation included his Chief of Staff, George Lemieux; the Vice Chairman of Enterprise Florida, Tom Kunz (CEO of Suntrust Bank Florida); the CEO of Enterprise Florida, John [...] | 2007-12-03 09:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OVIP PREL BEXP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2283 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Argentine Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations Ambassador Vicente Espeche-Gil and Deputy Director of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Issues, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro on the afternoon of December 3. DCM lef [...] | 2007-12-03 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM AR IR |
07BUENOSAIRES2284 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM; BOLIVIA; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of the Venezuelan referendum; the chaos in Bolivia; and the Cristina Kirchner's administration future foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "A Myth" Paula Lugones, international columnist of leading "Cla [...] | 2007-12-04 08:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2286 | (C) ARGENTINA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (U) Embassy Buenos Aires keys the responses below to reftel A questions. 2. (SBU) NATURE OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARGENTINA BUSINESSES HAVE IN CUBA. The GOA imposes no requirement to register foreign direct investment and the Embassy has been unable to uncover any major investment by Argentine n [...] | 2007-12-04 11:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETTC PREL ETRD CU AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2288 | ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Per reftel instructions, below please find post's update on the worst forms of child labor in Argentina. Our response is keyed to points found in reftel. A. (SBU) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor -- Law 20.774 sets the minimum age for employment at 14 year [...] | 2007-12-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2290 | CODEL REYES VISITS ARGENTINA [...] Summary and Introduction: Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),visited Argentina November 28 - December 1 and met with Vice President and Senate President Scioli, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, the chairperson of the A [...] | 2007-12-04 17:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OREP KWMN AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2291 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SAIEGH CASE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On November 29, the Ambassador met with Secretary for Human Rights Eduardo Luis Duhalde to raise the SIPDIS case of Argentine citizen Eduardo Saeigh, a Jewish Argentine citizen who in 1980 was kidnapped, tortured and dispossessed of a bank he owned during Argentina's 1976-83 [...] | 2007-12-04 19:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2292 | INCOMING ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER PRIORITIZES [...] (C) Incoming GOA Economy Minister Martin Lousteau, in a December 3 meeting with Ambassador, said his initial priorities will be to resolve the longstanding Paris Club impasse and to take concrete steps to improve Argentina's investment climate to attract needed FDI. Lousteau introduced Hugo S [...] | 2007-12-04 20:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR ECON EFIN ETRD |
07BUENOSAIRES2295 | MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM; AFTERMATH OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are focused on implications of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's defeat last Sunday; and steps to build the 'peace construct' in the Middle East based on the Annapolis final declaration. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chavez in his la [...] | 2007-12-05 17:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2296 | ARGENTINA: 2007 INSCR PART I: DRUGS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 17:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2297 | ARGENTINA: UN RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio and Secretary Ana Ghigginio in the Argentine MFA's Office for International Affairs (DIOIN). Fernandez noted that the vote in the Fourth Committee was very similar to last year's and that Argentina voted, as it did th [...] | 2007-12-05 20:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2298 | MEDIA REACTION; IMPLICATIONS OF CHAVEZ DEFEAT; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories cover implications of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's defeat in last Sunday's elections; US President Bush insisting that Iran remains a threat despite an intelligence assessment that it had halted a nuclear program; and the USG sending Secretar [...] | 2007-12-06 07:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2299 | ARGENTINA: UN RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio and Secretary Ana Ghigginio in the Argentine MFA's Office for International Affairs (DIOIN). Fernandez noted that the vote in the Fourth Committee was very similar to last year's and that Argentina voted, as it did th [...] | 2007-12-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2300 | ARGENTINA: CODEL SANCHEZ DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP AND CN EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Wayne and U.S. Representatives Sanchez and Bartlett, Argentine Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez noted that anti-TIP legislation is still stuck in the national Congress, but expressed confidence that it would pass once President-elect Cristina Fernan [...] | 2007-12-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KWMN PREL SMIG SNAR KJUS PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2301 | ARGENTINE CONGRESS APPROVES TEMPORARY LOGGING [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Environmental law in Argentina took a significant step forward as both houses of the Argentine Congress passed a forestry law that will temporarily halt all logging of n [...] | 2007-12-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2303 | ARGENTINA: CODEL SANCHEZ MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Loretta Sanchez and Roscoe Bartlett, accompanied by Ambassador, met November 21 with Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre to discuss bilateral relations, peacekeeping and regional security. Garre reviewed the military organizational restructuring she had und [...] | 2007-12-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2304 | ARGENTINA: CHAIRMAN PETERSON'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] Summary: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Colin Peterson, in Buenos Aires as a member of Representative Loretta Sanchez's CODEL, held separate meetings with GOA officials and Argentine legislators to discuss potential cooperation in biofuels, raise an IPR-related trade issue with Monsanto [...] | 2007-12-06 17:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ENRG PREL OVIP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2305 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE L. [...] THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY WELCOMES SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE L. CHAO AND THE DELEGATION SHE WILL LEAD TO REPRESENT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF CRISTINA KIRCHNER AND MEET WITH GOA OFFICIALS. COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO ALL THE SUPPORT STAFF NAMED IN R [...] | 2007-12-06 17:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PGOV ELAB AR UY |
07BUENOSAIRES2307 | MEDIA REACTION; HUGO CHAVEZ; EVO MORALES; CHINA; 12/06/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories are related to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's election defeat; Bolivian leader Evo Morales' calling a referendum on his own presidency; and China's economic progress and respect for freedom. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIAL [...] | 2007-12-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2309 | AMB WAYNE MEETS WITH OUTGOING EDUCATION MINISTER (AND [...] Summary: In a November 29 meeting with outgoing Education Minister Daniel Filmus, Ambassador outlined ongoing US Embassy-sponsored educational programs, thanked Filmus for MOE cooperation on the Youth Ambassador Program, and reviewed future areas for collaboration. Filmus said he was in the pr [...] | 2007-12-07 15:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2312 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, NOVEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 19 - December 3, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state. [...] | 2007-12-07 19:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2313 | Argentina Imposes New Mining Export Tax [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOA has imposed a comprehensive 5-10% tax on mineral exports as one of a number of recent measures designed to boost Argentina's primary fiscal surplus. The measure represents a significant departure from Argentina's 1993-era mining law, which includes provisions for royalt [...] | 2007-12-10 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ENRG AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2316 | ARGENTINA: SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNGA AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2317 | BANCO DEL SUR LAUNCHED IN BUENOS AIRES DECEMBER 9 [...] (C) As his last official act in office, President Nestor Kirchner hosted five other South American Presidents for the December 9 signing of the "Founding Act of the Bank of the South" (Banco del Sur). In their public remarks, the Presidents and President-elect Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner e [...] | 2007-12-10 18:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL AR BL BR CO EC PA UY VE |
07BUENOSAIRES2318 | MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE NEW ADMINISTRATION; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include US expectations over Argentina's new administration; the National Intelligence Estimate pointing out that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003; and Colombian President Uribe's decision to grant a "meeting zone" with the FARC. [...] | 2007-12-11 07:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES232 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE VISITS CORDOBA, ARGENTINA'S [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Ambassador Wayne used a two-day trip to Cordoba, widely considered Argentina's second city, to build ties with provincial administrators, U.S. companies operating locally, cu [...] | 2007-02-06 18:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BESP AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2327 | ARGENTINA: HIGHLIGHTS OF INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY THE NEW [...] Summary and Introduction: At her December 10 swearing-in, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) thanked her husband/predecessor for getting Argentina back on its feet after the devastating 2001-02 crisis. She vowed to deepen his center-left economic programs to create jobs and reduc [...] | 2007-12-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2338 | SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (SBU) Begin Summary and Introduction: Secretary Chao, head of the U.S. delegation to the presidential inauguration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, met with Argentine Labor Minister Carlos Tomada on December 10. The Secretary conveyed U.S. support for International Labor Organization (ILO) [...] | 2007-12-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL ETRD PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2345 | ARGENTINE FUROR CONTINUES OVER U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) The GOA has repeatedly suspended Ministerial-level contacts and has cut off some law enforcement contacts with the USG in wake of the continuing furor (ref a) over DOJ allegations that $800,000 intercepted August 4 by Argentine officials was a BRV cash contribution for Cristina Kirchner's (CFK) [...] | 2007-12-14 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN ECON ASEC KJUS VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2346 | ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES STAY IN ATTACK MODE, [...] (SBU) Action Request: Embassy requests clearance of proposed talking points in paras 7-14 for use in backgrounding the media in response to GOA allegations. 