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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04MANAGUA1783 |
RESPONSE T O ECLAC DEMARCHE: NICARAGUA WILL SUPPORT USG POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche contained reftel to Nicaraguan Minister of Health Jose Antonio Alvarado. After carefully reviewing the materials, Alvarado subsequently informed the Ambassador that he completely agreed with the US position. He noted that though he is not likely to attend the San J [...] |
2004-06-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM SOCI NU ECLAC UN |
| 04MANAGUA1791 |
CODEL SHELBY VISIT TO NICARAGUA, JULY 1-3 [...] Embassy Managua warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, and accompanying congressional delegation members to travel to Nicaragua July 1 - 3, 2004. 2. CODEL Control Officer will be acting Economic Counselor Eric Luftman (office phone 011-505-266-6010 x 454 [...] |
2004-06-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NU |
| 05MANAGUA1604 |
PRESSURE INCREASES ON NICARAGUA TO RESOLVE IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A strong message from European donors has increased the pressure on the GON to take action to awaken the "dormant" IMF program or jeopardize losing USD 120 million in aid, including direct budget support. This echoes similar comments from Carlos Castaneda, IDB Executive Direct [...] |
2005-05-30 16:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN NU IMF |
| 05MANAGUA1867 |
NICARAGUAN IMF PROGRAM ON THE ROPES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, President Bolanos broke the two-month standoff over fiscal reform legislation intended to close the spending gap created by the National Assembly's 2005 budget. He yielded to the Assembly's refusal to accept or override his partial veto and sent the measure for public [...] |
2005-06-22 21:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN NU IMF |
| 05MANAGUA2077 |
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE: RESEARCH ON LOCAL USE OF [...] A quick survey of local producers and distributors has identified a number of cheese, wine and meat products using generic or semi-generic names on the EU's list that are sold in Nicaragua and either produced in Nicaragua or imported from non-European producers. Â [...] |
2005-07-18 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON NU WTRO |
| 05MANAGUA2090 |
NICARAGUAN AND WHTI MEETING [...] On July 15, Post contacted the Nicaraguan Ministry of Transportation, which could not confirm receipt of an invitation to the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) Meeting or the attendance of Minister Pedro Solorzano at this time. 2. The one pending bilateral transportation [...] |
2005-07-20 18:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELTN EWWT NA |
| 05MANAGUA2093 |
USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) FY 2006 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AMENDMENT [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...] |
2005-07-20 19:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID |
| 05MANAGUA2094 |
USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors will mak [...] |
2005-07-20 19:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID |
| 05MANAGUA2096 |
USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...] |
2005-07-20 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID |
| 05MANAGUA2097 |
USAID/NICARAGUA CONCURRENCE CABLE ON [...] DAP extension and program adjustment for phase two of the DAP amendment. With the results and recommendations from the Food Aid Program and Policy Assessment for Nicaragua, the credit component review and the Nicaragua Title II program mid-term evaluation, the Title II Cooperating Sponsors [...] |
2005-07-20 20:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID |
| 05MANAGUA2098 |
NICARAGUA AND THE COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-20 22:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER NU UNGA |
| 05MANAGUA2100 |
NICARAGUA NOTIFIED ON USG POSITION ON G-4 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-20 22:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NU UNSC |
| 05MANAGUA2112 |
ANNIVERSARY OF SANDINISTA REVOLUTION DRAWS A [...] (U) Summary: Sandinistas celebrated the 26th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19 in Managua after civil society organizations held another march, this time in Granada, to protest the Liberal (PLC) and Sandinista (FSLN) political pact. FSLN leader Daniel Ortega used the opportu [...] |
2005-07-21 22:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 05MANAGUA2113 |
NICARAGUA ON FOOD AID AND THE WTO [...] Post received a letter dated July 14, 2005, from Minister of Trade, Industry and Development (MIFIC) Azucena Castillo in response to ref a demarche. The letter informs us that Eduardo Castillo, Nicaragua's alternate WTO representative, spoke on the subject of Food Aid in the WTO Committee on [...] |
2005-07-21 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ETRD NU WTRO |
| 05MANAGUA2140 |
NICARAGUA UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable is submitted in response to reftel A request for information on Government of Nicaragua child labor practices for compliance with Trade and Development Act provisions. Because post submitted reports in response to similar DOL tasking cables in 2003 and 2004 (reftels B and C), and b [...] |
2005-07-26 19:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NU |
| 05MANAGUA2142 |
DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON GON CONCERNS WITH 2005 [...] On July 15, post received diplomatic note MRE/AN/0122/07/05 from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry. The diplomatic note relates to the GON's concerns regarding the Department's 2005 Trafficking in Persons report (discussed in reftels). Informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. The [...] |
2005-07-26 19:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG NU |
| 05MANAGUA2143 |
NICARAGUA INFORMED OF USG VIEWS ON UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 19:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR KPKO NU UNSC UNGA ECOSOC |
| 05MANAGUA3257 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA: MANAGUA CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND TRIPWIRES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NU AEMR |
| 06MANAGUA1002 |
NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...] |
2006-05-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU |
| 06MANAGUA1003 |
NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 17:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU |
| 06MANAGUA1004 |
NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...] |
2006-05-05 17:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU |
| 06MANAGUA1014 |
NICARAGUA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN,S BID FOR SEAT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-08 22:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL |
| 06MANAGUA1023 |
EX-NICARAGUAN MOD BIDDING ON REGIONAL UNDP ARMS [...] (C) Poloff met with local UNDP official Felipe Molina on May 5 to discuss the UNDP's five-year, $5 million project to reduce small arms in Central America. Molina explained that the plan will cover "all types of weapons transportable by one person" -- including MANPADS. "Arms in poor countrie [...] |
2006-05-09 22:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NU |
| 06MANAGUA1043 |
IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...] |
2006-05-11 18:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD |
| 06MANAGUA1053 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS MDN RED CRYSTAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 19:21:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC |
| 06MANAGUA1057 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: FIVE ALLIANCES EMERGE, APRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The deadline to register political alliances for Nicaragua's national elections in November came and went on May 11 without a deal to unite the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN). The big surprise of the day was APRE's decision to break [...] |
2006-05-12 21:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1079 |
VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NICARAGUA,S FSLN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: Although Post possesses no specific numbers on the level of support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is providing to Sandinista (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega, we are certain that Chavez' direct and indirect assistance to Ortega is substantial, could well reach the [...] |
2006-05-17 14:26:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE EPET EAGR |
| 06MANAGUA1098 |
CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...] |
2006-05-18 21:48:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA1105 |
NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...] |
2006-05-19 19:05:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU |
| 06MANAGUA1114 |
RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry (MFA), on May 19 to discuss points in reftel. Salinas explained that he would need to discuss the issue with his counterparts in relevant GON agencies before offering a f [...] |
2006-05-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF NU CU |
| 06MANAGUA1136 |
PRE-LICENSE CHECK FOR WEAPONS IMPORTATION FROM [...] Econoff performed the requested pre-license check on Coservisa, which seeks to import Air Taser kits and accompanying products (application D355948). Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and interagency name checks on the proprietor did not reveal any derogatory information. A visit to Coservisa [...] |
2006-05-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC NU |
| 06MANAGUA1143 |
NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 22:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR NU |
| 06MANAGUA1144 |
NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 22:47:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL AMGT AORC UNGA NU |
| 06MANAGUA1145 |
NICARAGUA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-26 22:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO IZ NU |
| 06MANAGUA1164 |
NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE ON 2006 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-01 19:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG NU |
| 06MANAGUA1180 |
REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...] |
2006-06-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON |
| 06MANAGUA1183 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 18:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 06MANAGUA1184 |
MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...] |
2006-06-02 18:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA1185 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTIVE ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 20:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
| 06MANAGUA1189 |
FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM IRAN STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA USNC IR NU |
| 06MANAGUA119 |
CPDH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO REVIEWS EFFORTS TO HOLD FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH), a prominent human rights NGO, have informed the Ambassador that they are moving forward with two projects to hold Sandinista (FSLN) leaders accountable for abuses of power committed in the 1980s. They are also i [...] |
2006-01-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1192 |
CREATIVE PROPERTY FRAUD IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua's long history of uncertain land tenure and a corrupt judicial system continues to undermine real property rights and perpetuate the instability of land tenure. Recent cases (amounting to extremely creative fraud) demonstrate how deceptive real estate manipulation p [...] |
2006-06-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE ECON CVIS NU |
| 06MANAGUA1193 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...] |
2006-06-05 16:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1209 |
UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...] |
2006-06-05 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU |
| 06MANAGUA1210 |
HERTY: I STAND BETWEEN ORTEGA AND THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista dissident (FSLN) Herty Lewites recently asserted to Ambassador that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency. He believes he can whittle down support for Ortega to 25% of the vote in November -- thereby ensuring a runoff, which Ortega would lose. Lewites wa [...] |
2006-06-05 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1220 |
MARTINEZ CUENCA: ORTEGA MUST GO -- QUESTION IS HOW [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on June 6 his decision to continue his efforts to reform the Sandinista party (FSLN) and to challenge the FSLN "messianic" caudillo Daniel Ortega from within the party. According to Martinez Cuenca, Ortega has deluded hi [...] |
2006-06-06 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA124 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political, religious, and economic leaders in Jinotega department reveal an affinity across the Liberal spectrum for dissident presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, although Liberal leaders acknowledged that local campesinos -- the majority of the populati [...] |
2006-01-23 20:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1251 |
2006 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: NICARAGUA [...] This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will send comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 10, as requested in Ref A. ---------------------------- Property Co [...] |
2006-06-08 21:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON USTR NU |
| 06MANAGUA127 |
ELECTION 2006: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, RISKS, AND [...] (C) Our election priorities in Nicaragua are twofold: ensure Nicaragua holds clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections and encourage Nicaraguans to vote for presidential and legislative candidates who uphold democratic principles. We will encourage an electoral process that will [...] |
2006-01-23 21:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA1309 |
NICARAGUAN PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL RED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-14 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC AORC IS NU |
| 06MANAGUA131 |
MANAGUA NOMINEE: SPRING 2006 FSN ECONOMIC TRAINING [...] In response to reftel, Post nominates Economic Specialist Jadia Y. Lopez for participation in PE 220 FSN Economic Training and PE 222 Trade Agreement Monitoring and Implementation. Information on the nominee is keyed to reftel paragraph 8. A. Jadia Y. Lopez, FSN grade 10 B. DOB: February [...] |
2006-01-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AMGT AFSI AFSN ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA1333 |
MANY NICARAGUAN EVANGELICALS WANT TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Many leaders of the evangelical community in Nicaragua prefer ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre as the best option to lead Nicaragua after the November elections. Most feel, however, that Montealegre has not done enough to promote evangelical candidates and politicia [...] |
2006-06-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM KIRF NU |
| 06MANAGUA134 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS EU-3 AND USG POSITIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 16:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC NU |
| 06MANAGUA1344 |
NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL IN 'HOLDING PATTERN' [...] (U) Summary: In this election year, a proposed civil aviation bill is stuck in a holding pattern in the Nicaraguan General Assembly. The bill, which was approved in general in 2004 but is still awaiting a second vote on individual articles, would bring Nicaragua into compliance with Internati [...] |
2006-06-19 19:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON NU |
| 06MANAGUA135 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS USG POSITIONS ON U.N. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 16:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR PHUM UNAUS ADCO NU |
| 06MANAGUA1359 |
VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, BUT CSE NOTES SOME [...] (U) Summary: With over 45 percent of eligible Nicaraguan voters estimated to have verified their status and location on the official voters list (padron), the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed the two-weekend verification process a success. This assessment was supported by observers f [...] |
2006-06-20 21:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1370 |
NUNCIO: CARDINAL OBANDO Y BRAVO WILL EXERT LITTLE [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel shares our concerns over Cardinal Obando y Bravo's apparent support for Sandinista (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, but he believes Obando y Bravo will hold little sway over Nicaraguan voters. Gobel, who on June 20 advised Ambassador he is perplexed over [...] |
2006-06-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1383 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...] |
2006-06-23 17:16:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA1400 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIO SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan is largely rural and a majority of the population has voted Liberal in every election since 1990. The FSLN has, however, captured a consistently large minority of the vote. Local political, religious, and community leaders disagree on [...] |
2006-06-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1411 |
MONTEALEGRE WARNS A/S SHANNON, "LEWITES IS [...] (C) Summary: ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre warned A/S Shannon, Ambassador and others at a June 27 breakfast that MRS candidate Herty Lewites is corrupt, surrounded by unreformed Sandinistas, and likely to siphon votes from Montealegre. Montealegre and his advisors further dis [...] |
2006-06-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU ES |
| 06MANAGUA1423 |
EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...] |
2006-06-29 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU |
| 06MANAGUA1429 |
AMBASSADORS SHARE ELECTION CONCERNS WITH A/S [...] (C) Summary: A group of ambassadors resident in Nicaragua, most of whom are contributing funds to election efforts, shared their conviction with A/S Shannon on June 26 that a thorough international observation effort is necessary to prevent fraud during the November 5 national elections. The [...] |
2006-06-30 16:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1434 |
NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON NIC WATCH LIST OF INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the bulk of the NIC Watch list's assessment of internal instability in Nicaragua. However, we recommend that the following clarifications and recent political developments be considered: CALL FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] |
2006-07-03 17:52:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM MARR MOPS NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA1438 |
MANAGUA INL REPORT FOR OCT-MAR, FY 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the last six months, INL supported Nicaraguan Navy and Police operations have resulted in substantial seizures and arrests. According to DEA statistics, 9.3 kilos of heroin, 1,538.6 kilos of cocaine and 52 kilos of marijuana were seized. Nicaraguan authorities arrested 41 [...] |
2006-07-03 18:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NU KJUS |
| 06MANAGUA1482 |
HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...] |
2006-07-06 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1499 |
RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN AND HAITIAN MIGRANTS (2) [...] (C) Poloffs met with Ambassador Domingo Salinas, Director and Western Hemisphere Affairs at the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and U.S. Desk Officer Agnes Alvarado to discuss Nicaragua's willingness to assist in the resettlement of Cuban and Haitian migrants at Guantanamo. After [...] |
2006-07-07 22:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF NU CU |
| 06MANAGUA1505 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, A/S Shannon discussed with Foreign Minister Norman Caldera election concerns and the OAS' role, the Hugo Chavez factor, and how best to "stop the clock" on constitutional changes due to go into effect in January 2007. Caldera believed the OAS and other observers sho [...] |
2006-07-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1507 |
AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES MONTEALEGRE TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, emboffs, and local IRI Director Gilberto Valdez met with ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre on July 7 to express concern that ALN officials are not sufficiently focused on the campaign and encourage him to organize the senior leadership of the party. Montea [...] |
2006-07-10 20:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1511 |
PROFESSIONALIZING NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN SERVICE [...] (U) On June 29, TDY Foreign Affairs Officer represented the Embassy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' induction ceremony for the successful candidates of the second public competitive examination for entrance to the nation's diplomatic service. Of the ten candidates selected, nine were wom [...] |
2006-07-10 20:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN |
| 06MANAGUA1512 |
GON "CONCERNED" ABOUT NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] On July 7 poloffs met with Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs Domingo Salinas and U.S. Desk Officer Agnes Alvarado to deliver the points in reftel. Salinas described the North Korean missile launches as "very disturbing" and promised to share the talking points [...] |
2006-07-10 20:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN NU |
| 06MANAGUA1513 |
MARTINEZ CUENCA: SECOND THOUGHTS ON REFUSING [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on July 7 his regret for not having accepted Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) Herty Lewites' invitation to run as his VP for the November 5 presidential race (Reftels). He recounted how a clairvoyant Lewites had feared [...] |
2006-07-10 21:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1517 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Summary: Econoff has performed the requested pre-license check on application 05-997983. El Caza y Pesca in Managua, Nicaragua, presents as a legitimate business selling weapons for legal, personal and home security use. The Nicaraguan National Police confirmed that the gun shop is a legitim [...] |
2006-07-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | NU KOMC ETTC |
| 06MANAGUA1519 |
