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06KUWAIT4664	TERROR FINANCE: MFA INDICATES NO PLANS TO LIFT [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis told Econcouns December 16 that the three Kuwaitis designated as terrorist facilitators by the US Department of Treasury on December 7 -- Hamad Al Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- were not active and we [...]	2006-12-17 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN

06KUWAIT4665	FEELING THE HEAT, INFORMATION MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) According to local media, Minister of Information Mohammed Al-Sanousi has submitted his resignation rather than subject himself to an intense parliamentary questioning session, commonly referred to in Kuwait as a "grilling," which was scheduled to take place on December 18. The grillin [...]	2006-12-17 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4669	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SKELTON (DEC 23 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Skelton to travel to post o/a 24-26 Dec, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2006-12-18 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ UK
06KUWAIT467	AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A AND ICM GAIN; [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-09 17:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU PINR SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT4672	NEW CENTRAL AGENCY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND [...] On 17 December, Econoff met with Director-General Ali Al-Shuraidah of the newly established Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT). CAIT was established by the Council of Ministers in August 2006 to act as the central coordinating authority for all government IT matters to include: [...]	2006-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ECPS
06KUWAIT4675	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON (20 DEC - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson to travel to post o/a 20-21 December 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exped [...]	2006-12-19 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4676	2006 COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN REPORT FROM KUWAIT [...] Embassy Kuwait reports the following 2006 Combined Federal Campaign results: a. Number of potential donors: 50 b. Total number of contributions to date 10 c. Total dollars pledged: USD 9,174.94 d. Number of employees qualifying for E [...]	2006-12-19 12:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
06KUWAIT4677	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4678	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AORC KU
06KUWAIT4679	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF THE 2006 COPENHAGEN MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MNUC TSPA KU
06KUWAIT4680	KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON SYRIA ENGAGEMENT, HANIYEH [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA Arab Affairs Director Al-Mubaraki, Bashar al-Asad has signaled to Kuwait and others his readiness for a deal with the U.S. Kuwait has no plans to meet with the Syrians at a senior level. Palestinian PM Haniyeh could visit Kuwait in the near future, though deta [...]	2006-12-20 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KU SY
06KUWAIT4681	GUANTANAMO RETURNEES MAY SOON BE RELEASED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Post has learned that Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti nationals returned from detention at Guantanamo Naval Base in September 2006, may be released by the judge presiding over their investigation when their cur [...]	2006-12-20 06:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT4682	PARLIAMENT VOTES 39-20 AGAINST WRITING OFF PRIVATE [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti Parliament voted December 19 against a controversial proposal to write off citizens' private loans at an estimated cost to the government of $27 billion. The proposal was strongly supported by tribal parliamentarians, dividing the three opposition bloc [...]	2006-12-20 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID ECON KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4683	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW IRAQI CHARGE [...] (C) Ambassador met 12/13 with new Iraqi Mission Charge d'Affaires Fadel Hamad Khudair Al-Azawi. Al-Azawi, a career diplomat, arrived in Kuwait in early November, replacing outgoing Charge Hamad Al-Sharifi. Al-Azawi requested the meeting as a courtesy call, noting his interest in maintainin [...]	2006-12-20 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
06KUWAIT4685	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. LINDA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Dr. Linda Logan to travel to post o/a January 13 - January 18, 2006 for meetings concerning avian influenza. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. [...]	2006-12-20 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAGR EG KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06KUWAIT4686	KATRINA ASSISTANCE: NO IMMINENT HELP FROM KUWAIT [...] (SBU) As instructed Ref A, Econcouns raised the status of Kuwait's USD 500 million pledge for Hurricane Katrina relief with Hamad Al Mashan at the MFA America's Department on December 20. Econcouns thanked the GOK for the USD 50 million disbursed thus far and noted our understanding that USD [...]	2006-12-20 13:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
06KUWAIT4687	BAH HUMBUG! SALAFI MP SLAMS CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR [...] (U) Salafi MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei sent a formal question to the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor complaining about the "irresponsible violations" that occurred when an American army delegation delivered toys to an orphanage run by the Ministry on December 10, reported the Arabic daily Al- [...]	2006-12-20 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KIRF KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4688	GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION EXCHANGE: [...] (U) Post's response to Department inquiries in State 190832 follows. 2. (C/NF) Immigration Databases ------------------------------- - The Government of Kuwait (GOK) Ministry of the Interior has a computerized immigration database. Information for all entries and exits are entered into [...]	2006-12-20 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KVPR KHLS KU
06KUWAIT4690	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MARSHALL (22 DEC [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Marshall to travel to post o/a 22 December 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]	2006-12-21 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
06KUWAIT4698	ARTISTIC AMBASSADOR LINDA TOUBY DAZZLES KUWAIT, NOVEMBER [...] SUMMARY: Stunning New York abstract expressionist artist Linda Touby landed in Kuwait on her first trip to the Middle East on November 30, opening a whirlwind week of dynamic cultural interaction with a range of Kuwaiti audiences. Ms. Touby splashed onto the Kuwait art scene with a welcoming [...]	2006-12-24 06:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO XF KU
06KUWAIT4699	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL WILSON (DEC 27 - [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Wilson to travel to post o/a 28-31 Dec 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2006-12-24 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU GM
06KUWAIT4702	KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During back-to-back meetings on 12/24 with a Congressional delegation and the Ambassador, The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said that the key issues facing the coalition in Iraq are transferring security responsibility to Iraqis and checking Iranian influence. He said we are in a [...]	2006-12-24 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CVIS KU IR
06KUWAIT4703	AMBASSADOR RAISES HOLD ON DESIGNEES WITH FM [...] (S/NF) In a 12/24 meeting with Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador requested again that the GOK instruct Qatar to lift the UN hold on the U.N. designation of three Kuwaitis for involvement in terrorism: Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali (reftel). [...]	2006-12-24 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT4706	TERROR FINANCE: GOK SEES HEADWAY IN REGULATING [...] (C/NF) Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of Charities at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told Econcouns December 23 he was making progress in implementing two-year-old restrictions on donations to charities in Kuwait. A recent internal MOSAL report, leaked to the Kuwaiti press in D [...]	2006-12-29 08:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT475	CORRECTED COPY -- AMIR APPROVES NEW CABINET: SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: Amir Shaykh Sabah approved on February 9 a new Cabinet, which was particularly notable for the appointment of a second Shi'a minister and one of the leaders of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait. The appointments like [...]	2006-02-11 07:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT482	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--INVIGORATING THE CASH COURIER [...] (SBU) On February 8, Econoff delivered ref A points to Talal Al-Sayegh, Head of Anti-Money Laundering at the Central Bank of Kuwait. Points were also passed to U.S. Customs Advisor for officials at the Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC). According to Al-Sayegh, the GOK, althoug [...]	2006-02-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT483	PRESENTATION OF 2004 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ATRN KU ECON ELTN ETRD EWWT PREL PTER
06KUWAIT484	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: THE NEW GOVERNMENT EMERGES [...] Saturday, 11 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Amir presides over first meeting of the new government today"; "New government adopts the program of its predecessor"; "Parliamentary blocs begin meetings to crystallize their positions" -- Al-Qabas p. 6 "New ministers in their offices tod [...]	2006-02-11 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT490	NEW KUWAITI MINISTERS PLEDGE TO FIGHT TERROR, [...] In public statements on February 11, the day of the swearing in of the new cabinet, three senior Kuwaiti Ministers made comments about specific aspects of the fight against terrorism. During courtesy calls on the new cabinet members in the coming weeks, Ambassador will be reinforcing the U.S [...]	2006-02-12 08:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT493	KUWAITI SHI'A MARCH TO CELEBRATE ASHOURA; GOK SECURITY [...] Kuwait's Shi'a community commemorated Ashoura on February 9 with an unlicensed two-hour march. According to GOK estimates, 10,000 Shi'as marched through the Rumaithiya neighborhood carrying signs paying tribute to Imam Hussein. They also re-enacted scenes from the battle of Karbala in which [...]	2006-02-12 09:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT495	NEW CABINET FREES SEAT ON MUNICIPAL COUNCIL; KUWAITI WOMAN [...] On February 9, Municipal Council Chairman Abdullah Saud Al-Muhailbi was nominated as Minister of State for Municipality Affairs (reftel). His appointment leaves an open seat on the 16-member Council, which by law, must be filled in 60 days. 2. In a statement to the press on February 12, J [...]	2006-02-12 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KU
06KUWAIT497	KUWAIT: CONSULTATIONS WITH EU TROIKA [...] (SBU) On February 11, Ambassador met with his counterparts from Austria, Germany and the United Kingdom in the EU Troika format for a round of regular consultations. (The EU Commission does not have a resident rep in Kuwait.) Main points of the discussion are contained below. 2. (SBU) The [...]	2006-02-12 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU KU
06KUWAIT498	GOK RECONFIRMS THAT GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RETURNED [...] (C) In response to ref B demarche on the Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures for Guantanamo detainee Omar Rajab Amin (US9KU-000065DP),post received by diplomatic note on February 11 written assurances that Amin would be detained and prosecuted upon his repatriation to Kuwait. 2. [...]	2006-02-12 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT505	KUWAIT UNION OF DOMESTIC LABOR OFFICES (KUDLO) [...] (C) The Municipal Council closed down the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO) headquarters on February 7th. (Note: KUDLO, an independent association of offices that hire out domestic laborers, aims to systematize the domestic labor sector in Kuwait. They were on the verge of opening [...]	2006-02-13 11:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT508	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies continued to improve their enforcement performance in 2005, and demonstrated that IPR protection has become a routine priority for them. The Ministry of Information (MOI),which is legally charged with IPR protection and has long been the weakest performer in [...]	2006-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
06KUWAIT524	KUWAIT'S OPEC GOV ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 13 meeting with Econ Officer, Kuwait's OPEC Governor Ms. Seham Razzouqi said that Kuwait "did not appreciate" the comments in the recent SOTU address about U.S. "addiction to oil" and a need to reduce dependency on oil imports from the Middle East. Sh [...]	2006-02-14 08:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT527	CABINET MINISTER OUTLINES GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES AS [...] (C) The Ambassador met on February 14 with Mohammed Dhaifallah Sharar to congratulate him on his re-appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs. Confirming what local media and post contacts have reported, S [...]	2006-02-14 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT534	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened on February 8 Post's Counterterrorism Working Group to assess Kuwaiti progress in combating terrorism and curbing extremism. ECON, RSO, and OMC-K all reported positive Kuwaiti participation in training courses and conferences ranging from VIP protecti [...]	2006-02-14 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT537	MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS MINISTER, AN EXPERIENCED [...] (C) The Ambassador met with the new State Minister for Municipal Affairs, Abdullah Al-Muhailbi, on February 14 to congratulate him on his new post and to ask about the Minister's plans. The Minister said that he had worked his way up through the ranks in the Municipality, and had served since [...]	2006-02-14 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB KU
06KUWAIT538	NEW MINISTER OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior (MOI) and Minister of Defense (MOD),Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on February 14 to congratulate him on his appointment as Interior Minister. Shaykh Jaber, already Minister of Defense since 2001, was installe [...]	2006-02-14 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ELAB MOPS KU
06KUWAIT539	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened on February 8 Post's Counterterrorism Working Group to assess Kuwaiti progress in combating terrorism and curbing extremism. ECON, RSO, and OMC-K all reported positive Kuwaiti participation in training courses and conferences ranging from VIP protecti [...]	2006-02-14 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT540	FREEDOM AGENDA: POST-FUNDED MEPI PROJECTS PROMOTE EQUALITY [...] (SBU) Dr. Alanoud Al-Sharekh and Dr. Rola Dashti, both Kuwaiti women, have each successfully completed projects funded by a small grant under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). Their projects seek to raise awareness of the unequal status of women in Kuwaiti society and promote th [...]	2006-02-14 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KMPI KWMN KU
06KUWAIT554	NEW LABOR MINISTER OPEN TO ENDING EXPATRIATE LABOR [...] (U) New Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah said that he is open to looking into alternatives to Kuwait's system of sponsorship of foreign workers. His remarks came in an interview with Al-Watan newspaper, in which he was aked about the ILO's request that Kuwait end the [...]	2006-02-15 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT556	ELEVEN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ESTABLISH "TRANSPARENCY [...] Salah Al-Ghazali, Secretary General of the Transparency and Reform Alliance (TRS),a coalition of eleven local organizations formed to fight corruption, announced February 15 the approval of TRS's mission statement and charter, the English-daily Arab Times reported. Commenting on the occasio [...]	2006-02-15 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EIND KU
06KUWAIT557	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SELECTION OF NEXT UN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XH KU
06KUWAIT558	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VENEZUELA AND THE UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU
06KUWAIT559	KUWAITI MFA OFFICIAL ON HAMAS: ENGAGEMENT MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KU
06KUWAIT560	SHI'A MP DISILLUSIONED BY RAMPANT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Saleh Khorshid, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told Poloff in a February 15 meeting that he was pessimistic about the prospects for political and economic reform in Kuwait given what he characterized as wide-spread, institutionalized government corruption. He [...]	2006-02-15 15:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV EINV PINR KU
06KUWAIT563	UPDATE: KUWAIT JOINT STATE-DOD GROUP ADDRESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On February 14, the joint State-DOD Avian Influenza (AI) working group (Refs A & B) met to discuss the latest developments in the ongoing dialogue with GOK Public Authority for Agriculture and Fish Resources (PAAFR) officials regarding Kuwaiti concerns about the pote [...]	2006-02-19 05:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO PREL KFLU KU IZ
06KUWAIT578	GCC FEARS BEING LABELED PRO-ISRAELI FOR [...] (C) Dr. Yacoub Al-Hayati, one of Kuwait's five members on the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Advisory Committee, told Poloff in a February 19 meeting the GCC was hesitant to directly confront Iran over its nuclear program for fear of being labeled by Iran as pro-Israeli, a view he repeated [...]	2006-02-19 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT585	FREEDOM AGENDA: PM OUTLINES GOK PRIORITIES AS NEW [...] (U) In a February 20 speech to the National Assembly following the swearing in of the new Cabinet, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah outlined the Government's priorities, which included approval of the Press and Publications Law, Project Kuwait, and amendment of the elec [...]	2006-02-21 05:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT586	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB PHOTOS [...] Thursday, 16 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "A new version of torture photos taken at Abu Ghraib" -- Al-Qabas p. 35 "Australian television shows new photos of the Abu Ghraib scandal"; "The American used children to pressure the fathers" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 24 "Australian Televisio [...]	2006-02-21 05:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT587	RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...]	2006-02-21 05:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT588	RE-APPOINTED KUWAITI FINANCE MINISTER OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 20 meeting with the Ambassador, re-appointed Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi expressed confidence in the pace of reforms and governance under the new Amir, Crown Prince and Prime Minister. He predicted overall support from the National Assembly for G [...]	2006-02-21 05:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER PGOV PREL IZ XF KU KTFN
06KUWAIT594	SCENESETTER FOR COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S FEB. 28 - [...] (U) We look forward to your visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Minister of Energy Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Minister of Finance Bader M. Al-Humaidhi. Your visit [...]	2006-02-21 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT601	NEW PRIME MINISTER PROMISES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: During his first meeting with the Ambassador as Kuwait's new Prime Minister, Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah said Kuwait would look different in six months and that he had instructed his Cabinet to streamline the bureaucracy so that the GOK could proceed with importa [...]	2006-02-21 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT605	KUWAIT MEPIC 3: Harvesting the Fruits of Small Grants [...] Summary: The Ambassador chaired Kuwait's MEPI team meeting held January 31, 2006, to review the progress of MEPI in Kuwait during the first quarter (Q1) of FY06 and to make plans for the next quarter. The key development during FY06Q1 was the completion of several MEPI Small Grant projects in [...]	2006-02-21 11:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KU MEPI
06KUWAIT608	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: OIL, DEMOCRACY, AND U.S. [...] Monday, 20 February 2006 -- Dr. Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqaba former Minister of Energy wrote in the moderate daily Al-Watan under the title "The American President George Bush's Statements": "The American President George Bush said a few days ago that by the year 2020 the United States of Americ [...]	2006-02-21 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT613	FREEDOM AGENDA: MP HOSTS MEETING TO URGE FEMALE [...] MP Ali Al-Rashed (aka Abu Faysal),the head of the Human Rights Committee in the National Assembly, hosted approximately 40 women at his diwaniya on February 20 to encourage them to take advantage of their newly won voting rights (ref B) and to discuss personal status issues. The featured spea [...]	2006-02-21 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT615	KUWAIT CURRENT ON ARAB LEAGUE COMMITMENTS FOR [...] (U) According to a February 20 Arab Times (local English daily) article, the Arab League issued a report on Sunday, February 19 identifying Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Egypt as the only four Arab states to have fulfilled Arab League payment commitments in support of the Palestinian Aut [...]	2006-02-21 15:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN WE GZ KU
06KUWAIT616	CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador convened a meeting on February 21 among OMC-K, ECON, POL and RSO to consider further follow-up on GOK request (reftel) for USG assistance in dealing with nuclear issues posed by Iran. Our understanding is that the GOK request could run the [...]	2006-02-21 15:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR
06KUWAIT617	FREEDOM AGENDA: NOVEMBER WOMEN IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) Members of post's MEPI committee met February 21 with organizers of the proposed November 12-14 First Gulf Forum of Women in Business (WiB). Conference coordinator Ahmed Suleiman explained that the non-profit UK-based WiB, founded in 19 [...]	2006-02-22 05:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT630	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC SAYS IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Poloff in a February 21 meeting that Iranian "reformers" had been politically marginalized by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and exercised little restraint on the President's conservative policies. He disco [...]	2006-02-22 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT631	NEW COMMERCE MINISTER CALLS FOR GOK ACTION ON [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 22 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, new GOK Commerce and Industry Minister Dr. Youssef Al-Zalzalah (one of two Shia cabinet members),appearing energized, underscored his commitment to implementing pending economic reforms on taxation, IPR, teleco [...]	2006-02-22 15:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KU KIPR
06KUWAIT632	NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR MINISTER RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 22 with new Minister for Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah to congratulate him on his post and used the occasion to raise U.S. concerns about the insufficient protection of expatriate worker rights. The Ambassador stated that protection of [...]	2006-02-23 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KU TIP
06KUWAIT633	RIHS NONPAPER DELIVERED TO KUWAIT'S NEW MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-23 09:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN ECON KU TERROR FINANCE
06KUWAIT634	KUWAITI CONDEMNATION OF THE AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] The highest levels of the Kuwaiti Government have condemned the February 22 bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Samarra. According to the press, Amir Shaykh Sabah sent a message to Iraqi President Talabani condemning the act and asserting that the targeting of religious monuments and murder [...]	2006-02-23 10:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KDEM IZ KU
06KUWAIT635	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT REVISES DATE FOR [...] (U) During its February 21 session, Parliament approved a motion to advance the date for debate of an Interior and Defenses Affairs Committee proposal to reduce the number of electoral constituencies to April 17 from June 30 as previously agreed (reftel). Initially, the Government opposed t [...]	2006-02-23 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KU PGOV FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT636	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT REVISES DATE FOR DEBATING [...] (U) During its February 21 session, Parliament approved a motion to advance the date for debate of an Interior and Defense Affairs Committee proposal to reduce the number of electoral constituencies to April 17 from June 30 as previously agreed (reftel). Initially, the Government opposed the [...]	2006-02-25 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT638	KUWAITI YOUTH SURVEYS ON EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS [...] Summary: Al-Qabas, the most prominent Arabic-language daily newspaper in Kuwait, regularly prints polling results reflecting youth opinions on a variety of topics, including early marriage, the Iranian nuclear program, the Danish cartoons, and political awareness. Recent polling exhibited stron [...]	2006-02-25 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT656	FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 call to congratulate the Minister on her re-appointment as Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak was generally optimistic about the new Government and echoed the Prime Minister's recent co [...]	2006-02-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT657	NEW COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ADMITS HIS APPOINTMENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, new Minister of Communications Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti said that the main reason for his appointment to the Cabinet is his twenty-five year friendship with the new Prime Minister. He also cited his leadership within the [...]	2006-02-27 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS BEXP PGOV PINR KU
06KUWAIT658	MUSLIM FSO'S REFLECT ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Note from Ambassador: At my request, two members of my staff, both of them Muslims on their first overseas tours with the State Department, provided below their reflections on the Danish cartoon controversy. I asked them to share their personal reactions as well as attempt some analysis [...]	2006-02-27 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER KISL XF KU
06KUWAIT659	UN TEAM'S FIRST KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ASSESSMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: United Nations (UN) Iraq Desk Officer Eliza Kimball and UN cartographer Vladimir Bessarabov, part of a four person UN border team, discussed the UN team's first assessment of the Kuwait-Iraq border demarcation with pol/mil officer on February 22. The team's February 10-24 visit t [...]	2006-02-27 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UN KU
06KUWAIT66	DELIVERED - GUIDANCE TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-08 11:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN
06KUWAIT661	KUWAITI SHI'A AND SUNNIS CONDEMN IRAQ SHRINE [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a February 24 rally at the Shi'a Imam Hussein mosque, Kuwaitis from across the religious and political spectrum condemned the bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Iraq. While most speakers blamed the attack on Sunni extremists and stressed the need for Muslim [...]	2006-02-27 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS SHI
06KUWAIT676	PROMISING OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES IN NORTH KUWAIT [...] (U) On February 28, local newspapers reported a "major onshore gas discovery" with "commercial potential" in north Kuwait. The discovery, at the well named Umm Niqa 1, is reported to be in the Middle Jurassic Najmah-Sargela formation. Earlier light oil discoveries in late 2005 prompted engi [...]	2006-02-28 11:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT677	(C) AHMADINEJAD TELLS KUWAITIS NOT TO WORRY [...] (C) On February 28, MFA Under Secretary Khalid Jarallah provided Ambassador a brief read-out of the previous day's visit to Kuwait by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the first visit by an Iranian head of state since 1979. The Iranians requested the visit to come congratulate Shaykh Sab [...]	2006-02-28 11:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR EG KU
06KUWAIT678	KUWAIT OFFERS $10 MILLION TO RESTORE SAMARRA [...] (U) According to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and confirmed by MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, on Monday, February 27, the GOK Council of Ministers (cabinet) authorized a $10 million grant for Iraq, half for the restoration of the Shrine of the Two Imams mosque in Samarra and half for othe [...]	2006-02-28 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID IZ KU
06KUWAIT697	NON-PAPERS ON RIHS, JALAMAH, BATHALI AND AL-ALI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KU KTFN
06KUWAIT698	KUWAIT: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. 2. (SBU) 21A: Kuwait is a destination country for internationally trafficked men and women. There is no trafficking in areas outside of GOK con [...]	2006-03-01 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF KU
06KUWAIT701	OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCIENCE AND MATH COOPERATION IN KUWAIT [...] Summary: Kuwait is fertile ground for cooperation with the Ministry of Education on science and mathematics education as well as with cooperation with local science clubs and museums. Public Diplomacy programming in Kuwait have been effective in engaging Kuwaiti students, including science st [...]	2006-03-01 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO SCUL SENV OEXC OIIP EAID PREL XF KU
06KUWAIT702	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] Thursday, 23 February 2006 -- Arab Times Front page "Urgent pleas against civil war" -- Al-Qabas Front page "Iraq races against sectarian violence" -- Al-Qabas p. 3 "The Amir denounces the explosion at the Imam Al-Hadi mausoleum: terrorist acts far from the teachings of our religion" [...]	2006-03-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT703	FREEDOM AGENDA: INFORMATION MINISTER REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 1, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador, the newly re-appointed Minister of Information commented optimistically about progress made on the draft press law and reduction in the number of political constituencies in Kuwait, two key Freedom Agenda elements. The Minister e [...]	2006-03-04 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU PREL IZ KMPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT71	KUWAIT'S COUNTRY-WIDE RADIATION MONITORING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. businessman told Ambassador on January 8 that the Kuwaiti company he works for had just been awarded a contract by Kuwait's Ministry of Health to install fifteen radiation monitoring systems throughout Kuwait. He said that these systems could be used to monitor for any [...]	2006-01-08 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ENRG MNUC TRGY KRAD IR KU
06KUWAIT724	NEW NGO LOBBIES GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT ON EXPAT [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on March 1st with the Social Work Society (SWS) of Kuwait, a new NGO devoted to advocating for expatriate labor rights. The NGO claims it has found corruption in the GOK's dealings with foreign laborers, but it is optimistic about the new government's declared focus on [...]	2006-03-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT73	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Sharon's healthSHARON'S [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic daily newspapers' coverage of the developments surrounding the Israeli Prime Minister's health mostly focused on the reporting on his conditions and the possibilities of recovery or death. The two analysis pieces found below provide an outlook into the possible scenarios [...]	2006-01-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT731	KUWAIT DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-05 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ KU
06KUWAIT745	LABOR MINISTER TO REVITALIZE EXPAT LABOR COMMITTEE [...] (U) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah publicly announced that Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammad has personally asked him to fight residence-permit trading and other violations of expatriate worker rights. The statement was covered in the March 1st edition of the lo [...]	2006-03-05 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT746	FREEDOM AGENDA: WIVES OF STATELESS MEN FOCUS ON [...] Summary and Comment: A March 4 meeting of Kuwaiti women married to "bidoon" (stateless Arabs) serves as a positive indicator that MEPI programs are reaching and influencing targeted audiences in Kuwait. Echoing themes researched by a recent MEPI small grant recipient for a project on how Kuw [...]	2006-03-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KU
06KUWAIT748	AMRE MOUSSA REAPPOINTMENT AS ARAB LEAGUE SECGEN A [...] (C) The Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait commented to the Ambassador on March 5 about President Mubarak's recent attempts to convince Gulf leaders to gather support for Amre Moussa's re-appointment as the Arab League's Secretary General. He said that he had not seen any press coverage of this a [...]	2006-03-05 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EG KU XF
06KUWAIT749	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) On March 5, only hours after Kuwait's Court of First Instance heard opening arguments in the case charging five Kuwaitis formerly held at Guantanamo with membership in Al-Qaeda, the court abruptly issued an oral decision to release four of the five men from prison on 500 dinar bail (appro [...]	2006-03-05 15:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT759	MINISTRY OF LABOR SAYS EXPATRIATE LABORERS CAN [...] (U) Hamad Al-Ma'dadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Labor at Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),issued instructions in mid-February to allow expatriates whose families live in Kuwait to stay in the country temporarily if the company that sponsors them is shut down for viol [...]	2006-03-06 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT760	FREEDOM AGENDA: FEMALE MUNICIPALITY CANDIDATE SAYS WIN OR [...] (U) On March 5, PolChief and PolAsst met with Engineer Jenan Ramadan Bushihri, a candidate for the upcoming special Municipal Council election and the first Kuwaiti woman to actually run for public office (ref A). Bushihri, a married 32-year-old mother of two, is currently the Director of t [...]	2006-03-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PINR KU
06KUWAIT768	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES [...] Summary: Kuwait's National Assembly ratified on March 6 a new Press and Publications law. It will now be sent to the Cabinet which has one month to approve or reject. If they do not respond, the law will be considered to be in force. The National Assembly approved amendments that the Governm [...]	2006-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT786	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RATIFICATION OF NEW PRESS [...] Tuesday, 7 March 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam front page "Press and Publications Law, the first sign of reform"; "Press and Publications Law was unanimously ratified after superficial amendments"; "Most prominent amendments tackled prohibition of encroachment on the Lord, prophets or companions"; " [...]	2006-03-08 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT804	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSING REACTIONS TO THE NEW [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reactions to the newly-passed Press and Publications law (reftel) have varied widely and at times tended to hyperbole. One knowledgeable post contact sees it as a great step forward while another fears it will lead to the end of quality journalism in Kuwait. Liberal [...]	2006-03-08 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHUM IR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT805	FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERAL MP SAYS REDISTRICTING REQUIRED [...] During a March 7 seminar entitled "Electoral Constituencies and the Extent of their Effect on the Woman's Contribution in the Electoral Process," sponsored by the Kuwaiti Women's Social and Cultural Society, liberal Member of Parliament Ali Al-Rashed asserted that under the current distributio [...]	2006-03-08 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU KDEM KWMN
06KUWAIT806	KUWAIT HOSTS ISLAM MODERATION CONFERENCE [...] Summary: Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf [endowments] and Islamic Affairs hosted a conference, "We and the Other," on March 6-8, 2006 to emphasize tolerance and to discourage extremism. During the opening session, Kuwait's Islamic Affairs Minister said that the true nature of Islam is one of mode [...]	2006-03-09 09:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO SCUL KISL XF KU

06KUWAIT807	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQI SUNNIS, [...] (C) Summary: During a March 8 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah repeated a request he made to the Secretary soliciting U.S. support for a nuclear-free zone in the Gulf in addition to a proposed anti-bigotry resolution at the UNGA. Shaykh Dr. Mohamm [...]	2006-03-09 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV ECON IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT837	FREEDOM AGENDA: CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY BY [...] (U) Attorney and women's activist Najla Al-Naki hosted on March 6 the Kuwaiti Women's Forum in celebration of International Women's Day. PolAsst attended the event designed to strengthen the political power and influence of Kuwaiti women. Approximately 50 women from different fields gathere [...]	2006-03-11 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN PINR KU
06KUWAIT838	PENINSULA LIONS FUGITIVE TURNS HIMSELF IN; CLAIMS [...] (SBU) On Wednesday March 8 during a Court of Appeals hearing at the Palace of Justice, Peninsula Lions defendant Misha'al Muta'ab Mohammed Al Shimmari walked into the courtroom to surrender. Al Shimmari, number five on the defendants list (see reftel),told the surprised judge that he didn't [...]	2006-03-12 05:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT841	AMBASSADOR'S ATTEMPTS TO TIE DOWN CONCESSIONARY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador March 8 that the GOK has instructed Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) to renew the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) fuel contract and urged that U.S. negotiators meet with KPC representatives. Shaykh Dr. Mohammed ad [...]	2006-03-13 08:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT848	KPC CEO ON GAS PROJECTS, FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: KPC CEO Hani Hussain told Ambassador on March 12 that Kuwait's recently announced discoveries included "very respectable amounts of gas," and expected usable production of the new gas resources within "three to four years." Hussain said that this gas discovery would not elimina [...]	2006-03-13 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT849	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-13 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT850	KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE: A BUBBLE BURSTING OR MARKET [...] (U) The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) Price Index appears to be experiencing a long-anticipated correction (see ref B) after unprecedented growth over the past five years. KSE experienced its heaviest loss on March 8, dropping 450 points at one point before closing the trading week at 10,705 p [...]	2006-03-13 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN KU
06KUWAIT851	LOW TURNOUT AT SALAFI MOVEMENT-ORGANIZED PUBLIC DINNER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 04:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT857	VISAS DONKEY: - SARB (ALANAZI, ABDULRAHMEN ABDULHADI M),VAGUE NAME HITS & NSER REGISTRATION [...] ..CAB: VISAS DONKEY - KWT00009RV00 2. ..BOA: ..NAM: ALANAZI, ABDULRAHMEN ABDULHADI M ..NAT: SARB ..DOB: 19JUL1986 ..SEX: M ..VLO: POSITIVE ..CCB: DAMMAM ..COB: SARB ..OCC: TRAINING CADT. ..EMP: NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ..PPT: REGULAR ..PPN: E349265 ..PPI: 23NOV2002 ..PPE: 29SEP2007 ..PPC: ALKHA [...]	2006-03-14 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS
06KUWAIT86	SOMETIME STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO GOK SAYS IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami Al-Faraj, the director of the Kuwait Center for Strategic Studies (KCSS) and a regularly contracted advisor to various government ministries in Kuwait on national security issues, told Poloff January 8 that the GOK views Iran as a threat. According to Al-Faraj, the Gov [...]	2006-01-09 14:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT867	OIF FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Following up on Ambassador's March 13 meeting with KPC Chairman Hani Hussain (reftel),Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah called the Ambassador the afternoon of the 14th and made the following points: -- He supports continuation of some sort of concessionary pricing [...]	2006-03-14 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT87	A/S WAYNE AND TREASURY DAS SAEED ENGAGE KUWAITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indust [...]	2006-01-10 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON KPAL AF LE IZ IS KU
06KUWAIT872	OP-ED PLACEMENT - "THE TRUTH ABOUT GUANTANAMO" [...] Summary: All daily newspapers in Kuwait published the generic Op-Ed "The Truth about Guantanamo" on March 6, 2006. 2. On March 5, 2006 Acting on a request from Washington, the Public Affairs Section at U.S. Embassy Kuwait sent "The Truth about Guantanamo" generic Op-Ed to all daily newspape [...]	2006-03-15 06:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO XF KU
06KUWAIT88	CENTRAL BANK DEP GOVERNOR TALKS TERROR FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed met January 7 with Central Bank of Kuwait Deputy Governor Dr. Nabeel Al-Mannae and other Central Bank officials to discuss coordination of terror-finance interdiction and anti-money laundering initiatives. A/S Wayne was accompanied by the [...]	2006-01-10 10:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
06KUWAIT881	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE'S [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 50th session of the Tripartitite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on March 14, 2006 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, Britain, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC),and Embassies Kuwait and Baghdad in attendance. [...]	2006-03-15 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MARR IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT882	MINISTRY OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS LAUNCHES [...] In a March 11 press conference, Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah announced the March 14 launch of the Ministry's strategic plan for the period 2006-2011. He explained that the plan is based on seven overriding themes: -- "The consideration that develo [...]	2006-03-15 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KISL KU
06KUWAIT883	KUWAIT FUND WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT WITH ARAB [...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Marwan Al-Ghanem, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the possibility of USG participation in upcoming multilateral planning meetings of Arab donor organizations in an effort to enhance coor [...]	2006-03-15 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL ECON IZ KU
06KUWAIT889	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARITIES AND MENA/FATF [...] (SBU) On March 15, Econoff delivered reftel points to Naser Al-Ammar, Director of Charitable Organizations at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (GOK lead on charity oversight) and one of the principal authors of the MENA/FATF paper on "Best Practices Concerning Charities." Al-Ammar po [...]	2006-03-15 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KU KTFN
06KUWAIT89	A/S WAYNE ENGAGES GOK ON TRADE, TIFA, TAXES, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 7, A/S Wayne and Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, accompanied by the Ambassador, NEA/ARPI Deputy Director Steve Walker, EB Financial Economist Roland de Marcellus, and Econoff, met separately with Minister of Finance Bader Al-Meshari Al-Humaidhi, Minister of Commerce & Indu [...]	2006-01-10 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON BEXP KU
06KUWAIT890	KUWAIT FUND AWAITING AFGHAN GOVT RESPONSE ON NEW [...] (SBU) On March 8, Econoff met with Abdul Kareem Al-Mutawa, Regional Manager for South Asia at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to discuss the recent Afghanistan Compact conference held in London. (Note: Al-Mutawa attended as part of the GOK delegation headed by KFAED Dir [...]	2006-03-15 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL AF KU
06KUWAIT891	FREEDOM AGENDA - ELECTORAL REFORM PART I OF III: [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: This is the first in a series of three cables on electoral reform in Kuwait. Debate over proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, continues to dominate political discussion in Kuwait. Reducing the number of constituencies [...]	2006-03-15 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT892	FREEDOM AGENDA - ELECTORAL REFORM PART II OF III: [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: This is the second in a series of three cables on electoral reform in Kuwait. A majority of Kuwaitis support reducing the number of electoral districts from the current 25 to 10, or fewer; however, there is still an influential minority opposing the reform. The mos [...]	2006-03-15 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT893	FREEDOM AGENDA - ELECTORAL REFORM PART III OF III: [...] (C) Despite many Government officials' public and private support for reducing the number of electoral constituencies (refs A and C),some question the Government's seriousness in supporting this key political reform. During a March 12 meeting, Issam Al-Dabbous, a Government-leaning MP who se [...]	2006-03-15 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT894	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 04:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT903	LOW TURNOUT AT SALAFI MOVEMENT-ORGANIZED PUBLIC DINNER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 07:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT908	KPC CEO ON GAS PROJECTS, FOREIGN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: KPC CEO Hani Hussain told Ambassador on March 12 that Kuwait's recently announced discoveries included "very respectable amounts of gas," and expected usable production of the new gas resources within "three to four years." Hussain said that this gas discovery would not elimina [...]	2006-03-16 08:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT913	REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...]	2006-03-18 04:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA
06KUWAIT921	IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...]	2006-03-18 10:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT925	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] Summary: The Embassy hosted a luncheon for 50 Kuwaiti women leaders on Sunday, March 12, 2006, at the Ambassador's Residence in celebration of International Women's Day. Comprised of high-ranking female Kuwaitis, the guest list included government officials, business executives, educators, hu [...]	2006-03-18 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL XF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT93	DEATH OF KUWAITI AMIR; RECOMMENDATION FOR SENIOR [...] (U) Not sending NIACT because Post understands that most notifications have already been done by State Ops and WH Sit Room, based on post's telephone and email briefs. 2. (U) Kuwaiti Information Minister Dr. Anas Al-Reshaid announced January 15, 2006 that His Highness the Amir, Shaykh J [...]	2006-01-15 06:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT96	IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DEATH OF THE AMIR: KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary. Following the return of the Prime Minister from an official trip to Oman, the Council of Ministers announced the accession to Amir of Crown Prince Shaykh Saad. Kuwaiti officials and political analysts have been giving interviews on the subject of the January 15 death of the Amir o [...]	2006-01-15 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KU
06KUWAIT97	AMIR'S DEATH: THE POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Amir's death on January 15 (ref A) was widely expected in Kuwait and is unlikely to have a significant impact on the country's political/economic direction or U.S.-Kuwaiti relations. As per the succession law, Crown Prince Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah [...]	2006-01-15 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT970	KUWAIT CONFIRMS SUPPLY OF CONCESSIONARY OIF FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-19 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON MOPS KU IZ
06KUWAIT972	FREEDOM AGENDA: THE PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW: [...] (U) Summary: The Government has identified passing a new Labor Law as one of its legislative priorities, though Post contacts doubt its passage in the short term. The Kuwait Bar Association held March 13 a seminar to debate the benefits of a proposed new Labor Law. The participants, represen [...]	2006-03-20 09:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT974	FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERAL MP ORGANIZES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) The Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly held March 13 - 14 a conference to mark International Women's Day entitled "Women and Challenging Reality." The conference sought to broaden the growth of a culture of respect for human rights, to highlight human rights problems and sol [...]	2006-03-20 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KU
06KUWAIT975	KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON AKBAR GANJI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV IR KU
06KUWAIT976	IOM'S EFFORT TO ESTABLISH MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER [...] (SBU) The UAE Permanent Mission in Geneva sent a letter on February 8 to the Geneva headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stating that the GCC countries would not host a migrant resource center. Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, presented a copy [...]	2006-03-20 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT98	REGIONAL LEADERS AND THRONGS OF KUWAITI CITIZENS [...] Tens of thousands of Kuwaiti men and women, including Cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament, attended the 3:30 PM (local) funeral of Amir Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was buried at Kuwait's main cemetery in Sulaibikhat, approximately 25 miles west of Kuwait City. The fun [...]	2006-01-15 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KU
06KUWAIT995	FREEDOM AGENDA: ISLAMISTS SHARE VIEWS ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The DCM hosted on March 18 an "American diwaniya," inviting influential Islamists, both Shi'a and Sunni, to discuss their political views and objectives, the prospects for political reform in Kuwait, and the impact of sectarian violence in Iraq on Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. [...]	2006-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU ISLAMISTS FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT997	KUWAIT TO RECEIVE "PALESTINIAN, NOT HAMAS," [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 12:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KPAL KU
06KUWAIT998	NATO'S ICI VISIT BRINGS MISUNDERSTANDINGS TO A HEAD [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) delegation to Kuwait briefed over a dozen NATO member country mission chiefs on its March 19 meetings with GOK officials. According to the head of the six-person delegation, Rear Admiral Dr. Deniz Kutluk of Turkey, the Kuw [...]	2006-03-21 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PTER IR IZ KU
06KUWAIT999	DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR TELEVISION, THE LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER ASEC ETTC KU
06KYIV3998	UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...]	2006-10-18 09:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4021	UKRAINE: WHO WERE THE FATHERLAND'S DEFENDERS? THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Orthodox feast day of Pokrova (October 14),marked for centuries to honor defenders of the fatherland, occasioned three dueling marches in downtown Kyiv between elderly veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and nationalist supporters on the one hand and Communists [...]	2006-10-18 10:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4028	UKRAINE: LIKELY GOU ABSTENTION ON UNGA VOTE ON [...] (U) On October 16 we delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming UNGA vote on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN Directorate. Neither Australia nor New Zealand have an embassy in Kyiv. 2. (C) While making our points, poloff noted that th [...]	2006-10-18 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN UP
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4063	UKRAINE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With just a week to go, the EU and Ukraine are still working to finalize a key document to be initialed at the October 27 Ukraine-EU summit in Helsinki -- a visa facilitation agreement and an associated readmission agreement. Ukrainians are insisting that the provisions of the r [...]	2006-10-20 16:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD CVIS EUN UP
06KYIV4089	UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...]	2006-10-25 15:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4106	UKRAINE WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN ON UPCOMING [...] (U) On October 26, 2006, we delivered points in reftels to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN directorate. 2. (C) Mr. Beshta said Ukraine would "not support" the UNGA resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon described in reftel A. 3. (C) Mr. Beshta also stated that U [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP
06KYIV4132	UKRAINE: MINISTER DZHARTY ON VANCO PSA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Environment Minister Vasyl Dzharty October 26 to advocate for foreign investment in Ukraine's off-shore and to request an update on the GOU's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) talks with U.S. company Vanco. Dzharty stated he favored foreign investment for developin [...]	2006-10-27 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG UP
06KYIV4138	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE HAMPERED BY DISORGANIZATION [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko has begun to respond to attempts by the Yanukovych/Regions team to tip the balance of power in its favor. He has brought in a more professional senior team to the Presidential Secretariat and taken steps to counter policies he does not support. However, the [...]	2006-10-30 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4149	UKRAINE IN AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] (C) On October 31, PolCouns delivered the points in reftel A and a copy of the letter in reftel B to Vasyl Pokotylo, Head of Division, MFA Arms Control Department. (Note: As requested, we also forwarded a copy of the letter ref B through official channels addressed to Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2006-10-31 16:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS UP PARM
06KYIV4154	UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on October 24 that Ukrainian government agencies were trying to prevent IATA from implementing its billing and settlement plan (BSP) -- the industry-standard clearing [...]	2006-11-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP
06KYIV4156	UKRAINE REMAINS DOUBTFUL THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Ambassador and FM Tarasyuk discussed Transnistria and Kosovo, among other issues, October 31 (septel to follow). Tarasyuk, hewing to the line he has maintained since December 2005 (ref B),said the U.S. line on Kosovo independence not being a precedent for frozen conflicts such as Transnist [...]	2006-11-01 17:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR UP
06KYIV4175	UKRAINE: TARASYUK ON COORDINATING FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary. A tired FM Borys Tarasyuk saw Ambassador late October 31 after returning from Estonia and Finland. He diagrammed the current players in Ukrainian foreign policy formulation, stating that his role as the fulcrum was to prevent encroachment by PM Yanukovych's team onto Presidenti [...]	2006-11-03 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4183	UKRAINE MAKES PROGRESS ON WTO LEGISLATION [...] Summary: Ukraine's Parliament adopted on November 2 two laws identified as required for WTO accession. Parliament made further progress on legislation November 2-3, passing another eight WTO-related laws in the first reading, with significantly large majorities. Parliamentary "hearings" on [...]	2006-11-03 17:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4187	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]	2006-11-03 17:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4196	UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We provided ref A talking points November 6 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym, who said the information was timely since he would be able to relay the USG position to the interagency Pres [...]	2006-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EAIR ETRD PARM MARR MASS VE UP
06KYIV4216	UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met on November 7 with Valeriy Pyatnytskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy and Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator. Pyatnytskiy briefed on recent progress with outstanding WTO-related legislation (ref B) and [...]	2006-11-08 10:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO UP
06KYIV4229	UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]	2006-11-09 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4232	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR URGES RAPID WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points urging rapid WTO accession to Mykola Azarov, First Deputy Prime Minister, in the context of a broad ranging meeting on November 3. Ambassador emphasized that Washington would be watching the status of Ukraine's accession very closely and would consider it [...]	2006-11-09 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTRO UP
06KYIV4237	UKRAINE'S WTO ACCESSION: 11/9 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The key outstanding tasks for Ukraine to accede to the WTO remain concluding its two remaining bilateral Market Access Agreements, passing WTO-related legislation, and reaching agreement in multilateral negotiations on agricultural support levels. The GOU has made no substantia [...]	2006-11-13 05:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4251	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...]	2006-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4285	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH MAKE ONE MORE TRY [...] (C) Summary. The Rada's November 15 decision not to vote for now on dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko following an 8-hour marathon meeting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych November 13 suggests the two sides are still making a [...]	2006-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4290	UKRAINE: THE LONG ROAD TO REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Constitutional reform bill 4180 (now known by its Ministry of Justice number 2222) shifting powers from the President to the Prime Minister-led Cabinet of Ministers and Rada majority was adopted December 8, 2004 as part of the package to solve the political crisis ensuing from t [...]	2006-11-17 07:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4295	UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4298	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO ON YUSHCHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Hrytsenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that President Yushchenko's remote style interfered with his effectiveness, that PM Yanukovych was the most reasonable of the Regions' team in office and that the U.S. was right to seek to work with [...]	2006-11-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4299	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]	2006-11-17 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4302	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH TELLS A/S FRIED: UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that he was determined to bring Ukraine to Europe, meaning the WTO soon, and eventually into the EU and NATO. The latter would take time, both to change currently ambivalent public opinion and also to strengthe [...]	2006-11-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4304	11/17 WTO UPDATE: UKRAINE MAKES GREAT STRIDES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament made remarkable progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, and has now adopted 12 out of 21 required laws. GOU leaders clearly had given orders to move forward on the legislation, likely in order to help smooth the way for PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-17 16:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4305	UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...]	2006-11-17 16:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH
06KYIV4313	UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4315	EXPLAINING UKRAINE'S BURST OF ENERGY ON WTO [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's recent progress on WTO-related legislation does not mark a shift in GOU policy, but rather demonstrates that fears of the GOU's lack of commitment to prompt WTO accession were overblown. A fortuitous alignment of several political factors may have accelerated the proces [...]	2006-11-20 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4362	UKRAINE: "ORANGE" RIFTS DEEPENING TWO YEARS AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution, November 22, a crowd of 500 or so gathered on the Maidan to commemorate the rise of democracy in Ukraine. Few leaders of the Maidan were there to share in the event. Disheartened by the failure to form a new "orange" government [...]	2006-11-22 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4375	UKRAINE: COALMINE METHANE-1 PROJECT - OPIC RESPONSE [...] Summary. The following information is sent in response to reftel action request for embassy comments and clearance on OPIC financing for a coalbed methane project involving Ukrainian companies EnergoCapital, EnergoImpex, and Gorlovsky. Post was unable to ascertain definitive ownership informa [...]	2006-11-28 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV UP
06KYIV4383	UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...]	2006-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4386	TELECOM REGULATOR DENIES 3G LICENSES TO MOBILE OPERATORS; [...] (U) Ukraine's National Communications Regulatory Commission (NCRC) on November 2 denied applications to issue next-generation, 3G licenses to Ukraine's top four mobile phone operators. With the NCRC refusal, state fixed-line monopolist UkrTelecom remains the sole operator in Ukraine with a 3G [...]	2006-11-29 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS PGOV UP
06KYIV4407	UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS [...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...]	2006-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG PL UP
06KYIV4413	UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING - [...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...]	2006-11-30 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP
06KYIV4414	UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of moving commemorations November 25 of the 73rd anniversary of the holodomor ("Great Famine"),Stalin's man-made famine 1932-33 that led to the death of an estimated 5-10 million Ukrainians in Ukraine and the Russian Kuban region, the Rada passed in a single rea [...]	2006-11-30 16:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4415	11/30 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament continued its progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, adopting five additional laws, four of which related to the agricultural sector. Parliament has now adopted 17 out of the 21 required laws. On the eve of PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-30 16:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432	UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]	2006-12-01 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06KYIV4468	UKRAINE/MTCR: U.S. VIEWS ON CONTROLLING [...] (C) We relayed reftel points on a U.S. proposal to revise the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) approach to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/cruise missiles December 5 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oleh Belokoles. We stressed [...]	2006-12-05 15:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA UP
06KYIV4469	UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE [...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...]	2006-12-05 16:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP
06KYIV4470	UKRAINE: AVIATION TRAINING FOR NORTH KOREA [...] (C) We relayed reftel inquiry for clarification on Ukrainian plans to provide radio electronics training for civil aircraft to two North Koreans during a December 5 meeting with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oleh Belokoles. Kyzym said [...]	2006-12-05 16:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ETTC EAIR PARM PREL KN UP
06KYIV4478	UKRAINE: STAND BY YOUR MEN: YUSHCHENKO RAISES THE [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko raised the stakes in the accelerating power struggle between his circle and that of PM Yanukovych December 5 by issuing a decree reinforcing Tarasyuk's status as Foreign Minister, notwithstanding the December 1 vote by the Rada to dismiss Tarasyuk. For its [...]	2006-12-06 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4484	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES [...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...]	2006-12-07 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4491	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK'S LEGAL LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Tarasyuk called in EU and NATO ambassadors and charges December 7 to confirm his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He reported that he had filed a suit to block the Rada's move to dismiss him on the basis of three procedural errors. The court would hold [...]	2006-12-07 16:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KYIV4531	12/8 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Prime Minister Yanukovych and Ukrainian trade negotiators held talks with USTR during a visit to Washington, Dec 4-7 Ukraine's Rada (parliament) passed one more WTO-related law. This brings the total number of laws adopted to 18 out of the proposed 21. One more law remain [...]	2006-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4537	UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]	2006-12-11 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO UP LH
06KYIV4542	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested reftel, below Post provides updated information on child labor in Ukraine, for use in the preparation of the 2006 report Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Post has chosen to answer each of the questions posed in reftel as "Indicators" under the five topical headings. [...]	2006-12-13 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4576	12/15 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) this week adopted another WTO-related law, on scrap metal and steel, bringing the total number of adopted laws to 19 out of the 21 considered necessary for accession. Local media, however, fueled by some GOU officials, are erroneously reporting th [...]	2006-12-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4597	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions MPs forcibly prevented Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk from attending the weekly cabinet meeting December 20, initiating a scuffle at the Cabinet of Ministers' building with several Our Ukraine (OU) MPs who had arrived in support of Tarasyuk. Yushchenko's repre [...]	2006-12-20 15:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4600	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE REGROUPING [...] (C) Summary. The People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party, the dominant party inside the Our Ukraine bloc, is cleaning house in a move to reenergize itself, bring the party back under the President's wing, and possibly to regroup for new elections. The biggest shake-ups came in the party leade [...]	2006-12-22 07:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP

06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV4648	12/22 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian WTO negotiators held consultations with Working Party members in Geneva on December 18. The GOU is anxious for feedback on its recently passed legislation, although anticipates having to make some additional legislative fixes to ensure WTO conformity. A law on biotec [...]	2006-12-22 11:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4660	UKRAINE: MR. PUTIN COMES TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a compressed one-day visit to Kyiv December 22, his first since March 2005 and the second since Ukraine's November-December 2004 Orange Revolution. Putin and Yushchenko met for two-and-a-half hours alone, without notetakers. After the for [...]	2006-12-27 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
06KYIV4679	UKRAINE: FIGHT OVER NATO/SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE [...] (C) Summary. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on December 29 that more than four million valid signatures had been collected in support of a proposed nationwide referendum on NATO membership and the Single Economic Space (SES),as a result of aggressive pushing from referendum [...]	2006-12-29 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06KYIV4681	UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF [...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]	2006-12-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
06LAGOS100	OYO GOVERNORSHIP IN TURMOIL [...] (U) Turmoil continues over the governorship of Oyo State as both sides refuse to give ground. Embattled Governor Rasheed Ladoja, disputing the propriety of each step of the impeachment process, has filed suit in the Federal High Court to nullify his ouster and maintain his control of access t [...]	2006-01-26 09:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1000	EBONYI STATE GOVERNOR SAYS PRESIDENCY WILL GO NORTH [...] (C) Summary: During a June 25 meeting, Ebonyi State Governor Sam Egwu told the Consul General that the Presidency should go to a Northerner, with the Vice Presidency to an Igbo Southeasterner. Egwu sensed that, through a process of elimination of the more vocal and also more contentious Igbo [...]	2006-07-18 08:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1001	CHIEF HORSFALL SAYS OBASANJO INATTENTIVE TO THE [...] (C) Chief Albert Horsfall, recently named by President Obasanjo as Honorary Advisor to the President on Social and Economic Development of the Coastal States of the Niger Delta, told the Consul General short-term results and a long-term comprehensive plan are needed to stave additional unres [...]	2006-07-18 13:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EAID NI
06LAGOS101	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #16 [...] (C) Press reports of additional hostages are false. Bayelsa state officials' assurances of the hostages' release were proven wrong, and the negotiators are delaying further talks regarding the crisis. Delta State officials have not been any more in touch or informed about the situation than [...]	2006-01-26 19:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS102	COMMUNICATIONS PATCHED BETWEEN SHELL AND OIL [...] (C) USG and HMG interests, views, and actions have remained tightly aligned during the Shell contractor hostage crisis. However, we have noted a growing gap between Shell and the contractor companies Tidex and Ecodrill. Shell is concerned the contractors are engaging in a line of communica [...]	2006-01-26 19:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1020	POST-MORTEM OF A DELTA KIDNAPPING: SHELL AND [...] (C) This cable recounts Mission conversations with key Shell and Bayelsa State interlocutors regarding the July 6-10 kidnapping of Dutch national and Shell contractor Michael Llos (reftels A and B). Shell and Bayelsa State officials concurred the original kidnappers appeared to be a poorly [...]	2006-07-24 09:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1021	JULY 11 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 [...]	2006-07-24 10:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1023	EFCC ARRESTS PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN MIKE ADENUGA [...] (C) Summary. On July 9, Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Mike Adenuga, Chairman of Globacom Limited and indigenous oil company Conoil, and key financial partner of presidential candidate Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) on allegations of financial impropriety. Adenuga [...]	2006-07-24 15:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS1024	NIGERIA SSH OBLIGATION STATUS [...] The SSH committee has identified eleven special self-help projects to fund for FY 2006. The signing of the project, with activity agreements signings pending will take place after final site visits. Mission has implemented shifted Ambassador Campbell''s decision to transferthe focus of the SS [...]	2006-07-24 16:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID SOCI AFIN AMGT NI
06LAGOS1025	A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF GOVERNOR DUKE [...] (C) Cross River State Governor Donald Duke is intelligent, young and charismatic. The Nigerian media is overwhelmingly favorable, portraying him as one of Nigeria's ablest governors, a bona-fide economic and political reformer capable of higher office in 2007. However, opposition figures in [...]	2006-07-25 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1029	COMMUNITY YOUTHS OCCUPY BAYELSA AGIP FACILITY; [...] (C) The Deputy Managing Director (MD) for AGIP, subsidiary of Italian oil major ENI, confirmed that unidentified youths occupied an AGIP flow station at Ogbainbiri, Bayelsa State on July 25. The remote station is accessible by a 45-minute helicopter flight west from AGIP's main export termi [...]	2006-07-26 16:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1030	SHELL AIMS FOR A YEAR-END PRODUCTION START FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, Shell Exploration and Production Executive Vice-President Ann Pickard, Shell's ranking executive in Nigeria, said Shell was negotiating re-entry and new global Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with communities in the Forcados area, which wa [...]	2006-07-26 17:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1033	TRANSCORP BEGINS TO LOOM ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. In being selected by the Government of Nigeria to purchase the controlling interest in NITEL, the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN) has bagged the biggest catch thus far in Nigeria's privatization exercise. Fueled by NITEL and their other acquisitions, TCN is rapidly bec [...]	2006-07-27 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
06LAGOS1036	SENATE PRESIDENT FORESEES DELAYED ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a July 13 conversation with the Consul General, Senate President Ken Nnamani claimed he diplomatically resisted pressure to facilitate President Obasanjo's push for a third-term. Considering President Obasanjo's tenure extension diathesis, the Independent National Electoral Commissio [...]	2006-07-27 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1040	FRONTRUNNING LAGOS PDP GUBERNATORIAL ASPIRANT [...] Chief Funso Williams, a leading contender for the PDP's nomination to run for Governor of Lagos State in 2007, was murdered in his home in Ikoyi, Lagos, in the early morning July 27. Williams had returned home around 2 a.m. after a long meeting with his political allies. He apparently was in [...]	2006-07-28 09:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1042	JULY 12-19 LAGOS AIRPORT SECURITY ASSESSMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) met the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) team on July 19 to discuss measures to improve aviation security at Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport [...]	2006-07-28 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1043	YOUTHS CONTINUE TO HOLD AGIP WORKERS; SHELL MOVES [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips management, joint venture partner for AGIP, confirmed that local youths continued to hold approximately forty AGIP employees at an AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State (reftel). The AGIP employees have now been confined to the flow station for three days. ConocoPhillips [...]	2006-07-28 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1048	BAYELSA SSG DISCUSSES IJAW MILITANTS' OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Bayelsa Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said steps must be taken quickly to improve the prospects of Niger Delta inhabitants in order to prevent more kidnappings of expatriate oil workers. The Secretary claims FNDIC leader Tom Polo has been momentarily placated by Pr [...]	2006-07-31 13:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1050	AGIP EMPLOYEES RELEASED SAFELY [...] (SBU) ConocoPhillips, a joint venture partner of AGIP, said approximately forty AGIP employees and Nigerian military held by local youths at the AGIP flow station in Bayelsa State since 25 July had been released on July 30. Nigerian press quoted a government aide saying that no ransom was p [...]	2006-07-31 16:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1057	CROSS RIVER'S TINAPA: IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY [...] (SBU) Cross River State's $350-400 million Tinapa Business Resort, scheduled to open in March 2007, is perhaps the most ambitious commercial project in Nigeria. If successful it would transform the economy of the state. However, significant questions remain about who will provide the needed [...]	2006-08-01 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1073	FUNSHO WILLIAMS' DEATH LEADS TO ANGER AND DISARRAY [...] (U) Funsho Williams, a leading Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant for Lagos State, was murdered in his home on July 27. Lending this sad event a touch of bitter irony, Williams was killed just several hours after the Lagos Police Commissioner held a meeting with PDP gubern [...]	2006-08-04 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1075	BELLVIEW AND ARIK AIRLINES SEEK U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 10:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1076	DEVELOPMENT AS ROAD TO GOVERNORSHIP [...] (U) On July 18 Governor Goodluck Jonathan of Bayelsa State published the Bayelsa Partnership Initiative (BPI),describing it as a vehicle for community-driven sustainable development. In anticipation of the rather lengthy process of stakeholder input and approval by the Bayelsa House of Assem [...]	2006-08-07 12:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1078	ONE GERMAN, THREE FILIPINOS, KIDNAPPED IN RIVERS [...] (SBU) A German and three Filipinos kidnapped in Rivers State on August 3 and 4, respectively, are still being held hostage. Guido Schiffaiph, a German national working for German construction firm Julius Berger, was taken hostage in the city of Port Harcourt when reportedly a man dressed in [...]	2006-08-07 21:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1079	HEAD OF NORTHERN ELDERS SAYS PRESIDENCY WILL GO TO [...] (C) Summary. During a July 26 conversation with the Consul General (CG),former presidential aspirant and current head of the Northern Union, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, said President Obasanjo still pined to remain in office and thus was not sincerely shopping for a successor. In this vein, [...]	2006-08-08 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1080	POLITICAL VIEWS, SURPRISING OFFER FROM DELTA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 10:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1082	CONNECTED BUSINESSMAN'S PRESIDENTIAL UPDATE [...] (C) During a July 15 conversation with the Consul General, politically-connected businessman Leno Adesina asserted President Obasanjo was gearing up for another try at term extension. To counter this, Vice President Atiku was hatching plans to impeach the President in the early fall. Atiku [...]	2006-08-08 15:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1083	ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNOR LOSING CONTROL [...] (C) Summary. Despite the fanfare surrounding his three year judicial battle to claim the seat he won in the 2003 gubernatorial election, Anambra State Governor Peter Obi's brief tenure has been marred by instability and violence (reftels). The apparent triumph of justice over power has faded [...]	2006-08-09 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1087	KADUNA GOVERNOR BULLISH ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a late July conversation with the Consul General, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi predicted the presidency would return to the north. Among the Northern governors, Makarfi thought he had the inside track to getting President Obasanjo's approval and clinching the PDP nominatio [...]	2006-08-09 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1093	SIX ADDITIONAL EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES SEIZED IN [...] (C) Kidnappings of both oil and non-oil workers continued in the Niger Delta. Since 8 August, six more expatriates have been kidnapped in two separate incidents. Three of the four kidnappings during the last week may have been committed by the same perpetrators, a new group calling itself t [...]	2006-08-10 18:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1095	BELLVIEW AND ARIK AIRLINES SEEK U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. Bellview and Arik Airlines recently have received approval by the Aviation Ministry to fly direct routes to the United States, according to aviation insiders. Virgin Nigeria (VN) has accused the Aviation Ministry of breaching the Memorandum of Mutual Undertaking (MMU) which VN [...]	2006-08-11 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1101	DELTA SITREP: AMCIT AND ADDITIONAL HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) According to an ExxonMobil source, the American captain of a service vessel under contract to Exxon, the "MV Jackie Chouest," was reportedly kidnapped from a bar in Port Harcourt Saturday night (August 12). We are attempting to get full confirmation of the kidnapping and the full name o [...]	2006-08-14 16:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1103	DELTA SITREP #2: AMCIT HOSTAGE CONFIRMED, TWO [...] (SBU) We have confirmed that Amcit Royce Anthony Parfait of Houma, Louisiana, was among those kidnapped over the weekend. Details remain fuzzy, but the greater weight of the information suggests Parfait was abducted August 13 from the Goodfella's nightclub along with the other five expatriate [...]	2006-08-15 16:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1105	DELTA SITREP #3 [...] (C) Consulate General personnel communicated with GON, state government, NGOs, and other Niger Delta contacts to try and learn more about the Goodfellas kidnapping and avenues for contact and negotiation. Halliburton Nigeria Country Manager Steve Segota reported the Nigerian State Security S [...]	2006-08-16 14:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1107	LAGOS GOVERNOR TINUBU ON FUNSHO WILLIAMS' MURDER [...] (C) During an August 6 conversation with the Consul General, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu hypothesized that PDP National Vice Chairman for the Southwest Olabode (Bode) George engineered the recent murder of Funsho Williams, a leading contender for the Lagos State PDP gubernatorial nominat [...]	2006-08-16 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1111	PORT HARCOURT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CLOSED [...] (U) According to the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),Port Harcourt International Airport will close immediately for runway repairs. These repairs will take until late December, predicted NCAA Director General Harold Demuren. This closure occurs two months earl [...]	2006-08-18 20:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ASEC NI
06LAGOS1112	DELTA SITREP #4 [...] (C) Apparently, the GON and Rivers State Government are slowly beginning to organize themselves to handle this hostage situation. A German diplomat reported that the GON was establishing two crisis response teams, one in Port Harcourt and the other in Warri, Delta State. A security consulta [...]	2006-08-18 20:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1113	DELTA SITREP #5 [...] (C) Progress, thus far, has been slow. Rivers Governor Odili said his negotiating team, actually headed by the River State Director of the SSS, had made additional contact with the kidnappers since yesterday. Odili stated they had a better idea of the kidnappersQ, identity and the whereabout [...]	2006-08-18 20:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1120	DELTA SITREP #6 [...] (C) Rivers Governor Odili and other GON officials continue to voice optimism the hostages will be released soon. The latest forecast is for a dawn release tomorrow, August 22. (Comment: We would be unduly credulous if we accepted this forecast as gospel. Previously, Odili predicted the hosta [...]	2006-08-22 16:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1121	DELTA SITREP #7 [...] (C) SSS continues to negotiate with the kidnappers. Governor Odili told us that the talks had hit a momentary pause because of some disagreement among the kidnappers. Apparently, the kidnappers are somewhat factionalized and discussions were being conducted with both factions. Now, a single [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1127	DELTA SITREP #8 [...] (C) After days of our prodding, SSS negotiators finally have begun passing proof of life (POL) questions to the kidnappers. Yesterday, the captives provided a correct proof of life answer for British hostage John Guyan. SSS told the security consultants of the affected companies that they e [...]	2006-08-23 16:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1129	AMCIT PARFAIT AND OTHER HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (C) Ten days into the crisis, Amcit Royce Parfait and the five other expatriate hostages were released last night. The release came within several hours after Senator David Brigidi of Bayelsa State opened another line of communication to the kidnappers. While speculation is rife about ransom [...]	2006-08-24 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1133	BIRD FLU SPREADS TO SOUTHWEST NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus is spreading at an alarming rate in Southwest Nigeria, the region which accounts for about 80 percent of poultry production in Nigeria. President Obasanjo's poultry farm in Ota, Ogun State, reportedly has been severely affected. Many Poultry [...]	2006-08-25 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06LAGOS1135	KIDNAPPINGS & OIL PRODUCTION: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Recent militant activity in the Niger Delta has constricted oil company and service contractors' activities in the region. Fortunately, however, production has not significantly declined because of the recent kidnappings. However, both oil companies and service contractors have, to varyi [...]	2006-08-25 15:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAGOS1136	MILITANTS TAKE TWO HOSTAGES AFTER FIGHT WITH [...] (SBU) The lull in kidnappings had a very brief life. Even before the six hostages released on August 23 could depart the country, another incident occurred in Port Harcourt. Two expatriates were taken hostage in Port Harcourt last night after fighting broke out between mobile police forces a [...]	2006-08-25 15:17:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1182	THREATENED STRIKE STILL ON: IMPACT ON PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's two oil sector unions continue to assert their determination to strike on September 13. The strike was ostensibly called to focus attention on deteriorating security conditions in the Niger Delta. Dr. Ayo Balogun, Secretary to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, sai [...]	2006-09-12 16:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB NI
06LAGOS1183	OIL MAJORS SAY STRIKE UNLIKELY TO IMPACT PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Top executives of oil majors predict the strike planned for September 13 will take place. Chevron and Shell believe their in-house unions, although they will honor the strike, will do nothing to disrupt production. Total, which has both production and distribution businesses i [...]	2006-09-12 17:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ELAB AA
06LAGOS12	ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING LIBERIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several months, DEA CA Sam Gaye received information from reliable sources regarding diplomatic personnel assigned to the Liberian Embassy in Nigeria. According to sources, Liberian diplomats are involved in a wide range of improper activities, including the use of [...]	2006-01-05 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SNAR NI
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
06LAGOS1239	SSH/DHRF GRANT FUNDS SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) On September 19, the Consul General signed thirteen grant agreements to fund Special Self-help (SSH) and Democracy Human Rights Fund (DHRF) projects in the Niger Delta states of Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Akwa Ibom. The SSH grants fund community development projects, including boreholes [...]	2006-09-29 10:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SOCI AFIN AMGT 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
06LAGOS1254	EIGHT EXPATRIATES KIDNAPPED IN AKWA IBOM STATE [...] (C) Summary: Eight expatriates, including four from the United Kingdom, two from Malaysia, one from Romania and one from India, were kidnapped October 3 in an attack on the residential compound of Bristow Helicopters, a contractor for ExxonMobil, in Akwa Ibom State. Two additional attacks on [...]	2006-10-04 18:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC 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
06LAGOS1263	MILITANTS CONTINUE TO HOLD HOSTAGES; NO AMERICANS [...] (U) Summary: Seven expatriate employees of contractors for ExxonMobil kidnapped October 3 remain in captivity. No American citizens are involved in the incident. End Summary. 2. (C) The seven expatriates kidnapped on October 3 remain in captivity. The hostages, whose nationalities have [...]	2006-10-05 17:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1272	SHELL LOGISTICS BASE IN BAYELSA STATE ATTACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 remain hostages. On October 10, youths attacked a small naval facility and neighboring Shell logistics base in Bayelsa State; 10-20 Shell and Shell contractor employees, none of them Americans, are bein [...]	2006-10-10 17:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1278	60 SHELL HOSTAGES RELEASED, 7 EXPATS STILL HELD IN [...] The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 in Akwa Ibom remain hostages; no American citizens are involved in this incident. On October 12 the British Deputy High Commission confirmed that all 60 oil workers taken hostage October 10 at a Shell logistics base [...]	2006-10-12 15:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1279	60 SHELL HOSTAGES RELEASED, 7 EXPATS STILL HELD IN [...] The seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil contractors kidnapped October 3 in Akwa Ibom remain hostages; no American citizens are involved in this incident. On October 12 the British Deputy High Commission confirmed that all 60 oil workers taken hostage October 10 at a Shell logistics base [...]	2006-10-12 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1281	SOUTHERN NIGERIA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC BRIEFS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Nigeria (GON) is in the process of acquiring instrument landing systems and visibility equipment for the nation's airports. Nigeria's education crisis continues to hamper the efforts of U.S. companies to find staff. A DHL Boeing 727 overshot the runway at L [...]	2006-10-16 13:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EAIR EINV 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
06LAGOS1294	HOSTAGES ENTER THIRD WEEK IN CAPTIVITY; NO [...] (C) Summary: The seven employees of ExxonMobil subcontractors captured in Akwa Ibom on October 3 began their third week in captivity. British and American diplomats are urging the state and federal authorities to allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered to the hostages before the long Eid [...]	2006-10-19 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1296	UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF DEATH OF U.K. NATIONAL HELD [...] (C) According to an unconfirmed report, Paul Smith, a U.K. national, died on October 19 following an illness. Smith, one of seven hostages held by Niger Delta youths who attacked an ExxonMobil residential complex on October 3, works for Sparrows, a U.K. oil services company on contract to Exx [...]	2006-10-20 16:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1302	7 EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES RELEASED UNHARMED [...] After 18 days in captivity, all seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil subcontractors taken hostage in Akwa Ibom were released unharmed on October 21. The release took place around 3:00 PM. The British High Commissioner was quoted in news reports that rumors of the death of a hostage (see [...]	2006-10-25 15:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1303	7 EXPATRIATE HOSTAGES RELEASED UNHARMED [...] After 18 days in captivity, all seven expatriate employees of ExxonMobil subcontractors taken hostage in Akwa Ibom were released unharmed on October 21. The release took place around 3:00 PM. The British High Commissioner was quoted in news reports that rumors of the death of a hostage (see [...]	2006-10-25 17:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS131	NIGERIA OUTREACH AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Nigeria appears to support the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. In meetings such as the June 2005 Science and Technology Forum in Burkina Faso, Nigerian representatives spoke positively about agricultural biotechnology. Despite this receptiv [...]	2006-01-31 09:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
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
06LAGOS1360	GON HAS SURRENDERED DEFACTO CONTROL OF CREEKS TO [...] (C) Summary: Consulate Lagos submits this missive to complement Abuja 2974. This message provides the consulate's perspective which is in close accord with that offered in Reftel. As things now stand, the Government of Nigeria (GON) has surrendered de facto control over large swathes of the [...]	2006-11-17 13:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1365	WILLBROS AMCITS REMAIN CAPTIVE IN LABOR DISPUTE; [...] (C) Summary: Six Americans remain among the thirty-five employees of Willbros oil services company held up at the company's Choba I facility in Rivers State over a labor dispute. The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) claims the controverted collective bargaining a [...]	2006-11-21 12:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1407	BELLVIEW AIRLINE CRASH INVESTIGATION FRAUGHT WITH [...] (C) Summary: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator Dennis Jones told Consul General that numerous lapses occurred in the Nigerian investigation of the 2005 Bellview airlines crash jet that killed 117 persons, including a member of the U.S. Mission in Nigeria. The Director o [...]	2006-12-07 15:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
06LAGOS1408	FOUR EXPAT AGIP EMPLOYEES KIDNAPPED; NO AMERICANS [...] (SBU) According to Fidelis Anju, General Manager for Public Affairs, Agip Oil Company, three Italian and one Lebanese Agip employees were taken hostage during an early morning attack on a residential facility near the Agip Brass tank farm. According to the Agip spokesman, no Americans were i [...]	2006-12-07 15:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1416	CONFIRMED: MEND HOLDS 4 EXPAT HOSTAGES; NO [...] (SBU) According to an Agip contact, three Italian and one Lebanese Agip employees remain hostage. According to this interlocutor, no Americans were involved in the December 7 attack near Brass in Bayelsa. Agip stated that a group purporting to be MEND has claimed responsibility for the kidna [...]	2006-12-11 16:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1427	ALL BUT THREE SHELL NIGERIAN EMPLOYEES RELEASED; [...] (C) Gunmen attacked a Shell flowstation on the Nun River in Bayelsa State on December 14. The attackers took control of the flowstation, holding 40 Nigerian military personnel and Nigerian employees of Shell hostage throughout the evening of December 14; no American citizens or other expatr [...]	2006-12-15 13:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1432	SHELL, AGIP CONFIRM CAR BOMBS DETONATED; NO [...] (C) Mike Achu, Corporate Security Coordinator for Shell Petroleum and Development Corporation, confirmed that a car bomb was detonated on the Shell compound in Port Harcourt on December 18. The car in which the bomb was planted, as well as several other cars parked nearby, were damaged in th [...]	2006-12-18 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1441	OIL COMPANIES EVACUATE DEPENDENTS IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of two car bombs, one that exploded outside a club on the Shell residential compound and a second that exploded along a perimeter fence ringing the Agip compound in Port Harcourt, some international oil companies and oil service companies, including Shell, Eni, Tota [...]	2006-12-21 17:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER 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
06LAGOS1447	ARMED ATTACKS ON TWO NIGER DELTA OIL FACILITIES [...] (C) Summary: In separate incidents, armed men attacked Agip's Tebidaba flow station in Bayelsa State, and a Total base camp for workers at Total's Obagi field in Rivers State. A Shell spokesperson indicated that reports of an attack on a facility in the Egbema council area of Rivers State we [...]	2006-12-27 06:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1449	FUEL SHORTAGES, POVERTY ARE BACKDROP TO PIPELINE [...] (C) Fuel leaking from a pipeline breached by vandals in the early hours of December 26 exploded, killing 269 people and injuring an additional 160 persons in the blast and ensuing fire, according to the Nigerian Red Cross. Early press reports put the number of deaths at 700, and some report [...]	2006-12-27 16:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG SOCI ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1458	EXPATS REMAIN CAPTIVE, NIGERIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Four expatriate Agip employees taken hostage December 7 in Bayelsa State near Agip's Brass tank farm remain in captivity. Shell confirmed the December 24 release of four Nigerian employees seized from a Nun River facility December 14. Agip employees taken hostage in a second in [...]	2006-12-29 15:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS146	ALLOCATION REQUEST FOR THE AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria requests USD 250,000 for its Special Self Help (SSH) program for FY06. Given the strategic importance of the Niger Delta to American interests in Nigeria and to Nigeria's very stability, Mission would like to focus our self help efforts on easing tensions and improving l [...]	2006-02-01 16:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM SOCI NI
06LAGOS152	PLC - SALEH AHMADU [...] PER REQUEST IN REFTEL PLC WAS CONDUCTED BY COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST IBRAHIM IBRAHIM. 2. APPLICATION NUMBER D351347 3. INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH MR. LUCKY OMALUWA, CEO OF FOREIGN PURCHASER PINNACLE INVESTMENT LIMITED. PINNACLE INVESTMENT IS A LONG-TIME CLIENT IN GOOD [...]	2006-02-03 11:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC NG
06LAGOS159	TV CO-OP PROPOSAL [...] Summary: This cable is in response to the Department's FY06 TV Co-op recruitment efforts. PAS Lagos would like to propose a TV co-op on "Youth Development as a Cornerstone to Sustainable National Development." This co-op would be led by one of Nigeria's most respected, independent producers, [...]	2006-02-06 07:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP CVIS
06LAGOS162	PLC - RIVBBED NIGERIA LTD. [...] PER REQUEST IN REFTEL PLC WAS CONDUCTED BY SENIOR COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST ANAYO AGU. 2. APPLICATION NUMBER D350599 3. INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH NKEM ONUIGBO, MANAGER, RIBVVED NIGERIA LTD. FIRM IS NEW TO THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE NIGERIA BUT ITS FACILITIES LOCATED [...]	2006-02-06 10:30:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC NG
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
06LAGOS175	WIDESPREAD BIRD DEATHS SPARK AVIAN FLU WORRIES [...] (SBU) Ag Attache spoke with the Agriculture Ministry's Chief Vet Officer (CVO),who reported widespread poultry deaths in mid-January at a farm in Kaduna State owned by the Nigerian Minister of Sports. The farm lost its entire flock of 46,000 chickens. Samples from this farm were sent to th [...]	2006-02-07 17:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT EAGR KFLU NI TBIO
06LAGOS177	NIGERIA: FY 2006 PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR ESF [...] Mission Nigeria submits the following proposals to help Nigeria increase its capacity, raise community awareness, build anti-trafficking outreach networks and support a local NGO with anti-trafficking capacity-building focused on trafficking in women. These proposals focus on states with sig [...]	2006-02-08 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG NI
06LAGOS184	AVIAN FLU SITREP 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph six. H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN FLU CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) In a conversation with the Ag Attache, a source in the Agriculture Ministry said the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Office (FAO) refer [...]	2006-02-08 18:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT EAGR KFLU TBIO NI
06LAGOS195	LAGOS AVIATION SECTOR REFORM CONFERENCE-ALL TALK [...] (U) The January 19-20 Aviation Sector Reform Conference emphasized the need for Nigeria to meet International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards, hire experienced inspectors, and pass an Aviation Bill granting the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) autonomy from the Avia [...]	2006-02-10 17:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL 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
06LAGOS247	GFUP-O6-9259, NIGERIA: ARRESTS OF 4 NIGERIANS [...] On December 27, 2005, Guinean Bissau drug police arrested 4 Nigerian nationals and seized approximately 4 kilograms of cocaine at the Osvaldo Vieira International Airport, Bissau. The Nigerians arrived from Brazil via Portugal. All four individuals ingested a total of 243 pellets or condoms c [...]	2006-02-17 16:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC 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
06LAGOS275	AVIATION MINISTER SPEAKS OF REFORM, REQUESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on February 13 for a readout on the aviation industry. Borishade listed his top priorities as airport security, airport operations, radar operations, and funding for training and equipment. He said the Ministry was still wait [...]	2006-02-23 09:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL 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
06LAGOS285	UP-06-9259, NIGERIA: ARRESTS OF 3 NIGERIANS 1 [...] ON February 20, 2006, Sierra Leoneon authorities arrested 3 Nigerians and 1 Dutch national at Lungi International Airport in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Authorities seized 18.4 kilograms of cocaine. The cocaine was strapped on their bodies. All four suspects were about to board an Astraues flight [...]	2006-02-24 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC 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
06LAGOS293	HEWLETT-PACKARD LOSING MILLIONS FROM COUNTERFEIT [...] (C) Summary: Hewlett-Packard (HP) executives complain the number of outlets selling counterfeit HP ink/toner cartridges has increased the past year, costing the company millions of US dollars in lost revenue. Local law enforcement and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) are doing little t [...]	2006-02-27 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND KIPR PREL CH AE 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
06LAGOS311	MINISTER DAUKORU'S GOALS AS OPEC PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) With Nigeria now holding the top two positions in OPEC, we expect OPEC President Minister Daukoru's priorities to be establishing market stability, achieving balanced production and price levels, producing more accurate demand projections, and gaining greater attention to environmental [...]	2006-03-01 10:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV 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
06LAGOS426	NIGERIA:AVIATION UPDATE [...] (C) The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recently suspended air operators certificates (AOC) for three domestic carriers. The Aviation Ministry and NCAA created several new committees to address airport security, air space management, and personnel training. A separate committee on ai [...]	2006-03-22 15:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL 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
06LAGOS429	BONGA SECURITY: IS DISTANCE ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM [...] (C) In a meeting with the Operations Manager of Nigeria,s first deepwater mega-project, Shell,s Bonga field, he delivered a sobering assessment of the security situation for the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels Bonga and the SeaEagle. His views are not necessarily [...]	2006-03-23 15:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PTER NI
06LAGOS430	SHELL CONTEMPLATES LONG TERM HOSTAGE SCENARIOS AND [...] (C) A senior Shell executive assessed President Obasanjo is coming to the realization the hostage situation is symptomatic of larger Delta developmental problems; he has underscored the need to accelerate Delta development projects quickly. Shell management reiterated its view there is no m [...]	2006-03-23 15:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC EAID PTER NI
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
06LAGOS435	BONGA SECURITY: IS DISTANCE ENOUGH PROTECTION FROM [...] (C) In a meeting with the Operations Manager of Nigeria,s first deepwater mega-project, Shell,s Bonga field, he delivered a sobering assessment of the security situation for the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels Bonga and the SeaEagle. His views are not necessarily [...]	2006-03-24 07:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PTER 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
06LAGOS476	EXXONMOBIL CONCERNS WITH MILITANTS BROADENING THE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with ExxonMobil (EM) Nigeria, a senior executive explained EM's concern with the deteriorating Nigerian security situation, the company's low-profile public affairs strategy, and its strategy to maintain harmonious relations with communities in Akwa Ibom State, its pr [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PTER NI
06LAGOS478	CHEVRON NIGERIA SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO DELTA [...] (C) Chevron Nigeria security consultant Hamish MacDonald shared concerns that a large amount of money was paid for the release of the Delta hostages and an industry of hostage-taking may be in the offing. Chevron has managed thus far to stay out of harm's way, but MacDonald feels the urgent [...]	2006-04-03 06:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC EAID NI
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
06LAGOS595	EXXONMOBIL TERMINAL ATTACKED; TWO YOUTHS KILLED [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Nigeria's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT),Akwa Ibom State, was occupied by a group of youths armed with machetes on 2 May, due to a labor dispute. Government security forces (GSF) killed two youths and wounded two others. GSF have arrested ten of the youths. The attackers briefl [...]	2006-05-03 19:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER ELAB 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
06LAGOS664	Privatized Sugar Sector Assumes Production [...] Summary. Nigeria is expected to resume sugar production this year with a modest 40,000 tons after four consecutive years of depending exclusively on imports. Savannah Sugar Company, privatized in 2003, is expected to resume milling operations in May 2006 under a new management. Nigeria's su [...]	2006-05-17 07:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NI
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
06LAGOS672	IMPORT POLICY CHANGES FALL SHORT OF COMMITMENTS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Nigeria (GON) introduced a number of modest import policy changes in attempt to improve its trade policy regime. These include: partial implementation of the Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS) Common External Tariffs (CET),re- introduction of Des [...]	2006-05-18 08:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD NI
06LAGOS673	NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES TO START DIRECT LAGOS-NY [...] (SBU) North American Airlines (NAA) has received final GON approval to start direct service from Lagos to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The airline plans to begin flights some time between June 26 and July 17, with the latter date being more probable. NAA informally [...]	2006-05-18 10:10:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL KFRD ATRA 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
06LAGOS790	REQUEST FOR DHS PRESENCE FOR START OF NORTH [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) The Charge d' Affaires has approved this message. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. North American Airlines received final approvals to begin scheduled service on the Lagos-New York route beginning July 17. Post believes that document and identity [...]	2006-06-09 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS ASEC EAIR NI
06LAGOS793	NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES JULY 17 INAUGURAL FLIGHT [...] (SBU) On June 9, the North American Airlines (NAA) Nigeria Country Manager, Henry Seymour, confirmed to Econoff the airline plans to begin its first direct flight from Lagos Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) on July 17. Seymou [...]	2006-06-12 14:16:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT EAIR EINV KFRD PREL NI
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
06LAGOS851	AMCIT JOURNALIST RELEASED BY NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Freelance AMCIT photojournalist Edmond Kashi, in Nigeria on assignment for National Geographic, was released today after being detained by the GON for five days. Both the CG and Deputy Consul spoke with him by phone and verified he is well. Kashi is currently in Port Harcourt, Rivers [...]	2006-06-19 18:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EPET ASEC PHUM 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
06LAGOS885	REQUEST FOR DHS PRESENCE FOR START OF NORTH [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) The Charge d' Affaires has approved this message. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY. North American Airlines received final approvals to begin scheduled service on the Lagos-New York route beginning July 17. Post believes that document and identity [...]	2006-06-22 05:57:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS ASEC EAIR 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
06LAGOS962	ARIK AIR - POLITICS TAKES WINGS [...] (C) Summary. Arik Air, financed by Rivers State Governor Peter Odili, is set to begin regional and international operations July 29. Aviation Ministry officials and competitor private airline executives claim the airline has the political and financial clout to become Nigeria's second nation [...]	2006-07-11 11:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL 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
06LAHORE590	TEST LAHORE CLASS NET CABLE RECEIPT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 11:06:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	ACOA
06LAHORE592	TEST MESSAGE: LAHORE CABLE TRAFFIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-29 06:36:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET//NOFORN	ACOA
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
06LAPAZ1100	THE PEOPLE'S TRADE AGREEMENT: AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales recently outlined his proposed People's Trade Agreement (reftel) in a highly ideological document that describes an alternative commercial model whose objective is not market liberalization, but "just trade" and protection of the people. Morales explains his c [...]	2006-04-21 17:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL 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
06LAPAZ1107	PETROBRAS-BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras representatives told Econoffs that in several difficult meetings with the GOB, the Brazilian energy giant vowed not to invest another cent in Bolivia until key issues were resolved. In those meetings, GOB officials reportedly displayed a confounding ignorance of the h [...]	2006-04-21 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL 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
06LAPAZ1138	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 18:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU BL
06LAPAZ1157	PRESIDENT NATIONALIZES HYDROCARBONS [...] Summary: On May 1, the GOB issued its long-awaited Supreme Decree "nationalizing" the hydrocarbons sector. Largely consistent with prior GOB announcements and the May 2005 Hydrocarbons Law, the decree gives hydrocarbons companies six months to negotiate new "service" contracts with the GOB; t [...]	2006-05-02 15:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1191	NATIONALIZATION: COMPANY PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: While foreign investors were not surprised by most of the terms of the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree (ref A),they were nonetheless taken aback that their long-dreaded expectations appeared to have become reality. So far most companies have reacted in measured fashion, and [...]	2006-05-04 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1198	NATIONALIZATION: COMPANY PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: While foreign investors were not surprised by most of the terms of the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree (ref A),they were nonetheless taken aback that their long-dreaded expectations appeared to have become reality. So far most companies have reacted in measured fashion, and [...]	2006-05-05 12:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1209	BOLIVIA: SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel talking points May 5 to Jorge Estrada, legal advisor to Bolivia's National Intellectual Property Service (SENAPI). Estrada said he was unfamiliar with the annual Special 301 review of countries' intellectual property rights (IPR) practices but assured EconOff he wo [...]	2006-05-05 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EINV 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
06LAPAZ1231	BOLIVIA: KEEPING IRAN OFF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 19:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC 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
06LAPAZ1337	GOB PROMISES LAND REFORM [...] Summary: The GOB announced on May 8 that it planned to distribute between 11 and 14 million hectares of land to farmers, indigenous communities, and the landless through eight supreme decrees and a revision of the 1996 Agrarian Reform Law. On May 17, the GOB told the press that President Mora [...]	2006-05-17 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON SMIG SOCI 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
06LAPAZ1491	TRANSREDES SALE DECREASES U.S. INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) The U.S. firm Enron has completed the first stage of selling its subsidiary Prisma, which owns 25 percent of Bolivian gas pipeline operator Transredes and 29 percent of the Bolivian gas pipeline operator GTB, to Ashmore Energy International. According to Transredes contacts, Ashmore is [...]	2006-06-02 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1564	HYDROCARBONS CHAMBER SAYS NEGOTIATIONS WILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons Chamber representatives told the Ambassador June 7 that hydrocarbons companies would negotiate with GOB officials to determine the terms of their new contracts (ref A) until they felt they could no longer negotiate in good faith - at least until the expiration of th [...]	2006-06-08 21:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON 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
06LAPAZ1586	BOLIVIA ON NAM STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 18:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IAEA BL KNNP USNC IR
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
06LAPAZ1596	TRIBUNAL DECLARES MINING CODE ARTICLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal recently declared six articles of the mining code unconstitutional, eliminating investors' rights to transfer and mortgage mining concessions. The ruling will take effect after a two-year delay, ostensibly to allow the GOB to pass legislation i [...]	2006-06-13 15:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV 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
06LAPAZ1614	VENEZUELAN INVOLVEMENT IN BOLIVIAN BANKING [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela has agreed to buy USD 100 million of Bolivian bonds in May to be used to finance Bolivian Treasury gaps or fund a portion of the deficit, but Finance Ministry contacts tell us that the deal is uncertain. Venezuela has also promised Bolivia another USD 100 million to prov [...]	2006-06-14 14:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN 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
06LAPAZ1638	BOLIVIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 13:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BL
06LAPAZ1644	BOLIVIA'S EXPANSIVE COCA POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOB's coca strategy is becoming more explicit, and its expansiveness will only complicate effective control. On June 17, President Morales celebrated the opening of a coca tea plant in the Yungas and unveiled a domestic coca leaf commercialization regime that reportedly allo [...]	2006-06-19 15:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID BL
06LAPAZ1651	AGRICULTURE MINISTER ON APHIS AND LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff delivered talking points from ref A on APHIS regulatory changes to Minister of Agriculture Salvatierra on June 16. Salvatierra claimed that the MAS and its land reform program had capitalist, not socialist, goals promoting production and efficient land use. He indicate [...]	2006-06-19 19:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD USDA USTR 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
06LAPAZ1661	BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE ON TELECOMS CHANGES [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. investor in Bolivia's telecommunications sector relayed to us his concerns about the GOB's proposed changes to the sector -- a government take-over of Entel and elimination of the independent regulator -- outlined in its national development plan released on June 16 (sept [...]	2006-06-20 19:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV 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
06LAPAZ1672	FORESTRY SECTOR FEARFUL OF GOB INTERVENTION [...] (U) Summary: The Bolivian Forestry Chamber has repeatedly voiced opposition to the GOB's plans to nationalize forestry resources, arguing that government interference will undermine a healthy and productive sector. The GOB's national development plan, released June 16 (ref A),does not propos [...]	2006-06-21 18:13:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EAGR ECON SENV BL
06LAPAZ1673	NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROPOSES MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's national development plan, announced June 16 (reftel),proposes wide-ranging changes in the mining sector, among them increased state control of mineral production and sales and new taxes and regulations. The plan highlights the need for more research into available mi [...]	2006-06-21 18:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV 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
06LAPAZ1782	REPSOL AND PETROBRAS NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydrocarbons company Repsol (Argentina/Spain) told Econoff June 28 that it expected Argentina to agree to a price increase on Bolivian natural gas exports on June 29. Press reports on June 29 indicated that the agreement would be in effect until December 31 and include an expor [...]	2006-06-29 15:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1791	FIRST QUARTER 2006 MACROECONOMIC REPORT [...] Summary: Bolivia's positive GDP growth trend continued during the first quarter of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons, minerals, and agricultural products. Exports grew by 23 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2005, c [...]	2006-06-29 20:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD 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
06LAPAZ1797	USED CLOTHING IMPORTS TEMPORARILY EXTENDED [...] (U) Summary: In a June 21 supreme decree, the GOB extended used clothing imports until April 20, 2007, and said it would allow used clothing sales through February 28, 2008. Reactions were mixed, with some groups accusing the GOB of harming small apparel producers and others suggesting the GOB [...]	2006-06-30 14:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON 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
06LAPAZ1805	ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA SIGN IMMIGRATION AND GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian and Argentine government officials signed seven agreements in Buenos Aires on June 29 regarding several topics including immigration, natural gas prices, and the construction of a bridge connecting the two countries (reftels). Argentina did not agree to legalize coca [...]	2006-06-30 20:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET 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
06LAPAZ1842	TRANSREDES AND GONI ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales administration claims that Enron improperly acquired shares in the Bolivian-Brazilian pipeline through a dubious contract between Enron and the GOB signed by former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB claims that Enron and its subsidiary Transredes ow [...]	2006-07-06 15:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1877	CENTRAL BANK SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Two MAS congressmen recently accused former government and finance ministry officials of illegally withdrawing USD 153 million from the Central Bank in October 2003, just before the fall of former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. Prosecutor Milton Mendoza is investi [...]	2006-07-10 19:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KJUS BL
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
06LAPAZ1918	HYDROCARBONS REGULATOR ENSURES FUEL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, successfully assumed control of Bolivia's wholesale hydrocarbons market on July 1, as provided for by the 2005 Hydrocarbons Law. To ensure adequate supplies of gasoline and diesel, the hydrocarbons regulator issued an emergency decree requirin [...]	2006-07-12 19:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ1936	UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF GOB'S HYDROCARBONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) have frozen the pipeline operator Transredes' financing for expanding and constructing three natural gas pipelines due to the GOB take-over of company shares. Without these pipelines, various [...]	2006-07-14 20:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2011	TRANSREDES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Transredes' board will meet at the end of July to discuss acquisition of the company's shares by the GOB. According to a Transredes executive, the company could live with GOB majority ownership, as long as the private investors, Shell and Prisma, retained operating control. The [...]	2006-07-26 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2056	HYDROCARBONS REGULATOR STANDS FIRM AGAINST GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons regulator has accused Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, of entering into contracts that are against state interests -- charges ironically similar to those of the GOB against Enron and former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. The GOB reportedly tried t [...]	2006-07-31 20:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2112	CENTRAL BANK OUTLOOK POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Central Bank official, Bolivia's macroeconomic situation is positive overall, with first semester GDP growth of 4.3 percent, strong fiscal revenue inflows, low deficit projections, moderate inflation, high international reserves, and a sound banking system. Howev [...]	2006-08-04 19:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD 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
06LAPAZ2138	LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 21:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS 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
06LAPAZ2196	HYDROCARBONS NATIONALIZATION FACES OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivia's hydrocarbons nationalization plan is facing legal and financial obstacles that have delayed its implementation. The state oil company, YPFB, lacks the necessary resources to take on its new mandated role as controller of the entire hydrocarbons production chain. The [...]	2006-08-14 21:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2197	IDB'S FUTURE DIRECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Resident Representative told Econoff on August 11 that a donor coordination meeting to be held in Bolivia in October would likely fail to meet the GOB's anticipated funding requirements. The GOB's National Development Plan relies heavily [...]	2006-08-14 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON 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
06LAPAZ2216	GOB NEGOTIATIONS WITH PETROBRAS STALLED [...] (C) Summary: A Petrobras executive told Econoff on August 15 that no gas price agreement had been reached between Petrobras and Bolivia's state oil company YPFB, and that in fact, YPFB never presented a price proposal during the negotiations. The GOB also lacks a plan regarding implementatio [...]	2006-08-17 16:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2269	HYDROCARBONS MINISTER BASHES BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Hydrocarbons Minister Soliz Rada told the DCM on August 21 that Brazil's strong presence in Bolivia is the root of many of the nation's problems, particularly in the hydrocarbons sector. Soliz said that Bolivia needs to develop alternate markets to Brazil, including Argentina and [...]	2006-08-22 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2399	GOB DEFIES COURT DECISION ON HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, the Bolivian Hydrocarbons Chamber issued a press statement to publicize the Constitutional Court's May ruling that the 74 existing shared risk contracts between state oil company YPFB and private investors are legally valid. In response, the Hydrocarbons Minist [...]	2006-09-06 14:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KJUS
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
06LAPAZ2457	GOB REVISES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB is revising its National Development Plan (NDP) based on suggestions from businesses and social organizations and conducting a debt sustainability analysis with German aid. It appears that the National Development Bank will likely be a second-tier institution, but with [...]	2006-09-11 20:50:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BL
06LAPAZ2492	GOB ON GOALS FOR NAM AND UNGA [...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauricio Dorfler convoked select members of the diplomatic community September 12 to review GOB goals for the NAM and the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Dorfler noted that Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca would serve as the NAM's vice preside [...]	2006-09-14 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA UNSC PREL BL CU
06LAPAZ2494	BOLIVIA: NOT TERRIBLY HELPFUL ON THE NAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU BL
06LAPAZ2495	UNSCR 1696: BOLIVIA NOT HELPFUL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to First Secretary Eduardo Gallardo of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Relations September 20. Gallardo noted our concerns and said it would be difficult to reach consensus with the large number of countries attending the NAM. While the GOB does not h [...]	2006-09-14 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC IR USSC 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
06LAPAZ251	PETROBRAS TALKS WITH GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Petrobras, the largest player in the Bolivian hydrocarbons industry, had its first meeting with the Bolivian government on January 31 to begin discussing a new relationship. According to a Petrobras official, Arturo Castanos, the GOB representatives were cordial, but they only [...]	2006-02-02 19:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON BL
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
06LAPAZ2519	HYDROCARBONS MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Hydrocarbons Minister Andres Soliz Rada, along with the Vice Minister and two Directors of Hydrocarbons, resigned on the evening of September 15 following Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's freeze of a ministerial resolution that would have shifted hydrocarbons companies' revenues to [...]	2006-09-18 18:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2539	BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-967792 [...] (U) Econoff visited Bolivian National Police headquarters and a La Paz storage site September 19 to confirm continued possession of hand grenades exported September 2, 2005 to the Bolivian Ministry of Government. Econoff and NAS staff verified continued possession by the National Police of ap [...]	2006-09-19 18:29:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC 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
06LAPAZ2563	ASSESSMENT OF NIH PROJECT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Post sees no negative foreign policy implications of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) project described in reftel. Post provides a positive recommendation pending human subject approval, on the understanding that researchers will obtain verbal consent from study participants. 2. [...]	2006-09-21 20:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OSCI KSCA 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
06LAPAZ2600	LAND REFORM SOWS CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MAS administration has presented a bill to Congress to modify the 1996 Agrarian Reform (INRA) law, in line with its pre-election promises to redistribute land to the landless. Members of the administration have encouraged social sectors to mobilize marches and blockades to f [...]	2006-09-26 20:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON 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
06LAPAZ2609	TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (U) Post provides the following response to reftel: A) In the absence of USDOC or USDA representation, primary responsibility for trade agreement compliance and monitoring lies with the economic/political section, whose officers work closely with Washington counterparts. B) Economic/Commer [...]	2006-09-27 17:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON 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
06LAPAZ2622	TEXTILES AND APPAREL: CONTINUED RELIANCE ON ATPDEA [...] (U) Summary: While the expiration of global textile and apparel quotas may have adversely affected small Bolivian producers, large manufacturers' exports will likely remain strong, at least as long as they benefit from Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) preferences. If t [...]	2006-09-28 18:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KTEX BL
06LAPAZ2623	JAPAN'S SUMITOMO ACQUIRES STAKE IN U.S. MINING [...] (U) Summary: Japan's Sumitomo Corporation recently acquired a 35 percent participating interest in U.S.-based Apex Silver's $800 million San Cristobal silver-zinc-lead project (reftel). Apex will receive $224 million cash and future silver and zinc payments; Sumitomo will also assume 35 perce [...]	2006-09-28 18:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON BL
06LAPAZ2626	SPAIN: A BEACON OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) Summary: For many Bolivians, Spain is a beacon of economic opportunity. Newspapers highlight an upsurge in travel, airlines report full flights to Madrid, and business owners say skilled craftsmen are increasingly seeking work abroad. Bolivians' desire to escape may reflect growing polit [...]	2006-09-28 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI 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
06LAPAZ2638	BOLIVIAN ECONOMY HUMS ALONG DESPITE UNCERTAINTY [...] Summary: Bolivia's GDP grew by 4.5 percent during the first semester of 2006 due to high international prices for the country's main exports: hydrocarbons and minerals. Exports grew by 52 percent in the first six months compared with the same period in 2005, contributing to an increase in int [...]	2006-09-29 18:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD 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
06LAPAZ2661	GAS CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS STUMBLE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Based on the May 1 hydrocarbons nationalization decree's mandate that private firms must sign new contracts by October 31 (ref A),the GOB recently provided hydrocarbons companies with draft contracts and began the first round of negotiations with companies on September 27. U.S.- [...]	2006-10-03 12:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ276	GOB TRADE POLICY REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] In conversations with USG officials, President Morales and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera have repeatedly said they understand the importance of free trade and may wish to negotiate Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Both have indicated their desire to im [...]	2006-02-06 18:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON PREL BL
06LAPAZ2770	TELECOMMUNICATIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bolivian telecommunications sector has grown and increased in competitiveness significantly since privatization and market opening during the last decade. The GOB announced in June that it would seek to regain majority ownership of the former state-owned telecommunications [...]	2006-10-16 18:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINV BL
06LAPAZ2780	MORALES ANNOUNCES "SURPRISES" FOR MINING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales announced October 15 that the mining industry should expect "surprises" permitting the state to regain control of mineral production. His comments caused anxiety among U.S. mining company executives, who said October 16 that they were "nervous" about the GOB's [...]	2006-10-16 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON 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
06LAPAZ2817	UPDATE ON YPFB NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARGENTINA, [...] (SBU) Summary: YPFB (Bolivia's state-owned oil company) President Juan Carlos Ortiz told Econoff on October 18 that Bolivia will sign a twenty-year natural gas supply contract with Argentina on October 19. Bolivia will agree to provide 27.7 million cubic meters per day of gas to its neighbor [...]	2006-10-18 20:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ2831	CONFLICT AND GOB'S LACK OF CAPACITY HINDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the resident coordinator of the United Nations (UN) told the Ambassador that the UN supported the Constituent Assembly as a way to unify Bolivia's population, but was worried that it would end up dividing it instead. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) resident [...]	2006-10-19 16:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV 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
06LAPAZ2900	HYDROCARBONS CONTRACT DEADLINE DRAWS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: The press published a copy of the model contract supposedly provided by the GOB to the hydrocarbons companies who must sign new contracts by October 28, according to the May 1 nationalization decree. The contract appears highly favorable to Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB. Pe [...]	2006-10-25 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2903	CLEAN PRODUCTION PRACTICES INCREASE EFFICIENCY, [...] (U) Summary: Clean production practices introduced by the USAID-supported Center for the Promotion of Sustainable Technologies have increased efficiency and lowered costs for more than 90 Bolivian businesses. The following case studies suggest that lower production costs provide powerful ince [...]	2006-10-26 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG 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
06LAPAZ2930	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Summary: On October 26, Econoff spoke to the proprietor of foreign consignee Camping Cochabamba, having visited the business in November 2005 (ref B). Camping Cochabamba has a history of importing firearms from the United States, maintains detailed sales and customer records, and has appr [...]	2006-10-27 16:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC 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
06LAPAZ2934	PILCOMAYO RIVER POLLUTION ATTRACTS NEW ATTENTION [...] (U) Summary: For centuries, mining and milling wastes from Bolivia's Potosi mining district have polluted the Pilcomayo River, an important body of water in Bolivia's southwest. A recent study indicated that many agricultural fields and waterways are contaminated with heavy metals and arsenic, [...]	2006-10-27 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON BL
06LAPAZ2943	GOB ACHIEVES KEY GOAL: NEW GAS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: All of the private hydrocarbons exploration and production companies operating in Bolivia signed new service contracts on October 27 and 28 prior to the deadline imposed by the GOB's May 1 nationalization decree. According to the president of Bolivia's state oil company, YPFB, [...]	2006-10-30 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
06LAPAZ2944	PROPOSED MINING PLAN CONTINUES TO "SPOOK" INVESTORS [...] (SBU) President Morales' October 15 announcement of "surprises" for the mining industry (ref A) has been tempered in the last two weeks by assurances that the GOB will respect private investment. Officials' statements, however, have done little to reassure industry executives, who worry that [...]	2006-10-30 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV 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
06LAPAZ2967	GAS CONTRACTS HAVE VARIABLE RETURN RATES [...] (C) Summary: The new contracts signed by hydrocarbons production and exploration companies on October 27 and 28 (ref A) contain tables of variables, including investment and production figures, which will be used to calculate company returns and the state oil company YPFB's take. The amount of [...]	2006-10-31 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
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
06LAPAZ2979	ASSESSMENT OF NIH PROJECT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Post sees no negative foreign policy implications of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) project described in reftel. Post provides a positive recommendation pending human subject approval, on the understanding that NIH researchers have received concurrence from related U.S. and Boliv [...]	2006-11-01 20:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA BL
06LAPAZ299	AFTER BRIEF INTERRUPTION, USED CLOTHING IMPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Used clothing imports were temporarily interrupted January 31, when the supreme decree authorizing their entry expired. The issue attracted the attention of local clothing manufacturers, who claimed cheap imports undercut their operations and called for a total ban, and of used c [...]	2006-02-07 14:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON 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
06LAPAZ2995	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (C) U.S. Embassy La Paz has designated Ecopol Chief Andrew Erickson (591-2-216-8254, EricksonAS@state.gov) as the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer and Economic Officer Dovie Holland (591-2-216-8862, HollandDA2@state.gov) as the Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer. 2. (C) Fol [...]	2006-11-03 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN BL
06LAPAZ2998	PETROBRAS' NEW CONTRACT [...] (C) Along with nine other companies, Brazil's Petrobras signed a new hydrocarbons production and exploration contract on October 28 (reftel). Petrobras executives told Econoff on November 1 that the company's rate of return would be lower than that of its original contract, but better than the [...]	2006-11-03 20:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ3008	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S LESLIE BEBOUT [...] Embassy La Paz is pleased to grant country clearance to Leslie Bebout, Ames Research Center, NASA to travel to Bolivia's Laguna Verde Refuge November 10-22, 2006 to conduct field work at Earth's highest altitude lakes and ponds. Clearance is granted on the understanding that Ms. Bebout has [...]	2006-11-06 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	APER ASEC OTRA TSPA 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
06LAPAZ3040	THE PUSH FOR MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Bolivia's current anti-money laundering regime fails to comply with international norms and is ineffective. Based on INL's recommendations, post has encouraged the GOB to enact a comprehensive money laundering law, including terrorism finance provisions, has formed an informal working g [...]	2006-11-09 20:39:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BL
06LAPAZ3041	LOWER HOUSE APPROVES FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The framework of the Morales administration's controversial bill to modify the 1996 agrarian reform (INRA) law (reftel) was approved by the lower house on November 7, after a week-long march by several hundred indigenous people in the eastern lowlands. The chamber of deputies m [...]	2006-11-09 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON KJUS SMIG SOCI 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
06LAPAZ3060	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA'S COMPTON TUCKER [...] Embassy La Paz is pleased to grant country clearance to Compton J. Tucker, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Santa Cruz, Bolivia December 5-16, 2006 for analysis of global positioning system and satellite data from glacial areas. Clearance is granted on the understanding th [...]	2006-11-14 19:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AFIN ASEC TSPA OTRA 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
06LAPAZ3079	FINANCE AND PLANNING MINISTERS LAY OUT GOB [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on November 10, Finance Minister Arce told the Ambassador that Bolivia has a positive fiscal balance, but that the government must resolve the inequitable distribution of resources among the central government and regional governments. Arce said that the ministry is [...]	2006-11-15 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV BL
06LAPAZ3080	HYDROCARBONS: A NATIONALIZATION IN NAME ONLY? [...] (C) A British Gas executive told Econoff that he thought the company's new operation contract (reftel) was equitable and would allow BG to recoup its investment and invest more in the future. Opposition leaders and leftist radicals agree that Bolivia's "nationalization" was in fact a national [...]	2006-11-15 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ3148	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC'S JEAN ADEN [...] Embassy La Paz is pleased to grant country clearance to Jean Aden, Director, OPIC Office of Accountability, to travel to Santa Cruz, Bolivia December 2-4, 2006 to speak at "Strengthening Environmental Law and Enforcement in the Americas," an OAS-sponsored side event to the December 4-5 Min [...]	2006-11-22 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC EINV OTRA OPIC 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
06LAPAZ3177	EXXON MOBIL SELLS BOLIVIAN ASSETS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 21:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ3224	CONGRESS APPROVES HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) The senate approved the 44 new hydrocarbons contracts that were signed with private production and exploration companies at the end of October (ref A) late on November 28. Only 14 of the 27 senators were present, as the opposition had abandoned the session in protest over the GOB's conf [...]	2006-11-29 19:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ324	LLOYD PILOTS ON STRIKE, NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT [...] (U) Members of Lloyd Aero Boliviano's pilots' association declared an indefinite strike February 2, demanding that the airline honor its estimated $10 million pension obligations and reinstate 15 recently fired colleagues. The strike grounded all domestic flights and limited international ope [...]	2006-02-09 15:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB ECON 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
06LAPAZ325	NOMINATION FOR RESOURCE ECONOMICS SEMINAR [...] (U) Post would like to nominate Economic/Commercial Officer Colleen Crenwelge for the Foreign Service Institute's July 12-14 Resource Economics Seminar. Ms. Crenwelge has primary responsibility for the Bolivian mining sector, one of the country's most important, and serves as U.S. mining comp [...]	2006-02-09 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI APER EMIN ECON 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
06LAPAZ3299	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KEVIN HEALY [...] Embassy La Paz is pleased to grant country clearance to Inter-American Foundation (IAF) representative Kevin Healy to travel to Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Sucre, and La Paz, Bolivia December 11-20, 2006 to visit projects funded by the IAF. Clearance is granted on the understanding that Mr. H [...]	2006-12-06 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP OTRA 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
06LAPAZ3331	BFIF PROJECTS EMPHASIZE BILATERAL EXCHANGE, LOCAL [...] (U) Post recently completed three Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) projects. This cable outlines outcomes and expenditures for an indigenous entrepreneurs' learning mission to Washington; a Tarija financial fair; and a series of consultations with Partner Post Santiago. End summary [...]	2006-12-08 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD 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
06LAPAZ3346	IDB AND IMF DISCUSS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES WITH [...] (SBU) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is realigning its USD 400 million of loans in the pipeline for Bolivia with the country's national development plan. The IDB is preparing an interim strategy for Bolivia and hopes to implement a more permanent strategy after the constituent asse [...]	2006-12-11 21:16:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV 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
06LAPAZ3361	HYDROCARBONS REGULATIONS NEEDED TO STIMULATE [...] (SBU) British Gas (BG) Bolivia President Jose Magela told Emboffs on December 11 that he thinks the operating contract BG signed with Bolivia's state oil company YPFB at the end of October is reasonable. He argued that the contracts provide necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for investm [...]	2006-12-13 12:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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

06LAPAZ3375	BOLIVIA'S FIRST STEPS AT ABOLISHING MODERN SLAVERY [...] (U) The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that over seven thousand Guaranis live in forced labor situations on ranches in Bolivia's Chaco, which overlaps the departments of Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz and Tarija. Men's wages are usually between $1.25 to $1.75 USD per day. Women re [...]	2006-12-14 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM BL
06LAPAZ3378	PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED, APPLICATION NUMBER [...] (SBU) Reftel requested a pre-license check on Riberalta-based Comercial Safari, a Bolivian firm seeking to import various brands and powers of hunting and sport shooting scopes from Ohio-based Outdoor Sports Headquarters, Inc. 2. (SBU) At post's request, two police investigators attempted [...]	2006-12-15 16:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC 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
06LAPAZ3402	2007 DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO BE RELEASED DECEMBER 31 [...] (U) President Morales will announce the government's economic development plan for 2007 on December 31. The government will encourage production through the founding of a national development bank, perhaps with Venezuelan funding, and by government purchase of products and the creation of "pr [...]	2006-12-19 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EAGR 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
06LAPAZ428	BIZARRE CUBAN AID ENCOUNTER [...] (C) Santa Cruz Business Chamber (CAINCO) President Gabriel Dabdoub related to the Ambassador on February 15 a strange encounter he witnessed between President Evo Morales, Santa Cruz Prefect Ruben Costas and Cuban Ambassador to Bolivia Luiz Felipe Vazquez. According to Dabdoub, the Cuban Amb [...]	2006-02-17 20:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL ECON 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
06LAPAZ440	FUEL TAX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Econoffs delivered reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Maria Luisa Ramos, Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Foreign Trade, on February 13, 2006. Ramos said she was unfamiliar with the issue but promised to speak to GOB counterparts in relevant ministries, aski [...]	2006-02-21 17:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL 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
06LAPAZ458	VICE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR "INTELLIGENT" TRADE [...] (U) Summary: In a February 17 speech to participants in a GOB-sponsored trade seminar, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera called for "intelligent" trade protectionism, arguing that Bolivia should follow the historical model of developed countries by seeking open access to foreign markets while [...]	2006-02-22 18:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON USTR 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
06LAPAZ544	BUSINESSMEN PUSH FOR FTA, SEEK TO INFLUENCE MORALES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 23 meeting, members of the Private Businessmen's Confederation urged President Evo Morales to secure Bolivia's entry into the proposed Andean Free Trade Agreement (FTA),emphasizing the negative consequences to industry and labor of Bolivia's failure to sign. Conf [...]	2006-03-02 20:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON 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
06LAPAZ627	GOB SEEKS TO GAIN CONTROL OVER PRIVATIZED COMPANIES [...] Summary: According to press reports, the GOB intends to gain control over ten companies, which were partially privatized in the 1990s, by persuading or compelling private investors to sell their shares. Four of these companies are majority owned by U.S. investors, and none has received offici [...]	2006-03-08 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG EPET 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
06LAPAZ657	JET FUEL DEADLINE PASSES, GOB ASKS FOR MORE TIME [...] (U) Summary: In a March 8 letter to the Ambassador, the GOB acknowledged the expiration of the 14-day deadline to eliminate taxes on jet fuel uplifted by U.S.-registered air carriers (reftel) but asked for more time, noting that institutional reorganization had delayed consideration of the iss [...]	2006-03-10 19:39:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL 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
06LAPAZ692	BOLIVIA AND URUGUAY SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] Summary: The Presidents of Uruguay and Bolivia signed an agreement to strengthen energy cooperation between the two nations on March 13. The agreement provides for the future sale of Bolivian natural gas, thermoelectricity, and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to Uruguay. Although the agreement ex [...]	2006-03-14 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ECON 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
06LAPAZ837	BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The acting director of Bolivia's National Intellectual Property Service recently told us the organization is in "revolution." Structure, scope, and staffing are under review, as are various units' efficiency. Significant changes could put at risk the organization's USAID-suppo [...]	2006-03-24 19:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EINV ECON BL
06LAPAZ84	IDB PREOCCUPIED BY UNCERTAINTY OF U.S. AND GOB [...] (SBU) Summary: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Resident Representative, Joel Branski, told the DCM and Econoffs on January 11 that IDB staff has not met with the MAS' transition team, but that an IDB delegation plans to visit Bolivia at the end of January after the Presidential inaugura [...]	2006-01-13 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN 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
06LAPAZ968	PETROBRAS PUSHES BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite industry fears that Brazilian-owned Petrobras, a leader in Bolivia's hydrocarbons industry, would work out a sweetheart deal with the GOB, the relationships between Bolivia and both Brazil and Petrobas have gone steadily downhill during the past month. Petrobras has not [...]	2006-04-07 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL 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
06LIBREVILLE150	RAINFOREST AND GORILLAS IN E. NIGERIA/W. CAMEROON [...] REO and Abuja Econoff travelled to sites in Cross River State (Eastern Nigeria) in mid-February for meetings with conservation NGOs and local government officials, including the state governor, Donald Duke. This area has notably rich biodiversity, including the last rainforest in Nigeria, se [...]	2006-03-06 10:53:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID NI CM
06LIBREVILLE164	GABON SETS AIR TICKET TAX AS PART OF FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 11:12:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EAIR
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
06LIBREVILLE382	CHINESE BEAT OUT BRAZILIANS; GABONESE LOSE [...] (C) Summary: After a nearly six-month battle over the rights to one of the largest untapped iron deposits in the world between Brazilian mining company CVRD and the Chinese engineering company CMEC, the GoG awarded the project to the Chinese. Although most observers believed investment by CVRD [...]	2006-06-08 13:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH GB
06LIBREVILLE391	GABON AND SAO TOME & PRINCIPE OIL UPDATE [...] Following is an update on the oil sector in Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. ----- Gabon ----- 2. (U) Production Down - According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, Gabon's oil production in the first quarter of 2006 dropped by 8.4% over the previous year. The Ministry stated that [...]	2006-06-14 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG GB TP
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
06LIBREVILLE486	GABON'S REVISED BUDGET MIRRORS IMF GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gabonese legislature is expected to act shortly to approve the state's revised budget. The Minister of Finance described the new budget as addressing the IMF's concerns (reftel) and said it was a critical step for securing a three year program with the Fund. The IMF repres [...]	2006-07-24 12:24:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GB

06LIBREVILLE489	EUROPEAN FORCE FOR DRC ELECTIONS DEPLOYING, BUT [...] (C) Colonel (retired) Ernst Elbers, military advisor at the German Embassy in Libreville, provided a July 19 briefing on EUFOR deployment to EUCOM Deputy Commander General Ward. He explained that the force's political direction will be set by the EU Political and Security Committee in Brussels, [...]	2006-07-25 15:40:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GB CG
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
06LIBREVILLE505	GABON'S SCHOOLS FAIL END OF YEAR EXAMS [...] Few of Gabon's students passed their exams this year: only 17% of students completing ninth grade succeeded in the entry exam for secondary school (BEPC),and just 35% of secondary students passed the baccalaureat exam, equivalent to a high school diploma. Gabon's results are much worse than t [...]	2006-08-03 13:28:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI GB
06LIBREVILLE513	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION TO MEET AUGUST 25 [...] (U) Foreign Ministers from Gulf of Guinea Commission states met in Libreville August 3 as a first step toward head of state summit in Libreville August 25 that will establish the commission. The summit will follow expert meetings on August 22 and 23 and a further Foreign Ministers meeting on [...]	2006-08-07 10:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT GB
06LIBREVILLE515	COMMENTS ON GABON-EG BORDER DISPUTE MEDIATION [...] (C) On August 2, MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang gave DCM his perspective on the status of efforts to resolve the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea border dispute before UNSG Annan's mandate concludes. He said that the Geneva meeting of heads of state in June was to convene under joint French and Spanis [...]	2006-08-07 14:26:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE548	VENEZUELAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS GABON, SAO [...] (U) On August 21, 2006, Venezuela's Vice Foreign Minister, Reinaldo Bolivar, visited Libreville and called on Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba. According to press reports, he expressed President Chavez' firm commitment to strengthen the two countries' friendship and cooperation. Specific [...]	2006-08-24 06:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE GB
06LIBREVILLE560	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION ESTABLISHED [...] On August 25, Libreville hosted a summit of Gulf of Guinea Commission Heads of State. Presidents from Gabon, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Sao Tome and Principe participated. Cameroon was represented by Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, Congo-Brazzaville by Foreign Minister Adada, and t [...]	2006-08-28 13:23:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GB
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
06LIBREVILLE624	MOBIL PULLING OUT OF GABON [...] (SBU) As part of a larger divestiture from its marketing operations in sub-Saharan Africa, ExxonMobil has sold its shares in Mobil Oil Gabon to the Libyan oil company, Tamoil. ExxonMobil held 90% of Mobil Oil Gabon, with the GoG holding the remaining 10%. Earlier in the year ExxonMobil sold it [...]	2006-10-12 08:45:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON GB
06LIBREVILLE625	AGOA ELIGIBILTY REVIEW - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE [...] Market-based Economy: a. Major Strengths Identified - - STP is in the early stages of petroleum exploration. - In 2001, the GoSTP formed a Joint Development Zone (JDZ) with the Government of Nigeria. Since then, two bid rounds have been conducted (in 2004 and 2005) and six of nine oil bl [...]	2006-10-12 09:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ECON ETRD TP
06LIBREVILLE626	AGOA ELIGIBILTY REVIEW - GABON [...] Market-based Economy: a. Major Strengths Identified - - Almost all parastatals have been privatized, including companies in the oil, wood, minerals, water, electricity, and agricultural sectors. - The GoG's revenue increased, primarily due to high oil prices. It used some of this windf [...]	2006-10-12 09:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ECON ETRD 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
06LIBREVILLE637	GABON: UNSCR 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 07:28:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KNAR GB
06LIBREVILLE638	UNSC MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 07:42:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GE VT GB
06LIBREVILLE677	AFRICAN LEADERS MEET BASHIR IN CHINA [...] (C) On November 10, immediately upon the Gabon delegation's return from the China-Africa summit, Ambassador Walkley met with Foreign Minister Jean Ping for a read-out regarding discussions concerning Darfur/Sudan. Ping said that on October 12, Abdoulaye Wade -- identifying himself as the Coor [...]	2006-11-13 12:35:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU GB
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
06LILONGWE100	Country Clearance granted ACOTA- Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of the following ACOTA representatives, to Malawi for the purpose of conducting ACOTA training on February 3-26, 2006. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political/Military Officer Tyler Sparks, Office telephone n [...]	2006-02-02 12:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ASEC OTRA MI
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
06LILONGWE1003	U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 17. Chiunguzeni thanked poloff for the report, and said he would disseminate it within the Ministry. Any further response will be delivered septel. EASTHAM [...]	2006-11-17 09:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL
06LILONGWE1004	DEMARCHE REQUEST: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on November 17 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni responded positively, but said that he had to consult within the Ministry before making a final decision and sending instructions to New York. [...]	2006-11-17 09:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IO MI
06LILONGWE104	MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZED--FOR REAL [...] (U) After last-minute delays in December and January, the privatization of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. is finally going through. The buyer, Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., put down a $1 million earnest-money deposit last week and has followed that with $10 million more this week. The tot [...]	2006-02-03 07:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ECON MI
06LILONGWE1040	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Lt. Ngatwali MWANJA, Service no. 0952, Second BN Malawi Rifles Unit, Military police, International Student Detachment School, Ft. Leonard wood MO11 Dec 2006 Q 11 May 2007 2. Lt. Mjanike NUNDWE, Service no. 0945, Cobbe Barracks, Military police, International Student Detachment School, Ft. L [...]	2006-11-30 06:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS 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
06LILONGWE1064	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on December 7,2006, to discuss reftel talking points. Poloff presented the points, along with the two proposed texts, and laid out the problems with the Angolan text. Chiunguzeni said he needed to confer [...]	2006-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PHUM PREL
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
06LILONGWE1101	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] 2LT Alexious F. KACHENJE, Service number 0988, Cobbe Barracks unit, Air Traffic Controller course, Keesler AFB, MS, 29 Dec 06 - 16 Apr 07 2. Lt. Thokozani Andrew CHAZEMA, Service number 0859, Military Intelligence unit, Combined strategic Intelligence course, Defense Intelligence Agency, W [...]	2006-12-22 05:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS 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
06LILONGWE114	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] SGT Trecefory Aaron KALIMBA, Service No. 11838, Marine Unit, Patro OPS River Environment Course, Stennis Space Center MS 39529-7099, Feb April 27, 2006 2. LCPL Hilton Francis TENGULA, Service No. 13010, Marine Unit, Patro Craft prop sys OVH Course, Stennis Space Center MS 39529-7099, Feb. 1 [...]	2006-02-07 11:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
06LILONGWE115	MALAWI'S CENTRAL BANKERS ANXIOUS ABOUT IMF MISSION [...] (C) Despite fiscal performance that has been described as "impressive" over the past year, Malawi's central bankers are nervous about the upcoming quarterly review from the IMF's country team. At recent visits with the Reserve Bank of Malawi's (RBM) Governor Victor Mbewe and general manager W [...]	2006-02-07 11:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON 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
06LILONGWE120	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Major Andrew Overfield to Malawi for the purpose of facilitating EUCOM Acquisition Cross Servicing Agreement negotiations and to observe ACOTA PSO field training from February 12-18, 2006. Control Officer for the visi [...]	2006-02-08 11:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE121	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of LTC. Leon Mitchell Grube and Mr. Gunter Dieter Filippucci to Malawi for the purpose of conducting EUCOM Acquisition Cross Servicing Agreement briefings, discussions and negotiations from February 13-17, 2006. Control [...]	2006-02-08 12:54:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
06LILONGWE123	ESF PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT [...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under ESF. This proposal is first priority, ranked above a separate INCLE-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment and dissemination of information regarding trafficking [...]	2006-02-08 16:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG 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
06LILONGWE125	INCLE PROPOSAL FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Lilongwe submits the following proposal for funding under INCLE. This proposal is second priority, ranked below a separate ESF-funded proposal that is being submitted septel. Proposal format is keyed to ref A, para 21. A. Establishment of a Regulatory Framework to prohibit trafficking in p [...]	2006-02-08 16:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC EAID ELAB PREL SMIG MI
06LILONGWE127	MALAWI TRIES NEW TOBACCO MARKETING SCHEME [...] (U) At the insistence of the World Bank, the GOM has announced plans to take a baby step toward liberalizing its state-controlled tobacco market this season. The Tobacco Control Commission will establish three local commodity exchanges as an experimental alternative to the sale of tobacco thr [...]	2006-02-09 13:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD 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
06LILONGWE145	PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS CRY OVER SEVERANCE PAY [...] A long-running debate over Malawi's law mandating severance pay is coming to a head after large private employers have begun shutting down their voluntary pension schemes. This is a response to a 2004 court action requiring employers to pay both severance and pension at termination of employ [...]	2006-02-13 17:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ELAB ECON 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
06LILONGWE177	Country Clearance granted - Wyatt [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Major William M. Wyatt, from February 24- March 6, 2006 to Malawi for a DIA Hart trip. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political Officer Tyler Sparks, office telephone number 265-1-773-166, ext. 3463; cell ph [...]	2006-02-22 16:57:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA 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
06LILONGWE179	MALAWI'S MIXED FEELINGS ON HONG KONG TALKS [...] In a recent briefing for the private sector, Malawi's trade minist 2. To take better advantage of open markets, the GOM understands that 3. While noting good progress on eliminating export subsidies by 2013 4. COMMENT: The GOM's trade position appears to be driven mainly by t GILMOUR [...]	2006-02-22 16:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ECIN ECON MI
06LILONGWE181	MALAWI'S MIXED FEELINGS ON HONG KONG TALKS [...] In a recent briefing for the private sector, Malawi's trade ministry indicated both satisfaction and disappointment at the outcome of December's WTO ministerial conference held in Hong Kong. As expected, the GOM had been concerned mainly about concessions to least-developed countries (LDCs). T [...]	2006-02-23 15:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD ECIN ECON MI
06LILONGWE19	NORTHERN MALAWI'S CAPITAL OUTLAWS GRAIN TRADING [...] (SBU) The city assembly of Mzuzu, Malawi's northern regional capital, recently voted to ban private maize sales. The city's chief executive described the ban to us as a sop to popular sentiment and assured us that it would not be enforced. In any case, the incident illustrates the prevalence [...]	2006-01-06 11:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID MI
06LILONGWE20	BUSINESSES PROTEST MALAWI'S FOREX PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Malawi's business community has recently stepped up its pleas to the GOM to loosen its foreign exchange policy, let the kwacha depreciate, and back off its heavy-handed informal controls on forex. Embassy has encouraged the local IMF representative to engage the central bank on this issu [...]	2006-01-06 11:29:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON MI
06LILONGWE200	ACOTA TRAINING CLOSES [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 16:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE203	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Malawi (GOM) continued to make commendable progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2005. TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians. The GOM and the NGO community made significant efforts to raise awareness among civil society, legislators a [...]	2006-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
06LILONGWE204	MALAWIAN MUSLIMS PROTEST CARTOONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 16:29:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ASEDC MI
06LILONGWE224	IMF INBRIEF: MALAWI IS LOOKING GOOD [...] The IMF's quarterly review mission to Malawi began today with an inbrief for the heads of diplomatic missions. The mission leader, Calvin McDonald, described the IMF's directors as "full of praise for Malawi," particularly in view of the GOM's generally poor track record from 2000 to 2004. [...]	2006-03-08 16:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN 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
06LILONGWE243	MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] PolOff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni stated that he was sure Malawi would sign the additional protocol, and would bring up the issue within the Ministry. Any further response [...]	2006-03-15 13:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL
06LILONGWE244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA [...] Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni in the MFA on March 9 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, and initiated a short discussion on the difficulties the U.S. faces in balancing relations between India and Pakistan. Any furt [...]	2006-03-15 13:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC MI
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
06LILONGWE269	IMF: MALAWI SCORES SATISFACTORY REVIEW [...] (U) The IMF's assessment mission has given Malawi passing marks in the second review of its 2005 program. Citing strong fiscal performance, the team predicted that Malawi would reach HIPC completion point at mid year. The team expects fiscal difficulty in the first half of 2006, because of h [...]	2006-03-23 07:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON 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
06LILONGWE275	MUTHARIKA TO TOBACCO BUYERS: "CALL ME A DICTATOR" [...] (SBU) President Bingu wa Mutharika opened the state-controlled tobacco auctions today with fiery populist rhetoric, accusing American buyers of collusion and telling them they must pay higher prices or "pack up and go." He announced that the GOM is establishing a minimum price for "strategic" [...]	2006-03-27 14:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR
06LILONGWE286	MALAWI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE291	MALAWI NATIONAL HIV/AIDS REVIEW HIGHLIGHTS [...] Summary: Malawi's National AIDS Commission has convened the first review of the national response to HIV and AIDS for the year 2005-06. The conference highlighted positive developments in coordination among all partners, as well as the decentralization of the HIV/AIDS response to the district [...]	2006-03-30 09:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV MI
06LILONGWE294	MALAWI TOBACCO MARKET RELAXES [...] (U) Malawi's tobacco market has started to work again, after being disrupted by the GOM's new minimum price scheme. Buyers and sellers both seem to want to return to demand-driven pricing, but the market appears to be dealing with the government's prices for the moment. Buyers predict more pr [...]	2006-03-31 09:56:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN 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
06LILONGWE355	Blanket Over flight clearance granted: RCH 1818 [...] This acknowledges receipt of reftel. 2. The Government of Malawi (GOM) Department of Civil Aviation, granted a one year blanket over-flight operation and landing clearance authorization for U.S military and civilian aircraft under permit number 844/05 valid from 15 September 2005 - 15 Septe [...]	2006-04-21 10:00:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MI
06LILONGWE361	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered talking points for Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on April 20. Chiunguzeni stated that the GOM does not know who it will support, but agreed that human rights abusers should not be on the council. After discussing Malaw [...]	2006-04-24 15:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM
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
06LILONGWE37	MALAWI CABINET'S INTERNAL ECONOMIC DEBATE [...] (C) In a round of New Year courtesy calls on the finance minister and the governor of the central bank, Embassy has gained some new insights on cabinet-level thinking on economic issues. Among these are: -- Recognition that subsidizing low maize prices has been a mistake -- An upcoming dev [...]	2006-01-13 10:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON 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
06LILONGWE412	SUDAN - AU PSC DEMARCHE ON DARFUR [...] (U) Ambassador Eastham met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marjorie Ngauje on May 12 to discuss reftel talking points. Ambassador Eastham and Ngauje discussed the conflict in Sudan, as well as the recently signed Darfur Peace Agreement, and the need for the African Union to ask for as [...]	2006-05-12 11:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL
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
06LILONGWE433	TOBACCO MARKET IMPASSE RISKS FOREX CRISIS [...] (U) Malawi's tobacco auctions closed again May 11 in a continuing dispute over prices. Before this shutdown, a combination of government price controls, weak demand, and a large crop were slowing throughput in the market to about 60 percent of normal. About 30 percent of all tobacco presented [...]	2006-05-22 10:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR MI
06LILONGWE437	LUKEWARM IMF REVIEW OF MALAWI [...] (U) Summary. During a May 15 briefing, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessment team characterized the Government of Malawi's (GOM) overall performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program as "positive," though there were some notable areas of concern. Some s [...]	2006-05-25 09:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON 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
06LILONGWE49	SACHS AND SACKS OF FERTILIZER FOR MALAWI [...] (U) UN Millennium Advisor Jeffrey Sachs, returning to Malawi last week to organize the founding of three Millennium Villages, used the occasion to press his proposal for massive free farm inputs. As was the case during his last visit (reftel),his proposal was met with a distinct lack of enth [...]	2006-01-18 14:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN EAID ECON MI

06LILONGWE525	RESPECTED OPPOSITION FIGURE DIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 07:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI

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