2. (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following extensive positive media coverage on December 14 and 15 of the Ambassador's December 14 [...] | 2007-12-16 19:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2347 | MEDIA REACTION; ARREST OF FOREIGN OPERATIVES IN MIAMI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers widely report that Argentine President Cristina Fernndez blasted as "garbage" allegations aired in a US court that four men accused of being Venezuelan agents had tried to smuggle $800,000 into the country to finance her election campaign. 2. OPINION PIE [...] | 2007-12-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2349 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per Ref A request, post carried out a pre-license check on Buccello y Asociados, purportedly based in Buenos Aires, on December 12. It is Post's opinion that the company will not/not be a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items. Post was unable to establish any bona [...] | 2007-12-17 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2352 | Argentina: Debt and Investment Issues Discussed with Labor [...] (SBU) Secretary of Labor Chao, in a December 12 meeting with incoming Finance Secretary Hugo Secondini and Argentina's proposed new Ambassador to the U.S. Hector Timerman, emphasized the importance of addressing Paris Club arrears as a first step in regularizing Argentina's access to internatio [...] | 2007-12-18 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EFIN BEXP OVIP VE |
07BUENOSAIRES2353 | Argentina: Secretary of Labor Chao Talks Investment Climate [...] (SBU) Secretary of Labor Chao met December 10 with representatives of Citibank, IBM, and Wal-Mart, all major U.S. service sector employers in Argentina. Company reps highlighted their profitable operations here, praised the caliber of Argentina's labor pool, and agreed that rapid expansion of [...] | 2007-12-18 13:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR ECON EFIN BEXP OVIP |
07BUENOSAIRES2354 | ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR THE U.S. ITC REPORT ON [...] In response to Ref A, Post has compiled the following information on government policies in Argentina as they relate to the biofuels industry. Additional information is available in Ref C, which provided a response to a related request for information on industrial biotechnology (Ref B). Arge [...] | 2007-12-18 14:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA |
07BUENOSAIRES2359 | BOTH KIRCHNERS NOW ON THE WARPATH: "WE WILL NOT [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband, former president Nestor Kirchner (NK),came out swinging against the United States -- she in Montevideo, he in Buenos Aires -- on December 18, hours before the Ambassador was scheduled to meet with [...] | 2007-12-18 18:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2361 | G7 AMBASSADORS ON MIAMI ARRESTS: [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador briefed the Ambassadors and Charges of Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom on the December 11 arrest of three Venezuelans and one Uruguayan in Miami on charges of operating as unregistered foreign agents. Ambassado [...] | 2007-12-19 12:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2362 | MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE DIPLOMATIC SPAT; 12/19/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies carry opinion pieces on the implications of the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal and recent allegations that the money was earmarked for Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's election campaign. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Expansion wave [...] | 2007-12-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2371 | Argentine Social Pacts: GoA Move to Expand Price/Wage [...] (SBU) The GoA is proposing negotiation of trilateral government, industry, and labor "Social Pacts" in ten key industry and service sectors to address public concern with rising inflation and provide a stable platform for needed new investment. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) ha [...] | 2007-12-20 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL ELAB EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2372 | ARGENTINE CONGRESS CONDEMNS U.S. ALLEGATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kirchner-controlled Congress moved with exceptional alacrity December 19 to repudiate the U.S. for offending Argentina, and former president Nestor Kirchner continued to berate the USG, but singling out former WHA A/S Roger Noriega for vitriol. Meanwhile, according to press [...] | 2007-12-20 18:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2374 | ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C),Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...] | 2007-12-20 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2375 | ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C),Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...] | 2007-12-20 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2378 | MEDIA REACTION; US-DIPLOMATIC SPAT; 12/21/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major opinion stories today are related to the implications of the Antonini Wilson case and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Anger management II" Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" editorializes [...] | 2007-12-21 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL |
07BUENOSAIRES2390 | Argentina: GoA Extends Airport Concession Contract, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 7, outgoing President Nestor Kirchner, in one of his final moves before leaving office, approved a modification of the GOA concession contract with Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (AA2000),the company that operates the 33 major airports in Argentina. The AA2000 concessio [...] | 2007-12-27 18:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES240 | ARGENTINA'S PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING IAEA COMMITTEE [...] Emboff made reftel points February 6 to First Secretary Sebastian Sayus of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs. Sayus, the MFA's point man for the February 13-14 meeting of the IAEA's Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV),replied February 7. 2. [...] | 2007-02-07 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA KNNP AORC ENRG TRGY MNUC |
07BUENOSAIRES242 | ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, COVERING [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 16 -- February 2, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...] | 2007-02-07 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES245 | PLANNING MINISTER PROMISES TO ADDRESS US AVIATION COMPANIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wayne hosted a civil aviation roundtable luncheon on January 31 for top Government of Argentina (GOA) officials, and representatives from the six U.S. air carriers operating in Argentina. Participants discussed the March 2007 USG-GOA aviation liberalization talks to [...] | 2007-02-08 14:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AR ECON PGOV |
07BUENOSAIRES247 | ARGENTINA: IF THE FACTS DON,T FIT, PURGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Perceived heavy handed government intervention in the economy took on a more serious turn with last week's firing of the chief officer responsible for inflation data at the GoA's statistical agency (INDEC),an institution long admired for its independence and integrity. The media [...] | 2007-02-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG ELAB PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES249 | AMIA RED NOTICES: DOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Visiting DOJ Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher and Criminal Division Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz met February 7 with MFA Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Cappagli, MFA SIPDIS AMIA-lead Ambassador Gonzalez and other senior MFA of [...] | 2007-02-08 18:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR |
07BUENOSAIRES254 | SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE GETS BROWN BAGGED [...] (SBU) On February 6, Argentine Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Miguel Campos officially resigned from his position, a move which is perceived as Campos having been fired by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner. Campos has been replaced by Javier de Urquiza, the Under Sec [...] | 2007-02-08 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES262 | ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana and Vice FM Garcia Moritan asked visiting U/S Burns and A/S Shannon for strong USG support for GOA requests for Interpol Red Notices on nine suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing. U/S Burns expressed steadfast support for the GOA's pursuit of justic [...] | 2007-02-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR IR |
07BUENOSAIRES263 | ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana and Vice FM Garcia Moritan asked visiting U/S Burns and A/S Shannon for strong USG support for GOA requests for Interpol Red Notices on nine suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing. U/S Burns expressed steadfast support for the GOA's pursuit of justic [...] | 2007-02-12 09:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV FBI AR IR |
07BUENOSAIRES271 | MEDIA REACTION; AFTERMATH OF THE RECENT VISITS OF AG [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Most dailies report positively on the visit of U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, particularly for playing down the controversy over Ambassador Wayne's intercession on behalf of Eton Park over Transener, for stating the Bush administration's categorical support for Argentina's inve [...] | 2007-02-12 19:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES276 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LABOR MINISTER TOMADA [...] (C) Summary: On February 6, Minister of Labor Carlos Tomada told Ambassador that Argentina welcomes an exchange of ideas and best practices. The Minister discussed GOA efforts to reform its pension system, provide job training programs, and encourage greater levels of formal employment. He [...] | 2007-02-12 21:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB AR |
07BUENOSAIRES278 | AMB WAYNE MEETS WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL RIGHI IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentine Prosecutor General Righi told Ambassador Wayne that he welcomes USG training on the adversarial system of criminal justice for his prosecutors and supports increased cooperation on the preparation of extradition requests. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) In a friendly first [...] | 2007-02-13 09:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL AR PTER |
07BUENOSAIRES285 | ARGENTINA TO REVIEW GLOBAL NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIT KNNP PREL AR BR OM KS SN SF IAEA |
07BUENOSAIRES289 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SIGNS NATIONAL BIOFUEL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner signed an executive order February 9 implementing a national biofuel promotion law that had sat moribund for nine months. The signing came in the evening of a day durin [...] | 2007-02-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG PREL ETRD AR |
07BUENOSAIRES292 | MEDIA REACTION; AFTERMATH OF THE BURNS-SHANNON VISIT, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Several dailies carry U/S Burns and A/S Shannon's post-trip declarations praising their visit to the region, and noting 'very positive' relations with Argentina. Clarin also points out the USG offer for Argentina to join the 'Global Initiative against Nuclear Terrorism'. Al [...] | 2007-02-14 21:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES297 | AG GONZALES MEETS WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales met with Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi on February 7 and discussed the challenges that the GOA faces with its transition to an accusatorial justice system. The AG offered U.S. assistance to help with the transition, as well as trai [...] | 2007-02-15 17:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL OVIP KTER AR |