IRI-EXECUTED HRDF PROJECT TRAINS NEW POLITICAL LEADERS AND ELECTION MONITORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, Foreign Affairs Officer and FSN met with International Republican Institute (IRI) Program Officer Ivania Vega, and with Academic Director William Genet and General Manager Jorge Luis Ayestas of American College to discuss progress on the Nicaragua portion of the "Reg [...] |
2006-07-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN |
| 06MANAGUA1520 |
EVANGELICAL CHURCH LEADERS SEEK MORE RECOGNITION [...] (U) On June 23, foreign affairs officer and FSN met with Reverend Roberto Rojas, Vice President of the National Council of Evangelical Pastors and Reverend Mauricio Fonseca, of the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance (AENIC), to discuss human rights and democracy issues of interest to Nicaragua's [...] |
2006-07-11 14:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN |
| 06MANAGUA1523 |
A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...] |
2006-07-11 15:10:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA1524 |
FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...] |
2006-07-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA1532 |
HRDF PRODEM PROJECT PROMOTES CREATING SPACE FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FACE OF "CAUDILLISMO" [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 21-22, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern attended a Catholic Relief Services (CRS)-sponsored conference for mayors from four of Nicaragua's departments. CRS is executing a $350,000 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) grant to undertake the Civic Participation and [...] |
2006-07-11 21:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN |
| 06MANAGUA1534 |
ARCHBISHOP BRENES SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, Assistant Secretary Shannon discussed with Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano the Archbishop's perspectives on democracy and governance in Nicaragua and the upcoming November 5 elections. Brenes hoped the elections would be fair, peaceful, and inclusive, and voice [...] |
2006-07-12 17:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN PGOV |
| 06MANAGUA1539 |
NICARAGUA AXES PLAN TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-12 22:11:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL IS NU |
| 06MANAGUA1552 |
REMOTE RIO SAN JUAN HAS MUCH UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: During a June 21 to 23 trip to the remote Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan, poloff and political specialist met with political, business, and religious leaders to discuss economic and social conditions in the area. We learned that the economy is largely based on the exploita [...] |
2006-07-14 19:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1555 |
MPN URGES REFORMS IN POLITICAL PLATFORMS TO BREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: El Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN), a local pro-democracy NGO presented its "Basic Agenda of the Nation" to a diverse audience, including representatives from several European embassies. The MpN introduced 28 proposals they propose that political parties incorporate into their p [...] |
2006-07-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1556 |
PLC MAYORS DEMAND ALEMAN LEAVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A group of 15 mayors and municipal leaders from northern areas of Nicaragua held a press conference in Managua on July 12 to insist that convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman and his family leave the PLC for the good of the party and the good of the country. This event followed a s [...] |
2006-07-17 14:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1565 |
MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...] |
2006-07-18 15:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA1568 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: REQUEST FOR OBSERVERS [...] Embassy Managua is coordinating a USG electoral observation mission (EOM) for the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, 2006. Post is planning to field observation teams in Managua and several other Nicaraguan departments and regions. We would like to invite up to 10 officers from the [...] |
2006-07-18 19:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | APER PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1571 |
BOAQUENOS TALK ELECTIONS WITH AMBASSADOR, FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's recent trip to Boaco, interlocutors fretted that Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may win the November election by excluding large numbers of potential voters and committing fraud on Election Day. While Boaco is a predominately Liberal department, the [...] |
2006-07-18 22:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA1572 |
MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...] |
2006-07-18 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1573 |
A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A LOOK AT THE 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Assembly candidates from FSLN, PLC, AC, ALN and MRS presented their parties, legislative priorities in a panel discussion broadcast live by Channel 10. ALN's Jamileth Bonilla emphasized poverty reduction, job creation, education and social justice, while PLC's Francisc [...] |
2006-07-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1593 |
OAS ELECTION MISSION CAUTIOUSLY BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador recently met with the OAS election mission to assess preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. OAS mission leader Gustavo Fernandez said that the OAS is engaging the Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) on electoral regulations. The OAS has recommended that pa [...] |
2006-07-21 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1605 |
PASTOR ESPINOZA DISCUSSES EVANGELICAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Ambassador Trivelli and Foreign Affairs Officer met with Mario Espinoza Gonzalez, Presidente Nacional of the Consejo Nacional de Pastores Evangelicos de Nicaragua, an umbrella organization that according to Espinoza, represents more than 400 pastors of all evangeli [...] |
2006-07-24 16:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1609 |
EFFORTS TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 14, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern met with Bertha Rosa Guerra, International Labor Organization (ILO) Nicaragua National Coordinator for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Guerra believes that due to recent coordinated efforts [...] |
2006-07-24 20:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KCRM KWMN NU |
| 06MANAGUA1630 |
CEDULA CRISIS FORCES EDG TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Elections Donor Group (EDG) decided to reconsider releasing a public statement regarding the electoral process after leaders of the NGO Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) gave a presentation on their recent investigation revealing that large segments of the population a [...] |
2006-07-26 13:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM GM CA DA SP FI JA NO NL SW |
| 06MANAGUA1678 |
SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...] |
2006-07-31 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1695 |
NICARAGUA: PROVISIONAL RESPONSE TO DRAFT LIMITED [...] Embassy received the following diplomatic note in response to reftel. As stated in the note, the GON has not yet completed internal consultations, but Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts do not predict any major difficulties. Post has faxed a copy of the note to WHA/CEN will report final GON [...] |
2006-08-04 15:29:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM MARR NU |
| 06MANAGUA1717 |
CEDULA APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) and other civil society groups (reftel), Nicaragua's National Assembly voted on August 4 to extend the deadline for soliciting the national voter/ID card from August 6 to August 21. The media reported and CSE officials confirmed a [...] |
2006-08-08 19:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1731 |
NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: FSLN CONFIDENT OF FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: With FSLN internal polls supposedly demonstrating an 8-10 point lead over the nearest challenger, FSLN Foreign Affairs officer Samuel Santos is confident that perennial FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega can win in the first round of elections. The FSLN's confidence was fu [...] |
2006-08-09 22:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1760 |
MONTEALEGRE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior advisor to ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, Edmundo Leal and Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles recently expressed confidence that Montealegre will win the November 5 national election. Briefly interrupted to defend himself before the National As [...] |
2006-08-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA177 |
VICE MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES FIGHT AGAINST [...] (U) On January 24, polcouns and poloff met Vice Minister of Government Deyanira Arguello to discuss the status of various GON efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). As Vice Minister of Government, Arguello has the primary responsibility for overseeing all GON anti-trafficking programs. Sin [...] |
2006-01-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU |
| 06MANAGUA1775 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON LEBANON [...] Embassy received the following in response to the demarche on Lebanon Security Council Resolution, as outlined in SECSTATE 128442. An unofficial translation follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs In view of the intensification of the crisis in the Middle East, the Ministr [...] |
2006-08-15 21:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS NU UN IS |
| 06MANAGUA1780 |
ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel), he used the opportunity [...] |
2006-08-15 22:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA179 |
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ: EQUILIBRIUM AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez Lopez (APRE) promises to instill equilibrium on the Assembly Junta and focus on the business of lawmaking. His legislative priorities coincide with those of President Bolanos and USG interests: passage of economic legislation [...] |
2006-01-25 16:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA1802 |
NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL TAKES OFF [...] (C) Summary: On August 3, the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed a Civil Aviation bill, pending since 2004. The new law establishes an independent civil aviation authority, named the Nicaraguan Civil Aviation Institute (INCA), which will be governed by a board of directors. In the final dra [...] |
2006-08-17 18:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON NU |
| 06MANAGUA1827 |
NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) launched the official campaign season with a ceremony on August 18. CSE president Roberto Rivas used the occasion to admonish observer groups and remind the public that the CSE is the final arbiter of the November 5 national elections. [...] |
2006-08-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1839 |
NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With only two an a half months left before the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, the Liberals remain divided and the Sandinista dissidents are running low on funds. Five parties continue to contest the elections with the following candidates: Daniel Ortega (Sandinista [...] |
2006-08-22 21:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA188 |
NICARAGUA WILL PRESS PANAMA AND COSTA RICA ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-26 16:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MARR MCAP NU |
| 06MANAGUA1894 |
OAS EOM CHIEF FERNANDEZ AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 18:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA193 |
GOVERNMENT DECLARES MEDICAL STRIKE ILLEGAL, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A widespread strike of medical workers, led by a Sandinista (FSLN)-affiliated union, has paralyzed most Nicaraguan public hospitals for the last week. On January 20, the Minister of Labor declared the strike illegal, allowing the Ministry of Health to fire striking union leade [...] |
2006-01-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA1938 |
NICARAGUA: USTDA SIGNS GRANTS WITH NATIONAL PORTS [...] (U) Summary: USTDA Director for Policy and Programs Geoff Jackson signed two grants for feasibility studies with Nicaraguan entities in Managua on August 29. The first was with the National Ports Company to fund a $430,000 feasibility study on expanding cargo handling facilities and improving [...] |
2006-09-01 22:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAIR ECON EFTA EIND ETRD EWWT NU |
| 06MANAGUA1953 |
FSLN GOVERNMENT PLAN, PART I [...] SUMMARY: The Sandinista Front for National Liberation's (FSLN) government plan for the upcoming election promises a world of social programs and "quick fixes" to real problems while ignoring past statements and actions. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega expanded the plan and made his [...] |
2006-09-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA1960 |
TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...] |
2006-09-06 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1961 |
MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...] |
2006-09-06 22:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA1972 |
WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN), PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...] |
2006-09-07 19:15:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1977 |
MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...] |
2006-09-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA1990 |
CAFTA SUCCESS STORIES: "NICARAGUA'S ON TOP" [...] (U) Trade statistics and investor interest support the view that CAFTA-DR is having an immediate and positive effect on the Nicaraguan economy since coming into effect on April 1. Dramatic increases in exports have been logged, though one has to take the seasonal nature of agriculture into ac [...] |
2006-09-11 22:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR EINV ECIN ECON NU |
| 06MANAGUA20 |
STATE AND USAID POLICY PLANNING DIRECTORS VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their joint visit to Nicaragua, State Director of Policy Planning Stephen Krasner and USAID Assistant Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination Douglas Menarchik made clear that State, USAID and the White House are considering ways to reduce the complexity of U.S. fo [...] |
2006-01-05 21:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2044 |
NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...] |
2006-09-18 19:45:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2051 |
NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...] |
2006-09-18 21:43:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2053 |
NORTHERNERS BEMOAN MANAGUA NEGLECT TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pressing needs of local leaders, NGO's and election campaigns were clearly presented during the Ambassador's recent trip to the rural northern departments of Madriz, Nuevo Segovia, and Esteli. The Ambassador garnered considerable support for his anti Aleman-Ortega pact messa [...] |
2006-09-18 22:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2059 |
DANNY,S DOUBLE WHAMMY: ALN NUMBER THREE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE AND RIZO,S SISTER JUMP SHIP FOR THE FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega's concerted efforts to discredit the political prowess of his competitors, Ortega successfully recruited Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) National Assembly candidate Salvador Talavera and Maria Elena Rizo, the sister of L [...] |
2006-09-19 19:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2060 |
RELEASE OF INFORMATION ON U.S. GENETICALLY [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy shared GE rice talking points with the following Nicaraguan officials on August 25: Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Director General for Animal and Plant Health Protection Dr. Denis Salgado, Seed Department Director Xavier Eslaquit also of the Animal and Plant Hea [...] |
2006-09-19 19:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO NU |
| 06MANAGUA2061 |
MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP BRENES [...] (C) Summary: Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes recently told visiting WHA/CEN director and emboffs that better organization and a clearer message appear to be giving Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) an edge in the race. He believes that Edmundo Jarquin and Eduardo Montea [...] |
2006-09-19 19:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2062 |
PLC MUNICIPAL OFFICALS FRUSTRATED WITH PARTY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-19 19:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2065 |
UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...] |
2006-09-19 23:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2074 |
OAS EOM CHIEF SEES NO NEED FOR OCTOBER INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and WHA/CEN director recently met with the OAS election mission to assess developments in the preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. While Mission head Gustavo Fernandez sees no need for a second OAS interim report on Nicaragua's electoral process, Ambassad [...] |
2006-09-20 23:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2077 |
MARTINEZ CUENCA WORRIED ABOUT AN ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Polcouns and emboffs on 11 September, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca voiced his concern that savvy Sandinista campaigning and a weak and distracted center-right have strengthened Daniel Ortega's campaign. Th [...] |
2006-09-21 15:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV SOCI |
| 06MANAGUA2093 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...] |
2006-09-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2094 |
ELECTION DISPUTES GALORE -- AND HOW THEY COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The possible threats that impugnaciones (election disputes) pose to a legitimate election in November were recently discussed and explained at a forum hosted by IPADE and NDI. Candidates from all parties, with the exception of the FSLN, were in attendance and participated in [...] |
2006-09-22 19:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2096 |
NICARAGUAN INSTITUTE OF CIVIL AVIATION CORNERSTONE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-22 21:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR EFTA ETRD DOT FAA NU |
| 06MANAGUA2097 |
GANARAM: ENCOURAGING PLC MEMBERS TO VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns and Emboffs met with Eugenio Rodriguez, a Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) member who is part of GANARAM, a movement calling on PLC members to vote for Eduardo Montealegre. Instead of advocating a break with the PLC, GANARAM is encouraging PLC voters to support Nica [...] |
2006-09-22 22:04:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2116 |
NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means), while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...] |
2006-09-26 18:49:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA212 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RAAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs visited the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) on January 19 to discuss the upcoming March 5 regional elections with political, religious, and NGO officials. Both partisan and independent authorities reported that Eduardo Montealegre is gaining strength in the regi [...] |
2006-01-27 23:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA213 |
EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SECRET TAIWAN PAYMENTS TO [...] (C) On January 25, poloff and RLA met Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Ivan Lara and Economic Crimes investigator Mario Diaz of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) to discuss Taiwan's use of foreign aid funds in Nicaragua in recent years. Lara and Diaz did not have any evidence of Taiwan [...] |
2006-01-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID CH PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PM GT TW |
| 06MANAGUA2136 |
ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-27 20:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2158 |
MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...] |
2006-09-29 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA2160 |
"EDUARDO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, UNLESS FSLN [...] (C) Over lunch at the Presidency on 28 September, Eduardo Montealegre's campaign adviser Mario Elgarresta asserted to President Bolanos' chief of staff Nayo Somarriba, DCM, and polcouns that Ncaaguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Montealegre will be Nicaragua's next president -- unless San [...] |
2006-09-29 22:44:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2161 |
NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...] |
2006-09-29 22:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU |
| 06MANAGUA2180 |
ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN), this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...] |
2006-10-03 17:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA2186 |
NICARAGUA: GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM RESPONSE [...] (U) In fiscal years 2005 and 2006, USAID Nicaragua granted more than $800,000 to 14 programs that supported the objectives of the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT). The following provides a brief description of the recipient, project, information technology (IT) component, [...] |
2006-10-03 23:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECPS EINT PHUM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2192 |
PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...] |
2006-10-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2195 |
OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE [...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...] |
2006-10-04 17:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA220 |
OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...] |
2006-01-30 22:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA221 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: CARAZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic and religious leaders in the Department of Carazo suggest that by far the two most popular presidential candidates there are Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites. Montealegre has successfully siphoned off elements of the PLC departmental organi [...] |
2006-01-30 22:28:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2211 |
