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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06ROME1968TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST URGENT REVIEW OF GOI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Finance Ministry Director for Financial Crimes, Cristina Collura, provided EconOff May 15 two, several hundred page pre-trial detention orders, issued by the Court of Milan, on four individuals the Government of Italy (GOI) then p [...]
2006-07-11 05:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER
06ROME1969TERRORIST FINANCE, IIRO PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel points July 3 to Finance Ministry Director for Financial Crimes Cristina Collura, and July 5, to MFA Multilateral Affairs DG Guiseppe Cantini. 2. (S) The Italian officials noted that they would share the information we provided with the competent authorities [...]
2006-07-11 05:32:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER
06ROME1992ITALIANS PROMISE TO DOWNPLAY PACE RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona told Poloff that the PACE resolution calling for the abolishment of qualified majority voting and for a review of the entity structure, while unhelpful, was entirely irrelevant to Italy's Balkan policy. According to De Cardona, the Italian C [...]
2006-07-12 14:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK IT
06ROME1995BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE 05-980351
[...] Econoff, EconFSN, and EconIntern July 11 met Laboratorio Tevere Managing Director Giovanni Braghetti, per retel instructions. According to Braghetti, the four BAE Systems gyroscopes subject to the post-shipment end-check have not yet been received by Laboratorio Tevere. Braghetti provided Ec [...]
2006-07-13 09:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT
06ROME1996ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary. A/ECMIN met July 7 with Simone Bemporad, Finmeccanica's Senior Vice President for Media Relations and International Affairs, and Camillo Pirozzi, Head of Public Affairs and Institutional Relations, to discuss Finmeccanica's proposed sale of naval guns to the Venezuelan navy. A/ [...]
2006-07-13 09:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PARM SP VE IT
06ROME2006IRAN: TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIAL SEES INCREASING
[...] (C/NF) An Italian UN official based in Tehran says Iran is using all means at its disposal -- from support for terrorist groups to its own counter-narcotics campaign -- to boost its influence in the region. Accustomed to years of economic sanctions and international isolation, key Iranian powe [...]
2006-07-14 07:50:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT
06ROME2013KOFI ANNAN VISITS ITALY TO TALK AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] Summary. (C) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Rome July 11-12 for meetings with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, PM Romano Prodi, FM Massimo D'Alema, President of the Senate Franco Marini, President of the Chamber of Deputies Fausto Bertinotti, and center-right leader Silvio Berlu [...]
2006-07-14 16:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UN AF SU IT
06ROME2017IRAQ COMPACT LOGISTICS INFORMATION FOR ITALY
[...] (C) The Italian MFA confirms the presence of the three Italian delegates listed in reftel at the July 20 Iraq Compact and would like to accept the U.S. offer to provide transportation from Amman to the International Zone. The delegates' full information is as follows: - Minister Gianludovic [...]
2006-07-17 10:01:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EINV IZ IT
06ROME2032FINMECCANICA: NOT PURSUING ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 15:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PARM SP VE IT
06ROME2034FINMECCANICA STILL PURSUING RADIO CONTRACT WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Finmeccanica contacted Embassy officials July 14 to inform us they intend to bid on a contract to provide TETRA radios to two municipal police forces in Iran. Finmeccanica's decision is reportedly driven solely by business considerations, and was taken after delivery of Ref A ta [...]
2006-07-18 05:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR IT
06ROME2061ISRAEL SEES IMPROVEMENT ON THE ITALIAN LEFT
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Israel sees an improving attitude by much of the Italian left toward Israel, according to an Israeli Embassy official in Rome. In a July 18 address to Parliament, FM D'Alema said Israel's reaction to Hezbollah in Lebanon was legitimate, but "went beyond all reasonable proport [...]
2006-07-19 13:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR LE IS IT PGOV
06ROME2072AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH -
[...] (U) Summary. As part of the Ambassador's Partnership for Economic Growth, Italian and American experts met recently to discuss the opportunities and challenges for foreign private equity investment in Italy. There was broad agreement that foreign private equity investment in Italy is held bac [...]
2006-07-20 14:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV IT
06ROME2076SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE
[...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Cole. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. 2. U.S.-Italy relations traditionally have been strong regardless of the party in power. The Center Left's April 9-10 election victory should not significant [...]
2006-07-21 09:12:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT
06ROME209WFP LIST D CHAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 13, Danish Ambassador Poul Skytte Christoffersen, 2005 President of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board and chair of WFP's List D countries (OECD),convened his last session as List D Chair. The meeting was called to appoint a new List D chair. The United [...]
2006-01-23 10:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID WFP
06ROME2093P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN: NO SURPRISE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 14:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT
06ROME2099ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE IN ROME
[...] (C) Summary. On July 18, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte visited Rome to discuss the new Serbian action plan for compliance with the tribunal. Del Ponte told the Italians that she expected the action plan to result in the arrest and transfer of Mladic to the tribunal. The Italians urge [...]
2006-07-21 18:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR YI IT
06ROME2109ITALY'S 2005 BANKRUPTCY REFORMS: ONE STEP CLOSER
[...] (U) Summary. Following Parmalat's financial crisis in December 2003, the Italian Parliament began the first comprehensive reform of Italian bankruptcy law since 1942. The bankruptcy reforms, first enacted as a Decree Law and later ratified by Parliament, bring Italian bankruptcy proceedings [...]
2006-07-24 14:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IT
06ROME2117BANK OF ITALY GOVERNOR DRAGHI MAPS WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting July 7 with Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams, Bank of SIPDIS Italy Governor Mario Draghi expressed his desire that USG SWIFT wire transfer monitoring continues, and proposed the G8 countries pass legislation legalizing monitoring of [...]
2006-07-25 15:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IT
06ROME2156ITALY'S COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PRESENCE IN IRAN
[...] (U) Total two-way trade between Italy and Iran reached 5.17 billion euros in 2005, making Italy Iran's second biggest trade partner in the EU in eurodollar terms. Italian companies also have an active presence in many sectors of the Iranian economy. Paragraph 3 lists companies with investme [...]
2006-08-01 13:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN IR IT
06ROME2157ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH SOMALIA
[...] The MFA reports Somalia remains a political priority for Italy (ref A),an assertion bolstered by Italy's providing over 21 million euro in foreign assistance in 2005-2006 and Italy's membership in the Somalia Contact Group. That said, aside from some foreign assistance, Italy's economic ties [...]
2006-08-01 13:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD SO SW IT
06ROME216 OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - PRE-GAME
[...] This pre-game situational report provides information pertaining to continued efforts by RSO Rome Nancy Rolph- O'Donnell, OSC Daniel Weber, and FBI OC Ray Mey, in the USG's planning and preparations in support of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. 2. Commencing on January 4, 2006, US [...]
2006-01-23 16:26:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS
06ROME2188ITALY: 61ST UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE INITIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 16:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
06ROME2191 ITALY WIDENS THE WELCOME MAT FOR IMMIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Prodi government has been surprisingly proactive on immigration issues since it took office in May 2006. The Council of Ministers today will introduce legislation to cut from ten to five years the time needed for immigrants to qualify for citizenship and will offer, for th [...]
2006-08-04 10:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB SMIG IT
06ROME2192GOI RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSALS FOR MTCR TECHNICAL
[...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A and B proposals on modifications to the Missile Technology Control Regime's (MTCR) UAV/Missile criteria and the removal of Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) numbers from items in the MTCR annex to Enrico Padula, the MFA desk officer who follows MTCR issues. With res [...]
2006-08-04 10:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA IT
06ROME2195ITALY: INVITATION TO BURMESE FM AN EU EXPERIMENT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Giuseppe Mistretta, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, August 2, stressing U.S. disappointment with the Finnish Government's decision to invite the Burmese Foreign Minister to the September ASEM meeting in Helsinki. Mistretta responded that the invit [...]
2006-08-04 12:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM FI BU EUN IT
06ROME2217ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN LIBYA
[...] (U) The importance of Libyan oil and gas to the Italian electricity industry has ensured a steady stream of trade and investment between the two countries, notwithstanding Libya's sometimes difficult business environment. Italian trade and investment outside the energy sector is virtually no [...]
2006-08-08 08:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG ETRD LY IT
06ROME2234ITALY OK WITH INFORMAL UN MIGRATION DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 07:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF SMIG UNGA IT
06ROME2257ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
[...] (U) Summary. Italy and Russia are major trading partners, with the bulk of trade comprised of natural gas exports from Russia to Italy. While the GOI has expressed concern over Italy's dependence on Russian natural gas, Italy has not yet aggressively pursued alternative sources of energy. [...]
2006-08-10 15:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD RU IT
06ROME2258ITALY SEES HRC LEBANON SESSION AS UNPRODUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) August 9 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Office Director for Human Rights Francesco De Stefani, stressing that a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Special Session on Lebanon would be a distraction that could undermine UN Security Council (UNSC) efforts to bring about a cessation [...]
2006-08-10 15:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIS LE MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IT
06ROME2279 BUDGET 2007 ITALY: TIGHTWIRE ACT BEGINS WITH RELEASE OF
[...] Summary: The public release of Italy's four-year financial plan, the DPEF, officially opens Italy's 2007 budget process. Prime Minister Prodi's coalition will formally present its draft 2007 budget by end-September. Parliament must approve the final budget by the end of December. To avoid [...]
2006-08-11 15:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT
06ROME2281ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN VENEZUELA
[...] (U) The presence of a large Italian community in Venezuela has allowed Italian products to occupy a privileged space on Venezuelan shelves in the past. However, the GOV's termination of a service contract held by Eni, Italy's oil and gas parastatal, to operate the Dacion oilfield has now crea [...]
2006-08-11 15:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD IT VE
06ROME2285DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701: ITALY
[...] (C) Pol M/C August 12 delivered ref points to Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema's vice chief of staff, Alfredo Conte. Conte noted that the Secretary and D'Alema had spoken by telephone the previous evening, shortly after agreement was reached on the draft resolution. He said the FM ha [...]
2006-08-12 11:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IS LE SY IT
06ROME2288ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER BERSANI CHARTS WAY
[...] (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli August 2, Economic Development Minister Pierluigi Bersani outlined his plans for further economic liberalization and identified barriers to reform. He expressed enthusiasm for the Ambassador's Partnership for Growth, and said Italian compa [...]
2006-08-14 09:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENRG IT
06ROME2335LEBANON: ITALY READY TO HELP WITH TROOPS, BRIDGE
[...] (S) Italy is prepared to deploy up to 1,000 troops quickly to UNIFIL and up to 3,000 overall. The Foreign Minister told NEA A/S Welch the cabinet unanimously approved Italy's participation in UNIFIL during its August 18 meeting. Italy is persuaded, based on its own high-level consultations wi [...]
2006-08-18 17:34:00Embassy RomeSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME237S23B-05: GOI IN RECEIPT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING
[...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper January 23 to Enrico Padula, the MFA official responsible for Australia Group issues. Padula shares our concern over attempts by Mahamood Tavallaie to obtain research assistance regarding the clostridium botulinum toxin and attempts by other Iranian res [...]
2006-01-25 15:31:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IT IR CBW
06ROME239IRAQ: ITALY-US-UK TRILATS, JANUARY 19, 2006
[...] (C) Summary. Italy confirmed it will lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar, for which it would provide its own security, and the UK previewed its plans for a PRT in Basra. U.S.-UK-Italy agreed on the concept for the PRTs as providing capacity-building for local authorities. [...]
2006-01-26 08:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC PGOV IZ IT
06ROME241ITALY PROTESTS IRAN DECISIONMAKING PROCESS
[...] (C) The GOI January 25 expressed concern about the upcoming London meeting on Iran and the emergence of a P6 format for decisionmaking on the issue. To drive home its unhappiness about being sidelined, the GOI had blocked EU agreement that same day on EU-3 draft language regarding Iran. Whil [...]
2006-01-26 15:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IAEA IT IR
06ROME2429D'ALEMA, LEBANON, AND ENGAGING ITALY
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emblematic of both the possibilities and challenges posed by Italy's center-left government. Prickly. Ex-Communist. Europeanist. Critic of Iraq war. Critic of alleged US unilateralism. Political opponent of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. [...]
2006-08-30 14:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
06ROME2433 ITALY TO PLEDGE 30 MILLION EUROS FOR LEBANON AT STOCKHOLM
[...] (U) Acting EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Federica Ferrari Bravo, Office Director for the Middle East and Balkans in the MFA's Bureau of Cooperation and Development (BCD) August 30 to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) Ferrari Bravo stated that the GOI will pledge 30 million euro at the A [...]
2006-08-30 15:34:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID LE SW IT
06ROME2434ITALIANS NOT OPPOSED TO KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 15:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKZ KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE IT
06ROME2436ITALY: THE DOGS BARK, AND THE PRODI CARAVAN MOVES
[...] (S/NF) The main lesson for the US in PM Romano Prodi's first 100 days is that early and active engagement with this center-left government pays. The Italian reversal of position and decision to quietly maintain a civilian presence in Iraq despite military withdrawal reflected a deliberate cal [...]
2006-08-31 08:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MOPS PTER IZ LE SY IT
06ROME2441TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE
[...] (S) A/EconCouns and Econoff delivered to Maria Paola Suppa of the Finance Ministry's Office of Financial Crimes on August 28 reftel points concerning Washington's preparations for the upcoming designations of seven individuals and two entities, under UNSCR 1617 and E.O. 13224, that are facil [...]
2006-08-31 08:32:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT
06ROME2458BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE 05-0976829
[...] This cable is in response to reftel A and is an update to reftel B. 2. Colonel Filippo Censori of the Italian Carabinieri Air and Maritime Services (foreign end-user) confirmed to post August 29 that the items listed in reftel A were received by Agusta SPA (foreign intermediate consignee [...]
2006-09-01 09:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC IT
06ROME2481ITALY SUPPORTS WEDGWOOD FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 10:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC
06ROME2489ITALY URGES SYRIA TO STOP ARMS FLOW
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Prodi sent his diplomatic adviser to Damascus September 6 with a message for Asad urging compliance with the terms of resolution 1701 and a halt in the arms flow to Lebanon. It was the latest in a series of direct Italian messages to Syria, coming on the heels of [...]
2006-09-06 16:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT
06ROME2535ICTY: ITALY CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 14:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALICTY PINR PGOV PREL SR YI IT
06ROME2538IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS: ITALY EXPRESSES INTEREST
[...] Acting EcMinCouns and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, Ignazio Angeloni, September 7. DG Angeloni stated that the GOI would be interested in actively participating in, and contributing to, all three of the planned [...]
2006-09-11 05:38:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL IZ IT
06ROME2547PRODI TO AFFIRM TO BEIJING: GOI RESPECTS ARMS
[...] (C) Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will travel to China September 13-18, stopping in Beijing, Nanjing, Canton, Shanghai, and Tianjin. In light of the upcoming trip, Poloff spoke with Assistant Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Sem Fabrizi September 7 to discuss the China arms embar [...]
2006-09-11 15:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EUN ETTC ETRD CH IT
06ROME255ITALY OPEN TO MUTUAL SUPPORT OF INCB CANDIDATES
[...] (U) Poloff presented reftel dipnote and CV of Melvyn Levitsky, U.S. candidate for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB),to Enrico Valvo, head of the MFA Counterterrorism Policy Unit January 25. Highlighting Amb. Levitsky's extensive experience, Poloff stressed that [...]
2006-01-27 16:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNCND UN IT
06ROME2568ITALIANS POSITIVE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (C) Summary. On September 7, ISN/WMDT officials Katsapis and Lehrman met with Italian MFA officials Filippo Formica, head of the nonproliferation office, Giampaolo Cantini, head of the counterterrorism office, and Carlo Mancini, a GOI expert on nuclear safety. Vladimir Proshin, Political Coun [...]
2006-09-12 13:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKGIC PREL PGOV IT
06ROME2580ITALIAN RESPONSE WEAK ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE REGARDING
[...] SUMMARY: A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche to the Prime Minister's office and to the Ministry of Foreign Trade. While the GOI is broadly sympathetic to USG concerns regarding Chinese IPR violations, China's potential as a large trading partner lessens GOI enthusiasm for direct WTO action. GO [...]
2006-09-13 14:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH IT
06ROME2582ITALY CO-CHAIRING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES WORKING
[...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial September 12 to Gabriella Biondi, MFA Acting Office Director for UN Affairs, and Brunella Borzi, MFA OSCE Office Director (and CD coordinator). Poloff noted we plan to focus our participation on the success of th [...]
2006-09-13 15:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IT
06ROME2588TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' NOMINATION
[...] (S/NF) Post does not have any nominations for the second tranche of the Radical Ideologue Initiative at this time (ref A). However, we will continue to remain alert to individuals and groups which would be appropriate under this initiative. 2. (S/NF) Econoff spoke September 6 with Crist [...]
2006-09-14 08:08:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER FR IT
06ROME2593ITALY AT NAM SUMMIT
[...] (C) Italy's observer to the NAM Summit in Havana, Sebastiano Cardi, a minister in the MFA Directorate General for Political Affairs, will be in Cuba for several days, beginning September 12. In light of the Italian presence at the meeting, Poloff spoke with Alessandro Busacca, a minister in t [...]
2006-09-14 12:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU CU IT
06ROME2618ITALIAN PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 15:19:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SR YI IT
06ROME2622IRAN: ITALY'S EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY VULNERABLE TO
[...] (S) Alessandro Castellano, the Director General (DG) of Italy's export credit agency (ECA),Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE),told the Ambassador August 29 that he was "calm" about SACE's financial exposure to Iran, should there be UN sanctions against Tehran. Castellano note [...]
2006-09-15 16:01:00Embassy RomeSECRETECON EFIN PTER IR IT
06ROME263 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]
2006-01-30 08:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME2636LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT
[...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...]
2006-09-19 07:50:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL EUN IT
06ROME2637VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH
[...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...]
2006-09-19 09:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT
06ROME2653LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT
[...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...]
2006-09-20 14:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL EUN IT
06ROME2663ITALY: "CAPACITY TO PAY" KEY SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Leonardo Bencini, Acting MFA UN Office Director, and Gabriella Biondi, UN office, September 19 to discuss the upcoming UN Scale of Assessments negotiations, as per reftel. Poloff stressed that the United States would not agree to a scale that eliminated or increas [...]
2006-09-21 09:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR AORC UNGA IT
06ROME2672ITALIAN RESPONSE TO USG NON-PAPERS FOR MISSILE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftels C-N non-papers September 12 to Enrico Padula, the MFA desk officer responsible for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) issues. During a subsequent meeting September 19, Econoff delivered reftels A and B. Padula thanked us for the package of notes and told [...]
2006-09-21 14:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA KNNP WMD
06ROME2697ITALIANS AGREE THAT UN HRC NEEDS TO BE EFFECTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-25 15:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN IT
06ROME2698Edison Optimistic on Prospects of Turkey-Greece-Italy
[...] In a meeting with A/Ecmin and ConGen Milan representatives, Roberto Poti, Vice President for Business Development of Edison, Italy's second largest energy company, expressed confidence that the natural gas pipeline connecting Greece and Italy will be completed by 2010. Obstacles remaining inc [...]
2006-09-25 15:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT
06ROME2699TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY PIPELINE - EDISON DISCUSSIONS
[...] Roberto Poti, Edison Vice President for Business Development, called EconCounselor September 18 to relate details of his September 11 meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler regarding the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) pipeline construction. 2. Poti described the meeting as "very posit [...]
2006-09-25 15:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT
06ROME27GOI: BUDGET CUTS WILL NOT REDUCE AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary. MFA Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Ambassador Anna della Croce told Charge January 3 that Italy will not allow budget cuts to affect its Berlin pledge of 145 million euros through end-2006. Della Croce expects a decision on GOI participation in the Afghanistan Compact next week [...]
2006-01-04 16:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV AF IT AFGHANISTAN
06ROME2724PASSENGER DATA SHARING VIEWS AS OLD AGREEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy,s privacy authority reports EU member state privacy authorities are working toward a new U.S.-EU agreement on Passenger Name Records (PNR) to replace the current one expiring September 30. The new agreement reportedly will not differ in substance from the existing agreemen [...]
2006-09-27 17:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALASEC EAIR PTER AORC ICAO KTIA IT
06ROME276ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI LEADING THE RACE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent polls show that PM Silvio Berlusconi's center-right (CR) coalition has gained on Romano Prodi's center-left (CL) coalition. Prodi's lead has slipped from 8 percentage points last summer to 4.5 percentage points in January. In the last month, Berlusconi has set the tone of [...]
2006-01-31 12:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME278EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND DISPUTES
[...] There is one outstanding expropriation case concerning the estate of a U.S.citizen of Italian descent against the City of Rome for expropriation of property. Two other cases appear either settled or abandoned. In the latter two cases, the Embassy/Consulate General has not been directly involv [...]
2006-01-31 13:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE EFIN CASC IT EUN
06ROME2780ITALIANS NEUTRAL ON SUPPORTING AMENDMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini, Director of the UN office of the Italian MFA, on October 3. Bencini noted that the EU regularly supports the Cuba Embargo resolution and would likely do so again. Bencini said that Italy's position on support for an amendment would be for [...]
2006-10-03 15:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN IT
06ROME2793COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FTC - WILLIAM E.
[...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for FTC official Mr. William E. Kovacic to travel to Florence for the period of October 12 - 15, 2006 to speak at the 10th Annual Competition Conference at the European University Institute, Fiesole. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands tha [...]
2006-10-05 10:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA NSF IT
06ROME28ITALY'S BUDGET: SQUEEZED BY ELECTION-YEAR SPENDING
[...] On December 22, Parliament approved the 2006 budget which includes euro 27.5 billion in spending cuts and new revenue measures to shrink the deficit/GDP ratio to 3.8 percent (Italy's EU ceiling for 2006). Italy's budget process faced the double pressure of EU deficit ceilings, and front-loaded [...]
2006-01-04 17:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME2863ITALY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Smith. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. Summary: A Traditionally Strong Bilateral Relationship --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. U.S. - Italy relations traditionally have [...]
2006-10-12 16:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OREP PREL PGOV AMGT IT
06ROME2871ITALIANS WANT TO CONTACT GROUP DISCUSSION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Serbian president Boris Tadic visited Rome on October 10 and 11 to meet with Italian President Napolitano, PM Prodi, FM D'Alema, and MOD Parisi. Tadic expressed his hope that Serbia could become part of PfP, the EU and eventually NATO but noted that Serbia had experienced signif [...]
2006-10-13 15:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICTY SR YI IT
06ROME2872NIAG 6136: ITALIANS PLEDGE FURTHER COOPERATION IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ecmin delivered Ref A talking points October 13 to Guilio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights. Terzi pledged continued GOI support for our efforts to halt exports related to Iranian development of WMD, and said he would ask the Min [...]
2006-10-13 15:57:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC CH IR IT
06ROME2873ITALY DISCUSSING TIGHTENING OF VENEZUELA ARMS SALES
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Francesco Talo, MFA South America Office Director, and Paolo Campanini, South America Office, September 21 to inform Italy of the U.S. arms transfer policy to Venezuela, per Ref A, urging Italy to adopt similar measures. Talo noted that arms sales to Venezuela wer [...]
2006-10-13 15:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM VE PREL OTRA IT
06ROME2877MINISTER OF TRADE: ITALY RETHINKING APPROACH TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 and 12. 2. (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli October 3, Trade Minister Anna Bonino outlined her views on Italy's trade relationship with China and the need for Italian firms to be more aggressive in promoting their brands [...]
2006-10-16 05:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ETTC AF CH IT
06ROME2896ITALY: FM D'ALEMA CALLS TO EXPLAIN ABSTENTION ON
[...] (C/NF) Post received NIACT request (Ref A) on October 17 after learning that Foreign Minister had called the Secretary October 16 to discuss the balloting for the UNSC non-permanent member for Latin America. We understand from Foreign Minister's Policy Advisor and Prime Minister's Diplomatic [...]
2006-10-17 14:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME2897ITALY: FM D'ALEMA CALLS TO EXPLAIN ABSTENTION ON
[...] (C/NF) Post received NIACT request (Ref A) on October 17 after learning that Foreign Minister had called the Secretary October 16 to discuss the balloting for the UNSC non-permanent member for Latin America. We understand from Foreign Minister's Policy Advisor and Prime Minister's Diplomatic [...]
2006-10-17 14:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME2944BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE 05-944510; ORDER
[...] (C) Econoff spoke by phone October 17 with Donato D'Angelantonio, Director General of Supplies for Elettronica SPA (foreign consignee and end-user),regarding reftel. According to D'Angelantonio, who provided extensive supporting documents (via fax),Elettronica cancelled May 19, 2005 the or [...]
2006-10-24 13:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC IT
06ROME2953ITALY: LEBANON RESOLUTIONS UNBALANCED, EU SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 16:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER UNGA LE IS IT
06ROME2954ITALY: DPRK ACTIONS UNACCEPTABLE, EU COORDINATING
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA East Asia Office Director Federico Failla October 20 to discuss the recent North Korean nuclear test and UNSCR 1718 (Refs A-D). Poloff stressed the importance of implementing all provisions in UNSCR 1718 expeditiously. Failla noted that PM Prodi and FM D'Alema had bot [...]
2006-10-24 16:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KN PARM KNNP IT
06ROME2961EGYPT SEEKS DETAILS ON FRENCH OFFER FOR MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary. Under instructions from Cairo, Egyptian DCM Abu Bakr Hefny Mahnoud, called on Pol M/C Pearce and Poloff on October 24 to ask for information on a French-led initiative, in which the Italians along with several other Mediterranean countries participated, to increase military - m [...]
2006-10-25 14:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF ZP NATO IT
06ROME2965WELCH REJECTS "AMBIGUITY" ON HAMAS RECOGNITION OF
[...] (S) Italy's MFA Middle East director Riccardo Sessa says European countries want to help move the Israeli-Palestinian issue forward, but the issue is how best to do so. He said a breakthrough could require a greater degree of ambiguity on the issue of Hamas recognition of Israel. NEA A/S Welc [...]
2006-10-26 11:35:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL PGOV IT XF
06ROME2982ITALYASKS FOR HELP ON URS LOGISTICS,
[...] (C) Summary. PolMinCouns met with Italian Iraq Task Force coordinator De Martino on October 27 to deliver reftel points and discuss Italian URS logistics. De Martino told PolMinCouns that Italy would be represented at the October 31 Iraq Compact Meeting in Kuwait by the Italian Ambassador to [...]
2006-10-27 15:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NATO IZ IT
06ROME2983ITALY HOPES MEPP DISCUSSIONS IN ALICANTE REALISTIC
[...] (C) Political M/C and Poloff called on Italian MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti October 25 to discuss Italy's upcoming participation in Middle East peace process discussions hosted by the Spanish. Pezzotti said Italy hoped to play a constructive role in focusing discussions on [...]
2006-10-27 16:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF LE UN IT
06ROME2984ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...]
2006-10-27 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP
06ROME2990ITALY: ON CUBA, DAS MADISON ENCOURAGES ITALY TO
[...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison met with Italian officials October 23 to discuss the Cuba transition. Madison shared U.S. views and plans in light of the changing situation in Cuba. Stressing the fact that only the Cuban people could bring about change, she requested Italian help to open polit [...]
2006-10-30 13:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC CU VZ GT IT
06ROME3006GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY COMPLAINS OF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Georgian Ambassador to Italy, Zaal Gogsadze, told poloff that he has been unable to get the GOI to focus on the tensions building in Georgia. Gogsadze stated that the GOI has become fixated on the Putin-inspired idea that Georgia is pushing for an armed confrontation. Whi [...]
2006-11-02 08:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV GG RU IT
06ROME3016ITALY SEES LITTLE TRACTION IN EU FOR MORATINOS
[...] (C) A senior MFA official November 2 provided Pol M/C with Italy's read on the recent Mediterranean Forum conference in Alicante, Spain. Luciano Pezzotti, director of the MFA's Middle East office, had accompanied FM D'Alema to the session. He said the GOI found the format of the meeting uns [...]
2006-11-03 10:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IT SP
06ROME3032ITALY: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC AND CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini November 6 to deliver Ref A demarche requesting Italian support on UNGA country specific human rights resolutions for Belarus and Uzbekistan. Carpini reported that Italy had decided November 3 to co-sponsor the U.S.-sponsore [...]
2006-11-06 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU IT
06ROME3037ITALY ON SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE, CIVIL SOCIETY KEY
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo November 3 and with Angelo Masetti, Spokesman for the Italy-Somalia Forum, October 26 to discuss the situation in Somalia. Izzo and Masetti agreed that the TFIs were weak, and that the CIC's goals were unclear. They both beli [...]
2006-11-07 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO IT
06ROME3040SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER -
[...] (C) Embassy Rome's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Richard Boly, Deputy Economic Counselor; phone: 39-06-4674-2320; unclassified email: bolyrc@state.gov; and classified email: bolyrc@state.sgov.gov. 2. (C) Embassy Rome's Deputy TFCO is Kevin Brady, Economic Officer; ph [...]
2006-11-08 08:28:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER IT
06ROME3046IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...]
2006-11-08 16:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN IZ IT
06ROME3047IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...]
2006-11-08 16:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN IZ IT
06ROME3050IRAN & HIZBALLAH: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS IN ROME
[...] (S/NF) In October 26 meetings with Government of Italy (GOI) officials and bankers, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey pressed the GOI to ensure that its financial system was performing due diligence to prevent Iranian front companies engaged in WMD [...]
2006-11-09 12:55:00Embassy RomeSECRETECON EFIN PTER IR LE IT
06ROME3051ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...]
2006-11-09 12:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT
06ROME3059FASTBOATS REVISITED: ITALIAN FIRM'S SHIPMENT OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche, regarding the export of marine diesel engines to Iran, to officials at the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Foreign Trade (MFT). Both officials expressed surprise that th [...]
2006-11-09 15:30:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR ETTC IT IR
06ROME3068ITALY WORKING ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS REPORT TO
[...] (C) Poloffs November 8 met separately with Filippo Nicosia, MFA East Asia Office, and Filippo Formica, Office Director for Non-Proliferation to deliver Ref A points requesting countries take steps to meet their obligations under UNSCR 1718 on DPRK Conventional Arms. Nicosia noted that, while [...]
2006-11-13 15:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL XX KN UN IT
06ROME3097ITALY OPEN TO U.S. ILC CANDIDATE, REQUESTS U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 17:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ILC UNGA IT
06ROME310S59-05: GOI APPRAISED OF ATTEMPTS BY IRANIAN FIRM
[...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel talking points and non paper to Aldo Doria, head of the Productive Activities Ministry's (MPA) Export Control Unit. Doria is familiar with Samamicro and with Angelantoni, the Italian company from which Samamicro's website offers to procure dual-use equipment. D [...]
2006-02-02 16:32:00Embassy RomeSECRETPARM PREL PINR ETTC IT IR CBW EXPORT CONTROLS
06ROME3108DESPITE NEW GOVERNMENT, ITALY'S POSITION ON TRADE
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. During EcMin courtesy calls, GOI officials reiterated earlier calls for "parallelism" in WTO negotiations (ref C) and highlighted the importance of geographical indications to the GOI. They [...]
2006-11-17 12:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON WTO IT
06ROME311 USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
[...] The Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) provides a secure web- based crisis management software application known as the Virtual Command Center (VCC). The VCC provides a virtual information-sharing platform where by critical, time sensitive unclassified information may be disseminated both vertica [...]
2006-02-03 11:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS
06ROME3110ITALY DISTANCES ITSELF FROM SPANISH-FRENCH MEPP
[...] (C/NF) Summary. MFA Officials took pains November 17 to distance Italy from the Middle East Initiative announced by Spain. They said while the Middle East Peace Process was a top priority for Italy, it was crucial to coordinate any such initiative carefully: first within the EU, then with th [...]
2006-11-17 14:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV XF IT
06ROME3112TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY PLANS TO DESIGNATE THREE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office, presented Econoff with a statement of case (SOC) and supporting documents in Italian (approximately 200 pages) November 16, bearing the names of [...]
2006-11-17 15:00:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT
06ROME3114ITALY: EU CONSENSUS UNLIKELY ON UNGA ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 15:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA IS IT
06ROME3115ITALY PREPARING UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 15:30:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP XX KN IT
06ROME3119TRANSNISTRA: ITALIANS SUPPORT CHANGING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 12:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALOSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP IT
06ROME3122TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST
[...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel talking points November 16 to Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office and member of the Financial Security Committee (the GOI's interagency working group which coordinates, and decides upon, terrorism finance cas [...]
2006-11-20 14:32:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT
06ROME3128KOSOVO: AHTISAARI, D'ALEMA AGREE TO NO FURTHER
[...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martii Ahtisaari visited Rome to discuss the future of Kosovo with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on November 17. D'Alema agreed with Ahtisaari that the status decision on Kosovo should not be delayed further than the end of January. D'Alema told Ahtisaari t [...]
2006-11-20 16:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN YI SR IT
06ROME3130SHARING DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ WITH ITALY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IZ IT
06ROME3131ITALY WARNS SYRIA ON DESTABILIZING LEBANON
[...] (C) Italy is concerned about possible Syrian-inspired efforts to destabilize Lebanon and PM Prodi has contacted President Bashar al-Asad with a message of warning. Despite the recent resignations of six cabinet ministers, Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly told the Italians he was confident in th [...]
2006-11-20 17:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF IR LE IT
06ROME3132ITALY: IRAN SANCTIONS UNAVOIDABLE, BUT ESCALATION
[...] (C) MFA Middle East Director Cesare Ragaglini says there is now no choice on the Iran nuclear issue but to move forward with sanctions. This is a matter for some concern, though, because it will set in motion a process of escalation whose outcome is unpredictable. We should also be looking [...]
2006-11-21 06:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT
06ROME3142ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS FOR BMENA
[...] (SBU) MFA officials report Italian FM D'Alema has decided to attend the BMENA Forum for the Future. He plans to arrive the evening of November 30th and to depart the morning of December 1, after having delivered remarks. He will be accompanied by newly appointed MFA Director General for Med [...]
2006-11-21 13:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KMPI IT
06ROME315 FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: INFORMAL DONORS'
[...] Summary and Background. On January 25, 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) held an informal donors' meeting to provide an overview of 2005 activities and special requirements for 2006. Recently appointed TCE Assistant Direc [...]
2006-02-03 11:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON SENV UN FAO
06ROME3159ITALIANS CLOSE-MOUTHED ON AZADEGAN PROJECT IN IRAN
[...] (C) Ecmin delivered ref A points regarding possible Italian investment in Iran's Azadegan oilfield to Amadeo Teti, Ministry of Foreign Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, and Claudio Spinedi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Multilateral Financial and Eco [...]
2006-11-22 14:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET PREL IR IT
06ROME3166ITALY QUINT MEETING "DAMAGE CONTROL"; ITALY SAYS
[...] (C) Summary. The DCM delivered reftel points to senior MFA officials November 22 and underscored our concern regarding the Spanish MEPP Initiative and Italy's association with it. The Italians said they see the Quint meeting, which Italy is hosting November 24, as an opportunity to do "damag [...]
2006-11-22 16:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF EUN IT
06ROME3167ITALY SCENESETTER FOR DNSA ELLIOTT ABRAMS
[...] (U) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democratization Strategy and Deputy Assistant to the President Elliott Abrams. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for the visit. Country Clearance sent REFTEL A. Summary [...]
2006-11-22 17:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF AF IR IZ LE IT
06ROME3170ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT
[...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...]
2006-11-24 12:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT
06ROME31722006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] This message responds to ref B request for information on financial crimes and money laundering in Italy. Together with ref A, these reports transmit Mission Italy's submission to the 2006-07 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). 2. Italy is not an offshore financial c [...]
2006-11-24 14:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT
06ROME3202GOI RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MTCR CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) Econ Counselor delivered ref A talking points November 30 to Carlo Tripepi, the MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent official in charge of Missile Technology SIPDIS Control Regime (MTCR) issues. Tripepi reiterated [...]
2006-11-30 16:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IT
06ROME3205ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA): ITALY
[...] (SBU) The GOI is interested in further discussing a possible ACTA, but underscores that Italy is committed to working within existing multilateral organizations and arrangements (i.e., the WTO and EU),and would have to evaluate very carefully adhering to any agreement outside these arrangeme [...]
2006-12-01 09:32:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT
06ROME3213 AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE ON TURKEY AI
[...] SUMMARY: FAO SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICIAL JUAN LUBROTH GAVE A PRESS BRIEFING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 16, ON HIS MISSION TO TURKEY TO ASSESS THE AVIAN INFLUENZA SITUATION. THE FAO ASSESSMENT IS MORE OPTIMISTIC THIS WEEK COMPARED TO LAST WEEK WHEN FAO WARNED AI COULD BECOME ENDEMIC TO TURKEY. THE MA [...]
2006-01-17 15:34:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EAGR KPAO TU AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME3214ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...]
2006-12-01 12:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT
06ROME3223SOMALIA: ITALY WANTS ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT TFI-CIC
[...] (C) Poloff met with Italian MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo November 30 to discuss the situation in Somalia and the possible deployment of a regional force. According to Izzo, Italy believed that the dialogue between the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) and the Council of Islamic [...]
2006-12-04 15:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO IT
06ROME3228ITALY: APPAREL AND TEXTILES STATISTICS AND
[...] The textile and apparel industries are a small, but high-profile, part of Italy's industrial base. Although textiles and apparel accounted for only nine percent of industrial production and eleven percent of Italy's total exports and imports in 2005, names such as Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, [...]
2006-12-05 09:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX CH IT
06ROME323(UPDATE) 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I)
[...] In accordance with Ref B instructions, Post submits an update to the INCSR report (Ref A) transmitted in December 2005. The updated text and figures below reflect the latest information from the GOI and should be included in the final draft of the INCSR. 2. Ref A cable, paragraph five. [...]
2006-02-03 13:31:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IT EUN
06ROME324GOI CLARIFIES SCAJOLA REMARKS ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Gabriele Checchia backed away from MPA Minister Claudia Scajola's statement that Ukraine is "taking" Russian gas meant for Italy, and said Italy will support Ukrainian [...]
2006-02-03 13:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON IT UP RU
06ROME3243ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA):
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The presumed GOI lead for ACTA, Fabrizio Pagani, Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister, has asked whether there will be an ACTA "launch" session in January. He has also asked whether Washington agencies have [...]
2006-12-07 09:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT
06ROME3246TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON UNSCR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office, gave Econoff November 16 the names of two naturalized Italian citizens who have petitioned the GOI for delisting from UNSCR 1267 designation. (Re [...]
2006-12-07 09:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT
06ROME3261ITALY: REGISTER OF DAMAGES SHOULD HAVE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Daniele Bosio December 5 and Acting UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini December 6, noting U.S. concerns with the draft resolution to establish a register of damages related to the West Bank barrier. Poloffs emphasized [...]