07BUENOSAIRES300 | ARGENTINA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Below is Post's response to reftel request for a woman of courage in Argentina. In Argentina, women have been leaders on a number of social and political issues, such as human rights abuses, drug abuse, poverty, and trafficking in persons. AmEmb Buenos Aires' nomination has faced danger [...] | 2007-02-15 19:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL AR KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07BUENOSAIRES301 | AG GONZALES'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER FERNANDEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ("AG"),several senior-level Department of Justice officials, and the Ambassador met with Argentine Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez on February 7. The Minister expressed Argentine concerns over what he characterized as the USG's unila [...] | 2007-02-15 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES302 | AG GONZALES'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE IRIBARNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Attorney General (AG),senior USDOJ officials, and the Ambassador met with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights Alberto Iribarne and Secretary of Justice Marcela Losardo on February 7 to exchange views on USG and GOA efforts to combat transnational crime, such as terroris [...] | 2007-02-15 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES303 | AG GONZALES VISITS AMIA BOMBING SITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) and Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations (DAIA) welcomed Attorney General Gonzales to AMIA headquarters on February 7, thanking him in particular for USG support in the efforts to investigate and prosecute the [...] | 2007-02-15 19:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES305 | ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALEZ' FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 7, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Ambassador Wayne met with the heads of the Argentine security forces. The Attorney General asked the group about Argentina's experiences with gangs, information sharing, and budgeting. The Argentine security chiefs spoke ca [...] | 2007-02-15 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES311 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S FEB 21 VISIT TO VENEZUELA: ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels February 21 to Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela with an agenda that is principally economic: He will seek to confirm GoV assistance in placing up to $2 billion in new Argentine sovereign debt; finalize $135 million GoV rescue funding for SanCor, an emblematic Argentine d [...] | 2007-02-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR |
07BUENOSAIRES322 | U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON HEAR ARGENTINE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of AMIA (Argentine Israeli Mutual Association) and DAIA (Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations) welcomed Undersecretary Nicholas Burns and Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon to the AMIA building for a public wreath laying and a separate private meeting. The [...] | 2007-02-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL FBI IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES335 | ARGENTINA'S 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) In 2006, Argentine authorities responsible for providing "adequate and effective protection to intellectual property rights" made few meaningful improvements in IPR legislation, regulation and enforcement and there remain serious weaknesses in each of these areas. Proposed legislative a [...] | 2007-02-21 16:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES343 | MEDIA REACTION; IRAN, IRAQ, VENEZUELA, ANTI-TERRORISM, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Lead international stories today include the US decision to deploy a second aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf area, Prime Minister Tony Blair's reported plan to announce today the trimming of UK forces in Iraq and regional politics in light of President Nestor Kirchner's [...] | 2007-02-21 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES353 | MEDIA REACTION; KIRCHNER-CHAVEZ ALLIANCE VIS-@-VIS THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with President Kirchner's strong defense of Argentina's alliance with Chavez while defying U.S. pressures to contain him, and PM Blair's announcement of a reduction in the number of UK soldiers in Iraq, in sharp contrast to the U.S. troop buildup in Baghdad. [...] | 2007-02-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES36 | ARGENTINA: CAMPAIGN SEASON NOW OPEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna announced January 4th his candidacy for the October presidential elections, but declined to comment on any political alliances he may form with opposition parties. Lavagna is the first in 2007 to announce his intention to run in the Octobe [...] | 2007-01-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES360 | ARGENTINE PERSPECTIVE ON KIRCHNER'S VENEZUELA VISIT [...] (SBU) Deliverables from President Kirchner's February 21-22 visit to Venezuela included $750 million in bond financing, a $135 million rescue package for emblematic Argentine dairy cooperative SanCor, a raft of largely symbolic bilateral MOUs that included creation of a regional development ban [...] | 2007-02-23 20:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ENRG EPET AR VZ |