NICARAGUA OPPOSES NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST, [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel and contains an action request in para 2. 2. (C) On October 5, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera, suggesting that the fact the Nicaraguan government (GON) maintains diplomatic relations with North Korea could [...] |
2006-10-05 23:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP NU |
| 06MANAGUA222 |
NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a January 26 election reporting trip to the department of Carazo, just south and east of Managua (reftel), emboffs discussed a range of economic, social, and religious issues with local leaders. Businessmen Aquiles Jaenz, Edgard Bermudez, and Ramon Conrado, the President, Secreta [...] |
2006-01-30 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU |
| 06MANAGUA2222 |
ADVANCING MCA GOALS: THE VISIT OF CEO JOHN [...] (U) Summary. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO John Danilovich visited Nicaragua September 20-22 to meet with MCC-Nicaragua board members and staff, inaugurate MCC-Nicaragua projects, and participate in the launch of the first Investor Summit for West Nicaragua with President Enrique [...] |
2006-10-06 23:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD ELTN ECON KMCA NU |
| 06MANAGUA2225 |
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...] |
2006-10-07 00:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA223 |
NICARAGUA'S OAS AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD [...] (SBU) The OAS election observation team and efforts to combat election fraud may fail unless certain steps are taken, according to Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS Jose Luis Velasquez. Velasquez, and senior MFA advisor Ariel Granera, during a 26 January meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and P [...] |
2006-01-30 22:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA224 |
PLC WRESTS PLUM COMMISSIONS FROM FSLN IN NATIONAL [...] (U) Weeks after the official date of the Nicaraguan National Assembly's annual re-incorporation of its Junta Directiva and commissions, the deputies finally appointed the new heads of the commissions. The PLC allied with the minority caucuses (bancadas) to wrest control of two important commi [...] |
2006-01-30 23:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2247 |
MISKITO VOTE POTENTIAL OBSTACLE TO FSLN AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) significant campaign efforts in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN), the indigenous Miskito population remains staunchly anti-Sandinista. In response, the FSLN-allied Yatama government has forced unelected le [...] |
2006-10-10 23:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA2248 |
CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...] |
2006-10-11 00:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA2249 |
FSLN MOUNTING STRONG CAMPAIGN, CONVINCED OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca and FSLN foreign affairs director Samuel Santos to discuss the party's progress in the election campaign and examine the FSLN governing platform. Both figures reported that [...] |
2006-10-11 00:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA2264 |
NICARAGUA "PERFECTLY IN LINE" WITH USG CONCERN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-11 23:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP |
| 06MANAGUA2276 |
NUNCIO: "AN ORTEGA VICTORY IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel believes that the victory of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega is "possible but not probable." However, he warned Ambassador and polcouns on October 12 that popular support for the FSLN has grown in some areas of the co [...] |
2006-10-13 19:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2277 |
DETAILS ON THE PROCESS OF THE ELECTRONIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL TDYer recently met with officials from the local phone company (Enitel) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to seek clarification on the process whereby the vote tallies will be electronically submitted to the CSE on election day. Each of Nicaragua's 158 municiaplities w [...] |
2006-10-13 21:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR |
| 06MANAGUA2286 |
OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...] |
2006-10-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA23 |
BOLANOS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEMAND KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a recent breakfast meeting on January 4, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos told the Ambassador that he could obtain agreement on key legislation during negotiations for the upcoming elections for the National Assembly's Executive Board ("Junta Directiva"). Such legislation [...] |
2006-01-05 23:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA230 |
EMBASSY MANAGUA SUBMISSION FOR INCLE-FUNDED [...] Embassy Managua submits the following law enforcement anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal for INCLE funding by G/TIP. While the Ministry of Government's proposal is broadly similar to its previous (2005) proposal, this year's submission is much more tightly focused on addressin [...] |
2006-01-31 16:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU |
| 06MANAGUA2329 |
ALN PLATFORM FOCUSES ON EMPLOYMENT AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) has created a campaign platform that focuses on creating employment -- with specific plans for women, youth, and small and medium enterprises -- and alleviating Nicaragua's periodic energy [...] |
2006-10-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2338 |
UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...] |
2006-10-20 21:29:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2343 |
CSE PRESIDENT CLAIMS ELECTIONS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and the magistrates of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) exchanged concerns regarding the November 5 national elections during a recent meeting at CSE headquarters. Ambassador urged the magistrates to assure that eligible voters can obtain the necessary voting [...] |
2006-10-23 18:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2366 |
NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS, [...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...] |
2006-10-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2377 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...] |
2006-10-25 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2383 |
NICARAGUA: LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB FROM TRADE [...] (U) On October 19, the Embassy received a letter in Spanish dated October 16 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development Alejandro Arguello. We offer the following English translation to speed communication while we forward the [...] |
2006-10-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR WTO NU |
| 06MANAGUA2384 |
NICARAGUA: RESPONSE TO LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua,s energy sector is heavily dependent upon imported oil for electricity production. High oil prices and poor regulation of the energy sector have left electricity producers and distributors with empty pockets and consumers without electricity. Nicaragua's climate and so [...] |
2006-10-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2389 |
NICARAGUA DOES NOT BACK OAS RESOLUTION, WILL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-26 23:16:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2390 |
NICARAGUA WILL NOT BACK NAM'S UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-26 23:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNGA LE IS PHUM PTER NU |
| 06MANAGUA2428 |
NICARAGUA: IMF NERVOUS ABOUT POSSIBLE ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an October 24 meeting with the Ambassador, IMF Resident Representative Humberto Arbulu-Neira confessed that he was nervous about an Ortega win, predicting a negative and contentious relationship between Nicaragua and the IMF should this happen. Arbulu-Neira thought that Ortega [...] |
2006-11-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA243 |
NICARAGUAN CENTRAL BANK HOSTS DEBT RELIEF EVENT [...] (U) Summary: On January 20, 2006, with the encouragement of the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Central Bank President Mario Alonso invited resident G8 and other donor country Ambassadors to a well-attended press conference to showcase debt relief. Alonso devoted half of his regular monthly economic p [...] |
2006-02-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IMF PREL NU |
| 06MANAGUA2432 |
NICARAGUA: OPIC CEO MOSBACHER PROMOTES FUNDS FOR [...] (U) Summary. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Mosbacher, Jr. visited Managua on October 18 to announce five OPIC-sponsored investment funds and lending programs available for Nicaragua. In a day-long series of high-level meetings and [...] |
2006-11-01 22:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ECIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA2433 |
ADDITIONAL ALN PROPOSALS ON ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The ALN's final policy proposals concerning the environment, social justice, and security build on the earlier plans regarding employment and energy efficiency (reftel). ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre presented his complete plan of government during an October 2 [...] |
2006-11-01 23:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2434 |
DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...] |
2006-11-02 00:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2442 |
OAS EOM EXPECTS VOTE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The OAS issued a communique factoring in the Ambassador's recent observations to OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief Gustavo Fernandez. The OAS EOM is coordinating closely with other observation groups and will meet with the White House delegation. Fernandez believes [...] |
2006-11-02 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2445 |
CARTER CENTER COP SHARES OUR CONCERNS OVER CEDULA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Carter Center COP Jaime Aparicio shares Ambassador's concerns that probably over 100,000 Nicaraguans will not possess national/voter IDs (cedulas) or temporary voting documents required to vote on November 5 and that Ortega may self-declare his victory -- which would be followed [...] |
2006-11-02 23:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2450 |
NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SIGNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGE [...] (U) Summary. On November 1, FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega became the fourth presidential candidate to sign the Nicaraguan Chamber of CommerceQs pledge, entitled "Ten Basic Points on Governance and Economic Development." Chamber President Jose Adan Aguerri signed on behalf of the Ch [...] |
2006-11-03 19:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA2453 |
VENEZUELAN DIESEL SALES - NOT MUCH BEEF [...] (SBU) Summary: As of October 24, Venezuela delivered two shipments of diesel fuel to Nicaragua. The first delivery of 84,000 gallons eventually went to mayors for local distribution and sale. Five Managua bus cooperatives agreed to buy the second phantom shipment of 800,000 gallons in exchan [...] |
2006-11-03 20:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON PGOV EINV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2459 |
SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC), Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...] |
2006-11-06 18:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2463 |
NICARAGUAN LIQUIDITY STRATEGIES COVER JITTERS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Until September, Nicaraguan bank depositors defied expectations by keeping their money in Nicaragua, with pre-election jitters only manifesting themselves in September. By October 31, deposits had dropped 4.6% from their August peak of USD 2.2 billion. To cover heavier than u [...] |
2006-11-07 18:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2466 |
SIT REP 2 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 60 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega enjoys an eight-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN), and will likely win the ele [...] |
2006-11-07 23:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2470 |
VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...] |
2006-11-08 20:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2473 |
SIT REP 3 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 91 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega holds a virtually insurmountable nine-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN). Libe [...] |
2006-11-08 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2474 |
NICARAGUA: POST'S INPUT FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL [...] This cable transmits post's input for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Nicaragua. Per reftel instructions, post transmitted this information via e-mail on November 7 to USTR/Gereffi and Blue, STATE/WHA/CEN/Schiffer and Kopolow, and STATE/EB/TPP/Clarkson and Lampron. TRADE SUMMARY [...] |
2006-11-08 23:52:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2484 |
IRREGULARITIES MAY INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the November 5 national elections occurred without significant outbreaks of violence or major systemic irregularities, mission observers nevertheless noted anomalies that may have been of a magnitude sufficient to affect the outcome of the distribution of deputy position [...] |
2006-11-09 19:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2491 |
SIT REP 4 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With PLC candidate Jose Rizo finally conceding defeat to FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega, the attention of the political parties and observers has now turned to the National Assembly race. Rizo continues to insist that the PLC has enough uncounted rural votes to overcome ALN candida [...] |
2006-11-09 22:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2492 |
ONCE UPON A NICARAGUAN ELECTION: TALES OF A U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy community contributed 46 observers to the international force on November 5th. Traveling to each of Nicaragua's 17 departments, observer teams left by plane and automobile early on Saturday the 4th. Their collective experiences paint a colorful picture of Nicarag [...] |
2006-11-09 22:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2499 |
NICARAGUA: NGO ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the Nicaraguan-based environmental NGO, Centro Humboldt, has stepped up its campaign against the distribution of "biotech food" by the World Food Program (WFP) and Project Concern International (PCI). While the campaign failed to elicit public support, it was l [...] |
2006-11-13 18:34:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR NU |
| 06MANAGUA250 |
AS MEDICAL STRIKE WIDENS, MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The doctor's strike that has paralyzed many public sector hospitals for over two weeks has widened to include the powerful Sandinista union Fetsalud, which represents the vast majority of public sector health care workers. Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian insists that she [...] |
2006-02-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI ELAB EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA2505 |
NICARAGUA: BOLANOS GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO BEING [...] (SBU) DCM Peter Brennan delivered reftel demarches on November 8 to Nicaraguan FM Nelson Caldera regarding the annual Cuban Embargo Resolution and the proposed Australian Human Rights Amendment. Amenable to receiving talking points on these issues, Caldera gave assurances that the Nicaraguan r [...] |
2006-11-13 20:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | NU PHUM PREL KTIA UN |
| 06MANAGUA251 |
HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and will request a prestigious U.S. delegation attend his inauguration if he wins Nicaragua's November presidential election. In his recent meeting with Ambassa [...] |
2006-02-02 18:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA2517 |
SIT REP 5 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALN Deputy Yamileth Bonilla is confident the ALN will win at least 27 seats in the National Assembly which the ALN will use to influence the composition of the Assembly's executive board. The president of Bolanos' APRE party did not win an Assembly seat, but promises to help Mont [...] |
2006-11-14 19:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2518 |
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...] |
2006-11-14 23:02:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA252 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL [...] (U) Embassy contacted Jose de Jesus Bermudez, Director of Treaty Implementation in the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC), who is the official responsible for signing the CQE's, to request a written response to reftel questions. Bermudez responded by email that he had been [...] |
2006-02-02 19:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA2521 |
ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...] |
2006-11-14 23:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2531 |
SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN), Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...] |
2006-11-17 00:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2537 |
SIT REP 7 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the deadline to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count fast approaching at midnight on November 17, the political parties are rushing to check the official numbers against the results provided by their poll watchers -- a task made especially arduous because the Sup [...] |
2006-11-17 21:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2546 |
SIT REP 8 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The deadline for political parties to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count has passed. The OAS has noted some anomalies in the National Assembly race, but claims they were mostly resolved. According to an analysis of the election observation effort presented by the [...] |
2006-11-20 23:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2548 |
EVANGELICALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ALN [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical leaders recently pledged to continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN), led by Eduardo Montealegre, as long as that party continues to uphold Christian values. The reverends noted that Montealegre has a chance to consolidate the party and draw more di [...] |
2006-11-21 17:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA256 |
CLOCK TICKING ON CAFTA IPR REFORMS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Trade Alejandro Arguello told Econoffs on February 1 that he expects a tough fight on the IPR portion of a legislative package that must be approved in the National Assembly before CAFTA-DR enters into force. Arguello indicated that the IPR reforms will likely motiva [...] |
2006-02-02 21:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA2565 |
ORTEGA SENDS FIRST ECONOMIC SIGNALS [...] (U) Summary: Starting November 8, President-elect Daniel Ortega delivered several public and private messages aimed at reassuring listeners that his next presidency will not represent a return to the Marxism of his past. He emphasized that there would be no "dramatic changes" in Nicaragua's [...] |
2006-11-22 23:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA2567 |
SIT REP 9 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) certified today the final elections results for the presidential election, officially declaring Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) president-elect with 37.99 percent of the vote and confirming Eduardo Montealegre of the Li [...] |
2006-11-22 23:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2584 |
NICARAGUA: INTEROCEANIC CANAL PROPOSALS MIRED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In early October, President Bolanos unveiled the "Grand Interoceanic Canal for Nicaragua (GNIC)" project, a proposed $18 billion, 172-mile long, trans-isthmus "wet canal." The GNIC will compete with three more modest "dry canal" proposals also under consideration. The most adva [...] |
2006-11-27 21:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EIND ELTN EWWT NU |
| 06MANAGUA2599 |
NICARAGUA: ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ VOWS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoilamerica Narvaez, the stepdaughter of Nicaragua's president-elect Daniel Ortega and daughter of future first lady Rosario Murillo, remains committed in her quest to bring justice to the case of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather during the 1980s, and of the failure of the [...] |
2006-11-29 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KWMN NU PGOV PREL |
| 06MANAGUA26 |
NICARAGUA'S PREPARATIONS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Minister of Development, Industry and Trade (MIFIC), Julio Teran, expressed enthusiasm and high expectations about upcoming discussions with USTR on legal and regulatory reforms required to meet CAFTA obligations, tentatively scheduled for next week. Teran reiterated thro [...] |
2006-01-06 00:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA2606 |
RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...] |
2006-11-30 20:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2608 |
A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...] |
2006-11-30 22:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2611 |
ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...] |
2006-12-01 16:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2614 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon discussed with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the outcome of Nicaragua's November national elections, predictions for the Ortega government and its regional implications, and Caldera's future plans. While Caldera be [...] |
2006-12-01 18:03:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2615 |
MONTEALEGRE TO A/S SHANNON: I WILL GIVE ORTEGA THE [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon discussed with former Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre the election outcome, the future of bilateral relations, and Montealegre's future role in ensuring Nicaragua remains on a democratic [...] |
2006-12-01 18:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2616 |
A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADER KRUGER [...] (U) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, Ambassador Paul Trivelli, and Nicaraguan business leader Erwin Kruger briefly discussed a broad spectrum of post-election business and political topics relevant to President-elect Ortega's upcoming presidency, including the frai [...] |
2006-12-01 21:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KDEM PGOV PREL NU |
| 06MANAGUA2617 |
BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...] |
