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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04PANAMA1014 |
PANAMA RESULTS: MARTIN TORRIJOS IS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-03 02:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1046 |
EMBOFFS DISCUSS COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION, [...] (C) On April 22, PolOffs met with Russian Embassy Counselor (DCM) Oleg Ostrovskiy and First Secretary Evgeny Lebedev for our first tete-a-tete. Both GOR diplomats are Americas specialists and have already served in Panama for a year or more. Noting the good relationship between our countries [...] |
2004-05-03 22:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EWWT PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1047 |
PANAMA MAY 2 ELECTION RESULTS: POWERFUL PRD AND [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) won a commanding popular mandate in Panama's May 2, 2004 elections, sweeping all provinces but one. The results were a stinging rebuke of President Mireya Moscoso, whose five-year term will end on September 1, 20 [...] |
2004-05-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL CHIEF POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA111 |
ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Former president Guillermo Endara has mapped a come-from-behind election strategy, positioned himself as the campaign's most serious anti-corruption reformer, derides front-runner Martin Torrijos's lack of experience and ability, and plans tough talks with U.S. negotiators on agriculture [...] |
2004-01-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1116 |
PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...] |
2004-05-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA145 |
PANAMA VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAMUEL LEWIS [...] (C) In recent meeting with Pol Counselor, first vice presidential candidate Samuel Lewis Navarro argued that the Martin Torrijos ticket of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) offers Panama its best chance to improve social and economic conditions in Panama and eliminate the threat to dem [...] |
2004-01-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EINV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1700 |
WHERE IS PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT HEADING? [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his inner circle, due to take power on September 1, are pushing an energetic and ambitious transition agenda featuring clear-cut goals in foreign policy (priority to the U.S. and Colombia), security (cooperation with U.S. objectives, new attention to the Caribbean coast [...] |
2004-07-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1949 |
PANAMA: SCENE SETTER FOR GEN. HILL'S AUG. 12 VISIT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your August 12 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding training programs shared between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on civilian controlled security forces, transparency and anti-corruption within P [...] |
2004-08-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1953 |
NO DECISION IMMINENT ON CHINA/TAIWAN DIPLOMATIC [...] IN A BREAKFAST MEETING ON JULY 29, PANAMA'S VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT (AND PRESUMPTIVE FOREIGN MINISTER) SAMUEL LEWIS NAVARRO TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT THE INCOMING TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT IS FAR FROM MAKING A DECISION ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION OF CHINA. REFERRING TO LEWIS' JUNE 30 INQUIR [...] |
2004-08-02 18:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA204 |
PANAMA PRESIDENT MOSCOSO DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) On January 21 Special Envoy for Hemispheric Initiatives Otto Reich, accompanied by Ambassador Watt, met with Panama President Mireya Moscoso. Flanked by Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias and Commerce and Industries Minister Joaquin Jacome, Moscoso pushed an April 2004 start date for the bi [...] |
2004-01-30 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA205 |
PANAMA'S FOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MEET WHITE [...] (SBU) On January 22, Special Envoy Otto Reich and Ambassador Watt met with Panama's four presidential candidates -- Ricardo Martinelli, front-runner Martin Torrijos, Jose Miguel Aleman, and Guillermo Endara. The candidates explained their strategies, goals, and priorities in a series of 10-m [...] |
2004-01-30 21:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2105 |
SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I want to express our warmest welcome on your upcoming September 1, 2004 visit to Panama's Presidential Inauguration. Following your November 3, 2003 visit to Panama's Centennial celebrations (reftel), your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos [...] |
2004-08-18 22:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2274 |
PANAMA: TAIWANâ€PRC RECOGNITION ISSUE SIMMERS AS [...] (C) With a new, more PRC"friendly Panama government in office on September 1, the question of whether newly inaugurated President Martin Torrijos might drop Panama's long"standing diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in favor of the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues [...] |
2004-09-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM CM TW POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2362 |
PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS AMBASSADOR WATT [...] (C) In a September 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro, Ambassador Watt discussed the Secretary's recent visit to Panama and President Torrijos' travel plans to the UN General Assembly in New York. The Ambassador also discussed ways Panama could contribute to the corruption [...] |
2004-09-16 22:03:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2452 |