07BUENOSAIRES367 | MEDIA REACTION; KIRCHNER-CHAVEZ, LULA-BUSH-TABARE, IRAN, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories focus on President Kirchner's ambivalence in his policy vis-`-vis the U.S. regarding Chavez, President Bush's trip to the region, with media speculating on biofuels as the main reason for his visit, and repercussions of Iran's challenge to UNSC ultimatum. 2 [...] | 2007-02-26 18:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES369 | LATIN AMERICAN CANDIDACIES FOR THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Acting PolCouns spoke with Federico Villegas, head of the MFA,s human rights office, to raise reftel concerns and urge Argentina to reconsider standing for re-election to the HRC. Villegas noted our concerns but stated that Argentina had carefully considered its options and is firm in its decis [...] | 2007-02-26 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES374 | ARGENTINA: "WE ARE NOT ORGANIZING AN ANTI U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador spoke February 27 with Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and DCM spoke with Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parilli to express SIPDIS our concerns regarding local press reports that the GoA was facilitating the organization of an anti-U.S. r [...] | 2007-02-27 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES376 | (C) U.S.- ARGENTINE RELATIONS: DR. JEKYL AND MR. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner is trying to stake out a position for himself close to Chavez yet still working well with the U.S. on issues important to Argentina. With domestic political advantage and 2007 elections in mind, we expect Kirchner to continue the balanc [...] | 2007-02-27 21:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON VZ AR |
07BUENOSAIRES379 | MEDIA REACTION; LULA-VAZQUEZ, MERCOSUR, AFGHANISTAN, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories and commentaries today focus on Brazilian President Lula Da Silva's visit to Uruguay and its consequences for the future of the MERCOSUR trade bloc and the region's relations with the US. An opinion story in Clarin is critical of the US policy [...] | 2007-02-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES380 | MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT, DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Top stories focus on the poor results of the summit between Secretary Rice and Middle East leaders Olmert and Abbas; the SIPDIS positive repercussions of North Korea's agreement to deactivate its nuclear program; the mounting tension in Iran due to its intention to conti [...] | 2007-02-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES381 | MEDIA REACTION; STATUS OF BILATERAL RELATIONS FOLLOWING KEY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" comments positively on the present status of U.S.-Argentina relations following the visits of AG Gonzales, U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, despite differences on Cuba and Venezuela, and praises Ambassador Wayne for his key contribution to strengthenin [...] | 2007-02-28 12:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES383 | ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER TALKS PARIS CLUB, [...] (C) Economy Minister Felisa Miceli asked for U.S. assistance to resolve Argentina's arrears situation with Paris Club creditors during a February 9 meeting with Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon. Miceli explained that Argentina's lack of an IMF agreement blocked its access to a normal Paris Clu [...] | 2007-02-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES384 | (SBU) ARGENTINA: "WE ARE NOT ORGANIZING AN ANTI [...] (U) Please note this cable replaces recalled Buenos Aires 00374 which was sent without proper SBU designation. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador spoke February 27 with Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and DCM spoke with Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parilli to express [...] | 2007-02-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES385 | ARGENTINA AND THE U.S. "ON THE SAME PAGE" [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel points regarding Iran's non-compliance with UNSCR 1737 February 28 to Carlos Hernandez, acting director of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affai [...] | 2007-02-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES402 | U/S BURNS AND FM TAIANA DISCUSS REGIONAL STABILITY [...] (C) U.S. Participants: Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicolas Burns Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon Ambassador Early Anthony Wayne DCM Mike Matera William McIlhenny, Member, Policy Planning Council (S/P) Heide Bronke, P Special Assistant D [...] | 2007-03-01 21:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR CU HA VZ BZ |
07BUENOSAIRES403 | U/S BURNS IN ARGENTINA: DISCUSSES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 9 with Minister of Planning and Infrastructure Julio De Vido and discussed the public controversy over Embassy support for a proposed U.S. company's investment, broader investment concerns, and respective pli [...] | 2007-03-01 21:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PGOV BL VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES406 | U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON FEBRUARY 9 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 9 SIPDIS with Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez. During a brief drop-by, President Kirchner welcomed U/S Burns and A/S Shannon and thanked them for their visit. Fernandez ex [...] | 2007-03-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV ETRD BL CU AR |
07BUENOSAIRES41 | USG REACTION TO CHAVEZ'S NATIONALIZATIONS; DEATH OF SADDAM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers report on USG officials' response to Venezuelan President Chavez's announced planned re-nationalization of telecommunications and utility companies, like US Press Secretary Tony Snow's statement that "nationalization has a long and inglorious history of fai [...] | 2007-01-10 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES411 | ARGENTINA: FEBRUARY 9 BURNS/SHANNON MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER AA ASEC ETRD IAEA CU HA |
07BUENOSAIRES413 | (C) KIRCHNER STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what amounts to an annual state of the union address, President Kirchner opened the GOA Congress's 2007 session on March 1 with a two hour, 15-minute speech, touting his administration's economic achievements, its "regained" political independence, and taking shots at the usua [...] | 2007-03-02 22:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR |
07BUENOSAIRES414 | AMBASSADORIAL TRAVELS IN PATAGONIA -- MAJOR US [...] (SBU) The fast-growing provinces that make up Argentine Patagonia are hungry for investment, particularly in energy and tourism, and they are eager to attract U.S. investors, tourists, and airlines. This according to the Governors of Argentina's three southernmost provinces -- Chubut, Santa C [...] | 2007-03-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON EINV PREL SENV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES422 | (C) SUPPORTING THE AMIA TERROR INVESTIGATION AT [...] (C) In anticipation of a senior level interagency meeting early this week, I would like to restate the importance of the USG supporting the efforts of Argentina's prosecutors to pursue justice in the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing case. I understand the need for full debate of the sensitive issue [...] | 2007-03-05 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES429 | MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ IN ARGENTINA, MIDDLE EAST, 03/05/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with Bush's up-coming trip to the region aimed at reinforcing a 'positive agenda' - amid Argentina's preparation of Chavez' mass public rally against President Bush's visit to Uruguay -, and the repercussions of U.S. announcement of a summit in Iraq, which inclu [...] | 2007-03-07 10:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES430 | MEDIA REACTION; BUSH SPEECH, CHAVEZ IN ARGENTINA, 03/06/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's stories focus on the mostly negative repercussions of President Bush's speech at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce yesterday, three days before leaving on his Latam tour. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Bush's Concern, Too Late" Hugo Alconada Mon, daily-of-record "La [...] | 2007-03-07 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES439 | MEDIA REACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, U.S. FARMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The press report on the Human Rights Report, focusing mainly on the U.S. mention of GOA pressures on Argentina's press. Stories also note the report says Argentina has "generally" respected human rights. 2. OPINION PIECES "U.S. Denounces GOA Pressures on Argentine Pre [...] | 2007-03-07 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES44 | Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly, December 26, 2006, [...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review, covering the period December 26, 2006, through January 5, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landberg [...] | 2007-01-10 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD |
07BUENOSAIRES444 | ARGENTINA: THE BATTLE FOR BUENOS AIRES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Buenos Aires is set for a short, intense, and important mayoral campaign. Current Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Telerman has announced that the city elections will be held on June 3, 2007, several months earlier than expected. Telerman's move has forced nationally important, center-r [...] | 2007-03-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES447 | ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO USG OBJECTIVES FOR 4TH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN |
07BUENOSAIRES465 | ARGENTINA: CHAVEZ'S ANTI-BUSH RALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez led an inflammatory anti-Bush, anti-imperialism rally on March 9 in Buenos Aires in which he called President Bush a "political cadaver." Argentine President Nestor Kirchner allowed the rally to take place but was careful to distance himself from [...] | 2007-03-10 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC AR VZ CU BO UR |
07BUENOSAIRES466 | MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International news pages today lead with President Bush's trip to Latin American, with stories dated from Sao Paulo, Montevideo and Washington DC. 2. OPINION PIECES "Lula bitterly criticizes the US shortly before Bush's arrival" Eleonora Gosman, correspondent in Sao [...] | 2007-03-12 11:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES467 | MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT World news pages today lead with President Bush's trip to Latin American. There also continues to be reactions to the State Department's annual human rights report. 2. OPINION PIECES "A short-lived priority" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington correspondent with the daily [...] | 2007-03-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES481 | MEDIA REACTION; CHINA AND RUSSIA'S REARMAMENT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include an alleged Chinese and Russian rearmament, which could spark US concern; the "conflicting attitudes of the (Argentine) presidential couple towards the Bush-Chavez clash;" and the traffic in people in Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES [...] | 2007-03-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
07BUENOSAIRES484 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSES ANTI-TERROR TRAINING, [...] (SBU) Ambassador took advantage of a March 2 meeting with Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez to present him with a copy of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),to discuss an upcoming Anti Terrorism Assistance Program (ATA) needs assessment visit and to ask him to as [...] | 2007-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ASEC AR |
07BUENOSAIRES489 | CHAVEZ' ECONOMIC DELIVERABLES TO ARGENTINA -- [...] (SBU) Presidents Kirchner and Chavez oversaw the signing of a number of bilateral economic accords and commercial agreements during Chavez' March 9 visit to Argentina (reftels). This was the "substantive" side of Chavez' visit to Buenos Aries and the focus for the GoA. The two Presidents agr [...] | 2007-03-14 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ENRG EAGR ETRD AR VZ |