2006-12-01 22:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KDEM NU PGOV |
| 06MANAGUA2624 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B), Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...] |
2006-12-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2625 |
ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...] |
2006-12-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2630 |
NICARAGUA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS ABORTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Nicaraguan Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian to solicit her position on Nicaragua's new legislation criminalizing all forms of abortion and how this decision could affect women's health. According to the minister, the law will create fear and confusio [...] |
2006-12-04 21:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN |
| 06MANAGUA2645 |
A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...] |
2006-12-05 21:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2646 |
LEGISLATIVE REFORMS WOULD GIVE FSLN "ABSOLUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly deputies began approving the articles of a law on December 5 that would give the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus in the 2007-2012 Assembly greatly expanded powers, reduce legislative transparency, expand the Assembly's overall authority, and increase routes for [...] |
2006-12-05 23:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR NU |
| 06MANAGUA2651 |
CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESIDENT DELIBERATES ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles Salmeron is determined to maintain her party's affiliation with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN), but not to the detriment of the PC's role in the National Assembly. According to PC by-laws, Conservative lawm [...] |
2006-12-06 21:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2652 |
ALN BLOCKS SOME PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) partially succeeded in minimizing the effects of a ways and means law supported by "pacted" Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) caucuses (Reftel). Vigorous ALN lobbying efforts prompted the re [...] |
2006-12-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2665 |
CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...] |
2006-12-07 20:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2673 |
FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...] |
2006-12-11 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2691 |
FSLN TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS SOCIAL INVESTMENT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team. The Ambassador reiterated our commitment to working with a democratic Nicaraguan government that supports open markets and [...] |
2006-12-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2696 |
CONTROVERSIAL ASSEMBLY REFORMS SENT TO PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: According to present and future National Assembly deputy for the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Maria Eugenia Sequeira, the Assembly's controversial ways and means bill has been sent to President Bolanos for signing, but will likely face a veto, giving the new Assembly a chance [...] |
2006-12-14 21:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA270 |
NICARAGUA: COFFEE IS CAPRICIOUS KING IN JINOTEGA [...] (U) Summary: The economy of the northern Nicaragua department of Jinotega is almost entirely dependent on one crop: coffee. The international price of coffee drives the fortunes of the region, and a poor transportation infrastructure inhibits the development of other industries. The shaky eco [...] |
2006-02-03 23:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA2701 |
APRE RENEGOTIATING ALLIANCE WITH ALN [...] (C) Summary: Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon claims that his party's formal agreement with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) expired following Nicaragua's November national elections, but he is negotiating a new alliance with the A [...] |
2006-12-15 19:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2705 |
ALN DEPUTIES DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF QUICK, EASY [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputies-elect minimized rumors of ALN rapprochement with the rival Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). They commented that public overtures from PLC officials aim to create the impres [...] |
2006-12-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2706 |
ALN AND MRS JOINTLY LEVERAGING SELECTION OF NEW [...] (C) Deputies-elect of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) legislative caucuses are jointly leveraging the selection of the National Assembly's new Board of Directors to be formed by January 9, 2007. ALN Assembly deputy Yamileth Bonilla and MRS d [...] |
2006-12-18 14:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2717 |
NICARAGUA KICKS OFF "CALL AND LIVE" ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Inter American Development Bank (IDB), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Ricky Martin Foundation, and UNICEF launched the Nicaraguan "Llama y Vive" (Call and Live) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) campaign December 6 with the participation of the Minist [...] |
2006-12-19 19:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL |
| 06MANAGUA2724 |
PRESIDENT BOLANOS VETOS ASSEMBLY REFORM LAW [...] (C) Summary: Responding to civil society demands, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos vetoed the National Assembly's recently passed ways and means bill ("Ley Organica"). The veto met with mixed response in the Assembly, but ultimately the Sandinista Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional P [...] |
2006-12-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2725 |
FSLN ACCORD WITH PRN PRESIDENT TALAVERA PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The September 15 accord that Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader/President-elect Daniel Ortega signed with Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Salvador Talavera includes the formation of a autonomous and decentralized National Peace and Reconciliation Coun [...] |
2006-12-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA2741 |
DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...] |
2006-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU |
| 06MANAGUA275 |
NICARAGUA ONE STEP CLOSER TO CAFTA RATIFICATION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Denis Salgado, Nicaragua,s Director General of Animal and Plant Health, told Econoffs on February 2 that the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGFOR) has found the U.S. meat and poultry inspection system &equivalent8 to the Nicaraguan inspection regime. This essential step for entry i [...] |
2006-02-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA277 |
GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the money laundering investigation of ex-President Arnoldo Aleman. This time the request will be accompanied by a GON diplomatic note to the Dominican Foreign Min [...] |
2006-02-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU |
| 06MANAGUA281 |
"BOILING THE FROG": HOW THE SANDINISTAS HAVE [...] (C) Summary: A former top official in Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) recently described to Emboffs the seamier side of the CSE -- an organization he claims is riddled with corruption and fraudulent partisan influence from top to bottom. In addition to blatant financial fraud and [...] |
2006-02-06 19:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM KCOR NU |
| 06MANAGUA301 |
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA302 |
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA303 |
ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA304 |
LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC has boycotted CSE sessions to prevent the Sandinista (FSLN) majority from passing regulations that will enable the Sandinistas to steal the Atlantic Coast elec [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA32 |
RAMIRO CONTRERAS ESCOBAR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The following comments are submitted in response to A EB/IFC/OIA request for additional details to supplement previously submitted Reftel C. 2. (SBU) Composition of Magnum Company: Corporacion Nucleos Urbanos Magnum, S.A. ("Magnum") ownership is divided equally among Barreto's fa [...] |
2006-01-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE CVIS ECON EINV NU |
| 06MANAGUA324 |
GON FULLY AGREES WITH USG POSITIONS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC NU |
| 06MANAGUA344 |
GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR AND UNIONS BATTLE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's government, private sector, and unions all realize that the preferential Tariff Preference Levels (TPLs) for textiles accorded to the country in the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) mean money and power, and they are engaged in an ongoing struggle to de [...] |
2006-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD KTEX NU |
| 06MANAGUA348 |
NICARAGUA SYMPATHETIC TO USG MESSAGE ON [...] (C) On February 13, poloff delivered the talking points in reftel to Miriam Fonseca, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East, Africa and Asia section. Fonseca was sympathetic to the USG concerns, and said that the GON, like everyone else, is waiting to see what sort of Palestinian Auth [...] |
2006-02-13 21:10:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL NU |
| 06MANAGUA362 |
NICARAGUA AGREES WITH USG VIEWS ON SELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN NU |
| 06MANAGUA370 |
MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING: ALVARADO CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential-hopeful Jose Antonio Alvarado wants to have his cake and eat it too, continuing to waffle between allying with Eduardo Montealegre and entering into Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC)-initiated primaries. Ambassador noted in his recent meeting with Alvarado and his a [...] |
2006-02-15 23:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA38 |
NICARAGUA WILL PUSH FOR MEASURED RESPONSE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) During a meeting on January 6, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera informed the Ambassador that the GON will urge participants in the January 9 meeting in Mexico to respond in a cautious, measured manner to the U.S. immigration proposals passed by the House of Representatives. After the Amba [...] |
2006-01-09 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SMIG NU |
| 06MANAGUA390 |
GON PUSHING FOR CENTAM UNITY BEHIND GUATEMALA TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-17 21:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR NU |
| 06MANAGUA394 |
OIL PROFITS TAX: GON HAVING IT BOTH WAYS [...] (C) Summary: The February 13 political &deal8 that ended the week-long Managua bus strike over rate increases continues to reverberate in the political sphere and the business community. Representatives of the FSLN, Alternativa Cristiana, and Camino Cristiano signed a document with the FSLN [...] |
2006-02-17 23:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PREL PGOV NU |
| 06MANAGUA399 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: BOACO [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Boaco, the rural capital of the Department of Boaco, located just to the north and east of Managua, to discuss upcoming elections with local leaders. While individuals differed on the merits of presidential and legislative [...] |
2006-02-21 17:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV SOCI |
| 06MANAGUA410 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] ECONOFF has performed the requested pre-license check on application 05-985232. Giovanny's Gun Shop in Masaya, Nicaragua appears to be a thriving business selling weapons for legal, personal use. The Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) confirmed that the gun shop is owned by Giovanny Francisco [...] |
2006-02-21 23:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC NU |
| 06MANAGUA411 |
INFORMATION FOR NICARAGUA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Nicaragua is not currently placed on any Special 301 list, and post recommends maintaining this status. This recommendation is offered in spite of the fact that there remains room for improvement on legal structure and judicial attitudes, and that the Dole Food Company has wri [...] |
2006-02-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA417 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIVAS [...] (C) Summary: With the November national elections still distant in the minds of the citizens of the southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, none of the major candidates seems to have made a significant impact on the views of the voting public. That stated, most contacts indicate that Nicarag [...] |
2006-02-22 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA418 |
NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP), including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...] |
2006-02-23 14:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU |
| 06MANAGUA430 |
DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...] |
2006-02-24 21:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA432 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...] |
2006-02-24 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR |
| 06MANAGUA435 |
EMBASSY MANAGUA ENDORSES MODIFIED OPDAT ANTI-TIP [...] In reftel B, Embassy Managua submitted an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) project proposal to the Department that focuses on strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of Government to fight trafficking. Subsequently, post learned that the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Pro [...] |
2006-02-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC NU |
| 06MANAGUA436 |
OVER 540 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED AT PENAS BLANCAS [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) seized over 540 kilograms of cocaine on February 22 at the Penas Blancas vehicle inspection station. According to post law enforcement sources, the NNP pulled the suspicious-looking vehicle aside as it crossed the border from Costa Rica. There were irre [...] |
2006-02-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PTER NU |
| 06MANAGUA440 |
IMPASSE ON DBCP LAWSUITS UNDER NICARAGUA'S SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: In Embassy,s view, the only way out of the current impasse over Special Law 364, which targets U.S. companies in Nicaragua for past use of the pesticide DBCP on banana plantations, is through a negotiated political resolution. However, such a resolution will be very difficult to obtain [...] |
2006-02-27 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD KIDE KIPR CVIS PREL BEXP NU |
| 06MANAGUA45 |
NICARAGUA FEELING HEAT FOR PRO-WHALING POSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nicaragua's largest daily newspapers have recently published articles critical of the country's pro-whaling votes in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). The Executive Director of the National Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) told ECONOFF that he has consequently become the ta [...] |
2006-01-11 00:19:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IWC EFIS NU |
| 06MANAGUA464 |
A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...] |
2006-03-02 17:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA474 |
(C-NE6-00140) CURRENTLY NO IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) According to the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, although Nicaragua and Iran do enjoy diplomatic relations, the Government of Iran currently has no diplomatic presence in Nicaragua, neither an embassy or consulate, nor any bilateral or international agency representations. The Iranian Embassy [...] |
2006-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PINR PREL NU |
| 06MANAGUA475 |
NO NICARAGUAN STATEMENT AS YET ON THE AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-03 17:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PETER IZ NU |
| 06MANAGUA486 |
NICARAGUAN TEDS REGULATOR RESIST PRESSURE FROM [...] (C) During a February 22 meeting with ECONOFF, Director General Miguel Marenco of the Nicaraguan Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) described a disturbing turn of events related to Nicaragua's turtle excluder device (TED) program. According to Marenco's account, the Korean-owned shrimp company CONIC [...] |
2006-03-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | NU EFIS ETRD SENV |
| 06MANAGUA511 |
NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS), the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...] |
2006-03-07 23:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA513 |
NICARAGUA CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE ON CAFTA, SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON is now reasonably confident that Nicaraguan politicians will finally permit a vote on CAFTA implementing legislation March 9, so that Nicaragua can join CAFTA by April 1. PLC (Liberal Party) sources in the National Assembly have also confirmed that a vote is on track [...] |
2006-03-08 17:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP PREL NU |
| 06MANAGUA514 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS "FRIENDS GROUP" TO PROMOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:49:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR NU |
| 06MANAGUA515 |
GON SUPPORTS U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC NU |
| 06MANAGUA516 |
GON INCLINED TO SIGN THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL SZ IS NU |
| 06MANAGUA517 |
GON WILL CONSULT WITH USG ON ANY MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-08 17:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL NU |
| 06MANAGUA519 |
INVESTIGATION OF FSLN ABUSES HAS ORTEGA ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The CPDH human rights organization has completed its initial trip to the Atlantic coast to investigate and document 1980s Sandinista human rights abuses in the region. The group's initial findings received widespread media attention immediately prior to the March 5 Atlantic coa [...] |
2006-03-08 20:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU |
| 06MANAGUA547 |
NICARAGUA WILL TRY TO ATTEND CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-10 19:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO |
| 06MANAGUA556 |
NICARAGUA ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC SUPREME IN [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results for the allocation of seats on the Councils of the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) indicate that the PLC will win enough positions to control the RAAS without having to form an alliance with another party. In [...] |
2006-03-13 19:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SNAR SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA565 |
OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...] (SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to determine the steps necessary to ensure clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections in November. OAS Mission leader Gustavo Fernandez believes that [...] |
2006-03-13 22:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA568 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: ESTELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and economic leaders in the department of Esteli suggest that the Sandinistas (FSLN) continue to dominate the city of Esteli and that this strength, combined with a solid organization, will be enough to ensure an FSLN victory in the department in November [...] |
2006-03-14 16:50:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA571 |
NICARAGUA CICTE DELEGATION [...] The final composition of Nicaragua's delegation to the CICTE Sixth Regular session has not been confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but will likely be led by Vice Foreign Minister Javier Williams Slate. At the technical level, the GON will send Myriam Vasquez, the Vice Director for [...] |
2006-03-14 19:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA576 |
NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-14 22:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD SENV |
| 06MANAGUA578 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...] |
2006-03-14 22:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA579 |
FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...] |
2006-03-14 23:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA586 |
NICARAGUA WILLING TO CO-SPONSOR US PROPOSAL ON THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-15 16:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ECON ETRD WTRO |
| 06MANAGUA590 |
MANAGUA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Managua's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian), or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or c [...] |
2006-03-15 19:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR NU |
| 06MANAGUA599 |
EMBASSY MANAGUA REQUEST FOR TDY FOR GREG MAGGIO [...] (U) Embassy Managua strongly endorses a proposed three-week TDY for Greg Maggio of DRL/CRA to Nicaragua in June 2006. Post has established a close, effective working relationship with Greg while collaborating on the 2005 Human Rights Report and numerous cases of Nicaraguan asylum applicants. [...] |
2006-03-15 21:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | APER PHUM NU |
| 06MANAGUA604 |
NICARAGUAN VIEWS ON RECENT INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) As noted in REFTEL, Miguel Marenco, Director General of the Nicaraguan Fisheries Agency (ADPESCA) candidly acknowledged to ECONOFF that his country maintains a quid pro quo arrangement in which Nicaragua supports Japanese whaling positions in the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and [...] |
2006-03-16 19:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IWC EFIS NU UK |
| 06MANAGUA609 |
NICARAGUAN REGIONAL REPORTING--SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an elections reporting trip to the northwestern departments of Esteli and Madriz March 8-10 (reported in reftels), emboffs discussed a variety of economic and social issues with local leaders, including representatives of most major political parties, the Catholic Chur [...] |
2006-03-16 19:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN KIRF SMIG NU |
| 06MANAGUA624 |
NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...] |
2006-03-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA632 |
FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...] |
2006-03-21 21:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA633 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MASAYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and business leaders in the department of Masaya suggest that the presidential race remains wide open. While most Liberals leader agree that Eduardo Montealegre is the likely Liberal candidate, support for him among the small business owners, who form t [...] |