PANAMA PLANS ASSERTIVE, COHERENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) The Torrijos administration plans to run a much more ambitious foreign policy than its predecessor, aiming to sell the Panama "brand" to the world. First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel LEWIS Navarro has repeatedly indicated to the Ambassador and EmbOffs that the Torrijos team [...] |
2004-09-29 21:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2530 |
PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT IN PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH [...] (C) WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Fisk's October 5-7 meetings with President Torrijos and key cabinet officials brought friendly and productive exchanges on security and law enforcement cooperation; foreign policy; economic and trade policy; and good governance/anti-corruption. DAS Fisk [...] |
2004-10-13 18:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG SNAR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2553 |
PANAMA'S NEW ADMINISTRATION SCORES RECORD COCAINE [...] (C) Panamanian Public Forces and Embassy Officers contributed to record detainee transfers and cocaine captures in recent weeks, as part of on-going counter-drug Operation Panama Express task force operations. On September 21, Panama National Maritime Service (SMN) marines, Panamanian Publi [...] |
2004-10-15 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2583 |
DAS FISK TOURS PANAMA'S REMOTE DARIEN BORDER REGION [...] (SBU) WHA DAS Dan Fisk and Ambassador Watt, with POL Counselor and NAS Director, visited three locales in Panama's rugged and remote Darien province October 6, including the provincial capital, La Palma. They spent the day viewing Panamanian National Police (PNP) border installations, greeti [...] |
2004-10-19 18:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2691 |
SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...] |
2004-11-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2698 |
PANAMA RESPONDS TO CNIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) This message contains action requests. Embassy requests Department's guidance on questions in paragraphs 2 and 3. Embassy understands that Department wants to elicit a formal positive response by diplomatic note no later than December 1. In order to meet that deadline, Embassy would [...] |
2004-11-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR MOPS PM EARI POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2777 |
PANAMA PROBABLY WILL NOT MOVE TO OPPOSE [...] (C) This Embassy and other observers hoped that Panama's UNGA voting patterns soon might become more congenial to U.S. interests, given the recent election of Martin Torrijos, a young, modernizing president; his avowed intent to make Panama's UN General Assembly voting "more predictable"; and [...] |
2004-11-16 21:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM UNGA POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2829 |
PANAMA GOVERNMENT WEATHERS FIERCE CRITICISM AS IT [...] (C) With apparent support from President Martin Torrijos, Minister of Government and Justice Hector Aleman is moving to centralize control of the Panamanian Public Forces (PPF). MOGJ sources contend that under the government of former president Mireya Moscoso, MOGJ exercised weak oversight of [...] |
2004-11-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2921 |
SECDEF RUMSFELD'S TWO-DAY PANAMA TOUR A SUCCESS [...] (C) In a two-day visit to Panama November 13-14, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Panamanian President Torrijos and top cabinet officials, visited and overflew the Panama Canal, laid a wreath at the American Battle Monument Commission's Corozal Cemetary, and held a news conferenc [...] |
2004-12-03 19:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM CM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2943 |
PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Six days before leaving office, late on the evening of August 25, 2004, Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned fou [...] |
2004-12-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PGOV EFIN ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA325 |
PANAMA'S PROGRESS ON MARITIME SECURITY -- GOOD [...] (SBU) The September 11 attacks called significant attention to the potential for terrorist exploitation of Panama,s leading maritime position. Panama has the world,s largest flag state registry with approximately 6300 vessels over 500 gross metric tons and approximately 300,000 seafarers. Ad [...] |
2004-02-11 20:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP PTER ETTC PREL PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA353 |
PANAMA POLITICAL ANALYST ON MAY 2 ELECTION: [...] (C) Former Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) political operative turned independent consultant and analyst, Jose Isabel Blandon, told DCM and POL Counselor that the PRD's superior numbers and organization and a divided opposition probably will secure the presidency for Martin Torrijos on M [...] |
2004-02-13 22:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA540 |
LA PRENSA FOUNDER ROBERTO EISENMANN SLAMS PANAMA'S [...] (C) Roberto Eisenmann, Jr., founder of Panama's anti-dictatorship daily newspaper La Prensa, since 1990 turned political maverick and op-ed gadfly, recently shared with POL Counselor some caustic commentary on what he called the "outrageous" attitude of Panama's political class and its corrup [...] |
2004-03-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA576 |
PANAMA ADOPTS "ENERGETIC MEASURES" AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the past ten days (March 1-9) the Panamanian government (GOP) organized an inter-agency anti-TIP working group, set into motion a 45-day action plan, launched a public awareness campaign, prepared tougher anti-TIP legislation, readied a victims hotline, and announced that it had iden [...] |
2004-03-09 20:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA802 |
PANAMA'S DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY PARTY (PRD) AND [...] (C) The prospect of a PRD government assuming power on September 1 is high, barring an unforeseen development. Martin Torrijos enjoys a big lead in the polls barely four weeks before Panama's May 2 presidential election. According to many observers, Martin has consolidated his control over t [...] |
2004-04-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA875 |
PANAMA'S FORMER PRESIDENT GUILLERMO ENDARA DRIVES [...] (SBU) His campaign may lack money and glitz and his poll numbers are stubbornly stuck in second place behind Martin Torrijos but former president Guillermo Endara (1989-1994) is confident his single-message campaign -- that he is Panama's only hope for honest government -- will catapult him to [...] |
2004-04-14 22:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1352 |
AS HIS POPULARITY PLUMMETS, PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Apparently surprised by the persistence of anti-CSS (Social Security) reform agitation following passage of a June 1 reform bill (see Reftel), and as one poll placed his approval rating at just over 20%, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos on June 16 proposed a 90-day social security refo [...] |
2005-06-21 22:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1416 |
PANAMA AND CUBA SET TO REESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-01 21:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1423 |
SENIOR PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT CARACAS JULY [...] (C) Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis called POL Counselor July 5 to let us know that he plans a one-day visit to Venezuela tomorrow, July 6, to meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez to "review" the bilateral relationship. Minister of Government and Justice Hector Aleman [...] |
2005-07-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1496 |
PANAMA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS STUCK ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Panamanian concerns about suspected Venezuelan meddling in Panama's internal politics and domestic headaches due to high oil prices prompted Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and two GOP cabinet officials to meet Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez in Caracas on Jul [...] |
2005-07-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAIR EPET PM VE OAS IDB POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1553 |
(C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...] |
2005-07-22 22:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1613 |
PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER GENERAL DANI KUZNIECKY [...] (C) Disturbed by an administration he sees as rudderless and by President Torrijos's lack of attention to his reform agenda, especially anti-corruption, Comptroller Dani Kuzniecky is considering throwing in the towel. Kuzniecky's defection would deprive Torrijos of one of his most able refor [...] |
2005-08-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1695 |
(C) PANAMA: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Embassy maintains excellent informal relations with Taiwan diplomats in Panama and frequently engages in productive dialogue with them. For instance, PolOffs have met with former Taiwan ambassador David Hu and current Taiwan ambassador Tomas Hu several times. (See Reftel B.) PolOffs [...] |
2005-08-12 22:53:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PM TW POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1729 |
PANAMANIAN INSIDERS ACCUSE TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) This message is the first in a three"part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it approaches its September 1 first anniversary. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION """""""""""""""""""""""" 2. (C) Martin Torrijos's reform"m [...] |
2005-08-19 22:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1781 |
DIP NOTE RECEIVED FROM GOP RE: ACCESS TO NATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 3. 2. (U) Following is an unofficial translation of a Diplomatic Note received by the Panama Embassy's Political Section regarding a request for a document from the National Archives in Washington, DC. BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF [...] |
2005-08-29 20:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1975 |
PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT AND FM ON CASTRO, CHAVEZ, AND [...] (C) Summary: President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador that his government is under intense domestic pressure to strike a cheap oil deal with Chavez. The GOP hopes to address this by enticing Mexico to become a counterweight by offering similar oil deals. Torrijos believes that Ch [...] |
2005-09-29 22:18:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1976 |
PANAMA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 29, Panamanian President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador Eaton that he shares our concerns about developments in Nicaragua and urged the U.S. to maintain a broad range of contacts and channels with the entire spectrum of Nicaraguan political parties and pl [...] |
2005-09-29 23:07:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2020 |
PANAMA,S ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES FULL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Panama,s Attorney General pledged to cooperate fully with the USG as the case against former Nicaraguan President Aleman goes before a judge on November 23. There are opportunities for the USG to assist Panamanian prosecutors as they prepare for the November hearing. An arres [...] |
2005-10-06 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2025 |
INTERAGENCY TEAM DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Panamanian President Torrijos and his principal national security advisors met with a visiting USG interagency delegation September 29 and agreed to pursue enhanced information sharing, improve border security cooperation, and develop a mechanism for closer bilateral security coo [...] |
2005-10-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PINR PINS MARR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2162 |
PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL [...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP), citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...] |
2005-10-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2200 |
AMBASSADOR EATON DISCUSSES PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION [...] (U) Ambassador William Eaton met with French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert on October 31, 2005. The ambassadors discussed French interests in Panama, President Bush,s November 6-7 visit to Panama, and French ambitions for Panama Canal expansion. End Summary. French Economic Int [...] |
2005-11-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV CMGT PM FR POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA234 |
PANAMANIANS PONDER BOLIVARIAN CIRCLES AND [...] (C) Despite recent press reports and speculation about Venezuelan-inspired Bolivarian Circles in Panama, threatening language from Venezuelan president Chavez that Venezuelan "terrorists" are using Panama as a base, and Panama-Venezuela discussions about oil and other commercial links (to be [...] |
2005-02-01 22:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS ENRG EPET PM VZ POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA235 |
PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS TOUTS POLITICAL VALUE OF [...] (U) This is an action message. See Embassy recommendations in paras 13 and 14 below. Summary ------- 2. (S) Citing internal political pressures and dwindling domestic room for maneuver, President Martin Torrijos on January 27 made a plea to the Ambassador for U.S. concessions in the f [...] |
2005-02-01 22:50:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2369 |
PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS ON THE HUSTINGS WITH [...] (S) President Torrijos invited Ambassador Eaton to accompany him on a November 25 helicopter visit to Cocle Province for a series of civic, cultural and political events. With each mile separating him from Panama City, Torrijos relaxed and transformed into a gregarious politician, enthusiast [...] |
2005-12-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2392 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PANAMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a 3-hour private dinner December 5 at the Residence, Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with Panamanian Foreign Minister (FM) Samuel Lewis Navarro on subjects including U.S. concerns about the integrity of the Panamanian judicial system (including the recent revocati [...] |
2005-12-09 19:35:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA352 |
PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on February 14 to discuss the OAS Secretary General race, per reftel instructions. Bringing Spanish and English versions of WHA PA's suggested op-ed article, she explained to Lewis that she preferred to deliver the text directly to him rather [...] |
2005-02-16 21:41:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA391 |
PANAMANIAN V/MFA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-18 22:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PM OAS POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA437 |
CODEL TAYLOR MEETS PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MARTIN [...] (SBU) In a 48-hour visit during February 20-22, Codel Taylor toured the Darien border region by helicopter, met with senior Panamanian officials (including President Martin Torrijos) and viewed a joint combined training exercise (JCET) in Chagres National Park (former Ft. Sherman) that includ [...] |
2005-02-25 20:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA629 |
PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT FRACAS BLURS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A public row pitting one Supreme Court Justice against three others has incited vehement public demands for the dismissal of all nine justices. On March 10 the Panamanian government (GOP) institutionalized those demands by forming a State Justice Commission (SJC) comprising state officials and [...] |
2005-03-18 21:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA698 |
YOUR VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (C) When I heard of your plan to visit Panama on April 10 my Embassy immediately began making preparations to welcome you. I personally have been looking forward to meeting you and working with you. Recently Panama has been the focus of intense Washington interest and we have had the honor to ho [...] |
2005-03-29 19:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MOPS PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA779 |
CODEL RENZI MEETS PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MARTIN [...] (C) In a cordial April 1 meeting with President Martin Torrijos and Vice President Lewis, Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Arizona) said that the USG must get Panamanian government (GOP) concessions on Canal procurement and the right of U.S. citizens to engage in retail trade to bring the bilateral Free Trade A [...] |
2005-04-07 19:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL EPET PM VZ POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA780 |
PANAMA: U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (SBU) In cordial, back-to-back April 4 meetings, U.S. Southern Command General Bantz Craddock met President Martin Torrijos and Canal Administrator (ACP) Alberto Aleman Zubieta to underline close U.S. Panama cooperation on security matters and to discuss the growing bilateral security agenda. [...] |
2005-04-07 19:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA867 |
PANAMANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-18 22:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA898 |
PANAMA SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-21 20:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA909 |
PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS [...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...] |
2005-04-22 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF |