Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06LAPAZ1138
2006-04-27 18:20:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy La Paz
Cable title:
BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LA PAZ 001138
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA AND WHA/AND LPETRONI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2016
TAGS: ETRD ETTC PREL CU BL
SUBJECT: BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE
LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 57782
Classified By: Amb. David N. Greenlee for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) The following responses are keyed to the questions in
reftel:
-- Bolivia has no significant investments in Cuba.
-- Bolivia and Cuba signed a limited Economic Cooperation
Agreement in May 1995. The accord offers preferential tariff
treatment to specified goods from each country, but bilateral
trade has not increased significantly since the agreement was
signed. News reports indicate Bolivian exports to Cuba
totaled only $5,000 in 2005. The GOB is in the early stages
of discussing a "People's Trade Agreement" with Cuba and
Venezuela.
-- Cuba offers limited scholarships to Bolivian students
seeking to study at Cuban universities. Cuba has paid for
several dozen Bolivians to travel to Cuba for eye surgeries
and other medical treatment, and several hundred Cuban
doctors are working in Bolivia.
-- The GOB has not worked to promote the advancement of
democracy and human rights in Cuba. The GOB is increasingly
aligned with the Cuban government and is not likely to make
any public statements that would be critical of human rights
abuses in Cuba, to support civil society, or to take any
other actions which could be perceived as subversive by the
Cuban government.
-- Castro did not attend President Morales' January 23
inauguration but sent Vice President Carlos Lage. On
President-elect Morales' first international tour, his first
stop was Cuba.
GREENLEE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/CCA AND WHA/AND LPETRONI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/17/2016
TAGS: ETRD ETTC PREL CU BL
SUBJECT: BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE
LIBERTAD ACT
REF: STATE 57782
Classified By: Amb. David N. Greenlee for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) The following responses are keyed to the questions in
reftel:
-- Bolivia has no significant investments in Cuba.
-- Bolivia and Cuba signed a limited Economic Cooperation
Agreement in May 1995. The accord offers preferential tariff
treatment to specified goods from each country, but bilateral
trade has not increased significantly since the agreement was
signed. News reports indicate Bolivian exports to Cuba
totaled only $5,000 in 2005. The GOB is in the early stages
of discussing a "People's Trade Agreement" with Cuba and
Venezuela.
-- Cuba offers limited scholarships to Bolivian students
seeking to study at Cuban universities. Cuba has paid for
several dozen Bolivians to travel to Cuba for eye surgeries
and other medical treatment, and several hundred Cuban
doctors are working in Bolivia.
-- The GOB has not worked to promote the advancement of
democracy and human rights in Cuba. The GOB is increasingly
aligned with the Cuban government and is not likely to make
any public statements that would be critical of human rights
abuses in Cuba, to support civil society, or to take any
other actions which could be perceived as subversive by the
Cuban government.
-- Castro did not attend President Morales' January 23
inauguration but sent Vice President Carlos Lage. On
President-elect Morales' first international tour, his first
stop was Cuba.
GREENLEE