2006-03-21 21:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV SOCI |
| 06MANAGUA642 |
MONTEALEGRE,S ALN-PC CAUCUS PICKS UP A NEW MEMBER [...] (C) National Assembly lawmaker Delia Arellano has left the Camino Cristiano party to join Eduardo Montealegre's National Liberal Alliance-Conservative (ALN-PC) caucus, making the formal announcement to the press on March 20. With Arellano, the ALN-PC (Ref. D) now encompasses eight deputies. [...] |
2006-03-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA643 |
INDIGENOUS REGIONAL PARTY CONTESTS ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) decided in favor of indigenous regional party Yatama on March 18, ruling that the party won 13 seats in Nicaragua's Northern Autonomous Region (RAAN) election instead of the previously reported 12. Yatama leaders contested the election results in the [...] |
2006-03-22 20:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
| 06MANAGUA645 |
PUTTING IPR TO MUSIC IN NICARAGUA HELPED PASS [...] (SBU) Summary: Between March 16 and March 21, the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed several IPR and penal code reforms, and ratified the Budapest Treaty, which was required for entry into force of DR-CAFTA by April 1. Despite concerns presented by Ministry of Trade (MIFIC) officials and mem [...] |
2006-03-22 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA646 |
CAFTA LEGISLATION PASSES IN NICARAGUA; GON PUSHING [...] (U) The National Assembly approved remaining CAFTA-DR legislative obligations with March 21 votes for reforms of the Patent Law, the Trademark Law and the Special Law on Crimes against International Commerce or International Investment, and ratification of the Budapest Treaty. These votes cam [...] |
2006-03-22 22:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD NU |
| 06MANAGUA648 |
TOURISM MAKES RIVAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) The southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas has capitalized on its natural beauty and relatively well developed transportation infrastructure to build an economy increasingly based on tourism. During the civil war of the 1980s, Rivas was not a battleground, but a refuge, and the departmen [...] |
2006-03-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA666 |
CSE RELEASES DRAFT ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) completed a draft calendar with key dates and deadlines for the November 5 national elections. The calendar was recently released to the political parties for consultation. After a consensus is reached with the political parties, the CSE will [...] |
2006-03-24 21:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA674 |
MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...] |
2006-03-24 21:17:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA698 |
NICARAGUAN MAGISTRATE CRITICIZES SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion with RLA, Nicaraguan Supreme Court (CSJ) Justice Guillermo Vargas Sandino expressed dismay regarding the ongoing CSJ leadership crisis that began on March 16 when PLC and FSLN-affiliated justices failed to agree on the appointment of presidents and vice [...] |
2006-03-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS NU |
| 06MANAGUA708 |
ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...] |
2006-03-28 21:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU |
| 06MANAGUA709 |
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: USING PRIMARIES TO DEFINE [...] (SBU) For the past year, Nicaragua's Liberal factions have toyed with the idea of holding internal and/or multi-party primaries to select their presidential and National Assembly deputy candidates. Faction leaders generally agree that multi-party primaries are the most feasible and democratic [...] |
2006-03-28 22:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA710 |
CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...] |
2006-03-29 14:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU |
| 06MANAGUA711 |
ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...] |
2006-03-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA715 |
LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...] |
2006-03-30 22:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON |
| 06MANAGUA720 |
IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launderer Arnoldo Aleman's blessing to run for president on the party ticket. Five of the six PLC pre-candidates recently confronted Aleman about the PLC Central Co [...] |
2006-03-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA721 |
CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: WHERE CATTLE AND LIBERALS [...] (U) Summary: The Department of Chontales is renowned for its cattle and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) members. Forty percent of all cows in this cattle nation are raised in this small region, wedged between Lake Nicaragua to the West and the Autonomous Southern Atlantic Region (RAAS) to th [...] |
2006-03-31 14:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB PGOV SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA725 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS LOCAL ISLAMIC LEADERS, WHO [...] (C) NOTE: The meetings described below that included the Palestinian Ambassador to Nicaragua took place prior to the receipt of reftel A by Embassy Managua. Prior to the Palestinian Ambassador's February courtesy call on the Ambassador and the subsequent March 28 breakfast with local Islamic [...] |
2006-03-31 18:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER KIRF NU |
| 06MANAGUA726 |
NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDATE FOR [...] On March 23, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 21 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present former Foreign Minister Alejandro Montiel Arguello as a candidate for the United Nations International Law Commission for the period 2007-2011 when [...] |
2006-03-31 18:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA NU |
| 06MANAGUA728 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLC MAYORS AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS IN JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: After speaking at a CAFTA workforce briefing, touring a milk products plant certified by the FDA, and inaugurating a USAID-sponsored vegetable packing plant in the northern Nicaraguan department of Jinotega, Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with a group of PLC mayors and the Jin [...] |
2006-03-31 23:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA733 |
NICARAGUAN MEDIA TRUMPETS FIRST HEARING IN PANAMA MONEY LAUNDERING CASE AGAINST ALEMAN [...] (U) The March 30 preliminary hearing in the Panamanian money laundering case against ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, ex-Director of Taxation Byron Jerez and several of their family members and associates made banner headlines in the national media on March 31. Through elaborate money laundering [...] |
2006-04-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM NU |
| 06MANAGUA738 |
JOSE RIZO, ALEMAN'S "CHOSEN ONE," SELECTED AS PLC [...] (SBU) Summary: After receiving a large majority of votes in the March 31 PLC "mini conventions," Jose Rizo was ratified by the PLC general convention on April 2 as the party's presidential candidate. RizoQ,s large margin of victory (64%), as well as a last-minute change to divide voting into [...] |
2006-04-03 21:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA745 |
ALLQ,S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ASSERTS AGUIRRE SACASA [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, until recently a presidential-hopeful for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC), is disappointed with PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman's decision to influence the outcome of the PLC's selection of its presidential candidate. He believes that Aleman's hold on [...] |
2006-04-04 22:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA755 |
NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-05 20:37:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
| 06MANAGUA756 |
NICARAGUA SUPPORTS PSI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-05 20:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP NU |
| 06MANAGUA757 |
NICARAGUA WILLING TO RE-APPROACH PANAMA ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA763 |
NICARAGUA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP IN U.N. [...] On March 31, post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry dated March 31 stating that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will present Nicaragua as a candidate for membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council when voting for membership takes place in the U.N. General Assemb [...] |
2006-04-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA NU |
| 06MANAGUA764 |
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION CONCESSIONS ON THE MOVE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The President and Vice President of MKJ Exploration Inc. - a small, independent gas and petroleum exploration company - announced to the Ambassador on March 30 that MKJ is approaching the end of a hopefully successful three-and-a-half-year effort to obtain two concessions for [...] |
2006-04-06 14:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EIND EPET PGOV BMGT NU |
| 06MANAGUA780 |
NICARAGUAN TRADE IN LARGE NUMBERS OF UNDERSIZED [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past month, Nicaraguan law enforcement has seized a total of 10,000 illegal undersized lobsters from two tanker trucks. Yet another vehicle, thought to contain thousands more, managed to slip past the police. While officials are confident that they will obtain convictio [...] |
2006-04-07 19:38:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS PHSA SENV NU |
| 06MANAGUA8 |
LEADING LIBERAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, leading Liberal presidential candidates Eduardo Montealegre, Jose Antonio Alvarado and Jose Rizo agreed in principle that the Liberals must unite to confront the FSLN in the 2006 elections and wrest the Liberal Constitutional [...] |
2006-01-04 21:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA801 |
NICARAGUA UNDERSTANDS USG DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-10 19:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA |
| 06MANAGUA802 |
CSE RELEASES FINAL ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (U) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) released the final version of the 2006 Electoral Calendar after a period of consultation with Nicaragua's political parties (reftel). The last version contains several date changes; the deadlines for many events have been pushed forward, while a [...] |
2006-04-10 20:16:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA803 |
VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...] |
2006-04-10 20:16:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA806 |
VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...] |
2006-04-10 20:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA807 |
CSE CONTINUES TECHNICAL WORK AS PLC/FSLN BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: The inter-institutional battle over control of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) continues even as the CSE embarks on a new electoral cycle. In the midst of conflicting court rulings and a PLC-driven National Assembly threat to invalidate CSE president Roberto Rivas' app [...] |
2006-04-11 16:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA813 |
CHONTALES, NICARAGUA: CALL FOR UNITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While baseball is Nicaragua's national sport, it is surpassed by politics in the Department of Chontales. Emotions are still raw in this cattle raising region where misguided economic policy, Contra attacks and Sandinista reprisals devastated the countryside in the 1980's. Dur [...] |
2006-04-11 22:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA833 |
VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by David Eugenio Robleto Lang, born in Nicaragua on November 26, 1957. David Robleto is [...] |
2006-04-17 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA835 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MATAGALPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 30, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Matagalpa, capital of the northeastern Nicaraguan Department of Matagalpa, to discuss upcoming national elections with local business, political and civil society leaders and to gauge their views on the prospect of free and [...] |
2006-04-17 18:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV SOCI |
| 06MANAGUA841 |
VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...] |
2006-04-17 21:26:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET |
| 06MANAGUA85 |
CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...] |
2006-01-18 00:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA851 |
NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Nicaragua (GON) remains responsive to U.S. efforts in favor of a democratic transition in Cuba and maintains frank communication with the Embassy on Cuba-related policies and issues. Nicaraguan-Cuban trade and mutual investment are statistically insignificant. [...] |
2006-04-18 21:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU VE NU |
| 06MANAGUA854 |
PLC EAGER FOR GOOD RELATIONS WITH USG, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) have informed Ambassador that the party is willing to "negotiate and make sacrifices" to achieve Liberal unity and defeat the Sandinista Front (FSLN), but are adamant that Jose Rizo is the chosen presidential [...] |
2006-04-18 22:48:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA863 |
THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel), Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...] |
2006-04-19 22:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM |
| 06MANAGUA869 |
NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: NUEVA [...] (C) Summary: Liberals of all stripes in the largely Liberal Nicaraguan department of Nueva Segovia recently expressed concern to Emboffs that the FSLN is gaining support with poor voters by distributing agricultural goods and helping followers obtain voting documents in advance of the Novembe [...] |
2006-04-20 18:03:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA882 |
NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-21 23:34:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
| 06MANAGUA883 |
NICARAGUA BOLSTERS CENTAM SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-21 23:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR PM NU |
| 06MANAGUA884 |
NICARAGUA SHARES U.S. CONDEMNATION OF VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On April 20, Ambassador shared with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the pattern of harassment directed by the Venezuelan government against U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, William R. Brownfield, most recently when Ambassador Brownfield was donating baseball equipment to a Little [...] |
2006-04-21 23:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PTER PREL VE NU |
| 06MANAGUA885 |
EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: (C) Ambassador and poloff held a wide-ranging discussion with Nicaraguan ex-Minister of Defense Jose Adan Guerra on April 19. Guerra strongly criticized President Bolanos' handling of the MANPADS issue, and commented that the Nicaraguan Army leadership will resist MANPADS destruction [...] |
2006-04-24 14:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA931 |
CAMINO CRISTIANO LEADER DIGS IN HEELS OVER PLC [...] (C) Camino Cristiano (CCN) leader/National Assembly Deputy, Reverend Guillermo Osorno, appears likely to formalize an alliance with the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). In his April 27 meeting with Ambassador to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries (Reftel), Osorno opined that [...] |
2006-04-28 22:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA932 |
APRE LEADER INCHES CLOSER TO MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly Deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon met with Ambassador on April 26 to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries. He opined there is no longer sufficient time to arrange such primaries. Further, given Liberal Constitutional Par [...] |
2006-04-28 22:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 06MANAGUA936 |
CASINOS AND MONEY LAUNDERING: GAMBLING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of casinos in Nicaragua has grown exponentially over the last few years, just as the attractiveness of the country as a transit point for narcotics and illegal weapons. These trends - - combined with a weak regulatory system for the gaming industry, judicial corruption, and [...] |
2006-04-28 23:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON SNAR PTER NU |
| 06MANAGUA937 |
NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) legislators confirm that the NA plans to vote on a civil aviation bill next week. The bill passed on first reading in 2004, but the required second vote on individual articles has languished. Econoff discussed the bill with airline officials and the Nic [...] |
2006-04-28 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON WHA CEN NU |
| 06MANAGUA940 |
NICARAGUA 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | NU KIPR ECON ETRD |
| 06MANAGUA942 |
VICAR SUGGESTS TO DAS MADISON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) In Managua Vicar Carlos Aviles' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, he affirmed that the Catholic Church will not pronounce in favor of a particular candidate. However, the Church does support democracy and favors candidates who make realistic promise [...] |
2006-05-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA943 |
FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...] |
2006-05-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS |
| 06MANAGUA944 |
MONTEALEGRE TO DAS MADISON: A VOTE FOR RIZO IS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eduardo Montealegre of the National Liberal Alliance (ALN) predicts that at least four presidential candidates will compete in November's presidential race. He told visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador that ultimately Nicaraguans must vote for or a [...] |
2006-05-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA95 |
AMENDING THE 505 AGREEMENT FOR GPOI AND OTHER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-18 17:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV KTIA NU |
| 06MANAGUA958 |
DAS MADISON UNDERSCORES NEED FOR CONTINUOUS OAS [...] (SBU) During an April 26 meeting with OAS Country Director Pedro Vuskovich, visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and the Ambassador underscored the importance of continuous OAS observation and political leadership on the ground throughout Nicaragua's entire election period. Vus [...] |
2006-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA964 |
MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...] |
2006-05-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM KDEM SOCI |
| 06MANAGUA967 |
VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...] |
2006-05-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI |
| 06MANAGUA968 |
LIBERAL FORUM MEMBERS TELL DAS MADISON THAT [...] (C) Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who dined with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Magan and Ambassador on April 24, agree that Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre is the brightest and best-suited candidate to lead Nicaragua. However, they diverge over whether he can beat Daniel Ortega in the [...] |
2006-05-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA969 |
LEWITES WARNS DAS MADISON THAT AN ORTEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Sandinista (FSLN)-dissident Herty Lewites' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, Lewites warned that if FSLN leader Daniel Ortega wins the November elections, Ortega will impose a dictatorship on the Nicaraguan people and assume total contro [...] |
2006-05-03 18:51:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MANAGUA970 |
BUSINESS MAGNATE CARLOS PELLAS CLAIMS MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Business magnate Carlos Pellas claims that statistics from past elections "prove" that Eduardo Montealegre is unlikely to win a four-way race in November and argues that Montealegre must thus come to terms with Arnoldo Aleman and his Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Both Pellas and Pr [...] |
2006-05-03 19:44:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON NU |
| 06MANAGUA972 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NICARAGUA ANNUAL SHRIMP TURTLE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-03 20:36:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD SENV ECON |
| 07MANAGUA1021 |
ANOTHER CONVERGENCIA MEMBER QUESTIONS ORTEGA,S [...] (C) Summary: Azucena Ferrey, a former Contra and longstanding Christian Democrat currently associated with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political ally Convergencia, tells us that a number of Convergencia members are disillusioned with the Ortega administration. Ferrey, who di [...] |
2007-04-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1028 |
IN SEARCH OF OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) Summary: A group of democratic-minded Nicaraguans are attempting to create a political opposition force to counter President Ortega's apparent determination to turn Nicaragua into an autocratic regime along the lines of Chavez's Venezuela. The group proposes to establish a new national d [...] |
2007-04-23 20:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1029 |
NICARAGUA: NO PROPERTY RESOLUTIONS IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: In the three-month period following the January 10th inauguration of President Daniel Ortega, the Government of Nicaragua has failed to resolve any claim involving the restitution of or compensation for U.S. citizen property illegally expropriated in the 1980s. Since 1995, when [...] |
2007-04-23 21:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA1036 |
LIBERAL MAYORS REJECT ALEMAN, PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: A group of mayors from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) meeting with leaders of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) strongly rejected any role for convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman in the Liberal unification process. The mayors plan to form local commissions ahead of th [...] |
2007-04-23 23:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1043 |
NEW MOVIMIENTO DIRECTOR: CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) Summary: The new Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) executive director, Violeta Granera, is convinced that the Ortega government's apparent disorientation is a ruse to divert attention from the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) clear plan to gain political and economic power and [...] |
2007-04-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