2006-12-07 17:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS IT
06ROME3269ITALY CONSIDERING UN CTC CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] Summary. DCM met with MFA Director General for Political and Multilateral Affairs Giulio Terzi on December 7 to request that Italy chair the UN Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) when it rotates onto the UN Security Council in 2007, per reftel. Stressing that Italy could serve as chair effect [...]
2006-12-11 16:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER IT
06ROME3272D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...]
2006-12-12 11:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT
06ROME3276IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS - ITALY
[...] (C) Pol M/C and poloff delivered ref points December 4 and 11 to MFA Deputy Middle East Director Luca Del Balzo and Gulf Countries Office Director Bruno Campria. 2. (C) Pol M/C told Del Balzo that, as part of our effort to coordinate with Italy on Iranian issues, it would be important to [...]
2006-12-12 13:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR IT
06ROME3279D'ALEMA MAXIMUS
[...] (C/NF) Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emerging as the most prominent and dynamic member of the Prodi Government. Barely six months into his tenure at the MFA, he appears intent on leaving his imprint on Italian foreign policy, the Italian Government, and on Italy itself. On forei [...]
2006-12-12 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IT
06ROME328GOI SAYS JUDICIAL REFORM WILL NOT REDUCE IPR
[...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Justice, in a written reply to the Ambassador, has firmly rejected U.S. copyright industry arguments that recent judicial reforms will hamper the prosecution of intellectual property crimes. Contrary to the claims of the Recording Industry Association of [...]
2006-02-03 14:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN
06ROME329IRAN: ITALY STEADY ON REFERRAL, WANTS
[...] (C) Italy supports the U.S. "100 percent" on the Iranian nuclear issue, including referral to the UN Security Council. MFA officials continue to stress to the Iranians the need to suspend enrichment activities to restore the confidence of the international community. While unhappy at Italy's [...]
2006-02-03 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT
06ROME3295GOI FOLLOW-UP ON EXPORT OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) During a November 30 meeting with Econ Counselor, Carlo Tripepi, MFA Office Director responsible for Italian Munitions Exports (and former Director of the Office that oversees Italian participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement) [...]
2006-12-14 15:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR ETTC IT IR
06ROME3298ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The Italian Embassy in Havana continued to meet regularly with opposition leaders as part of efforts to engage in intensified dialogue with civil society. Italy did not participate in exch [...]
2006-12-14 17:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL IT
06ROME3299ITALY APPRECIATES EXAMPLES OF DPRK PROLIFERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 17:29:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN IT
06ROME3300GOI DOWNPLAYS POSSIBILITY OF OTO MELARA EXPORT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Econ Counselor delivered ref A demarche December 13 to Carlo Tripepi, Director of the MFA's Arms Material Authorization Unit, responsible for licensing Italian munitions exports. Tripepi had not heard of Oto Melara's possibl [...]
2006-12-15 13:17:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC IR VE IT
06ROME3312ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON ISG RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSE
[...] (C) Summary. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the MFA's Iraq Task Force, says many of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommendations, such as embedding coalition members inside police, military and institutional structures, have already been tried and found to be difficult to implement. Other rec [...]
2006-12-15 18:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT
06ROME3317PRODI HOUSE DIVIDED, BUT STILL STANDS
[...] (SBU) PM Prodi's 2007 budget proposal has drawn intense criticism from across the political spectrum and fueled a heated political debate about the government's durability as well as a massive protest against him and his governing coalition. Pundits generally have predicted Prodi's government [...]
2006-12-18 10:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON IT
06ROME3320OLMERT REJECTS ITALIAN PUSH ON SHEBAA FARMS
[...] (C/NF) Israeli PM Olmert visited Italy December 13 and talks focused on Lebanon, the Middle East peace process, and Iran. He deflected calls by both the Italian PM and FM for a gesture on Shebaa Farms to buttress embattled Lebanese PM Siniora. Olmert noted this would be seen as a nod to Syri [...]
2006-12-18 13:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL XF IR LE IT
06ROME3331TERRORIST LISTS - ITALY
[...] Per reftel, Post reports that the Government of Italy has no independent, national list of banned terrorist entities. The GOI uses, and refers to, UN and EU lists of banned terrorist entities. BORG [...]
2006-12-19 15:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER IT
06ROME3334Italy: Changing Public Attitudes Toward
[...] Italy has some of the better IPR protection laws in the EU, but enforcement is stunningly lackluster. Until 2005, Mission Italy focused a more than decade- long effort on improving enforcement, but we also began to consider how we might change Italians perceptions toward IPR as a way to suppo [...]
2006-12-19 16:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV KIPR IT
06ROME3350LARGEST-EVER INDIAN TRADE DELEGATION VISITS ITALY
[...] The visit of a major Indian trade delegation highlighted Italian and Indian interest in increased trade. Bilateral trade reached 3.7 billion euro in the first nine months of 2006, on pace to set a new record. We believe Italy,s interest derives from its perennial bilateral trade deficit wit [...]
2006-12-21 09:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV IN IT
06ROME3354ITALY, UN ASSESSMENTS: EU DOESN'T WANT TO GET
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 14:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC PREL UNGA
06ROME3360FINMECCANICA EXPORTS TO IRAN AND VENEZUELA: THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) In a December 21 meeting requested by Finmeccanica, the major Italian defense and aerospace conglomerate, company officials reviewed the status of their engagement with Iran and Venezuela. They noted that Finmeccanica is not [...]
2006-12-22 14:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT
06ROME3378IRAN'S BANK SEPAH: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS IN ROME
[...] (S) Treasury U/S Stuart Levey called on the Italian Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Italy (BOI) December 20 to press Italy to close local branches of Bank Sepah. The U/S keyed his remarks to the report of a recent BOI investigation that had uncovered clear financial [...]
2006-12-27 16:37:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN PTER IR LE IT
06ROME3379ITALIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES PROJECTED TO BE ADEQUATE
[...] (U) Summary. Italian officials are optimistic Italy will not experience a repeat of last winter's energy shortages. Energy analysts point to a mild winter, gas reserves higher than last year, and Italy's increased ability to switch natural gas-fired power plants to oil. Looking past Italy's [...]
2006-12-27 16:38:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON RU IT
06ROME338ITALY FACING AN ENERGY CRISIS?
[...] (C) Summary: An unexpectedly cold winter and miscalculation of the rate at which Italy consumes natural gas may mean that Italy will not have sufficient gas reserves to generate electricity for the remainder of the winter, according to knowledgeable Embassy sources. In a worst case scenari [...]
2006-02-03 17:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET IT EUN
06ROME3386TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 08:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR IT
06ROME3387TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 08:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KPAO IT
06ROME339ICAO: ITALY "POSITIVE" ON VOSS CANDIDACY
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Roberto Pietrosanto and Stefano Nicoletti, two office-director-level officials in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation. Both said the GOI would not make a final decision on who to vot [...]
2006-02-06 07:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL IT AVIATION FAA
06ROME3393TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY - REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC
[...] (S/NF) Post's Law Enforcement Working Group met December 29 to discuss reftel. Post believes that there is no need for replacement charitable services in Italy, as there are no known branches of RIHS in country. Additionally, the GOI would likely support the USG designation to the UN 1267 [...]
2006-12-29 11:12:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN IT
06ROME3397BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Mario Barbetti, General Manager of Pansystem s.r.l., in Rome December 27. (Note: Reftel lists the company's name as "Pansystems." Please note correct company name is "Pansystem s.r.l.") 2. (SBU) Barbetti began by wondering why the USG was reviewing one order (DT [...]
2006-12-29 13:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC IT
06ROME342ITALY: CENTER-LEFT ASPIRES TO CRAFT MORE EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary: If Italy's center-left coalition (the Union) wins this spring's national election, center left leaders are prepared to reorient Italy's foreign policy toward the EU, favor multilateral initiatives over bilateral or unilateral ones, and tone down Italy's relations with the US. R [...]
2006-02-06 11:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
06ROME343GOI SEEKS MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM SHRINKING
[...] (U) Summary: Facing budget cuts and a stagnant economy, the Government of Italy (GOI) will seek to leverage its defense spending to continue to gain access to cutting edge technologies as part of a broad effort to revive the Italian economy. The amount of technology transfer and job creatio [...]
2006-02-06 11:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PGOV EFIN IT
06ROME344SERBIAN AMBASSADOR: ITALIAN MESSAGES ON KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Serbia and Montenegro Ambassador Darko Uskokovic told Poloff that the GOI has given a balanced message to Belgrade and Pristina as the Kosovo status talks prepare to get underway. He noted that the Italian MFA has urged both sides to remain open as during the negotiations and [...]
2006-02-06 12:03:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SR MW YI IT EUN
06ROME346CODEL KING DISCUSSES OLYMPIC SECURITY,
[...] (U) Transmission of this cable was delayed pending CODEL clearance. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL King met January 12 with Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta and SIPDIS Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu. Both Letta and Pisanu described U.S.-Italian cooperation in the [...]
2006-02-06 14:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IT
06ROME347ITALY WILL PUSH FOR ACTION ON CARICC PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Poloff took advantage of Ref demarche to approach Enrico Valvo of the MFA's Counterterrorism Policy Unit (which also covers counternarcotics issues) and gauge Italian sentiment ahead of the Feb. 7-9 meeting. Valvo said Italy fully agrees with USG goals for the CARICC meeting. The GOI b [...]
2006-02-06 17:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM IT EUN ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
06ROME361TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...]
2006-02-07 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME371ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]
2006-02-08 10:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME374ITALY AGREES ON SOMALIA, REQUESTS USG CONTACT ON
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 1 expressed his complete agreement with Reftel A points urging support for a meeting of Somalia's parliament, and briefed DCM Anna Borg on his recent trip to Asmara. Sanguini suggested more regular contact betw [...]
2006-02-08 13:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XW IT
06ROME377TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/08/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-08 15:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME380USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 07:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME383KOSOVO: ITALIAN MFA CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA is concerned that US and UK messages to Belgrade regarding the final status of Kosovo may be creating high expectations among Kosovar Albanians and anxiety in Belgrade that could complicate negotiations. The Italians have the impression that US and UK messages may [...]
2006-02-09 11:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR YI IT
06ROME384ITALY,S PARLIAMENT PASSES "SARBANES-OXLEY".
[...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]
2006-02-09 11:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
06ROME390TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-09 16:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME398TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-10 12:04:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME406TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency USG Olympic Security Operations Center (OSOC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the [...]
2006-02-11 13:14:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME407TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/12/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-12 11:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME427ITALY RECEPTIVE TO A/S SHANNON'S MESSAGE ON LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Thomas Shannon February 3 outlined U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere for Italian MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero and encouraged Italy to be our partner in engaging with Latin America during this delicate time for the region. Bisogniero was very r [...]
2006-02-13 10:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XM HA CU CA IT
06ROME428AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA
[...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment arrives [...]
2006-02-13 12:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME429TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-13 12:17:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME430AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON NIGERIA
[...] From February 8-10, USMISSION UN Rome staff met with Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, to discuss the current situation in Nigeria. 2. In these discussions, Lubroth reported the following: -- Two children are suspected of having contracted the virus. A WHO assessment team ar [...]
2006-02-13 12:18:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME433ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GUATEMALA'S UNSC BID
[...] (C) WHA A/S Tom Shannon met with MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 3 (see Ref A) and urged Italy to support Guatemala's UN Security Council (UNSC) candidacy (per Ref B). Shannon shared our concerns regarding Venezuela's bid for the Latin America Group (GRULAC) s [...]
2006-02-13 13:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME435AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ,
[...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...]
2006-02-13 15:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME438FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Italy has relatively few instances of fraud in connection with consular services. Italians, who enjoy a developed economy and access to the visa waiver program, find little reason to commit fraud to obtain visas or passports. The Italian government has a relatively secure [...]
2006-02-13 16:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IT EUN
06ROME439DISPOSITION OF ELK RIVER SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL:
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On February 6, the Ambassador received a letter from Gianni Letta, Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers requesting assistance SIPDIS to return to the United States 64 thorium-uranium bundles of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) originally from the Elk River, [...]
2006-02-13 17:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP KSTC IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME443 TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS - USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/14/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...]
2006-02-14 11:33:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME449Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley".
[...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...]
2006-02-14 15:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME450FINI-LAVROV MEETING: RUSSIA CAN PLAY A ROLE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Antonio Cascio, an official in the Russia/Central Asian Department of the Italian MFA, told poloff that during a visit to Rome on February 7, Russian FM Lavrov told Italian FM Fini that Russia can play an important and constructive role in the Middle East. Lavrov told Fini the I [...]
2006-02-14 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RU IT
06ROME452ITALY-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Italy is Iran's largest EU trading partner, with two-way trade totaling 2.91 billion euros in the first seven months of 2005, including 1.32 billion euros of Italian exports to Iran. Italy imports Iranian oil and gas and exports automobiles and electrical products to Iran. End [...]
2006-02-14 16:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL IR IT
06ROME453SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...]
2006-02-15 05:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME456TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-15 10:35:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME460ITALIAN MINISTER FLAUNTS CARTOONS IN T-SHIRTS
[...] (U) On February 14, Minister for Reforms Roberto Calderoli announced he had printed t-shirts emblazoned with the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad and would start wearing them. Calderoli is a member of the anti-immigrant Northern League party that is part of PM Berlusconi's center-rig [...]
2006-02-15 12:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME461PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]
2006-02-15 12:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
06ROME46324TH FAO AFRICAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Summary: The biennial African Regional Conference (ARC) of the UN Agency for Food and Agriculture (FAO),held in Bamako, Mali, from January 30 to February 3 highlighted the continent's lack of progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals for reducing hunger and poverty, and pr [...]
2006-02-15 14:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR AORC EAID ETRD SENV KUNR XA FAO
06ROME464AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES
[...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...]
2006-02-15 16:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME465 UN REFORM: INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF
[...] (U) Summary: A Committee of the FAO Council charged with oversight of the comprehensive Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO has just approved the selection of a high-caliber core team of evaluators and decided that the IEE would formally begin on March 13, subject to firm assurance [...]
2006-02-15 16:53:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID KUNR FAO
06ROME466ITALY: ELECTION FACT SHEETS AVAILABLE ON EMBASSY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-16 08:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME471 AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S
[...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...]
2006-02-16 10:33:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN
06ROME473TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-16 10:54:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME483HAMAS: ITALY WEIGHS IN FOR ISRAEL WITH RUSSIANS
[...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi reportedly has contacted Russian President Putin and urged that any visit of Hamas officials to Moscow be handled at as low a level as possible. Berlusconi made the call at the behest of Acting Israeli PM Olmert. End summary. 2. (C) A diplomatic advisor to Berl [...]
2006-02-16 17:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KPAL PTER PGOV XF IT
06ROME487TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-17 10:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME494ITALY, VENEZUELA NOT NEGOTIATING NAVAL VESSEL SALE
[...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 15. He noted public statements by the GOV defense minister suggesting that Venezuela might look to Italy.for submarines, urged the GOI not to contemplate such sales, and reviewed USG [...]
2006-02-17 12:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL PARM VE IT EXPORT CONTROLS
06ROME497MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT IN ROME
[...] (C) Summary. On February 16, President of the Montenegrin Parliament Ranko Krivokapic visited Rome ostensibly for personal reasons. He took the opportunity, however, to lobby contacts in Italy's Center-Left opposition parties and the Vatican to oppose a possible request by EU Envoy Miroslav [...]
2006-02-17 15:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MW SR IT
06ROME501ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]
2006-02-17 17:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT
06ROME502ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]
2006-02-18 10:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME503TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-18 10:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME504TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-19 10:47:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME506TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-20 10:24:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME507ITALIAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR VISIT TO BELGRADE
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi visited Belgrade on February 14 to deliver a bilateral message to the Belgrade leadership that the Contact Group was unified in its approach to the upcoming Kosovo status talks. Terzi also told PM Kostunica that both the Belgrade leadership and [...]
2006-02-20 16:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR MW YI IT
06ROME510AVIAN INFLUENZA - MIGRATORY SWANS TEST POSITIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Tri-Mission Avian Influenza (AI) Emergency Action Committee (AI-EAC) met on January 20 to review post contingency planning and on February 13 to discuss confirmation by the Ministry of Health February 11-12 that six migratory swans in three southern regions (Puglia, Calabria and [...]
2006-02-21 08:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR TBIO KFLU ASEC AMED CASC SENV FAO WHO IT
06ROME511TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-21 09:40:00Embassy RomeSECRETASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME536CARTOON-WEARING MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (C) Summary. Italy's Reforms Minister resigned February 18 following violent protests against the Italian consulate in Benghazi. The minister, Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League, had won notoriety for wearing T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons that had triggered protests in Islamic co [...]
2006-02-21 18:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME543TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-22 09:55:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME548YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT
[...] Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2006. Although Italy deserves credit for reductions in piracy rates and improved police action in 2005, industry losses, particularly for software, are still unacceptably high. While some cities, such as Florence, have made [...]
2006-02-22 14:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV KIPR IT
06ROME550ITALY: AN SPOKESPERSON SEES CENTER-RIGHT CLOSING
[...] (C) The Ambassador met February 15 with National Alliance (AN) Party Spokesperson Andrea Ronchi. Ronchi told the Ambassador he was optimistic about the center-right's electoral chances and claimed they are only trailing the center-left by one or two percentage points. Ronchi said AN was firm [...]
2006-02-22 16:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME551FOLLOWUP: GOI SEEKS USG RESPONSE ON LEGAL
[...] (S/NF) REFTEL NOTED ITALIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE HAD APPEALED TO AMBASSADOR FOR RESPONSES ON SEVERAL OUTSTANDING BILATERAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ISSUES. TWO INVOLVED ACTS OF TERROR IN IRAQ AGAINST ITALIAN CITIZENS; ANOTHER RELATES TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THE MESS [...]
2006-02-22 16:37:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME556ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...]
2006-02-23 09:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYJA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO
06ROME558TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-23 10:13:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME568TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-24 09:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME583ITALY'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN DECLINE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In view of Italy's extraordinary 27.6% cut in 2006 foreign assistance from 2005 levels, DCM called on Guiseppe Deodato, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for Development, recently to hear his views and ensure continued good cooperation on development assistance. [...]
2006-02-24 15:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
06ROME584ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON
[...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...]
2006-02-24 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME585ITALY: UN REFORM PARTNER, SUPPORTS GUATEMALA UNSC
[...] (C) Summary. Italy continues to support UN Reform, including making the new Peacebuilding Commission an effective body, and creating a strong Human Rights Council. It also supports improving UN management, including a mandate review, according to MFA UN Reform Coordinator Alessandro Busacca. [...]
2006-02-24 18:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM UNSC GT VE IT
06ROME586TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-25 10:59:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME587TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-02-26 09:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME591 FOOD SECURITY ISSUES IN MOPTI DISTRICT, MALI
[...] Summary: In conjunction with official travel to attend FAO's African Regional Conference in Bamako (septel),Alternate Permanent Representative Willem Brakel, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Mopti, Bandiagara and surroundings in Central Mali between January 31 and Februa [...]
2006-02-27 09:25:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC EAGR ML WFP FAO IFAD
06ROME594TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (U) This is the final sitrep from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Turin Winter Olympics. The Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games concluded on a high note on 02/26/2006, as IOC officials hailed the 17-day Olympic Games as a major success. Italian security ef [...]
2006-02-27 10:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS
06ROME599 2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY
[...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...]
2006-02-27 15:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06ROME607IRAQ: ITALIANS FAVOR EXPANDED NATO TRAINING ROLE
[...] (C) Summary. Italy strongly supports an expanded NATO training role in Iraq, which it believes will help both to increase the political legitimacy of international efforts in Iraq and to encourage broader participation in those efforts. With Italian elections in April and a tight budget, Ital [...]
2006-02-28 08:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR MASS MOPS PINS IZ IT
06ROME622ITALIANS "ASTONISHED" BY PROPOSED BELGIAN TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA expressed astonishment at the proposed visit by Belgian FM De Gucht to Belarus to observe the election monitoring process. The GOI shares USG concern about the signal the trip could send regarding ODHIR,s integrity. While the GOI has no plans to publicly or form [...]
2006-03-01 12:40:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALOSCE PHUM PREL BE IT
06ROME626AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO DISCUSSIONS ON INCIDENT
[...] Summary: In discussions over the past week, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer Juan Lubroth and Senior Operations Officer Cristina Amaral updated us on FAO activities to combat Avian Influenza (AI). FAO senior management is acting to remove management constraints by: a) instituting a special wai [...]
2006-03-01 16:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO BG BM CB EG ID KE LA ML NI VM FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME638SYRIA EIB LOAN: ITALY WILL ALLOW LOAN TO PASS
[...] (C) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ignazio Angeloni, Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, and Sangante Filippo, Office Director for Bilateral Affairs with non-European Union countries. Angeloni was surprised to hear a Europ [...]
2006-03-02 14:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL EUN
06ROME647ITALIANS UNABLE TO COMMIT MORE FUNDS TO BIH WAR
[...] Summary. GOI budget cutbacks will prevent Italy from pledging additional funds for the BIH War Crimes Chamber. Additionally, the GOI may have difficulty meeting its existing pledge of 1,440,000 Euros for the Chamber. End Summary. 2. Raimondo De Cardona, head of the MFA Balkans Department [...]
2006-03-02 16:42:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV PHUM BK IT
06ROME666WFP'S INTERIM RESPONSE TO UNHAS NEEDS IN PAKISTAN
[...] As per ref A),USMISSION UN ROME shared with the UN World Food Program (WFP) issues of concern that: continued support for the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) is not critical to ongoing humanitarian relief efforts beyond March 31, 2006; both UNHAS and the UN Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) [...]
2006-03-03 13:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK WFP
06ROME678 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: In an effort to keep all USG agencies in Washington and in the field informed on FAO activities to combat and control Avian Influenza (AI),USMISSION UN ROME has instituted this new weekly reporting cable. FAO Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) and Animal Produc [...]
2006-03-03 16:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME692GOI: EVERGREEN CAN'T SELF-HANDLE AT GROTTAGLIE
[...] (U) In response to ref A demarche, Gennaro Bronzone, Deputy Chief of Air Regulatory Service at ENAC, Italy's aviation regulatory agency, told Econoff that the GOI cannot allow Evergreen to conduct cargo self-handling operations because, as a low-traffic airport, Grottaglie is not subject to li [...]
2006-03-06 13:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR IT FAA AVIATION
06ROME694DESIGNATION OF AMERICAN WEST AIRLINES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 14:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR IT AVIATION FAA
06ROME697BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) EconOff and FSN met Nicola Ruccia, Chief Operating Officer of Air One, and Alfredo Pozzi, Director of Research and Development of A-Technology, January 30 and February 27, respectively. Air One and A-Technology both denied knowledge of the license application 05-962149, and plans for th [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IT BLUE LANTERN
06ROME698SURVEY OF ITALIANS' VIEWS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
[...] Against the backdrop of April's national elections and a four-year drop in foreign assistance, Inter Press Service News Agency reported the results of a recent survey February 17 indicating most Italians favor using Italian budgetary resources to fight global poverty, rather than increasing m [...]
2006-03-07 08:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME699 BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: FRANCESCO OLIVIERI, WTO
[...] (U) In January, the Italian Government appointed Francesco Olivieri as Special Adviser on WTO issues to Deputy Productive Activities Minister (Foreign Trade Minister) Adolfo Urso. Olivieri had been Ambassador to the Italian Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [...]
2006-03-07 09:50:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL PGOV IT
06ROME71AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE: ITALIAN ENVOY SUGGESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-09 15:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
06ROME724ITALIAN LEFT LEADER: BRIDGE TO WASHINGTON IS
[...] (C) A prominent Italian center-left leader says it's time for European states to realize the days of individual state relations with the US are over. Massimo D'Alema, president of the Democrats of the Left (DS),Italy's largest center-left party, said transatlantic relations remain important [...]
2006-03-09 06:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
06ROME725ITALY: POLLSTERS GIVE EDGE TO PRODI BUT DON'T
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A collection of five Milan-based pollsters agreed that PM Berlusconi's effective campaign had closed much of the gap with opposition leader Romano Prodi, even if they were split over whether this momentum would carry Berlusconi to victory on election day. Recent polls give Prodi [...]
2006-03-09 06:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME726IMF MARCH 8 VOTE- ITALY WILL VOTE TO RESTORE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-09 06:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL IT
06ROME727ITALY TAKES A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH ON U.S.-INDIA
[...] (U) SciCouns and EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Filippo Formica, head of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Office in the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights. Formica said the GOI does not have a final position on supporting the U.S [...]
2006-03-09 06:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN IT
06ROME728 EU CLASSIFICATION OF BORATES: ITALY WITH THE U.S.
[...] On March 3, Post sent reftel demarche to Dr. Mariano Alessi at the Ministry of Health's Prevention Directorate, to Dr. Roberto Binetti of the Higher Institute of Health's Toxic Substances Department, and to Dr. Giuliana Gasparrini of the Environment Ministry's Office of EU Affairs. On March 7 [...]
2006-03-09 07:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP SENV KSCA IT FAO
06ROME756ITALY FOLLOWING SUMATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA South America Office Director Piero Benassi March 1 to deliver reftel demarche. Noting the judicial harassment of non-governmental organization (NGO) Sumate, Poloff urged Italy to speak out in defense of the accused leaders, send observers to the trial, and convey to t [...]
2006-03-10 11:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEU PGOV PHUM PREL VE IT
06ROME759TURIN 2006 PARALYMPIC GAMES - USG SITUATION
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: US [...]
2006-03-10 15:57:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME762 ITALIAN AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLAN ADOPTED
[...] SUMMARY: Ref C reported on a draft version of Italy's avian/pandemic influenza preparedness plan. The final version of the plan was adopted by the Council of the State and Regions on February 9, 2006. The National Plan for Preparedness and Response to Pandemic Influenza is now available in [...]
2006-03-10 16:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR KFLU SENV ECON PREL KSCA IT AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME766 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: During three days of high-level and technical level discussions with FAO on March 7-9, a consensus was reached that a more robust global response was needed, with FAO, in coordination with OIE, as the global coordinator. FAO hosted the series of meetings relating to improving emerge [...]
2006-03-10 17:11:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME768ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...]
2006-03-10 18:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME769TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: [...]
2006-03-11 11:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME770TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-12 12:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME771TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-13 10:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME794AIR NAVIGATION COMMON CHARGING SCHEME, ITALY
[...] A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Achille Vinci Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to Minister of Transportation Pietro Lunardi. A/ECMIN simultaneously delivered a letter from the Ambassador to Lunardi, which reiterates reftel talking points. Vinci Giacchi said the Ministry would need to [...]
2006-03-14 10:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO EUN AVIATION FAA
06ROME798ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE SOUTHERN BATTLEGROUND
[...] (C) Puglia, on Italy's southern heel, is a battleground region in Italy's April 9 elections. Although a traditional stronghold of the Center Right, it is an area where voters have handed Center Left politicians dramatic electoral gains in recent municipal and regional voting. Local pundits [...]
2006-03-14 12:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME806TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-14 16:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME810TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-15 10:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME811ROME SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (SBU) Political Violence: A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 200 individuals in front of the Embassy, but more for some sensitive issues, like the war in Iraq, can attract up to twenty thousand when the demonstration is held in the city center and then moves to the Embassy. E. Can be [...]
2006-03-15 12:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
06ROME824INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: ITALY SENDS INITIAL
[...] (U) Labor Counselor met February 27 and March 15 with Francesco De Stefani, Acting Director of the MFA's UN Office, to deliver reftel demarche and discuss Italy's participation in the International Tracing Service (ITS). De Stefani confirmed that MOD Colonel Sandro Tortoro has replaced Carlo [...]
2006-03-16 10:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNAR IT EUN
06ROME826ITALY STAYING OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE SUDAN DECISION
[...] (C) Poloff met March 3 with MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli to deliver reftel demarche. Poloff urged the GOI to approach the Arab League (AL) in advance of the March 28-29 summit to note the potential consequences of a Sudanese AL presidency, especially given the GOS's h [...]
2006-03-16 10:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SU IT
06ROME827TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-16 11:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME834SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 17 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Rome welcomes the visit of EUR DAS Matthew Bryza to Rome March 17. DAS Bryza's visit comes in the midst of a natural gas shortage here in Italy that has caused gas delivery interruptions to industrial customers and highlighted the inadequacies of Italy's energy infrastructure; an [...]
2006-03-16 13:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD IT
06ROME839ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...]
2006-03-16 16:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME849TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-17 11:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME85ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF
[...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...]
2006-01-10 15:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME860 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 16, USMISSION UN ROME staff met with various members of FAO's Animal Production and Health Division (AGA) and Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) for an update on Avian Influenza (AI) operations worldwide as well specific country programs. Much of t [...]
2006-03-17 16:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME862TERRORISM FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 17:29:00Embassy RomeSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC
06ROME863ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF
[...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...]
2006-03-17 17:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME864ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS?
[...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...]
2006-03-17 17:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME865TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-18 11:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME868TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-19 11:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME869TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS:USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. KEY POINTS ----------------- 2. (U) This is the final Situation Report from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Tu [...]
2006-03-20 12:08:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME87AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ANIMAL SITUATION IN
[...] Summary. Responding to alarming media reports on the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in Turkey, on January 9, USMISSION UN Rome asked Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer (SVO),to share with us FAO's assessment of the situation in Turkey and ongoing work to control [...]
2006-01-10 16:04:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME903SENDING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL TO INDIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) As instructed reftel, the Ambassador wrote to Prime Ministry Under Secretary Gianni Letta February 28 that the United States could not accept the uranium-thorium spent nuclear fuel stored at the Trisaia Research Center (ITREC) in [...]
2006-03-22 15:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG IT KNNP KSCA EUN
06ROME904IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS
[...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...]
2006-03-22 15:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME915DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Conoff contacted the GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 22 to raise the issue of pending Romanian adoption cases. According to Minister Giuseppe Panocchia, the GOI agrees with the U.S. that the rigid position of the Romanian government on the outstandi [...]
2006-03-23 17:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKOCI CASC CVIS PREL SOCI RO IT EUN UN
06ROME925 AVIAN INFLUENZA: WEEKLY UPDATE ON FAO ACTIVITIES
[...] Summary: Three FAO documents were shared with USMISSIN UN ROME this week: -- Following meetings earlier this month with several donors, FAO and OIE (the World Organization for Animal Health) released on March 17 the jointly prepared proposal to strengthen response to Highly Pathogenic Avia [...]
2006-03-24 15:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME927POLITICAL REACTION TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITALY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition candidate Romano Prodi called the Ambassador March 23 to question the appropriateness of the timing of our recent public announcement on Italy. His likely foreign minister should Prodi win the April 9-10 election called the Ambassador later the same day to "de-dramati [...]
2006-03-24 16:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC AMGT IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME933ITALIANS TO DAS BRYZA: RUSSIA NOT READY FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Bryza met with Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi Francesco Talo and MFA Director General Giulio Terzi to discuss Caucasus security issues and Russian Australia Group (AG) membership. Bryza told his interlocutors that the USG believed that Russian member [...]
2006-03-27 12:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO IT RU GG UP
06ROME934G8 IPR: ITALY FLEXIBLE, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] A/Ecmin delivered reftel points March 24 to Italy G8 Sous Sherpa Massimo Leggeri. Econoff received a response March 27 from Luigi De Chiara, an office director who works on G8 issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Multilateral Economic Cooperation. 2. De Chiara describ [...]
2006-03-27 14:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON KIPR IT EUN
06ROME943ITALY: TAKEOVERS SHAKE-UP BANKING SECTOR
[...] (SBU) The December 2005 resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Antonio Fazio, and the appointment of reformist Mario Draghi, has raised expectations that a wave of bank mergers will sweep Italy in 2006. French bank BNP-Paribas made the first move, taking over Banca Nazionale del Lavoro [...]
2006-03-28 09:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME956ITALIANS OPEN TO EU VISA BAN AGAINST LUKASHENKA,
[...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Poloff met with Antonino Cascio of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio said the MFA is concerned that an extended visa ban, including a ban on Lukashenka, could prove to be ineffective and could backfire if Lukashenka [...]
2006-03-29 16:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO IT
06ROME957ITALY SUPPORTS GOALS ON SUDAN FOR ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) March 22, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Middle East Regional Cooperation, Antonella Uneddu, and separately provided Sudan points to MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli. March 24, Pignatelli responded that the MFA had contacted all Italian [...]
2006-03-30 05:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ SU IT
06ROME979ITALIANS URGE SLOW EXPANSION OF EU VISA BAN
[...] (C) On March 31, PolMinCouns and Poloff met with Paolo Serpi, Director of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA, to get a readout of the measures the EU plans to implement against the Lukashenko regime. Serpi stated that the EU agreed to implement an expanded visa ban list agains [...]
2006-03-31 15:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CVIS BO IT
06ROME996The Economy, But Not Economic Reform, Begins
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Italy's electoral campaign has begun to focus almost exclusively on incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Achilles heel: the economy. Center-left challenger Romano Prodi threw Berlusconi on the defensive during a nationally televised debate March 14 that focu [...]
2006-04-03 08:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME997ITALY'S NORTHERN LEAGUE: THE CHALLENGE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Northern League faces two strategic challenges in the short and the long term: what to do if the pro-devolution referendum fails this summer and how to replace the party's founder and unquestioned leader Umberto Bossi, who is still weak after a devastating stroke two years [...]
2006-04-03 08:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME999ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN EPA'S WORKSHOP ON
[...] Per reftel, we delivered talking points and shared information about the Environmental Protection Agency-sponsored "Workshop on Decontamination, Cleanup, and Associated Issues for Sites Contaminated with Biological, Chemical or Radiological Materials" with appropriate GOI offices. The offici [...]
2006-04-03 11:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TBIO PINS EAGR IT
06RPODUBAI13AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 14:42:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRETIR PGOV SOCI
06SANAA110YEMEN: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2005-2006 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy" as requested in reftel. This submission will also be sent via e-mail on the classified side as a clean copy word document. --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...]
2006-01-23 11:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI YM HUMAN RIGHTS
06SANAA111AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, IRAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 21 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi presented Ambassador with a copy of President Saleh's response to President Bush's December 30 letter protesting ROYG support for UN-designated terrorist financier Sheikh Zindani and HAMAS leader Khalid Mishaal (ref A). Qirbi con [...]
2006-01-24 06:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA1116"THE BLEEDING MUST STOP": FIRST FEMALE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, Ambassador met with Sumaya Raja, Yemen's first female presidential candidate (reftel). Raja explained that she was running as an independent candidate on an anti-corruption platform. She hopes to generate support from alienated groups, especially young voters. Am [...]
2006-04-19 08:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KWMN YM
06SANAA1125YEMEN CANDIDATES FOR JUNE PEIA TRAINING COURSE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-23 11:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PINS PREL SENV SOCI XF
06SANAA1147AN ECONOMIC AND FOOD SECURITY ISSUE SHOULD AVIAN
[...] (U) Summary: Even though there are currently no reported cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Yemen, Ministry of Agriculture (MAI) officials are extremely concerned AI will breakout in Yemen soon. To assist the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),the USG has to date: provided US$8,500 in reagents [...]
2006-04-24 03:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR KFLU YM
06SANAA1185COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USUN POLOFF DAVID
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of PolOff David Tessler from May 2 to 4, 2006 to participate in the visit of Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, the Argentine Permanent Representative to the UN and Chariman of the UN Security Council's Sanctions Committee. Security Cleara [...]
2006-04-29 09:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA1213AN ECONOMIC AND FOOD SECURITY ISSUE SHOULD AVIAN
[...] (U) Summary: Even though there are currently no reported cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Yemen, Ministry of Agriculture (MAI) officials are extremely concerned AI will breakout in Yemen soon. To assist the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),the USG has to date: provided US$8,500 in reagents [...]
2006-05-02 12:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR KFLU YM
06SANAA1223COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/PI OFFICERS,
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of NEA/PI Regional Coordinator David Mulenex; NEA/PI Economic Officer Briana Meacham; NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby; Management Systems International Consultants Jacqueline Vavra and Andrew Griminger; DCHA/DG Specialis [...]
2006-05-03 08:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ECON KMPI KPAO OTRA PREL YM
06SANAA1282COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BENJAMIN D. HARMON
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Benjamin D. Harmon from May 15 to 18, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jmerson who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 cell p [...]
2006-05-09 09:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ANET ASEC OTRA
06SANAA1309COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR NOAH SIEGEL TO
[...] Embassy Sanaa requests country clearance for Political Officer Noah Siegel for May 13 to May 18. PolOff will be in Muscat to attend a USTDA conference. 2. No assistance requested. Hotel reservations have been made at ShangriLa Jissah Resort. 3. Thank you. Khoury [...]
2006-05-13 12:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA
06SANAA1312COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOZ/ALLEN/HAMILTON
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John Adams and Ms. Deena El Ataar from May 15 to 26, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Susan Plott who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1 [...]
2006-05-14 05:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KMPI OTRA
06SANAA1320COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JILL BURKHOLDER
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Ms. Jill Burkholder, from May 14 to 17, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson, who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 ce [...]
2006-05-14 11:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA1341HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF) or the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). 2. Addi [...]
2006-05-16 11:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1343YEMEN IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] In response to the Department's request for updated information on Republic of Yemen (ROYG) adherence to the Arab League Boycott of Israel, post conducted a review of ROYG enforcement and compliance practices in place regarding the boycott. The results of that review are as follows, and are ke [...]
2006-05-16 12:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM
06SANAA1345COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR THOMAS C.
[...] Embassy Sanaa requests country clearance for Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski to attend the Chief of Mission Counter-Terrorism Conference in Nairobi May 23 - 25, 2006. 2. Ambassador's travel itinerary follows: May 22 Sanaa Dubai EK 962 1005 1340 May 22 Dubai Nairobi EK 717 1430 [...]
2006-05-17 06:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA KE YM
06SANAA135IAEA/IRAN: YEMEN TO VOTE YES OR ABSTAIN ON
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi convoked the EU, Russian, and U.S. chiefs of mission on January 25 to discuss Yemen's position on Iranian nuclear issues. Qirbi said he learned a great deal from technical briefings he had received in Sanaa from the EU-3, and that the Republic of Yemen G [...]
2006-01-25 12:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR YM IAEA
06SANAA1359HAMEED AL-AHMAR: YEMEN'S NEXT KINGMAKER?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hameed al-Ahmar, son of powerful tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, made his entry into Yemeni politics this year by increasingly distancing himself from his father's traditional alliance with President Saleh. To the surprise of many, Hameed has emerged as an articulate re [...]
2006-05-22 09:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM YE
06SANAA136YEMEN WILL RECEIVE BASHAR, DELIVER "TOUGH" MESSAGE
[...] (C) Ambassador took the opportunity to deliver reftel points to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the sidelines of a reception for a visiting UK minister on January 24. Qirbi confirmed that the ROYG had "agreed" to allow Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit, but that the date had not yet been f [...]
2006-01-25 12:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SY YE
06SANAA137YEMEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY BOARD "REVIEWING" GTMO
[...] (C) Ambassador met briefly with National Security Board (NSB) Deputy Director Amaar Saleh and FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the margins of a social event on January 24 and urged both to expedite the ROYG's immediate written response to post's November 2005 diplomatic note proposing the transfer o [...]
2006-01-25 12:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA1373HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR TAWFIK
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Major Tawfik Nagi Kaid Al-Bawah of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). 2. Additionally the following hu [...]
2006-05-23 09:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1387COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EXBS PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of EXBS Program Manager Varvara Psaros, June 9 - 12. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2156 [...]
2006-05-25 10:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA KNNP YM
06SANAA143DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROVISION OF BANKING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-28 08:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA146DONORS CALL FOR ROYG PARTICIPATION IN EITI, OTHER
[...] On January 24, post participated in the second of a series of ROYG-donor dialogues on governance reform objectives. The meeting focused on measures to improve the business enabling environment in Yemen, and allowed the donors an opportunity to present specific reforms the ROYG could take in th [...]
2006-01-28 11:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KMCA YM COM
06SANAA1490HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF) or Yemen Central Security Force, Counter Te [...]
2006-05-30 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1599U.S ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM JULY 27-29,2006, HOUSTON,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 12:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAID ECON YM
06SANAA1664TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 11:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EFIN YM
06SANAA1668GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) June 5, Poloff delivered ref A notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. 2. (C) Akwa did provide a response to ref B notificati [...]
2006-06-06 04:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA167BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN: MOD CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 18 meeting with OMC Chief, MG Mohammed Ali Al-Qassimi, Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces, expressed his appreciation to the USG for granting him access to Bethesda Naval Hospital (ref A). Qassimi, who returned to Yemen in December after six months of cancer t [...]
2006-01-30 03:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA1675YEMEN: TIP REPORT AND RELATED DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 11:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG YM
06SANAA1687URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 06:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP YM
06SANAA1688MENAFATF DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 06:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KTFN YM
06SANAA1689HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 06:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP YM
06SANAA1698TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: PROSECUTIONS CONTINUE
[...] (U) Summary: In the past three months several terror-related cases have been adjudicated in the Special Penal Court (SPC) -- Yemen's special court for terror and state security crimes -- and/or presented to the Attorney General's Office (AG) for consideration. The cases in summary are: -- [...]
2006-06-07 12:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV YM
06SANAA1723COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL LOTZE FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Michael Lotz, program officer for Partners for Democratic Change from June 16 to 21, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all times thr [...]
2006-06-11 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KMPI
06SANAA1742RULING PARTY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON ELECTIONS, LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary. On May 31, Ambassador met with the ruling GPC party's new ASYG for Political and External Relations (and also Minister of Youth and Sports),Abd al-Rahman al-Aqwa. During the meeting, Aqwa informed Ambassador that a recent breakdown in negotiations (now back on track) between his [...]
2006-06-12 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA1743JMP-GPC DEAL APPEARS IMMINENT
[...] (U) On July 12, the opposition Yemeni Congregation for Reform party's (Islah) internet news service, "Sahwa.net," quoted Mohammed Qahtan -- Islahi Head of External Relations and spokesperson for the Joint Meetings Party opposition coalition (JMP) -- as saying that (year-long rocky) negotiation [...]
2006-06-12 13:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI PINR YM
06SANAA1756COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JACQUELYN JOHNSTONE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jacquelyn Johnstone from June 25 to 27, 2006, to attend the Democracy Assistance Dialogue conference. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all [...]
2006-06-13 08:06:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KMPI KDEM
06SANAA1757COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA SHULZ FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Laura Shulz from 19 June to 1 July 2006.. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236 cell phone [...]
2006-06-13 08:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA KMPI PREL
06SANAA1765GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On June 13, Poloff delivered reftel notifications of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-06-14 09:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA1769(SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERAGENCY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of S. Witten, C. Camponovo, S. Walker, A. Liotta and T. Monheim from 16 to 19 June. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times th [...]
2006-06-14 12:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OTRA
06SANAA1770COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY KLANG FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jeffrey Klang, June 17 to 20, 2006, to attend Civial Aviation Internation conference. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through [...]
2006-06-14 12:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA EAIR
06SANAA1772DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19-21 OIC MINISTERIAL IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC IR YE
06SANAA1773PRESIDENT SALEH ON SOMALIA'S ISLAMIC COURTS: LET'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Foreign Minister are urging dialogue between the USG and factions of the Islamic Courts not aligned with Al-Qaeda. The Courts are now a "fact on the ground" and we must seek to influence them now; if we wait until they take over Baidoa, we will have very [...]
2006-06-15 08:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRS PTER SO YE
06SANAA1787COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA DAS SCOTT
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of DAS Carpenter and Mr. Thorkelson. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2152; cell phone (967 [...]
2006-06-19 09:19:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KMPI KDEM ECON
06SANAA1788YEMEN 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States Government is aware of two ongoing claims of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG). The following information is keyed to reftel instructions. ------------------------- Claim 1: Property Dispute ------------------------- a. Claimant A [...]
2006-06-19 09:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CASC KIDE EINV ECON YM
06SANAA1805AMBASSADOR DELIVERS HRC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM YM
06SANAA1813TRAIL OF DEBT LEADS TO PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In early June, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) leaked a list of prominent figures with unpaid loans to Watani Bank, and recommended legal action be taken against them. The debt contributed to Watani's collapse, and the CBY is seeking repayment in order to honor commitments to de [...]
2006-06-21 09:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KMPI YM
06SANAA1814EMBASSY SANAA COMMENTS ON NIC WATCHLIST
[...] (U) Post recommends the following changes to the suggested test for Yemen in the NIC watchlist of internal instability: 2. (S) "Yemen's risk of significant internal instability over the past six months has slightly decreased due to a successful ceasefire with insurgents in the north, Preside [...]
2006-06-21 11:32:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINS PGOV PTER EAID PREL KDEM KCRS YM
06SANAA1832SALEH ADVISES GEN ABIZAID ON SOMALIA'S "NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that Yemen had invited members of the Somali Islamic Courts (IC) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to Sanaa for talks. The IC leadership answered that they would come "within a week." Saleh [...]
2006-06-24 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS SO YE
06SANAA1833YEMENIS TELL GEN ABIZAID ABOUT IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Saleh and Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi told CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been active in Yemen since 1983, their recent support for insurgents in Yemen's Saada region was unacceptable and, along wi [...]
2006-06-24 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MNUC PINR IR YE
06SANAA1850SALEH AT DAD: DON'T PREACH TO US, FEED US!
[...] (C) Summary. On June 25, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary, Scott Carpenter, met with President Saleh and expressed disappointment with his comments during the opening ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) conference being held in Sanaa June 25-26. Saleh, who started off by express [...]
2006-06-26 08:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA1873THE SALEH SHOW: POLITICAL THEATER IN SANAA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 24, President Saleh ended almost a year of speculation and announced his intention to run in September's Presidential election. Speaking before a peaceful mass rally in Sanaa, Saleh rescinded his July 2005 public pledge not to seek re-election, saying he was "respondin [...]
2006-06-28 12:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM
06SANAA1888COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OREST MELNYX AND
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Orest Melnyx and Drusilla Menaker from MEPI/IREX to travel to Aden from July 9 to July 16, 2006. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2398 [...]
2006-07-02 04:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KDEM KMPI OTRA PREL
06SANAA1939COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY WILBURN
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jeffrey Wilburn. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276; cell phone (967) 1-73323-2207. [...]
2006-07-05 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA ANET ASEC
06SANAA1950GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On July 5, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Khoury [...]
2006-07-08 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2KIDNAPPING UPDATE: SECURITY FORCES DEPLOY, ROYG
[...] (C) Summary: Tribesmen continue to hold five Italian tourists hostage in the Sirwah mountains, 60 miles northeast of Sanaa. On January 2, the ROYG deployed 33 members of the Ministry of the Interior's Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) to an area near where the hostages are believed to be held. T [...]
2006-01-03 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA2003HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL-SUBHI AND
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Colonel Ali Mohammed al-Subhi, Deputy Chairman, Yemen Coast Guard and Brigadier General Taher Ali al [...]
2006-07-12 14:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA2006MAVERICK FINANCE MINISTER CHARGES AHEAD ON REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's new Minister of Finance, Dr. Seif al-Asali, may march to the beat of a different drummer, but he appears to be making progress on reform following years of corruption by his predecessor. Under Asali's leadership, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is implementing the first phas [...]
2006-07-12 14:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID PINR KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2058YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY REVISED
[...] SUMMARY: Since its articulation of a Democratic Reform Strategy nearly one year ago, Post has registered a number of successes. The sustainability of such changes remains uncertain, however, and they are at best only small steps on the road to democracy. In order to consolidate recent refo [...]
2006-07-18 09:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2063WTO MEETING BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO TRADE REFORMS
[...] SUMMARY: When it comes to trade reform, Yemen may finally be willing to do business. The ROYG's World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiating team recently returned from the third Working Party meeting in Geneva reporting significant progress. Despite some differences on tariff rates, the ROYG [...]
2006-07-18 13:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID ECIN KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2070YEMEN REQUEST FOR FY07 COMMODITIES DONATION UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID YM
06SANAA212YEMENIS SUPPORTIVE OF SOMALI PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered points contained in refs A and B to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi during a January 16 meeting. Ambassador welcomed the efforts of Somali leaders, as well as facilitation efforts by the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),to hold a full parliamentary session insi [...]
2006-01-30 12:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO YM
06SANAA2136YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...]
2006-07-26 12:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA214THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM FOMIN AL-QIRBI TO SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 04:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL YM
06SANAA2143MEPI SUPPORT FOR IFC CONTRIBUTES TO REFORM IN YEMEN
[...] SUMMARY: After establishing its offices in Yemen over a year ago, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is now addressing issues that are critical to reforms required by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the World Bank. At the request of the ROYG, the IFC will undertake an [...]
2006-07-30 06:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2149ELECTIONS UPDATE: DATE ANNOUNCED, CAMPAIGN SET TO
[...] (U) After weeks of difficult negotiations and opposition threats to boycott the elections, preparations for Yemen's September 20 presidential and local council elections appear to be back on track. Over the last two weeks, Charge met with the ruling party, the opposition coalition, and elect [...]
2006-07-30 12:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM
06SANAA221UNITEL GSM BID IN DOUBT; OMANTEL POISED TO BENEFIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of speculation, it is now certain that Unitel is unable to cover the cost of its bid offer for Yemen's third GSM license. Political connections continue to keep the company afloat, but most bets are now on Omantel to win the license. Although a legitimate operator, [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ECPS EIND YM COM
06SANAA222YEMENI WOMEN PROTEST DANISH PORTRAYAL OF PROPHET
[...] On February 1, approximately 5000 veiled women marched from Sanaa's Airport Road to the U.N. headquarters, protesting the recent publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. The women arrived in buses, and were organized by the Saleh Foundation, a charity run by o [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KMPI YM
06SANAA223SANAA'S HIP NEW CAFE BULLDOZED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, bulldozers ripped through the patio of Zorba's Cafe, an establishment that had rapidly become a popular hang-out for both locals and foreigners. Zorba's expatriate owners had high hopes that opening the first sidewalk cafe in Sanaa would allow them to recoup thei [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV SOCI YM COM
06SANAA2230GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On August 2, Poloff delivered reftel notification of a Guantanamo Administrative Review Board decision to continue detaining eleven Yemenis to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-08-05 06:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2255SANAA ATMOSPHERICS: LOCAL IMAMS CALL FOR JIHAD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, President Saleh suggested in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Yemen and other Muslim countries should send volunteer fighters, as well as financial and material support, to the "resistance" against Israel in Lebanon and Palestine. Average Yemenis were stron [...]
2006-08-07 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET PINR KPAL KISL YM
06SANAA226GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA23ROYG TELLS UNITEL SHOW ME THE MONEY, BY THE END OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 4 Ambassador met with Minister of Telecommunications, Abdul Malik al-Moalimi, to determine the current status of Yemen,s third GSM tender, particularly the ROYG's next move if tender winner Unitel fails to pay. He also offered assistance with creating an independent tel [...]
2006-01-07 08:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV KMPI PGOV YM ECON COM
06SANAA233ARMED FORCES CHIEF REQUESTS ACCESS TO BETHESDA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS YM
06SANAA234APPROVAL OF OFFICE OF MILITARY COOPERATION CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS YM
06SANAA2369COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAGUIRE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of John Maguire, Todd Rosenblum, John Dickas, and Lt. Josh Wellner from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Security Clearance information is on file. Information on in-country schedule will be sent via separate channels. [...]
2006-08-12 12:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2441AMBASSADOR FINDS STRONG ALLY IN MINISTER OF FINANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 14, Ambassador met Minister of Finance Dr. Saif Al-Asali who was strongly supportive of the U.S. position on Hezbollah. MOF suggested that Yemen was the best hope for the region in its example as an emerging democracy, and urged the United States to back reformers like [...]
2006-08-19 11:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2451YEMEN'S NOMINEES FOR FDIC CT FINANCE REGULATORY
[...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Sanaa nominates the following three candidates for the September CTF training program to be held at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Training Center: Nagib Abdullah al-Dabashi Cell: (967) 711096475 Off: (967) 4-508544 Email: abdu5050@hotmail [...]
2006-08-20 07:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDFDIC KJUS KTFN PREL PTER YM
06SANAA2466OPPOSITION CANDIDATE: "IF THIS ELECTION WERE TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate Faisal bin Shamlan told Ambassador on August 19 that he considers corruption and poverty to be the most important issues for this campaign, but regretted that President Saleh refused to debate him publicly. Asked if the elections would be largel [...]
2006-08-21 10:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM YE
06SANAA2485COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JIM FLOWERS FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jim Flowers for personal tourism from August 24 to 27th, 2006 . Please provide Security Clearance information for our file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Emb [...]
2006-08-22 05:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA2495COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSUL GENERAL
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Con/Gen Tatiana Gfoeller from August 27 to 29, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236; [...]
2006-08-22 14:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA2504COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM/WRA OFFICE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and SA/LW Expert Eric Arnett from August 26 to September 1, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at [...]
2006-08-23 11:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2519GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On August 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-08-26 15:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2546JUSTICE MINISTER LEADS WAY FOR INDEPENDENT COURTS
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador met the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari on August 27 to discuss judicial reforms and related programs. Under the new minister, Yemen has taken substantive steps to strengthen the independence of the courts, which has produced results in combating corrupt [...]
2006-08-29 14:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2559UNDER YEMEN'S NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, THE PEOPLE'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Yemen's Chief Justice Esam Abdul-Wahab al-Samawi for the first time on August 29, and discovered a youthful voice for reform and moderation. Samawi expressed the need for a clearer legal framework for trying suspected terrorists and would-be jihadis. As the newly a [...]
2006-09-03 10:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2564HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SALEH, AL-NONO,
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Captain Nabil Abdullah Ahmed al-Rassas, Yemen Coast Guard Major Khalid Ali Mohammed Saleh, Yemen [...]
2006-09-04 09:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS YM
06SANAA2565YEMEN: BLUE LANTERN CONTACT
[...] As requested in reftel, Embassy Sanaa's point of contact for the Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program is: Susan Plott Commercial Officer Phone: (967)-1-755-2252 Fax: (967)-1-755-2127 Email: PlottSM@state.gov; PlottSM@state.sgov.gov ETD: December 2007 Krajeski [...]
2006-09-04 10:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KSEP YM
06SANAA2570GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On September 4, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Marwan Noman, Diplomatic Attach, Foreign Minister's Office. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-09-04 13:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2575TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Yemen provides no known financial support for terrorism and insurgency in Iraq. Financial controls in general are weak, making it difficult to track suspicious transactions. The informal financial market comprises the vast majority of transactions, making it even more difficult [...]
2006-09-05 12:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EFIN YM
06SANAA259 MEDIA REACTION -- HAMAS VICTORY.
[...] SUMMARY. Almost all media outlets reacted positively to the victory of Hamas in the recent Palestinian parliamentary elections. They also hailed the election process as democratic, free, and fair. In particular, they commended the Palestinian Authority for immediately accepting the Hamas [...]
2006-02-05 03:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA266SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) AVIAN BIRD FLU: ConsOff advised EAC of tripwire #2 in post's Avian Bird Flu Strategy. The migration of the avian bird flu from Turkey to Iraq and neighboring Saudi Arabia triggered the tripwire. EAC was advised that tripwire #2 is administrative and requires verification of medical sup [...]
2006-02-05 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA2693U.S. AND YEMEN FIGHT CORRUPTION WITH EYE ON MCC
[...] SUMMARY: On September 13, Ambassador signed a USD 1.73 million agreement with the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) for anti-corruption programming. Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Abdulkareem al-Arhabi is planning to visit Washington October 11-12 in advance of a [...]
2006-09-19 14:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID ECON KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2697ELECTIONS SITREP 2: ORDERLY VOTING CONCLUDES,
[...] (SBU) Polls officially closed across Yemen at 2000L. International and local observers contacted by post universally agreed that voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. There were no reports of widespread violence and unconfirmed reports of isolated incidents were f [...]
2006-09-20 18:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM YM
06SANAA2700ELECTIONS SITREP 2: ORDERLY VOTING CONCLUDES,
[...] (SBU) Polls officially closed across Yemen at 2000L. International and local observers contacted by post universally agreed that voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. There were no reports of widespread violence and unconfirmed reports of isolated incidents were f [...]
2006-09-23 04:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM YM
06SANAA272YEMEN'S GREAT ESCAPE: 23 AL-QA'IDA DETAINEES ARE AT LARGE
[...] (S) Summary. On February 3, 23 al-Qa'ida supporters escaped from a maximum security prison in Sanaa. Among the escapees were 13 individuals convicted of participating in the 2000 USS Cole and the 2002 M/V Limburg attacks, including one of the Cole attack ringleaders, Jamal Badawi. (Names and [...]
2006-02-06 02:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM
06SANAA2854FREEDOM AGENDA TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: September's open and competitive elections capped seven months of intensive USG pressure, coordinated with other donors and international NGOs, to bring about democratic and economic reforms in Yemen. While the road ahead is long, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has with [...]
2006-10-04 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI KDEM PTER YE
06SANAA286SALEH SIGNALS SHAKE UP IN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
[...] (S) CDA Requested and received a phone call from President Saleh, 2/5, on the heels of the jail break-out that yielded 23 al-Qa'ida operatives to the streets of Sanaa, and perhaps beyond. CDA stressed to Saleh the importance of working in close tandem with the USG on this critical issue and not [...]
2006-02-06 14:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA296YEMENIS DISCUSS AL QAEDA ESCAPEES: GOVERNMENT SOAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts, media outlets and websites are thus far treating the February 3 Al-Qaeda jailbreak as less of a national emergency and more as another peculiar power struggle within the ROYG. Contacts universally dismiss the ROYG's claim that the prisoners dug a tunnel and escape [...]
2006-02-08 03:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA305SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, six days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were unknown. 2. (S/NF) AMB advised the EAC that he and [...]
2006-02-08 12:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3076COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEFANIK AND
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Evan Stefanik and Carol Kalinoski from November 10 to 15 to conduct an Introductory Legal and Regulatory Workshop for Yemeni government officials as part of the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. 2. C [...]
