Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BRIDGETOWN486
2006-03-17 18:36:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Bridgetown
Cable title:
ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX OUTSTANDI
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BRIDGETOWN 000486
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR FOR ROBERT COLLINS
EB/IFD/OIA FOR JAMES ROSELI
L/CID FOR MEERA DE MEL
L/WHA FOR DAVID SULLIVAN
EB/CBA FOR NANCY SMITH-NISSLEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/01/2016
TAGS: EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
SUBJECT: ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX OUTSTANDI
REF: A. BRIDGETOWN 287
B. BRIDGETOWN 18
C. 05 BRIDGETOWN 402
CLASSIFIED BY: DCM MARY ELLEN T. GILROY FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) AND (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BRIDGETOWN 000486
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR FOR ROBERT COLLINS
EB/IFD/OIA FOR JAMES ROSELI
L/CID FOR MEERA DE MEL
L/WHA FOR DAVID SULLIVAN
EB/CBA FOR NANCY SMITH-NISSLEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/01/2016
TAGS: EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
SUBJECT: ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX OUTSTANDI
REF: A. BRIDGETOWN 287
B. BRIDGETOWN 18
C. 05 BRIDGETOWN 402
CLASSIFIED BY: DCM MARY ELLEN T. GILROY FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) AND (d)
1. (U) ACTION REQUEST - paragraph 9.
2. (C) Summary: Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon
3. (C) Querard requested a face-to-face meeting with the DCM, saying s
4. (C) The status of her core expropriation case in the Privy Council
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Case Background
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5. (SBU) Hurricane Luis devastated HMB and Antigua in 1995, and ensuin
6. (SBU) After a 2004 electoral upset, the new GOAB under Prime Minist
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Querard's Six Court Cases
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7. (C) Responding to a question to clarify the Privy Council appeal, Q
A. Case One: The original suit brought by HMB shareholders against th
B. Case Two: The current Privy Council appeal. (Comment: Neither DC
C. Case Three: The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) sued HMB
D. Case Four: HMB counter-sued APUA for cutting off utility services.
E. Case Five: Querard sued former GOAB Ambassador to the U.S. Lionel
F. Case Six: The former HMB resident manager and minority shareholder
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"Replete with Falsehood and Malicious Spin"
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8. (C) Querard spent much of the meeting outlining her efforts to impr
9. (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS for L/CID: Post requests a copy of Bruce Zag
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Help from the Isle of Man
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10. (C) Querard listed Ian Moncrief-Scott, an Isle of Man-based consul
11. (C) Querard stated that HMB is a privately held corporation. Orig
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Corrupt Attorney General?
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12. (C) Querard repeated her long-standing allegation that GOAB Attorn
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Where Stands the Case?
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13. (SBU) Querard did not offer any substantial updates to the informa
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Comment
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14. (C) Soon after PM Spencer and his United Progressive Party came to
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
WHA/CAR FOR ROBERT COLLINS
EB/IFD/OIA FOR JAMES ROSELI
L/CID FOR MEERA DE MEL
L/WHA FOR DAVID SULLIVAN
EB/CBA FOR NANCY SMITH-NISSLEY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/01/2016
TAGS: EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
SUBJECT: ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX OUTSTANDI
REF: A. BRIDGETOWN 287
B. BRIDGETOWN 18
C. 05 BRIDGETOWN 402
CLASSIFIED BY: DCM MARY ELLEN T. GILROY FOR REASONS 1.4 (b) AND (d)
1. (U) ACTION REQUEST - paragraph 9.
2. (C) Summary: Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon
3. (C) Querard requested a face-to-face meeting with the DCM, saying s
4. (C) The status of her core expropriation case in the Privy Council
--------------
Case Background
--------------
5. (SBU) Hurricane Luis devastated HMB and Antigua in 1995, and ensuin
6. (SBU) After a 2004 electoral upset, the new GOAB under Prime Minist
--------------
Querard's Six Court Cases
--------------
7. (C) Responding to a question to clarify the Privy Council appeal, Q
A. Case One: The original suit brought by HMB shareholders against th
B. Case Two: The current Privy Council appeal. (Comment: Neither DC
C. Case Three: The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) sued HMB
D. Case Four: HMB counter-sued APUA for cutting off utility services.
E. Case Five: Querard sued former GOAB Ambassador to the U.S. Lionel
F. Case Six: The former HMB resident manager and minority shareholder
--------------
"Replete with Falsehood and Malicious Spin"
--------------
8. (C) Querard spent much of the meeting outlining her efforts to impr
9. (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS for L/CID: Post requests a copy of Bruce Zag
--------------
Help from the Isle of Man
--------------
10. (C) Querard listed Ian Moncrief-Scott, an Isle of Man-based consul
11. (C) Querard stated that HMB is a privately held corporation. Orig
--------------
Corrupt Attorney General?
--------------
12. (C) Querard repeated her long-standing allegation that GOAB Attorn
--------------
Where Stands the Case?
--------------
13. (SBU) Querard did not offer any substantial updates to the informa
--------------
Comment
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14. (C) Soon after PM Spencer and his United Progressive Party came to