| 07MANAGUA106 |
ORTEGA BLAIMS "NEO-LIBERALISM" FOR NICARAGUAN [...] (U) Summary: New Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega assumed office on January 10 singing the praises of his Bolivarian "twin" Hugo Chavez and proclaiming the failure of "neo-liberalism." Ortega repeated his campaign promises to alleviate poverty through national and regional "unity," joining [...] |
2007-01-17 17:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1065 |
EMISSARY OF LIBERAL MAYORS' GROUP CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Elvin Sandigo, Executive Director of the Association of Patriotic Mayors (ASALPAT), claims that his organization is no longer an organ of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). According to Sandigo, the 58 Liberal mayors that form ASALPAT's membership support Liberal unification [...] |
2007-04-25 21:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1067 |
ORTEGA,S FIRST 100 DAYS -- AUTOCRATIC TRENDS DRAW [...] (C) Summary: In its first 100 days, President Ortega's government was characterized by a blur between party and state; autocracy and secrecy; dependency on Chavez; disregard for law and human rights; the dismissal of thousands of government employees; and, a pointed effort to financially "sta [...] |
2007-04-25 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM NU SNAR IR |
| 07MANAGUA1069 |
FORO LIBERAL SEEKS LIBERAL UNITY VIA [...] (C) Eight Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who invited the Ambassador, DCM, and PolCouns to meet over breakfast on April 24, are seeking to foster Liberal unity at the municipal level and through the National Assembly's Nicaragua Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Part [...] |
2007-04-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1083 |
NICARAGUAN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past month, Nicaragua's chronically under-funded and fragile education system suffered turmoil over wage disputes, worsened by political rivalries. Teachers demanding a larger salary increase have paralyzed schools throughout the country through partial or complete wor [...] |
2007-04-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV ECON ELAB NU |
| 07MANAGUA1097 |
NICARAGUAN POLICE CHIEF SHARES VIEWS ON POLICE ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Police Chief Aminta Granera is committed to counternarcotics and enforcement efforts as well as ensuring public safety, although she has no faith in the Nicaraguan judicial system and receives little assistance from other government agencies. During meetings with Emboffs, Graner [...] |
2007-04-27 23:05:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR SNAR |
| 07MANAGUA1113 |
LIBERAL DEPUTIES AGREE TO WORK ON JOINT [...] (C) Summary: Liberal National Assembly deputies from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) recently pledged during a meeting with poloffs to jump-start negotiations on a joint legislative agenda and methods to coherently oppose objectionable proposals from [...] |
2007-05-02 21:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1135 |
NPT PREPCOM POINTS DELIVERED TO NICARAGUAN FOREIGN [...] On April 24, post faxed reftel points in English to the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Magda Enriquez, who speaks and reads English. On April 26, post's Spanish translation was sent to the MFA. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos on May 2, the earlies [...] |
2007-05-03 20:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT NU |
| 07MANAGUA1174 |
THE OPPOSITION'S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: A [...] (C) Summary: Two former presidential candidates, Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Edmundo Jarquin of the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS), are working on forging a political alliance to counter President Ortega,s increasingly authoritarian inclinations. The [...] |
2007-05-07 22:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1183 |
MADRIZ - ORTEGA PROMISES REMAIN UNFULFILLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing higher gas prices, no new jobs, and political favoritism, the citizens of Somoto and Totogalpa, Madriz spoke to the Ambassador of growing dissatisfaction with President Ortega's administration. While local opposition leaders are talking, they have not unified or capitali [...] |
2007-05-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ECON PGOV PINR NU |
| 07MANAGUA1195 |
IN SEARCH OF OPPOSITION UNITY - PART II [...] (C) Summary: The group of prominent democrats introduced in ref B reports that they are planning a major declaration of opposition unity some time in late May. Despite past declarations of support from the three defeated ex-Presidential candidates however, several seem to be waffling in their [...] |
2007-05-08 22:16:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1207 |
NICARAGUA: NEW PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT ON PROSPECT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconCouns and Econoff met with Property Superintendent Mireya Molina on April 25 to stress the importance of accelerating resolutions for confiscated and expropriated American citizen properties in Nicaragua. As of the date of that meeting, the Office of the Property Superintend [...] |
2007-05-09 21:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1217 |
NICARAGUA: OIL CONCESSIONS TO U.S. COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: On 10 August, 2006, a court in the Southern Autonomous Atlantic Region (RAAS) accepted a writ of injunction/relief against the Attorney General for signing oil exploration concessions with two U.S. companies without having properly consulted with the governments of the Autonomous [...] |
2007-05-10 22:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1223 |
ORTEGA APPOINTS ANOTHER PSEUDO-MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: President Ortega recently appointed former spokeswoman for the Nicaraguan Supreme Court Ruth Tapia Roa to the post of Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense "with the rank of minister." Tapia's chief qualifications appear to be her relationship to former Sandinista military [...] |
2007-05-10 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1230 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: APRIL [...] (U) Summary: In April of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. No claims have been resolved so far in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 654 American citizens (Amcits) have b [...] |
2007-05-11 22:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA125 |
ALN NEGLECTING DISGRUNTLED LIBERALS [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is missing an historic opportunity to capture disgruntled Liberal voters from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC), claims Liberal Matagalpino Eugenio Rodriguez. According to Rodriguez, Liberals in key northern areas are upset with the PLC [...] |
2007-01-18 17:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1265 |
NICARAGUA: NICARAGUA'S COASTAL LAND LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in Nicaraguan beachfront property investments, including many investments by American citizens. Land laws do not discriminate between foreign and domestic owners, but investor uncertainty in the face of a history of tang [...] |
2007-05-15 22:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EWWT USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA127 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with Arturo Cruz, Nicaragua's Ambassador-designate to the United States. During the conversation, Cruz first insisted on the importance of President Ortega's participation in the annual Prayer Breakfast; he later reconsidered and suggested Ortega decline the inv [...] |
2007-01-18 17:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR IR NU |
| 07MANAGUA1272 |
NICARAGUA UNDECIDED ON UNHRC VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-16 21:02:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC NU |
| 07MANAGUA1273 |
NICARAGUA'S IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Given President Daniel Ortega's close relationship with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the restoration of diplomatic ties with Iran, and the visit of President Ahmedinejad to Nicaragua, the Embassy has not formally engaged the Nicaraguans on the Venezuelan-Iranian alliance (Ref [...] |
2007-05-16 21:06:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR NU |
| 07MANAGUA1310 |
AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-22 21:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NU |
| 07MANAGUA1311 |
GON RESPECTS VENEZUELAN DECISION TO CLOSE RCTV, [...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the demarche points on press freedom contained in refetel. The Ambassador expressed concern that the imminent closure of Venezuelan television channel RCTV is an act that violates the OAS' Inter-American Convention on H [...] |
2007-05-22 21:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL NU VE |
| 07MANAGUA1318 |
FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS GON ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Nicaraguan government's (GON) position vis a vis North Korea (DPRK), specifically noting our concern over President Ortega's recent public remarks virtually endorsing the DPRK's efforts to become a nuclear power, a p [...] |
2007-05-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KGIT XE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1327 |
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVES ABILITY OF NEWLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several years of planning, a vetted unit has been created in Nicaragua to investigate high-profile financial, corruption-related, narcotics and transnational crimes. The unit has been initially funded by illicitly acquired assets of corrupt former Nicaraguan officials t [...] |
2007-05-23 23:12:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV OPIC KCOR PGOV SNAR KCRIM KJUS NU |
| 07MANAGUA1340 |
MONTEALEGRE UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE TO MAKE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is under intense pressure to make a deal with convicted ex-President and Liberal Constitutional Party Leader (PLC) Arnoldo Aleman to unite the Liberal forces. During a recent session with Washington vi [...] |
2007-05-24 23:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1350 |
MISKITOS READY TO MOBILIZE BUT LACK RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diverse anti-Sandinista Miskito groups in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) are slowly unifying into a single movement. Significant challenges remain, but the group is convinced of the need to win the municipal elections in four key RAAN municipalities in 2008 [...] |
2007-05-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1356 |
NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CITIZEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Attorney General Hernan Estrada to discuss upcoming deliberations for a waiver of Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995). The Ambassador noted that the new government had not resolved a single prop [...] |
2007-05-29 20:54:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1359 |
NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CITIZEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Attorney General Hernan Estrada to discuss upcoming deliberations for a waiver of Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995). The Ambassador noted that the new government had not resolved a single prop [...] |
2007-05-29 21:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1377 |
GROUP VOICES SUPPORT OF NICARAGUAN POLICE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of fourteen prominent Nicaraguans, who call themselves the "Grupo de Opinion" (Opinion Group) are voicing their support of the Nicaraguan National Police and the Armed Forces in order to prevent them from being co-opted by President Daniel Ortega. Rafael Cordoba, a memb [...] |
2007-05-30 22:28:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1392 |
POST REQUESTS EXTENSION OF RLA PROGRAM [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador requests serious consideration by State INL and DOJ-OIA of a continuation of the highly effective Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) position at Embassy Managua. Over the past three years, the RLA program has allowed this po [...] |
2007-06-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCOR KCRIM SNAR KJUS NU |
| 07MANAGUA140 |
CENTAM AMBASSADORS CONCERNED ABOUT NICARAGUA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American ambassadors in Nicaragua were startled by the populist rhetoric and procession of infamous guests surrounding the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega (reftel), but maintain a cautious optimism that regional and international agreements will constrain the Orteg [...] |
2007-01-18 23:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1409 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: MAY 2007 [...] (U) Summary: In May of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. No claims have been resolved so far in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,509 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 654 American citizens (Amcits) have bee [...] |
2007-06-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1427 |
MRS DEFECTORS PLAN NEW CAUCUS IN ASSEMBLY, [...] (C) Summary: While Liberal infighting grabs the most headlines in Nicaragua, post-election squabbling has also fractured the reformist Left. Many FSLN party activists who left the Sandinista Front to support former Managua mayor Herty Lewites' presidential bid later became disenchanted with t [...] |
2007-06-05 20:53:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1431 |
NICARAGUA: FACING CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche on illicit cash couriers to representatives of the Nicaraguan inter-agency Anti-Terrorism Working Group (ATWG). ATWG representatives responded that cash couriers are an issue of growing concern in Nicaragua, but current laws and the [...] |
2007-06-05 20:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1432 |
NICARAGUA GEOGRAPHICAL ASSISTANCE DISTRIBUTION PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: At the Ambassador's request, post has developed an online application that graphically displays all USG assistance projects directed at specific localities from 2000-2003 to the present. The Geographical Assistance Distribution (GAD) Project also shows the geo-political breakdown [...] |
2007-06-05 23:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AINT MASS PGOV PINR SOCI NU |
| 07MANAGUA1482 |
OPPOSITION LABOR PUSHES FOR LIBERAL UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Liberal labor federation Permanent Workers' Congress (CPT) seeks to form a "Pro Unity Committee" to create a unified Liberal platform and break the political impasse between the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutionalist Party (PLC). CPT leaders wor [...] |
2007-06-12 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB |
| 07MANAGUA1495 |
LABOR - POTENTIAL KEY TO OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is growing unrest and resentment towards President Daniel Ortega among organized labor, sparked by turmoil in the education sector earlier this year. Human rights NGO Nicaraguan Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH) hopes to capitalize on the situation by working w [...] |
2007-06-13 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB |
| 07MANAGUA1528 |
NICARAGUA: 2007 EXPROPRIATION REPORT [...] (U) This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will e-mail comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 15 per reftel request. Property Confiscation Claims ----------- [...] |
2007-06-15 21:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA1537 |
ACTING MINISTER OF DEFENSE PLANS MINISTRY PURGE, [...] (C) Summary: According to an internal memorandum obtained by post, Acting Nicaraguan Minister of Defense Ruth Tapia Roa plans to fire the few remaining officials from the previous administration and replace them with Army-approved loyalists. She also alerts President Ortega to the Army's "new [...] |
2007-06-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PARM KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1541 |
NEW ACTING MINISTER OF DEFENSE RECEIVES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador met with Ruth Tapia Roa, the new Secretary General and acting Minister of Defense (reftel), on June 4 to discuss issues of mutual concern. Although Tapia's office delayed granting the appointment for several weeks, the meeting was cordial. She led the meeting on behalf of the [...] |
2007-06-18 22:52:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1543 |
CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER SIEGE, CLAMOURING FOR [...] (C) Over the past 2-3 months, the political section has received over a dozen proposals from civil society organizations concentrated in three areas: human rights defense, organized labor, and indigenous (Miskito) groups. Each organization claims to oppose President Daniel Ortega and seeks fi [...] |
2007-06-18 23:22:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1547 |
TEACHERS HOPE TO FORM FIRST "SUPER" UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic teachers' unions hope to form a national alliance ("Central") in order to gain negotiating power with the Ortega government and more effectivley contest the alliance between Education Minister Miguel De Castilla and pro-Sandinista teachers' union ANDEN. Union leaders [...] |
2007-06-20 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA155 |
EX-SANDINISTA VP SERGIO RAMIREZ: RECENT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Sergio Ramirez, a renowned author and Vice President during the 1980s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) era who is estranged from the FSLN, paints a discouraging map of the course the new Ortega government has set over the past week. He recently warned the Ambassador [...] |
2007-01-19 21:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1562 |
CHINANDEGANOS CONCERNED ABOUT ORTEGA, OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The politically active citizens of Nicaragua's north-western department of Chinandega are concerned about President Ortega's centralization of government and attempts to establish local citizens' councils. Members of the private sector note that economic activity is generally dec [...] |
2007-06-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON KDEM MCC NU |
| 07MANAGUA157 |
REGIONAL AMBASSADORS SHARE THOUGHTS ON ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassadors to Nicaragua from Spain, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Colombia are concerned that the authoritarian tendencies and lack of experience of many officials in the Ortega administration, combined with the "destabilizing" influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, may nega [...] |
2007-01-19 22:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1588 |
USG COMMITMENT TO GOOD RELATIONS WITH SANDINISTAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 29-June 1 meetings in Managua, WHA/CEN Office Director John Feeley reaffirmed with senior FSLN leaders that USG policy is to pursue productive and positive relations with the Ortega government. At the same time he communicated that President Ortega's increasingly anti-US [...] |
2007-06-26 19:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1592 |
FSLN TO USE PRN TO FURTHER DIVIDE LIBERALS IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan Resistance Party's (PRN) internal problems continue. The Supreme Electoral Counsel canceled internal PRN elections, citing irregularities and internal struggles. There is a serious rift between PRN president Salvador Talavera and vice president Julio Blandon. T [...] |
2007-06-28 17:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1615 |
VENEZUELA'S BANDES OPENS ITS DOORS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, President Ortega officially opened the Venezuelan Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) in Nicaragua. He personally handed out USD 9.65 million in loans to six cooperatives for small agricultural projects and USD 10 million in grants to five parastatals. [...] |
2007-07-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU VE |
| 07MANAGUA1621 |
FIVE PILLARS OF FSLN STRATEGY [...] (C) A document leaked to the press recently revealed that the FSLN has readied a plan called the "Five Pillars of the Revolutionary Project" to be formally announced on the July 19 celebration of the 28th anniversary of the Somoza overthrow. The 5 Pillars are: direct democracy and civilian po [...] |
2007-07-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1622 |
ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT SIX MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: During his first six months in office, President Daniel Ortega has expanded executive powers and used them to destroy or give away pieces of Nicaragua's cultural patrimony; to threaten opposition media and freedom of expression; to fire large numbers of government officials and r [...] |
2007-07-02 17:35:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA1624 |
DEMARCHE ON WTO ARTICLE XXI PROCEDURE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points in May to Director General for Trade Sonia Somarriba, who promised to respond later as to whether Nicaragua would seek compensation. Since, the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) has undergone high-level changes, including the minister an [...] |
2007-07-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO NU |
| 07MANAGUA1661 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JUNE 2007-FIVE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Summary: In June of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) resolved five Embassy-registered property claims belonging to one American citizen, the first resolutions in CY 07. Since January 1995, 2,514 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 655 American citiz [...] |
2007-07-05 20:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1663 |
ALN DEPUTY SUBJECT OF FSLN/PLC WITCH HUNT [...] SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputy Alejandro Bolanos Davis' seat in the National Assembly hangs by a thread. Led by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) magistrates, the Nicaragua Supreme Electoral Counsel (CSE) voted to strip Bolanos of his seat over supposed citizenship irregu [...] |
2007-07-05 22:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1672 |
UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaragua continues to reduce its foreign debt load. The commercial debt buy-back program, which will reduce foreign debt claims by USD 1.3 billion, is almost complete. Despite strong lobbying efforts with Iran and Libya, no additional countries have forgiven non-Paris Club bil [...] |
2007-07-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EPET PGOV PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1689 |
NICARAGUA: SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Secretary of State issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY 1994/1995. Between August 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the Government of Nicaragua resolved 34 Embassy-registered claims for 18 U.S. citizens. While [...] |
2007-07-10 16:37:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1719 |
UPDATE ON NICARAGUA'S DOMESTIC DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA), Nicaragua is taking the first steps in addressing its excessive domestic debt burden. The OTA designed National Debt Management Strategy aims to develop an internal market for government debt to [...] |
2007-07-13 20:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1720 |
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF "CUADERNO SANDINISTA, NO.1" [...] (SBU) Summary. "Cuaderno Sandinista No. 1," a propaganda piece produced by the FSLN Department of Political Education, claims to outline a new plan of reconciliation and national unity for Nicaragua. The plan is anchored by three pillars: improving the well-being of citizens, equitable econom [...] |
2007-07-13 20:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1741 |
U.S. Q NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors [...] |
2007-07-17 22:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1748 |
U.S. - NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors s [...] |
2007-07-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA175 |
PLC DEPUTIES FORM NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: A group of National Assembly deputies from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) recently expressed a willingness to work with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) on legislative issues and reported they have formed a negotiating committee with the ALN. The deputies, including [...] |
2007-01-23 14:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1750 |
NICARAGUAN PUBLIC SEES COUNTRY ON WRONG PATH WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan public opinion has continued to sour on President Daniel Ortega, with his approval rating taking a 60-point nose-dive from a positive 51 percent job approval rating in February to a negative 10 percent approval just four months later, according to the latest CID-Gallu [...] |
2007-07-18 21:53:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA1751 |
MURDER OF NICARAGUAN NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: Comisionado Manuel Guillermo Obando, member of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) Vetted Unit, an anti-drug investigation unit supported by the US Embassy Managua INL and the Drug Enforcement Administration was found murdered July 12, 2007. Two of his neighbors are under poli [...] |
2007-07-18 22:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1753 |
ENERGY CRISIS FORCES GOVERNMENT TO CUT WORK WEEK [...] (U) Summary: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has mandated a shortened workday for all executive branch offices in Managua in accordance with a recent agreement establishing a nation-wide blackout schedule. The agreement signed by the Nicaraguan Energy Institute (INE) and Spanish-owned energ [...] |
2007-07-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1758 |
NDAA SECTION 1206: COUNTRY TEAM NICARAGUA APPROVES [...] (U) The U.S. Country Team Nicaragua has drafted and approved an FY2008 proposal for the use of funds appropriated under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act that is intended to strengthen the counter-terrorist capability of the Nicaraguan Army's Rapid Reaction Task Force. Th [...] |
2007-07-20 18:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS KTIA NU |
| 07MANAGUA1771 |
NICARAGUA AND THE IMF HAVE A PRGF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The IMF and GON have almost completed a three-year Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement. After finalization of some budgetary numbers, the PRGF will go before the IMF Board in October. Characterizing the agreement as "plain vanilla," IMF ResRep Humberto Arbulu Neir [...] |
2007-07-23 14:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA178 |
LACAYO: FSLN INTEREST GROUPS COMPETE FOR DOMINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Antonio Lacayo, secretary minister of the presidency during Violeta Chamorro's presidency and her son-in-law, believes that the power struggle among competing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) interest groups will "test" the new Ortega government and could be exploited [...] |
2007-01-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ENRG EPET |
| 07MANAGUA1783 |
ZERO HUNGER- NOT A LONG TERM SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega has held several splashy ceremonies promoting his Hambre Cero (Zero Hunger) program, which aims to end hunger in Nicaragua within five years by offering standardized packages of livestock and other goods to families living in extreme poverty. The program has com [...] |
2007-07-24 21:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1784 |
MRS CELEBRATES A DAY OF ANTI-DANIELISMO [...] (C) Summary: While the FSLN celebrated its high holy day on July 19, 2007, the Movimiento Renovador Sandinista (The Sandinista Renovation Movement, or MRS), a Sandinista break-off party, turned their modest celebrations into a day of protest against the growing authoritarianism of President Da [...] |
2007-07-24 21:47:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NU PREL EAID PINS |
| 07MANAGUA1789 |
LAND DISPUTES THREATEN TOURISM SECTOR INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. investor reports that local FSLN members, with backing from senior FSLN official Lenin Cerna, have orchestrated a land invasion and smear campaign to derail a USD 88 million tourism development along the southwest coast of Nicaragua. In retaliation for going public with a [...] |
2007-07-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA179 |
FOREIGN MINISTER SANTOS STRUGGLES TO JUGGLE THE [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos (Refs. E-H) is struggling to juggle the demands and impositions of anti-U.S., populist, authoritarian-minded allies against the concerns and expectations of the U.S. and other like-minded governments. We reminded Santos that any dangers [...] |
2007-01-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA181 |
BONILLA: LIBERALS MUST MEND THEIR DIFFERENCES OR [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) lawmaker Yamileth Bonilla, who heads the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, believes that President Ortega's efforts to consolidate his power only days after assuming office have shocked the ALN and rival Liberal Constitutional Party [...] |
2007-01-23 17:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1817 |
UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN NICARAGUA [...] (S) On July 26, per reftel instructions we met with Foreign Ministry Director General for the Americas Orlando Gomez and urged that Nicaragua not continue business as usual with Iran. We also highlighted Nicaragua's requirements under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, especially the prohibitions under [...] |
2007-07-30 17:12:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP IR NU |
| 07MANAGUA182 |
HUMAN RIGHTS NGO TERMS ORTEGA GOVERNMENT "WORST [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Permanent Human Rights Council (CPDH) believe that the turn the Ortega government has taken since it assumed power is the "worst-nightmare scenario." They recently warned the Ambassador that President Ortega will not leave office for at least ten years unless Nic [...] |
2007-01-23 18:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
| 07MANAGUA1825 |
NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1826 |
62ND UNGA GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NO DETAILS YET FROM [...] (U) On July 26, POLOFF met with Orlando Gomez, Director General of the America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) to deliver points as directed in REFTELs. Gomez responded that while the Foreign Minister had recently raised the issue of whether to attend UNGA with Presiden [...] |
2007-07-30 23:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA SOCI TSPL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1846 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JULY 2007 [...] (U) Summary: In July of the 2006-2007 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not resolve any Embassy-registered property claims. Since January 1995, 2,514 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 655 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 679 registered [...] |
2007-08-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1847 |
NICARAGUA: NEW TRADE MINISTER TAKES PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) New Minister of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) Orlando SOLORZANO Delgadillo says he will focus on areas of common interest between Nicaragua and the United States, including trade and economic integration. He mentioned several specific areas of concern regarding CAFTA-DR, inclu [...] |
2007-08-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1865 |
PROPOSED U.S. TOBACCO TAX WOULD JEOPARDIZE JOBS [...] (SBU) In an August 2 meeting with he Ambassador, representatives of the Nicaraguan cigar industry voiced concern that a proposal to increase cigar taxes in the United States will snuff out growth in their sector. They warned that the tax would jeopardize the jobs of 15,000 direct employees and [...] |
2007-08-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1866 |
2006 REPORT ON THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY [...] (U) The newly-published 2006 Report on Political Culture of Democracy in Nicaragua presents important data on the long-term patterns of public opinion regarding democracy, corruption, economic well-being, and the effectiveness of national vs. municipal government. Produced under USAID auspices, the [...] |
2007-08-08 17:40:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1873 |
EMBASSY MANAGUA ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Due to recent political changes in Nicaragua, it remains to be seen whether the GON will continue to cooperate with the U.S. on broad high-level security policy. Even so, day-to-day operational cooperation remains strong, particularly with the National Police and the military. We believ [...] |
2007-08-08 23:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PREL XK |
| 07MANAGUA1880 |
AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 6 MEETING WITH EDUARDO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Eduardo Montealegre leader of Nicaragua's Liberal Alliance (ALN) at Montealegre,s request on August 6. Montealegre expressed his doubts about the possibilities of forming a strategic liberal alliance with Liberal Constitutional Party of Nicaragua (PLC) before the [...] |
2007-08-09 18:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1904 |
CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADER IN NICARAGUA ON HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Monsignor Bernardo Hombach, Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Granada offered his assessment of the human rights situation in Nicaragua, citing a corrupt judicial system, a government run on political patronage, and illegal narcotics trafficking as the gravest challenges facin [...] |
2007-08-13 22:49:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1921 |
MOMENT OF TRUTH FOR THE PLC [...] (C) Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) stands at a pivotal juncture. An upcoming vote (date TBD) on the issue of Citizens' Councils in the National Assembly will auger whether former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman's power over the party is waning. At stake too are [...] |
2007-08-15 20:41:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1922 |
NICARAGUA: FINANCIAL SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Despite President Ortega's increasingly anti-capitalist rhetoric, the GON has not significantly changed economic policy vis a vis the previous administration. As a result, the financial sector has remained stable. The exchange rate continues on its 5% crawling peg and foreign res [...] |
2007-08-15 20:47:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1933 |
Implementation of Nicaragua's 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega's 2007 $1.5 billion national budget, approved by the National Assembly in March, does not differ markedly from the October 2006 version presented by the Bolanos administration. The Sandinista budget did shift additional resources toward health, education and agr [...] |
2007-08-17 17:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA194 |
NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 22 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, newly minted Minister of Finance and Public Credit Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon sressed that the clear intention of the Ortega administration is to maintain macroeconomic stability. Guevara reported that he is talking to [...] |
2007-01-24 18:58:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EINV NU |
| 07MANAGUA1944 |
ORTEGA RAMPS-UP CITIZEN COUNCILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal reforms pushed through the National Assembly early in the year have enabled President Daniel Ortega to put in play his "direct democracy" gambit through Citizen Councils (CPC). Under the control of the First Lady, Rosario Murillo, Ortega plans to have nearly 17,000 CPCs ( [...] |
2007-08-20 17:09:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA1947 |
QUESTION: "SHOULD YOU BUY REAL ESTATE AND RETIRE IN [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: For two years, Grace Brunton occupied a one-of-a-kind job at Embassy/Managua, that of Economic Officer-in-charge of helping American citizens obtain settlements from the Nicaraguan government for property expropriated during Sandinista rule in the 1980s. Despite t [...] |
2007-08-20 20:56:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA1952 |
NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT SEIZES EXXON FUEL STORAGE [...] (C) Summary: After close of business on August 17, local police showed up at Esso/Nicaragua's Corinto I fuel storage facility located at the Port of Corinto and on a judge's order seized the facility. Exxon officials believe that the pretext for the seizure was a tax issue involving the exem [...] |
2007-08-21 00:28:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD EPET NU |
| 07MANAGUA196 |
FM SANTOS CLAIMS OIL CONCESSIONS WILL MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos informed us that the government of Nicaragua (GON) will facilitate the opening of oil exploration concessions on the Atlantic Coast that have been stalled for legal reasons. Santos also used the occasion to request assistance for the milit [...] |
2007-01-24 19:37:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NU |
| 07MANAGUA1963 |
FEAR AND LOATHING ON NICARAGUA'S ATLANTIC COAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Our contacts on Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast ("costenos") support the Ambassador's non-combative engagement strategy with President Ortega's administration. With many households almost wholly dependent on remittances from family members working in the U.S., costenos are fearful of [...] |
2007-08-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA197 |
NICARAGUA LETTER TO USTR SCHWAB AND SECRETARY OF [...] (U) On January 18, 2007 the Embassy received an original letter in English dated December 12 and addressed to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and to Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johannes from the Minister of Development, Industry, and Trade Alejandro Arguello and Minister of Agricultur [...] |
2007-01-24 20:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR FAS WTO NU |
| 07MANAGUA1980 |
NICARAGUA: IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On August 20, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Julio Cesar Bendana, Director for Competition and Regulatory Efficiency at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development. Bendana expressed interest in establishing a dialogue on product safety (imported and domestic goods). He [...] |
2007-08-24 22:42:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA1987 |
IRANIAN ASSITANCE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: From July 31 to August 5, an Iranian technical delegation headed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian visited Nicaragua to follow-up on assistance promises made by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two government will meet again in November in the first meeting [...] |
2007-08-27 21:10:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ECON PGOV CVIS NU IR |
| 07MANAGUA2000 |
NICARAGUAN ECONOMY COASTING - BUT STRAINS ARE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's Second Economic Roundtable reviewed the performance of different economic sectors and painted a picture of an economy coasting on the achievements of the Bolanos administration, early signs of a slowdown, and increasing strains between the GON and businesses. The [...] |
2007-08-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV ETRD EPET EINV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2001 |
BOLANOS-DAVIS CASE: SILENCING CRITICS MADE EASY [...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Alejandro Bolanos-Davis met with us on August 24 to give us his reaction to his seemingly permanent expulsion from the National Assembly, the next moves in his case, and his overview of Nicaraguan politics. Bolanos-Davis is convinced that the Ortega regime will not [...] |
2007-08-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2003 |
BRAZIL AND NICARAGUA: I SAY ETHANOL, YOU SAY HYDRO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Luiz Ignacio "Lula" da Silva's August 7-8 visit to Nicaragua was the first by a Brazilian head of state in over 100 years. While Lula's focus for the visit was ethanol and business opportunities that take advantage of CAFTA, Ortega tried to interest the Brazilians in p [...] |
2007-08-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON PGOV NU IR |
| 07MANAGUA2006 |
NICARAGUANS SEEK NEW GROUND RULES FOR PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) Summary. In an August 23 meeting with Econoff, Attorney General Estrada said that in processing property claims, his government will now distinguish between those who were U.S. citizens at the time of expropriation and those who were not. In the meeting, Nicaraguan officials alleged tha [...] |
2007-08-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA2008 |
NICARAGUA NOMINATES ANTI-U.S., FORMER AMCIT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nicaragua plans to nominate former Foreign Minister, Miguel D'ESCOTO Brockmann, a gratuitously anti-U.S., former AMCIT, and former Catholic priest, as the GRULAC candidate for President of the 63rd Session of the UNGA (2008-2009), Foreign Minister Samuel Santos told us on August 2 [...] |
2007-08-30 19:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC PINR CVIS UNGA VT NU |
| 07MANAGUA2009 |
NICARAGUA NOMINATES ANTI-U.S., FORMER AMCIT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nicaragua plans to nominate former Foreign Minister, Miguel D'ESCOTO Brockmann, a gratuitously anti-U.S., former AMCIT, and former Catholic priest, as the GRULAC candidate for President of the 63rd Session of the UNGA (2008-2009), Foreign Minister Samuel Santos told us on August 2 [...] |
2007-08-30 19:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC PINR CVIS UNGA VT NU |
| 07MANAGUA2016 |
NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT STILL CONTROLS EXXON FUEL [...] (C) Summary: Ten days after the government seized one of Esso/Nicaragua's fuel depots at the Port of Corinto, it refuses to return the facility to Esso without preconditions. The government wants Esso to honor third party contracts involving the use of the depot; for safety and liability rea [...] |
2007-08-31 00:06:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ETRD NU |
| 07MANAGUA202 |
SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, in a meeting at Sandinista Party Headquarters, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel), led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with then SIPDIS President-elect Daniel Ortega a new regional health-care training initiat [...] |
2007-01-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
| 07MANAGUA2021 |
NICARAGUA: DOLE PITCHES NEMAGON SETTLEMENT TO [...] (C) Dole Food Company President and CEO David DeLorenzo met with President Ortega on August 28 to deliver a new proposal for the settlement of health claims related to the pesticide Nemagon. DeLorenzo reports that Ortega was receptive to the proposal, which would include payments to affected [...] |
2007-09-04 16:32:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV SENV SOCI ELAB NU |
| 07MANAGUA2024 |
MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE [...] (U) This cable includes a COM Disaster Declaration Message. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At 5:15 am local time on Tuesday, August 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall 20 miles north of the city of Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Initial reports from the regio [...] |
2007-09-05 01:11:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2025 |
MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE [...] (U) This cable includes a COM Disaster Declaration Message. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At 5:15 am local time on Tuesday, August 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall 20 miles north of the city of Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Initial reports from the regio [...] |
2007-09-05 01:35:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2031 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: AUGUST 2007 [...] Summary: In August 2007, the first month of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of one Embassy-registered property claim. Since January 1995, 2,515 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 656 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolve [...] |
2007-09-05 22:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA2032 |
MANAGUA SITREP 2: HURRICANE FELIX AFTERMATH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Today we were able to make our first on-the-ground assessment of damage to Puerto Cabezas. Lack of potable water and adequate shelter are the most severe problems. Structural damage in Puerto Cabezas is extensive, but was mostly to building roofs; aside from a hospital, few structure [...] |
2007-09-06 01:22:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2043 |
NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION IN UNISON: FACT OR FICTION? [...] (C) On September 4, leaders from the two main liberal opposition parties in Nicaragua, the Liberal Alliance of Nicaragua (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) announced that they had signed an agreement to pursue a common legislative agenda. A few days later, on September 7, both [...] |
2007-09-07 00:38:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NU |
| 07MANAGUA2044 |
MANAGUA SITREP 3: HURRICANE FELIX USG RELIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. We continued our field assessments today. The hardest hit area seems to be a triangular-shaped area (Puerto Cabezas-Sandy Bay-Rosita) where the devastation has been extreme. Sandy Bay and surrounding communities were virtually destroyed. Interior towns of Bonanza, Siuna and [...] |
2007-09-07 02:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2055 |
NICARAGUA: EXXON AT IMPASSE WITH GOVERNMENT OVER [...] (C) Summary: Since our last report, Exxon and the government converted their earlier exchange of letters into a memorandum of understanding, with the Government of Nicaragua adding some potentially troubling language. On September 3, the negotiators for the two sides submitted the memorandum t [...] |
2007-09-07 22:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ETRD NU |
| 07MANAGUA2059 |
MANAGUA SITREP 4: WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE AS U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Our plan to distribute relief supplies outward from Puerto Cabezas went into effect this morning. We began moving supplies to Sandy Bay and the surrounding area. As of late afternoon, we had also transported 25,000 lbs of supplies from Managua to Puerto Cabezas with JTF-B heli [...] |
2007-09-07 23:23:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2086 |
NICARAGUA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON IPR ISSUES [...] Summary: Econoff delivered Ref. A talking points to Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Development (MIFIC) officials on September 6 to inform them of the World Health Organization (WHO) Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) process on public health and IPR issues and to seek their support for p [...] |
2007-09-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA2100 |
MANAGUA SITREP 6: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 02:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2102 |
MANAGUA SITREP 6: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY. Following the re-activation of the Samuel Roberts' two SH-60 helicopters on September 10, a total of 19 sorties have been carried out, delivering relief supplies, medical supplies, doctors, and security personnel to nine outlining communities in the Northern Atlantic Autonom [...] |
2007-09-13 14:31:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2110 |
ALN PUSHING THE LIBERAL UNITY ENVELOPE [...] (C) The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance party (ALN) is pushing its fellow opposition Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC) to prove that its true intentions are to cooperate against the Sandinista regime of President Ortega. As reported reftel, The ALN and PLC have signed agreements covering both a [...] |
2007-09-13 22:40:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2116 |
NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT RETURNS EXXON FUEL DEPOT [...] (C) Summary. Exxon representatives informed the Embassy that Esso/Nicaragua's Corinto I fuel depot was returned to Esso/Nicaragua during the afternoon of September 13. This triggered the signing of a memorandum of intent between the government and Esso/Nicaragua, stating Esso's willingness to [...] |
2007-09-14 01:14:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ETRD NU |
| 07MANAGUA2117 |
MANAGUA SITREP 7: U.S. RELIEF TOPS USD 1.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, U.S. SH-60 helicopters carried out 13 relief flights and delivered nearly 26,000 pounds of relief materials as well as medical and security personal. The morning of September 14, two JTF-B CH-47 Chinook helicopters will arrive in Managua and begin operations. [...] |
2007-09-14 01:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2135 |
NICARAGUAN CIVIL SOCIETY ALLIANCE UNITES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Some ten thousand Nicaraguan opposition members, political leaders, and regular citizens turned out for a rally organized by the pro-democracy civil society organization Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) on Sunday, September 9 in the streets of Masaya to voice a united opposition to [...] |
2007-09-18 20:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2148 |
MANAGUA SITREP 8 (FINAL): SUMMARY OF RELIEF [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. military assets concluded emergency relief operations on September 17. Assets flew a total of 136 sorties and transported some 595,000 lbs of relief supplies and materials over a 10-day period. On September 17 the Government of Nicaragua (GON) disaster team (SINAPRED) clos [...] |
2007-09-19 23:20:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2150 |
NICARAGUA ON ICAO: NO RESPONSE ON SPLIT-CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR NU |
| 07MANAGUA2152 |
Nicaraguan Port Authority signs grant with USTDA [...] (U) Summary: On August 23, the National Port Authority (EPN) signed a $510,000 grant agreement with the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA) for technical assistance in drafting a National Ports Law. The new law will allow, for the first time, public-private investment in the country [...] |
2007-09-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2168 |
NICARAGUA: OPIC MOSBACHER ANNOUNCES HOUSING [...] (C) On September 12, OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher announced that his agency will expand an existing mortgage facility with local bank Bancentro to fund the reconstruction of houses destroyed by Hurricane Felix. In a subsequent meeting, CEO Mosbacher explained to Free Trade Zone (FT [...] |
2007-09-21 15:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET EFIN NU |
| 07MANAGUA2169 |
CHECKBOOK DIPLOMACY? TAIWANESE PRESIDENT VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On Aug 26-28, President Chen Shui-ban of Taiwan visited Nicaragua as part of an effort to retain Nicaragua's diplomatic recognition of his country. For the Nicaraguans, the visit was an opportunity to secure more assistance and foreign investment. Throughout the visit, Chen repe [...] |
2007-09-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV ENRG TW NU |
| 07MANAGUA2185 |
SILENCING CRITICS: ATTACKING THE OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (S) The anti-democratic forces of the Ortega government combined with the corrupt powerbroker Arnoldo Aleman are mounting a politically motivated attack against the leader of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Eduardo Montealegre. The Comptroller General's office has accused Montealegre of [...] |
2007-09-24 22:20:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV ECON EFIN RELAM KDEM KCOR NU |
| 07MANAGUA2189 |
Nicaragua supports Strauss-Kahn for IMF Director [...] (U) On September 20, the Nicaraguan Central Bank informed post of the GON's support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn as candidate as Director General of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), by sending us a press release. 2. (U) Below please find the full text of the Nicaraguan Central Bank mess [...] |
2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA2203 |
SWEDEN ENDS COOPERATION WITH NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, the Embassy of Sweden announced that the country will end its foreign assistance program in Nicaragua as part of a global strategy that aims to focus its international aid to countries in Africa and Eastern Europe. Members of the Nicaraguan National Assembly and in [...] |
2007-09-25 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EWWT PREL ECON PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2207 |
CITIZEN COUNCILS - FULL STEAM AHEAD? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 20 meeting, Citizens' Power Councils (CPCs) Managua coordinator Eliaz Chevez asserted the National Assembly's (NA) vote to remove authorization for the executive to create such entities from Law 290 is "not substantial" and that the CPCs will "continue to move for [...] |
2007-09-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2211 |
ATLANTIC COAST - THE LONG (WINDING) ROAD BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The indigenous Miskito indians of Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) believe the Nicaraguan government (GON) failed to adequately warn them of Hurricane Felix's September 4 arrival and has not done enough to help them. Miskito leaders believe the true death tol [...] |
2007-09-26 23:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV MOPS AEMR KPAO CASC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2212 |
NICARAGUA: TEXTILE/APPAREL UPDATE [...] (SBU) The textile and apparel sector continues to grow in Nicaragua as firms take advantage of CAFTA-DR market access, relatively low wages, and geographic proximity to the United States. The sector added 6,000 new jobs in 2006, and exports to the United States grew from $525 million to $697 [...] |
2007-09-26 23:18:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX PREL NU |
| 07MANAGUA2223 |
SUBJECT: NICARAGUA: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Eight months into Daniel Ortega's term as president, his socialist rhetoric continues to worry potential and current investors in Nicaragua. Beginning on the day of his inauguration, Ortega launched into anti-capitalist, anti-neoliberal, and increasingly anti-American rhetoric, i [...] |
2007-09-28 23:33:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2232 |
PATRONAGE TRUMPS PROFESSIONALISM AT NICARAGUAN TOURISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Nicaraguan tourism industry complain that the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) has been decimated by an overhaul in personnel since President Ortega took office in January. They report INTUR is "paralyzed," offering no strategic vision for the sector. [...] |
2007-10-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2233 |
NICARAGUAN FM SANTOS LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE: [...] (U) On Tuesday, September 25, we received, under cover of a Foreign Ministry (MINREX) diplomatic note, a letter to the Secretary from Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos. The letter thanks the U.S. for assistance rendered during Hurricane Felix and, citing the internal displacement and [...] |
2007-10-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG ODPC PREL PREF CVIS NU |
| 07MANAGUA2246 |
REAL OPPOSITION, OR AN END TO CHECKS AND BALANCES? [...] (C) Some members of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) appear to be on the verge of joining forces with the pro-democracy Liberal Alliance of Nicaragua (ALN) party, headed by Eduardo Montealegre, despite that fact that under its leader, former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman, [...] |
2007-10-03 23:14:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA225 |
ATMOSPHERICS OF ORTEGA INAUGURATION: CHAOS AND POPULISM TRUMPS SECURITY AND PROTOCOL [...] (C) Summary: The inauguration of President Daniel Ortega on January 10 projected an odd image of disorder, amateurism, and unceremonious conduct, where populism trumped protocol, and security was virtually non-existent. Heads of state, royalty, ministers, and other dignitaries from over 64 co [...] |
2007-01-25 22:36:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2255 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT IGNORING BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: At an October 2 meeting donors providing direct budget support to Nicaragua expressed frustration over repeated brush-offs from the government since the Budget Support Group's (BSG) annual performance review in July. BSG members believe the government is assuming that donors will [...] |
2007-10-04 18:20:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2265 |
NICARAGUA: BLUE LANTERN 050056562 [...] On September 20, Econoff and ARSO met with Salvador Luna, owner of Armeria Magnum, at his store located in Centro Comercial, a large shopping center in Managua. In response to Reftel questions, Luna told Emboffs that he founded Armeria Magnum in 2000. Before then, Luna had worked for many y [...] |
2007-10-05 16:13:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC NU |
| 07MANAGUA2286 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] Summary: In September of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy-registered property claim. Nonetheless, one claimant informed the Embassy that she recovered her property. Since January 1995, 2,516 Embassy-registered property c [...] |
2007-10-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA2287 |
LIBERAL UNITY MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Members of several Nicaraguan opposition parties came together on October 4 to pledge their support for a new "National Unity Alliance." It is too early to tell if this new grouping will be the catalyst for building a strong united opposition to the Sandinista regime of President Ortega. [...] |
2007-10-09 15:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2295 |
NICARAGUA: CRIMINALIZATION OF THERAPEUTIC ABORTION [...] (U) Summary: Women's rights organizations, human rights NGOS, and physicians have reacted sharply to the Nicaraguan National Assembly's vote to include in the country's new Penal Code the criminalization of therapeutic abortion. Opponents of the criminalization of all forms of abortion have [...] |
2007-10-10 22:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KWMN NU |
| 07MANAGUA2324 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL TAKES LEAD ON PROPERTY CLAIMS [...] (SBU) Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials told Econoffs in a September 27 monthly meeting on property issues that new administrative procedures for resolving property disputes formally incorporate Attorney General Estrada in the process. They assert these revised procedures will streamline [...] |
2007-10-15 16:44:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA2325 |
ATLANTIC COAST - GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO FUMBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Hurricane Felix the Nicaraguan government continues to mismanage the situation in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). In his presentation before the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega failed to ask the [...] |
2007-10-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV KPAO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2335 |
NICARAGUA: POST REVIEW OF WFP DRAFT COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel A and B request for input from the field regarding the World Food Program's (WFP) Draft Country Program being considered by the WFP Board in Rome. WFP's Nicaragua Draft Country Program for 2008-2012 is good, targeting areas of greatest food insecurity in the [...] |
2007-10-16 17:46:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF EAGR EFIN NU |
| 07MANAGUA2351 |
Persuading Nicaragua to Create an FIU [...] (U) Summary: Speeches delivered by the Ambassador, Nicaraguan Superintendent of Banks Victor Urcuyo, and Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) President Willie Zapata at the opening ceremony of an Embassy-hosted financial investigation training seminar sparked renewed public debate and [...] |
2007-10-17 22:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV SNAR ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA2366 |
MANAGUA SITREP 1 AND COM DISASTER DECLARATION MESSAGE [...] (U) This cable includes a COM disaster declaration. The US Ambassador to Nicaragua requests authority for $50,000 for immediate disaster response. Funds will be programmed with local partners to meet the most urgent needs. Programming details will follow. See Para 7 2. (U) Summary: A [...] |
2007-10-19 23:41:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2367 |
NICARAGUA: BIOFUELS PANEL AT CCAA CONFERENCE [...] (U) Nicaragua joined the ethanol market in 2007, when Nicaraguan Sugar Estates (NSE) started sending shipments of sugar cane ethanol to Europe. NSE hopes to double that volume in 2008 when expanded facilities come on line. Other sugar producers have moved to take advantage of world demand fo [...] |
2007-10-22 18:49:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAGR EINV ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA2368 |
BUSINESS SECTOR PRIVATELY EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE [...] (C) Summary: On September 19, the Ambassador hosted his third Economic Roundtable with representatives of the private sector. While economic indicators are generally positive, some participants questioned whether economic growth can be sustained given power shortages and a deteriorating inve [...] |
2007-10-22 19:01:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET EINV PREL PGOV ETRD NU |
| 07MANAGUA2372 |
OCTOBER FLOODS: USG INITIAL RESPONSE [...] Summary. Preliminary reports by Nicaraguan authorities indicate that 20,266 people have been affected by floods, mostly in the northwest of the country, but scattered over other regions as well, with 8 known deaths and two missing persons. There are no known U.S. citizen casualties. The floods have [...] |
2007-10-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC MASS AEMR KPAO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2373 |
THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REHABILITATION OF ARNOLDO [...] (C) There is a nascent, subtle process underway in Nicaragua that represents a serious threat to the future of democracy in the country and, by extension, U.S. interests: the public rehabilitation of former President and convicted felon Arnoldo Aleman. Polling data consistently shows that Al [...] |
2007-10-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA2375 |
NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO MARKET TO SUPPLY RED BEANS [...] (U) The retail price of red beans, a staple in Nicaragua along with rice and corn, has tripled this year, increasing to $0.97/pound in some local markets from $0.32/pound in January. Adverse weather conditions have damaged two successive crops and are playing havoc with the market. Pre-existi [...] |
2007-10-23 20:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON NU |
| 07MANAGUA2376 |
NICARAGUA: PROPERTY DISPUTE EXPOSES FSLN INFIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute over valuable coastal property at Amarillo Beach may be shedding light on political intrigue and infighting among senior FSLN officials. An internal rift appears to have contributed to the September 20th dismissal of Property Superintendent Mireya Molina. While Attorn [...] |
2007-10-23 20:01:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA2384 |
RAINS STOP; FLOOD RECOVERY CONTINUES [...] Subject: The persistent heavy rains that flooded Nicaragua the past weeks have let up, and relief is starting to flow to victims of the October flooding. President Ortega called together a meeting of donors on October 23 to urge for international assistance in response to the second natural [...] |
2007-10-26 16:58:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CASC MASS AEMR EAID KPAO NU |
| 07MANAGUA2393 |
Nicaragua: Government Back in the Microfinance Business? [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly has approved two bills creating a National Development Bank (NDB). A state-owned institution, the NDB will operate as a first story financial institution providing small loans to both urban and rural Nicaraguan producers. The GON will provide USD 8 million [...] |
2007-10-29 21:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA2399 |
IAAC/WALKER: NICARAGUA NON-COMMITAL; 63RD [...] (U) On October 25, poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Mario Barquero, the new Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, soliciting Nicaragua's support for David Walker's candidacy for the IAAC. Barquero offered no comment on Walker's candidacy, but took a [...] |
2007-10-30 19:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA NU |
| 07MANAGUA2402 |
REGIONAL PARTNERS SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT DIRECTION [...] (C) Ambassadors from Spain, Japan, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico share similar concerns about the direction of Nicaragua under the Ortega Government. They are frustrated by the GON's lack of professionalism, transparency and accountability, and have a low level of confidence in the gove [...] |
2007-10-30 21:57:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID BR CI CO ECON JA MX NU PREL XM |
| 07MANAGUA241 |
A BLOW TO DEMOCRACY: LIBERALS DELIVER MORE POWER [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan National Assembly approved on January 24 a series of reforms to Law 290 -- which defines the roles of the ministries and other executive institutions -- that grant more authority to the Presidency and reduce transparency by considerably reducing civilian controls ove [...] |
2007-01-26 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU |
| 07MANAGUA242 |
MARTINEZ CUENCA LAUDS U.S. POLICY TOWARDS ORTEGA [...] (C) In Sandinista-dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca's recent meeting with the Ambassador, he applauded President Bush's "magnificent" decision to call Ortega before the inauguration, terming the gesture the "best antidote to keep Ortega from straying" and to check Venezuelan President Hugo [...] |
2007-01-26 22:56:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
| 07MANAGUA2422 |
NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: OCTOBER 2007 [...] Summary: In October of the 2007-2008 waiver year, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy-registered property claim. Since January 1995, 2,516 Embassy-registered property claims belonging to 657 American citizens (Amcits) have been resolved. There remain 677 r [...] |
2007-11-05 15:08:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU |
| 07MANAGUA2428 |
NICARAGUA: INPUT FOR THE SEVENTH CBERA REPORT [...] As requested in reftel, the following is post's input for the Seventh Report on Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Statistical Information ----------------------- 2. Population (2006, estimate): 5,457,000 (Nicaraguan National Statistics and Census Office) Real GDP per Capi [...] |
2007-11-05 21:15:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON ELAB PGOV NU |
| 07MANAGUA244 |
SECRETARY LEAVITT,S MEETING WITH SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, 2007, the U.S. Presidential Delegation (Presdel), led by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, discussed with Salvadoran President Tony Saca a new regional health-care training initiative; Salvador's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program; bilater [...] |
2007-01-29 14:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL |
| 07MANAGUA2442 |
NICARAGUA: PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT UNPREPARED TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Property Superintendent Yara Perez and other Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials were unprepared to discuss U.S. citizen claims during the October 25 monthly Working Group meeting on property issues. GON officials insist that they will prioritize cases of natural-born U.S. citizens o [...] |
2007-11-07 16:51:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON |