Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05SANSALVADOR2577
2005-09-16 22:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy San Salvador
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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 002577
SIPDIS
STATE PASS AID/LAC
USDOC FOR 3134/USFCS/OIO/WH/MKESHISHIAN/BARTHUR
USDOC ALSO FOR ITA/MAC/MSIEGELMAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EINV MX ES
SUBJECT: OPIC LOAN TO BAJA SALT
REFS: A) MEXICO 5588; B) STATE 159731
Post has no derogatory information regarding the proposed
loan. El Salvador imported $1.7 million worth of salt in
2004, including $724,000 worth from Mexico; most of it was
unprocessed. El Salvador also exported a small amount of
finished salt within Central America, valued at $124,270.
Post has no derogatory information regarding ESSO or other
parties to this proposed transaction. PROTURO S.A. de C.V.
is a tourism development company with interests in Costa del
Sol, a popular beach destination in El Salvador. The
President, Carlos Alberto Delgado Zuniga, is a former
President of the Salvadoran Association of Travel Agencies.
BARCLAY