2006-11-08 09:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP ETTC YM
06SANAA314ROYG'S PUBLIC RESPONSE TO AL-QA'IDA JAILBREAK:
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Yemeni security services continue to search for the 23 al-Qa'ida prisoners who escaped from a high-security prison in Sanaa on February 3 (ref A). Per Saleh's orders (ref B),the National Security Board is leading the nation-wide manhunt, while the Political Security Organi [...]
2006-02-09 10:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA323WATANI BANK CASE UNEARTHS PERVASIVE CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank announced its plan to liquidate Watani Bank. The decision is being appealed, but there appears to be little hope of rescuing the failed financial institution. Watani's Amcit General Manager, Dr. Hamdani, and seven others are being tried in Yemen's Specialized P [...]
2006-02-11 10:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV PGOV KMPI CASC YM ECON COM
06SANAA330OPPOSITION TESTS LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing for its next session with a highly anticipated leadership race. Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar is widely expected to win re-election as Speaker, but reformers are looking to defeat President Saleh's candidates for the Deputy positions. Such a rebellion could r [...]
2006-02-11 12:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA342CABINET SHAKE-UP: IS REAL REFORM ON ITS WAY?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet, including replacing the Ministers of Defense, Finance, Oil, and Planning. Saleh's new cabinet, still led by Prime Minister Bajammal, includes 15 new ministers and two women. [...]
2006-02-12 14:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA347PRESIDENT SALEH SHARES INFORMATION AND INVITES
[...] (S) Ambassador, DCM and SIMO met with President Saleh, Wednesday, 2/8, to ask for an update on the status of the al-Qa'ida escapees and to stress the need for absolute transparency on ROYG findings and steps being taken. Saleh, the Director of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the Attorne [...]
2006-02-13 06:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA348 MEDIA REACTION - CARICATURES OF
[...] SUMMARY. Recent caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which appeared in European newspapers, have angered Yemenis, who have responded with protests, boycotts, and calls for diplomatic measures. Yemeni protests, however, have been peaceful. END SUMMARY. 2. EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: A. O [...]
2006-02-13 07:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA349SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 10 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. Relevant office and section heads advi [...]
2006-02-13 07:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3609WATANI BANK FAILURE THREATENS BROADER FINANCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In early December, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) declared Watani Bank insolvent, and initiated the first bank closure in Yemen's history. General Manager Dr. Hamdani, and other bank officials, were arrested and face charges of financial crimes against the state. Watani's futu [...]
2006-01-02 10:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KMPI CASC YM COM
06SANAA3610U.S. CONVENES DONOR GROUP TO CONFRONT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following Yemen's suspension from the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCA),Ambassador gathered an informal group of key donors to discuss ways of jointly pushing for reform in Yemen. Declining performance in political and economic indicators has already led to a [...]
2006-01-02 11:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
06SANAA3611SANAA POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-02 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL YM
06SANAA3614KIDNAPPINGS IN YEMEN: THE ROYG FACES A DILEMMA
[...] (C) Summary. On December 31, a former German government official and four of his family members were released unharmed after being kidnapped by tribesmen three days earlier in Shebwa province. The ROYG negotiated a peaceful settlement with the kidnappers, who had demanded the release of othe [...]
2006-01-02 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC YM
06SANAA3615SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 1/2/2006, EAC met to discuss recent tribal kidnappings of Western tourists. Members in attendance were AMB, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD, RMO, CLO and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed recent tribal kidnappings of tourists in the Governates of Marib and Shabwah. [...]
2006-01-02 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3618AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, KIDNAPPINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that the ROYG had made a conscious decision to include UN-designated terrorist financier Abdul Majid Zindani in its official delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting in Saudi Arabia, claimin [...]
2006-01-03 09:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA385AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: COORDINATING MARITIME EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief and NAVCENT Liaison Officer (LNO) met with Yemeni military and coast guard officials to discuss maritime cooperation to capture 23 escaped al Qa'ida prisoners (ref A). Led by the Chief of Staff for the Yemeni Armed For [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PHSA YM MARITIME SECURITY
06SANAA387AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ON SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAL YM
06SANAA388AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA389CABINET SHAKE-UP: BIOGRAPHIES FOR NEW MINISTERS
[...] On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet (reftel). The reshuffle included changes to 22 ministerial portfolios, 15 of which went to individuals not previously in the government. Among the new faces are two women, now heading the Ministries of [...]
2006-02-15 12:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV YM INR DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA392SALEH ASSERTS CONTROL OVER PARLIAMENT: LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) After months of maneuvering by reform-minded parliamentarians, President Saleh drew a line in the sand on February 15 and demanded loyalty. MPs re-elected Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar to a two-year term as Speaker with 240 yes votes and 12 blank ballots, and re-elected all three Deputy Spea [...]
2006-02-15 13:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA41ROYG STAGGERS FORWARD IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's Cabinet approved a new anti-corruption law, calling for the creation of an independent High Commission for National Corruption. Neither the extent of the Commission's powers nor its relationship to existing ROYG institutions -- or the newly created anti-corruption role fo [...]
2006-01-08 13:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL YM COM
06SANAA415SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 17 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. NOTE: (Post has subsequently been advi [...]
2006-02-20 13:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA419GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 07:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA440ROYG ACCEPTS THE RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) On February 21, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Akwa presented DCM with the ROYG's long-awaited response to the proposed transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay (ref A). In the diplomatic note, the ROYG agrees to accept 12 of the detainees proposed for transfer (ref B). [...]
2006-02-22 09:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA448TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: DEFENDANTS RELEASED AND
[...] (U) On February 21, the Yemeni daily "al-Shura" reported that the Sanaa Special Penal Court ordered the release of Abdel Rauf Nassib, who had been tried and acquitted in 2004 of charges that he forged official documents for the USS Cole attackers (ref. A). Foreign press reports also stated tha [...]
2006-02-22 14:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA455GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA456IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE AND SEEKING REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM IR YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA457DEMARCHE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA480AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
[...] On February 26, Ambassador and USAID Director met with the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Jalal Ibrahim Fukairah. Ambassador and Minister Fukairah discussed ROYG-USG cooperation on encouraging growth and development in the agricultural sector. Fukairah hoped that USG [...]
2006-02-28 05:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON YM COM
06SANAA481AIRBUS LIKELY TO EDGE OUT BOEING FOR YEMENIA DEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Captain Abdulhamid Al-Qadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen, on February 13, to make another push for Boeing in its contest against Airbus for the purchase of ten new airplanes (ref D). Ambassador reminded Al-Qadi that EXIM [...]
2006-02-28 05:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
06SANAA50ROYG FREES ITALIAN HOSTAGES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On January 6, tribesmen released unharmed five Italian tourists that had been held hostage since January 1 (ref A). Breaking from a long-standing policy of granting concessions without legal consequences, the ROYG pursued a successful dual-track strategy of negotiating through [...]
2006-01-09 11:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA521AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINSTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
[...] Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Legal Affairs, Adnan Omar al-Jefri, on February 26. Ambassador congratulated al-Jefri, who was previously Minister of Justice, on his posting. Al-Jefri discussed the challenges in balancing rights and responsibilities when drafting and enforci [...]
2006-03-04 09:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
06SANAA537SALEH FEELS PRESSURE TO REFORM, RESPONDS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's recent cabinet reshuffle was brought about by, among other factors, coordinated pressure for reform by donor countries. On February 8, Post met with President Saleh, together with the Germans, British, and Dutch. The delegation pressed Saleh for specific actions to fight [...]
2006-03-05 07:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA539COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILLIAM W. WENG
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of William W. Weng from 23-30 March 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Troy Fontenot who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2249 cell phone [...]
2006-03-05 10:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA YM
06SANAA54(S) STATUS OF REQUESTS ON FORMER IRAQI REGIME
[...] (S) During a January 2 office call, Ambassador asked FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi for an update on USG requests to detain and freeze the assets of Former Iraqi Regime Element Umar Sabawi. Qirbi said he had no new information, and believed that Sabawi was "no longer in Yemen." The FonMin did not [...]
2006-01-09 12:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA541ROYG AGREES TO ACCEPT FORMER IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-05 11:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER IZ YM
06SANAA578GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 09:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA579SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 09:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KNNP ETTC IN YM
06SANAA583ADEN JEWISH CEMETERY IN STATE OF DISREPAIR, HELP
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. In February, post received a letter from a contact stating his concerns over the possible destruction of a Jewish cemetery in Aden. The contact claimed that unknown individuals had destroyed a section of the wall surr [...]
2006-03-07 11:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF YM
06SANAA588AMBASSADOR AND NEW M/INFO DISCUSS NEW PRESS LAW
[...] Summary: During Ambassador's February 22 introductory call on new Minister of Information (M/INFO),Hassan al-Lawzi, discussions centered around the proposed media law. The M/INFO noted that the proposed press law bill, as written, was designed to guarantee freedom of information and confided [...]
2006-03-07 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA589NEW MHR HAISAMI ON REFUGEES, PRESS, AND THE MHR
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 introductory call by Ambassador the new Minister of Human Rights (MHR),Khadijah Ahmed al-Haisami, expressed her views on Somali refugees, the new press law and her new role, which she promised to perform to the best of her ability. End Summary. 2. (C) On [...]
2006-03-07 13:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KMCC PREF YM
06SANAA649AN UNDECIDED JMP KEEPS ON POSTURING
[...] (C) Summary. After a four-month dispute with the Supreme Council for Elections and Referendum (SCER),the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition party coalition continues to demand that the SCER balance thousands of its GPC-affiliated employees with JMP loyalists. The JMP claims that this wil [...]
2006-03-14 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA803AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 05:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL YM
06SANAA804CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention to MFA Office Director for the Americas, Mohammed Saleh al-Hilali. Hilali accepted the points without comment. Post will report any substantive comment septel. Krajeski [...]
2006-03-21 06:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CWC YM
06SANAA815AMBASSADOR PUSHES FREEDOM AGENDA WITH PM BAJAMMAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Ambassador met with Prime Minister Abdul Kader Bajammal to discuss the new cabinet and reform efforts. Ambassador congratulated Bajammal on the new cabinet and looked forward to future cooperation on political and economic reforms. Even though Yemen was a difficult [...]
2006-03-21 12:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ECON YM
06SANAA816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JAMES DELNIGRO AND
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John LaPlume and James DelNigro from March 27 to ca. April 3, 2006 to provide technical support to TIP/PISCES server in Yemen. Please forward Security Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit [...]
2006-03-21 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA819DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON MENA-FATF PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 08:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN PTER YM
06SANAA820COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MEPI ECON/EDUCATION
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of MEPI Econ/Education Specialist Mu'ayyad Mehyar, from March 25 to 30, 2006, to review progress and determine next steps for two MEPI funded projects. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the vis [...]
2006-03-22 08:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KMPI KPAO OTRA
06SANAA835IMF OFFERS GLOOMY PROGNOSIS FOR YEMEN'S ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its Article IV Consultation for Yemen. In a briefing for donors, the Fund's macroeconomic projections were decidedly bleak, emphasizing an impending fiscal crisis caused by declining oil reserves and increased spending. [...]
2006-03-25 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON EPET EINV KALR KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA843LNG STEAMS AHEAD; INVESTORS WONDER IF YEMEN IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The biggest investment deal in Yemen's history is becoming reality. On March 6, Ambassador met Joel Fort, General Manager of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) to discuss the status of the project. YLNG is currently finishing preparatory work for the pipeline and liquef [...]
2006-03-26 07:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA85DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MENA-OECD INVESTMENT
[...] On January 18, Econoffs delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Trade (MOT),Iqbal Bahadar. Bahadar said he was aware of the February 13-14 OECD ministerial meeting in Jordan, but was not yet sure if the Minister of Trade would lead Yemen's delegation. An Arab League meeting on econ [...]
2006-01-18 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV PREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA872USDA SIGNING: A SMALL STEP FOR FOOD AID, A BIG
[...] SUMMARY: After months of questions about the USDA Food For Progress program in Yemen, Ambassador started fresh on March 27, signing an allocation minute with the ROYG to fund programs with 2004 funds. The new agreement seeks to correct many past problems by introducing new transparency and o [...]
2006-03-28 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR EAID YM
06SANAA884COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SANJEEV AGGARWAL,
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sanjeev Aggarwal, from o/a April 4 to o/a April 12, 2006. Posts requests Security Clearance for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) [...]
2006-03-29 11:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA ENIV OPIC
06SANAA885COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SEAN CUMMINGS TO
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sean Cummings from March 29 to April 6, 2006 to provide technical support to PISCES server. Please forward Securiy Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline, who can be con [...]
2006-03-29 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA887MARIB WELCOMES THE AMBASSADOR WITH THANKS FOR A
[...] SUMMARY: On March 22, Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Mike Sarhan traveled with ROYG Minister of Health, Abdul Karim Rase, to Marib for the dedication of the Medgil Health Center and a tour of the USDA-funded President's Hospital in Marib City. In Marib, the party was joined by Ares Zuki [...]
2006-04-01 05:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID YM
06SANAA888COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FR DOUGLAS PURCIFULL
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants cuntry clearance and welcomes the visit of Dougla Purcifull from March 31 to April 4, 2006. Securty Clearance information is on file. 2. Contro Officer for the visit will be Charles Barrington who can be contacted at all times through the Embasy at (967) (1) 755-2249. [...]
2006-04-01 08:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA89AMBASSADOR URGES ANSWER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 12:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA90REFERRING IRAN TO UNSC: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on January 16, noting particularly that Yemen's support in convening an IAEA Board of Governors meeting would be an important demonstration of the U.S.-Yemeni security relationship following President Saleh's November visit [...]
2006-01-18 12:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM IR YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA907RESPONSE TO STATUS OF TRANSFERS FROM GTMO
[...] Summary. (S) This cable is post's response to reftel request for a Country Team assessment of the ROYG's ability and willingness to provide security and humane treatment for the 13 Yemeni GTMO detainees cleared for transfer. Regarding humane treatment, the ROYG provided adequate written as [...]
2006-04-02 13:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA91AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ZINDANI DEMARCHE TO FONMIN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 12:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN
06SANAA916POST SUPPORTS OPIC INVESTMENT IN YLNG
[...] SUMMARY: In this cable, Post provides comments on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,s (OPIC) support for the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG) project, as requested in Ref A. YLNG is crucial for Yemen's economy, with considerable benefits for American companies. The ROYG has gener [...]
2006-04-03 09:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV EPET ECON YM
06SANAA926FREEDOM AGENDA BRINGS DOWN GOVERNMENT: 2006 FIRST
[...] SUMMARY: The Freedom Agenda had a dramatic impact in Yemen within the last quarter, resulting in significant advances in fighting corruption, women's representation in government, independence of the judiciary, and other key areas. Post marshaled a multilateral initiative to pressure President [...]
2006-04-04 13:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM
06SANAA954CORRUPTION KEEPS UNITEL ON TOP IN GSM TENDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 3, DCM met with Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, Abdullah Al-Hamami, to discuss the status of the ongoing GSM tender drama. (Ref A) In a candid discussion, the Deputy Minister stated that the law requires that the GSM license go to Unitel or to no one, despite Unit [...]
2006-04-09 10:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINV KMPI PGOV PINR YM
06SANAA972AMBASSADOR VISITS PORT OF HODEIDA AND THE HISTORIC
[...] Summary. On April 4, Ambassador visited the Red Sea port of Hodeida, located in the governorate of the same name, for meetings with local officials and to tour a USDA-funded hospital project. During a meeting with the Governor, Ambassador discussed USG development assistance and the importa [...]
2006-04-11 06:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS ECON YM
06SANAA973AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: UPDATE
[...] (S) On April 2, the ROYG publicly announced the surrender of Arif Salih Ali Majalli, the sixth escapee to turn himself in following the February 3 prison break of 23 Al-Qai'da supporters (ref A). ROYG officials contend that the remaining 17 escapees have not left Yemen and are optimistic th [...]
2006-04-11 06:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM
06SANJOSE1SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON IN COSTA RICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Burton on its January 10 ) 12 visit to Costa Rica. The delegation's visit comes at a time when the main issue in the bilateral relationship is the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The debate [...]
2006-01-03 14:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD CS
06SANJOSE1009FERNANDO BERROCAL, MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY
[...] (C) On May 8, 2006, Fernando Berrocal Soto was sworn in as Minister of Public Security and Government, along with the rest of Oscar Arias's cabinet. Berrocal has little background in security issues but extensive political and international experience, including two stints as Costa Rica's Per [...]
2006-05-11 22:46:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CS
06SANJOSE1017COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID PARTICIPANTS
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Democracy and Governance Team Jose Garzon, Ana Klenicki, CAtie Lott, Marie Jude Delatour and Maricela RamirezLeader who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 9 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend and represent USAID [...]
2006-05-12 18:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1059PRESIDENT ARIAS TO CODEL BURTON: "FOREIGN AID IS
[...] (SBU) During a May 6 dinner with CODEL Burton, then President-elect Oscar Arias lamented Costa Rica's inability to qualify for most U.S. foreign aid, and concluded that "foreign aid is dead in Washington." Arias stated several times that the U.S. and other Western governments need to change t [...]
2006-05-16 17:49:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CS VZ
06SANJOSE1060COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN STAURSETH
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to TSA International Brian Staurseth who will be in Costa Rica SIPDIS on assignment from May 31 to June 9. The purpose of this visit is to assist the American Aviation Safety Agency (ACSA) in producing technical guidance material or civ [...]
2006-05-16 19:41:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1061COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMEETA PATEL
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to OPIC Investment funds analyst, Ameeta Patel who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 16 to May 21. The purpose of this visit is to attend an Advisory Board Meeting for OPIC's investment fund Paladin Realty Funds a local portfoli [...]
2006-05-16 19:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1087CALLS FOR COSTA RICA TO BE ERASED FROM IRAQ
[...] The Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a resolution on May 16 calling for the GOCR to insist that the USG remove Costa Rica from the list of Coalition Members for Operation Iraqi Freedom that appears on the White House Web site. President Arias said he would ask his Foreign Minister to t [...]
2006-05-17 23:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OPDC PARM CS
06SANJOSE1090FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER STAGNO'S LETTER TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. As expected (see reftel),Embassy received an official request from the GOCR for "the definite exclusion of the name of Costa Rica from any official websites that refer to the 'Coalition' and the support given to the war in Iraq." The [...]
2006-05-18 21:03:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PARM PGOV IZ CS
06SANJOSE1106COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE DISCUSSES FREE TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with the six members of CODEL Burton on the margins of Oscar Arias's presidential inauguration, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe urged rapid U.S. Congressional action on a free trade agreement with Colombia. He said that a failure to act quickly would bolst [...]
2006-05-19 22:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD CS CO
06SANJOSE1124COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BENJAMIN GARRIDO-GODOY AND
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors Benjamin Garrido- Godoy and Donald Carnicella who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 6 to June 16. The purpose of this visit is to conduct initial certification of Helicorp SA and certification [...]
2006-05-23 20:48:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1151MARCO VARGAS, MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
[...] Marco Antonio VARGAS Diaz will likely play a key role in the Arias Administration. Vargas is part of Oscar Arias's innermost circle of advisers. His stated role is to serve as an inter-institutional coordinator and troubleshooter, charged with ensuring delivery on Arias's campaign promises. [...]
2006-05-25 16:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE1162ALFREDO VOLIO, MINISTER OF PRODUCTION
[...] Alfredo Volio was appointed by President Arias to head a new Ministry of Production which is a combination of two traditional ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC). Volio is a 46-year-old businessman who has worked in food trad [...]
