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06LAGOS1218 | DAMACHI: OBASANJO FAVORS ODILI, TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] (C) On September 7 Professor Ukande Damachi, long-time advisor to Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and an established Mission contact, told the Consul General that President Obasanjo was intent on garroting Babangida,s presidential ambitions but Babangida was adamant about ru [...] | 2006-09-25 11:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS122 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #17 [...] (C) The Bayelsa State Secretary of Government (SSG),Dr. Igali, informed us that the kidnappers have agreed to release the hostages to him at a location he would not disclose. Both the Bayelsa SSG and Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries said the hostages are in good he [...] | 2006-01-27 19:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1220 | LAWYER CLAIMS EFCC CHAIRMAN INTENT TO SIDELINE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 10 meeting with the Consul General, Femi Falana, President of the West Africa Bar Association and confidant of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, said Ribadu's lodestar was to sideline as many politicians, particularly presiden [...] | 2006-09-25 15:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1227 | FORMER PRESIDENT SEES OBASANJO CLINGING TO POWER [...] (C) In an early September discussion with the Consul General, former head of state Abdulsalam Abubakar gauged President Obasanjo as unwilling to leave office. Abudulsalam criticized Obasanjo for stoking the North-South political rivalry to sow confusion so that he can remain in office past t [...] | 2006-09-26 15:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS123 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #18 - NO RELEASE [...] (C) The four oil service company hostages were not released. Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government Dr. Igali told Conoff he received a call after midnight that the three associates of the kidnappers had left Warri, Delta State, to pick-up the hostages. However, by three a.m., Dr. Igali [...] | 2006-01-28 11:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1230 | OIL SECTOR UNIONS, NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Labour and Productivity Timiebi Koripamo-Agary met September 21 with oil worker union representatives to prepare for the stakeholders dialogue. Agreement to hold the stakeholders meeting was what ended the unions, September 13-1 [...] | 2006-09-27 12:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ELAB NI |
06LAGOS1237 | STATE OF THE UNIONS [...] (U) This is a summary of labor activities. On July 21 the Federal Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Public Service Negotiating Council, agreeing to suspend and further negotiate the planned retrenchment of 33,000 civil service employees. June showcased [...] | 2006-09-29 06:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS124 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #19 [...] (C) We have received several explanations for the breakdown of last night's hostage release. In addition to the presence of military patrol boats that allegedly frightened the kidnappers from leaving their hide-out (reftel A),Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said a [...] | 2006-01-28 16:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1242 | OIL SECTOR UNIONS, NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Labour and Productivity Timiebi Koripamo-Agary met September 21 with oil worker union representatives to prepare for the stakeholders dialogue. Agreement to hold the stakeholders meeting was what ended the unions, September 13-1 [...] | 2006-10-03 06:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ELAB NI |
06LAGOS1248 | PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY [...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...] | 2006-10-03 16:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1249 | MILITANT ATTACK ON CONVOY [...] (C) Summary: Three Joint Task Force (JTF) soldiers and a boatman were killed, one JTF soldier critically wounded, and seven JTF soldiers and a boatman are missing after an attack by Niger Delta militants on a Shell barge convoy on October 2. Twenty-five Nigerian employees of the Shell cont [...] | 2006-10-04 06:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS125 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #20 [...] (C) The hoped-for release of the four oil service company employees did not take place last night. Commenting on this latest in a series of miscues, Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said the release was postponed because the kidnappers disagreed over to whom to releas [...] | 2006-01-29 13:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1250 | IMO STATE GOVERNOR TOSSES HIS HAT INTO THE [...] (C) Summary. During a conversation late August with the Consul General, Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa asserted that his bid for the PDP presidential nomination was genuine, not a bargaining chip to secure an important but lesser federal office. Udenwa declared now was the time for an Igbo [...] | 2006-10-04 06:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1256 | ITSEKIRI CHIEF AWAITING DEVELOPMENT DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Itsekiri Chief Hope Harriman told the Consul General on September 18 that the State and Federal government had done little to revitalize Warri, the economic center of Delta State and traditional home of the Itsekiri. Harriman inveighed against Chevron for failing to hon [...] | 2006-10-05 08:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS126 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #21 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four oil service company hostages held for almost three weeks have been released. Post was informed at five a.m. this morning that the quartet was released and in Yenagoa. Conoff has seen and spoken with them. The former hostages appear to be in decent health. Amcit Landry was in [...] | 2006-01-30 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1264 | THE NIGER DELTA -- A WARY LULL? [...] (C) Summary: After four incidents in Delta State, and one in Akwa Ibom earlier in the week, there have been no militant attacks since October 4. Shell has lost 9,000 barrels per day of oil from the Ekaluma flow station in Rivers State following the October 4 attack. There have been unconfirm [...] | 2006-10-10 06:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1268 | THE NIGER DELTA -- A WARY LULL? [...] (C) Summary: After four incidents in Delta State, and one in Akwa Ibom earlier in the week, there have been no militant attacks since October 4. Shell has lost 9,000 barrels per day of oil from the Ekaluma flow station in Rivers State following the October 4 attack. There have been unconfirm [...] | 2006-10-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1276 | U.S. COMPANY FIRES 1,200 NIGERIANS, PREPARES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. oil and gas service contractor Willbros International will lay off 1,200 employees at its largest Niger Delta site. Insecurity in the Niger Delta has caused oil companies to shut down operations in the area. As a consequence, Willbros' work, which is all derivative of the [...] | 2006-10-12 12:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS1285 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS THROUGH [...] (U) Summary: These snippets of political information from southern Nigeria are offered for their insights into the politics of the region. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- - Another Voice Saying the EFCC Has Lost Its Way ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2006-10-17 15:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1288 | IMPEACHMENT FEVER HITS EKITI [...] (U) Summary: Embattled Governor Ayo Fayose has gone underground and may have left Ekiti State following his removal after a lightning-quick impeachment proceeding by the Ekiti State Assembly on October 16. A panel convened by the Chief Justice of Ekiti State had earlier acquitted the Governo [...] | 2006-10-17 16:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1292 | IMPEACHMENT FEVER HITS ANAMBRA: GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The PDP National Chairman Ali and other national party executives went to Anambra yesterday for the ostensible purpose of dissuading the State Assembly members from impeaching Governor Obi, the lone APGA governor in Nigeria. There may be less to this mission than meets the eye. [...] | 2006-10-19 14:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1297 | OBASANJO DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN EKITI [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo declared a state of emergency in Ekiti State, citing potential violence between the State House of Assembly and supporters of Governor Ayo Fayose. Obasanjo appointed Brigadier General Tunji Olurin as Administrator. Post has heard of no instances of violence. [...] | 2006-10-20 17:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS130 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - EMERGING [...] (C) Accounts about how the hostage release was effected this morning are beginning to emerge. Little can be confirmed at this point. Two NGO sources in the Delta claim that the release came about only after Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Dokubo Asari, currently incarcer [...] | 2006-01-30 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1305 | IJAW CHIEF: WARRI IS A POWDER KEG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 18, national Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark told the Consul General that, due to the eruptive mixture of poverty, ethnic rivalry and imminent electoral politics, Warri, Delta State, has become a powder keg waiting to ignite. Clark strongly advocated Nigeria,s next pr [...] | 2006-10-26 17:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1306 | OLU OF WARRI: DELTA IS VOLATILE, ITSEKIRI SIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 20 the Olu of Warri, the preeminent Itsekiri ruler, told the Consul General that Delta State,s deteriorating security situation, compounded by the low number of locals employed by oil companies, has created a volatile situation. Despite poor development in Delta, the [...] | 2006-10-26 17:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1308 | PENSION REFORM -- RIDDLED WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's pension reforms continue to face numerous legal and infrastructural challenges that hinder it from realizing its stated objectives of creating long-term investment and improving the living standards of average Nigerian pensioners. Nigeria's National Pension Commission ( [...] | 2006-10-27 06:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1313 | STATE INECS PREPARE FITFULLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Before the announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that nationwide registration would be postponed until October 25, Poloff took a swing through Nigeria's six Southwestern States to assess the status of voter registration. State INEC officials told Poloff [...] | 2006-10-30 13:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1317 | THE GODFATHER OF OYO STATE CHOOSES HIS MAN [...] (C) Summary. Oyo State strongman Lamidi Adedibu and current Oyo State Governor Christopher Alao-Akala have ended the feud between them. In return for the old man's support for his 2007 gubernatorial bid, Akala has promised to share some government funds with Adedibu, who, in turn, will use [...] | 2006-10-31 07:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1320 | FOLLOW THE ROADS TO FIND THE PROBLEMS IN EDO STATE [...] Summary: Conflictual politics and benighted leadership in local and state governments have contributed to miserable conditions for the residents in Edo State, best characterized by the overloaded, cratered roads of this trade-oriented State. Governor Lucky Igbinedion, lacking both vision and [...] | 2006-11-01 07:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1332 | DELTA SITREP: ONE AMCIT, ONE BRIT KIDNAPPED NEAR [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Jim Nelson Brazel and British citizen Martin Madison were kidnapped early morning November 2 off the shore of Bayelsa State. Both expatriates work for Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),a Norwegian oil exploration firm under contract to Chevron. The expatriates wer [...] | 2006-11-02 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1338 | DELTA SITREP 2: AMERICAN CITIZEN REMAINS IN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Jim Nelson Brazel and Martin Madison, a citizen of the U.K., remain in captivity according to Armour Group, security consultants to Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),a Norwegian oil exploration firm under contract to Chevron. The location of the hostages is believe [...] | 2006-11-03 15:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1339 | DELTA SITREP 3: BAYELSA DEPUTY GOVERNOR IN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen James Brazel remains in captivity. The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State departed by boat at 11:30 AM November 3 for the villages of Ezetu and Ekeni Ezeatu 2, where the hostages are believed to be held. PGS has had no direct communication with the kidnappers, or [...] | 2006-11-04 13:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1340 | DELTA SITREP 4: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE, PROOF OF [...] (C) Summary. American citizen James Brazel and Briton Martin Maddieson remain hostages. Digital photographs verifying proof of life were received by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),the hostages' employer. We have met daily with Tim Branch, Operations Manager PGS Onshore, other PGS officials, [...] | 2006-11-06 16:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1343 | DELTA SITREP 5: HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) American citizen James Brazel and Briton Martin Maddieson were released to the Bayelsa State Government on November 7. Upon release they were taken to the Bayelsa Capital, Yenagoa. Tim Branch of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) advised RSO on November 7 the hostages are traveling today to [...] | 2006-11-07 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS1352 | UTOMI: WHO IS THE CLEVEREST POLITICAL PLAYER? [...] (C) Summary. During an October 19 conversation with the Consul General, Presidential aspirant and Lagos Business School Director Pat Utomi asserted that President Obasanjo masterminded the impeachment crisis in Ekiti State as part of his strategy to sow political confusion in order to postpone [...] | 2006-11-14 15:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1355 | VOTER REGISTRATION IN OGUN STATE STILL WAITING TO [...] (C) Summary: The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) registration has been hampered by a lack of registration machines, by maintenance issues, and by inexperience. NGOs report registration stations are inaccessible to most rural residents. Journalists recount allegations by [...] | 2006-11-16 10:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS136 | OKRIKA DAEWOO FACILITY ATTACKED: NO FATALITIES [...] (SBU) South-Korean Daewoo Construction facility in Okrika, Rivers State was attacked Saturday, January 28 at 0730 by approximately 30 armed men. Korean Embassy First Secretary Tok-won Lee spoke with Daewoo Managing Director to confirm there were no fatalities primarily because Daewoo's securit [...] | 2006-01-31 14:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR ETRD KS NI |
06LAGOS1364 | OGUN STATE GOVERNOR'S FORMULA FOR RE-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ogun State Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel appears in firm control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) apparatus in his State and is favored to win a second term. The Daniel administration has increased revenues, slightly improved public services, and continued road construct [...] | 2006-11-21 11:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1369 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR OCTOBER 2006 [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo tells Speakers to stop further gubernatorial impeachments. Police in Rivers State captured six men alleged to have kidnapped expatriates in Port Harcourt and Eket. Bayelsa Governor Jonathon touts bridges, housing, and orphanages on the gubernatorial campaign [...] | 2006-11-22 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS137 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...] | 2006-01-31 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1371 | OONI & MINISTER KAYODE: ODILI IS STRONG, NEXT [...] (C) Summary. On October 23, the Consul General met then Minister of Culture and Tourism (now the Minister of Aviation) Chief Fani Kayode, and the Ooni of Ife, the Yoruba's most prominent traditional leader and a close ally of President Obasanjo. The Ooni said President Obasanjo was prepared [...] | 2006-11-22 11:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1372 | NIGER DELTA YOUTH SUMMIT: A STARTING POINT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Niger Delta youth leaders are preparing a plan of action and initiatives to bring peace to the Niger Delta. These efforts follow an October 2-4 summit which brought together fifty youth leaders, resulting in a 12-point communique to address the root causes of violence in the Del [...] | 2006-11-22 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINR EPET NI |
06LAGOS1373 | GOVERNOR ODILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Due to his purported friendship with President Obasanjo and the money at his disposal, Rivers State Governor Peter Odili is currently the south's most formidable candidate for the 2007 PDP presidential nomination. His Igbo heritage and south-south background serve to make him an [...] | 2006-11-22 12:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1375 | MILITANTS KIDNAP 7 EXPATS FROM AGIP VESSEL, NO [...] (C) Summary. On November 22, militants reportedly took seven expatriates hostage from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel. No American citizens are involved in this incident, according to an AGIP contact. The British Deputy High Commission reported that one British, a Romanian, a Filipino, an Italian [...] | 2006-11-23 09:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1376 | BRITON KILLED, ITALIAN INJURED IN [...] (C) The British hostage kidnapped from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel November 22 was killed during a fusillade between the hostage-takers and a military patrol boat the day of the kidnapping. The six other hostages were freed as a result of this encounter. AGIP's Deputy Managing Director, Akin [...] | 2006-11-24 15:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS138 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...] | 2006-01-31 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS1385 | COMMUNITY ACTIVIST/CANDIDATE ON BAYELSA SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary. Nalaguo Chris Alagoa, Project Coordinator of the Peace And Security Secretariat (PASS) told Poloff November 13 he hopes to be Paul Orie Wari's running mate in Bayelsa State's 2007 gubernatorial election should Wari obtain the People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination. Alagoa sai [...] | 2006-11-30 08:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB EPET NI PGOV PINR PTER |
06LAGOS1387 | REFORMIST PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT LEARNS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 conversation with Consul General, reformist presidential aspirant Pat Utomi said he had been making the campaign rounds. Utomi was optimistic about teaming with Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu and Tinubu's new party, Action Congress (AC). Utomi was traveling to Ab [...] | 2006-11-30 11:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1396 | ABIA STATE SUPPORTERS SWITCH PARTIES TO BACK KALU [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State Governor Orji Kalu's aides claim President Obasanjo has punished the State, by withholding federal resources and assistance, for Kalu's vociferous opposition to President Obasanjo. In support of Kalu's presidential bid, Kalu's advisors say his youth would allow him [...] | 2006-12-04 13:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
06LAGOS1398 | LAGOS GOVERNOR TINUBU PREDICTS NO APRIL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with Consul General on November 18, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu declared his intention to seek the presidency under the Action Congress (AC) banner. Tinubu predicted that elections would not hold in April and that a six-month interim government, perhaps minu [...] | 2006-12-05 08:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1399 | OBASANJO INSIDER OUTLINES CRITERIA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lawal Batagarawa, former Minister of State for Defense and currently Special Presidential Advisor, in an early November conversation with the Consul General discussed President Obasanjo's plans for presidential succession. Batagarawa detailed the criteria for selecting a candidate [...] | 2006-12-05 09:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1403 | OPPOSING PDP FACTIONS VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani is seeking to continue his hold on power by transferring the governor's seat to his closest advisers in the Ebeano faction of the Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP). President of the Senate Ken Nnamani (no relation to Governor Nnama [...] | 2006-12-06 07:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1405 | GOVERNOR KALU EVALUATES HIS PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on November 19, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu discussed his plans for the Presidency. Kalu confessed the PDP nomination was a lost cause due to President Obasanjo's antipathy, thus Kalu would not bother to seek the People's Democratic Party ( [...] | 2006-12-07 08:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1406 | POLITICAL ADVISOR WARNS OF IMPENDING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Consul General, long-time advisor to former head of state Ibrahim Babangida (IBB),Ukandi Damachi, discussed the soured relations between IBB and President Obasanjo, suggesting the two heavyweights may be approaching a head-on collision because of their antagonis [...] | 2006-12-07 13:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1412 | GROUP TO BRING US-STYLE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early November meeting with the Consul General, U.S. experts in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) outlined their plans to launch a new program in ADR and conflict resolution (CR) in partnership with Nigerian Law School and the Negotiation Conflict Management Group. E [...] | 2006-12-08 06:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1417 | DHRF GRANT ENCOURAGES WOMEN CANDIDATES IN NIGER DELTA [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-eight women candidates, campaign coordinators, and aspiring political and party leaders attended the October 24-25 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) workshop, QMainstreaming Women Leaders into the Political Process in NigeriaQs Niger Delta States of Rivers, Bayelsa, D [...] | 2006-12-12 14:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NI |
06LAGOS1418 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Kidnappers may be trying new tactics in Rivers State. Tinubu aide terms Lagos political scene tense. Edo State contact scoffs at idea of a Lucky Igbinedion Vice-Presidency. Senators in Cross-River State accuse contractors of embezzling money intended for development. Officials [...] | 2006-12-12 15:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1419 | BAYELSA SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES IJAW MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20 Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the State Government of Bayelsa, told the Consul General and British Deputy High Commissioner he has made headway establishing relations with several Ijaw militant leaders whereby he can now dissuade them from disruptive violence. H [...] | 2006-12-12 16:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1420 | POLITICAL INSIDER ARGUES YAR'ADUA IS LIKELY PDP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 conversation with Consul General, United Bank of Africa (UBA) Managing Director (MD) Tony Elumelu evaluated People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential frontrunners. Elumelu suggested Katsina Governor Yar'Adua was President Obasanjo's favorite. Yar'Adua, who had [...] | 2006-12-13 11:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1424 | POLITICAL INSIDER: MU'AZU & ODILI ATTEMPT YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Summary: Saleh Ahmadu, part owner of IRS Airlines and friend of Governor Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu of Bauchi State, told the Consul General during a December 13 conversation that Rivers Governor Odili and others are engaged in a late round attempt to discredit PDP Presidential frontrunner Katsin [...] | 2006-12-15 10:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1426 | AQUACULTURE & TIMBER: DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN [...] Summary: Aquaculture, agriculture, and timber offer sustainable economic development opportunities in Cross River State. There are currently 100 fish farms in the state and the Institute of Oceanography and Marine Sciences (IOMS) at the University of Calabar is promoting aquaculture as a way [...] | 2006-12-15 13:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG PGOV ECON EFIS EINV AA NI |
06LAGOS1429 | GOVERNOR ODILI ON THE OUTS AND IBB TOO [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with the Consul General, longtime contact Professor Damachi stated Rivers Governor Odili has been squeezed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give up his presidential candidacy and control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) [...] | 2006-12-15 22:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1430 | ELECTION 2007: SOUTHERN PDP WARD CONGRESSES AND [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has completed the process for choosing candidates to contest the April 2007 State Assembly and Federal House and Senate elections in southern Nigeria. Throughout the south, candidates from established factions supported by the governor generall [...] | 2006-12-18 14:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1436 | SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS OYO STATE IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruling upholding an earlier appeal court decision has returned Rashidi Ladoja to the Oyo State governorship he unceremoniously lost eleven months ago due to the machinations of political strongman Lamidi Adedibu. The Supreme Court decision is a victory for the [...] | 2006-12-19 14:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS1445 | AC PICKS ATIKU IN UNANIMOUS VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The Action Congress (AC) National Convention nominated Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for President in the 2007 presidential elections. Nine other political parties joined the AC in supporting Abubakar, who lambasted the PDP and said Nigeria needs a leader committ [...] | 2006-12-22 12:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1446 | AC PICKS ATIKU IN UNANIMOUS VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The Action Congress (AC) National Convention nominated Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for President in the 2007 presidential elections. Nine other political parties joined the AC in supporting Abubakar, who lambasted the PDP and said Nigeria needs a leader committ [...] | 2006-12-22 12:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS172 | 24,900 Blank Passports Missing; Nigeria Immigration [...] SUMMARY: Nigeria Immigration Service has approached Amconsul Lagos with information regarding 24,900 blank passports that have recently been discovered missing, and are now cancelled. This comes at the same time that local media outlets are reporting 200 passport adjudicators being fired due t [...] | 2006-02-07 08:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD PGOV NI |
06LAGOS207 | BANK REFORMS AND 2007 ELECTIONS (PART II) [...] (C) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently revoked the operating licenses of 14 banks that failed to meet CBN capitalization requirements. Industry experts expect more banks to be liquidated. In the meantime, most of the newly emerged 25 bank groups are struggling with post-merger integr [...] | 2006-02-14 10:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS210 | CHEVRON NIGERIA ENJOYS UNEASY IMMUNITY FROM RECENT [...] (S/NF) Chevron Security Consultant Hamish MacDonald told U.S. Ambassador Campbell that Chevron has not been a target of recent violence and hostage-taking in the Delta but was concerned about the longer term ramifications. He identified job creation and sustainable development programs by st [...] | 2006-02-14 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS224 | TELECOM UPDATE:SLOW MOVEMENT TOWARD UNIFIED [...] (C) Telecom operators are negotiating with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to implement a unified licensing policy allowing both fixed wireless and mobile licensees to provide services for voice, data and multimedia. Fixed Wireless (FW) operators are pressing for the unified poli [...] | 2006-02-15 15:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV CH NI |
06LAGOS225 | TELECOM AND HOSTAGE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) Vmobile Chief Regulatory Officer told us the Bayelsa State Director State Security Services (SSS) approached the company during the hostage crisis to request data on kidnappers who were apparently using Vmobile networks to communicate. In a series of four to five meetings with the SSS, [...] | 2006-02-15 15:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS226 | NDDC OFFICIAL SAYS IJAW MILITANTS LIKELY TO STRIKE [...] (S/NF) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, Timi Alaibe, Executive Director for Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),expressed fear that Ijaw militants would soon honor their threats to cause more disruption in the Delta. Alaibe a [...] | 2006-02-16 08:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS227 | NIGERIAN POLICE THREATEN STRIKE [...] (U) Junior-level police officers, from the constable to superintendent ranks, have threatened strike on February 20. While most observers believe a deal will be struck in time to avert the strike, police officers in contact with the Consulate's security office continue to insist that their t [...] | 2006-02-16 10:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS233 | NIGERIAN MILITARY ATTACKS ALLEGED BUNKERERS / EAC [...] (U) On February 15, a Nigerian military helicopter overflew the Nkerekoko area near Warri, Delta State, reportedly firing on 8 barges the GON alleges were being used for illegal oil bunkering activity. Giving a different version of the incident, Nkerekoko community leaders told the press 8 [...] | 2006-02-16 15:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS235 | AN NGO HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR'S TALE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloff, Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),described his role in the recent Delta hostage crisis involving four oil service company workers, including one Amcit. Mitee described the kidnappers as well-armed and su [...] | 2006-02-16 15:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS245 | NIGERIAN POLICE, SOLDIERS ATTACK ABIA MARKET, KILL [...] (U) On February 13, military and police officers stormed the Ariaria market in Aba, Abia State killing 4 people, apparently traders. The deaths sparked strong statements of protest from the Abia State government against the GON. Abia State Governor Orji Kalu is an outspoken opponent of the [...] | 2006-02-17 12:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS248 | SHELL FLOWSTATION CLOSED AMID HEIGHTENED DELTA [...] (U) Tensions have increased in the Delta but accounts vary widely as to what actually has occurred to spark the tension and what all this might portend. Amidst the swirl of conflicting reports, what we can relay with some certitude is that a Shell flowstation in Rivers State has closed and t [...] | 2006-02-17 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS249 | NIGERIA: NINE HOSTAGES SEIZED, INCLUDING AMCITS, [...] (C) Nine expatriate hostages were taken from a Willbros construction barge around 7:15am. The barge was working on a Shell platform in Forcados, Delta State. The hostage-takers boarded the vessel, and afterward selected the nine from the 45 expatriate and 55 Nigerian workers on the barge at [...] | 2006-02-18 15:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS250 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2 [...] (SBU) Willbros will contact the next-of-kin for all of their employees, and have already made contact with the family of AmCit Macon Hawkins. Shell reports Hawkins has hypertension, as does Russell Spell. 2. (U) Aside from the three Americans reported reftel B, the other captives have [...] | 2006-02-18 17:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS251 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3 [...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...] | 2006-02-19 14:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS252 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #4 [...] (C) Nigerian Government officials and NGO officials in contact with the kidnappers report that, according to the hostage takers, the hostages are healthy and unharmed. As with the January hostage crisis, Shell is hosting a daily meeting that includes Shell, Willbros, British High Commission [...] | 2006-02-20 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS257 | LAGOS LAND TITLING REFORM MISSES MARK [...] (SBU) A cumbersome legal superstructure continues to hamper the real estate and mortgage market in Lagos. Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu's recent attempts at land reform are cosmetic in nature and do not alleviate the fundamental problems associated with land titling and conveyance in Lagos [...] | 2006-02-21 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI |
06LAGOS260 | CONSUL GENERAL AND DEA ATTACHE MEETING WITH NDLEA [...] (C) On February 13, Consul General and DEA Country Attach Sam Gaye (CA) met Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman Ahmadu Giade. The purpose of the meeting was to urge Giade to continue to reform the NDLEA but also to accelerate the pace and expand the scope of this pos [...] | 2006-02-21 12:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
06LAGOS261 | VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU ON THE THIRD TERM [...] (C) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, embattled Vice President Atiku expostulated that President Obasanjo was fixated on running for a third term with a new running mate. Atiku said Obasanjo had no successor in mind for the presidency and would seek to clip the wing [...] | 2006-02-21 14:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF NI |
06LAGOS263 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5 [...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...] | 2006-02-21 18:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS27 | FOUR OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES REPORTEDLY [...] (U)Summary: On January 12, Tidex, an American oil services company, reported an American employee and 3 other expatriates were kidnapped by a group of approximately40 armed men. The incident occurred aboard a Tidex vessel 7 miles off shore of Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The abduction occurred at [...] | 2006-01-12 10:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC |
06LAGOS274 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6 [...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...] | 2006-02-22 18:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS278 | ONITSHA RIOTS: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE CONTINUES, NO [...] (SBU) In response to the recent disturbances in Maiduguri (reftel),lethal reprisals occurred in Onitsha and Nnewi, Anambra State on February 21 and 22. Press reports allege between 50 to 100 deaths. Nigerian Red Cross Director Abiodun Orebiyi said his volunteers counted 48 deaths and over 3 [...] | 2006-02-23 17:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CASC NI |
06LAGOS279 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7 [...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...] | 2006-02-23 19:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS286 | ONITSHA RIOTS UPDATE:POLICE KEPT ON ALERT [...] (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nnewi and other cities in Anambra State has subsided following the February 21-22 riots. But police in Anambra and several other southeastern states remain on high alert. Anambra State government media spokesman said he expected police to remain deployed in various c [...] | 2006-02-24 17:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS287 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...] | 2006-02-24 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS288 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9 [...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...] | 2006-02-25 16:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS289 | VIOLENT CLASHES IN ENUGU, KONTAGORA, AND MINA [...] (SBU) In continuing sectarian violence in the south of Nigeria, Nigerian Red Cross Disaster Management Officer Adeyemo Andronitus told us his volunteers reported two Hausa Muslims killed and several injured in Abakpa settlement in Enugu, Enugu State at 7:30 am February 25. Muslim traders in l [...] | 2006-02-25 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS290 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #10 [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. ---------------------- Hostage Welfare Update ---------------------- 2. (C) Several sources continue to tell us the hostages are in good condition and will be released imminently. (Note: Post notes the history of government interlocuto [...] | 2006-02-26 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS291 | ONITSHA UNREST: RED CROSS REPORTING THOUSANDS [...] (SBU) Following three days with no reports of violence in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigerian Red Cross reported three Hausa Muslims and one Igbo man were killed in a skirmish outside a hotel on February 25. A police officer escorting Hausas from the hotel allegedly shot and killed an Igbo man a [...] | 2006-02-26 15:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS292 | YORUBA MOSLEMS TEMPERATE TOWARD WEST [...] (SBU) At a dinner hosted by a prominent leader of ethnic Yoruba Moslems at a USG-sponsored conference on Islam, Terrorism, and African Development, Yoruba elites generally set a tone of cooperation with the West and moderation in religious fervor. This tone contrasted starkly with the prese [...] | 2006-02-27 06:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER SCUL SOCI NI |
06LAGOS296 | TELECOM AND HOSTAGE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) FBI and Econoff approached Starcomms Managing Director Maher Qubain February 27 to request data on an Internet Protocol (IP) address used by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to send email communications. Maher agreed to provide all data including uniform reso [...] | 2006-02-27 15:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS297 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #11 [...] (C) Chief Edwin Clark, a member of the Delta State negotiating committee, told Econoff more medicine was dispatched for the hostages on Saturday. ------------------- Negotiations Update ------------------- 2. (C) Clark and other sources around Warri told Econoff some of the hostages [...] | 2006-02-27 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS298 | NO NEW REPORTS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nwei and other cities in Anambra has subsided. However, police in Anambra remain on high alert and a curfew remains in place. The Nigerian Red Cross reported 8,600 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) remain in an army barracks in Onitsha, the most populous city in [...] | 2006-02-27 16:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS3 | NEW NDLEA CHAIRMAN PROMISES INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (C) In our first meeting with him, Ahmadu Giade, the new Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),promised cooperation to combat illegal narcotics trafficking would be "the best it has ever been." Consul General and DEA Attach explained the annual narcotics certification [...] | 2006-01-03 10:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
06LAGOS302 | OONI OF IFE REQUESTS U.S. THIRD TERM ENDORSEMENT [...] (S/NF) The Ooni of Ife requested a meeting with the Ambassador in Lagos on February 25 to make the case for U.S. support for a third term for President Obasanjo. One of the President's special advisors, Femi Fani-Kayode, also attended, bolstering the Ooni's arguments and giving them a Presi [...] | 2006-02-28 09:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS306 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #12 [...] (C) Shell, GON and other sources report the anticipated release of some of the hostages this morning was delayed because Delta State Governor Ibori announced the release and publicly claimed credit before the deal was sealed. Governor Ibori told Econoff additional medicine and Willbros letter [...] | 2006-02-28 16:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS310 | NIGERIA: DELTA WORKING GROUP INITIATED [...] (SBU) Post initiated a weekly Delta Working Group (DWG) consisting of U.S. Consulate personnel and oil/oil service company representatives to facilitate Delta security and hostage crisis information exchange. Consulate personnel provided the group an overview of the security situation and ho [...] | 2006-03-01 07:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS317 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13 [...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...] | 2006-03-01 18:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS318 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14 [...] (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay overnight at th [...] | 2006-03-01 20:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS324 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #15 [...] (C) The six hostages released last night are on their way back to their respective home countries. AmCit Macon Hawkins is scheduled to fly back to Texas on an evening Air France flight via Paris. All hostages were examined and cleared by Shell physicians last night, and they have had USG acc [...] | 2006-03-02 17:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS327 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16 [...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...] | 2006-03-03 16:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS33 | NDLEA SHAKEUP WEEDS OUT SOME BAD APPLES [...] (C) Summary: The new Chairman of the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Ahmadu Giade has taken a bold step in reorganizing the Agency, promoting a number of competent agents and banishing several ineffective, tainted ones to areas of little or no responsibility. Giade has al [...] | 2006-01-12 15:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
06LAGOS333 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 17 [...] (C) There has been no additional confirmed information about the condition of the remaining hostages. Delta State Governor Ibori is obtaining new photographs to demonstrate proof of life. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (S/NF) Delta State Governor Ibor [...] | 2006-03-06 18:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS339 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 18 [...] (C) Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Assuni provided confirmed proof of life answers for Briton John Hudspith to the British Mission, but no additional information was provided for AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt. Willbros is contacting Oswalt's colleagues to ascertain his ab [...] | 2006-03-07 18:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS34 | BANK RECAPITALIZATION AND 2007 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. 25 newly formed bank groups have met or surpassed the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) naira 25 billion capital base. According to CBN's press release, some 13 banks did not meet the requirement before December 31, 2005. Bank insiders indicate at least 15 banks may be liquidate [...] | 2006-01-12 16:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL TO NI |
06LAGOS346 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19 [...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...] | 2006-03-08 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS35 | PENSION REFORM--A MONEYMAKING SCHEME FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Nigeria's pension reforms face numerous legal, infrastructural and accountability challenges that have not been properly addressed. Nigeria's National Pension Commission (PenCom) recently granted licenses to seven Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs),one Closed Pension Fund Admin [...] | 2006-01-12 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS36 | MILITIA GROUP'S CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (C) Shell reports negotiations began for the return of the 4 hostages taken in the January 11 kidnapping reported reftel with a group that the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) has identified as responsible. The group is reportedly from the small village of Keremo, near the Chevron Escra [...] | 2006-01-13 07:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR NI |
06LAGOS363 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 20 [...] (C) Delta State Government officials had no updates on hostage welfare except to say that they are in good health. Conoff in Warri continues to ask for recent proof of life. Shell reports there will be another visit to the camp by journalists with a good track record of access to the Movemen [...] | 2006-03-09 16:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS366 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 21 [...] (C) There is no new information regarding the welfare of the hostages. Family letters were given to the journalists scheduled to tour the militant camps this weekend, and Conoff reported he saw a Reuters journalist arriving in Warri this morning. The Shell crisis group agreed to ask release [...] | 2006-03-10 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS367 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 22 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from AmCit hostage Cody Oswalt last night. Oswalt's identity was confirmed through his correct identification of the last statement he made to AmCit Macon Hawkins before his release last week. Oswalt said he and the two other hostages were in good health and were [...] | 2006-03-11 11:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS376 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 23 [...] (C) There was very little substantive activity for the second weekend in a row, with few confirmed reports following the Cody Oswalt call to Conoff Friday night. Ijaw leaders and elders held a meeting Friday and released a communiqu calling for the hostages' release. NGO Director Judy Asuni [...] | 2006-03-13 16:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS379 | TELECOM OPERATORS AND 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Organizations loyal to the Administration are requesting support from Nigeria's major telecommunications operators to support President Obasanjo's bid for a third term. The Movement for National Accommodation and Consensus for Obasanjo's Retention (MONACOR) sent confidential letters to th [...] | 2006-03-14 11:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS383 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 24 [...] (C) Conoff received a phone call from the hostage takers, and had a highly scripted exchange with Amcit Cody Oswalt. Ijaw youth leaders have been meeting in Warri since yesterday, and one of them tells us he expects a release of the hostages tomorrow night. There were no additional attack [...] | 2006-03-14 19:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS387 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 25 [...] (C) Shell provided a statement from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) e-mailed to their journalist contact, which indicated that the hostages were split for strategic reasons, and their condition was no longer a concern for the hostage-takers. The statement promise [...] | 2006-03-15 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS39 | SHELL HOSTAGE SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) The State Security Service (SSS) reportedly told the Shell External Affairs Director in Warri that they had interviewed two suspects in the kidnapping of four expat contractors from the vessel Liberty Service. Both appeared to be associated with Dokubo Asari's Niger Delta Peoples' Volun [...] | 2006-01-13 13:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI |
06LAGOS391 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 26 [...] (C) Shell sources, including NGO lead Judy Asuni, reiterated earlier messages of the militants' distrust of Delta State Governor Ibori, and the disagreement among the militants about releasing the remaining three hostages, with some willing to release now and others arguing against their rel [...] | 2006-03-16 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS4 | GROUPS MOVE UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR OYO STATE [...] (C) Despite intervention by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Afenifere, and the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE),the political standoff in Oyo State remains. The eighteen assemblymen who initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Rasheed Ladoja remain firm in their resolve to see t [...] | 2006-01-03 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS400 | SOYINKA WILLING TO APPEAL TO HOSTAGE TAKERS [...] (C) Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka offered to deliver messages from the USG to the hostage-takers. He said he was in contact with the hostage-takers and would be meeting with one of their representatives in Enugu on Saturday, March 18. He confirmed they exchanged communication by e-mail, and th [...] | 2006-03-17 16:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS401 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 27 [...] (C) Shell sources said NGO leader Judy Asuni confirmed family letters were sent to the hostage-takers. Willbros and Shell are gathering another package of medicines and will contact Asuni to facilitate their delivery. Shell and Willbros are also sending in colorful t-shirts and hats, to bo [...] | 2006-03-17 16:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS405 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 28 [...] (C) NGO Director Judy Asuni said the package of medicine, the t-shirts and other morale boosters picked up from Shell's Warri clinic on Saturday were delivered as of 10:00 a.m. 2. (C) Willbros representatives reported the Oswalt family has arranged a 14:00 CST press conference with three [...] | 2006-03-20 16:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS417 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 29 [...] (C) Speaking behalf of the Oswalt family, Cody Oswalt's uncle Rickey Oswalt delivered a public plea for his release: "These men were taken so that your situation and demands (can) be heard by the world. Now that the world is aware of your situation, we ask that you release Cody, Russell, and [...] | 2006-03-21 15:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS427 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 30 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from a hostage-taker at the militant camp this afternoon, who allowed Conoff to speak to Cody Oswalt. Oswalt said he was fine, but he is still separated from the other two hostages. Oswalt asked Conoff to relay his wellbeing to his family, and also seemed in bette [...] | 2006-03-22 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS431 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 31 [...] (C) There have been no additional reports on the hostages' wellbeing. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) NGO lead Judy Asuni claims her sources in contact with the hostage-takers said the hostages will be released in 24 to 36 hours. Other Warri sour [...] | 2006-03-23 16:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS432 | NIGERIA:BANK UPDATE AND THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began post-integration verification of assets on all 25 newly emerged bank groups on February 22. Insiders expect the verification process to reveal some of the banks did not actually meet the CBN's naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) capitalization requir [...] | 2006-03-24 06:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS438 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 32 [...] (C) Wilbros arranged for video tapes of appeals from Russel Spell and Cody Oswalt's families. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) Shell sources reported the GON was growing impatient with the negotiation process and the lack of clarity on the ground, an [...] | 2006-03-24 16:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS45 | AVIATION FUEL SHORTAGES IN LAGOS DISRUPT MANY [...] (U) Summary: For the last week, domestic airline operators in Lagos have had to contend with shortages in aviation fuel (known as Jet A1). Many domestic flights have been delayed, consolidated or cancelled because of the supply problem. Local press reports hundreds of passengers stranded at t [...] | 2006-01-14 11:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAIR ECON EINV PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS451 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 33 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The remaining three Willbros and Control Risk Group hostages were released early this morning, and are in good physical condition according to preliminary medical examination. The trio are currently in Lagos. AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell will be departing Nigeria tonight for th [...] | 2006-03-27 13:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS458 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 34 - HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) Former hostages AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell left Lagos on Lufthansa flight 565, arriving Frankfurt at 5:00a.m. Their connecting flight, Lufthansa 440, left Frankfurt at 9:45a.m. and arrives Houston at 2:15p.m. We thank Consulate Frankfurt for providing an ACS officer on hand [...] | 2006-03-28 09:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS48 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE SITUATION SITREP #4 [...] (C) The British High Commission, in conversation with PolCouns Abuja, confirmed the identity of the person whom Reuters correspondent Tom Ashby interviewed on January 16 as British citizen Nigel Watson Clark. During the interview, the perpetrators give a two-day deadline for complying with [...] | 2006-01-17 08:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR CASC NI |
06LAGOS53 | TRADITIONAL RULER SHARES OPINIONS ON 3RD TERM, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General and PAO, the Ooni of Ife, traditional ruler of the Yorubas and influential power broker, said that President Obasanjo was planning on leaving office after 2007 rather than undertake the arduous task of amending the constitution. The Ooni ruled [...] | 2006-01-17 14:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS54 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5 [...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...] | 2006-01-17 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS56 | LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RESOLVES AVIATION FUEL [...] (C) Summary. Airline operators and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAAN) confirmed aviation fuel is now available (see reftel) and that tanker drivers are transporting Jet A1 fuel to fill the reservoirs at Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport. Trucks that had been impounded by the Pr [...] | 2006-01-18 10:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAIR EINV PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS563 | AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES: NIGERIA PROPOSAL [...] Refugees at the Oru Camp in Ogun State, Nigeria, especially women, face serious difficulties acquiring the skills necessary for successful reintegration in their home countries or for successful participation in the Nigerian local economy while they are here. The UNHCR currently partners wit [...] | 2006-04-26 11:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV CVIS SMIG NI |
06LAGOS58 | THE TWO FACES OF RIVERS STATE [...] (C) Consul General toured numerous development projects around greater Port Harcourt during a recent visit to Rivers State. Power generation and roads are being improved around Port Harcourt. We saw government-funded housing and some evidence of micro-credit initiatives (taxi-cab operators) [...] | 2006-01-18 13:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID NI |
06LAGOS586 | PRONACO PROPOSES A NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (U) The Pro National Conference (PRONACO),a coalition of Nigerian civil society groups and ethnic nationalities, held meetings in Lagos from April 3 - 7 to begin drafting an entirely new constitution. PRONACO intends to generate public support for a national referendum to ratify this consti [...] | 2006-05-03 10:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI DOMESTICPOLITICS |
06LAGOS589 | STICKY PICKETS: ORGANIZED LABOR MAY BECOME A [...] Nigerian organized labor is still having problems gathering the consensus necessary to initiate action on a national-scale. Since mid-March, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has routinely postponed plans for a national picketing campaign to protest unfair labor practices. Possible reasons [...] | 2006-05-03 10:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS596 | HEAD OF NORTHERN ELDERS SPEAKS ON 3RD TERM [...] (C) Summary. Former presidential aspirant and father of the Kwara State Governor, Sola Saraki, told the Consul General (CG) President Obasanjo is determined to remain in power by any means. Saraki emphasized that the 2007 election will go to one of Nigeria's more established figures--the next [...] | 2006-05-04 07:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS597 | BUSINESS INSIDER PROMOTES THIRD TERM AGENDA [...] (C) Prominent Yoruba businessman and Obasanjo insider Otunba Funso Lawal recently told the Consul General that the business community, particularly leading companies in the modernized sectors such as banking and telecommunications, support President Obasanjo for a third Presidential term. Sho [...] | 2006-05-04 09:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS60 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #6 [...] (C) At 7:45am January 18, an anonymous caller threatened Shell's Surfer-141 boat, which guards the Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel "Sea Eagle" and was chased in the January 11 attack. The caller identified himself as the "son of the chief;" however, Shell's most l [...] | 2006-01-18 17:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS605 | A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NIGER DELTA MILITANT [...] (S/NF) On the morning of 11 April 2006, Lagos Acting Consul Howe, Lagos Econoff Marcinek, and Abuja Poloff Judah embarked on tour of the creeks around Warri Southwest Delta State. The tour was guided by the Federated Niger Delta Ijaw Communities (FNDIC),members who have a close and overlapp [...] | 2006-05-05 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EPAT PREL PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS606 | TEXTS OF NIGER DELTA MILITANT LETTERS [...] (U) The following is the full text of the letter the chief of Oporoza village presented Conoffs. The letter lists the community's grievances against the GON and multi-national oil companies and was slightly edited for clarity. It is signed by the Oporoza secretary Lemon Gulbert. Begin te [...] | 2006-05-05 12:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EPET PREL PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS607 | GOVERNOR KALU BELIEVES OBASANJO THIRD TERM IS SUNK [...] (C) Abia State Governor Orji Kalu recently told the Consul General that opponents of the third term amendment have sufficient votes in the National Assembly to block Obasanjo's ambitions. Nevertheless, Kalu stated former military chiefs of state Ibrahim Babangida and Muhammadu Buhari and Vic [...] | 2006-05-05 14:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS NI |
06LAGOS61 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #7 [...] (C) Guy Colgate, Head of Shell's Crisis Management Team in Warri, said the GON was giving the kidnappers cigarettes, money, and alcohol as gestures of good will and to ensure they will not harm the captives. He said the GON describe daily interaction with the captors and an open line of com [...] | 2006-01-19 07:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS626 | AMCIT ASSASSINATED IN NIGER DELTA [...] (SBU) AmCit Ricky Wiginton (DPOB 4/15/55, TX, PPT#207509935 issued December 4, 2002) was shot and killed in Port Harcourt at 7:30 a.m. while driving to work today. Wiginton was employed as Operational Manager for Fluids by oil services company Baker Hughes. He had only recently been posted [...] | 2006-05-10 17:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
06LAGOS627 | AMCIT KILLED IN NIGER DELTA [...] (SBU) AmCit Ricky Wiginton (DPOB 4/15/55, TX, PPT#207509935 issued December 4, 2002) was shot and killed in Port Harcourt at 7:30 a.m. while driving to work today. Wiginton was employed as Operational Manager for Fluids by oil services company Baker Hughes. He had only recently been posted [...] | 2006-05-10 17:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
06LAGOS628 | ONE RELUCTANT MILITANT SPOKESMAN SPEAKS [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, former Bayelsa Information Minister Oronto Douglas downplayed his role as a spokesman for Niger Delta militants. Douglas is pessimistic the Delta commission recently established by President Obasanjo will yield viable solutions and has refused [...] | 2006-05-11 08:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET CASC NI |
06LAGOS644 | OIL SERVICE COMPANY EXPATRIATES RELEASED AFTER [...] (U)Summary: On May 11, three expatriate workers (one Italian, one Indian, and one British) were detained by a community group around Port Harcourt. The Italian and the Indian expatriates are employed by SAIPEM, an Italian oil services company. The incident occurred at 1120 hours in the town [...] | 2006-05-12 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EPET KHLS NI PGOV PINR PTER CASC DELTAVIOLENCE |
06LAGOS645 | BRIDGE TO THE PRESIDENCY? [...] (C) Summary: Lagos State Governor Bolaji Tinubu aims to build a 4.3 kilometer-long motorway linking Lekki Peninsula to the Lagos Mainland, not only to reduce traffic congestion in the Lagos Metropolitan Area, but also to increase his political capital in the run-up to the 2007 elections. The [...] | 2006-05-12 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL CH NI |
06LAGOS646 | FATAL PIPELINE EXPLOSION OUTSIDE OF LAGOS [...] (SBU) An oil pipeline exploded in the Ilado area south of Lagos this morning. Apparently due to a local fuel scarcity, residents of the area attempted to break into the pipeline to pilfer oil. This attempt went awry, thus causing the explosion. Because scores of local residents were attra [...] | 2006-05-12 15:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
06LAGOS647 | AMCIT MURDER & WARRI CAR BOMB SUGGEST DANGEROUS [...] (C) The apparently targeted killing of AmCit oil service company worker Ricky Wiginton on May 10 is the latest incident of violence in the volatile Niger Delta region (reftel A). Nigerian security sources say this type of willful homicidal attack on an expatriate, particularly an American, i [...] | 2006-05-12 15:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS653 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE JAN TO APR [...] This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Right Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables or are updates of previously reported [...] | 2006-05-15 08:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KIRF NI |
06LAGOS661 | ANOTHER OYO GOVERNOR DEFIES GODFATHER ADEDIBU [...] SUMMARY: (U) Oyo Governor Alao-Akala's attempt to extend his tenure through legal action has reignited political tension in Oyo state. Lamidi Adedibu, Akala's political godfather, said Akala's action violates an agreement reached when Akala became governor in January, and has vowed to resist [...] | 2006-05-16 14:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NI DOMESTICPOLITICS |
06LAGOS665 | NIGERIA LARGEST MARKET FOR U.S. WHEAT/RICE [...] SUMMARY: As the June 2005 - May 2006 Marketing Year comes to conclusion, Nigeria is presumed to be the number one market in the world for U.S. Wheat ahead of traditional front-runners; Japan and Mexico. For the fourth consecutive year Nigeria is the world's leading importer of U.S. hard red w [...] | 2006-05-17 07:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV NI |
06LAGOS668 | IJAW ELDER WILLING TO GIVE OBASANJO'S DELTA [...] (C) Although at first opposed to the recently-established Delta Commission, Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark has agreed to Ijaw participation in the body. This agreement came as a result of an initially stormy late April meeting between Clark and Obasanjo. Clark's approval was conditioned on O [...] | 2006-05-17 14:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET CASC NI |
06LAGOS689 | THIRD TERM DEFEAT TRIGGERS EUPHORIA AMONG SOUTHERN [...] (C) The demise of the third term amendment has most southern politicians happier than they have been in months. Many believe the President will not easily accept defeat and will search for another device to extend his presidency. Cynics believe he will foment or encourage unrest, particularly [...] | 2006-05-20 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS69 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #8 [...] (C) Tidex received an answer to the e-mail they sent out to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) (ref A). The e-mail reiterated MEND's defensive warning that no rescue action should be taken and that any person found with a Nigerian soldier would be considered a soldi [...] | 2006-01-19 18:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS690 | THIRD TERM DEFEAT TRIGGERS EUPHORIA AMONG SOUTHERN [...] (C) The demise of the third term amendment has most southern politicians happier than they have been in months. Many believe the President will not easily accept defeat and will search for another device to extend his presidency. Cynics believe he will foment or encourage unrest, particularly [...] | 2006-05-20 15:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI THIRDTERM |
06LAGOS70 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #9 [...] (C) At 22:00 January 19, Chris Jones, Tidex Operations Manager in Port Harcourt (PH),spoke with all four hostages, starting with Nigel Watson Clark, the British Ecodrill employee. Clark told him that AmCit Pat Landry was not well. He said constant movement, mosquitoes, and diarrhoea were ta [...] | 2006-01-20 10:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS701 | SENIOR BAYELSA OFFICIAL SEES MILITANTS AS A [...] (C) Summary: During a series of April 28-29 discussions with the Consul General, Bayelsa State Secretary of State Government, Dr. Godknows Igali, described militant activity in the Delta region as an inchoate "civil insurrection" that promised to expand. He emphasized the Ijaw militants re [...] | 2006-05-23 11:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI |
06LAGOS702 | NDLEA CHAIRMAN GIADE DISCUSSES U.S. TRIP [...] (C) DEA CA Sam Gaye met Nigerian National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman Ahmadu Giade on May 22. Giade wanted to discuss the planned trip by the GON counter narcotics delegation led by the Attorney General, to the U.S. The May 22 meeting was attended by NDLEA's Director of Prosecutio [...] | 2006-05-23 17:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI NARCOTICS |
06LAGOS714 | SENATOR DANJUMA TALKS ABOUT OBASANJO THIRD TERM [...] (C) During a May 22 conversation, Edo State Senator Daisy Danjuma gave a Senate insider's view of President Obasanjo's failed last-ditch efforts to garner her support for his third term bid. Obasanjo personally pleaded with her and her husband, Obasanjo's former Defense Minister, for support. [...] | 2006-05-25 14:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI THIRDTERM |
06LAGOS720 | PRESIDENT TO RESHUFFLE CABINET AND PDP AFTER THIRD [...] (C) Transcorp Director and Obasanjo insider Otunba Funso Lawal told the Consul General the President, stung by the third term amendment defeat, was planning to reshuffle his cabinet and the PDP machinery to reward the faithful and to bruise the indifferent and disloyal. By these moves, Obasa [...] | 2006-05-26 15:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI THIRDTERM |
06LAGOS726 | DEA VISIT TO GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) DEA CA Sam Gaye visited Guinea-Bissau, May 18-19, 2006. The purpose of the visit was to meet Bissau-Guinean counter-narcotics officials to discuss trafficking trends, share intelligence, and provide the Judicial Police (PJ) with drug test kits. The PJ pleaded for more resources. The A [...] | 2006-05-30 11:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR PTER ASEC NI PU NARCOTICS |
06LAGOS74 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #10 [...] (U) An Ecodrill representative attempted to set up a delivery of medicine to sick AmCit Patrick Landry at 14:00 on January 20. Post will monitor future communication to learn whether the delivery arrived. 2. (U) The kidnappers initiated at least 5 separate contacts between the night of [...] | 2006-01-20 17:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS741 | IF ANOTHER HOSTAGE CRISIS COMES - FEST COMPOSITION [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraphs 7 through 11. 2. (U) NOTE: This cable was drafted prior to the hostage-taking of 0330 hrs on 2 June 2006. 3. (C) Given the roiled conditions of the Niger Delta, another hostage situation is possible within the next few months. W [...] | 2006-06-02 07:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL CASC EPET PGOV NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS743 | THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...] | 2006-06-02 13:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI |
06LAGOS753 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2 [...] (C) The Hostages: The eight hostages were allowed to contact their families last night (June 2) using AmCit Texas Richards' satellite phone. All remain in good health, and have not been subjected to any mistreatment. Food, toiletries, a satellite phone battery and charger, and some medicin [...] | 2006-06-03 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS764 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (C) All eight expat hostages were released in good condition Sunday by 11:30am. The eight were flown from Port Harcourt to Lagos yesterday afternoon and given medical examinations, and then flown out of Lagos via British Airways last night at 11:45pm. London was notified that AmCit Texas Ri [...] | 2006-06-05 10:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS774 | NIGERIA: JUNE 2-4 HOSTAGE-TAKING - ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Released AmCit hostage Texas Richards confirmed the weekend hostage-taking was primarily a local community-based incident. Richards said the hostage-takers were local villagers armed with older, poorly-maintained weapons. The hostages were held in Duwumi village (Ekeremor local governme [...] | 2006-06-07 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES |
06LAGOS775 | SHELL GAS PLANT ATTACKED: SOME DEATHS; 5 KOREAN, 1 [...] (SBU) A Shell Petroleum Development Company gas plant in Chawthorne Channel, near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was attacked Wednesday, June 7 at 0100. Press reported between five and nine deaths among government security forces when armed assailants attacked their houseboat. Military sources [...] | 2006-06-07 16:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PTER KHLS PINR KS NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
06LAGOS787 | JUNE 9 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the initial edition of what will be a biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in ot [...] | 2006-06-09 11:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI DELTAVIOLENCE |
06LAGOS80 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...] | 2006-01-21 14:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS800 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC BRIEFS, APRIL - MAY 2006 [...] Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) reported the lowest inflation figures in 10 years with a drop from 10.7 percent in January to 7.9 percent in February. Inter- bank interest rates also declined significantly as the system experienced a liquidity ease following release of monthly sta [...] | 2006-06-13 08:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI |
06LAGOS802 | CONNECTED OILMAN'S TAKE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK [...] (C) Politically attuned oilman Leno Adesina predicted Vice President Atiku and his allies in the National Assembly will launch impeachment proceedings against Obasanjo in an effort to keep the shaken President on his defensive haunches. However, Adesina claims unity among Obasanjo opponents [...] | 2006-06-14 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS807 | ATIKU CAMP THINKS IT HAS MOMENTUM AFTER THIRD TERM [...] (C) Sources close to Vice President Atiku believe President Obasanjo's third term loss has strengthened Atiku's presidential chances. They told the Consul General (CG) that numerous politicians, including many People's Democratic Party (PDP) governors who toed the party line supporting the th [...] | 2006-06-15 06:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS81 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #12 [...] (C) Econoff, Tidex operations manager, and an HMG official met five representatives allegedly acting for the kidnappers and negotiating with Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan. Four of the representatives willingly spoke with Econoff. They said the captives were healthy, and they hop [...] | 2006-01-22 15:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS82 | BREAKING NEWS APPEARS POSITIVE, BUT DOUBTS REMAIN [...] (C) The committee set up to negotiate the release of the Tidex hostages (reftels) met today and announced progress in identifying the kidnappers, and again promised a positive outcome to the crisis in short order. The Bayelsa Governor, as chairman of the group, provided photographs of the h [...] | 2006-01-22 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS84 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #13 [...] (C) The State Secretary to the Government (SSG) of Bayelsa State said an arrangement had been made with the kidnappers to release the hostages at Sagbama, a point near the Delta State border. He said the kidnappers had altered their demands and now requested more infrastructure building in [...] | 2006-01-23 14:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS866 | ASSEMBLY MEMBER RECOUNTS THIRD TERM DEFEAT [...] (C) Representative Temi Harriman (PDP - Delta State) of the National Assembly told the Consul General bribes and strong-arm tactics whittled at but did not break the opposition that defeated the President's third term push. Harriman suspects there will be additional attempts to extend Obasanj [...] | 2006-06-20 14:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS867 | TRANSCORP BIDDING FOR NITEL [...] (C) Several telecommunication sources told us President Obasanjo is encouraging bidders for Nigeria's state-owned telecommunications company Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) to enter into joint partnership with Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN). Insiders state TCN neither has [...] | 2006-06-20 14:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS873 | ONITSHA VIOLENCE;CURFEW IMPOSED [...] (SBU) Violent clashes during the past few days in Onitsha involving the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign Sate of Biafra (MASSOB),the police, the Anambra Vigilante Service (AVS),and the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) left at least 12 confirmed deaths, many [...] | 2006-06-20 15:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS874 | NITEL STRIKE ENDS JUNE 19 [...] (U) On June 19, employees of Nigeria's state-owned telecommunications company, Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (NITEL),resumed work after a two-week strike. Landline and cellular telephone service in Abuja and Lagos has returned to its normal, albeit uneven, quality. National Association [...] | 2006-06-20 16:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI |
06LAGOS880 | TWO PHILIPPINE EXPATRIATES KIDNAPPED IN PORT [...] (SBU) Two Philippine expatriate oil workers were kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on June 20. Vice Consul Randy Arquiza of the Philippine Embassy confirmed the incident, identifying the hostages as Pacifico Gajo and Joseph Docdolero. Both are employees of Beaufort International, a [...] | 2006-06-21 15:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS889 | LAGOS GOVERNOR TO THROW HAT INTO PRESIDENTIAL RING [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting Lagos State Governor Tinubu told the Consul General he will soon announce his presidential candidacy while still exploring the possibility of being the junior partner on a ticket with Vice President Atiku or former military head-of-state Muhammadu Buhari [...] | 2006-06-23 09:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS892 | ATIKU CAMP COLLECTING SIGNATURES TO IMPEACH [...] (C) Summary. On June 19, Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor Saraki, Babatunde Morakinyo, told Econoff the Atiku camp was secretly collecting signatures from House of Assembly members to begin impeachment proceedings against President Obasanjo. Morakinyo said Atiku was also collecting [...] | 2006-06-23 11:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS9 | LAND TENURE REFORM NEEDED FOR REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian housing/real estate sector is cumbersome, costly, and has not been the catalyst for growth and private sector activity that it should be. Primary reasons for the inefficiency of this sector are that the laws and regulations governing conveyance and registration of [...] | 2006-01-04 15:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EIND KCOR EAID PGOV NI |
06LAGOS90 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #14 [...] (C) Econoff reports Bayelsa State officials continue to portray the hostages' release as imminent, and tell him the hostages may be released between about 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. tonight. He reports officials in Yenagoa are upbeat and confident regarding their information sources. The usual rep [...] | 2006-01-24 17:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS905 | PHILIPPINE HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (SBU) On June 25, Philippine Vice-Consul Arquiza informed us about the release of the two Philippine oil workers (reftel) who were kidnapped on June 20. The Philippine hostages were released into the custody of Vice- Consul Arquiza at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Aft [...] | 2006-06-26 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PETER CASC NI |
06LAGOS91 | MULTIPLE ATTACKS ON AGIP FACILITIES; NINE POLICE [...] (U) Late afternoon on January 24, Agip's Port Harcourt headquarters was attacked and a bank on the premises was robbed. Eyewitnesses described the attackers as 30 youths dressed as police, traveling in speedboats, who immediately began a firefight with police. Nine policemen and 2 civilian [...] | 2006-01-24 17:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS912 | JUNE 23 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in other cables or are updates of previ [...] | 2006-06-29 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI |
06LAGOS913 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS THROUGH JUNE [...] (U) Following is a roundup of political items from the Lagos Consular district, Southern Nigeria, through June 2006. --------------------------------------------- -- National - Indictment to Block Atiku Candidacy? --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Prominent attorne [...] | 2006-06-29 14:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS935 | PDP RECONCILIATION ATTEMPT FAILS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) National Executive Committee's (NEC) efforts to mend divisions exacerbated by the struggle over the third term amendment have failed in the south so far. Key invitees failed to appear at the zonal reconciliation meetings in the South-West, and boycotts [...] | 2006-07-05 12:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI |
06LAGOS936 | TRANSOCEAN DRILLING RIG INVADED; 86 STAFF BEING [...] (C) Managing Director Kevin Wink of U.S. firm, Transocean Inc., confirmed armed community members invaded a Transocean rig, Trident 8, offshore Bayelsa State on the evening of July 3. Approximately 86 expatriate and Nigerian staff have remained locked down since then, and are being evacuate [...] | 2006-07-05 16:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS943 | SHELL DUTCH CONTRACTOR SEIZED IN BAYELSA STATE; [...] (C) Security contacts at Shell confirmed armed local residents today kidnapped a Dutch national from Shell's Gbaran gas gathering plant, Bayelsa State, located near the state capital Yenegoa. The hostage is an employee of Shell contractor Westminster Dredging, a U.K.-based company. As yet, [...] | 2006-07-06 18:07:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS956 | DUTCH HOSTAGE RELEASED SAFELY [...] (SBU) Officials from Shell and the Dutch Mission confirmed the release of Dutch hostage (reftel) Michael Llos after five days of captivity. Llos is at Government House in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, whre he being assisted by a Dutch Consular officer and representatives from his employer, Westmi [...] | 2006-07-10 15:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER NI |
06LAGOS98 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #15 [...] (C) Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries provided photos and audio of Nigel Watson-Clarke from their visit to the kidnappers' camp. Morale of their young yet heavily-armed captors may be waning in the face of the arrest of their two leaders and fear that a big payoff ma [...] | 2006-01-25 20:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS983 | MILITANTS ATTACK CHEVRON CONVOY [...] (C) Senior Chevron Nigeria management confirmed approximately 25 militants in five boats attacked a six-vessel Chevron convoy in the Chanomi Creek area around Warri South-East Local Government, Delta State, the night of July 12. Five Nigerian Government Joint Task Force (JTF) gun boats were [...] | 2006-07-13 14:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAGOS99 | AGIP AND RECENT NIGER DELTA ATTACKS DEMONSTRATE [...] (SBU) A Shell contact provided additional details on the AGIP attack today during the daily hostage crisis response group meeting (reftel B). He indicated the attackers approached the AGIP compound on the creek side at about 1400 hours in two speedboats. The boats docked at the jetty, wher [...] | 2006-01-26 07:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS991 | AGIP PIPELINE BLOWN, BUT EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Press reported two Nigerian AGIP Oil Company (NAOC) pipelines in different locations in Bayelsa State were damaged by explosions on July 12. One is at the Clough Creek flow station, Tebidaba, and the other in Lagosgbene, Brass Local Governent. A senior AGIP executive told us the inci [...] | 2006-07-14 16:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI |
06LAHORE159 | JAMAAT-UD-DAWA RALLY URGES MUSLIMS TO UNITE AGAINST WEST [...] (U) Approximately 20,000 people turned out for an anti-cartoon rally organized by Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) and held at Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan park on Friday, March 17. Representatives from various conservative religious and political organizations joined with prominent JUD leaders in accusing t [...] | 2006-03-24 09:57:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
06LAHORE318 | MNA ALLEGES ABUSE AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL [...] (U) On May 22 a Lahore anti-terrorism court released PML-N MNA Saad Rafique on bail after more than three months in jail. Accused by the government of inciting the violent February 14 anti-cartoon protests in Lahore, Rafique was originally taken into custody outside the National Assembly on Feb [...] | 2006-06-27 04:12:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PK |
06LAPAZ1062 | BOLIVIA: MORALES AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales has accused key actors in the judicial sector of protecting "sacred cows" and resisting the process of political change. In response, key representatives of the justice sector have accused the President of interfering with and politicizing justice. Although l [...] | 2006-04-19 15:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM USAID BL |
06LAPAZ1078 | BOLIVIA'S TROUBLED AVIATION SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Lloyd Aero Boliviano's crisis continues, but it is not alone in its troubles. The carrier's principal competitor, AeroSur, is rumored to be struggling with its own financial problems, and civil and military airlines only narrowly avoided serious accidents over the weekend. Taken [...] | 2006-04-20 18:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1095 | BOLIVIA'S 2006 BUDGET: STRONG STATE PRESENCE [...] Summary: The Morales administration sent a revised 2006 public budget proposal to Congress on March 24. The revised budget includes additional appropriations for health and education, while cutting salaries for government workers. Although the new administration has not yet released its econo [...] | 2006-04-20 20:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV EAID BL |
06LAPAZ1101 | MUTUN TO PROCEED; PROBLEMS WITH NEARBY PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB officials recently announced that bidding on the rights to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits, would proceed as planned; this satisfied a long-standing demand of local leaders, but problems with a nearby project have generated conflict. Civic activis [...] | 2006-04-21 17:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1114 | GOVERNMENT FACES RISING SOCIAL SECTOR TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid accusations that the government has failed to keep its promises, social sector frustration, including among the MAS's highland support base, is rising. Civil sector leaders in Santa Cruz and Tarija have also stepped up their anti-government pressures. The Government has m [...] | 2006-04-24 18:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI ELAB PHUM PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1129 | BOLIVIA AND ARGENTINA SIGN ENERGY DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 21, Bolivia and Argentina signed an Energy Integration Declaration in La Paz, promising to revise the natural gas sales agreement between the two countries, including provisions on price and export volumes, create a partnership between both countries' state oil compani [...] | 2006-04-26 16:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1130 | BOLIVIA: ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF TRADE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' vice minister of economic relations and foreign trade appears to believe Bolivia is gaining influence in the formation of regional and international trade policy. She claims President Morales is assuming a leadership role in the Andean Community [...] | 2006-04-26 16:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1131 | CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSIONS' VIEWS DIFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: While staff of the MAS-led Chamber of Deputies Economic and Sustainable Development Commissions look favorably on the initial performance of the Morales administration, the president of the commissions' opposition-led Senate counterpart believes the government has acted erratica [...] | 2006-04-26 19:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1159 | NATIONALIZATION AS GRAND POLITICAL GESTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: By announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, President Evo Morales has again proven himself a master of the grand political gesture. Timed to coincide with the kick off the campaign for the Constituent Assembly and accompanied by the symbolic taking of g [...] | 2006-05-02 17:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ENRG ECON PGOV SOCI PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1172 | BOLIVIA JOINS ALBA, SIGNS PEOPLES' TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29, Bolivia formally joined the Bolivarian Alternative to the Americas (ALBA) and signed a Peoples' Trade Agreement with Venezuela and Cuba, becoming party to agreements meant to advance regional economic, political, and cultural integration. The three countries promis [...] | 2006-05-02 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV EPET USTR BL |
06LAPAZ1180 | IS MINING NEXT IN LINE FOR NATIONALIZATION? [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the GOB's May 1 nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, many are wondering if mining might be next in line. President Morales and other GOB officials have repeatedly stated their intent to nationalize all natural resources, including mineral deposi [...] | 2006-05-03 18:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1193 | BUSINESSMEN QUESTION GOB'S ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's lack of clearly defined economic objectives is increasingly frustrating La Paz businessmen, who say government officials' erratic behavior has weakened Bolivia's investment climate. Leading manufacturers recently told EconOff that the GOB's failure to negotiate a free [...] | 2006-05-04 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1199 | BUSINESSMEN QUESTION GOB'S ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's lack of clearly defined economic objectives is increasingly frustrating La Paz businessmen, who say government officials' erratic behavior has weakened Bolivia's investment climate. Leading manufacturers recently told EconOff that the GOB's failure to negotiate a free [...] | 2006-05-05 12:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1211 | MILITARY EQUIPMENT: WHAT'S MINE IS MINE, WHAT'S [...] (C) Summary: In a GOB-requested May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca attempted to set conditions for the return of counter-terrorism unit U.S. equipment to MilGroup custody. The Ambassador reminded both ministers that [...] | 2006-05-08 11:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1245 | PRESIDENT MORALES FOCUSED ON POPULISM AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first 100 days in office, Evo Morales has focused almost exclusively on political goals with short-term domestic appeal and negative long-term consequences. At home, his efforts to consolidate power in the executive appeal to Bolivian demands for stability and jobs after y [...] | 2006-05-09 15:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ1248 | GOB NAMES BOARD MEMBERS TO "NATIONALIZED" [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB named 20 directors and five controllers to the boards of five hydrocarbons companies on May 8. The GOB has yet to legally acquire ownership control of these five companies, in accord with its May 1 nationalization decree (reftel),and it remains unclear how it plans to [...] | 2006-05-09 17:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1254 | BOLIVIA: FISSURES IN THE MORALES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Evo Morales entered his fourth month in office with rifts developing within his government and Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Morales' abrupt firing of associates for alleged corruption, autocratic management style, and rhetorical attacks against the United Stat [...] | 2006-05-09 20:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI |
06LAPAZ1265 | DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE MAS? [...] (C) Summary: While the GOB continues to ride a wave of euphoria following President Morales' May 1 nationalization of hydrocarbons, an undertow of discontent grows within the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) due to alleged intra-party discrimination based on gender and race, as well as Morales' [...] | 2006-05-10 13:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1268 | LLORENTI WON'T BE BOLIVIA'S AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 16:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1271 | GOB OFFERS COCA ERADICATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Bolivian exporters told the Ambassador May 9 that President Morales had floated the idea of linking improvements in illegal coca eradication to an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). GOB officials reportedly told exporters they wer [...] | 2006-05-10 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ1283 | SLOW START FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly campaign is off to an unimpressive start; campaign season opened May 2 but political parties, perhaps taking their cues from a fatigued electorate, or perhaps hindered by a lack of funding, have done little to educate voters about their candidates or posi [...] | 2006-05-11 17:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1285 | GOB ON GAS: TO COMPENSATE OR NOT TO COMPENSATE? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales reportedly stated on May 11 that the GOB did not have to compensate hydrocarbons companies for their losses due to nationalization if such firms had "recovered investments and accrued some earnings." In contradiction to Morales' statement, the GOB agreed on May [...] | 2006-05-11 19:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1289 | MINING MINISTER SAYS GOB WILL NOT NATIONALIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Mining Walter Villarroel told Econoffs May 11 that the GOB would not nationalize Bolivia's mining industry. He left open the possibility of tax increases, however, and said the tax structure and mining code were under review. He also asked for assistance identifyin [...] | 2006-05-12 15:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1316 | GOB EXPLAINS HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, accompanied by the Finance and Planning Ministers, convened a meeting of international donors on May 12 to discuss the GOB's hydrocarbons nationalization decree issued on May 1 (ref A). After decrying the "neoliberal" economic model, the [...] | 2006-05-16 17:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1317 | OPPOSITION PROSPECTS ARE WEAK FOR THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition to President Evo Morales, Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party enters the campaign for the Constituent Assembly elections on July 2 even weaker than before the general elections in December 2006. The best-known opposition leaders--Podemos, Jorge Quiroga and UN,s S [...] | 2006-05-16 17:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI |
06LAPAZ1322 | MAS HAS STRONG ADVANTAGE ENTERING THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will launch their campaign for the 2 July Constituent Assembly election on May 26 riding a wave of popular support for the President's hydrocarbons nationalization decree. The MAS remains the most powerful party [...] | 2006-05-17 12:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1332 | ECONOMIC ROOTS OF BOLIVIA'S SOCIAL REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic factors, which have fed the growing political disaffection of Bolivia's majority poor, have helped fuel the country's rolling "social revolution." Take persistent poverty. The percentage of Bolivia's population living below the poverty line has remained virtually uncha [...] | 2006-05-17 18:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB SMIG SOCI PGOV EINV EPET BL |
06LAPAZ1341 | GOB CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON ATPDEA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's vice minister of trade and exports told Econoffs May 17 that GOB officials remained interested in an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA),believing additional time would provide "space" for the government to define its trade polici [...] | 2006-05-18 15:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1357 | JUDICIAL BRANCH STANDS TALL AGAINST EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with poloff on May 17 in Sucre, Supreme Court and Constitutional Tribunal (CT) justices, still stinging from President Morales' March public criticisms of the CT, expressed strong resolve to resist political pressure and influence from the Morales government. While Mo [...] | 2006-05-19 19:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1384 | BOLIVIA: IMF, IDB, AND WORLD BANK UPDATES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Please see paragraph 6 for action request. The World Bank Andean Director met with the Ambassador to solicit support from the U.S. government for the approval of its interim Bolivian strategy during the next World Bank [...] | 2006-05-23 18:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1407 | BRAZILIANS FIRM ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, BEHIND CLOSED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Brazilian Ambassador to Bolivia Antonio Mena Goncalves May 24 to discuss Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's May 22-23 visit to La Paz. In meetings with the Bolivian government, Amorim deliberately avoided the hydrocarbons issue, but Mena Goncalves to [...] | 2006-05-26 14:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL |
06LAPAZ1414 | DEJA VU--IS MORALES FOLLOWING THE CHAVEZ MODEL? [...] (C) Summary: As the Morales government hits the four month mark and further strengthens its relationships with Cuba and Venezuela, there is increasing speculation about the extent to which Morales is following the Chavista model of governance. Three Venezuelan USAID contractors working on dem [...] | 2006-05-26 19:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1418 | BOLIVIA IN CHAVEZ' EMBRACE [...] (C) Summary: The MAS party's May 26 Chapare-based campaign kick-off for the Constituent Assembly -- featuring President Evo Morales and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez in the shared leading role -- revealed a Bolivian government fallen openly into Venezuela's embrace. Venezuelan offici [...] | 2006-05-30 14:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ1456 | TUTO QUIROGA ON CHAVEZ DOMINO EFFECT [...] (C) Summary: Former President and opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga told the Ambassador on May 30 that the USG should help "stop Chavez" in Peru, or risk the domino effect in Ecuador and elsewhere. Quiroga talked at length about Chavez's visions of a Bolivarian state, and said that after [...] | 2006-05-31 19:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BL |
06LAPAZ1466 | BOLIVIA FORMALLY REQUESTS ATPDEA AND GSP EXTENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales' newly-appointed advisor for international trade, Pablo Solon, called on the Ambassador May 31 to deliver a copy of a letter formally requesting extensions of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) and the Generalized System of Preferences [...] | 2006-06-01 18:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV USTR BL |
06LAPAZ1516 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DORIA MEDINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met May 30 with National Unity (UN) party leader Samuel Doria Medina, who predicted that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party would win 50 to 55 percent of the vote for the Constituent Assembly elections in July, while the UN and Podemos would spl [...] | 2006-06-05 20:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1517 | MORALES ISSUED LAND DECREES WITHOUT PROMISED [...] (U) Despite his May 18 decision not to promulgate executive decrees redistributing land without consensus, President Morales issued seven decrees on June 3 after negotiations with Santa Cruz agricultural and business representatives broke down June 2. The GOB will redistribute 2.2 million he [...] | 2006-06-05 20:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1518 | LLOYD: CLOSER TO COLLAPSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aero Boliviano, moved closer to collapse following the chief executive's failed attempt to relinquish ownership to employees. In a bizarre turn of events June 3, disgruntled pilots accosted two members of the company's board of directors and he [...] | 2006-06-05 20:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV CASC BL |
06LAPAZ1530 | INDIA'S JINDAL STEEL WINS MUTUN BID [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB officials announced June 1 that India's Jindal Steel and Power had won the right to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. The firm expects to invest USD 2.3 billion over the next ten years, not only to exploit Mutun's estimated 40 billion tons of iron [...] | 2006-06-06 17:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1537 | BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, MORALES TRADE CRITICISMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a joint declaration May 31, seven departmental business associations harshly criticized the Morales administration and charged the president with leading Bolivia in the wrong direction. Morales responded in an open letter published in leading newspapers June 3, accusing the [...] | 2006-06-06 21:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1556 | ONE PREFECT WORRIES ABOUT FUTURE OF REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Cochabamba prefect (governor) and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa told the Ambassador on June 7 that he believes President Morales will hold national elections following the Constituent Assembly in order to consolidate control over Bolivia's prefects, and will a [...] | 2006-06-08 18:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1565 | EU AWAITS ANDEAN COMMUNITY STANCE TOWARD TRADE [...] (U) Summary: At a June 8 breakfast, the European Commission Delegation's chief trade representative said the European Union (EU) would await a clear Andean Community stance toward trade talks before pursuing association agreement negotiations. EU member states hope to see consensus emerge aft [...] | 2006-06-08 21:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1587 | LAND CONFLICT IN ORURO [...] (U) The GOB displaced 7,000 squatters from privately-owned lands in the Department of Oruro on June 9; one off-duty police officer was killed in the confrontation. Members of an organization dubbed the "Roofless Movement" (similar to the Landless Movement) had been living in tents on private [...] | 2006-06-12 18:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1597 | COUNTDOWN TO CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: With three weeks to go before the July 2 Constituent Assembly elections, polls in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, together representing 70 percent of the population, indicate Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will win approximately 45 percent of the vote, with Pode [...] | 2006-06-13 15:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1629 | LLOYD SECURES INSURANCE EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national airline, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano, narrowly avoided collapse June 15 by securing a new extension on its aircraft insurance, set to expire the same day. The extension will allow the carrier to continue operating, but with board members' June 15 decision to resign [...] | 2006-06-16 19:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1654 | SANTA CRUZ PREFECT PREDICTS WIN FOR AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas told the Ambassador June 19 that he believed six of Bolivia's nine departments would vote "yes" in the July 2 autonomy referendum. He expressed frustration with the GOB's "double talk," referring to President Morales' recent decision to withdraw [...] | 2006-06-19 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1660 | GOB UNVEILS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB released its five-year national development plan on June 16. The plan proposes a strong state presence in the economy and natural resource management and substantial public investment in order to create jobs, diminish poverty, improve health and education, and provide [...] | 2006-06-20 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1662 | TARIJA PREFECT ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tarija Prefect Mario Cossio told the Ambassador June 19 that like the Embassy's relationship with the GOB, his relationship with the Morales administration is complicated by instability, largely due to the GOB's unclear policies and erratic public attacks for political gain. Cossio said h [...] | 2006-06-20 19:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ167 | MORALES INAUGURATION SPEECH: A MIXED BAG [...] (SBU) Summary. Evo Morales' January 22 inauguration speech was many things: long, rambling and inconsistent, but also direct, passionate and heartfelt. He celebrated international support for his government from the United States, Venezuela and Cuba. But in a less-than-presidential manner, [...] | 2006-01-23 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ168 | BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA WASTE NO TIME SIGNING [...] (U) On President Evo Morales' first full day in office, Morales and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a series of cooperation agreements covering energy, sports, health, medicine, education and agriculture. Chavez called the signing of these agreements "the start of a new period of rel [...] | 2006-01-23 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ169 | CHILE'S LAGOS HOPEFUL ABOUT BOLIVIA'S MORALES [...] (C) Summary: During their January 22 meeting in La Paz, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos told WHA A/S Shannon that the U.S. should keep the doors open with Evo Morales to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from gaining disproportionate influence. Lagos said he had explained Chile's his [...] | 2006-01-23 21:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI BL |
06LAPAZ1706 | JAPANESE AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS ON BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting Ecopol Chief met the Chinese and Japanese ambassadors in Bolivia June 20 and 21. The ambassadors shared concerns about the GOB's economic policies, which they said are having a chilling effect on foreign investment. Both ambassadors indicated that their governments are ta [...] | 2006-06-23 15:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL OTRA SNAR ETRD LA XK CH JA |
06LAPAZ1711 | GOB VOWS TO "DECOLONIZE" EDUCATION, THREATENING ACS [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of rumors concerning educational reform, Bolivia's education minister announced June 22 that the GOB planned to "decolonize" education to make all schools, public and private, equal. He declared the American Cooperative School part of a system that caters to a fortu [...] | 2006-06-23 21:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1729 | HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF? [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia's 1952 revolution, led by the National Revolutionary Movement (MNR),redistributed land and nationalized mining resources (including tin, Bolivia's principal export at the time) in an effort to correct economic disparity and established universal suffrage to promote greate [...] | 2006-06-27 14:30:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1743 | LATEST POLLS ON CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) With less than a week before the July 2 Constituent Assembly elections, a June 17-18 Apoyo opinion poll of all nine department capitals projects the MAS will win at least 114 of 255 seats in the Assembly. According to the poll, MAS candidates are likely to win 14 of the 45 department-wi [...] | 2006-06-27 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1774 | BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS DIFFER IN RESPONSE TO GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian business associations share similar concerns about GOB economic policies but differ in their response, with some advocating open criticism and others urging moderation. Neither strategy has been effective, as association representatives reportedly have limited access t [...] | 2006-06-28 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1775 | OPPOSITION GOALS FOR THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The two leading opposition political parties, Podemos and the National Unity (UN) party, have had little success in educating voters about their respective campaign platforms. While Podemos has a solid plan for the Constituent Assembly, its repeated criticism of Venezuelan inter [...] | 2006-06-28 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1787 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL COURT READY FOR JULY 2 [...] (C) Acting Ecopol Chief met with National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero on June 28 regarding the Court's preparations for the July 2 Constituent Assembly elections, which Romero says are almost complete. The CNE has set up a new system which voters can use to confirm (by cel [...] | 2006-06-29 16:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ179 | MORALES GOVERNMENT GENERATES HOPE, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held a series of meetings on January 22 with Santa Cruz business leaders, media and political analysts, opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, and Spanish Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon on the margins of the Morales inauguratio [...] | 2006-01-24 19:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1794 | SANTA CRUZ: THOUSANDS SHOW SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 400,000 people gathered in Santa Cruz June 28 to support civic leaders' campaign for a "yes" vote in the July 2 departmental autonomy referendum. Speakers accused the Morales administration of attempting to consolidate "hegemonic" power and declared autonomy a means [...] | 2006-06-29 21:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ1795 | MORE ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Following the GOB's June 22 announcement of its plan to "decolonize" and secularize education (reftel),pressure from the Catholic Church led the Morales administration to soften its position at least as regards Church interests. The GOB hosted a seminar June 26-28 on its propos [...] | 2006-06-29 21:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV SOCI PREL BL |
06LAPAZ180 | GOB NAMES LEFTIST CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced the 16 members of his cabinet January 23, the majority leftist, indigenous and from the altiplano. Morales exhorted the new cabinet to change Bolivia, integrate marginalized members of society, eliminate corruption, and serve -- not exploit -- the peo [...] | 2006-01-24 19:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV TBIO BL |
06LAPAZ1808 | PRELIMINARY CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Although preliminary election results show that the majority of Bolivians voted against departmental autonomy, four eastern departments solidly voted in its favor. Early results also indicate that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party won around 52 percent of Co [...] | 2006-07-03 13:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1841 | ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Approximately 80 percent of the July 2 election results are in, and National Electoral Court officials expect around 90 percent by July 7. Most analysts anticipate high voter participation rates, perhaps approaching the 84.5 percent of the December 2005 national elections. While voter [...] | 2006-07-06 15:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ1845 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered reftel information to Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) representative, Javier Hurtado, on July 5. Hurtado was optimistic that Bolivia would not follow in the Gambia's footsteps. He plans to contract seven technical team members within the next wee [...] | 2006-07-06 15:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ1859 | SANTA CRUZ LABOR DISPUTE PROMPTS GOB INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: July 3 clashes between feuding branches of Santa Cruz' Departmental Labor Confederation prompted the GOB to dismiss the department's police chief and install military guards at key administrative buildings. Minister of Government Alicia Munoz accused the police chief of neglige [...] | 2006-07-07 20:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ186 | MAS ECONOMICS TEAM: STRONG SOCIAL AWARENESS, WEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: If reports about its economic transition teams are any indication, the future Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government will have lots to learn. Current government ministers have told us that the MAS mining, economic development, and hydrocarbons teams conspicuously lack techn [...] | 2006-01-24 21:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | BL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV |
06LAPAZ1885 | CUSTOMS HOPES "SOCIAL CONTROL" WILL REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Customs officials recently proposed a "social control" mechanism to reduce contraband, arguing that appropriate incentives would increase the identification and seizure of illegally traded goods. The proposal is part of a restructuring process in which officials are evaluating [...] | 2006-07-11 12:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1891 | FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: "MAS" OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Final July 2 Constituent Assembly election results gave the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party 137 of 255 seats and ensured several opposition parties, including Podemos and National Unity (UN),a significant presence in the Assembly. In the week following the election, politic [...] | 2006-07-11 14:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1923 | AIRLINES SEEK TO EXPLOIT LLOYD'S TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: As Lloyd Aereo Boliviano struggles, American Airlines and AeroSur seek to expand. American plans to add La Paz-Miami flights in August and September, and AeroSur hopes to operate public charters to Miami from late July. Both see opportunities in Lloyd's near-complete departure [...] | 2006-07-13 14:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ195 | MORALES-SHANNON MEETING: PRESIDENT RECOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: Summary: In their January 21 meeting, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon told President-elect Evo Morales the U.S. agenda in Bolivia reflected our larger agenda in the region: consolidating democracy, promoting economic growth through free markets and integration, and protec [...] | 2006-01-26 15:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ1952 | SCENESETTER FOR VP GARCIA LINERA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will arrive in Washington late July 19 to push for an extension of ATPDEA benefits. In its first six months in office, the Morales administration has maintained popularity ratings of 70 to 80 percent by nationalizing hydrocarbons, ann [...] | 2006-07-19 16:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL MCC BL |
06LAPAZ1955 | GOB ASKS WHY VICE PRESIDENT NOT ALLOWED TO TRAVEL [...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alicia Munoz summoned the Ambassador July 19 to explain why Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera was not allowed to board American Airlines flight 922 from La Paz to Miami. The Ambassador apologized for the incident, attributing the error to an administrat [...] | 2006-07-19 17:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ1956 | EDUCATION CONGRESS ENDORSES SECULAR EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Days of contentious debate ended July 14 with the National Education Congress' endorsement of a secular education system that "respects the beliefs and spirituality of indigenous nations and the Bolivian people" and "rejects all dogmatic impositions." The Catholic Church accuse [...] | 2006-07-19 17:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ196 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST NAMED BOLIVIA'S AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales will reportedly appoint human rights activist Sacha Llorenti as Bolivia's next Ambassador to the U.S., tasking the new envoy with securing the extradition of former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. It is tempting to read an "anti-U.S." message into [...] | 2006-01-26 20:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ2017 | STATE CRITICIZES CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: A growing confrontation between church and state, which began as a debate about religious education, has broadened into a larger discussion of religion in general. Religion and religious education will be discussed in Congress in relation to a pending education bill as well as in [...] | 2006-07-26 18:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASCH APER AMGT PGOV PREL SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ2036 | LA PAZ PREFECT UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Following the July 2 autonomy referendum, social sectors have called for the resignation of La Paz Prefect Jose Luis "Pepe Lucho" Paredes, expressing anger at his support for regional autonomy (a position that contradicted his department's popular vote). Paredes alleges that a r [...] | 2006-07-27 14:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2037 | SOCIAL SECTORS TO OVERSEE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, President Morales announced plans to have social sectors oversee the Constituent Assembly. Morales' statements were strongly criticized by opposition parties and citizen groups. While his recent declarations might be an attempt to reach out to social sectors that [...] | 2006-07-27 14:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2046 | MINING COMPANIES BRACE FOR ROYALTY AND TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-owned mining company representatives said July 24 that they remained concerned by the GOB's failure to make royalty and tax decisions. While officials have repeatedly said the government will not act on President Morales' promises to nationalize Bolivia's mining industry ( [...] | 2006-07-28 18:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ205 | EARLY WARNING SIGNS? [...] (C) Summary: President Morales' first week in office has brought public and private reassurances that his government will cooperate with the USG and respect democracy and the rule of law, but there are also some early warning signs that the new government may undermine democratic institutions. [...] | 2006-01-27 19:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2079 | GOB URGES "CREATIVE" APPROACH TO BILATERAL TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB trade officials expressed satisfaction August 1 with Vice President Garcia Linera's trip to Washington (reftel),which provided an opportunity to lobby for an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). They noted the GOB's interest in negotia [...] | 2006-08-02 20:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2099 | INDIGENOUS WOMAN TO LEAD ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On July 29, President Morales designated Silvia Lazarte as the MAS' candidate for Constituent Assembly (CA) president, noting that she represents two sectors that have been historically excluded: women and the indigenous. Opposition parties criticized the nomination process as too one [...] | 2006-08-03 18:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2111 | MORALES' RHETORIC LEADS TO INCREASED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: President Morales launched his "agrarian revolution" August 2 in Ucurena, Cochabamba, declaring that if Congress does not approve the executive's land reform bill, indigenous communities will close Congress for its "ineffectiveness." Opposition parties from eastern Bolivia claim [...] | 2006-08-04 18:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2120 | STATE OF THE UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a rambling two and a half hour state of the union address kicking off the August 5 Constituent Assembly festivities in Sucre, Bolivia's historic capital, President Morales reviewed his accomplishments to date: delivery of the Constituent Assembly, economic stability and govern [...] | 2006-08-08 14:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2130 | MAS' DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party is circulating a draft constitution for the Constituent Assembly, although other drafts, which we have not reviewed, seem to be circulating as well. The draft we have seen, which contains strong socialist and communist not [...] | 2006-08-08 19:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2139 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivians celebrated their independence and the inauguration of the Constituent Assembly August 6 in Sucre. Festivities included introduction of all 255 Assembly members, speeches by President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera, a parade of Bolivia's indigenous communities [...] | 2006-08-09 13:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ216 | HYDROCARBONS COMPANIES PESSIMISTIC, BUT WILLING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, hydrocarbons company representatives discussed their concerns about negotiations with the incoming administration. They worried in particular about the likely absence of reasonable GOB interlocutors (subsequent ministerial appointments pr [...] | 2006-01-30 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV |
06LAPAZ2167 | POLICE THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE [...] (SBU) The National Association of Police, a union of lower-level officials in the national police force, declared a state of emergency on August 10, threatening a mass hunger strike if the GOB did not agree to increase police salaries. No violence has occurred. During the first week of August, [...] | 2006-08-11 20:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ217 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Late January 27, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca summoned the Ambassador to apologize for the Foreign Ministry's gaffe in prematurely announcing its intention to nominate Sacha Llorentty as Bolivia's next ambassador to the U.S., and to formally submit Llorentty's credentials. He sa [...] | 2006-01-30 20:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2171 | MAS INSIGHT INTO CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Raul Prada, a MAS insider and Constituent Assembly representative, confirmed President Morales' plans for an all-powerful Assembly which would seek to remove all traces of colonialism from Bolivian society. Prada said procedural issues for the Assembly remain pending but he expe [...] | 2006-08-11 21:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2207 | EXPORTERS' EXPECTATIONS OF ATPDEA EXTENSION BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Expectations of an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) have begun to fade, as exporters gradually accept that the GOB stands little chance of securing a continuation of existing trade preferences. Even so, many La Paz and Santa Cruz business [...] | 2006-08-16 18:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2222 | UNCERTAINTY REGARDING ALLEGED DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C/NF) Press reports from Tehran state that Bolivian Minister of Economic Development Celinda Sosa signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Iran (GOI) for the expansion of industrial and mineral cooperation, but GOB officials could not confirm the signing for Embassy offici [...] | 2006-08-17 20:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL BL IR VE |
06LAPAZ2246 | MANPADS: EX-PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Congress will soon decide whether to approve criminal charges against ex-President Rodriguez for the transfer of MANPADS to the United States for destruction in October 2005. Given the upcoming vote, Rodriguez is ramping up his rhetoric, again denying that he approved the tran [...] | 2006-08-21 18:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM MASS MARR BL |
06LAPAZ2295 | HYDROCARBONS MINISTER IS CENSURED [...] (U) The opposition majority in the Senate -- 13 Podemos and 1 National Unity (UN) senators -- censured Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada on August 23 for the state oil company YPFB's alleged violations of Bolivian laws and regulations (reftel). MAS senators protested by not participatin [...] | 2006-08-24 21:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2342 | YPFB PRESIDENT RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 28, President Morales announced the resignation of the President of the state oil company YPFB, Jorge Alvarado. Alvarado resigned in the face of corruption accusations related to a contract between YPFB and Iboamerica Trading (reftel). Morales also announced the repl [...] | 2006-08-29 19:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2372 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY BRAWL OVER RULES OF DEBATE [...] (SBU) Stalemate over the rules of order for the Constituent Assembly (CA) escalated into violence late August 31 and continued into the early morning of September 1 in Sucre. Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) delegates hardened their position on a simple majority vote (the opposition supports t [...] | 2006-09-01 19:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2393 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly is at a crossroads after political disagreements over its rules of order escalated into violence September 1, resulting in MAS delegates approving their own proposal for a majority vote on constitutional changes after opposition parties abandoned the sess [...] | 2006-09-05 21:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ240 | RODRIGUEZ CONCERNED ABOUT THREATS TO JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with AID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mike Magan, the Ambassador and Embassy officials on January 31, former President (and current Supreme Court President) Rodriguez shared his concerns that President Morales will threaten Bolivia's relatively young democratic ins [...] | 2006-02-01 21:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2406 | BUSINESS AS USUAL, DESPITE RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: La Paz businessmen reacted with relative calm to the September 1 violence in the constituent assembly (reftel),declaring that business would continue as usual. While not necessarily thriving, businesses appear to have survived the uncertainty of the last few months, and most ex [...] | 2006-09-06 20:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2415 | THE MEDIA LUNA STRIKE: WHICH SIDE WILL BLINK [...] (C) Summary: In response to growing ruling party intransigence in the Constituent Assembly charged with writing Bolivia's new constitution, the largely "media luna" (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando) based opposition has called a regional general strike for September 8th (reftel 02393). [...] | 2006-09-07 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2418 | MAS STEAMROLLING CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY? [...] (C) Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) Constituent Assembly delegates approved the general outline of their own draft rules of order September 6 by simple majority (141 of 255 votes) without permitting debate. Opposition parties had attempted to postpone a vote on the rules of order by requestin [...] | 2006-09-07 20:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2432 | SCENESETTER FOR VP GARCIA LINERA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will be in Washington September 10 - 13 to continue the GOB's push for an extension of ATPDEA benefits. The Vice President's visit offers the opportunity for us to express our interest in the stabilization of democracy, the lack of [...] | 2006-09-08 19:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | BL ECON PGOV PREL |
06LAPAZ2452 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (U) Most political and media analysts describe the regional September 8 strike as a success (see September 8 ASDAR),but the Constituent Assembly remains deadlocked, at least for the moment, over whether delegates should use a simple majority or two-thirds vote to approve constitutional change [...] | 2006-09-11 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2505 | BOLIVIA'S MCC FOCAL POINT EXPLAINS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) point of contact, Javier Hurtado, on September 15 to discuss his still non-public resignation and to obtain his assessment of Bolivia's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal. Frustrated with inadequate finan [...] | 2006-09-15 19:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2506 | VENEZUELAN AND CUBAN INFLUENCE GROWING [...] (C) Two social sector leaders, Rufo Calle and Hugo Vega (protect),independently told poloff September 14 that Venezuela and Cuba are increasingly involved in Bolivian social organizations. Rufo Calle, president of a national indigenous/labor organization (CSUTCB),said the MAS is intensifyin [...] | 2006-09-15 19:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL CU VE |
06LAPAZ2511 | HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION FUMBLING ALONG [...] (C) Summary: The Hydrocarbons Ministry issued a Ministerial Resolution on September 12 which shifts foreign companies' hydrocarbon revenues to the Bolivian state-owned company YPFB. The Resolution is legally in line with Hydrocarbons Law 3058, but comes at a time when the GOB is negotiatin [...] | 2006-09-15 21:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2515 | CIVIL LIBERTIES UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: GOB-initiated legal actions and MAS efforts to seek a new constitution to its liking raise questions about GOB respect for civil liberties. An update on three leading cases underscores this issue and highlights the need for greater judicial independence as well as guarantees of [...] | 2006-09-18 16:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2538 | GARCIA LINERA "CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC" AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera told a leading La Paz businessman September 16 that he was "cautiously optimistic" after his September 11-13 trip to Washington, as some U.S. officials seemed to look favorably on Bolivia's push for an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion a [...] | 2006-09-19 17:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2557 | GARCIA LINERA URGES CAMPESINOS TO TAKE UP ARMS [...] (SBU) Although Acting President Alvaro Garcia Linera met with all nine prefects (governors) September 19 in an effort to resolve continuing stalemate over the Constituent Assembly's rules of order and to express the GOB's willingness to negotiate, he sent a very different message September 20 [...] | 2006-09-21 18:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2562 | SANTA CRUZ BLOCKADE FIZZLES [...] (C) The September 20 anti-opposition blockade of Santa Cruz has apparently failed. Participation was sporadic at best. Lack of support among social sectors and heavy rain contributed to low protester turnout. Press reported no more than a dozen or so protesters at each location. There was [...] | 2006-09-21 20:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2564 | LA PAZ BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO [...] (U) Summary: In September 20 meetings, representatives of La Paz business associations voiced concerns about the nature of Bolivia's economy, the direction of GOB economic policies, and the outcome of the Constituent Assembly. Despite their worries, representatives remain reluctant to criticiz [...] | 2006-09-21 20:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2576 | INSIDERS' VIEW INTO THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Several opposition representatives in the Constituent Assembly (CA) told poloff September 18-20 that the Assembly is in "complete chaos." Two of the delegates blamed the Assembly's inefficiency on delegate inexperience and the MAS' heavy hand. They also complained about surveilla [...] | 2006-09-25 16:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2586 | BOLIVIA SUPPORTS BUSH WAR ON TERRORISM SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 20:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2598 | GOB DELAYS SIGNING OF MUTUN CONTRACT [...] (SBU) GOB officials announced September 22 that they would delay until mid-October the signing of a joint-venture contract allowing India's Jindal Steel and Power to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. The firm won the right to exploit Mutun's estimated 40 billion ton [...] | 2006-09-26 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2599 | CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE THREATENED [...] (C) Summary: A Central Bank Director told Econoff on September 21 that GOB cabinet members were increasingly interfering in the bank's daily policy decisions. He lamented "disarray" at the bank due to high level personnel changes and feared that the GOB would change the Central Bank Law to fo [...] | 2006-09-26 20:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2602 | SANTA CRUZ: POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY FED UP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 20:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2603 | SANTA CRUZ: FRUSTRATED AND ANNOYED WITH MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Charge visited Santa Cruz September 23-24 and met with politicians and the business community, as well as participated in the opening of Bolivia's largest trade fair, Expocruz. Virtually all interlocultors expressed frustration, annoyance, and great uncertainty when it comes [...] | 2006-09-26 21:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2610 | LLOYD AEREO BOLIVIANO: FINDING ITS WINGS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Lloyd Aereo Boliviano executives say the company may be finding its wings, as the firm has boosted its five-jet fleet with two leased aircraft and is gradually identifying and settling debts. Despite this good news, the outlook is far from certain. Rumors of interest from a UK [...] | 2006-09-27 18:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2627 | BOLIVIA - PARAGUAY RELATIONS HIT A BUMP, BOUNCE [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Interior Vice Minister Rafael Puente's September 27 statement calling Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte a "cynical liar" caused a diplomatic roil between Bolivia and Paraguay which ended with an official apology by the GOB and Puente's dismissal. End summary. 2. [...] | 2006-09-28 20:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2636 | MAS MACHINATIONS AT CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY POLARIZE [...] (C) Summary: On September 28 in Sucre, on almost purely party lines, the Constituent Assembly (CA) voted in favor of Evo Morales' MAS party's proposal that it declare itself an "originary" organ, and thus theoretically superior to all other branches of government, including the legislature th [...] | 2006-09-29 18:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2657 | MORALES: WALKING A FINE LINE ON DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: Following the September 29 death of two civilians who ambushed a GOB eradication operation in Carrasco National Park in Cochabamba, the Embassy's NAS section will begin supporting GOB eradication efforts in the park at the GOB's request. President Morales started spinning the conf [...] | 2006-10-02 20:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2674 | BOLIVIAN GLACIERS RECEDING RAPIDLY [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian glaciers are receding so rapidly, say scientists, that most could disappear within the next ten to 15 years, with alarming implications for potable water and hydroelectric energy supplies. Scientists tie the last two decades' acceleration in glacial melt to the greater i [...] | 2006-10-03 21:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2683 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: TRUE MAS INTENTIONS? [...] (C) Poloff met with approximately twenty Constituent Assembly representatives in Sucre September 28-29 and observed the Assembly's chaotic operations. Following the MAS' approval of Article 1 of the rules of order by simple majority (reftel),the principal debate among opposition delegates wa [...] | 2006-10-04 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2698 | DEADLY MINER CLASH IN ORURO [...] (U) On October 5, armed clashes broke out in the mining town of Huanuni, in the Department of Oruro; they are continuing now. Firefights erupted after independent miners overran the state owned Posokoni mine, demanding jobs that they alleged had been promised to them. The independent miner [...] | 2006-10-05 21:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2717 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: PLENIPOTENTIARY DEBATE [...] (C) Nationwide debate continues over the Constituent Assembly's declared "plenipotentiary" nature, with Supreme Court President Hector Sandoval and President Morales exchanging public barbs about the other's "interference" in Assembly matters. Following MAS party leader Ramon Loayza's return [...] | 2006-10-06 21:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2718 | AYMARA HEARTLAND PREPARED TO MOBILIZE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, leaders from Omasuyos Province in La Paz department, a majority Aymara area, threatened to march to Sucre or Santa Cruz to pressure Constituent Assembly members to agree to the MAS' agenda. Leaders from the province told Emboff on October 4 that they had not yet [...] | 2006-10-06 21:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2719 | DEADLY MINING CLASH CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between cooperative miners and workers of the state-owned mining company COMIBOL broke out in Huanuni on October 5 (reftel) and continued on the 6th, despite temporary truces agreed on October 5 and 6. At this time, it appears that the second truce is holding and that fi [...] | 2006-10-06 22:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ELAB PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2723 | MINING: FIGHTING ENDS, TALKS BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to deadly clashes between state mining workers and independent cooperative miners in Huanuni, President Morales replaced the mining minister and the head of the state-owned mining company COMIBOL on October 7. A GOB commission held talks with both sides on October [...] | 2006-10-10 19:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EMIN PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2724 | TRANSIT STRIKE CONTINUES [...] (U) La Paz public transportation workers began a 24-hour strike October 9 to protest La Paz Mayor Juan del Granado's plan for redirecting downtown traffic. The city implemented the plan October 6 to improve traffic flows; transportation workers complain that the new routes are causing confusi [...] | 2006-10-10 19:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2726 | VENEZUELAN AMBASSADOR PLEDGES DEFENSE OF GOB; GOV [...] (C) Summary: President Morales convoked cocaleros of the Chapare October 7 to publicly demonstrate against the U.S.'s hedged certification of Bolivia on counternarcotics and to defend his coca policies. Standing at President Morales' side, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes pledged to defend [...] | 2006-10-10 20:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2729 | MINERS THREATEN BLOCKADE; POLITICAL STAND-OFF [...] (U) Following last week,s violent conflict in Huanuni and failed talks with the government (reftel),the Cooperative Mining Federation threatened to blockade roads throughout the country or march to La Paz if the government does not agree to provide compensation for the victims, families and fo [...] | 2006-10-11 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EMIN PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2730 | RESPONSE TO LAC BIOFUELS INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary: This cable responds to the questions posed in reftel on the investment climate, the energy sector and the sugar industry in Bolivia. The investment climate, particularly in natural resource industries, is poor due to legal uncertainty and increasing governmental interference. Bo [...] | 2006-10-11 20:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ENRG PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2732 | BOLIVIAN-VENEZUELAN MILITARY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian senate suspended its October 10 vote on a Bolivian-Venezuelan military agreement signed by Presidents Morales and Chavez May 26, postponing further debate to the week of October 16. The agreement provides for a wide range of military cooperation, including high level [...] | 2006-10-11 21:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2743 | A WORRIED MORALES ATTEMPTS TO WOO THE MIDDLE CLASS [...] (U) President Morales spoke October 12 at a rally intended to "defend Bolivian democracy," as well as to close the international indigenous meeting held in La Paz October 8-12. Speaking for forty minutes to a bussed in and largely passive crowd we estimate at approximately 6,000 (but which p [...] | 2006-10-12 19:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ275 | STAFFDEL BRENNAN: GREETING THE NEW BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 24-27 visit to Bolivia, staffdel Brennan (House International Relations Committee staff Ted Brennan, Kristen Gilley, Paul Oostburg-Sanz, Mark Walker, and Dan Getz) met with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, newly-minted legislators and ministers, Santa C [...] | 2006-02-06 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ2756 | FIRST MEETING ON NEW SOFA AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials met with Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 10 regarding the Embassy's pending request for return of the F-10 counterterrorism equipment and the need for an updated SOFA agreement (reftels). San Miguel expressed concern about the continuing M [...] | 2006-10-13 21:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV MARR MASS MCAP PREL KTIA MOPS BL |
06LAPAZ2781 | GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA ALIENATES ITS POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) Summary: During an October 13 visit, Emboff met with leaders from several key social movements, including the Santa Cruz Departmental Federation of Rural Workers (FDTCSC),the Santa Cruz Federation of Neighborhood Committees (FEJUVE),and Departmental Labor Union (COD). This cable repo [...] | 2006-10-17 11:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ279 | BANKING UPDATE: CENTRAL BANK, DEVELOPMENT BANK, [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's Central Bank President plans to soon complete his 10-year stint as President, leaving the country in a stellar macroeconomic state, but with many uncertainties looming on the horizon. Several Venezuelan government officials recently met with Bolivia's Bank Superinten [...] | 2006-02-06 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2798 | STAND-OFF BETWEEN MINERS AND GOB CONTINUES [...] (U) Summary: Nearly two weeks after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees (reftel),the stand-off between miners and the GOB continues. Cooperatives accepted a GOB proposal to provide compensation to affected families but rejected an offer to convert cooper [...] | 2006-10-17 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2814 | MAS TACTICS ALIENATE SANTA CRUZ NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) This is the second in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with the leadership of the Santa Cruz Federation of Neighborhood Committees (FEJUVE). FEJUVE, in some ways analogous with a condominium association, [...] | 2006-10-18 19:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2821 | MORALES RAISES EYEBROWS WITH LE MONDE INTERVIEW [...] (U) French newspaper Le Monde published an article October 17 entitled "Bolivia: Evo Morales and the Terrible Conspiracy," in which President Morales said that "the right" (the United States and the political opposition in Bolivia) are conspiring to topple his government. Morales discussed t [...] | 2006-10-18 21:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2840 | MAS SPLITS KEY UNION IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) This is the third in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with Edwin Fernandes, leader of the Santa Cruz Departmental Labor Union, known by its Spanish initials COD. Each of the country's nine departments has [...] | 2006-10-20 15:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2860 | GOB, MINERS SIGN AGREEMENT ENDING STAND-OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB and miners signed an agreement October 23 ending the political stand-off that emerged after October 5-6 clashes between cooperative miners and state mining employees in Huanuni (reftel). Radio reports indicate that members of the region's four cooperatives accepted the [...] | 2006-10-24 10:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2880 | ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA SIGN GAS DEAL [...] (U) Argentina and Bolivia signed a twenty-year energy agreement October 19 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia (reftel) that will go into effect on January 1, 2007. In addition to increasing the volume of natural gas that Bolivia will supply to Argentina to 27.7 million cubic meters per day within three y [...] | 2006-10-25 12:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2906 | VENEZUELAN MILITARY ACCORD STALLED IN SENATE [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan - Bolivian military cooperation agreement, already approved by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) dominated lower house, appears to be stalled in the Senate Defense Commission. Four hours of closed door hearings on October 25 with the Commander of the Armed Forc [...] | 2006-10-26 18:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ2910 | VP, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS WAYS TO IMPROVE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting since the Ambassador presented his credentials October 13, the Ambassador and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera engaged in a cordial exchange October 26 on U.S. assistance, extension of ATPDEA benefits, Morales' anti-American discourse, military relations a [...] | 2006-10-27 13:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM ECON SNAR PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2912 | ECUADORIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO ATTEND [...] (U) An article and a full page advertisement in the October 26 edition of the Bolivian daily La Razon states that Ecuadorian presidential candidate Rafael Correa will be attending a conference in Bolivia titled the "First Meeting of the Peoples and States for the Liberation of the Homeland -- [...] | 2006-10-27 14:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2932 | INDIGENOUS INTERNS ON RACISM, NATIONALIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Three of the Mission's indigenous interns met with Poloff October 18 and expressed their views on discrimination in Bolivian society, the continued popularity of nationalization, and the reasons for anti-American sentiment in Bolivia. The root cause of discrimination, per the consensus [...] | 2006-10-27 17:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ2945 | DIVIDING UP THE SPOILS: GAS REVENUE DEBATE [...] (SBU) With the signature of gas accords October 28, the GOB estimates that hydrocarbons production will generate USD 2 billion next year, with USD 1.3 billion going to the government as a result of new production contracts (septel),and USD 4 billion within four years, with USD 2.4 billion des [...] | 2006-10-30 21:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2946 | AMBASSADOR, MOD DISCUSS WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel October 30, discussing a wide range of military issues. San Miguel told the Ambassador that the F-10 weapons have been moved to the army depository in La Paz, and that his ministry would coordinate with [...] | 2006-10-30 22:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SNAR |
06LAPAZ2976 | GOB POSTPONES MINING PLAN UNTIL 2007 [...] (U) Summary: President Morales chose not to unveil his much-hyped mining plan October 31 (ref A),instead announcing that the GOB would postpone it until 2007, ostensibly because of a lack of financing. Morales attempted to divert attention to a supreme decree authorizing the conversion of co [...] | 2006-11-01 17:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ2992 | MORALES' SHRINKING CIRCLE OF SUPPORT? [...] (C) Summary: Evo Morales rode a wave of popularity to the Bolivian presidency, winning the December 2005 elections by the largest margin in Bolivia's democratic history. Throughout that campaign, and to a lesser extent during the July Constituent Assembly elections, his support base consisted [...] | 2006-11-03 18:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3000 | ALO PRESIDENTE ... MORALES? [...] (SBU) According to press reports, President Evo Morales plans to start his own weekly radio call-in program, similar to the "Alo Presidente" program hosted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Bolivian Director of Government Communications Gaston Nunez explained the show may launch as early as [...] | 2006-11-06 12:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3019 | VICE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT DESCRIBES [...] (SBU) Bolivia's vice minister of environment recently described a "cosmocentric-holistic" vision of environmental management, declaring that the state should direct a collective development process to ensure shared, broadly beneficial access to natural resources. The vice minister argued that [...] | 2006-11-07 20:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3032 | THE GOB'S MINING PLAN: NO "TRUE" NATIONALIZATION? [...] (SBU) GOB officials declared November 7 and 8 that the Morales administration will not "nationalize" the mining sector, providing assurances that the GOB has no intention of expropriating company assets. Instead, the government will reportedly concentrate on implementing a three-part vision of [...] | 2006-11-08 21:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3051 | IN COCHABAMBA, BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (U) Cochabamba business association representatives told Econoff November 9 that business continues as usual, despite ongoing political and economic uncertainty. They noted that while they share a desire for economic stability and judicial security with their La Paz and Santa Cruz counterparts [...] | 2006-11-13 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3053 | A NEW OUTLOOK FOR BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER? [...] (SBU) Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's general manager recently predicted a new outlook for Bolivia's national carrier, noting that the firm now has seven jets, up from one a few months ago, and has renewed service to a range of domestic and international destinations. Executives have made progress id [...] | 2006-11-14 15:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3056 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT TO POTOSI [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg made his first official visit to the city of Potosi November 6. During the one-day trip he was welcomed by the president of the Independent Miners' Association of Potosi and received the highest honor (the coat of arms of the Villa Imperial) ever given to an ambass [...] | 2006-11-14 16:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3061 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY- VOTING ON VOTING [...] (SBU) After months of stalemate, the Constituent Assembly (CA) will take up its final pending rule of order-- its voting mechanism-- November 14-15. Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has publicly declared that if it cannot reach consensus with the opposition on its "mixed proposal [...] | 2006-11-14 21:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3062 | GARCIA LINERA'S RADICAL PAST RESURFACES [...] (SBU) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's membership in the indigenous-based terrorist group the Tupak Katari Guerilla Army (EGTK),the armed wing of the Tupak Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTKL),resurfaced recently as press reports focused on the progress of his petition with [...] | 2006-11-14 21:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ3063 | MAS CONGRESS: SIGNS OF RADICALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: At its annual congress in Cochabamba November 11-13, President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party re-elected Morales as the party leader, after which he chastised the party for infighting. The congress then decided to tighten party discipline and declare that MAS poli [...] | 2006-11-14 21:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3071 | BOLIVIA'S TITLE II ASSISTANCE HELPS SLASH [...] (U) Tens of thousands of Bolivian children, many in isolated rural areas, suffer from chronic malnutrition. Many simply lack appropriate food, while others suffer from parasites and infectious diseases that hamper the body's ability to retain nutrients. With PL 480 Title II support, administ [...] | 2006-11-15 18:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3081 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COCA, MONEY LAUNDERING, AND [...] (C) In a meeting on November 15, President of the Chamber of Deputies, Edmundo Novillo told the Ambassador that he supported rationalization of coca, but also depenalization and industrialization of the coca leaf. Novillo acknowledged the importance of an effective money laundering regime and [...] | 2006-11-15 21:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3085 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT TO TARIJA [...] (U) Ambassador Goldberg made his first official visit to the city of Tarija November 6-7. During the two-day trip the Ambassador met with national and local Tarijeno politicians, the Tarija city council, businessmen, academics, Fulbright alumni, Peace Corp volunteers, and farmers. The city [...] | 2006-11-16 12:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3090 | GOB SHRINKS FROM THREATS AGAINST SWISS MINING FIRM [...] (SBU) President Morales announced October 23 that the GOB would unveil plans for the mines and mills of Swiss mining powerhouse Glencore International, whose Bolivian subsidiary controls properties once held by former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB later backed away from i [...] | 2006-11-16 17:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3096 | LOWER HOUSE PASSES LAND REFORM BILL [...] (SBU) Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) members of the lower house of congress approved a land reform bill on November 15 after opposition members abandoned the session. The bill will now go to the senate, where it is likely to be blocked by the political opposition. The bill provides for the [...] | 2006-11-16 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3098 | BOLIVIA: ADVANCING U.S. EFFORTS ON WATER AND [...] (U) Significant numbers of Bolivians lack access to clean water and sanitation. GOB authorities at all levels recognize the problem and have committed to expanding access to basic services; many have worked closely with U.S. and other international donors to boost water and sanitation coverag [...] | 2006-11-17 18:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV SENV BL |
06LAPAZ3107 | AMBASSADOR AND SENATE PRESIDENT DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 15, Senate President Santos Ramirez stated his support for the passage of money laundering legislation, but made it clear that his focus is on the rapid passage of an anti-corruption bill. The Ambassador explained the humanitarian goals of the [...] | 2006-11-20 14:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MASS MCAP KTIA MOPS BL |
06LAPAZ3128 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG NOVEMBER 9 COCHABAMBA VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg traveled November 9 to Cochabamba to meet with the mayor, social sector leaders, business leaders, the local American population, and local media and political analysts. The trip received extensive press coverage and provided an opportunity to publicly highlight ou [...] | 2006-11-20 19:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3131 | SIX OF NINE GOVERNORS "BREAK TIES" WITH GOB [...] (SBU) On November 17, the GOB announced a new plan, comprised of a law and supreme decree, which would permit the Bolivian congress to supervise and censure department prefects (governors). The GOB argues the plan is meant to provide assurances to the public that local authorities spend funds [...] | 2006-11-20 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3132 | MAS PUSHES FORWARD WITH SIMPLE MAJORITY [...] (C) Over the objections of the political opposition, President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party imposed its proposal for a simple majority vote for constitutional changes, with a two-thirds vote on the final text of the constitution and a limited "veto" for the opposition, on No [...] | 2006-11-20 21:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3147 | BOLIVIA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) From October 24-26, Bolivia's eastern city of Santa Cruz hosted a conference of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from over eighty countries. The theme of the conference was "respecting the human rights of migrants." The Santa Cruz Declaration, the conference's main product, f [...] | 2006-11-22 16:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ3152 | GOB WILL SEEK CONSENSUS FOR IAEA DECISION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 18:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3155 | SENATE BOYCOTT OVER LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Members of the political opposition are blocking discussion of a land reform bill (ref A) in the senate by not attending sessions. Marches in favor of and against the reforms are intensifying throughout the country. Vice Minister of Agriculture Freddy Condo told Econoff on November 22 t [...] | 2006-11-22 21:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3161 | 11/22 MEETING WITH MINING MINISTER DALIENCE [...] (C) On November 22, Ambassador Goldberg met with Minister of Mining and Metallurgy Dr. Jose Guillermo Dalience. The Ambassador sought assurances regarding the protection of American investment in the mining sector and an explanation of the GOB's plan for the mining industry. Minister Dalien [...] | 2006-11-24 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3176 | CATHOLIC CHURCH STEPS INTO THE POLITICAL FRAY [...] (U) On November 26, the Catholic Church took steps to calm Bolivia's current political impasse; however it may have also opened itself up to renewed attacks by the ruling Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. In response to the present political stalemate in which opposition party members ar [...] | 2006-11-27 21:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3178 | MAS INSIDERS SPECULATE ABOUT MORALES' INTENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Two MAS insiders independently told poloff November 22 that President Morales intends to close congress and the courts in January 2007. Both said the GOB is gearing up for the next presidential elections, which will likely be set for early 2008. One said if Morales stumbles poli [...] | 2006-11-28 12:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3191 | CIVIC GROUPS THREATEN WIDESPREAD DISOBEDIENCE [...] (U) Eight of Bolivia's nine civic committees and five of the country's prefects met in Cochabamba on November 27 to discuss measures to oppose the GOB's handling of the Constituent Assembly, land reform, and the proposed censuring of prefects. Police used tear gas to disperse protests organ [...] | 2006-11-28 21:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3204 | MORALES RAILROADS LAND REFORM BILL THROUGH SENATE [...] (SBU) Indigenous peoples from across Bolivia who had been marching for land reform for the past four weeks finally reached La Paz on November 28. A poloff who attended the marchers' rally in La Paz's Plaza San Francisco estimated the attendance at 4000, less than the 10,000 expected. Presiden [...] | 2006-11-29 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3222 | SENATE APPROVES VENEZUELAN MILITARY COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 19:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV PREL KTIA BL |
06LAPAZ3223 | PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting with indigenous leaders and analysts, PDAS Charles Shapiro thanked the group for meeting with USG representatives, stressing that the United States is eager to hear their perspectives. The majority of participants voiced support for a democratic, inclusiv [...] | 2006-11-29 19:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3229 | WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS VICE PRESIDENT GARCIA LINERA [...] (C) On November 29th WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, the Ambassador and WHA Special Advisor Tamburri met with Vice President Garcia Linera to review recent developments in Bolivia and the bilateral agenda. (President Morales was traveling abroad.) Shapiro reiterated U.S. support for democracy and [...] | 2006-11-29 20:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL USAID BL |
06LAPAZ3244 | LAND REFORM BILL AIMS TO FACILITATE REDISTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) The senate approved the GOB's land reform bill late on November 28 in a controversial legislative maneuver with just over half of its members present. The bill provides that if property is deemed unproductive through biannual reviews, it will revert to the state. It also centralized th [...] | 2006-12-01 13:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3245 | SENATE MEETS IN DARK OF NIGHT [...] (C) Following a series of questionable but probably legal maneuvers to attain a quorum, the Bolivian senate met late in the night of November 28 and rapidly approved five new laws, including the controversial land reform bill (INRA) and a Bolivian-Venezuelan military agreement. Within hours [...] | 2006-12-01 14:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ3258 | THE MEDIA LUNA DECEMBER 1 CIVIC STRIKE [...] (U) On December 1 the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, and Tarija began a one day civic strike in response to frustration with recent GOB moves on a variety of fronts. The strike is also being partially observed in Pando, Cochabamba, and parts of Chuquisaca. The strike is due to end at 6 p.m. [...] | 2006-12-01 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3276 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ON HOLD WHILE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) President Morales met December 3 with civic committee representatives from seven of Bolivia's nine departments regarding the continuing political stalemate over the Constituent Assembly's (CA) voting mechanism. The opposition is holding out for a two-thirds vote for each stage of approval [...] | 2006-12-04 20:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3289 | GOB EQUALIZES JET FUEL PRICES [...] (U) In an unexpected move, the GOB issued a Supreme Decree November 20 equalizing jet fuel prices for foreign and domestic air carriers operating international routes. Fuel taxes remain, but domestic carriers servicing international routes no longer enjoy access to reduced-price fuel, as they [...] | 2006-12-05 20:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3291 | ATPDEA: NOT SO IMPORTANT AFTER ALL? [...] (U) In a December 1 presentation, Vice President Garcia Linera minimized the importance of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) benefits for Bolivian exporters, noting that products relying exclusively on ATPDEA trade preferences represented only 13 percent of total exports [...] | 2006-12-05 21:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3294 | GOB ON IRAN-- MIXED SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Deputy Javier Zabaleta announced in early November that Bolivia would support Iran's nuclear activities and oppose U.S. policy on Iran. Zabaleta criticized the United States' "double edged" policy and said the matter should be resolved via peaceful means [...] | 2006-12-06 12:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BL VE IR |
06LAPAZ3295 | AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO NOVEMBER 28-29 LA PAZ [...] (SBU) During November 28-29 travel to La Paz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro and WHA Senior Advisor Maria Tamburri met with USG and GOB officials on counter narcotics issues, spoke with local indigenous leaders, met with Bolivian Vice President Garcia Linera, and reviewed [...] | 2006-12-06 14:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3301 | HUNGER STRIKES TURN VIOLENT, PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (C) Violence erupted during the afternoon of December 5 when Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) militants confronted a group of hunger strikers in La Paz's historic San Francisco church. Meanwhile, the hunger strike in support of a two-thirds voting mechanism in the Constituent Assembly (CA) is [...] | 2006-12-06 21:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL |
06LAPAZ3302 | GOB TOUTS SUCCESS OF PEOPLES' TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) In a December 2 newspaper insert, the GOB touted the early success of its April 29 Peoples' Trade Agreement with Venezuela and Cuba (reftel),highlighting the disbursement of approximately $4 million of a $100 million Venezuela-financed development fund. The money has been distributed (o [...] | 2006-12-07 13:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3312 | MORALES REPEATS VOWS TO NATIONALIZE FORESTRY, [...] (U) Echoing past declarations, President Morales vowed December 5 to "recover" Bolivia's forests for the state and "nationalize" the mining industry in 2007. The announcement paralleled past threats to Bolivia's forests (ref A) and mineral resources (refs B and C). 2. (C) Comment: Morales' [...] | 2006-12-07 18:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3314 | MORALES: A POTENT FORCE DESPITE SHRINKING SUPPORT [...] (C) While President Morales' popularity has dropped from a May high of 81 percent, his current 67 percent approval demonstrates he remains a potent force. To maintain his standing, Morales has engaged in a propaganda strategy of ads espousing his accomplishments, rhetorical attacks aimed at u [...] | 2006-12-07 19:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3321 | BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 13:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3324 | SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Second Summit of the Community of South American Nations (CSN) is scheduled to take place December 8-9 in Cochabamba. Reports differ on how many presidents will attend, but on December 7, the GOB claimed that 11 South American presidents have confirmed their attendance, although we [...] | 2006-12-08 15:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ3325 | UPDATE ON SOFA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) DCM met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Vice Minister Mauricio Dorfler November 27 to seek GOB input on the draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) we provided various GOB officials in late October. The Foreign Minister thanked the DCM for U.S. military assistance and appeare [...] | 2006-12-08 15:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MOPS PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3337 | COMMUNITIES DEMAND CLEAN-UP OF LAKE TITICACA [...] (U) Since May 2005, communities on Lake Titicaca have demanded that the GOB reduce the lake's increasing contamination. Human activity has negatively affected plant and animal species and threatened the lake's fragile ecosystem. GOB officials say the Morales administration is committed to re [...] | 2006-12-08 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3355 | SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: ALL HYPE NO SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) On December 8-9, Cochabamba played host to the Second Summit of the South American Community of Nations (CSN). Despite Bolivia's current political turmoil (reftel),nine presidents attended the conference. Cochabamba's lack of experience hosting such a high-profile event was obvious, [...] | 2006-12-12 21:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ336 | SIGNS OF EVO'S AUTOCRATIC BENT [...] (C) Summary: The MAS government has moved to control a range of institutions, including nominally independent ones, and many observers believe President Morales plans to use the Constituent Assembly (CA) to consolidate this control. Other worrying signs include the substantial halting of forc [...] | 2006-02-09 21:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ3368 | OPPOSITION ABANDONS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Due to the increasing intransigence of President Morales' Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and its refusal to negotiate on the voting mechanism in the Constituent Assembly (CA),96 opposition delegates (Podemos, National Unity-UN, Leftist Revolutionary Movement-MIR and the Road to Change-C [...] | 2006-12-13 18:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3369 | LARGE SCALE ASSEMBLIES PLANNED FOR DECEMBER 15 [...] (SBU) As its next measure opposing recent GOB strong-arm tactics in the Constituent Assembly (CA) and congress, the eastern departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija (known collectively as the half-moon states) are planning large-scale assemblies ("cabildos" in Spanish) to support depa [...] | 2006-12-13 18:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3370 | BOLIVIA REACTS ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO ATPDEA EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Bolivian government and business representatives reacted enthusiastically to news of the extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act. President Morales and other GOB officials expressed satisfaction and promised to send a team to Washington in January to begin negot [...] | 2006-12-13 18:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ3400 | WILL THE REAL OPPOSITION LEADER PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Evo Morales' election in December 2005 was a political earthquake in Bolivia, sweeping aside political expectations that have defined Bolivian politics for generations and at the same time breaking open fissures and offering up new possibilities. While President Morales' popularity has rise [...] | 2006-12-18 21:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3401 | A YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS: WHAT IS NEXT? [...] (C) December 18 marks the first anniversary of the presidential elections that brought Evo Morales to power. The anniversary comes at a time of high political tension, especially between the western highlands and eastern lowlands. On December 15 more than one million people, took to the str [...] | 2006-12-18 21:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3408 | BOLIVIAN AUTONOMOUS DEMOCRATIC BOARD MEETS IN [...] (U) The prefects and civic organizations of the departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando convened the first meeting of the Bolivian Autonomous Democratic Board (reftel) in the city of Tarija on December 18. La Paz Prefect Jose Luis Paredes also participated. During the meeting th [...] | 2006-12-19 19:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ3449 | REACTIONS TO BOLIVIA'S NEW COCA STRATEGY [...] (C) On December 20, the DCM met with European Union chief of mission Ambassador Andrew Standley and United Nations representative Jose Manuel Martinez Morales to discuss reactions to the GOB's new coca strategy which was announced at a December 18 ceremony in the Chapare. Poloff also attended [...] | 2006-12-21 19:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ3457 | MAS SEEKS TO UNDERMINE COCHABAMBA OPPOSITION [...] (C) On December 14, Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa led a march attended by over 50,000 people in favor of autonomy and a two-thirds vote on constitutional articles in the pivotal department of Cochabamba. In response to the march, the Regional Workers Federation (COD) held a protest on December [...] | 2006-12-21 21:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ351 | GOB INTERVENES TO END LLOYD PILOTS' STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales intervened February 9 to end a strike by members of Lloyd Aero Boliviano's pilots' association (reftel),issuing a supreme decree authorizing the newly appointed superintendent of transportation to designate a controlling executive to oversee the airline's op [...] | 2006-02-10 19:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ELAB ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ386 | BOLIVIAN DEBT ANALYSIS AND FINANCE MINISTRY UPDATE [...] Summary: The GOB appears committed to maintaining the technical capacity of the Finance Ministry, while transferring political control over financial policy to the new Planning Ministry. Bolivia's external debt reached USD 4.9 billion by year-end 2005, with the World Bank being Bolivia's larg [...] | 2006-02-14 14:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL ECON EFIN PGOV |
06LAPAZ406 | ECONOMIC PLANNING MINISTER VAGUE ON PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call with the Ambassador on February 10, Minister of Development Planning Carlos Villegas, President Morales' paramount advisor on economic issues, spoke of the GOB's plan to achieve "productive development and social inclusion," but gave few concrete details about [...] | 2006-02-15 18:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV ENGR EPET EAIR BL |
06LAPAZ409 | MIN. OF GOVERNMENT OFFERS INSIGHT INTO GOB PLANS [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with poloff, Minister of Government Alicia Munoz said that with international assistance (primarily Venezuelan),her top priority is to provide government identity documents to as many people as possible before the Constituent Assembly. On coca, Munoz sa [...] | 2006-02-15 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ413 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL COURT PRESIDENT TO RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Oscar Hassenteufel told Poloff February 15 he was concerned about the government's seeming intention to control even autonomous Bolivian institutions -- and in particular to purge the Electoral Court and dominate the Constituent Assembly [...] | 2006-02-16 17:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM BL |
06LAPAZ417 | MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY ON COCA, ERADICATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramos de la Quintana told the Ambassador February 15 that the GOB wanted USG agencies to continue their programs in the Chapare, though implementation methods may need to be modified. He acknowledged that the GOB's counternarcotics policies were sti [...] | 2006-02-16 23:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PHUM EAID BL |
06LAPAZ438 | SANTA CRUZ BUSINESSMEN MAKE PROMISES, REITERATE [...] (U) Summary: In February 15 meetings, Santa Cruz businessmen made two promises: first, that they will support President Evo Morales as long as he protects private enterprise and avoids substantive policy changes; and second, that they will act if the administration shifts radically leftward. [...] | 2006-02-21 17:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EAGR ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ439 | BIDDING ON MUTUN IRON ORE PROJECT DELAYED AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before an earlier sixty-day delay expired, the GOB announced plans to postpone for an additional ninety days international bidding on the rights to develop Mutun, one of the world's largest iron ore deposits. Interested firms may now be expected to fund not only the extrac [...] | 2006-02-21 17:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EINV PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ443 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: EYE ON THE PRIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly (CA) is shaping up to be Bolivia's grand political prize and the Evo Morales administration has devoted itself almost exclusively to passing legislation assuring near total control of the process to the MAS (the governing party),including with threats [...] | 2006-02-21 17:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ451 | FIRST MEETING WITH EVO AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two hour conversation with the Ambassador at the Presidential Palace on February 18, Evo Morales would not be pinned down on details of eradication but showed interest in at least limited cooperation on broader counternarcotics and anti-corruption issues. The Am [...] | 2006-02-21 21:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PINR EAID BL |
06LAPAZ459 | CHALLENGES FOR SUCRE [...] (C) Summary: As Sucre prepares to host the Constituent Assembly (CA) as early as August this year, it and Chuquisaca, the department in which it is contained, face more than just structural and logistical challenges. The newly-elected MAS prefect, David Sanchez, appears to be a party outsider [...] | 2006-02-22 19:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ522 | GROWING TENSION OVER CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The first days of March are shaping up to be a showdown over the Constituent Assembly (CA),as Congress begins debate on the conflict-ridden draft proposal forwarded by the congressional committee to the floor. If Congress doesn't reach consensus by March 4, the National Electora [...] | 2006-03-01 20:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ567 | BOLIVIAN NATIONAL AIRLINE FIGHTS FOR SURVIVAL [...] (U) Summary: Since the end of an early February pilots' strike (reftel),Lloyd Aero Boliviano has encountered a string of difficulties. Two U.S.-based firms, Aviation Capital Group and Pegasus Aviation, have repossessed or are in the process of repossessing leased aircraft, and the GOB has ma [...] | 2006-03-03 20:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ584 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY LAW PASSED [...] (C) Summary: Late March 4, Congress passed the enabling law for the Constituent Assembly (CA) as well as parallel legislation for a legally binding referendum on autonomy to take place on July 2. Morales, claiming victory for meeting the March 4 deadline to approve the CA legislation, celeb [...] | 2006-03-06 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ587 | DISSENT IN EVO'S RANKS [...] (C) Giovanny Hervas, a social sector leader from the altiplano, told poloff on March 2 that there is a growing discontent among his peers with the Morales government. Hervas, who is associated with the Fejuve of El Alto (and will soon run for the presidency of that organization),the Yungas co [...] | 2006-03-06 19:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ597 | REPRESENTATIVE LOWEY VISITS BOLIVIA AND MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) accompanied by House Appropriations Clerk Nisha Desai and State Department Congressional Liaison Cherith Norman, visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 23-25. The delegation met with President Morales who complained about the 2004 visa revocatio [...] | 2006-03-07 19:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON SNAR ETRD USTR BL |
06LAPAZ598 | SOY PRODUCERS CRITICIZE GOB'S FAILURE TO PROTECT [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian soy producers have criticized the GOB for failing to protect Andean markets, saying officials should have raised objections to provisions governing the treatment of U.S. exports of soy and its derivatives in free trade agreements with Colombia and Peru. Producers say they [...] | 2006-03-07 19:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL SNAR USTR BL |
06LAPAZ599 | EXECUTIVE KEEPING TIGHT REINS ON CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with international donors, Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera complimented the Bolivian Congress for approving the enabling legislation for the Constituent Assembly (CA),stating that two things are clear: the Morales government has a solid plan for action, [...] | 2006-03-07 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ6 | INITIAL MEETING WITH EVO MORALES: BRASS TACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 2 "breaking the ice" meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Evo Morales claimed he had not publicly maligned President Bush (at least not in the post-election period) and expressed deep resentment about being branded a "narco-terrorist" by U.S. officials. Moral [...] | 2006-01-03 16:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL SIPDIS |
06LAPAZ600 | GOB PROPOSES "DIGNITY TARIFF" FOR ELECTRICITY [...] (U) Summary: GOB officials recently announced plans to lower electricity rates to a still undetermined "dignity tariff," demanding that businesses make services less expensive for rural populations and the poor. Leaving little room for discussion, the GOB presented a three-point proposal to i [...] | 2006-03-07 19:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ604 | PRAGMATIC INDIGENOUS LEFTIST RENE JOAQUINO ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials had lunch with mayor of Potosi and former presidential aspirant Rene Joaquino on March 3. Joaquino is organizing a new political party that will be based out of Potosi, Chuquisaca, and Oruro, and will tap into the region's indigenous Quechua majority. His main [...] | 2006-03-07 20:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | BL ECON PGOV PINR PREL |
06LAPAZ615 | FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...] | 2006-03-07 21:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL |
06LAPAZ626 | MNR CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials on March 8, MNR Senator Miguel Majluf and MNR deputy Michiaki Nagatani expressed confidence about their party's prospects for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and satisfaction with the opposition's efforts to limit MAS power in the CA. They said [...] | 2006-03-08 20:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR BL |
06LAPAZ644 | MORALES TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC ISSUES WITH SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Evo Morales told the Ambassador he would raise Bolivia's threatened soy markets, the extension of U.S. trade preferences and the Millennium Challenge Account in his discussion with Secretary Rice in Chile. The Ambassador said the Secretary would l [...] | 2006-03-09 21:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ELAB PMAR BL |
06LAPAZ680 | AGRICULTURE MINISTER FOCUSES ON LAND TITLING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Agriculture Hugo Salvatierra explained that the new Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture had taken over the tasks of two and a half ministries, and was currently consulting with civil groups for their input into the [...] | 2006-03-13 18:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD PINR PGOV PREL EAID BL |
06LAPAZ691 | BUSINESSMEN EXPAND PUSH FOR FTA, STRUGGLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with GOB officials, business representatives have expanded their push for Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (reftel),urging the Morales administration to pursue comprehensive trade negotiations rather than an extension of the Andea [...] | 2006-03-14 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ7 | MORE INFO ON EVO [...] (C) Evo Morales rose to the presidency on a wave of ethnic identification and widespread frustration, embodying the aspirations of his own indigenous majority and signaling for the middle class a break from the corrupt, inept political elite and the social upheaval it increasingly produced. Mo [...] | 2006-01-03 19:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PINR BL |
06LAPAZ70 | SANTA CRUZ: ANXIETY ABOUT UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Santa Cruz civic representatives, stunned by the MAS's decisive electoral victory, are anxious about Bolivia's uncertain future. Some believe the MAS government will immediately begin dismantling the market-based economic model while postponing (for tactical reasons) its [...] | 2006-01-11 21:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL |
06LAPAZ712 | URIBE TELLS MORALES "NO" ON SOY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Evo Morales' March 14 meeting with his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, appears not to have gone Bolivia's way. Uribe reportedly told Morales he could not guarantee continued access to Colombia's market for Bolivian soy because the free trade agreement (FTA) with [...] | 2006-03-15 19:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL USTR BL |
06LAPAZ726 | MORALES VOWS NEVER TO NEGOTIATE AN FTA [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales vowed March 15 never to negotiate a "free trade agreement," proposing instead a People's Trade Agreement to benefit Bolivian small producers (ref A). Business representatives reacted strongly, declaring Morales' announcement "a shame" and reiterating demands [...] | 2006-03-17 13:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ729 | LANDLESS MOVEMENT TRIED TO STRONG ARM GOB [...] (C) The Landless Movement (Movimiento Sin Tierra or MST in Spanish) used dynamite to take control of the Justice Ministry for several hours on the afternoon of March 13, seeking the release of its members jailed for the June 2004 lynching of Ayo Ayo Mayor Benjamin Altamirano (see human rights [...] | 2006-03-17 17:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ732 | MAS DISCREDITING STRING OF EX-PRESIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's MAS-friendly Attorney General Pedro Gareca (who recently resigned and then withdrew his resignation) is instituting proceedings against four of Bolivia's ex-presidents: Eduardo Rodriguez for the Chinese MANPADS transfer to the U.S., and Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, Carlos Mes [...] | 2006-03-17 19:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ733 | MAS ONLY PARTY READY FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party is mobilizing its formidable machinery for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and is forming new alliances with various social and political groups. The MAS is allegedly "buying" votes via the Venezuelan-backed program to issue [...] | 2006-03-17 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ734 | MORALES SEARCHING FOR WAY FORWARD ON TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 16 President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera told the Ambassador that the GOB was distressed about the loss of the Colombian soy market for Bolivian producers and they wished to press this concern in Washington. The Ambassador explained that the Colombi [...] | 2006-03-17 19:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ767 | LITERACY AND IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cuban-led national literacy campaign was kicked off to great fanfare on March 20, with President Morales pledging to eradicate illiteracy in 30 months. High-level Cuban and Venezuelan officials who participated in the ceremony accused past Bolivian governments of failing to [...] | 2006-03-21 14:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR BL |
06LAPAZ769 | COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS BOLIVIAN SOY PRODUCERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Ambassador to Bolivia, Edgar Papamija, met with Ambassador Greenlee March 17 to express concern that Bolivian government officials had inaccurately spun President Uribe's recent message about the FTA (ref A),and to receive a read-out of Greenlee's meeting with Presi [...] | 2006-03-21 18:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL USTR BL |
06LAPAZ810 | MORALES ACCUSES U.S. OF BEING BEHIND DEADLY [...] (C) Summary: The deadly bombings in downtown La Paz late March 21 appear to be the isolated handiwork of a mentally unstable U.S. citizen and his Uruguayan partner (refs A and B). But that hasn't stopped observers in Bolivia's political cauldron from speculating wildly about the hidden politi [...] | 2006-03-23 19:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PTER ECON ETRD BL |
06LAPAZ816 | LLOYD LIMPS ALONG [...] (U) Summary: Mid-way through a 90-day government intervention, Bolivian national airline Lloyd Aero Boliviano is barely limping along. With its chief executive under attack, its finances increasingly shaky, and a U.S.-based company initiating legal proceedings to repossess the four aircraft L [...] | 2006-03-23 20:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ817 | GOB ESTABLISHES ELECTRICITY "DIGNITY TARIFF" [...] (U) Summary: The GOB established an electricity "dignity tariff" March 21, introducing a 25 percent reduction in rates for consumers who use fewer than 70 kilowatt hours of electricity per month. The 16 companies comprising Bolivia's national electricity network agreed to accept the rates and [...] | 2006-03-23 20:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ83 | GOB SETTLES INVESTMENT DISPUTE INVOLVING BECHTEL [...] (U) Summary: The legal chapter of the 2000 Cochabamba "water war" has come to a close, with the GOB and two international shareholders (one of them half owned by U.S. engineering multinational Bechtel) settling their long-festering investment dispute. Under the agreement, the GOB will purchas [...] | 2006-01-13 20:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ831 | TUTO QUIROGA TRYING TO ACTIVATE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 22, former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga was nonchalant about the possible criminal case against him for signing hydrocarbons contracts without congressional approval, but worried about the far-reaching consequences of the politically-mo [...] | 2006-03-24 14:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL |
06LAPAZ854 | BOLIVIAN DEMOCRACY UNDER THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Two months in office and Evo Morales has done little to burnish his democratic credentials. Attacks on the press, judiciary and other institutions are beginning to look more like pieces of an emerging autocratic strategy aimed at the upcoming constituent assembly than the missteps [...] | 2006-03-27 19:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ859 | CONTINUED GOVERNMENT INSINUATIONS OF U.S. ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Government officials, including President Morales, have continued to suggest a possible USG role in the deadly La Paz bombings March 21 (ref). While Morales has persisted in professing ignorance about any formal expression of U.S. displeasure, March 26 news articles out [...] | 2006-03-28 14:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SOCI ELAB PTER BL |
06LAPAZ868 | POLOFF'S FIRST HAND LOOK AT VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On a March 18 group tour to Lake Titicaca Poloff witnessed first hand rudimentary indoctrination efforts of the Venezuelan government officials towards Bolivians. By chance, the only other people on the tour were two female employees of PDVSA, the Venezuelan government owned oil company [...] | 2006-03-29 14:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LAPAZ869 | GOB PLANS TO NATIONALIZE HYDROCARBONS IN APRIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB recently announced that it intends to nationalize the hydrocarbons sector in April and launch a revamped YPFB (state oil company) by July. Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada confirmed these plans in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 28. U.S.-owned hydrocarbons [...] | 2006-03-29 14:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ870 | GOB ENDS LLOYD INTERVENTION [...] (U) Summary: The GOB ended its intervention in Lloyd Aero Boliviano (reftels) on March 24, one day after Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal granted a petition requesting the suspension of the GOB-appointed controller's authority. The GOB relinquished control to Ernesto Asbun, Lloyd's chief exe [...] | 2006-03-29 14:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ886 | EVO AND HIS ADVISORY CIRCLE (PART 1 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Morales is an astute domestic political operator but lacks confidence in his economic and international relations abilities. As a result, Morales has surrounded himself with three compartmented groups of advisers. The first are domestic political operators who implement [...] | 2006-03-30 16:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LAPAZ890 | POLITICIZED JUSTICE: THE CASE OF REPSOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Bolivia has pursued a highly politicized legal case against Spanish/Argentine-owned Repsol YPF, accusing Bolivia's second-largest gas producer of contraband and tax evasion. Repsol Bolivia President, Julio Gavito, was arrested for these charges on March 15, and [...] | 2006-03-30 19:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ901 | JUDICIARY RESISTS MAS ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Constitutional Tribunal's (TC) ruling against GOB intervention in the Lloyd Airlines' case (reftel A),President Morales and Vice-President Garcia Linera went on the offensive against the court, claiming it had accepted bribes from the airline's president. In one [...] | 2006-03-30 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON BL |
06LAPAZ902 | LLOYD EMPLOYEES BLOCK RUNWAYS, DEMAND GOB [...] (U) Lloyd Aero Boliviano employees blocked airport runways in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz today, March 30, calling on the GOB to resume the intervention it suspended on March 24 (reftel). Police used tear gas to disperse protesters and clear runways in Cochabamba, but demonstrators con [...] | 2006-03-30 20:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ906 | THE ROLE EVO'S "INTELLECTUALS" PLAY (PART 2 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales' circle of Bolivian intellectual advisers occupies half of the President's Cabinet, including the top three positions: the Vice President, the Minister of the Presidency, and the Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning. While the intellectuals have m [...] | 2006-03-31 13:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LAPAZ908 | EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...] | 2006-03-31 14:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LAPAZ913 | POLICE AND MILITARY CLEAR RUNWAYS, GUARANTEE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian police and military cleared airport runways in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz late yesterday, March 30, and ended day-long protests organized by Lloyd Aero Boliviano employees demanding that the GOB resume the intervention it suspended March 24 (reftel). The flight d [...] | 2006-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ93 | DEALING WITH THE MAS-LED BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) As the Washington policy community meets on January 17 for a Deputies Committee meeting on Bolivia, Embassy La Paz submits the following reflections on how to best engage, or limit our engagement, with the new GOB and President Evo Morales, as well as other suggestions concerning potential [...] | 2006-01-17 15:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BL |
06LAPAZ937 | IMF AGREEMENT ENDS [...] Summary: Bolivia's Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expired on March 31, and the GOB has indicated that it does not want to sign a new agreement with the Fund. The lack of a Fund agreement could jeopardize donations from multilateral and bilateral institutions and [...] | 2006-04-03 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV BL |
06LAPAZ938 | BOLIVIA: A CONCILIATORY MORALES RETRACTS [...] (C) During a private dinner President Evo Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera hosted for the Ambassador, DCM and the Embassy's declared intelligence chief late April 1, Morales backtracked on accusations of U.S. involvement in recent hotel bombings in La Paz, denied targeting the judici [...] | 2006-04-03 21:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ96 | BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...] | 2006-01-17 15:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL |
06LAPAZ969 | BOLIVIA: THE ATTRACTION OF DREAMS OVER REALITY [...] (C) Summary: If every country relies on myths and dreams, Bolivia's dependence crosses a critical threshold, often blinding political leaders to practical realities and to the pragmatic steps best suited to confront them. Bolivia's perennial demand for sovereign access to the sea from Chile [...] | 2006-04-07 14:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PGOV ECON ELAB PREL BL |
06LAPAZ985 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: LISTS OUT; GOVERNMENT SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The list of candidates for the Constituent Assembly, publicly released on April 4, suggests an opposition increasingly fragmented and in disarray. While this should boost the MAS's hope to dominate the assembly, the ruling party has problems of its own. These stem from social [...] | 2006-04-10 17:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PHUM EAID BL |
06LIBREVILLE109 | ALLIES OF PRESIDENT'S SON GAIN KEY POSTS IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: The new cabinet announced by Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong on January 23 rewarded all the factions which had contributed to President Bongo's reelection. The faction most favored appears to be that associated with Minister of Defense Ali Bongo, whose allies now control the natio [...] | 2006-02-13 12:26:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE180 | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PRIMER [...] (C) Summary: Sao Tome will hold legislative elections March 26. Ten political parties and coalitions will compete for all 55 seats in the National Assembly. Compared to other central African countries where the President dominates governance, the Assembly is the key institution in Sao Tome, [...] | 2006-03-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TP |
06LIBREVILLE191 | GOG EXPLAINS RAIDS THAT LED OPPOSITION LEADER TO [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 the GoG explained to the diplomatic corps the circumstances of its March 21 raid on the headquarters of an opposition political party, which resulted in party leader Mamboundou's flight to the South African Embassy (reftels). The GoG told diplomats it had intelligence [...] | 2006-03-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM GB |
06LIBREVILLE192 | GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY 16-22 MARCH [...] (C) GOG Boosts Fuel Prices. Gabon announced an increase in retail fuel prices of 5.5 percent May 15, satisfying demands from fuel distributors but angering taxi drivers. Distributors were concerned their margins were being squeezed because of price caps at the pump; taxi drivers for their [...] | 2006-03-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB TP |
06LIBREVILLE196 | LONG-TERM REPUBLICAN GUARD COMMANDER REMOVED [...] (C) General of the Army Andre Oyini, the commander of the Gabonese Republican Guard for more than twenty years, was quietly removed from his post along with several other senior officers. Oyini was replaced by former Deputy Commander Brigadier General Gregoire Kouna. The shakeup is signifi [...] | 2006-03-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR GB |
06LIBREVILLE200 | NO SURPRISE IN SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE LEGISLATIVE [...] (U Summary: The MDFM ("Movement for the Democratic Force of Change" -- the party of President Fradique de Menezes) and the MLSTP ("Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe" -- the party of the Prime Minister) split the vote in the March 26 Sao Tome and Principe (STP) legislative [...] | 2006-03-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE216 | SAO TOME PARTIES JOCKEYING TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Legislative elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) gave no party a majority of seats in the National Assembly (an institution that has much more power constitutionally than the Presidency). President de Menezes's MDFM party won the most seats, with 23 out of 55. De Menezes hope [...] | 2006-04-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TP GB |
06LIBREVILLE217 | GABONESE DEFENSE MINISTRY SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (U) Minister of Defense Ali Bongo elevated General Robert Mangollo M'voulou to the post of Secretary General at the Ministry of National Defense April 4, replacing General of the Army Jean-Remy Ondo, who was appointed Secretary General for National Defense at the Presidency. The Ministry of [...] | 2006-04-05 16:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE222 | GOG EXPERT ON EG-GABON BOUNDARY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Advisor Michel Biang reports the GoG and GREG will renew ministerial level maritime boundary negotiations May 2 in New York. The GoG is no longer optimistic about an expeditious resolution. Biang fears that declining Gabonese oil production will [...] | 2006-04-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE228 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION DELEGATION [...] (C) The Ambassador met six opposition leaders at the Residence April 4 to discuss their grievances against the GoG. The delegation included Zacharie Myboto, Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD),Jules Aristide Bourdes Ogoulinguende, Congress for Democracy and Justice (CDJ),Dr [...] | 2006-04-10 09:25:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE231 | GABON'S NUMBER TWO, SENATE PRESIDENT GEORGES [...] (U) Georges Rawiri, President of the Gabonese Senate and perhaps the second most powerful politician in Gabon, died in France April 9. President Bongo ordered a week of national mourning and ordered flags flown at half staff. Rawiri was 74 years old and reportedly suffered from a weak heart. [...] | 2006-04-11 11:37:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE257 | EU FORCE FOR CONGO ELECTIONS TO STANDBY IN GABON [...] (SBU) The standby component of the EU force to bolster security during the DRC's June elections will be based in Franceville, Gabon, according to German Ambassador Ilsa Lindemann. Less than 250 miles from Kinshasa, Franceville features a former French military base now used by the Gabonese ai [...] | 2006-04-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV GB CG |
06LIBREVILLE261 | SAO TOME PRESIDENT NOMINATES PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (U) President Fradique Menezes has appointed Tome da Vera Cruz as Sao Tome's new Prime Minister. He and other members of the cabinet are scheduled to be sworn in 3 PM April 21. Other nominations include: Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Finance--Mario dos Santos Tebus Tor [...] | 2006-04-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE300 | GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY APRIL 2006 [...] (U) Mamboundou's Stay in South African Embassy Ended UPG (Union of Gabonese People) President and opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou, in the South African Embassy since March 21, left his refuge the morning of April 19. A South African diplomat reported that the South African Ambassador [...] | 2006-05-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB TP |
06LIBREVILLE301 | FRENCH CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE MINING PROJECT IN [...] (C) French commercial attache Dimitri Verdet is concerned that the Gabonese government may support a Chinese bid to exploit substantial iron deposits near Belinga, in a remote part of north east Gabon. China's competition for the project is the Brazilian bid company CVRD. Verdet believes s [...] | 2006-05-04 16:42:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN PGOV ECON GB CH |
06LIBREVILLE312 | A RUMOR A DAY HELPS KEEP COUPS AWAY [...] (C) A document making the rounds in Libreville is asserting (again) that Ali Bongo tried to seize control of Gabon from his father, and will try again, by force if necessary. The document alleges that Ali, frustrated in his ambition to build a succession mechanism for himself into law, plan [...] | 2006-05-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE445 | FIRING AND HIRING OF CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS IN SAO [...] On June 22, the Sao Tome and Principe Council of Ministers dismissed the Central Bank Governor, Maria do Carmo Silveira, her vice governor and three administrators. The Government of Sao Tome and Principe (GoSTP) stated that the decision was based on irregularities detected in the bidding and [...] | 2006-07-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV TP |
06LIBREVILLE446 | IMF AND GABON TALK OF A 3-YEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: After a June 19-30 visit, the IMF will return to Gabon in September to assess the GoG's progress in three areas: decreasing the non-oil budget deficit, improving public finances, and accelerating the improvement of the business climate. If sufficient progress is made, Gabon may [...] | 2006-07-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE502 | STP INCUMBENT REELECTED IN MODEL ELECTIONS [...] On July 31, the National Electoral Committee (NEC) of Sao Tome and Principe announced provisional reports of the July 30 presidential election. Incumbent Fradique de Menezes won by a wide margin, with 60% of the vote, over Patrice Trovoada, who polled 38.6% of the vote. About 1% of ballots w [...] | 2006-08-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM TP |
06LIBREVILLE580 | SECRET EG-GABON BOUNDARY MEDIATION FAILS [...] (C) According to MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang, the draft schedule for EG President Obiang's September 8 visit to Libreville included the surprise signing of a maritime boundary agreement. Biang said the deal, which he did not see until a short time before Obiang's arrival, gave EG most of t [...] | 2006-09-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE585 | CHINESE OIL EXPLORATION THREATENS GABON'S FLAGSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Chinese oil company Sinopec's petroleum exploration in Gabon's flagship Loango National Park fails to meet minimal standards for environmental protection. Sinopec's impunity is just one example of recent GoG failure to live up to natural resource commitments; Gabon risks losing GE [...] | 2006-09-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EFIN EPET PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE598 | PRESS ACCUSES INTERIOR MINISTER OF TREASON AFTER [...] (U) Gabonese Minister of State for the Interior Andre Mba Obame has been under heavy attack by Libreville media since the failure of his effort to promote a Gabon-EG boundary agreement (reftel). On September 13 the government-controlled daily newspaper Union carried a rare front-page editoria [...] | 2006-09-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OIIP OPRC GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE619 | POLITICAL INSIDER WINS JUDGMENT AGAINST CITIBANK [...] (C) Summary: One of President Bongo's closest advisors won an appeals court judgment of $5.4 million against Citibank. Citibank reports that the manner in which the decision was made shows that political influence can trump the rule of law in the Gabonese court system. Coming hard on the heels [...] | 2006-10-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV GB |
06LIBREVILLE627 | MBANIE-GATE KEEPS GABON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA BORDER [...] (U) The failed effort to conclude a Gabon-EG maritime boundary agreement in early September (Ref A) continues to dominate the headlines in Gabon; it is now known as the "Mbanie-gate" scandal. Foreign Minister Ping held a press conference on September 29 to explain the history of the border di [...] | 2006-10-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET GB EK |
06LIBREVILLE688 | GABONESE PUBLIC BORED, POLITICIANS FASCINATED, BY [...] (C) Summary: Most of the 877 candidates competing for 120 seats during Gabon's December 17 legislative elections have no chance of success, regardless of whether the elections are free and fair. The large majority of the winners will likely come from President Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party [...] | 2006-11-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM GB |
06LIBREVILLE691 | PRESIDENT BONGO TWISTS ARMS, ENDS STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: The imminence of legislative elections has contributed to a rash of strikes, since workers expect the government to act to resolve strikes quickly at election time. Following a three-day strike by oil workers, President Bongo instructed Mobil Oil Gabon to grant a wage increase and [...] | 2006-11-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ELAB PGOV GB |
06LIBREVILLE728 | BONGO VISITS WIFE IN PARIS [...] In June, Edith Lucie Bongo (the 42-year old wife of President Omar Bongo -- and daughter of Congo president Denis Sassou Nguesso) was evacuated to France, after apparently suffering a stroke. Since that time (with the exception of one 24-hour visit to Gabon in October),she has basically stay [...] | 2006-12-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GB CF |
06LILONGWE1001 | MALAWI TO SUPPORT US INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 16 to follow up on the points delivered in reftel B. Chiunguzeni confirmed that the GOM will support Michael Matheson, the U.S. candidate for the International Law Commission. Chiung [...] | 2006-11-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE1048 | WRANGLE OVER FLOOR-CROSSING LAW LEAVES PARLIAMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Mutharika cannot appeal its advisory opinion on the controversial "floor-crossing" law. The ruling puts the ball firmly in the hands of the Speaker of Parliament, who could use the opinion to declare vacant the seats of over [...] | 2006-12-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE1062 | SUDAN - URGING HOST GOVERNMENT'S ABSENCE FROM [...] Post recieved retel talking points on the morning of December 5, 2006, however Malawi's attendees (the Minister of Trade, the Malawian Ambassador to the European Union, the Assistant Director of Trade and the First Secretary in Brussels) had already left for Khartoum. Post has delivered talki [...] | 2006-12-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI |
06LILONGWE1076 | IMET Students: Human Rights Certification and vetting [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 07:54:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MI |
06LILONGWE1095 | VICE-PRESIDENT'S TREASON CASE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight months after his arrest for allegedly conspiring to assassinate President Mutharika, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha still awaits the start of his trial. The GOM has only allowed the defense limited access to evidence, and the very long delays in the case have provoked lit [...] | 2006-12-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE113 | ACOTA TRAINING SUCCESSFULLY BEGINS [...] The African Contingency Operations and Assistance (ACOTA) Program began a three week training in Malawi on Monday, February 6. A total of 946 Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers--46 officers and 900 enlisted men--reported for training on the first day. The training will cover various peace-k [...] | 2006-02-06 17:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE118 | FORMER GOVT. MINISTER CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first conviction against a senior official in President Mutharika's administration, former Education Minister Yusuf Mwawa has been found guilty on four counts of fraud and corruption. Mwawa was arrested, and then fired by the President, after he paid for his $1,500 weddin [...] | 2006-02-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE124 | STREET VENDORS RIOT OVER REGULATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of street vendors rioted in the capital city of Lilongwe on February 7, protesting the arrest of their trade association boss and government orders to move into organized fee-charging market areas. Using tear gas, police attempted to quell the vendors by pushing them o [...] | 2006-02-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE133 | PRESIDENT "FIRES" VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has announced that he is effectively firing his Vice-President, a move that is widely seen as unconstitutional. Mutharika claims that by skipping cabinet meetings and avoiding most government functions Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha has essentially tendered [...] | 2006-02-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE137 | VICE PRESIDENT GIVEN INJUNCTION AGAINST DISMISSAL [...] (SBU) As expected, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha has been granted an injunction against his dismissal by the President, pending a constitutional review. As reported in reftel, the President had announced that Chilumpha effectively resigned his post as VP on February 9. Chilumpha's lawyers f [...] | 2006-02-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE142 | IMET Students: Human Rights Certification and vetting [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 16:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MI |
06LILONGWE163 | GOVERNMENT DEFIES COURT ORDER TO REINSTATE VP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government continues to ignore a court injunction against the dismissal of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, and has withdrawn his security detail, staff and vehicles. For his part, Chilumpha announced on February 15 he plans to sue the Attorney General for contempt of court. Th [...] | 2006-02-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE166 | FORMER EDUCATION MINISTER TO SERVE 5 YEARS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE167 | ACOTA VIP DAY A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-17 13:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE178 | MUTHARIKA TAKES ON MALAWI'S REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika is attempting to reverse Malawi's longstanding tradition of regional politics by building the first political party with a truly national base. Regionalism has always been a major factor in Malawian politics, and shapes the prism through which modern politic [...] | 2006-02-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE200 | ACOTA TRAINING CLOSES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 16:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE204 | MALAWIAN MUSLIMS PROTEST CARTOONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-01 16:29:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ASEDC MI |
06LILONGWE235 | UDF SPOKESMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, ARRESTED FOR TRESSPASSING IN GRAVEYARD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE237 | CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN MALAWI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE238 | NO FURTHER DIALOGUE WITH NORTH KOREA, SAYS FOREIGN [...] (C) The GOM, "has decided that there will be no further dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in connection with the proposed economic cooperation," according to a letter to Ambassador Eastham dated February 16, from Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga. The letter of [...] | 2006-03-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MI KN |
06LILONGWE258 | VICE-PRESIDENT'S POSITION STILL IN LIMBO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE273 | PARLIAMENT SET TO PASS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] Summary: Post's efforts to promote passage of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation appear to be bearing fruit. Legislators signaled their intention this week to pass the bill in next month's parliamentary session, and are working with government to resolve their remaining issues with the bi [...] | 2006-03-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN ETRD PREL MI |
06LILONGWE286 | MALAWI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE32 | NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION ARRIVES UNINVITED [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Eastham, Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga confided that a delegation from North Korea had arrived uninvited last week. Malawi has allowed the delegation to meet with lower level civil servants, however has refused requests for meetings at th [...] | 2006-01-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MI KN |
06LILONGWE324 | BINGU PROMISES MORE ECONOMIC INTERVENTION AS [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika opened the 39th session of Parliament on April 4, marking the event by promising to "pre-announce" prices for agricultural goods later this year. The President also reiterated his intention to continue fertilizer and seed subsidies and to launch severa [...] | 2006-04-06 06:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN EAGR MI |
06LILONGWE33 | MALAWI: CONCERNS ABOUT SUDANESE PRESIDENT BASHIR'S [...] (C) On January 12 Ambassador Eastham met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga, and the issue of next weeks African Union summit arose. Katsonga spoke at length about who the next Chairman might be, unequivocally ruling out President Bashir of the Sudan and President Sassou of Cong [...] | 2006-01-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE34 | MP WITHDRAWS IMPEACHMENT MOTION AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Member of Parliament who began impeachment procedures against President Mutharika is now trying to withdraw his motion. Completing the 180-degree flip, the MP says that his party, the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF),has let him down and it's now clear to him that im [...] | 2006-01-12 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE351 | MALAWI STRUGGLES WITH STREET VENDORS [...] As the GOM moves to impose order on the thickets of street vendors in Blantyre and Lilongwe, the vendors have offered little resistance following Monday's clash in Blantyre. April 18 marked the GOM's delayed deadline for street vendors to leave the streets for government-built market buildings. [...] | 2006-04-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB MI |
06LILONGWE365 | MUTARIKA QUELLS DEBATE ON MUGABE VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawian civil society organizations have recently criticized the GOM for inviting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to visit Malawi and open a new road, named after Mugabe himself. Local NGO leaders say Malawi should not name roads after human rights violators such as Mugabe. [...] | 2006-04-26 08:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE371 | THE FUTURE OF THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is Malawi's oldest political party, and is the party of former Life President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda. They are currently the largest opposition party with 57 seats in Parliament, and have a strong political base in the central region. However, [...] | 2006-04-27 15:59:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE376 | VICE-PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on April 28 and charged with treason and conspiracy to commit murder, for an alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. The Government claims Chilumpha, who has long been estranged from Mutharika, and four others hired a hit-ma [...] | 2006-05-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE377 | MALAWI PARLIAMENT CLOSES ANOTHER UNPRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) On April 28, Malawi's National Assembly adjourned a four-week sitting after making very little progress through its growing legislative agenda. Among the measures passed were: -- a resolution accepting the GOM's mid-year budget review -- bills to accept World Bank grants and loans -- [...] | 2006-05-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE384 | GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MORE ALLEGED TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: The government has arrested ten more alleged accomplices of Vice President Chilumpha, claiming that they are all linked to the VP's alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. Those arrested include senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former ambass [...] | 2006-05-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE390 | VP'S "ACCOMPLICES" RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve of those arrested in connection with Vice-President Cassim Chiulumpha's treason case were released for lack of evidence on May 6, three days after they were arrested. The twelve included a number of leaders in the VP's United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former Malawian [...] | 2006-05-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE391 | MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his honor and publicly condemning the West. Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika played the part of amiable host, asking donors to resume support to Zimbabwe and [...] | 2006-05-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE401 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE DEFENDS CASE AGAINST VICE [...] (C) In a meeting May 10, Malawi,s Minister of Justice Henry Phoya assured Ambassador Eastham that the Vice-President's arrest on treason charges was legitimate and the case against him substantial. Challenged on the arrest and subsequent release without charge of the VP's alleged co-conspirato [...] | 2006-05-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE404 | NEW INTELLIGENCE SERVICE NOT UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) Ambassador Eastham met with the newly appointed Director General of Malawi's re-constituted Security Intelligence Service (SIS),Brigadier General Rueben Ngwenya, on May 9 to discuss SIS's mission and plans for re-establishing an effective intelligence service in Malawi. Ngwenya has been s [...] | 2006-05-10 15:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE406 | JOURNALISTS' ARRESTS POINT TO INCREASE IN POLITICALLY- [...] (U) Summary: Three independent journalists were arrested in Lilongwe on May 8 and charged with criminal libel, for publishing a story that accused Malawi's attorney general of theft. The arrests are the latest in what appears to be a growing trend toward politically-motivated arrests and pros [...] | 2006-05-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PDEM KPAO PGOV KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE420 | VICE PRESIDENT GRANTED BAIL, BUT KEPT UNDER HOUSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Court granted Vice President Cassim Chilumpha bail in his treason case on May 15, under the condition that he would remain under house arrest. Chilumpha's two alleged accomplices were released on bail outright after surrendering their passports and putting up just over [...] | 2006-05-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE428 | PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...] | 2006-05-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE442 | MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...] | 2006-05-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE47 | GOM UNIMPRESSED WITH NORTH KOREANS [...] (C) Summary: The North Korean delegation discussed in reftel left the GOM unimpressed, and future serious collaboration looks doubtful. While their aim was allegedly to explore funding development projects, in the end the North Koreans could offer nothing tangible to the GOM. This led GOM of [...] | 2006-01-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MI KN |
06LILONGWE483 | GOM PROPOSES TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: After a year of delay in staging local government elections that were due in May 2005, the GOM has announced its intention to amend the constitution to postpone local elections to 2009, to coincide with the next regular presidential and parliamentary elections. The move will save [...] | 2006-06-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE489 | CABINET RESHUFFLED; OPPOSITION "REBEL" LEADERS JOIN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-05 05:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE525 | RESPECTED OPPOSITION FIGURE DIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 07:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE553 | DAS THOMPSON VISIT TO MALAWI [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Carol Thompson has concluded a four day visit to meet with senior Malawian officials on Malawi's acceptance as a Presidential Malaria Initiative focus country, the GOM's continuing fiscal reform, and its progress in combating tra [...] | 2006-06-21 07:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL MI |
06LILONGWE590 | MULUZI RETURNS - HIS ARREST TO FOLLOW? [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi returned to Malawi on July 9, after spending the last seven months in the U.K., ostensibly for medical care. In a speech given at the airport Muluzi disassociated himself with any impeachment attempt against President Mutharika, and told his supporte [...] | 2006-07-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE612 | PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS MALAWI [...] (U) Summary: Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton made a four-hour visit to Malawi on July 14, meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika and other cabinet officials. Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative and the GOM. The [...] | 2006-07-17 15:06:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM OVIP MI |
06LILONGWE620 | BINGU AND PARLIAMENT - IMPASSE OVER SALARY INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament, in the midst of budget deliberations, adjourned for the remainder of the week on July 19 after a dispute over a parliamentarian pay raise brought the House to a standstill. MPs are demanding a 60 percent pay raise, which they say is comparable to a raise being given [...] | 2006-07-20 11:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM OVIP MI |
06LILONGWE643 | FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruption. Only eight hours later it was announced on the government-run television station that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Gustave Kaliwo, who had placed [...] | 2006-07-28 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE651 | GOM EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Malawi met with donors to explain the recent suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and to reassure donors that the country's anti-corruption efforts remain as serious as ever. End summary. A Period of Risk ---------------- 2. (C) Fin [...] | 2006-07-31 15:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE654 | FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely the corruption case against former President and United Democratic Front Chair Bakili Muluzi. The move, widely viewed as quid pro quo for the opposition-control [...] | 2006-08-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE68 | TWO NEW PRO GOVERNMENT TABLOIDS LAUNCHED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OPRC MI |
06LILONGWE690 | MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 07:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI |
06LILONGWE699 | A PROFILE OF THE DEOMCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently the largest party in the National Assembly with 77 MPs. The party, just over a year old, faces both legal and organizational challenges as it strives to make itself into a lasting party. The main ch [...] | 2006-08-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE706 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE708 | MALAWI SCORES ANOTHER CORRUPTION CONVICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE713 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION AND UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE714 | MALAWI APPROVES BUDGET IN TIME FOR HIPC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON THE HEELS OF THE BOTCHED HANDLING OF A CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT BAKILI MULUZI (REF A),THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAWI MANAGED TO PASS THE NATIONAL BUDGET ON AUGUST 3 AFTER WEEKS OF TENSE, PROTRACTED WRANGLING WITH THE OPPOSITION-DOMINATED PARLIAMENT. THE OPPOSITION [...] | 2006-08-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE715 | PRESIDENT DEMANDS TOP PROSECUTOR'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE719 | PRESIDENT DECLARES "WAR" ON FOREIGN TOBACCO BUYERS [...] (U) Summary: President Mutharika has again lashed out at foreign tobacco buyers, castigating them for paying low prices at the state-run auction. The president singled out for criticism the manager of the local subsidiary of an American tobacco company, telling him to pay more or leave the cou [...] | 2006-08-16 12:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE769 | MALAWI GAINS MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank and IMF have recommended Malawi for HIPC Completion Point, providing for the erasure of most of the country's external debt under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). Malawi's foreign debt will fall from $2.9 billion to about $400 million. Domestic debt [...] | 2006-09-07 11:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE845 | THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's formerly powerful ruling party, the United Democratic Front (UDF),has declined significantly in both resources and influence since President Mutharika's resignation from the party in February 2005 and his subsequent formation of a new ruling party. Following the split, t [...] | 2006-09-25 05:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
06LILONGWE848 | REFORMS MOVE AHEAD AS MCA THRESHOLD PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Summary: Since the official launch of Millennium Challenge Threshold Program activities in April of this year, Malawi has made important gains in addressing corruption and improving public finance management, the two focus areas for the program. The advances have included legislative actio [...] | 2006-09-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE889 | MALAWI: THE CASE FOR MCA COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two years, Malawi has embarked on a process of positive reform, led by the government of President Mutharika, that has effectively reversed many years of corruption and misrule. The GOM has decisively taken control of its own development agenda, and has embraced th [...] | 2006-10-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE914 | The Shire-Zambezi Waterway: God's Highway or Bingu's [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika is strongly pushing the idea of re-opening the Shire and Zambezi rivers to commercial navigation, to help address Malawi's serious problem of limited and expensive transportation links to global markets. A recent EU-funded pre-feasibility study offers [...] | 2006-10-19 09:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EWWT ELTN KMCA PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE924 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLLS STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Plans for local government elections in Malawi, delayed for a year and a half and now scheduled for May/June 2007, are still tentative, though there is slow movement in the right direction. End Summary. Political Will? --------------- 2. (SBU) Mandated by the constitution, [...] | 2006-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE953 | BINGU DUMPS TWO TOP MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika fired the Ministers of Agriculture and Economic Planning and Development on October 26, primarily for political reasons. Mutharika has taken over as minister of both portfolios for the time being. The dismissals come as Malawi's political class begins to loo [...] | 2006-11-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE971 | MALAWI: POSITIVE IMF REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: The IMF has given a positive assessment of Malawi's fiscal performance and expects the trend to continue in the near term. Malawi's biggest challenge over the coming year will be to manage expectations of a large dividend following recent HIPC debt relief, and to resist pressure t [...] | 2006-11-08 09:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI |
06LILONGWE976 | FLOOR-CROSSING VERDICT OUT - GOVERNMENT COULD LOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has issued a ruling which could cause over eighty members of Parliament, most of them associated with President Mutharika,s DPP, to lose their seats. The ruling was delivered on November 7 and has been appealed to the Supreme Court. If the ruling i [...] | 2006-11-09 11:23:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LILONGWE98 | POLITICAL ASSESMENT OF UPCOMING CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi is scheduled to begin a constitutional review process starting this June/July. The entire process has already become politicized, as both government and opposition seek to use the review to strengthen their respective political positions. The opposition is focused prima [...] | 2006-02-01 14:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM MI |
06LIMA1064 | CONSERVATIVE OR POPULIST? LOURDES' ECONOMIC PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary. Center-right candidate Lourdes Flores has developed an economic plan based on neo-liberal economic policies, including stressing fiscal responsibility, calling for the streamlining of government, endorsing the privatization of state owned enterprises and infrastructure, and pr [...] | 2006-03-17 18:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA1065 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ANDRADE GLUM ON [...] (C) Centrist Front First Vice President candidate Alberto Andrade continues to blame his alliance's presidential candidate Valentin Paniagua for their campaign's shortcomings and lack of success in the polls. Andrade seems to be focusing on the congressional race, in which he believes the C [...] | 2006-03-17 18:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1079 | BUSINESS SECTOR'S ANALYST FORESEES HUMALA VICTORY [...] (S) A management consultant hired by a small group of Peruvian businessmen to study electoral trends has conducted 54 focus groups nationwide with C-E (lower-middle class to poverty stricken) sector participants. His analysis of the focus groups and polling by the Apoyo consultancy points to a [...] | 2006-03-20 21:17:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1080 | ELECTION UPDATE: HUMALA PULLING AWAY AS FLORES [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala took over first place in the latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, performed 3/15-17, rising one point to 32 percent, while former front-runner, center-right Unidad Nacional candidate [...] | 2006-03-20 21:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1099 | PERU LABOR LEADERS ON LOURDES/HUMALA, FTA, LABOR,S [...] Peruvian labor leaders reject both candidates Lourdes Flores Nano and Ollanta Humala as too extreme, a situation that could create an opportunity for APRA candidate Alan Garcia were he to take up the cause of the proposed General Labor Law (Ref C). A labor rep from Arequipa described her reg [...] | 2006-03-21 18:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EINV PGOV PHUM PINS PE |
06LIMA1126 | OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...] | 2006-03-22 20:40:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL EU PE |
06LIMA1139 | ALAN GARCIA'S ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Should center-left presidential candidate Alan Garcia become President of Peru again, he would most likely pursue an economic program similar to other left-leaning Latin American presidents like Brazilian President Lula and former Chilean President Lagos: generally conservative p [...] | 2006-03-23 16:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA1154 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: AREQUIPA IS HUMALA [...] (SBU) In traditionally idiosyncratic, independent-minded Arequipa, business, media, and University leaders told Poloff, during a 3/16-19 visit, that Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would decisively win in Arequipa Department as well [...] | 2006-03-23 22:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA117 | Peru's Investment Climate Statement 2006 [...] The following is Post's submission of Peru's 2006 Investment Climate Statement, as requested in reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the econo [...] | 2006-01-11 18:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PE |
06LIMA1184 | GOP STILL SORTING ITSELF OUT ON FTA SIGNING DATE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Kuczynski on March 22 to discuss possible dates for an FTA signing. Kuczynski had been briefed by President Toledo on the Ambassador's private meeting with him a week earlier (ref A). Kuczynski said that Toledo has moved from determination to sign on [...] | 2006-03-24 18:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA1197 | HUMALA EXPANDS LEAD, WHILE FLORES INCHES DOWN AND [...] (SBU) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala gained one percentage point over the past week (to 33 percent) in the latest Apoyo nationwide poll, performed 3/22-24, expanding his lead over center-right Unidad Nacional alliance candidate Lo [...] | 2006-03-27 21:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1220 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Humberto Lay Sun, presidential candidate for the Christian evangelical National Restoration (RN) party, told Poloff 3/27 that his campaign is generating increased momentum (the most recent Apoyo poll has Lay's support doubling to two percent while his party could meet the minimum thresho [...] | 2006-03-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA1229 | LIMA MAYOR CASTENEDA,S UNUSUAL AND SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Casteneda has a unique political style that has built him political support among the lower middle class and poor. He eschews vocal populism, letting his deeds speak for him, and approaches municipal governance in a manner more common to business than the public [...] | 2006-03-29 19:41:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA123 | RECORD 24 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REGISTERED; [...] (U) A record 24 parties/alliances met the 1/9 deadline to apply to register their presidential tickets for the April election. Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's bid to head the Si Cumple party ticket was rejected by the Lima Special Electoral Board, but is being appealed to the National Electo [...] | 2006-01-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1233 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...] | 2006-03-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1247 | HUMALA'S LIAISON TO BUSINESS SECTOR MEETS WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Salomon Lerner Ghitis, ultranationalist "outsider" Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's unofficial liaison to the business community, provided his impressions of Humala's policies, personality and advisors during a meeting with the Ambassador on [...] | 2006-03-30 21:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ETRD PE |
06LIMA1258 | PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS OF HUMALA: THE MAN WITH NO [...] (C) Summary: Spanish investors in Peru are taking a wait-and-see attitude to leading Presidential Candidate Ollanta Humala, but most believe they can live with what he might do, according to the Spanish Ambassador. Private sector representatives in the mining, oil, and gas sectors, including [...] | 2006-03-31 18:31:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA1263 | LETOURNEAU AND GOP REACH SETTLEMENT AFTER 35 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: LeTourneau's attorney on March 30 accepted Peru's offer of compensation for road construction performed more than 35 years ago. Payment of the approximately $10 million settlement, expected by May 15, would conclude this ATPDEA commercial dispute. End Summary. ATPDEA Resusc [...] | 2006-04-03 14:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1277 | ELECTION UPDATE: FINAL POLL HAS HUMALA A SHOO-IN [...] (U) Ultra-nationalist "outsider" Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala maintained his substantial lead over Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores in the latest Apoyo poll, released 4/2, although his support fell for the first time in nearly two months, from 33 to 31 percent. Flores con [...] | 2006-04-03 21:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1284 | IMF'S VIEW ON PERUVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (U) Transmission delayed due to techical problems. 2. (C) Summary. A team from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Western Hemisphere division met with officials from the five leading presidential campaigns in March. The IMF team spent a minimum of two hours with each group, listen [...] | 2006-04-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EINV ETRD PE |
06LIMA1286 | BUSINESS COMMUNITY LINED UP ON FTA CAMPAIGN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Private sector leaders are ready to begin the FTA public ad campaign beginning on April 10, the day after national elections. Focus groups are already identifying themes and attitudes in provinces to better target audiences about the benefits of a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement [...] | 2006-04-04 18:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1299 | COCA COMMUNITIES SIGN UP FOR ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Coca growing communities are signing up to voluntarily eradicate their coca and participate in USAID's Alternative Development (AD) Program at a rate on par to meet the annual target of eradicating 2500 hectares. Uncertainties regarding upcoming elections and the pro-coca rhet [...] | 2006-04-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PE |
06LIMA1303 | CANADIAN INVESTORS WARY OF HUMALA [...] (C) Summary. During a March 31 meeting, Canadian Ambassador Genevieve Des Rivieres provided Ambassador Struble with a readout of the nearly two hour meeting she hosted the day before between Ollanta Humala and Canadian investors. Ambassador Des Rivieres shared two impressions: first, that H [...] | 2006-04-05 16:47:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV PE |
06LIMA1326 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...] | 2006-04-06 15:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1343 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: APRA OUTWARDLY [...] (C) APRA party Co-Secretary General (and Congressman) Mauricio Mulder, in a 4/3 lunch with Poloffs, was optimistic that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia would outpoll Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and reach the second-round run-off against ultra-nationalist "outsider" Union por el [...] | 2006-04-07 18:17:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1344 | OAS OBSERVER MISSION AND ELECTORAL AUTHORITIES [...] (U) The heads of the National Electoral Board (JNE) and the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) told Polcouns 4/6 that they were confident the 4/9 general elections will proceed in a free, fair and secure manner. OAS Observer Mission director Lloyd Axworthy concurred with this asse [...] | 2006-04-07 18:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1345 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: CRACKS APPEAR IN [...] (U) During a 4/4-5 visit to the northern coastal area, local observers told Poloff that APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia will likely carry Chiclayo by a narrow margin, with Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala battling for second place. In Piura [...] | 2006-04-07 18:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1346 | ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGNS HOLD FINAL RALLIES; [...] (U) Presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns with a flourish, holding massive closing rallies on 4/6, the final day for campaigning before the 4/9 general elections. Two of the three leading candidates, Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and APRA's Alan Garcia, addressed their supporters in [...] | 2006-04-07 18:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1358 | NEW VICE FOREIGN MINISTER LOBBIES AMBASSADOR FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador invited new Vice Foreign Minister Harold Forsyth over for a one-on-one breakfast April 7. Forsyth, who according to rumor has the inside track to become Foreign Minister if Ollanta Humala is elected President, quickly steered the subject to Peru,s election. The Vice Ministe [...] | 2006-04-07 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1361 | PERU ON PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) On 4/7, D/Polcouns delivered reftel points, background and draft diplomatic note regarding PSI endorsement to Foreign Ministry Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro. Since this was the first time we had discussed PSI with Garro, who is still relatively new to his position, Emboff b [...] | 2006-04-07 23:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP PE |
06LIMA1365 | ELECTION RESULTS (64 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] (U) With 64 of voting tables reporting, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reports the following results in the presidential race: Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala 24.9 percent, Unidad Nacional's (UN) Lourdes Flores 23.4 percent, APRA's Alan Garcia 22.3 percent. Humal [...] | 2006-04-10 17:50:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1373 | ELECTION RESULTS (64 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] (U) With 64 of voting tables reporting, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reports the following results in the presidential race: Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala 24.9 percent, Unidad Nacional's (UN) Lourdes Flores 23.4 percent, APRA's Alan Garcia 22.3 percent. Humal [...] | 2006-04-10 20:44:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1391 | ELECTION RESULTS (81.1 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] SUMMARY: With 81.1 percent of voting tables reporting, Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala has a nearly five point lead over his closest challenger. That happens to be APRA's Alan Garcia, who has narrowly overtaken Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores in the race for the second run- [...] | 2006-04-10 22:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1406 | FUJIMORISTAS DELIGHTED WITH ELECTION RESULTS AND [...] (C) Jaime Yoshiyama, former Minister and President of Congress under Alberto Fujimori and top advisor to Santiago Fujimori, Alberto's brother and the Fujimorista Alliance for the Future (AF) party's candidate for First Vice President and Congress, was jubilant over the election results during [...] | 2006-04-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1450 | ELECTION RESULTS (87.84 PERCENT COUNTED): IT IS [...] As of 16:00 local time on 4/12, the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported that it has counted 87.84 percent of the vote tally sheets. The results to date are as follows: -- Ollanta Humala 30.99 percent - 3,431,447 votes -- Alan Garcia 24.44 percent - 2,706,260 [...] | 2006-04-12 22:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1452 | APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 22:48:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1508 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS (91.5 PERCENT [...] As of 8:42 local time on 4/19, the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported that it has counted 91.532 percent of the vote tally sheets (which normally have no more than 200 votes per Acta, or tally sheet.) The results to date are: -- Ollanta Humala 30.789 percent - 3,51 [...] | 2006-04-19 23:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1509 | U.S. VOLUNTEERS TO OAS ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] Thirty-eight Embassy officers and family members volunteered to be observers for the Organization of American States (OAS) Election Observation Mission on 4/9. The U.S. volunteers were dispatched to polling sites in ten departments: Ancash, Arequipa, Cajamarca, Cusco, Ica, La Libertad, Lambay [...] | 2006-04-19 23:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PE |
06LIMA1534 | ILLEGAL LOGGING THRIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peru exports the most broad leaf mahogany in the world, a majority of it to the U.S. Much of the exports are likely from illegal logging, violating Peruvian law and the CITES international convention against trafficking in endangered species. The GOP, NGO community and Peruv [...] | 2006-04-21 14:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA1549 | EMBASSY'S ASSESSMENT OF OAS MONITORING OF PERUVIAN [...] As noted in Ref A, Embassy Lima participated in force in the Organization of American States (OAS) Election Observation Mission for the 4/9 Peruvian general elections, and thus had the opportunity to evaluate the Mission's performance at all levels. Lloyd Axworthy's leadership of the delegati [...] | 2006-04-24 17:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OAS PE |
06LIMA158 | LIMA MAYOR LUIS CASTANEDA ON OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Castaneda, in a 1/10 meeting with the Ambassador and Polcouns, characterized Ollanta Humala's appeal to Peru's marginalized voters as one of "sentiment," not reasoning. He cautioned that frontal attacks on Humala will backfire and mused that the best way to und [...] | 2006-01-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA159 | ANOTHER LEGAL CHALLENGE TO HUMALA'S CANDIDACY [...] The Special Electoral Board of Lima (JEEL),on 1/12, rejected the remaining legal challenge to the presidential candidacy of ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala. The legal challenge, filed by one Percy Castro Chipana, objected that Humala's membership in the Partido Nacionalista Peruano (PNP) p [...] | 2006-01-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1595 | HOW THE ANDEAN COMMUNITY IPR DECISION AFFECTS PERU [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 6, the Andean Commission issued Decision 632, which clarified the Andean Community's regulations on data protections for patents. Under Decision 632, member countries may protect test data through the imposition of data exclusivity periods, which is consistent with T [...] | 2006-04-26 12:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA1637 | GARCIA OFF TO GOOD START, SAYS APRA INSIDER DEL [...] (C) Summary: APRA insider Jorge del Castillo told the Ambassador April 25 that Alan Garcia is steering clear of public discussion of coalitions until after the second round of Presidential elections; Garcia feels (correctly, we judge) that opening talks with the Flores and Paniagua camp would [...] | 2006-04-27 22:04:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA1681 | CHAVEZ FUELS MORE CONTRETEMPS WITH PERU [...] (C) Over May Day weekend, Hugo Chavez continued to lobby verbal salvos, first at Alan Garcia, and then at Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. In response, Peru has recalled its Ambassador to Caracas. President Toledo on May 1 announced that he would expel Venezuela,s Ambassador if the BRV [...] | 2006-05-02 22:24:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE VE |
06LIMA1752 | FOREIGN MINISTER MAURTUA'S MESSAGE TO OAS MEMBER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Maurtua on May 4 convoked Ambassadors from OAS member states (except Venezuela) to brief them on the Chavez Government,s interference in Peru,s Presidential elections. Echoing the presentation Peru made to the OAS Permanent Council the day before, Maurtua emphasized that: [...] | 2006-05-05 22:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OAS PE VE |
06LIMA1765 | EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE LOOKS TO THE FUTURE [...] (U) Ambassador met with Evangelical Pastor and Renovacion Nacional (RN) presidential candidate Humberto Lay on 4/26 to discuss Lay's analysis of the Peruvian political scene. Lay proved to be the biggest surprise of the recent (4/9) first-round presidential vote. He garnered nearly five pe [...] | 2006-05-08 19:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1774 | PROPOSED ACTION ON LIMA AIRPORT FEES [...] (U) This is an urgent action request from Ambassador Struble, please see para 4. 2. (C) Action request: Embassy Lima has been in dialogue with Washington agencies for nearly a year to resolve charges dating back to 2001 for landing, parking and other user fees at the Lima Jorge Chavez A [...] | 2006-05-08 22:10:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA1776 | STATUS OF LIMA AIRPORT - QUESTIONS ANSWERED [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel A, Post met with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aviation Office and the Lima Airport Partners (LAP) to ascertain information about the Lima Airport. Both the GOP and LAP continue to emphasize that the Lima Airport should not be considered a governme [...] | 2006-05-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA1781 | BOLIVIA AND VENEZUELA PERPLEX, VEX GOP [...] (C) According to Foreign Ministry South American Affairs Director Milagros Castagnon: -- the Government of Bolivia has asked the GOP for 40 experts to provide technical assistance with Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization; -- Venezuela refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of Peru's w [...] | 2006-05-09 16:44:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA1799 | APOYO POLL GIVES CLEAR SECOND ROUND LEAD TO ALAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. A new poll by the Apoyo organization shows APRA's Alan Garcia ahead of UPP candidate Ollanta Humala by 57 to 43 percent. Regionally, Humala leads in the central and southern highlands and in the jungle, but Garcia is solidly ahead in the north and along the coast, and leads by a [...] | 2006-05-09 22:28:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1801 | ANDEAN COMMUNITY VIEWS ON VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. Alan Wagner, Secretary General of the Andean Community, discussed with the Ambassador on May 5 his view on Andean Community dynamics. Wagner noted that Chavez is painting himself into a corner by departing the Andean Community while at the same time condemning the South America [...] | 2006-05-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD PE |
06LIMA1807 | HUMALA CAMPAIGN ALLEGES U.S. SUPPORTS GARCIA AND [...] (C) Battered by bad publicity resulting from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' heavy-handed attempts to tilt the Peruvian election toward Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala (Ref A),the Humala campaign has responded with a series of allegations that the U.S.G. supports Alan Garc [...] | 2006-05-10 15:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA1825 | TEXTILE SECTOR GROWING AT DIMINISHED RATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Peru's textile and apparel industry witnessed a 2.6 percent increase in exports during the first quarter of 2006 year-on-year, substantially less than the 13 percent growth witnessed during the same period in 2005. Government officials attribute this slow down in growth to conc [...] | 2006-05-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA1830 | PAYMENT OF LETOURNEAU SETTLEMENT DELAYED [...] (SBU) Summary. GOP Disputes Coordinator Aurelio Loret de Mola informed us May 11 that the GOP will be unable to pay LeTourneau its $10 million settlement by the May 15 deadline due to procedural delays. The Peruvian Government will issue a Supreme Decree regarding payment and will send the [...] | 2006-05-11 19:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA1852 | HUMALA VISA ISSUE FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HIS ROLE IN [...] (U) Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala and his campaign spokesmen continue to characterize the January 2005 revocation of Humala's U.S. visa as an attempt by the U.S. to destabilize his campaign. About 150 Humala supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the [...] | 2006-05-12 20:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA1887 | GARCIA MAINTAINS COMFORTABLE LEAD OVER HUMALA IN [...] SUMMARY: APRA party presidential candidate Alan Garcia maintained his double-digit lead over Union por el Peru's Ollanta Humala in the latest Apoyo consultancy poll, published 5/14. One significant finding is that the strong advantage Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores had among women [...] | 2006-05-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL PE |
06LIMA1927 | GOP RESPONDS TO FAA IASA REPORT [...] (SBU) We met with Luis Rivera, Director General of Civil Aviation, May 16 to deliver the FAA's report on the International Aviation Safety Assessment and discuss next steps. Rivera, at first, seemed quite taken aback at the FAA's recommendation to downgrade Peru to Category 2. However, once w [...] | 2006-05-17 16:50:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA1974 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ALL EYES ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The excitement of the first round of voting in the Peruvian presidential election campaign has lessened now that the run-off has come down to Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala and APRA's Alan Garcia. While the two candidates continue to preside over rallies of their f [...] | 2006-05-19 20:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1995 | PERU'S FIRST QUARTER ECONOMIC SURPRISE [...] (U) Summary: Just-released Q106 economic results indicate that Peru's economy grew 6.85 percent for the quarter, surprising the GOP and analysts alike. Given January's and February's relatively moderate growth rates of 4.4 percent and 4.9 percent, March's 10.7 percent growth not only exceede [...] | 2006-05-22 19:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA2015 | EX-CANDIDATE PANIAGUA ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Ambassador met with former presidential candidate for the Frente del Centro Valentin Paniagua on 5/10/06. Paniagua waxed pessimistic about the final choice of candidates (between Garcia and Humala) and spoke ardently of the need for "concertacion," i.e. broad alliance building, a process [...] | 2006-05-23 13:14:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2017 | PDAS SHAPIRO/AMBASSADOR MEET WITH HUMALA [...] (U) Visit.. id: 65100 date: 5/23/2006 13:25 refid: 06LIMA2017 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #2017/01 1431325 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 231325Z MAY 06 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0593 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3412 [...] | 2006-05-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2039 | THE GARCIA-HUMALA DEBATE: THE TWO TALK PAST EACH [...] (SBU) APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala talked past one another in their 5/21 "debate," aiming their presentations at separate target audiences. Garcia, addressing the fifty percent of the population who did not vote for either run-off finalist, sought to port [...] | 2006-05-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2056 | BACKGROUND ON DOE RUN'S TAX DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. While the GOP has resolved many of the outstanding commercial disputes with U.S. firms, Doe Run Peru continues to have significant differences with SUNAT (the tax agency) over tax assessments. The dispute focuses on three central points: first, whether Doe Run was entitled [...] | 2006-05-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA2057 | HUMALA'S FRAUD CLAIMS STIR CONCERN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's warnings that his opponents may intend to engage in electoral fraud has raised concerns that the Humalistas plan to engage in disturbances and/or violence should the UPP standard-bearer lose the 6/4 presidential balloting. Elec [...] | 2006-05-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2058 | WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH PERUVIAN DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Bolivia and Venezuela dominated the conversation during visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's meeting with Foreign Ministry officials on 5/17. The Peruvians stated that Bolivian President Evo Morales' nationalizations were playing to his base, but would create problems for him down the roa [...] | 2006-05-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2066 | HUMALA'S IMAGE CONSULTANT ON DEBATE, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alejandro Pucci, recently re-appointed image consultant for Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, told Polcouns 5/24 that: -- The Humalistas were delighted with their candidate's performance during the debate, as he held his own against the vastly mo [...] | 2006-05-25 17:07:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2069 | WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH CARDINAL CIPRIANI [...] (C) APRA's Alan Garcia will almost surely win the presidential race, Peru's Cardinal Cipriani told visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro during their 5/17 meeting. While Garcia's election prospects are encouraging, Cipriani warned that Peru needed to address social inequality. He scored wealthy busines [...] | 2006-05-25 18:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2070 | WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH COMMENTATORS/MEDIA [...] Summary: (C) Visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro met with Peruvian news media figures in an off-the-record encounter at the Ambassador's Residence on 5/16. Participants described the appeal that Union Por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's plainspoken authoritarian style had for rural inhabitant [...] | 2006-05-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2071 | WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH EVANGELICAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Evangelical Pastor and ex-presidential candidate Humberto Lay stated that his party, Restauracion Nacional (RN),is on track to score seats in the next Congress during a meeting with visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on 5/17. Lay noted the contrasts between his message and Humala's as wel [...] | 2006-05-25 18:22:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2073 | WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS FLORES ADVISOR XAVIER BARRON [...] Summary: (C) Parliamentary spokesman for Unidad Nacional (U.N.) Xavier Barron, in a meeting with WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro on 5/17, predicted that Alan Garcia would win Peru's presidency, though not by margins as large as the pollsQQLjD2QTQ)He was confident that APRA would reach out to U.N. to [...] | 2006-05-25 18:42:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2083 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN GREGORY MEEKS TO PERU, MAY 26- [...] (SBU) On behalf of the Country Team, I welcome your visit to Peru, May 26-28. Peru is at a historic crossroads, with a close presidential election on June 4 and the opportunity to ratify the free trade agreement with the United States. With a stable political system and a strong economy, Per [...] | 2006-05-25 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD PE |
06LIMA2095 | TRANSPORT MINISTER DISCUSSES FAA ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Struble met with Minister of Transport Jose Ortiz on May 19 to deliver Reftel B FAA International Aviation Safety Assessment report. Ortiz understood the FAA's concerns in the report regarding TANS Airlines but emphasized that, despite having an Air Operating Certifi [...] | 2006-05-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV CASC PE |
06LIMA2096 | LATEST (PRE-DEBATE) POLLS SHOW GARCIA MAINTAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent (albeit pre-presidential debate) nationwide polls by the Apoyo and DATUM organizations continue to show APRA candidate Alan Garcia holding a 12-14 point lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. The polls differ on trends, however, with Apoyo reportin [...] | 2006-05-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2146 | LATEST APOYO POLLING INDICATES GARCIA'S LEAD OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to a simulated secret vote carried out by the Apoyo consultancy, APRA's Alan Garcia's lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala in the presidential race is down to four points (52-48 percent). Simultaneous polling based on face-to-face interviews found the di [...] | 2006-05-30 22:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2173 | PERU: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] a. Claimant A b. 1999 c. Claimant A's Peruvian subsidiary was a major purchaser of Peruvian gold in the late 1990's. In 1999, the GOP issued a decree that made the final purchaser of gold responsible for verifying the legality of the supply chain from m [...] | 2006-06-01 16:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA2185 | HUMALA'S ANTI-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER [...] (C) Candidate Ollanta Humala's official campaign newspaper "La Olla" is virulently anti-U.S. and calls into question his 5/17 reassurances to visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro and Ambassador Struble that he seeks good relations. End Summary. 2. (U) Candidate Ollanta Humala's newspaper, en [...] | 2006-06-01 22:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2197 | NO SURPRISES AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD THEIR [...] SUMMARY: There were no surprises as APRA's Alan Garcia and Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala held large rallies on 6/1, the final day for campaigning before the 6/4 run-off election. Garcia addressed an estimated 25,000 supporters in central Lima, promising "responsible change" and a [...] | 2006-06-02 19:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2222 | ALAN GARCIA ELECTED PERU'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (U) With 91 percent of the voting tables counted as of 09:00 on 6/5, APRA presidential candidate Alan Garcia has a virtually insurmountable 53.5-46.5 percent lead over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala. Garcia's advantage in votes is 859,507 (6,518-446 to 5,558,939). Humala can be e [...] | 2006-06-05 20:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2226 | UPDATE ON OUTSTANDING AIRPORT FEES [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (SBU) After almost two years, Post and the GOP have partially resolved the issue of outstanding landing, parking and other fees at the Lima Airport. Per Reftel, Post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Ma [...] | 2006-06-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS PGOV PE |
06LIMA2230 | GOP APPROVES DEFERMENT DOE RUN/LA OROYA CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) granted final approval, but with conditions, to Doe Run Peru's extension request for its sulfur dioxide (SO2) environmental cleanup plan at the La Oroya smelter. Doe Run will have three more years to complete three SO2 treatmen [...] | 2006-06-05 21:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA2314 | OAS MONITORING DOCUMENTS A FREE AND FAIR SECOND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As was the case in April, Lloyd Axworthy provided energetic and skillful leadership to the OAS monitoring mission in Peru. In a private meeting on 6/6, Axworthy told the Ambassador that his final report, although generally positive, would highlight the need for better GOP inte [...] | 2006-06-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OAS PE |
06LIMA2315 | WHY GARCIA WON AND HUMALA LOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As recently as April of this year, polls showed that APRA's Alan Garcia had the highest negatives of any politician in Peru. Garcia achieved his 52.6 percent victory over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala by appealing to metropolitan voters' fears that Humala would be [...] | 2006-06-09 15:32:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA2323 | PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA WANTS THE US-PERU FTA [...] (C) Summary: Media reports of President-elect Garcia imply that he wants to "revise" the Free Trade Agreement. In fact, Garcia wants and needs the FTA fully ratified before he takes office July 28. End Summary. 2. (SBU) A number of US newspapers have reported remarks by Peruvian President- [...] | 2006-06-09 21:32:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA2366 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE AND DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary: During an official visit to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with President Toledo to discuss the Peruvian Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),democracy and other issues. Toledo observed that the recent shift towards populism in the region would be temporary and the Chavez exp [...] | 2006-06-13 21:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON AA EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA2367 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: During his codel to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with Prime Minister Kuczynski to discuss the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement and the state of democracy in Peru. The Prime Minister provided a persuasive case on how the Agreement will boost the economy, emphasizing the crea [...] | 2006-06-13 21:22:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA2368 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS MEETS WITH AFRO-PERUVIANS [...] (U) Summary. Congressman Gregory Meeks met with representatives of the Afro-Peruvian community on May 27. The Afro-Peruvians discussed their marginalized role in society, where 90 percent live in poverty and their unique cultural heritage is largely ignored. Congressman Meeks encouraged them [...] | 2006-06-13 21:23:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA2373 | CONGRESSMAN MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE ACCORD AND LABOR [...] (U) Summary: During his codel to Peru, Congressman Gregory Meeks met with representatives from the business community and labor organizations. The business leaders laid out a good case for ratifying the accord, citing the probable job creation in the formal sector. The labor leaders said th [...] | 2006-06-14 15:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA2392 | PERU-COLOMBIA RELATIONS -- WHY WE EXPECT AN ERA OF [...] (SBU) A significant consequence of Alan Garcia's victory in the 6/4 presidential election here is the potential for strategic cooperation between Peru and Colombia on issues such as counternarcotics, anti-terrorism, and regional economic development, and the opportunity this provides to the US [...] | 2006-06-15 19:40:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE CO |
06LIMA2415 | FUJIMORISTAS LOOKING FORWARD TO COOPERATING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legislators-elect Keiko and Santiago Fujimori, in a 6/12 meeting with Polcouns, said that their 13-member congressional bloc would be disciplined, and is prepared to work constructively with the incoming Garcia government in return for an end to "political persecution" and "imp [...] | 2006-06-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PINR PE |
06LIMA2416 | UNIDAD NACIONAL TO SUPPORT APRA GOVERNMENT BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with former presidential candidate Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional (UN) coalition on 6/9. Flores said UN would work with the APRA government, but would remain independent and objective. Her focus has turned to municipal and regional elections where UN a [...] | 2006-06-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PE |
06LIMA2428 | FIRST FISSURES IN THE HUMALISTA MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ollanta Humala's Second Vice President candidate on the Union por el Peru (UPP) ticket, Carlos Torres Caro, announced on 6/12 that he and three other congressmen-elect were breaking with Humala. Torres Caro characterized Humala as authoritarian and anti-democratic, and charge [...] | 2006-06-16 21:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PE |
06LIMA2437 | REGIONAL LEADERS PROTEST CERRO VERDE MINE [...] (C) Summary. Cerro Verde Mine, a Phelps Dodge subsidiary located in Arequipa (southern Peru) was the target of a 3,000 person protest on June 15. Led by a coalition of 14 Arequipa regional mayors, the protestors complained that Cerro Verde contributed less to the mining canon in 2005 than in [...] | 2006-06-19 17:44:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PGOV PE |
06LIMA2438 | MINING AND ENERGY SECTOR REACTS TO INCOMING GARCIA [...] (C) Summary. Mining and Hydrocarbons contacts are generally optimistic about their prospects for working with President-elect Alan Garcia. They believe that the in-coming President,s desire/need to maintain a stable investment climate will restain any undue zeal to extract excessive revenue f [...] | 2006-06-19 17:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA2445 | LULA-GARCIA MEETING A "LOVE-FEST" ACCORDING TO TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for Political Affairs, Pablo Portugal, described the 6/13 meeting in Brasilia between President-elect Alan Garcia and Brazilian President Lula da Silva as a "love-fest," during a 6/14 coffee with the Ambassador. According to Portu [...] | 2006-06-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EINV PE BR |
06LIMA248 | OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...] | 2006-01-23 11:58:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA2503 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA,S FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM held a 90 minute meeting on 6/19 with Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde, who President-elect Alan Garcia intends to name as Foreign Minister. Garcia Belaunde said Alan Garcia will rarely travel abroad. The only plans now on the books are to visit Chile and Colombia before th [...] | 2006-06-22 17:48:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA2539 | PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION: DELEGATION SIZE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-26 20:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SCPR PE |
06LIMA262 | FAA RECOMMENDS CATEGORY 1 WITH CONDITIONS [...] (C) Summary. After conducting its International Aviation Safety Assessment on January 17-20, the FAA concluded that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) is ICAO compliant and should remain in Category I, but with conditions. The FAA found that the DGAC needed to improve its act [...] | 2006-01-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON CASC PGOV PE |
06LIMA2624 | HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...] | 2006-07-03 21:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA2625 | HUMALA HAS NO COATTAILS IN LORETO [...] (C) Ex-Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Loreto Region in Peru's 6/4 second-round presidential race. Despite that, Loreto remains up for grabs in November's regional and municipal elections because Humala's party has [...] | 2006-07-03 21:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA269 | DGAC OUSTED OVER GROUNDING OF TANS AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary. The indefinite grounding of TANS Airlines on January 6 has become highly politicized, with President Toledo ordering the removal of Director General of Civil Aviation Roberto Rodriguez from his post on January 20. According to DGAC officials, the Ministry of Defense, which owns [...] | 2006-01-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA2708 | PERU PRIVATIZES PORT OF CALLAO [...] (U) Summary. Following up on a pledge to improve services at Lima's Port of Callao, the GOP on June 23 granted to firm P&O Dover a contract to build a new container terminal. Total cost of the project is estimated at $617 million over the next six years. P&O, along with its Peruvian partner [...] | 2006-07-11 21:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA2715 | UPDATE ON ATPDEA DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Four years after the implementation of ATPDEA, the Peruvian Government has resolved six of the nine original ATPDEA disputes. The GOP is working to resolve the remaining ATPDEA cases -- LeTourneau, Engelhard and Princeton Dover -- as well as several other high profile cases, i [...] | 2006-07-12 14:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV PE |
06LIMA2716 | PERU: DEMARCHE PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND INFORMING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PGOV PHUM PREL PE |
06LIMA2733 | TAXES AND CANON FUNDING STILL ISSUES FOR CERRO [...] (C) Summary. Cerro Verde Officials continue to engage in dialogue with the coalition of 14 Arequipa regional mayors to find resolution to tax and canon funding issues. The Arequipa Mayors are incensed that Cerro Verde, which reinvested a percentage of its profits in expansion and social deve [...] | 2006-07-13 15:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG PGOV ECON PE |
06LIMA2736 | TOLEDO ADMINISTRATION TOUTS LONGEST ECONOMIC BOOM [...] (U) Summary. Outgoing Finance Minister Fernando Zavala announced that Peru is currently experiencing its longest economic boom, enjoying one of the highest growth rates in South America. During a July 11 presentation, Zavala highlighted Peru's 60 consecutive months of macroeconomic growth and [...] | 2006-07-13 17:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE |
06LIMA2743 | HUMALA MOVEMENT LOSING STEAM IN AREQUIPA [...] Radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala carried the Arequipa region by a wide margin in Peru's 6/4 presidential race. Despite that, the prospects for pro-Humala candidates in upcoming regional and municipal elections are uncertain. Humala has lost credibil [...] | 2006-07-13 19:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL PE |
06LIMA2839 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S VISIT TO PERU - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, I welcome your July 27-28 visit to participate in the inauguration of President-elect Alan GARCIA Perez. This presidential transition is historic--for the first time in modern Peruvian history one elected leader will transfer authority to another without the backdrop of an [...] | 2006-07-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV ETRD PE |
06LIMA2853 | AMBASSADOR MEETS PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA [...] (C) Ambassador Struble called upon President-elect Alan Garcia on July 14. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM Phyllis Powers; Garcia was joined by his Foreign Minister-designate, Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. While the Ambassador and Garcia had maintained contact through intermediaries, [...] | 2006-07-24 03:37:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PE PREL PINR |
06LIMA2885 | HUMALA A HAS-BEEN, SAYS FORMER ADVISOR, NOW [...] (C) Former radical, anti-system presidential candidate for the Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist (PNP) parties Ollanta Humala will neither be able to control the 43-person Congressional bloc elected with him nor will he succeed in electing political allies in November's regional [...] | 2006-07-25 19:37:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA2923 | PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President-elect Garcia announced his new cabinet of ministers on 7/27. Bios for the new ministers will be provided Septel. 2. (U) A complete list of Cabinet Ministers follows: -- Prime Minister: Jorge Alfonso Alejandro DEL CASTILLO Galvez -- Minister of Agriculture: Juan Jose SALAZ [...] | 2006-07-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA2924 | PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President-elect Garcia announced his new cabinet of ministers on 7/27. Bios for the new ministers will be provided Septel. 2. (U) A complete list of Cabinet Ministers follows: -- Prime Minister: Jorge Alfonso Alejandro DEL CASTILLO Galvez -- Minister of Agriculture: Juan Jose SALAZ [...] | 2006-07-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA2926 | CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...] | 2006-07-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PINR PE |
06LIMA2927 | CRACKS APPEAR IN HUMALA'S BASE IN AYACUCHO [...] (SBU) Ayacucho voters overwhelmingly supported radical opposition leader and former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala in the recent 6/4 presidential runoff. However, Humala will have trouble transferring this support to candidates he favors in November's regional and municipal elections. [...] | 2006-07-31 13:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PINR PE |
06LIMA2942 | LETOURNEAU RECEIVES SETTLEMENT, CASE CLOSED [...] (U) On July 26, Roy LeTourneau, CEO of LeTourneau Foundation, received the agreed-upon settlement of approximately USD 10 million from the GOP by wire transfer, resolving a decades-old dispute. That same day, LeTourneau signed a Cancellation Public Deed that formally closed the case. 2. (U) [...] | 2006-08-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE |
06LIMA2997 | PRESIDENT GARCIA'S FIRST MESSAGE TO THE NATION [...] (SBU) On 7/28 Alan Garcia Perez was sworn in as President and delivered his first message to the nation. Running an hour and a half, the President put forward an overlong list of initiatives and specific policy recommendations. Garcia focused on actions to help the 13 million Peruvians in po [...] | 2006-08-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA30 | CHAVEZ, EVO MORALES BACK HUMALA AT CARACAS MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala made a surprise appearance in Caracas on 1/3, attending a televised ceremony held by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to honor Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales. Both Chavez and Morales had high praise for Ollanta, who [...] | 2006-01-04 20:26:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE VE BL |
06LIMA3013 | GARCIA CHOOSES COMPETENCE FOR HIS ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (U) Summary: President Garcia's choices for Finance Minister, Trade Minister and Production Minister suggest that he will maintain the economic policies of the Toledo Administration. The Finance Minister, Luis Carranza, has not been a high-profile political player, but he brings sound economic [...] | 2006-08-02 21:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3014 | PERUVIANS PRAGMATIC ON CASTRO'S ILLNESS [...] (U) Pronouncements by Peru's leaders on the situation in Cuba have been guarded and pragmatic. --After lamenting Castro's deteriorating health, Peruvian Prime Minister and long-time advisor to President Alan Garcia told Radio Programs of Peru on 8/1 that the international community should p [...] | 2006-08-02 22:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA3015 | PERU ON CUBA: OFFICIALS/JOURNALISTS SEE CHANGE [...] (C) Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde maintains that Fidel Castro's condition is more serious than reported and foresees change in Cuba as a result of the Cuban dictator's illness. Well-connected Peruvian journalists agree that Raul Castro could not maintain the communist regime [...] | 2006-08-02 22:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA3016 | PERU'S GARCIA EXTENDS HAND TO CHILE [...] (U) During his inauguration, Peruvian President Alan Garcia Perez made a deliberate and highly successful effort to improve Peru's relations with Chile. Garcia invited President Bachelet to be a guest of honor at Peru's annual Independence Day Military Parade on 7/29, and Peruvian Foreign Mi [...] | 2006-08-02 22:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA3102 | GARCIA'S PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN, DEFENSE, AND [...] (SBU) President Alan Garcia has kept his pledge to form a multi-party council of ministers with only six of his 16 ministers coming from the President's own APRA party. Six of his appointees are women, more than in any previous cabinet. President Garcia's Prime Minister is Jorge del Castillo, [...] | 2006-08-08 16:50:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PREL PINR PE |
06LIMA3103 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE, [...] (C) President Uribe expressed interest in both early approval of the proposed U.S.-Colombian FTA and, barring that, in a possible extension for APTDEA. Secretary Gutierrez described how both Ecuador and Bolivia had almost certainly scotched any chance for APTDEA extension through recent acti [...] | 2006-08-08 19:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE |
06LIMA3104 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA [...] (U) President Alan Garcia met privately for 20 minutes with Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez following the inauguration ceremony on July 28. The President was accompanied by Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde. Ambassador Struble joined the Secretary. 2. (C) Secretary Gutie [...] | 2006-08-08 19:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA3105 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS URUGUAYAN VP RODOLFO NIN [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and Ambassador Struble met with Uruguayan Vice President Rodolfo Nin and Uruguayan Ambassador to Peru Juan Oddone on 7/27. Nin said the GOU was most interested in an FTA with the U.S. He dismissed radical gestures by Hugo Chavez, stating that the new left in [...] | 2006-08-08 19:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE |
06LIMA3109 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PERU TRADE MINISTERS [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez warned both the outgoing and incoming Peruvian Trade Ministers that the vote on the U.S.-Peru FTA would be close. Ambassador Struble said that the Peruvians needed to prepare "a game plan" to obtain support in the U.S. Congress. Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz [...] | 2006-08-08 20:19:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE |
06LIMA3137 | BIOS FOR AGRICULTURE, ENERGY, TRANSPORT & HOUSING [...] (U) Biographic information for President Alan Garcia's Ministers of Agriculture, Energy and Mining, Transportation, and Housing follows below. These ministers took office on July 28, 2006. See Ref A for the bios of the Prime Minister and Foreign, Defense, and Interior Ministers, and Ref B fo [...] | 2006-08-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV TBIO PREL PE |
06LIMA3148 | GARCIA'S PROMISE OF "WATER FOR EVERYONE" [...] (U) Summary. President Alan Garcia has made his Agua Para Todos (Water for Everyone) program a top priority. The $5 billion program sets an ambitious five-year target of reducing by half the five million Peruvians without access to potable water. It includes nine major water treatment, infra [...] | 2006-08-10 22:38:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EFIN PGOV PE |
06LIMA3259 | NEW PERU DEFENSE MINISTER ON ARTICLE 98, SOFA, [...] (C) Ambassador discussed Peruvian border and internal control issues, Article 98, a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),the U.S.-donated C-26 counternarcotics (CN) aircraft, the U.S. Customs P-3 CN flights from Piura, the Cooperating Nations Information Exchange System (CNIES),and a possible [...] | 2006-08-17 22:22:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KICC PHUM PREL KTIA MARR MOPS PINR PE |
06LIMA3283 | GARCIA NAMES FAMOUS ECONOMIST AS PTPA PROMOTER [...] (U) Summary. On August 17, President Garcia named renowned economist Hernando de Soto as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). De Soto, a world-renowned economist and author of "The Other Path," has reportedl [...] | 2006-08-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3316 | PERU TRADE ENVOY DE SOTO: GOP WON'T MODIFY PTPA [...] Summary: President Garcia's personal representative for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),Hernando de Soto (see REFTEL),made the press rounds over the weekend to better explain his new role and to correct the false impression that the GOP would seek to renegotiate the PTPA. De [...] | 2006-08-22 19:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3349 | CABINET VOTE COULD SPLIT HUMALA COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala are divided over whether to endorse President Garcia's new cabinet on Thursday, August 24. Humala has said his party would vote against the Garcia Cabinet, but UPP congressional representatives including spokesman Al [...] | 2006-08-23 22:22:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA3385 | TRADE ENVOY DE SOTO DISCUSSES PTPA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hernando de Soto, President Garcia's recently named Personal Representative for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),told the Ambassador on August 22 that he would develop a plan of activities to promote U.S. Congressional passage of the PTPA before traveling to the U [...] | 2006-08-25 15:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3396 | BIO FOR GOP SPECIAL TRADE ENVOY HERNANDO DE SOTO... [...] (U) Following is biographic information for Hernando de Soto, whom President Garcia on August 17 named as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),as per REF A. De Soto is also charged with developing the necess [...] | 2006-08-28 13:03:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA3397 | BIOS FOR NEW JUSTICE, LABOR, EDUCATION, HEALTH, [...] (U) Biographic information for President Garcia's Ministers of Justice, Labor, Education, Health, and Women's Affairs and Social Development follows below. As noted in reftels the appointments represent a multi-party cabinet with a mix of APRA party loyalists and technical personnel. These mi [...] | 2006-08-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA3446 | YANACOCHA MINE CLOSES, REOPENING AFTER PROTESTS [...] Summary: After months of demonstrations and a recent five-day road block, Peru's largest gold mining company Yanacocha (operated by Denver-based Newmont Corporation) closed its operations August, with an estimated loss of $2 million per day. After Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo personally [...] | 2006-08-31 18:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN EINV ENRG ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA3487 | HUMALA FORMALLY CHARGED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala was formally charged with human rights violations, and prohibited from leaving the country. While Humala has claimed the accusations are politicized, human rights representatives say they are credible and likely to stick. Humala's le [...] | 2006-09-01 21:29:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PE |
06LIMA3571 | GARCIA'S LETTER TO BUSH ON EXTRADITIONS [...] (U) On the margins of a meeting with USTR representatives, President Alan Garcia personally handed the Ambassador a letter dated August 31 to President Bush proposing increased legal cooperation on extraditions of narcotraffickers and expressing a willingness to streamline extraditions of narco [...] | 2006-09-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA3572 | GARCIA'S LETTER TO BUSH ON EXTRADITIONS [...] (U) On the margins of a meeting with USTR representatives, President Alan Garcia personally handed the Ambassador a letter dated August 31 to President Bush proposing increased legal cooperation on extraditions of narcotraffickers and expressing a willingness to streamline extraditions of narc [...] | 2006-09-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA3579 | HUMALA'S HEADACHES: FROM ALMOST PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In three months, Ollanta Humala has gone from nearly winning the June 4 presidential election to wrestling with a divided and increasingly rebellious congressional bloc and becoming a defendant in a serious human rights case. While Humala's wounds are largely self-inflicted, his [...] | 2006-09-08 19:09:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA3618 | ORTHODOX ECONOMIST NAMED TO CHAIR PERU'S CENTRAL BANK BOARD [...] Summary: President Alan Garcia named another well-known orthodox economist, Julio Velarde, to chair the Central Bank's Board of Governors, and three other governors as well. The other nominees are the asparagus exporter and former Agriculture Minister (in the first Fujimori Administration) Jo [...] | 2006-09-12 13:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO PE |
06LIMA3662 | MINING COMPANIES TO MAKE "VOLUNTARY" SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) Summary: To fend off political pressure, including the specter of a windfall tax, mining companies operating in Peru agreed to make a "voluntary" contribution of up to $773 million over the next five years. The solution, in which Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo played a key role, was see [...] | 2006-09-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA3677 | GOP TEMPORARILY HALTS ERADICATION AFTER COCALERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/11 some 300 cocaleros attacked police officers protecting coca eradicators in San Martin. Two police officers were injured in the scuffle, one with shotgun wounds, as were a number of protesters. A group of doctors, a prosecutor, and cocalero Congresswoman Nancy Obregon fl [...] | 2006-09-15 16:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PE |
06LIMA3693 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS: FRAGMENTED FIELD FAVORS LOCAL [...] (SBU) A fragmented field of multiple contenders -- an average of nine candidates for each regional presidency -- favors both independent local candidates and the established APRA party in Peru's upcoming regional and municipal elections. Schisms and other problems in the Ollanta Humala camp ( [...] | 2006-09-15 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV INR PE |
06LIMA3823 | COCALEROS USE CONGRESS TO PUSH PRO-COCA/ANTI-U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Pro-cocalero congressional representatives ranted about the benefits of coca and the costs of U.S. imperialism disguised as counternarcotics policy at a recent "Coca and Biodiversity" conference held in a Congressional annex. Cocalero leader Nelson Palomino also participated. T [...] | 2006-09-27 17:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA3824 | A STRATEGY FOR RATIFICATION OF THE PTPA [...] With Peruvian President Alan Garcia's Oct 10 visit to Washington less than two weeks away, Embassy is increasingly concerned about the likelihood of Congressional inaction on the implementing legislation for the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). From here, the increasing uncertainty is [...] | 2006-09-27 18:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA3825 | CHAVEZ' CHARGE OF FRAUD FURTHER STRAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' public allegation that Alan Garcia won Peru's recent elections by resorting to fraud has generated strong public and official repudiations here. This latest exchange has further strained an already testy bilateral relationship, and with luck wi [...] | 2006-09-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM UNGA UNSC VE PE |
06LIMA3876 | PERU TO FARC WEAPONS SMUGGLING RING BROKEN-UP [...] (U) Summary: Peruvian police have busted an arms smuggling ring that planned to ship weapons and munitions to the FARC in Colombia. During the operation, authorities confiscated over 3,500 rounds of ammunition and five air-to-surface missiles reportedly diverted from Peruvian military stockpi [...] | 2006-09-28 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER CO PE |
06LIMA3887 | GOP MEDIATES END OF SIX-DAY PORT STRIKE [...] (SBU) A late-night deal on September 25, mediated by the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Labor and Trade, ended a strike that had closed Callao, Peru's largest port, for six days. Under the deal, the daily minimum wage for longshoremen was increased from USD 9.26 to USD 12.35, with special [...] | 2006-09-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PE |
06LIMA396 | ENGELHARD LOSES IN FINAL COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: By a decision of 5-1, the Constitutional Court ruled against gold trading firm Engelhard of New Jersey, holding that the company's rights had not been violated by the Tax Court. With this negative decision, the company has exhausted all its legal options in Peru. The company is [...] | 2006-02-01 11:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA3995 | ERADICATION PROGRESSES AND INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Starting September 28, Coca eradicators have uprooted 30 hectares per day despite minor protests in the field. Interior Minister Mazzetti has taken a firmer public stance against the cocaleros and in favor of the eradication program, stating: "Police have a right to repel viole [...] | 2006-10-06 21:12:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA4009 | PERU'S CONGRESS: OPPOSITION DIVIDED, TAME (SO FAR) [...] (C) Summary: Concerns that the Garcia government would face an obstreperous congress dominated by the opposition have proven unfounded. Instead, Humala's UPP/PNP coalition has unraveled while Unidad Nacional (UN),the pro-Fujimori bloc and other smaller parties have provisionally allied them [...] | 2006-10-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA401 | PERU: SAICM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] DepEconCouns delivered Reftel talking points separately to the following GOP officials: Minister Fernando Isasi, Director General for Environmental Matters, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (January 27); Jose Espinoz, Director of the National Service for Agricultural Health (DIGESA) (January 27); J [...] | 2006-02-01 14:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PE |
06LIMA4025 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE TRADE [...] Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru,(Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Peruvian labor laws [...] | 2006-10-10 22:44:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE |
06LIMA4035 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH VISITS PERU TO DISCUSS FREE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Adam Smith, Democrat from Washington, spent four days in Lima, Peru (Oct 1-5) talking with government and private sector representatives about the potential impact of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) on both countries' economies, and the state of current Pe [...] | 2006-10-11 17:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CODEL OVIP ELAB PGOV PE |
06LIMA4046 | EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS CARVE OUT POLITICAL SPACE [...] (SBU) Peru's Evangelical Protestants constitute a rising, pro-US, anti-radical force that helped Alan Garcia defeat Ollanta Humala in Peru's 6/4 presidential race (Ref A-D). Garcia showed his gratitude when he attended a post-inaugural Evangelical "Thanksgiving" service held in his honor. The [...] | 2006-10-12 18:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA4149 | PERU DEFENSE MINISTER: PROBLEMS CREATE U.S. [...] (C) Minister of Defense Alan Wagner told Ambassador on 10/16 that he sees severe problems in the Army, including politicized promotions, a legacy of narco-corruption from the Montesinos era, and downright incompetence in weapons and munitions storage. He requested U.S. technical assistance in [...] | 2006-10-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MARR PE |
06LIMA4246 | NEW HORIZONS A SUCCESS [...] Ambassador Struble traveled on 9/15 with government Ministers, Congresspersons and local leaders to close the bilateral New Horizons Humanitarian Exercises in Lambayeque Province. The group visited a medical readiness site, a school, and a well drilling project, all built compliments of New [...] | 2006-10-31 19:52:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA4262 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EXTRADITION WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Garcia has called for judicial reform and highlighted extradition as a national priority, but the judiciary's interpretation of our bilateral extradition treaty has obstructed U.S. extradition requests. To s [...] | 2006-11-02 21:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PE |
06LIMA4271 | PERU REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ALL POLITICS IS [...] (SBU) Peru holds regional, provincial and district elections on November 19. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) has floundered and local interests have reasserted themselves. Voters appear apathetic and weary from the electoral season. President A [...] | 2006-11-03 22:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA428 | DGAC DISCUSSES FUTURE OF TANS AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary: The new Director General of Civil Aviation, Luis Rivera, during a February 1 courtesy call, openly discussed the future of TANS and the longevity of his position. Rivera, a former Air Traffic Controller, emphasized that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) remains c [...] | 2006-02-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ASEC PGOV PE |
06LIMA4287 | PERUVIANS POSITIVE ON FM/MOD TALKS WITH CHILE [...] (U) FM Garcia and MOD Wagner,s October meeting with their Chilean counterparts in Santiago received favorable press coverage from leading media outlets in Peru. In particular, the press reacted positively to the announcement that Peru and Chile would create a joint peace-keeping force. The [...] | 2006-11-06 22:30:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA4325 | ATPDEA LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM ANDEAN [...] Post received the following letter thanking President Bush for his efforts to extend the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) from Bolivian President Evo Morales, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio and Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antoni [...] | 2006-11-09 19:21:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PHUM VE CO BL PE |
06LIMA4364 | PERU FM SEEKS PULL-ASIDE WITH SECRETARY RICE [...] See paragraph 3 for action request. 2. Vice Foreign Minister Gonzalo Gutierrez informed Ambassador November 13 that Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde is seeking a ten minute pull-aside meeting with Secretary Rice at the upcoming APEC meeting in Hanoi, SIPDIS November 15-16, to discus [...] | 2006-11-14 21:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PVIP APECO PE |
06LIMA4366 | REGIONAL/MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: APATHY, LOCALISM [...] (SBU) Regional and municipal elections have failed to spark much enthusiasm in the key southern regions of Arequipa and Ayacucho, where voters appear stricken with "election fatigue." A plethora of local movements and candidates pursuing often narrow regional and local platforms predominates [...] | 2006-11-14 22:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA44 | PERU REQUESTS EX-PRESIDENT FUJIMORI'S EXTRADITION [...] The Peruvian Government formally requested ex-President Alberto Fujimori's extradition from Chile on 1/3. The diplomatic note containing the request was signed by Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and was personally delivered to Chilean Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker by Peru's Ambassador in S [...] | 2006-01-05 20:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PE CI |
06LIMA4407 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS: OAS CONFIDENT OF SMOOTH PROCESS [...] Peruvians will return to the polls on November 19 to elect regional presidents and provincial and district mayors. The OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) will send 33 observers (including 9 U.S. Embassy volunteers) around the country to witness the process and receive any citizen complaint [...] | 2006-11-17 18:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA4408 | FORMER FM BLACKER MILLER: PROVISIONAL ARREST [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. The GOP request for the provisional arrest of former Peruvian FM Augusto Blacker Miller for his alleged participation in the 1992 self-coup ("auto-golpe") is not, in our view, politically motivated; that is, we do not believe the [...] | 2006-11-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PE |
06LIMA4451 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS: APRA DOWN AND HUMALA OUT AMID [...] (U) Independent local groups won the majority of regional presidencies and mayorships in Peru's 11/19 elections. Former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party was all but wiped out and APRA lost significant ground, holding on to only three Regional Presidencies. T [...] | 2006-11-21 22:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE |
06LIMA4499 | GOP POSTPONES PUSH FOR FTA UNTIL NEW U.S. CONGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo announced on November 27 that the GOP would no longer seek ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) by the current U.S. Congress, choosing to wait until early next year to engage the incoming Congress. Following several [...] | 2006-11-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
06LIMA45 | GRADUATING ANTI-DRUG CADETS INCREASE POLICE [...] On 12/30 two hundred cadets graduated from anti-drug police academies in Mazamari and Santa Lucia. This second graduating class from the two academies doubles to 400 the number of new counternarcotic (CN) police officers in 2005 (Ref B). These officers are recruited from coca-growing regions [...] | 2006-01-05 20:19:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA4514 | PERU TO JOIN CAIRNS GROUP IN 2007 [...] Upon returning from the APEC Ministerial in Hanoi, Peru's Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz announced that Peru had been formally invited to join the Cairns Group of agricultural exporting countries and would become its nineteenth full member during the ministerial meeting scheduled for April 200 [...] | 2006-11-28 20:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR PGOV PE |
06LIMA4516 | AYACUCHO CONTACTS TALK OF NARCO-ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Ayacucho's economy turns on narcotrafficking, local contacts told Poloff during a Nov. 8-10 visit. They cited coca-growing in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as a key source of jobs, particularly for area youth who migrate to the VRAE during school vacations. They alleged that [...] | 2006-11-28 20:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PE |
06LIMA4519 | GOP DECENTRALIZATION "SHOCK" A NECESSARY BUT [...] (SBU) President Garcia has announced a series of measures to accelerate the GOP's decentralization process, including the transfer of many government functions and over $1 billion USD to the regions and municipalities in 2007. The political motive behind the initiative is clear -- Garcia will [...] | 2006-11-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SNAR PE |
06LIMA453 | ELECTION UPDATE: CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE LOURDES [...] (U) Center-right presidential candidate Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) has opened up an eight point lead (30-22 percent) over ultra-nationalist anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala (Union por el Peru - UPP) in the latest Apoyo consultancy poll. Ex-President Alan Garcia (APRA) is a [...] | 2006-02-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA4547 | CONGRESS LABOR COMMITTEE BULLISH ON LABOR LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: UPP congressman Aldo Estrada, president of the congressional committee on labor, told poloffs November 21 that revisions to the proposed General Labor Law should be completed and passed to the plenary by December 22--where it could be approved early in next year's session. He no [...] | 2006-12-01 22:01:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PE PGOV |
06LIMA4554 | Peru: Interim TIP Assessment [...] (SBU) Peru is making steady progress in establishing a legal framework for prosecuting traffickers of persons and educating police, prosecutors, and the general public about trafficking in persons (TIP). The Garcia Administration, which took office on July 28, moved quickly to submit a compreh [...] | 2006-12-04 14:33:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG PE |
06LIMA4570 | PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA'S EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL [...] (S) This message is in response to reftel request for information on the emotional and physical health of President Alan Garcia. Our responses are slugged to the questions in reftel paragraphs. We do not always have first-hand information on the questions asked, a fact reflected in some of our answ [...] | 2006-12-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PINR PGOV PE |
06LIMA461 | BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR [...] (C) Brazilian presidential foreign policy advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia visited Peru the week of 1/30, meeting with President Alejandro Toledo; Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and other Foreign Ministry officials; Andean Community Secretary General Allan Wagner; leading presidential SIPDIS [...] | 2006-02-03 18:48:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR BR PE |
06LIMA4610 | PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA AT 100 PLUS DAYS [...] (SBU) President Garcia's political skills have lent Peru a stability that the country has not enjoyed for several years. While the APRA lost badly in the 11/19 regional elections, some argue that Garcia now can control a divided field of regional presidents and use the results to stave off p [...] | 2006-12-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA4621 | ELECTORAL BOARD EXPOSES NARCO-CANDIDATES [...] (U) Summary: The National Electoral Board (JNE) on November 14 identified more than 200 candidates in local elections who had lied on their resumes, including some who had hidden ties to narcotrafficking. Most of the publicized narco-candidates did not win. Despite evidence of narco-influenc [...] | 2006-12-07 22:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA4622 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE/LANGUAGE ON SOFA [...] After two months, Post has obtained an appointment with Ambassador Bellina, diplomatic advisor to the Ministry of Defense, and Carlos Yrigoyen, Deputy for Military Political Affairs at the MFA, for Monday, December 11. Our goal was to re-engage the Peruvians on a possible status of forces ag [...] | 2006-12-07 23:05:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PE |
06LIMA466 | CONGRESSMAN LEVIN'S FACT FINDING MISSION ON U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Sandy Levin (D-Michigan) discussed the impact of a future Trade Promotion Agreement in Peru with a broad spectrum of government, private sector, NGO, labor, academic and Catholic Church leaders. The Congressman met twice with President Toledo, the second time to di [...] | 2006-02-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE |
06LIMA469 | EU IMPROVES PERU'S TRADE PREFERENCES, BUT FTA [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 1, 2006, the European Union extended its Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for Peru, making Peru one of 15 countries to receive GSP Plus benefits. Under GSP Plus, Peru will be able to export up to 7,200 products duty free to the EU, an increase from 6,900 unde [...] | 2006-02-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA4698 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes at a moment when the new government led by President Alan Garcia is emerging from its honeymoon period and is beginning to feel popular pressure for action. The message from the June presidential election -- a contest in which Hugo Chavez protege Ollan [...] | 2006-12-15 22:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON OTRA PVIP PHUM PE |
06LIMA4712 | PERU: UPDATE TO GSP WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Post submits the following additional information to last year's update of the 2004 Worst Forms of Child Labor Report. Responses are keyed to items in Ref A. A) Formal institutional mechanisms to investigate and address complaints relating to allegations of the worst forms of child labor. [...] | 2006-12-18 19:08:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PGOV PHUM PE |
06LIMA4722 | CAJAMARACA AND REGIONAL UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: Cajamarca may be emblematic of the broader regional challenges facing the Garcia administration, namely persistent poverty and rising frustration with inadequate public services that fuel antipathy towards all levels of government. Social discontent in Cajamarca has at times m [...] | 2006-12-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA474 | PERUVIAN ECONOMY FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA4744 | PERU'S SECOND CITY LEANS LEFT BUT OPEN TO GLOBAL [...] (C) Despite their affiliation with radical nationalist groups, the recently-elected regional president and the mayor of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city, come across as having clear and sensible plans for economic progress in their region, including orderly decentralization. In recent me [...] | 2006-12-20 23:48:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL ETRD EMIN EAID TBIO PE |
06LIMA4766 | NARCO-TERRORISTS AMBUSH AND KILL FIVE POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: On 12/16 in the VRAE region of Ayacucho eight people, including five police officers, were ambushed and killed by a group of suspected narco-terrorists. Two inspectors from the national company that regulates the legal coca market (ENACO) were also killed. DEA sources said the a [...] | 2006-12-22 17:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER SNAR PGOV PE |
06LIMA494 | HUMALA DOGGED BY ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has recently been dogged by allegations that he committed human rights violations while serving as a Peruvian Army Officer in the Upper Huallaga Valley in the early 1990s. The Human Rights Coordinator, an umbrella group [...] | 2006-02-06 23:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA55 | PERU RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR FROM VENEZUELA IN [...] The Peruvian Government recalled its Ambassador to Caracas, Carlos Urrutia, for consultations in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's virtual endorsement of Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala at an event honoring visiting Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on 1/3 (Reft [...] | 2006-01-05 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PE VE |
06LIMA622 | NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR'S BRIEFING ON [...] (S) SUMMARY. National Intelligence Directorate Chief Julio Raygada sees SL as collaborating with the narcotics trade, but does not consider the Senderistas to be simply "narco-terrorists;" he asserts that the group remains ideologically focused in its activities. Raygada points out that in recent f [...] | 2006-02-14 18:09:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PTER PGOV PE |
06LIMA633 | LATEST POLL: CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE LOURDES FLORES [...] (U) Center-right presidential candidate Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) has maintained her lead (35-25 percent) over ultra-nationalist anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala (Union por el Peru - UPP) in the latest Apoyo poll. Ex-President Alan Garcia (APRA) is a further eight points ba [...] | 2006-02-14 22:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA64 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON PERU'S "ISOLATION," BOLIVIA, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, in a breakfast hosted by the Ambassador on 1/4, said that Peru, as a pro-U.S. and pro-free trade advocate, sees itself as increasingly isolated in a South America moving leftwards, with only Colombia for company. Maurtua pushed for signals of USG support: [...] | 2006-01-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PE BL |
06LIMA644 | ELECTION UPDATE: CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE FILINGS [...] (U) Twenty five political parties met the 2/8 deadline for filing their congressional lists, resulting in some 3,000 Congressional candidates for 120 seats. The two leading presidential contenders, center-right Lourdes Flores and ultra-nationalist, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala were bo [...] | 2006-02-15 21:20:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE |
06LIMA658 | HUMALA DOWN BUT STILL AHEAD IN PUNO [...] A recent trip to Puno provided insights into ultra-nationalist, radical, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala's support in this rural and traditionally more radical region of Peru (Ref C). Humala's popularity in Puno has been dented but not fatally damaged by political problems within his pa [...] | 2006-02-16 21:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA713 | REPORTS CHAVEZ BUYS VOTES FOR HUMALA ROIL PRESS, [...] (C) Charges that Hugo Chavez is offering legal residency to expat Peruvians in Venezuela if they vote for Humala roiled the press over the weekend (2/19). Candidates have split on the issue, with Lourdes Flores Nano calling the accusations potentially serious and Alan Garcia dismissing them. [...] | 2006-02-22 22:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA728 | FLIRTING WITH DISASTER? OLLANTA HUMALA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The rise in the polls of the ultra- nationalist, anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has created considerable interest and concern about the kinds of economic policies he would implement as President. He has not yet offered an economic platform, and it is not cle [...] | 2006-02-23 22:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA748 | MONTESINOS LEGAL REQUEST FOR EMBASSY FILES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post has received a four-inch thick legal assistance request from the lawyer representing Vladimiro Montesinos, convicted, ex-intelligence advisor for former President Alberto Fujimori. The 110 page cover letter, also sent [...] | 2006-02-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PE |
06LIMA755 | TANS GRANTED FLIGHT PERMISSIONS BUT STILL AWAITS [...] (C) Summary. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) on February 16, after an inspection of TANS operations, lifted its January 6 suspension on TANS Airlines' air operating certificate. The DGAC found that the airline substantially improved its safety and maintenance operations to m [...] | 2006-02-27 19:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON CASC PGOV PE |
06LIMA759 | ELECTION UPDATE: ALAN GARCIA AND HIS APRA PARTY [...] (U) The latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, taken 2/22-24, showed center-right Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores holding on to first place, although her support fell two points to 33 percent; ultra-nationalist Union por el Peru candidate Ollanta Humala remaining in second a [...] | 2006-02-27 21:29:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PE |
06LIMA847 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE [...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Lima warmly welcomes your visit to Peru -- the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell,s attendance at the OAS General Assembly SIPDIS here on the fateful September 11, 2001. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to highlight for Peruvians, a [...] | 2006-03-03 18:11:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR PE |
06LIMA86 | HUMALA PERFORMS AT POST-CARACAS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala held a sometimes-raucous press conference on 1/5/06 to explain his recent trip to Caracas. The event showcased Humala's ability to project a plainspoken "country boy" image and to use effective folksy sound bites to answer often- [...] | 2006-01-09 22:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE |
06LIMA893 | HUMALA'S REVEALING "GREAT TRANSFORMATION" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala released his plan of government, entitled &The Great Transformation,8 (GT) on 2/22/06. The 84-page manifesto calls for a state-directed social revolution in Peru. The plan assumes that the state can form voluntary, productive pa [...] | 2006-03-07 16:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM PE |
06LIMA928 | PERU'S NEW INTELLIGENCE LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's recently enacted intelligence law creates a new national intelligence agency, DINI. The law attempts to overcome past abuses by clearly defining the legitimate objective of producing intelligence; by requiring the approval of a designated Supreme Court Justice to carry ou [...] | 2006-03-08 22:17:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA951 | HUMALA'S POSITION IS NO TO COCA ERADICATION AND [...] (C) Ultra-nationalist, "outsider" presidential candidate Ollanta Humala condemned alleged aerial fumigation of coca crops (which does not occur in Peru) and said, if elected, his government would end coca eradication, promote coca industrialization, and not welcome foreign military in the coun [...] | 2006-03-10 17:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PE |
06LIMA953 | ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PLAN FOR LA OROYA SMELTER [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. firm Doe Run requested in December to extend timetable for implementing its Environmental Compliance Plan (PAMA) sulfur dioxide (SO2) treatment project at the La Oroya copper smelter. Heavy metal and sulfur dioxide emissions have plagued La Oroya since its 1922 startup, [...] | 2006-03-10 17:35:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA965 | PERU'S EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASE 51 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In 2005, the Peruvian Government successfully improved its trade relations with China, witnessing an increase in both exports to and imports from China over 2004 levels. China is now the second most popular destination for Peruvian exports and imports, with exports to China in [...] | 2006-03-13 16:24:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE |
06LIMA979 | ELECTION UPDATE: HUMALA GAINS STRENGTH AS FLORES [...] (U) The latest national poll by the Apoyo consultancy, taken 3/8-10, showed center-right Unidad Nacional candidate Lourdes Flores holding on to first place amongst the "valid votes," although her support fell two points to 31 percent; ultra-nationalist Union por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollant [...] | 2006-03-13 21:59:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA990 | PERU: ANTICORRUPTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE REPORT [...] (U) Responding to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following information for the International Anticorruption and Good Governance Act Report. Context ------- 2. (U) Corruption is a serious problem in Peru, and the Government in the last several years has begun to take initiatives to com [...] | 2006-03-13 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV SOCI PGOV PE |
06LIMA997 | Peruvian Export Association Launches Forestry Plan [...] SUMMARY: The Peruvian Association of Exporters, ADEX, announced on March 8 its initiative to revolutionize Peru's forestry program. The ADEX plan, which received supporting speeches from the Ministry of Production and other government representatives, has multiple goals: increase forestry exp [...] | 2006-03-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE |
06LINSK1234 | LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO |
06LISBON1001 | PORTUGAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed reftel talking points late on May 31 in separate conversations with Prime Minister Socrates and Foreign Minister Freitas do Amaral. The Prime Minister expressed his government's full support for the U.S. decision and pledged to help in any way he could. The For [...] | 2006-06-01 14:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR PO |
06LISBON1007 | PORTUGUESE STATEMENT WELCOMES NEW U.S. IRAN POLICY [...] As promised in a May 31 conversation with the Ambassador (reftel),Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral issued a statement on June 1 strongly endorsing the new U.S. policy on Iran. The Embassy's translation of the statement follows: The Portuguese Government approves and welcomes the U. [...] | 2006-06-01 16:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IR PO |
06LISBON1091 | PORTUGAL-AUSTRALIA ACCORD OUTLINES COOPERATION IN [...] (U) On June 8, Portuguese Foreign Minister Diogo Freitas do Amaral and Minister of Internal Administration Antonio Costa announced agreement had been achieved regarding operations of the National Republican Guard (GNR) forces and other international contingents deployed to East Timor. The agr [...] | 2006-06-08 18:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PT |
06LISBON1137 | PORTUGAL: AN INTEL VIEW OF EAST TIMOR [...] (C/NF) In a discussion on East Timor, the Chief of Staff for the Republic of Portugal's Intelligence Services (SIRP) underscored the need to recognize the Fretilin Party's popularity and the important role Prime Minister Alkatiri played in it. He was critical of Australia's past role in Eas [...] | 2006-06-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TT PO |
06LISBON1262 | PORTUGAL SEIZES NARCOTICS AT RECORD LEVELS [...] (SBU) Summary: Until 2006, Portugal maintained a modest drug interdiction program with relatively small operations compared to other consumer nations. This year, however, Portugal has already seized roughly 28 metric tons of cocaine, quickly surpassing its 2005 totals after only a few months [...] | 2006-06-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PT |
06LISBON1289 | MFA CRAVINHO VISIT TO TIMOR URGES COMMUNICATION [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese Deputy Foreign Minister Joao Gomes Cravinho and his advisor Diogo Franco traveled to East Timor on a bilateral mission from June 25-28. Franco provided a readout to Emboffs on June 29, stressing that the visit had been positive in spite of the unexpected resignations. [...] | 2006-06-29 17:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN TT PO |
06LISBON1315 | PORTUGUESE FM RESIGNS, NEW MOD AND FM SWORN IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese FM Diogo Freitas do Amaral resigned on June 30, citing health reasons. MOD Luis Amado was named to become the next Foreign Minister, and Amado was replaced by Nuno Severiano Teixeira, the former director of the Institute of National Defense. Both men were sworn in on [...] | 2006-07-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PO |
06LISBON1449 | MIDEAST CRISIS: PORTUGAL CONCERNED BUT NEUTRAL [...] (U) Summary: Since July 14, Portuguese government officials have made public comments lamenting the crisis in the Middle East and reassuring the Portuguese public that the violence will not affect Portugal, but has scrupulously avoided taking sides. Leftist Portuguese political leaders, howev [...] | 2006-07-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON1500 | PORTUGAL BRIEFED ON PLANS FOR ASSISTANCE TO A FREE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PO |
06LISBON1527 | TFLE01: PORTUGAL REQUESTS EU AND UN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Summary: Until July 20, the Portuguese government had remained relatively quiet on its views of the Middle East conflict, other than lamenting the humanitarian crisis and following the EU's message (reftel). On July 20 and July 23, however, the GOP offered to participate in a future UN pe [...] | 2006-07-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON1545 | DESIGNATION OF TWO IRANIAN MISSILE-RELATED ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV PO |
06LISBON1593 | CHAVEZ PLANS OFFICIAL VISIT TO PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, local daily "Diario de Noticias" reported Venezuelan Ambassador to Portugal, Lucas Rincon Romero's comments that President Hugo Chavez is making plans to travel to Portugal on an official visit sometime before the end of October. Pol/Econ Officer paid a call MFA Latin [...] | 2006-08-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE PO |
06LISBON1658 | PORTUGAL ON BURMESE FOREIGN MINISTER INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN PO |
06LISBON1672 | PORTUGUESE EDUCATION: FROM SALAZAR TO SOCRATES [...] (U) Even more than thirty years after the Salazar dictatorship, Portugal's education system lags so far behind other EU countries that its economic progress has been significantly affected. High dropout rates and lack of resulting qualifications have meant lost growth potential for the Portug [...] | 2006-08-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PO |
06LISBON1805 | PORTUGUESE FM AMADO BROACHES PEACE AND TRADE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese FM Luis Amado's first trip to the Middle East since assuming office on July 3 aimed at encouraging regional stabilization, assessing the humanitarian crisis, and establishing greater commercial ties, according to MFA Middle East Officer Lilia Navais. Minister Amado de [...] | 2006-08-24 15:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV EG JO LY PO |
06LISBON1871 | PORTUGAL IN LINE WITH USG POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C) In response to Pol/Econ Counselor's urging that FM Amado and other EU Foreign Ministers deliver a strong message on Iran at the Sept. 1-2 Gymnich meeting in Finland, particularly with regard to the need for firm action in the UNSC, MFA Acting Director for Security and Disarmament Pedro Sou [...] | 2006-09-01 16:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EU UN IR PO |
06LISBON1920 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE REGARDING ICTY [...] (U) Portugal intends to support a European Union (EU) proposal to extend the responsibilities of the Enhanced Permanent Dialogue (EPD) to pressure Serbia to comply more fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY). 2. (C) Dr. Liliana Araujo, Director for European Aff [...] | 2006-09-08 16:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SR ICTY PT |
06LISBON1989 | PORUTUGUESE VIEWS ON THE SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC [...] (C) P/E officer paid a call on MFA Deputy European Correspondent, Ana Filomena Rocha on September 14, to discuss the policy areas listed in reftel before the September 15 GAERC. Rocha stressed that the EU's policy response to the situation in Sudan would be given the most consideration during [...] | 2006-09-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | YI BO LE PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON2003 | PORTUGAL ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) MFA International Organizations Officer Ana Coelho offered her perspective on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial and discussed plans for Portugal's upcoming CD Presidency. In response to the reftel demarche, Coelho confirmed that Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado [...] | 2006-09-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM PO |
06LISBON2134 | PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA, [...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...] | 2006-09-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF |
06LISBON2265 | PORTUGAL REJECTS EDA FRIGATES [...] In a letter from Vice Admiral Viegas Filipe, Director General for Weapons and Defense Procurement, to Embassy Lisbon's Office for Defense Cooperation, the Government of Portugal formally renounced any claim to the two Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates offered through the Excess Defense Arti [...] | 2006-10-12 13:41:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL MASS PO |
06LISBON2269 | PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY PLANS; A SHIFT FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese interlocutors relayed their views regarding their government's preparations for the EU presidency. They noted that Germany's policy prescriptions would dominate the agenda through the new coordinated presidencies process, but that Portugal had some opportunities to aff [...] | 2006-10-13 07:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON XA XF PO |
06LISBON2271 | FORMER MOZAMBICAN PRIME MINISTER SOLICITS [...] Former Mozambican Prime Minister, Dr. Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi, and the Mozambican Ambassador to Portugal, Miguel Costa Mkaima, met with Ambassador Hoffman on October 4, to solicit support for Dr. Mocumbi,s candidacy for Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). If selected, Dr. M [...] | 2006-10-13 11:17:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID OFDP PGOV PREL PO |
06LISBON2365 | PORTUGUESE FM OFFERS TO RESIGN IF CIA FLIGHT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Portugal's Foreign Minister offered to resign if opposition forces can demonstrate any complicity on the part of the government regarding alleged illegal CIA rendition flights through Portuguese territory. While a government investigation has refuted these allegations, the saga [...] | 2006-10-20 16:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS PO |
06LISBON2366 | SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...] | 2006-10-20 17:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PO |
06LISBON2383 | PORTUGAL: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA [...] (C) Summary: During WHA DAS Madison's visit, Portuguese officials stressed a desire to support deeper coordination between the U.S. and EU on Cuba policy. Portugal's new interest in Cuba is largely due to its upcoming EU Presidency, but also is affected by its desire to broaden the trans-Atl [...] | 2006-10-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CU PO |
06LISBON2406 | PORTUGAL: VENEZUELA SPECIAL COORDINATOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with WHA Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Latin America Director Helena Coutinho stressed Portugal's commitment to a fair Venezuelan presidential campaign with a viable opposition to prevent Chavez from [...] | 2006-10-25 16:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE BR PO |
06LISBON2544 | PORTUGAL DOES NOT AGREE ON CUBA EMBARGO AND ONE [...] (C) Summary: Portugal agrees with many of the U.S. issues regarding pending Third Committee resolutions, except for the Cuba Embargo Resolution and the retaliatory Protecting Human Rights and Freedoms while Countering Terrorism Resolution. Interlocutors noted that Portugal will consider any EU [...] | 2006-11-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON2562 | PORTUGAL ON GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the GAERC, Portuguese interlocutors provided a brief on the relevant issues. Amongst other issues, Portugal believes that Kosovo should not have an army, Israel needs to cooperate with the Rafah crossing project, EU support for the Lebanese Armed Forces is mired in [...] | 2006-11-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM YI SR BK IS LE IR RS UZ CU |
06LISBON2769 | PORTUGAL'S POLICIES IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Ana Filomena Rocha provided a review of MFA's preparations for the reftel December 11-12 European Union (EU) General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) in a December 7 discus [...] | 2006-12-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PRM PGOV PHUM PREL PO CH EUN YI SR BK IS |
06LISBON2841 | PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENTARY LEADER RESIGNS POST [...] Summary: A Social Democratic parliamentary leader resigned his leadership position in protest of his party,s cooperation with the leftist parties to investigate alleged CIA rendition flights at the expense of the Socialist government. The inability to prove a negation means that the CIA flig [...] | 2006-12-15 16:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PO |
06LISBON933 | PORTUGAL: NOT READY TO PRESS ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) On May 22, Polecon Off delivered reftel demarche to MFA Russian Affairs Officer Ana Paula Moriera. While she acknowledged that Russia had been practicing a creeping influence policy, Moriera said the EU and OSCE messages urging restraint were probably sufficient given the sensitivities [...] | 2006-05-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL OSCE PGOV PO |
06LISBON951 | PORTUGAL PERMITS FREE ENTRY TO THE LEAST LIKELY [...] (U) Summary: On May 1, Portugal followed through with its March 10 commitment to allow the free movement of students and workers from the eight of the ten new EU members (excluding Cyprus and Malta). The announcement enjoyed significant press coverage, especially in light of the high-profile [...] | 2006-05-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PGOV PO |
06LJUBLJANA101 | SLOVENIA: DARFUR, KOSOVO, A NEW MOVEMENT: WHAT IS PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK UP TO? [...] (C) Summary: In the past four months Slovenian President Drnovsek has dramatically increased his activities on both the international and domestic scenes. He has put forward an initiative on resolving the status of Kosovo, publicly called for the EU to drop cap subsidies in WTO trade negotiat [...] | 2006-02-15 03:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DARFR EAID SI PGOV |
06LJUBLJANA14 | SLOVENIA: POL-MIL OUTLOOK FOR 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2006, a new leadership team will consolidate its power within the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) will continue the process of transformation to meet NATO's standards and prepare for the challenges of the future. Slovenia's defense and security [...] | 2006-01-06 07:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SI NATO |
06LJUBLJANA162 | SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on March 15, 2006 to MFA Human Rights Office Director Mateja Mrak Thorn. Mrak Thorn assured PolMiloff the MFA would consider the points as it coordinated a joint response with other EU member states. ROBERTSON [...] | 2006-03-15 06:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA173 | SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...] | 2006-03-21 08:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO SI |
06LJUBLJANA248 | SLOVENIA BRIEFED ON U.S. KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel briefing on April 20 to MFA Director for South-Eastern Europe Division Davorin Senicar. Senicar thanked PolMiloff for sharing USG views on Kosovo's final status negotiations and noted that Slovenia was sincerely interested in securing peace and stability in the n [...] | 2006-04-24 01:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA252 | SLOVENIA: INTERIOR MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 lunch hosted by COM Minister of Interior Dragutin Mate discussed Slovenia's regional anti-crime efforts and bilateral assistance to Macedonia; recent changes in the asylum law; latest thinking on dealing with the "erased," and the Hoehn-Saric case, a denationaliz [...] | 2006-04-25 21:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA257 | SLOVENIA DEMARCHES BELGRADE ON PSI [...] (C) On April 20, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Nonproliferation Department Head Bostjan Jerman. On April 26, during a subsequent and unrelated demarche, Jerman confirmed that Slovenia had demarched Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) in Belgrade to seek SaM's support for the Proliferation [...] | 2006-04-26 05:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA272 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...] | 2006-05-05 05:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA30 | SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Drnovsek told COM January 13 that he intends to travel to New York Jannuary 18 and, if possible, to Washington January 19 to galvanize international assistance for Darfur. He will meet with UN Secretary Kofi Annan in New York and would like to meet with President Bush on the 19t [...] | 2006-01-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID SU SI DARFR USUN |
06LJUBLJANA329 | SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...] | 2006-05-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA34 | SLOVENIA: PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK SEEKING TO MAKE A [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch January 13, President Drnovsek, accompanied by Presidential Advisor and former FM Ivo Vajgl, outlined for COM his proposals to galvanize international assistance for Darfur (reported reftel),his ideas on how to resolve the long-simmering Slovenian-Croatian border disp [...] | 2006-01-19 08:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA347 | SLOVENIA WELCOMES US PROPOSAL ON IRAN [...] (U) Charge delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Bozo Cerar who supported the USG proposal and had the MFA issue the following statement on June 1: Slovenia supports all initiatives for a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue. We welcome the proposal of the US Secretar [...] | 2006-06-02 06:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA353 | SLOVENIA: DAS MARK PEKALA DISCUSSES TIP WITH CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary. During his two-day visit to Slovenia May 23-24, DAS Mark Pekala met with Slovenian Chief State Prosecutor Barbara Brezigar. Brezigar welcomed the meeting and was very open about the well known deficiencies of the Slovene judicial system, including the excessive length of cour [...] | 2006-06-07 05:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA369 | SLOVENIA TO ADDRESS JEWISH RESTITUTION ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has taken several important initial steps towards addressing the issue of restitution for Jewish communal and heirless properties confiscated or nationalized after World War II. In October 2005, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) created a new Departme [...] | 2006-06-14 00:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KNAR SI |
06LJUBLJANA388 | SLOVENIA: FINNISH PATRIA WINS 300 MILLION USD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 12, the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria Vehicles had won the GOS's 330 million USD (63 billion tolar) defense contract to supply 136 8x8 armored wheeled vehicles by 2012. The only other bidder on the tender was Slov [...] | 2006-06-22 05:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EIND MARR MCAP PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA397 | SLOVENIA'S ASYLUM POLICY: TOWARDS A MORE BALANCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mindful that refs A and B present two divergent views on Slovenia's asylum policy (representing the NGO community and GOS, respectively),the following cable seeks to strike a middle ground and explain why these two groups see things so differently. On the one side, most of the [...] | 2006-06-26 05:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA402 | SLOVENIA: PM JANSA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Janez Jansa is nearly half-way through his first term in office. In that time we have enjoyed a much closer bilateral relationship with the Government of Slovenia (GOS) than with the previous, center-left government. He is a true believer in NATO and strong promo [...] | 2006-06-28 03:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA42 | Government of Slovenia Publicly Defends Decision to [...] Summary: Media reaction to Slovenia's decision to contribute four soldiers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has been intense, dominating headlines since the January 12 announcement by Foreign Minister Rupel and Defense Minister Erjavec. The opposition and its media sympathizers h [...] | 2006-01-20 07:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PREL KPAO PINR SI |
06LJUBLJANA456 | KARITAS JOINS SLOVENIA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORT [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, Pol Assistant, and Pol Intern met 17 July with Alojzi Stefan, Secretary General of Karitas Slovenia to discuss Karitas' role in anti-trafficking efforts. Karitas recently won a tender from the Ministry of Labor to provide secure shelter and assistance to trafficking victims [...] | 2006-07-18 22:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA514 | SLOVENIA: ELIMINATING BACKLOGGED COURT CASES AND [...] Summary: The Slovenian court system is plagued with backlogs -- over 600,000 cases are currently pending in the courts. GOS reform efforts have taken on greater urgency as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has begun fining Slovenia for failure to guarantee the right to a trial within a [...] | 2006-08-12 08:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA522 | SLOVENIA: DESPITE OPPOSITION PROTESTS, NEW IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week leaders from the opposition parties Liberal Democracy (LDS) and Social Democrats (SD) hoped to take advantage of the slow news cycle as well as this week's scheduled deployment of Slovenia's second rotation of instructors to NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I) for a quic [...] | 2006-08-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR NATO SI |
06LJUBLJANA533 | DARFUR: SLOVENIAN AID WORKER/PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY IN [...] (U) Summary. Slovenian aid worker and sometime Presidential envoy, Tomo Kriznar, has been sentenced to two years in jail and a EUR 2000 fine on charges of entering Sudan illegally, spying and spreading lies about Sudan, according to Slovene press reports. The press has turned its scornful p [...] | 2006-08-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SI |
06LJUBLJANA553 | SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...] | 2006-08-24 14:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | NATO PGOV PINR SI |
06LJUBLJANA563 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU FOREIGN MINISTERS AND IRAN [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel points urging Slovenia to support a strong EU message on Iran to MFA Department of Security Policy Officer Bostjan Jerman on August 31. Jerman thanked PolMilOff for the points, said that he had received something similar from the EU Troika on August 30, and prom [...] | 2006-08-31 16:26:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL IR SI |
06LJUBLJANA565 | SLOVENIA COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Slovenia (GOS) supports the goals of a negotiated settlement, though it is somewhat pessimistic that current negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo will achieve a final solution by the end of 2006. The GOS also has concerns about a possible destabilizing effect o [...] | 2006-09-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK SI YI EU |
06LJUBLJANA600 | SLOVENIA VIEWS ON BELGRADE'S COOPERATION ON ICTY [...] (C) Summary. PolEcon Chief met 13 September with Leon Marc, Head of the Division for South-Eastern Europe at the MFA to discus Ref. A points. Slovenia's primary interest is in maintaining regional stability, and a close secondary interest is existing and potential economic investments. Mar [...] | 2006-09-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SI |
06LJUBLJANA608 | SLOVENIA: THE BRUISED AND BATTERED REPUTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec has had a rocky few months battling for respect and support from the media, fellow ministers, and the general public. A series of MoD missteps, from the controversial tender for purchase of 8x8 armored vehicles, to a budget fight, and sexual ha [...] | 2006-09-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA611 | SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...] | 2006-09-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA612 | SLOVENIA: SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES BACKGROUNDER [...] (U) In preparation for the Secretary of Defense's visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006, and his bilateral discussions with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec, please find below a current summary of Slovenia [...] | 2006-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI |
06LJUBLJANA613 | SLOVENIA: CENTER LEFT LEADER POSITIONS FOR VICTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Borut Pahor, leader of Slovenia's Social Democratic Party (SD) and member of the European Parliament, has embarked on a program to raise the profile and broaden the appeal of his party. COM hosted Pahor for lunch in late August to sound him out on his future plans and vision f [...] | 2006-09-22 13:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SI |
06LJUBLJANA63 | SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...] | 2006-01-31 03:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA66 | SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SEES LEGACY IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 07:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM KCRS EAID PINR SU SI |
06LJUBLJANA674 | LOCAL ELECTIONS - MAYORS RUNNING THE SHOW [...] (U) Summary: With mid-term local elections just days away, Slovenia is a sea of posters and placards extolling the virtues of candidates and parties in the race for control of municipalities across the country. The most interesting race is to be mayor of Slovenia's capital, Ljubljana. Sixtee [...] | 2006-10-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON SI |
06LJUBLJANA724 | SLOVENIA: PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih in context of regular GAERC demarche. Slovenia does not maintain a diplomatic presence in Lebanon, however, Arih agreed unreservedly with the USG concerns and call for US/EU coordination in support of PM Siniora's gov [...] | 2006-11-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SI |
06LJUBLJANA729 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 13-14 FOREIGN [...] (U) Polecon Chief met on 8 November with Slovenian MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Arih agreed with the US view that Serbian elections had little to do with final status discussions/decisions on Kosovo. He thought a slight delay might be [...] | 2006-11-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA747 | GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR DISPLACED ROMA MET WITH FIERCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Tensions continue to rise in Slovenia as the GoS's proposal to relocate the displaced Roma family of Ambrus (reftel) was met with immediate opposition from the local community. Residents frame the dispute as a problem with law and order, not discrimination. But images of angry [...] | 2006-11-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA758 | ITF AND DONOR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (S) On November 22, COM attended the International Trust Fund (ITF) Advisory Board of Donors meeting in Ljubljana. Before the meeting COM delivered the points from reftel A to Slovenian ITF Director Goran Gacnik sharing, in a side conversation, USG concerns about allegations of corruption and [...] | 2006-11-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | MASS MOPS PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA763 | SLOVENIAN GOVERNMENT WORKING TO RESOLVE DIFFICULT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Slovenia continues to struggle to resolve the issue of relocating 30 members of a Roma family displaced from their home in late October by protests from neighboring villagers (reftel a). Government missteps in the search for a resolution have caused several pro [...] | 2006-11-30 05:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA778 | SLOVENIA FIRM ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Slovenia firmly supports continuing the EU China Arms Embargo and does not believe the human rights situation has improved appreciably in China to warrant a review of the policy. Polecon chief discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih December 5. Arih said he expected [...] | 2006-12-05 14:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
06LJUBLJANA786 | SLOVENIAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE TACKLES HOST OF HOT [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian Defense Chief Gutman told COM the MoD is working to lift caveats, eager to take on troop deployment in Kosovo, enthusiastic about USG military education programs, and committed to realizing its spending target of 2% of GDP soon. Gutman shied away from discussing defense [...] | 2006-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA795 | ROMA SITUATION CALMS DESPITE THE RETURN OF SOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Week six of the Roma family Strojan story saw Minister of Environment Janez Podobnik named as the new government lead on Roma issues, the Environmental Inspectorate condemn the Strojans, home and recommend its demolition, and the Slovenian people giving their government mixed r [...] | 2006-12-08 13:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SI |
06LJUBLJANA818 | TIP SLOVENIA: GOS CONVICTS TRAFFICKERS [...] Summary. In 2006, the Government of Slovenia has made improving its record on trafficking in persons (TIP) a priority. Bruised by criticism in the 2006 TIP Report, the GOS re-invigorated the interagency working group on TIP, repaired its relationships with NGOs, and persisted in improving it [...] | 2006-12-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | SI PGOV PHUM PREL |
06LJUBLJANA96 | SLOVENIAN DEPUTY FM MOVING THE BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. In a recent meeting with COM, Deputy FM Bozo Cerar expressed a strong interest iour Democracy Agenda and how Slovenia might adapt this approach to foreign relations. Cerar's interest led to a deeper discussion of a number of bilateral and multilateral topics. On UN reform, Ce [...] | 2006-02-13 02:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
06LOME353 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOKODE, TOGO'S MUSLIM [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Sokode in north-central Togo, Ambassador inaugurated veral small projects, met with local officials, opposition leaders, and the Muslim community, and gave an interview to the main VOA affiliate in Togo, which is based in Sokode. Opposition representatives in [...] | 2006-03-28 10:55:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAID SCUL TO |
06LOME447 | TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE UNDERWAY -- ALL PARTIES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a prelimary launch last November, the Togolese national dialogue resumed in earnest on April 21. The opening came after much controversy concerning the venue and need for an outside mediator/facilitator, including a boycott threat by the principal opposition party. All [...] | 2006-04-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME452 | LUNCH WITH TOGO'S OPPOSITION THE DAY BEFORE THE [...] (U) Summary. On April 20, the day before the opening of the long-awaited re-launch of the national dialogue, the Ambassador held a luncheon meeting with four high-level members of the three principal opposition parties. The guests were wary but hopeful that the dialogue, based on an eight poin [...] | 2006-04-24 17:38:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME474 | GILCHRIST OLYMPIO IN TOGO, TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Gilchrist Olympio, the absentee head of the principal Togolese opposition party, the Union des Forces de Changement (UFC) called on the Ambassador on April 28 during a rare visit to Togo. Olympio was in Togo to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Togolese independence April 27. [...] | 2006-05-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME529 | TOGO: UNCOMPROMISING POSITIONS DURING THE NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Three weeks after the official opening of the Togolese national dialogue, discussions are moving along at a tortuous pace. In leading the proceedings, dialogue chair Yawovi Agboyibo of the opposition CAR party has been ponderous, as have been the agreed-to procedures. This we [...] | 2006-05-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME558 | SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH VISITS TOGO [...] (U) Charge met May 26 with Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah along with French Ambassador Alain Hohleville, German Ambassador Klaus-Guenther Grohmann, EU Delegation Charge Gilles Desesquelles and UNDP Resident Representative Rosine Sori-Coulibaly to discuss the political situation in Togo. Ould-Abdallah i [...] | 2006-06-01 16:42:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME737 | TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ROUSES FROM SOJOURN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an extended break in discussions caused by the contentious adoption of an interim agreement, the national dialogue process is suddenly back on track with the nomination of Burkinabe president Compaore as facilitator. The nine delegations unanimously agreed to cast [...] | 2006-07-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME779 | TOGOLESE NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- FIRST PHASE OF [...] (SBU) In an August 10 meeting with Commerce Minister Jean-Lucien Savi de Tove on WTO issues, Ambassador asked about the status of the national dialogue. De Tove chairs the Panafrican Patriotic Convergence (CPP) party's delegation at the dialogue. The CPP is one of the so-called moderate opp [...] | 2006-08-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO |
06LOME800 | TOGO: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary. This cable continues reporting from ref A. Although talks in Ouagadougou were difficult, the Togolese ruling party made significant concessions, and Blaise Compaore proved a worthy facilitator. Provisions of the comprehensive poltical agreement that emerged in Ouagadougou a [...] | 2006-08-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TO KDEM |
06LOME813 | EU AND ITS MEMBER STATES EMBRACE TOGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT has begun to see positive diplomatic fallout from Sunday's successful completion of the national political dialogue (refs a and b). In early September, President Faure Gnassingbe plans to travel to Brussels, Rome, and Paris to be received by top host government and EU of [...] | 2006-08-24 10:59:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID TO |
06LOME889 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TOGOLESE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador welcomed Togolese opposition party leader and chairman of the recently concluded national political dialogue Yawovi Agboyibo at the residence September 10 for an hour long, one-on-one meeting. An attorney by profession, Agboyibo is president of the Action Committee for Renewal [...] | 2006-09-12 18:07:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINR TO |
06LONDON2203 | (SBU) "LOANS FOR PEERAGES": MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British media are making much of the revelation that Prime Minister Blair nominated some wealthy individuals for peerages after they had made unpublicized loans to his Labour party. Those loans were not public knowledge, because transparency rules (introduced by Blair) appl [...] | 2006-03-24 16:39:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR UK |
06LONDON2212 | (U) SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Blackburn and Liverpool represents an opportunity to allow Foreign Secretary Straw to reciprocate your hospitality during his visit to Birmingham last October. My wife and I look forward to your visit and to accompanying you and the Foreign Secretary during what promises to [...] | 2006-03-24 17:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL MARR ECON UK |
06LONDON3853 | UK ANNOUNCES MAJOR REVAMP OF PENSION SYSTEM [...] SUMMARY: The British government announced on May 25 what Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton SIPDIS described as "the greatest renewal of our pensions system since the post-war reforms implemented by Clement Attlee's government." The changes include an increase in the ret [...] | 2006-05-31 11:07:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV |
06LONDON4563 | UK MPs REGISTER REACT TO GUANTANAMO SUICIDES [...] (U) Former Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz, a Labour Member of Parliament (MP),introduced a strongly worded Parliamentary motion on June 12, criticizing press statements by USG officials following the suicide of three Guantanamo Bay inmates. Thus far the motion has received support from [...] | 2006-06-23 15:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV UK |
06LONDON5746 | (C)UK ON BURMA: NO THAI REMORSE FOR VISIT; FINNS [...] (C) We met August 4 with British Foreign Office officials responsible for Burmese affairs. Head of section Nick Alexander had seen our demarche (ref a) over concern that the Finns have invited the Burmese Foreign Minister to ASEM, as it had been shared by a representative of an unspecified E [...] | 2006-08-07 10:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UN BM UK |
06LONDON5958 | (U) TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN BRITISH MUSLIMS AND HMG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the bruising that their community has taken after 24 UK-born Muslims were arrested in connection with the recently-thwarted air terrorist plot (reftels),prominent British Muslims sent an open letter to PM Tony Blair August 12 blaming his policy on Iraq and the Middle Eas [...] | 2006-08-14 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL UK |
06LONDON6272 | (C) KAZAKHSTAN: UK AGREES ON DELAYING OSCE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, FCO Head of International Organizations Department Tim Morris told Poloff August 25 that the UK agrees with the U.S. position and considers the timing "ideal." The EU will meet at working level on September 8 and the UK is prepared to block any attempt to [...] | 2006-08-25 16:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ |
06LONDON6324 | UK TRADE UNIONS CONFERENCE WILL OFFER SNEAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates to the upcoming TUC Conference will greet PM Blair with the question "When are you leaving?", Trades Union Congress (TUC) International Relations Department Head Owen Tudor told Lab Couns and ECON Asst Aug 30. The TUC will also debate recent moves to privatize parts [...] | 2006-08-30 17:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PREL UK |
06LONDON6761 | UK TRADE UNIONS ALTERNATELY PURSUE ENLIGHTENED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The British trades union movement's annual convention was an exposition of both the broad and narrow visions of its members. At times it pursued the lofty goals of workplace equality, better conditions, skills training and opportunity. At others, its members called for the p [...] | 2006-09-19 11:10:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV UK |
06LONDON7078 | (SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...] | 2006-10-02 16:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UK |
06LONDON7080 | (C) SUDAN: UK AWAITS EU ENVOY'S REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 16:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU ER UK |
06LONDON7136 | (C) ZIMBABWE: FCO CONVENES U.S., CANADA, [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FCO Zimbabwe Section convened a meeting with London-based political officers from U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand October 4. The UK's priority on Zimbabwe is to ensure renewal of EU sanctions in February; it expects r [...] | 2006-10-04 15:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI UK |
06LONDON7287 | ALL QUIET IN TEHRAN AS ARRESTED DISSIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office and London-based expat sources confirm media reports that hundreds of security personnel in central Tehran clashed violently on October 7 and 8 with as many as a thousand supporters of dissident Ayatollah Boroujerdi. Iranian security forces managed in the early [...] | 2006-10-12 18:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MNUC PGOV PREL IR |
06LONDON7308 | (C) DRC: OKITUNDU ASSAULTED IN LONDON; FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonard She Okitundu, chief of staff to DRC President Kabila, was assaulted in London October 11 by Congolese expatriates whose affiliation is not yet clear. He was beaten, stripped and robbed, and photos of his possessions were posted on the internet. He and his companions ha [...] | 2006-10-13 14:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM CG UK |
06LONDON7311 | (C) PAKISTAN: ARD CHAIRMAN IN LONDON [...] (C) The Chairman of Pakistan's Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD),Makhdum Amin Fahim, is visiting London and met with Poloff October 13. He said former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif (whose parties, PPP and ML/N respectively, are the main components of ARD) wil [...] | 2006-10-13 14:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PK UK |
06LONDON7626 | PRO UNION MP SEEKS DEPUTY LABOUR PARTY POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two term Labour MP Jon Cruddas is part of a crowded field seeking the post of Deputy Party Leader (DPL) when the incumbent (and Deputy PM) John Prescott steps down with PM Blair. Cruddas believes Labour has lost its progressive character and its ties to the working class, and [...] | 2006-10-26 16:33:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SCUL UK |
06LONDON7670 | (C) COTE D'IVOIRE: UK SHARES U.S. CONCERNS BUT [...] (C) The UK shares U.S. concerns about the French draft UNSCR on Cote d'Ivoire (reftel) but wants to avoid being seen to lobby against France in the UNSC, according to FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore. He told Poloff October 30 that UKUN is working closely with USUN, hoping to reach an [...] | 2006-10-30 16:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO IC UK |
06LONDON8074 | (SBU) AFGHANISTAN: HAJJ TRANSPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 16:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAIR AF |
06LONDON8212 | UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...] | 2006-12-05 12:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK |
06LONDON8279 | UK VIEWS ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (SBU) The UK expects Turkey and the China Arms Embargo to be the most "difficult" issues at the upcoming December GAERC meeting, according to Martin Sherman, head of the FCO's EU Coordination Office. PolCouns discussed the upcoming GAERC with Sherman on December 7, who confirmed Foreign Secre [...] | 2006-12-08 17:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
06LONDON8292 | TERRORIST LISTS: UNITED KINGDOM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 11:44:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFTN PREL PGOV EUN EU UK |
06LONDON8361 | (U) BLAIR INTERVIEWED BY POLICE IN "LOANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Blair was interviewed by the Police December 14 as part of the investigation into the so-called "loans for peerages" or "cash for honors" affair (reftel). This had been widely expected - indeed it was all but inevitable given Blair's personal involvement both in approving [...] | 2006-12-15 12:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR UK |
06LONDON8372 | U.S. JOURNALIST: TEHRAN MAN IN THE STREET LOVES [...] Summary: (C) An American journalist just back from her third working visit to Iran reports a paradox in popular feeling in Tehran: the man in the street has a positive view of America and hates the current high level of political oppression, but at the same time takes great patriotic pride i [...] | 2006-12-15 17:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPRP PHUM IR UK |
06LUANDA1233 | GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...] | 2006-11-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR AO |
06LUANDA1235 | ANGOLA - ELECTORAL PROCESS NOVEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- --Registration Process Drawing Crowds --Observers Slowly Becoming Accredited --Some Minor Glitches --Too Many Political Parties in Angola? --National Council for Social Communication Constituted ------------------------------------- Registration Process Contin [...] | 2006-11-28 06:11:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KMDR AO |
06LUANDA1236 | ANGOLA - NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---Voter Registration Campaign Update ---Supreme Court Host Conference on Penal System ---Independence Day Inaugurations, Honors and Celebrations ---Ambrosio de Lemos Appointed as New Chief of Police ----------------------------------- Voter Registration Campaign [...] | 2006-11-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR AO |
06LUANDA1291 | Over 800,000 voters successfully registered after only one [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over 800,000 voters successfully registered during the first month-long phase of the registration campaign in Angola. The opening round of registration was hailed a success by both government and opposition leaders despite a few technical glitches. In response to civil society co [...] | 2006-12-20 08:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA1297 | ANGOLA: SAMAKUVA ATTACKS GRA GOVERNING PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a strongly worded speech during UNITA's sixth party conference, UNITA President Isaias Samakuva came out swinging. He accused President Dos Santos of usurping constitutional power, the MPLA of trying to ram though it's "Angola 2025" program as government policy and compared A [...] | 2006-12-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA1298 | ANGOLA SETS 2008 FOR LEGISLATIVE AND 2009 FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Angola's highest political consultative body, the Council of the Republic, met on December 20 and announced legislative elections for 2008 and presidential elections a year later. This announcement confirms speculation that the government will not meet its previously stated goal o [...] | 2006-12-26 08:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA1304 | ALMOST 1 MILLION REGISTERED DURING FIRST MONTH [...] (U) According to official numbers released December 22, 945,451 potential voters were registered in the first phase of voter registration. As expected, the populous provinces of Luanda, Benguela and Huambo recorded the highest numbers of registrants. Sparsely populated Zaire and Namibe province [...] | 2006-12-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA1305 | ANGOLA: UPDATE ON PADEPA - FIGHTING ITS SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary. As noted in reftel, 27 members of PADEPA (Democratic Support and Progress Party) were arrested and then heavily fined for their roles in a protest march. A leading local NGO, Maos Livres, has appealed the fines and petitioned the Supreme Court to remove the judge in question fo [...] | 2006-12-28 16:04:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO |
06LUANDA1316 | ANGOLA - DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered ---------------------- -- MPLA Promotes National Plan -- Muslims Allowed To Reopen Mosques -- Workshop on "Human Rights and Poverty" -- GRA Launches "www.angola-portal.ao" MPLA Promotes National Plan During 50th Anniversary ------------------------------------------- [...] | 2006-12-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR TINT AO KISL |
06LUANDA150 | ANGOLA: UNITA PRESIDENT FACES HEAVY INTERNAL [...] (C) UNITA President Isaias Samakuva is under public fire due to botched plans to replace sixteen UNITA parliamentarians with those who should have originally been seated in 1992. The sixteen parliamentarians, in retaliation, publicly criticized Samakuva's plan and after a heated debate in the [...] | 2006-02-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AO |
06LUANDA151 | ANGOLA LANDMINE CLEARANCE: 2006 GOALS AND [...] (U) Summary: Representatives of mine action organizations operating in Angola remain upbeat on the progress of demining in Angola, but look for the GRA to complete its Landmine Impact Survey and strategic plan in order to facilitate their 2006 workplans. While the GRA has earmarked USD 27.6 Mi [...] | 2006-02-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL EAID PGOV PHUM MCAP KHDP AO |
06LUANDA160 | ANGOLA - UNITA THREATENS TO PULL OUT OF THE [...] (U) On February 15, 2006, the President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),Isaias Samakuva, announced that if the substitution of UNITA's sixteen parliamentarians is not allowed (detailed reftel),UNITA, Angola's largest opposition party, may pull out of the An [...] | 2006-02-17 11:33:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AO |
06LUANDA250 | ANGOLA: RUMORS FLY ABOUT LUANDA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AO |
06LUANDA324 | ANGOLA: UNITA OPTIMISTIC ON RESOLVING [...] (C) In a March 8, 2006 meeting with Ambassador Efird and AF/S Director Dan Mozena, UNITA President Isaias Samakuva, was optimistic that a solution regarding the substitution of sixteen UNITA National Assembly Deputies had been reached. Samakuva assured the Ambassador and AF/S Director Mozena t [...] | 2006-04-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AO |
06LUANDA342 | AMBASSADOR EFIRD MEETS WITH NEW ANGOLAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) New Angolan Interior Minister Ngongo told Ambassador Efird that he supports human rights and free elections, and accountability and transparency in police actions. He hopes to continue close cooperation with the USG in ILEA training programs, and engage in the newly funded civilian small [...] | 2006-04-06 16:46:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PARM AO |
06LUANDA357 | ANGOLA: President Dos Santos Surprise Departure to [...] (SBU) Summary: Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos unexpectedly left Luanda on Sunday, April 9, 2006, for Brazil for a two week visit, billed as vacation. Rumors have begun to fly about Luanda that he is very ill and has returned to Brazil for medical treatment. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2006-04-11 15:05:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AO |
06LUANDA455 | ANGOLA - UNITA AND MPLA TRADING BARBS PRIOR TO [...] (U) Opposition party leaders, led by UNITA, called the GRA into a April 25, 2006, question and answer session at the National Assembly to discuss concerns over the ongoing cholera outbreak, the demolition of homes in neighborhoods surrounding Luanda, and internal security. The GRA delegation, [...] | 2006-04-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AO |
06LUANDA548 | PDAS Pittman Meets with Angolan Ministry of [...] Summary: During a meeting with the Ministry of External Relations PDAS Bobby Pittman committed to additional high- level State Department visitors to Angola; discussed how best Angola might benefit from AGOA, and exchanged views on the voter registration and election timetable in Angola, not [...] | 2006-05-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAID AO |
06LUANDA576 | PDAS Pittman Reviews Angolan Economic Issues with [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Angolan Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the Angolan Private Investment Agency, DPAS Bobby Pittman discussed the availability of US Treasury advisors to offer technical assistance to Angola; the state of Angola's negotiations w [...] | 2006-06-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV AO |
06LUANDA577 | PDAS Pittman in Angola: Elections and the Press [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with international and Angola NGOs working in democracy building and election support PDAS Pittman heard of the challenges faced in preparing for the upcoming Angolan elections; namely maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm for elections when there is no announc [...] | 2006-06-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PHUM EAID AO |
06LUANDA673 | ANGOLA - GRA READY TO SIGN PEACE ACCORD IN CABINDA [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations for a peace agreement between the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) are set to conclude on June 30, 2006. The agreement recognizes Cabinda as a part of Angola, grants special economic status and local governance powers to Cabinda, and condemns further act [...] | 2006-06-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA676 | ANGOLA - CABINDAN CEASE-FIRE SIGNED [...] (U) As noted reftel, a cease-fire between the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) was signed on June 30, 2006. A small signing ceremony was held in Massabi, a frontier town in northern Cabinda province, between the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Angola (FAA),General [...] | 2006-07-03 16:32:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA710 | ANGOLA - CATHOLIC CHURCH NEUTRAL, OPPOSITION [...] (C) During the U.S. 4th of July celebration, Graciano Apolonio, a prominent clergyman in the Catholic Church and personal priest to President Dos Santos, stated that the Catholic Church's new Bishop in Cabinda, Filomeno Vieira Dias, was unlikely to comment on the Cabinda peace accord because o [...] | 2006-07-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA736 | ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD NEGOTIATIONS [...] On July 15, 2006, the final text of the Cabinda Peace Accord was approved and signed as a Memorandum of Understanding in Brazzaville. The accord has six main components central to which is the still undefined special political and economic status for Cabinda. Other items include granting amn [...] | 2006-07-17 16:18:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA740 | ANGOLA - SECOND, "DEFINITIVE" CEASE-FIRE SIGNED IN [...] (C) GRA and Cabinda Forum for Dialogue (FCD) military representatives signed the second and "definitive" cease-fire agreement on July 18, 2006 in Macabi, Cabinda province. While some of those opposed continue to publicly attack the peace accord, including a call by some Front for the Liberati [...] | 2006-07-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA765 | ANGOLA - CABINDA PEACE ACCORD DISCUSSIONS MOVE TO [...] (C) In a July 24, 2006 statement before the National Assembly, the Minister of Territorial Administration Virgilio Fontes Pereira noted that the final signing ceremony for the Cabindan Memorandum of Understanding would be held on August 1, 2006 and gave details on how Cabinda's special status [...] | 2006-07-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUANDA812 | ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD SIGNED [...] (C) On August 1, 2006, the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace in Cabinda. In attendance at this event were the highest officials of all three branches of the GRA, including the acting President Roberto de Almeida. The FCD [...] | 2006-08-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Luanda | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO |
06LUSAKA1183 | Zambia Pre-election Roundup [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to the September 28 general elections, Zambia's presidential and parliamentary candidates are working hard to get their messages to voters. Although there is widespread criticism that the election campaigns are not issue-based, in campaign speeches and interviews [...] | 2006-08-30 05:26:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1188 | Election Preparations Proceeding Smoothly [...] (SBU) Summary: The Electoral Commission of Zambia continues to respond thoroughly to concerns of stakeholders as it proceeds with ballot printing oversight, organizes distribution of ballots and other materials to polling stations, establishes conflict management mechanisms, and handles accredi [...] | 2006-08-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1264 | ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS--MWANAWASA LEADS, BUT SATA GAINS [...] (C) Summary: With less than two weeks until September 28 national elections, the second-runner, Michael Sata, appears to be gaining ground on President Levy Mwanawasa, who nonetheless still enjoys a comfortable lead. Results from voter opinion polls vary, and one poll that gives Sata a deci [...] | 2006-09-18 08:54:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1269 | Electoral Commission Says It Is Prepared for National [...] (SBU) The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is confident that it will be fully prepared to conduct Zambia's tripartite elections on September 28, according to ECZ Chairperson Justice Irene Mambilima. The ECZ is in the process of packing ballots for distribution and expects all polling stati [...] | 2006-09-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1302 | ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS - INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Zambia's only independent daily newspaper, The Post, whose editor Fred M'membe has been jailed for his editorial criticism of President Mwanawasa (Ref B),has taken an increasingly harder line against presidential candidate Michael Sata as election day nears. [...] | 2006-09-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1303 | Zambian Election Polls: Mwanawasa's Lead Slims, Opposition [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: In the final days before national elections, a third Pangolin Consulting poll gives ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy President Levy Mwanawasa the lead, with 43 percent, against 24 percent for Patriotic Front candidate Michael Sata and 23 percent for Unit [...] | 2006-09-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1334 | ZAMBIA'S 2006 ELECTION ATTRACTS MANY INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 2006 Zambian presidential, parliamentary and local government elections to be held on September 28 will be viewed by over 400 international observers, who will be joined by as many as 10,000 local election monitors. The strong presence of observers and monitors will hope [...] | 2006-09-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1340 | ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: MINOR GLITCHES, BUT GENERALLY ORDERLY, [...] (U) Voting in the September 28 Zambian national tripartite (presidential, parliamentary, municipal) elections has been for the most part orderly, peaceful, and transparent throughout the first three-quarters of the balloting. Some voting stations, especially in rural areas, opened an average [...] | 2006-09-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC ZA |
06LUSAKA1349 | Zambia Election Observers' Observations [...] (SBU) Zambia's September 28 tripartite elections were generally conducted in an orderly and peaceful manner, in the view of Embassy observer teams, which coordinated with observers from six other missions to observe the vote in 342 polling stations in eight of Zambia's nine provinces. Observer [...] | 2006-10-02 04:59:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1350 | MWANAWASA LEADS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE, BUT SLOW AND [...] (C) Summary: Based on results reported from 80 percent of the constituencies around the country, President Mwanawasa of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) enjoys a healthy lead over Patriotic Front (PF) and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) opponents. The Electoral Commission o [...] | 2006-10-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC ZA |
06LUSAKA1357 | FIRST GLANCE AT 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and local media have announced the results of 107 of the 150 parliamentary races that were held on September 28, in conjunction with presidential and local government elections. As expected, the results show strong rural support for the ru [...] | 2006-10-03 04:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1366 | 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS: COMPARISON TO 2001 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) announced on October 4 the final results to the 2006 parliamentary elections. The ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) has won a small majority of seats. A comparison to the 2001 parliamentary elections reveals large increase [...] | 2006-10-05 05:16:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1419 | ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: A WARTS-AND-ALL INSIDER'S [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa won Zambia's September 28 presidential election "fair and square," according to an experienced international elections expert who worked closely on the electoral process. The expert also noted serious shortcomings in the management of election results and in t [...] | 2006-10-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV EAID ZA |
06LUSAKA1518 | ZAMBIA POST-ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- Parliamentary Elections -- New Minister and Deputy Minister -- Date set for by-election -- Election Petitions Parliamentary Elections ----------------------- 2. (U) Ruling party Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) candidates won the two parliamentary elect [...] | 2006-11-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ZA |
06LUSAKA1602 | NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Mwanawasa has appointed Zambia's Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Mumba Malila to the office of Attorney General, a position that until now was held concurrently by Minister of Justice George Kunda. Malila's nomination received widespread support, based on his p [...] | 2006-11-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Lusaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ZA |
06LUSAKA1627 | ZAMBIA NOVEMBER ECONOMIC NEWS ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY OF TOPICS -- China forgives Zambian debt, signs smelter deal -- Konkola Copper Mine spill pollutes Kafue River -- Two-thirds of Zambians lack access to financial services -- Time to register a company with PACRO down to one day -- Chilanga Cement launches construction of new plant [...] | 2006-11-29 14:35:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAIR PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1694 | ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- United Party for National Development VP Quits -- Liuwa Constituency By-elections -- Charges Against PF Leader Sata Dismissed -- Threat to Ban Political Rallies -- EU Election Observation Mission Final Report Chisanga Quits UPND ------------------- 2. (U) Patri [...] | 2006-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ZA |
06LUSAKA1721 | ZAMBIA-DECEMBER ECONOMIC NEWS ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY OF TOPICS -- Legacy Holdings project proposal gets partial OK -- SME market on Lusaka Stock Exchange? -- MOFNP releases Medium Term Expenditure Framework -- Lilayi Housing construction to begin in early 2007 -- Credit reference agency to open in 2007 -- ECZ finds KCM liable for poll [...] | 2006-12-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Lusaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV SENV PGOV ZA |
06LUXEMBOURG424 | LUXEMBOURG MIRRORS OTHER EU MEMBERS ON ASEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 09:13:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM FI BU LU EUN |
06LUXEMBOURG454 | LUXEMBOURG HESITANT TO ENGAGE CHINA PRIOR TO STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-18 10:07:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN CH LU |
06LUXEMBOURG481 | LUXEMBOURG: NEXT DAYS CRITICAL ON IRAN STRATEGY [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel points to Jean-Louis Thill, MFA officer in charge of Middle Eastern Affairs, on August 31. He welcomed our points, and plans to share them with FM Asselborn in advance of the Gymnich meeting. Thill stated that Luxembourg will support strategies that expedite a prompt [...] | 2006-08-31 14:25:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL EU IR UN LU |
06LUXEMBOURG558 | THE GMO DEBATE IN LUXEMBOURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three members of the Luxembourg government were featured participants at a recent Greenpeace-sponsored anti-genetically modified organisms (GMO) event. GOL officials stated their intent to do only the absolute minimum in order to comply with EU directives concerning GMOs, and i [...] | 2006-10-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO PREL PGOV LU |
06LUXEMBOURG568 | JUSTICE MINISTER WARNS INTERNATIONAL BANKERS ABOUT NORTH [...] (U) In remarks during an October 23 financial seminar in Tokyo, Luxembourg Minister for Justice and Budget Luc Frieden warned financial institutions to be extremely cautious in any dealings which might involve North Korea. As he has often in other public fora, Frieden touted Luxembourg's "le [...] | 2006-10-24 13:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN ECON PTER PGOV EUN LU |
06LUXEMBOURG569 | JUNCKER TRIES TO STOP SPECULATION ABOUT A SUCCESSOR AND HIS [...] (U) Popular Luxembourg Prime Minister and chairman of the Eurozone, Jean-Claude Juncker, tried to end speculation about who will succeed him during the October 21 conference of his governing Christian Social People's Party (CSV). He surprised the party faithful by announcing that he was tired [...] | 2006-10-25 06:46:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN LU |
06LUXEMBOURG574 | LUXEMBOURG'S BUDGET WILL PASS DESPITE OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Luxembourg introduced its 2007 budget based on an expected economic growth of 4 percent, but recording a deficit for the second year running. Press and opposition parties have seized upon this shortfall and criticized the government for using differing account [...] | 2006-10-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON LU |
06LUXEMBOURG582 | LUXEMBOURG'S CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (U) Luxembourg will soon send its eleventh small contingent of soldiers to Afghanistan in support of the NATO-led International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF). The nine soldiers - all volunteers - will serve a four-month stint with the Belgian troops guarding the airport in Kabul. Thei [...] | 2006-11-03 15:57:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV MOPS PREL LU |
06LUXEMBOURG608 | MERKEL WOWS "VISION FOR EUROPE" AUDIENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In her 14 November speech accepting the 2006 Vision for Europe award, German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed her thoughts on the future of the European constitution and previewed a few priorities of the upcoming German EU Presidency. Merkel insisted the document should remain [...] | 2006-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON LU GE |
06LUXEMBOURG613 | JUNCKER TELLS TURKEY TO ADMIT GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPPING [...] (C/NF) During their November 14 private meeting Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker told Turkish Economy Minister Ali Babacan that Turkey should remove a major obstacle to its EU accession woes by admitting Greek Cypriot ships and aircraft to a designated port of entry under a plan pr [...] | 2006-11-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EUN LU TU |
06LUXEMBOURG638 | PRIME MINISTER JUNCKER DISCUSSES THE EU [...] (C/NF) During a private meeting with the Ambassador on December 11, Prime Minister Juncker expressed a pessimism concerning the future of the EU Constitution which contrasted with his generally more optimistic public comments. Noting the lack of effective governments in several EU countries, [...] | 2006-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL TU LU EUN |
06LUXEMBOURG639 | PRIME MINISTER JUNCKER DISCUSSES THE IRAQ STUDY [...] (C/NF) During a private meeting with Ambassador Wagner on December 11, Prime Minister Juncker expressed hope that the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report would prove productive in helping the USG to resolve problems in Iraq. He said he was surprised that the study (and especially its findings) had [...] | 2006-12-13 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SY LU EUN |
06MADRID002583ZFR2585 | SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE |
06MADRID1088 | SPAIN ON ELECTION SUPPORT FOR HAITI AND GUYANA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV HA GY |
06MADRID1261 | SPANISH GOVERNMENT DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Citing barely 50 percent public approval for Spanish participation in ISAF, the GOS took the offensive on May 18, holding a high visibility public discussion of its efforts in Afghanistan. GOS speakers, including the Defense and Foreign Ministers, hammered on several key justifi [...] | 2006-05-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AF SP |
06MADRID1476 | SPAIN: FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took advantage of a private visit to Spain on May 23 to meet with Spain's Foreign Minister Moratinos. Moratinos told Powell that Spain is working to rebuild US-Spain relations - which Moratinos said went sour after Spain's pullout from Ir [...] | 2006-06-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID1490 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on June 8 to review bilateral relations and to discuss regional issues of joint interest, including developments in Peru, Bolivia, Iran, Syria, and North Africa. Regarding the CIA flights issue, Vice President de [...] | 2006-06-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID1526 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING [...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos comes at time when the Spanish government believes that it has significantly improved its relations with the US by supporting our efforts in Afghanistan, Iran, the Broader Middle East, and lately even Ir [...] | 2006-06-13 17:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID1835 | EDUCATION SECRETARY SPELLINGS MEETS WITH KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her June 29-July 2 visit to Madrid, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings met with Vice President de la Vega, Foreign Minister Moratinos, Education Minister Cabrera, and Madrid Community President Esperanza Aguirre. Vice President de la Vega emphasized the need for co [...] | 2006-07-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SP |
06MADRID1914 | COURT FREES "SPANISH TALIBAN" [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Supreme Court announced July 24 that it had annulled the six-year prison sentence handed down in September by Spain's National Court against accused terrorist Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmed, known in the media as the "Spanish Taliban." Abderrahaman, a Spanish national capture [...] | 2006-07-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID1994 | SPAIN ACCEPTS BURMA'S PRESENCE AT ASEM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EUN BU SP |
06MADRID2139 | SPAIN GENERALLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Sub-Director General for Central Europe and the Balkans Raul Fuentes Milani on August 25. Fuentes Milani said that Spain mostly supports the U.S. approach to Kosovo. He made the following comments during the discussion of the reftel points: -- It [...] | 2006-08-28 15:55:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PGOV EU SP |
06MADRID2163 | STAFFDEL BRENNAN SEEKS SPANISH COOPERATION IN [...] (U) A staff delegation from the House International Relations Committee and the House Judiciary Committee visited Madrid August 28-30, to discuss narcotics trafficking between Europe and Colombia and other Andean nations. Poloff and DEA attach attended all meetings with Spanish and Colombian o [...] | 2006-08-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR SP |
06MADRID2174 | SPAIN: SOME POPULAR PARTY VOICES URGE +NO, ON [...] (U) Following Spanish government announcements that Spain intended to seek Parliamentary approval to deploy some 1000 troops and to lead a multinational brigade in Lebanon (reftel),several prominent conservatives close to the Popular Party and to former President Aznar have called on the PP [...] | 2006-08-31 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID2281 | SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON MIDEAST, NORTH AFRICA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his trip to Ronda in southern Spain's Andalucia region, Ambassador Aguirre spent the afternoon and evening of September 9 with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Ambassador pressed Moratinos on recent incendiary comments from President Zapatero regarding Iraq, and he raise [...] | 2006-09-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG SP |
06MADRID2319 | SPAIN AGREES ON DARFUR AND NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 07:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU SP |
06MADRID2322 | SPAIN: PRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA BUT KEEP MINURSO FOR [...] (S) Spanish MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo welcomed enthusiastically new US engagement on Western Sahara and efforts to break the stalemate by pressing Morocco for a credible autonomy plan and talks with the Polisario, along with urging Algerian support and flexibility (reftel). [...] | 2006-09-15 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV MO WI AG FR SP |
06MADRID2360 | SPANISH POSITION IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Spanish EU Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on September 13. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain agrees with U.S. positions on Sudan, Bosnia, Congo, and Ukraine. Fernandez-Arias did not anticipate discussion of Kosovo, Macedonia, or [...] | 2006-09-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UN EU SP KPAL |
06MADRID2435 | SPAIN: SIX MONTHS ON, ETA'S "PERMANENT CEASEFIRE" [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire, many inside Spain are now doubting its permanence. Street violence and vandalism continue in the Basque region and alleged ETA supporters released a statement over the weekend claiming that the gr [...] | 2006-09-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID2543 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR INL PDAS SCHWEICH'S OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Your visit will dovetail nicely with the visit in mid September of DEA Administrator Tandy and will provide an important opportunity to educate the Spaniards on the Department's key role in the counter-narcotics effort. In her meetings with members of the Spanish Ministry of Interior, C [...] | 2006-10-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR SP |
06MADRID2583 | SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...] | 2006-10-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE |
06MADRID2584 | SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...] | 2006-10-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE |
06MADRID2624 | SPAIN: IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on October 13 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the October 16 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement on most topics with the United States, but he singled out Kosovo [...] | 2006-10-17 07:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE IR IZ UP |
06MADRID2632 | SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted former President Jose Maria Aznar for a private lunch at his residence on October 16. President Aznar offered his opinions on the domestic political situation as well as the outlook in Latin America. He also told Ambassador of his satisfaction at seeing improved [...] | 2006-10-18 08:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID2770 | SPAIN: VISIT OF INL PDAS SCHWEICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his October 16-17 visit to Madrid, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich met with representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Civil [...] | 2006-10-30 14:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR SP |
06MADRID2771 | SPAIN: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (SBU) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Madrid on October 23-24 to meet with the Spanish Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Spanish Prosecutor General. AG Gonzales also participated in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Expert [...] | 2006-10-30 15:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID2853 | SPAIN AND U.S. COOPERATING TO REMEDIATE RADIATION [...] (SBU) The U.S., through the Department of Energy (DOE),is closely cooperating with Spanish counterparts to address radiation contamination left in southern Spain after a U.S. Air Force (USAF) nuclear accident 40 years ago. What could have turned into a public relations nightmare has actuall [...] | 2006-11-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC SENV |
06MADRID2895 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: THEY SIGNED! [...] Summary. In a November 15 meeting with A/S for Consular Affairs Maura Harty, Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho agreed to deepen information exchanges with the USG by exchanging terrorist lookout information as contemplated in Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSP [...] | 2006-11-16 16:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID293 | SPAIN: CHIEF PROSECUTOR FORCED TO QUIT [...] (U) Attorney General Candido Conde Pumpido forced the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court, Eduardo Fungairino, to step down for alleged mismanagement of terrorism cases under his supervision. Fungairino, a highly-respected 26-year veteran of the National Court, will move to a position [...] | 2006-02-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID2955 | SPAIN DOES NOT AGREE WITH KOSOVO TIMEFRAME [...] (C) DCM met with Alberto Navarro, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union, on November 24 to discuss Spain's position on the timing of the Kosovo status process. DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Navarro point by point and stressed the U.S. position of moving quickly in Kosovo to a [...] | 2006-11-27 16:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI SP |
06MADRID2993 | A/S Shannon's November 30, 2006 meeting with Haitian PM [...] (U) November 30, 2006; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon USAID LAC A/A Adolfo Franco WHA/CAR Director Brian A. Nichols (notetaker) Stephanie Ragals, Interpreter Haiti Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard [...] | 2006-12-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KCRM UN HA |
06MADRID2996 | WESTERN SAHARA: SPAIN WARY OF UNILATERAL MOROCCAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed Western Sahara with Spanish Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo and Assistant Subdirector General Javier Garcia-Larrache on December 1. Poloff thanked Spain for their white paper on Western Sahara and emphasized that the U.S. wished to put the onus o [...] | 2006-12-05 08:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC WI SP |
06MADRID3005 | SPAIN ON IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) The DCM discussed Iran's upcoming elections with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on December 5. Reviewing reftel talking points, the DCM emphasized the U.S. objective of highlighting the profound flaws in the Iranian electoral process. 2. (C) Dezcallar said [...] | 2006-12-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR |
06MADRID3006 | SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...] | 2006-12-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP |
06MADRID3007 | DEMARCHE TO SPAIN ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) The DCM discussed the EU's reconsideration of the China Arms Embargo with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on December 5. Dezcallar assured the DCM that Spain is not seeking to lift the embargo, nor would it support such an effort. He noted that he had recently [...] | 2006-12-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV PHUM EUN SP CH |
06MADRID3014 | SPAIN/VENEZUELA: ETA ISSUES SPARK SPANISH ANGER [...] (U) Only hours after Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos had called to congratulate Hugo Chavez on winning his second presidential term on December 4, all major Spanish media outlets seized on a report from Basque news agency Vasco Press [...] | 2006-12-07 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
06MADRID3042 | SPAIN: POLICE ARREST 11 ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS IN [...] (U) Spanish National Police arrested ten Spanish nationals and one Moroccan national in the North African enclave of Ceuta on charges that the men were plotting to carry out a terrorist attack. Among the detainees were two brothers of former Spanish national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abderrah [...] | 2006-12-14 12:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV SP |
06MADRID3078 | SPAIN/HSPD-6: MOVING AHEAD ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) The DCM and Embassy officers met with Eugenio Pereiro, Director of Spain's "National Center for Antiterrorist Coordination" (CNCA) on December 19 to discuss a broad range of security cooperation issues. Much of the discussion focused on the establishment of a mechanism to share terroris [...] | 2006-12-20 14:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CVIS PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID3081 | SPAIN/CUBA: DOMESTIC POLITICS SCUTTLE UNITY ON [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party (PP) presented a Parliamentary motion December 19 calling for unity among Spanish political parties in supporting a democratic transition in Cuba. Foreign Minister Moratinos had signaled to PP Parliamentarians that a common position on Cuba could be n [...] | 2006-12-21 11:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP |
06MADRID3104 | SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: PLAINTIFFS DEMAND 13 USG [...] (U) The Mallorcan "Free Association of Attorneys" and a group of Mallorcan professionals filed a motion calling upon National Court Judge Ismael Moreno to name 13 presumed USG officials as suspects in connection with the transit of a CIA flight that stopped in Palma de Mallorca in January 2004. The [...] | 2006-12-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SP |
06MADRID3111 | SPAIN: CAR BOMB DETONATES AT MADRID AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. A car bomb detonated at 9 a.m. Madrid local time on December 30 in a public parking garage outside of Terminal 4 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport. Minister of Interior Rubalcaba said that one person is missing and several were lightly injured. Rubalcaba expressed his c [...] | 2006-12-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC CASC PGOV SP |
06MADRID32 | SPAIN'S MEASURED WELCOME OF EVO MORALES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales met in Madrid on January 4 with the King, President Zapatero, the Foreign and Industry Ministers, and business leaders. The GOS focused Morales' visit on economic issues, including Spanish energy company Repsol's billion dollar investment in [...] | 2006-01-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP BO |
06MADRID324 | AMBASSADOR AND UNION LEADER DISCUSS VENEZUELA, [...] (U) During a February 6 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Worker's General Union (UGT) Secretary General Candido Mendez expressed concern that the USG decision to deny authorization to transfer U.S. components as part of Spain's deal to sell EADS CASA aircraft to Venezuela could cost Spain impor [...] | 2006-02-07 18:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB PGOV SP |
06MADRID35 | SPAIN: DEPUTY FM ON "MODERATE" EVO MORALES VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon called Charge on January 5 to pass on his impressions of Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' meeting with Foreign Minister Moratinos. Leon assessed that the meeting was a good introduction but not very substantive. He noted that Morales [...] | 2006-01-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SP BO |
06MADRID38 | SPAIN ARRESTS 20 ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS [...] (U) Spain arrested 20 people on January 10 on charges of recruiting and training potential terrorists to be sent to Iraq to carry out attacks against coalition forces. The individuals arrested in Barcelona are suspected of being members of a cell that recruited and trained terrorists who carr [...] | 2006-01-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID462 | SPAIN'S CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 09:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP |
06MADRID466 | SPAIN'S POLICY ON HAMAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP IS |
06MADRID596 | ETA VIOLENCE AMID RUMORS OF IMPENDING TRUCE [...] ETA carried out its second series of bombings in the last two days with two attacks the morning of of March 9, the latest in a string of 14 ETA attacks since the beginning of the year. The attacks, one along a highway in the Cantabria Region in the north of Spain near the Basque Region and a s [...] | 2006-03-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SP |
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