2006-05-26 14:39:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPINR EAGR EIND PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1171G/TIP-FUNDED TRAINING ASSISTS PROSECUTION OF TWO
[...] Summary: On May 24, 2006, two auditors with the powerful Comptroller's Office were each sentenced to nine years in prison on charges that included paid sex with minors and the production and diffusion of pornography. The officials were arrested in the port city of Limon on September 10, 2004 [...]
2006-05-26 21:56:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM CS
06SANJOSE1182COSTA RICA'S 2006 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] Please find following Embassy San Jose's submission for the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. 2. Description of project: USD 18,618 to set up and operate a training center in San Jose to provide English language and computer skills training. The center will provide English training fr [...]
2006-05-31 21:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CS
06SANJOSE1195OAS/GA: COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO VENEZUELAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on May 31 to Carlos Cordero, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cordero stated that Costa Rica's delegation to the OAS General Assembly meetings will be Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, Amb. Jose Joaquin Chaverri, Dir [...]
2006-05-31 22:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MX CS VZ
06SANJOSE1196FOREIGN MINISTER STAGNO SUPPORTIVE OF USG EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 14:57:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1203COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO IRAQ GOVERNMENT FORMATION
[...] (SBU) Poloff sent reftel talking points on May 22 to Carlos Cordero, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a meeting with Poloff on May 31, Cordero indicated that Costa Rica did not issue any statement regarding the new Iraqi government, nor are there any pla [...]
2006-06-02 14:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE1216COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR ERNEST
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Ernest Valverde who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 11 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to work with the Minister of Finance on an ongoing tax administration project. 2. Post understands no as [...]
2006-06-02 22:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1217COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR JOE DALTON
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Joe Dalton Hook, who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 12 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with the Minister of Finance on an ongoing tax administration project. 2. Post understands no a [...]
2006-06-02 22:27:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1218COSTA RICA ASKS IRAN TO STOP NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT
[...] Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno made the following public statement on June 1 calling on Iran to stop nuclear enrichment activities: "Costa Rica agrees with the international call for Iran to suspend its processing and enrichment of uranium, whose consequences could put the world at risk of a [...]
2006-06-02 23:07:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IR CS
06SANJOSE1219COSTA RICA RED CROSS PARTICIPATION AT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 23:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL CS
06SANJOSE1235COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR ROBERT
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Robert Klayman, who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 18 to June 24. The purpose of this visit is to work with the Minister of Finance on an ongoing tax administration project. 2. Post understands no as [...]
2006-06-06 10:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1251GOCR TROTS OUT THE "COSTA RICA CONSENSUS"
[...] The GOCR used the Santo Domingo meeting of the OAS General Assembly to make its proposal "to link international cooperation with peace, social investment, sustainable development, and a reduction in military spending," which it calls the Costa Rica Consensus. In his speech to the OASGA on Ju [...]
2006-06-07 16:48:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID EFIN CS
06SANJOSE1252COSTA RICA - 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of two outstanding American business claims against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Since our last report in January 2005, the GOCR has made little effort to resolve these investment disputes despite Embassy efforts to urge conciliation or arbitration t [...]
2006-06-07 17:29:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1253COSTA RICA - 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of two outstanding American business claims against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Since our last report in January 2005, the GOCR has made little effort to resolve these investment disputes despite Embassy efforts to urge conciliation or arbitration t [...]
2006-06-07 17:29:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1254COSTA RICA - 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy is aware of two outstanding American business claims against the Government of Costa Rica (GOCR). Since our last report in January 2005, the GOCR has made little effort to resolve these investment disputes despite Embassy efforts to urge conciliation or arbitration t [...]
2006-06-07 17:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KIDE EFIN PGOV PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1256PINEAPPLES AND CHIPS PROPEL COSTA RICAN EXPORT
[...] Summary: Costa Rica's export sales for the first quarter of 2006 are up 22% over the previous year. The Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) attributes the growth to increases in sales of pineapples and microprocessors. End Summary. 2. Costa Rica's exports for the first quarter of 2006 were [...]
2006-06-07 17:31:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN
06SANJOSE1264COSTA RICA'S GROWING FIREARMS PROBLEM
[...] (C) Summary: Incoming Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General's Office on May 30, 2006, based on the disappearance of over 100 weapons, including military assault rifles, grenades, and large quantities of ammunition, from the national a [...]
2006-06-07 22:23:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPARM KCRM PINR ASEC CS
06SANJOSE1267COSTA RICA NOT YET COMMITTED TO PSI ENDORSEMENT
[...] On June 1, Post hosted a digital video conference (DVC) between members of the Costa Rica Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and several officials in Washington from the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation as well as a Department of Defense official. The Costa Rican delegatio [...]
2006-06-08 14:43:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CS
06SANJOSE127COSTA RICA SEEKS TO AVOID CONSEQUENCES OF NOT
[...] (C) President Pacheco on January 11 convoked his ministers of foreign affairs, foreign trade, and labor and the Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.S. to discuss with Ambassador and Polcouns the ramifications of the Nethercutt Amendment for Costa Rica. The GOCR officials were specifically concer [...]
2006-01-19 14:10:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS ETRD EAID CS KICC
06SANJOSE1276IMPACT OF PUBLIC UNION PROTEST SMALL
[...] The work stoppage and protest planned for June 7 and 8 took place on June 7 only, and the effects on economic activity in Costa Rica were minimal. The narrow focus of the work stoppage - the nullification of various provisions in public employee collective bargaining agreements - did not app [...]
2006-06-09 17:38:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1281COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USAID DR. LUCRECIA CASTILLO
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Technical Projects Officer Lucrecia Castillo who will be on assignment from June 13 to June 14. The purpose of this visit is to meet the Costa Rican Vice-Minister of Health as well as with PASCA and CDC-CAP personnel. 2. Post would [...]
2006-06-09 21:51:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE129COSTA RICA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED
[...] Per Reftel A, and taking advantage of remarks by visiting CODEL Burton, who expressed appreciation for Costa Rica's willingness to resettle 20 protected Cuban migrants in December of 2004, DCM on January 11 asked Minister of Public Security Rogelio Ramos for assistance with resettling another [...]
2006-01-19 16:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG CS
06SANJOSE1299 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLINE BREARLEY AND LARRY
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Caroline Brearley and Larry Brady, USAID Mission in San Salvador, Officials to travel to Costa Rica O/A 06/27- 28/2006. Purpose of the visit: is to iIntroduce the Rregional tTrade pProgram to the U.S. Embassy and to counterparts in th [...]
2006-06-13 16:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA EAID ES CS
06SANJOSE131ARIAS AND PACHECO ON THE NEXT GOVERNMENT OF COSTA
[...] (C) Both President Pacheco and Oscar Arias, frontrunner to be the next president, said in separate meetings with CODEL Burton that they expect a better political climate in Costa Rica after the February 5 elections. Arias said that Costa Ricans have reason to be annoyed with the political cl [...]
2006-01-19 20:58:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD VE CS
06SANJOSE132CODEL BURTON ENGAGES GOCR ON CAFTA-DR AND U.S.
[...] In his third visit to Costa Rica in a year (see reftels for previous visits),Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) met with President Pacheco, several members of his cabinet, key legislators, and Pacheco's probable successor as president, Oscar Arias. As in previous visits, discussions focused on [...]
2006-01-19 21:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1339COSTA RICA RED CROSS SUPPORTS RED CRYSTAL AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 22:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ICRC CS
06SANJOSE136COSTA RICA ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 17:44:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP CS
06SANJOSE1375COSTA RICAN NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Starbucks for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the SIPDIS Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (refs A and B). The goal of the ACE is to 1) highlight the good works of the winners, and 2) inspire others to follow th [...]
2006-06-16 22:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EINV ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS
06SANJOSE1390COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OAS IICA MEETING STACY
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Stacy Williams, USOAS representative who will be on assignment from June 14 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Special Advisory Committee on Management Issues meeting at the Inter American Institute for Coop [...]
2006-06-19 22:06:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OAS CS
06SANJOSE1409COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR LARRY
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisors, Larry Westfall, Shirley Bachman, Richard Voskuil,and Marvin Halldorson who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from June 28 to August 23 for Westfall; July 4 to July 19 for Voskuil; July 9 to July 19 for Hallsdorson; J [...]
2006-06-22 16:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1410COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA INSPECTOR DARRELL TED
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grants ex post facto country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Darrell Ted Webb who was in Costa Rica on assignment on June 20. The purpose of the visit was to perform operations a procedure/performance inspection on Tradewinds Airlines, Inc. conducted [...]
2006-06-22 19:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1427ARIAS TOURS EUROPE, CALLS FOR DEBT FORGIVENESS AND
[...] (SBU) President Oscar Arias recently toured Europe for 13 days, meeting with political and business leaders in three countries. He once again brought forth his Costa Rica Consensus notion for debt forgiveness, and used several occasions to call for free trade and the elimination of farm subs [...]
2006-06-23 22:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN CS
06SANJOSE1436HIV GLOBAL FUND NEEDS ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-26 21:37:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO
06SANJOSE1513COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TONY CAMBAS
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Tony Cambas from Booz Allen, Hamilton,Inc. who will be in Costa Rica from July 16-27, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to implement the second phase of the risk management training under FASTrade's CAFTA-DR Action Plan. 2. Control [...]
2006-07-07 19:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE1529DELAY LIKELY FOR NEW IMMIGRATION LAW
[...] (C) President Oscar Arias has requested legislation that would delay the implementation of a law passed in October, 2005 designed to strengthen the immigration enforcement authority of Costa Rican Immigration (CRI) officials. The law is scheduled to take effect in August 2006. In all likeli [...]
2006-07-11 15:12:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREF SMIG CS
06SANJOSE156COSTA RICA DEMARCHED ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Langdale and visiting A/DAS David Lindwall delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Tovar on January 17. Tovar was receptive to all of our points, but seemed most inclined to cooperate on reforms to the Human Rights Commission. End Summary. UNHRC ----- 2. (C [...]
2006-01-24 13:55:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM ADCO CS
06SANJOSE1569BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK LICENSE 05-972668
[...] PolOffs visited Marco Aguilar, President of Koruma Lenex Seguridad, S.A. on July 10. Confirming the information sent ref B, Aguilar readily admitted that all 20 Marlin rifles purchased under the license in question had been sold directly to Armeria Rex. Aguilar added that he had requested a [...]
2006-07-14 22:55:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CS
06SANJOSE158PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE RICARDO TOLEDO SWIMMING
[...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on January 9, President Pacheco's confidant and former chief of staff Ricardo Toledo tried to put the best light possible on his foundering presidential campaign--a difficult task considering he has not broken 5 percent in the polls and now appears to have sli [...]
2006-01-24 14:21:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON CS
06SANJOSE1586BLUE LANTERN LEVEL TWO END USE CHECKS: APPLICATION
[...] Summary: PolOffs visited Importadora de Armas Martin Armar on July 14. The business is located in the basement of a private residence, is owned by Juan Carlos Martin, and has one employee, Carmen Zamora. Post previously obtained information from the Costa Rican government confirming that M [...]
2006-07-18 21:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CS
06SANJOSE159OSCAR ARIAS ON PRIORITIES FOR HIS GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) An Arias Administration will make a priority of spending whatever political capital is necessary to ratify and implement CAFTA-DR. Arias offered to be helpful to the Untied States in the region, promoting free trade and opposing a leftward political drift. Arias seems unable to accept th [...]
2006-01-24 14:34:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE1622Costa Rica to Construct Plasma-Propelled Space Rocket
[...] Summary: Costa Rican national hero Franklin Chang, a former NASA astronaut and dual U.S.-Costa Rican national, recently opened a local branch of his Ad Astra Technologies Company in Liberia, Guanacaste, one of the country's poorest regions. The laboratory is the first of its kind in Central A [...]
2006-07-24 22:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV NASA CS
06SANJOSE1650A/S SHANNON VISITS TOP COSTA RICAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Tom Shannon visited Costa Rica June 27-29, calling on key officials of the new Arias Administration as well as the International Relations Committee of the Legislative Assembly. A/S Shannon discussed security issues and prospects for ratification of the Central American Free [...]
2006-07-28 19:27:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CS
06SANJOSE1665COSTA RICAN AND NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET,
[...] Summary: The Foreign Ministers of Costa Rica and Nicaragua met in San Jose to discuss bilateral issues on July 26, 2006. They agreed to renew a Binational Commission that has not met for nine years. They avoided discussion of the two most contentious issues between the two countries, Costa [...]
2006-08-03 14:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL NU CS
06SANJOSE1747COSTA RICA ON CASTRO SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Ambassador discussed reftel talking points with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno on August 4, 2006. Stagno indicated that he would discuss the situation with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon when they were in Bogota, Colombia, on August 7 f [...]
2006-08-09 22:36:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CU CR
06SANJOSE1780COSTA RICA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSC LEBANON
[...] (U) On August 12, as instructed per Reftel, DCM provided copies of the non-paper, the Secretary's statement and UNSCR 1701 to Antonio Alarcon, Chief of Staff for FonMin Stagno. DCM and Pol/C followed up with a meeting with Alarcon at OOB on August 14. DCM reiterated the importance of not only [...]
2006-08-14 20:55:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE CS
06SANJOSE1781COSTA RICA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSC LEBANON
[...] (U) On August 12, as instructed per Reftel, DCM provided copies of the non-paper, the Secretary's statement and UNSCR 1701 to Antonio Alarcon, Chief of Staff for FonMin Stagno. DCM and Pol/C followed up with a meeting with Alarcon at OOB on August 14. DCM reiterated the importance of not only [...]
2006-08-14 21:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE CS
06SANJOSE1792 COSTA RICA--BEING OUTSIDE CAFTA HAS CONSEQUENCES
[...] (U) Summary. The Dominican Republic and Costa Rica are the only signatories where CAFTA-DR is not yet in force. Costa Rica is the only country that has not ratified the agreement. Although the Arias Administration has placed a high priority on both ratification and passage of the necessary i [...]
2006-08-15 22:22:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE180COSTA RICAN VOTING PROCEDURES FOR FEBRUARY 5
[...] Summary: Costa Rica has a long tradition of free and fair elections. We expect no problems on February 5 when voters will choose a new president and national legislature. Perhaps the most interesting outcome, besides who wins, will be the level of voter turnout. Historically very high in C [...]
2006-01-25 21:17:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE181COSTA RICA: UNIVERSALIZATION OF THE FRAMEWORK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA told us that the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America stands no chance of ratification in Costa Rica without substantial modifications. Negotiations on modifying the treaty took place three years ago, and Costa Rica is willing to restart those neg [...]
2006-01-25 22:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MARR MCAP CS
06SANJOSE1815COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) On August 16, PolCouns and Poloffs met with Carlos Cordero, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Guisella Sanchez, head of the Human Rights Division at the MFA, to discuss talking points from reftel delivered to Cordero on August 4. 2. (SBU) San [...]
2006-08-17 18:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA CS
06SANJOSE1840SUCCESSFUL NDU DEMOCRATIC SECURITY SEMINAR
[...] SUMMARY: With Embassy support, the National Defense University's Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) presented a weekend seminar on methodologies for developing a national-level democratic security strategy to top officials of the Arias Administration on July 28-31, 2006. The seminar [...]
2006-08-18 22:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE1841COSTA RICA DEFENDS EMBASSY MOVE TO TEL AVIV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public ceremony marking his administration,s 100 days in office, President Oscar Arias explained that his government,s decision to move its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv was not a slap to Israel, but was consistent with Costa Rica,s "respect" for UN resolutions and inte [...]
2006-08-18 23:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS XK CS
06SANJOSE1848TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 21:24:00Embassy San JoseSECRETKTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC
06SANJOSE1913COSTA RICA ON THE P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-30 00:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CS
06SANJOSE193ARIAS LIKELY TO WIN PRESIDENCY, BUT WITHOUT
[...] (U) Reputable polls conducted over the last six months show Oscar Arias, who was president 1986-90, with a consistent and commanding lead to be reelected president on February 5. Polls taken in late January show Arias, considered a centrist candidate, to have the support of 45-49 percent of [...]
2006-01-26 22:16:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CS
06SANJOSE1933REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPOSED COSTA RICAN ARMS
[...] Post requests Department's guidance in responding to Costa Rica's latest proposal for a framework treaty on arms trading. Ref A conveyed Department's opposition to Costa Rica's efforts to propose an earlier version of the treaty at the OAS more than a year and a half ago. The original propo [...]
2006-08-30 23:03:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KTIA ETRD CS
06SANJOSE1952DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 2006 AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy San Jos is pleased to respond to Ref. A questions regarding our nomination of Starbucks for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) category (refs b and c),as follows: A) Could there possibly be any downside or embarrassme [...]
2006-08-31 23:05:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON ETRD ELAB SENV KSEP CS
06SANJOSE1955COSTA RICA ON CUBAN TRANSITION: WE,LL DO IT OUR WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28, Ambassador and DCM called on FM Bruno Stagno to discuss how to further bilateral and regional cooperation in support of a democratic transition in Cuba. Stagno was receptive to the suggestion that Arias and the GOCR use Costa Rica,s "moral stature" to advocate chan [...]
2006-09-01 17:24:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU CI CS
06SANJOSE197COSTA RICA: SAICM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Requested demarche on the February 4-6 International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM) and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was delivered on January 27 to Enid Chaverri, the Environment Ministry's Acting Director of the Office for International Coop [...]
2006-01-27 21:07:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV
06SANJOSE1975NSDD 38 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, OFFICE OF TECHNICAL
[...] This cable responds to reftel in which the U.S. Treasury Department requests to establish a resident budget advisor in Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance. Embassy San Jose welcomes the initiative to assist the GOCR with budget formulation, execution and analysis. Responses are in accordance with [...]
2006-09-05 22:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAODE APER AMGT ASEC KCOM KMRS KSPR CS
06SANJOSE2004COSTA RICA'S INCREASING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
[...] The World Bank's recent report on poverty in Costa Rica stressed the widening gap in incomes between skilled and unskilled workers. The report cited external as well as internal factors as the cause. The World Bank recommended increasing the quality of secondary education; a wiser, more targ [...]
2006-09-11 22:01:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2037ARIAS ACCEPTS FIRST RESIGNATION: TELECOM MONOPOLY GETS NEW
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Board President of Costa Rica's telecommunications monopoly, ICE, resigned on September 12 and was replaced almost immediately by a new head whose nomination improves CAFTA ratification and implementation prospects. Introduction of the long-promised telecom legislative packag [...]
2006-09-13 18:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE204"COSTA RICA CONSENSUS:" OSCAR ARIAS'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Oscar Arias, the likely next president of Costa Rica, appears poised to call for a "Costa Rica Consensus," a debt-relief initiative that would be a centerpiece of a promised "active and progressive" foreign policy. He plans to convene an international summit in San Jose to pe [...]
2006-01-27 22:38:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID CS
06SANJOSE2041(CORRECTED COPY) ARIAS ACCEPTS FIRST RESIGNATION: TELECOM
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Board President of Costa Rica's telecommunications monopoly, ICE, resigned on September 12 and was replaced almost immediately by a new head whose nomination improves CAFTA ratification and implementation prospects. Introduction of the long-promised telecom legislative packag [...]
2006-09-13 21:19:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2060SECURITY MINISTER ON DMA PARTICIPATION AND
[...] (C) The GOCR has not decided to downgrade its participation in the upcoming Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA),according to Security Minister Fernando Berrocal; the minister told the Ambassador on September 8 that he saw no reason not to attend at least part of the DMA. On other issu [...]
2006-09-14 23:06:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV SNAR XK CS
06SANJOSE2113NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR COSTA
[...] (U) See action request, para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Public Security Minister Berrocal is enthusiastic about the National Guard,s State Partnership Program (SPP). Using his relationship with Governor Richardson, which dates from their service as UN Permreps, Berrocal believes he has a partn [...]
2006-09-25 19:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PGOV SNAR XK CS
06SANJOSE2162JOINT STOCK EXCHANGE PLANNED FOR PANAMA, COSTA RICA AND EL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-29 15:03:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN CS
06SANJOSE2188FAKE T-SHIRTS PROMPT RARE IPR CONVICTION IN COSTA RICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-03 18:31:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN CS
06SANJOSE2237SECURITY MINISTER TO VISIT U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND
[...] (C) Minister of Public Security Fernando Berrocal has requested Embassy assistance in organizing an official visit to U.S. Southern Command, preferably on Wednesday, November 15, 2006. The visit would coincide with an official visit with Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico that will take [...]
2006-10-11 23:00:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV SNAR CS
06SANJOSE2259RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING
[...] Summary. Energy production and distribution in Costa Rica are controlled by two parastatal entities. If the U.S.- Central America-DR Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) is ratified and comes into force before the March 2008 deadline, CAFTA-DR will require opening of some sectors of the economy, b [...]
2006-10-13 19:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV XK XL XM
06SANJOSE2263COSTA RICA REESTABLISHING TIES TO ARAB WORLD; ALSO
[...] SUMMARY: Costa Rica has restored diplomatic relations with Egypt, Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen, following its decision to move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. The GOCR also plans to open embassies in India and Singapore. The GOCR will use these newly-expanded ties to seek addi [...]
2006-10-14 10:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL XF BA EG KU YMCS
06SANJOSE227ARIAS FIRST-ROUND VICTORY ASSURED ON FEBRUARY 5;
[...] The most scientific poll on the February 5 elections shows that Oscar Arias has twice the support of his closest rival, Otton Solis -- 49.6 percent to Solis's 25.4 percent. (Arias needs only 40 percent to avoid a runoff election.) Arias leads among all socioeconomic (education and income) gro [...]
2006-01-31 16:41:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE2312PORT WORKERS PROTEST CONCESSIONS, TEST GOCR RESOLVE
[...] A show-down between the government and unionized dock workers in the country,s Atlantic ports may serve as a harbinger of GOCR resolve and capacity for dealing with promised mobilization against the country,s CAFTA-DR commitments. Since September 23, the government and port workers have been [...]
2006-10-20 19:38:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2316128 CHINESE AND PERUVIAN MIGRANTS INTERCEPTED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: October 11-18, in an international, inter-agency operation involving the Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC),the US Coast Guard, the Peruvian Air Force, the GOCR's Directorate of Immigration (and MOTR Plan participants in Washington),128 Chinese and Peruvian intending immigrants we [...]
2006-10-23 14:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM CS PE
06SANJOSE2320NATIONAL ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST OCTOBER 23-24
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A broad coalition of union and student groups is posed to square off against the GOCR October 23-24, protesting mostly CAFTA but also pay increases below the rate of inflation and the high cost of living. Both sides have much at stake. The anti-CAFTA forces want to shake GOCR r [...]
2006-10-23 21:36:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALELAB ETRD PGOV ASEC CS
06SANJOSE2371UNSC RACE: DUELING DIP NOTES IN COSTA RICA
[...] (U) In the past week, both Venezuela and Guatemala continued their diplomatic lobbying efforts in Costa Rica for the 2007 GRULAC UNSC seat. In a circular Diplomatic Note dated 18 October (Ref A),the GOV reiterated that "it was maintaining and would maintain until the end" its candidacy, beca [...]
2006-10-26 17:19:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC GT VE CS
06SANJOSE2373POLICE DIRECTOR RESIGNS, REPLACED BY PILOT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 19, Police Director Osvaldo Alpizar Nunez resigned to face an investigation into charges he used official cellphones to make death threats against former policeman Alexis Ugalde. Alpizar is the first high-ranking official in the Ministry of Public Security to leave off [...]
2006-10-26 18:29:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINR CS
06SANJOSE2379COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR PLANS MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rican Immigration Director Mario Zamora recently told us that months of intense work with 2nd Vice President Kevin Casas (a personal friend who also functions as Minister of Planning) were about to bear fruit in the form of fundamental reforms to the information systems and [...]
2006-10-27 10:32:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREF KFRD CASC CS
06SANJOSE2431ANTI-CAFTA PROTEST IN COSTA RICA: TACTICAL VICTORY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 23 and 24, a two-day strike and associated demonstrations against CAFTA ratification took place throughout Costa Rica. The peaceful demonstrations fell short of organizers, expectations and disruptions in basic services and transit were largely avoided. Costa Rican [...]
2006-10-31 23:51:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2511MICHAEL ERIC KITE/USAID TDY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Summary: USAID/W Democracy Officer, Eric Kite, from the DCHA/DG/Strategic Planning and Research Division (SAR) completed a five-day TDY (November 2 to November 6) for USAID. Mr. Kite worked with USAID grantees University of Costa Rica and Vanderbilt University and an associated multi-nationa [...]
2006-11-07 19:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE2523Costa Rica: TFCA Eligibility and the Gesling Ranch case
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 22:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE CS
06SANJOSE2543COSTA RICA NOT LIKELY TO OPPOSE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Late afternoon of November 7, Polcouns discussed reftel talking points regarding the Cuba embargo resolution and the proposed Australian human rights amendment with Antonio Alarcon, chief of staff for Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno. Post also delivered talking points to the Mi [...]
2006-11-09 16:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PHUM UN CS
06SANJOSE258COSTA RICA 2005 END-USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per Reftel Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding end-use monitoring of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics Control (INL) funds. 2. Procedures: Embassy San Jose INL section maintains an inventory of donated property using an Excel s [...]
2006-02-01 21:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL CS
06SANJOSE2581CARIBBEAN PORT SLOWDOWN ENDS POSITIVELY FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 27, a month-long standoff between dockworkers in the Caribbean ports of Limon and Moin ended. A full strike over the last four days of the slowdown added to the financial losses the region was already suffering, causing a cruise ship with 3,000 passengers to cancel a p [...]
2006-11-15 10:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2614COSTA RICAN RESPONSES TO UN-RELATED DEMARCHES
[...] (U) On November 14, PolCouns and Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to discuss pending Third Committee country-specific human rights resolutions, the upcoming International Law Commission election, and the recent Costa Rican UNGA votes concerning Cuba. In attendance were D [...]
2006-11-17 19:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYILC PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CS
06SANJOSE2617CAFTA RATIFICATION ADVANCES IN COSTA RICA
[...] (U) Summary. Although President Arias has made it a top priority, Costa Rican efforts to ratify and implement CAFTA-DR have proceeded at a slow pace, but are picking up speed. After more than five months of committee deliberations, the President of the legislative assembly (the Asamblea),wi [...]
2006-11-17 20:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PGOV KIPR CS
06SANJOSE2646COSTA RICA: EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-21 16:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CS
06SANJOSE2649COSTA RICAN VIEWS ON ECUADOR WTO CASE ON BANANAS
[...] Vice Minister for Foreign Trade Amparo Pacheco gave the following answers to us when we inquired about whether the GOCR planned to join Ecuador's WTO case against the EU on bananas. 2. Question: Will Costa Rica join Ecuador in the arbitration panel against the European Union? Answer: No [...]
2006-11-21 17:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECIN ECON CS
06SANJOSE2671COSTA RICA MINI-DUBLIN GROUP REPORT
[...] Summary: Post convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting on November 17, 2006 with representatives of the embassies of Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. The U.S. counternarcotics program remains the largest among Dublin Group members in Costa [...]
2006-11-24 13:36:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KCRM CS
06SANJOSE2685SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT ARIAS VISIT
[...] (C) President Arias and his administration are making progress on the ambitious agenda outlined in his inaugural address. In October, long-planned, union-led national anti-CAFTA protests fizzled, a costly dockworkers, strike in a major port was resolved, and the legislature set a date certain [...]
2006-11-28 23:14:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON CS
06SANJOSE2690COSTA RICA: AVIAN INFLUENZA MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-30 16:49:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO CS
06SANJOSE270ARIAS'S LEAD DECLINING IN FINAL DAYS BEFORE
[...] Three different polls conducted in the last days of January show that the gap in support between presidential frontrunner Oscar Arias and his principal rival Otton Solis is narrowing. The spread between the two is still 11 percentage points or more, but the possibility of a runoff election ( [...]
2006-02-02 22:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE2702PRESIDENT ARIAS ON HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29, the Ambassador met with President Arias to discuss the latter,s upcoming visit to Washington. The Ambassador noted Arias,s position as a leader with regional stature, and suggested President Bush would be interested in Arias,s views on developments in Nicaragua [...]
2006-12-01 21:41:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON CS US
06SANJOSE2707 COSTA RICA: SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-04 13:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ECON CS
06SANJOSE272SAN JOSE FLASH REPORT - FEBRUARY 2006
[...] Embassy San Jose's cumulative allotments and obligations for current fiscal year INL funds are as follows: Project Number:011122101 Project Title: PD&S Cumulative Allotments: $12,084.00 Cumulative Obligations: $12,045.58 LANGDALE [...]
2006-02-03 21:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN CS
06SANJOSE2734COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TTLE III OF THE
[...] Since returning to the presidency i May 2006, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has een one of the region's leading critics of the Cstro government and a strong advocate for democrtic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows absolutely no signs that it would consider re-estab [...]
2006-12-07 23:49:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETC PREL CS
06SANJOSE2735SOUTHERN COMMAND'S HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE;
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Southern Command, as part of its Human Rights Initiative (HRI),sponsored a human rights conference in Costa Rica for 77 personnel, mainly from the public security force, November 28-December 1. Building on the work of an initial conference in August, this event sought to [...]
2006-12-08 00:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MASS XM CS
06SANJOSE2737COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] Since returning to the presidency in May 2006, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been one of the region's leading critics of the Castro government and a strong advocate for democratic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows absolutely no signs that it would consider re- [...]
2006-12-08 15:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PREL CS
06SANJOSE2750COSTA RICA'S TELECOM MONOPOLY PREPARES FOR CHANGE
[...] SUMMARY. With CAFTA-DR ratification slowly moving forward, and telecom competition on the horizon, Costa Rica's telecom monopoly, ICE, (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad) is making moves to modernize under new ICE President, Pedro Pablo Quiros. The new ICE leadership is clearly engaged i [...]
2006-12-12 21:52:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2778GWOT: COSTA RICAN COLLECTION OF IDENTIFYING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 22:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KVPR CS
06SANJOSE2779 CAFTA RATIFICATION BILL FINALLY CLEARS COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The bill to ratify CAFTA-DR was approved by the legislative assembly's Committee on International Relations by a 6-3 vote on December 12, ending over a year of hearings and debate. Although the results were anticipated, the atmosphere during the vote was tense, with a small grou [...]
2006-12-19 22:28:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2798COSTA RICA: UNGA VOTE ON DECEMBER 19
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-21 15:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
06SANJOSE2799COSTA RICA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS
[...] (SBU) PolOff discussed reftel points with the Foreign Ministry's Director for Multilateral Affairs, Carlos Cordero, on December 18. Cordero claimed to be unaware of any G-77 position or proposals for increasing the dues ceiling from 22 to 25 percent. Cordero stated that Costa Rica would prefe [...]
2006-12-21 16:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA AMGT AORC CS
06SANJOSE280NEW LAW STRENGTHENS COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION
[...] (SBU) On October 27, 2005 the Legislative Assembly approved a draft law that criminalizes alien smuggling; increases fines on airlines carrying passengers without correct documentation; and fines individuals who aid, abet, harbor, transport, and/or employ illegal migrants. After nearly four y [...]
2006-02-06 21:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFRD CS
06SANJOSE2800 BELIZE: TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT OVERSIGHT BOARD
[...] SUMMARY. REO attended the November 2, 2006 meeting of the Belize Tropical Forest Conservation Act Oversight Committee in remote Punta Gorda. The meeting provided an opportunity to review 2006 NGO reports, which focused on community outreach and enforcement activities, and approve 2007 workpl [...]
2006-12-21 16:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON PGOV EAGR SOCI BH
06SANJOSE2802COSTA RICA'S INSURANCE MONOPOLY PREPARES FOR COMPETITION
[...] SUMMARY. Costa Rica's legislature has commenced hearings on legislation to open up the government's insurance monopoly to competition, a requirement of CAFTA-DR. Meanwhile Costa Rica's Instituto Nacional de Seguros,(INS,)is making plans to modernize and prepare for an open market. INS plans [...]
2006-12-21 21:49:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE2803REMITTANCES TO COSTA RICA UP 18% IN 2006
[...] Remittances to Costa Rica increased by 18% in the first six months of 2006 over the amount received in the same period of 2005. The total through the first six months of 2006 is $234 million with the majority coming from the USA. People in Costa Rica remitted some $108 million, representing a [...]
2006-12-22 12:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON CS
06SANJOSE281DEMARCHE RESPONSE: P5+2 STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Carlos Cordero, Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Costa Rican Foreign Ministry, and followed up by telephone on February 3. According to Mr. Cordero, Costa Rica has never had diplomatic relations with Iran, so official communication is unl [...]
2006-02-06 22:09:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC CS
06SANJOSE283ARIAS MAINTAINS SLIGHT LEAD THE DAY AFTER THE
[...] (U) With 89 percent of the polls reporting by the afternoon of February 6, Oscar Arias of the National Liberation Party (PLN) has 40.5 percent of the vote for president and Otton Solis of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC) 40.3 percent. With only 3,250 votes separating the two candidates, the f [...]
2006-02-06 23:15:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CS
06SANJOSE2834 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: MARINE RESOURCES VICE MINISTER FLAGS
[...] SUMMARY. While meeting with the Dominican Vice Minister for Coastal and Marine Resources Idalia Acevedo on November 17, NOAA officer Nancy Daves and REO discussed fisheries-related CAFTA-DR environmental capacity-building projects, fisheries law reform, and the illegal trade in hawksbill turt [...]
2006-12-29 23:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS PGOV DR
06SANJOSE293 COSTA RICA SAYS IT HAS SURPLUS SUGAR
[...] On February 6, 2006, in response to reftel request for information, AgAtt received from Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Doris Osterlof the following letter regarding Costa Rica's plans to fill its allocation of the U.S. sugar TRQ, and the country's supply situation. 2. Beging text of letter [...]
2006-02-08 15:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD
06SANJOSE304SLOW VOTE COUNT DELAYS ELECTION RESULTS
[...] Less than 24 hours after polls closed, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) stopped posting updates to its webpage with results from 88.4 percent of voting stations already reported. At that point the leading candidates were virtually tied with 3,250 votes separating them out of the 1.4 mil [...]
2006-02-08 23:09:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE305VOTER DISAFFECTION WITH POLITICAL CLASS LEADS TO
[...] (SBU) Although the two leading candidates for president have clearly defined and well known positions on CAFTA-DR -- Oscar Arias is for, and Otton Solis against -- treaty ratification was not the key issue in the election or the cause for Solis's higher-than-expected showing in the presidentia [...]
2006-02-08 23:28:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE309 REPORT ON SAN JOSE ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-09 15:17:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS OIIP KPAO
06SANJOSE319COSTA RICA CONTINUES TO STUMBLE TOWARD ELECTION
[...] Summary: Oscar Arias appeared to have gotten a boost during the initial stages of a full manual vote recount from the February 5 national elections. Going into the manual count, Arias led chief rival Otton Solis by a slim 3,250 votes, with 89 percent of precincts counted. Results from the ma [...]
2006-02-09 23:06:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE327CRIME STATISTICS FOR COSTA RICA: 2005
[...] Per referenced crime statistics provided by the Judicial Police (OIJ),RSO is providing a comparison for major crime categories to the 2004 crime statistics for Costa Rica: 2005 Change from 2004 Theft of Vehicles 5403 cases 18.2% Assaults (Robbery) 7500 cases [...]
2006-02-10 19:40:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KCRM
06SANJOSE331ELECTION RESULTS EMBOLDEN ANTI-CAFTA-DR FORCES
[...] (U) Public sector labor unions and other opponents of CAFTA-DR are trying to capitalize on the February 5 election results to stop treaty ratification in Costa Rica. They claim that the better-than-expected showing for presidential candidate Otton Solis, a treaty critic, nullifies the Legisla [...]
2006-02-10 23:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ELAB PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE337ARMED ROBBERY OF AMCIT 2/10/2006: MORE THAN JUST
[...] (SBU) On February 13, 2006 Post was informed of the fifth reported armed vehicle robbery (since December 2005) of individuals coming from the Juan Santamaria Airport in San Jose. RSO believes that thieves are targeting cars from the airport and following them until they have reached an iso [...]
2006-02-13 21:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC
06SANJOSE344DONATION TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES:
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 21:01:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ CS
06SANJOSE354COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to the following members of the U.S. delegation to the CITEL Assembly: Marian Gordon EB/CIP/MA, Cecily Holiday EB/CIP/MA, Amal Abdallah FCC, Cathy Handley Commerce/NTIA, Vernita Harris Commerce/NTIA, Daniel Martinez WH [...]
2006-02-16 15:35:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ECPS CITEL CR
06SANJOSE359COSTA RICANS PATIENTLY AWAIT ELECTION RESULTS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Although the unofficial preliminary tabulations of election results show Oscar Arias to have won the February 5 election by more than 10,000 votes, the current interim, cumulative total of the official recount (which eleven days after the election has passed the half-way point) n [...]
2006-02-16 18:06:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV CS
06SANJOSE383AMBASSADOR'S RETURN TO POST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 15:38:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CS
06SANJOSE395CORRECTION: AMBASSADOR'S RETURN TO POST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 19:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CS
06SANJOSE410SOLIS ALLEGES "SERIOUS ANOMALIES AND VIOLATIONS"
[...] (U) On the eve of finishing the recount of presidential ballots (and Oscar Arias returning to the lead),rival Otton Solis cried foul in a televised address to all Costa Ricans. Solis claimed "serious anomalies and violations" in the voting but did not make a direct accusation of fraud. He u [...]
2006-02-22 23:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE434ARIAS WINS FINAL COUNT FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT WINNER
[...] The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) finished its mandatory manual recount of all votes in the presidential election at 4:00 pm on February 22. At the end of the count, Arias defeated Solis by 18,167 votes. Arias narrowly avoided a run-off election by winning 40.92 percent of the vote (40 pe [...]
2006-02-23 23:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE443BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON OSCAR ARIAS
[...] (U) Oscar Arias Sanchez was elected on February 5, 2006, as the first repeat president in Costa Rica since 1970. Winning by a 1.12 percent margin (18,000 votes out of 1.62 million cast),Arias comes to office without the sweeping mandate he expected. He was permitted to run for president beca [...]
2006-02-24 20:58:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE444"MORAL POWER:" ARIAS AND NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) National security in an Oscar Arias administration will be pursued at three levels: (1) Internationally, Arias will use his prestige as a Nobel laureate to be an advocate for multilateralism, international law, and disarmament. (2) At home the principal external security issues will be [...]
2006-02-24 21:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL MASS SNAR SMIG SOCI PBTS NI CS
06SANJOSE478COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POLITICAL OFFICER, JENNIFER
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Jennifer Isakoff, who will be in Costa Rica from March 10-14, 2006. The purpose of this trip is for consultations with Embassy officials. 2. Control Officer: POC is Robert Copley, Political Officer, who can be reached at the offic [...]
2006-03-01 22:38:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CS
06SANJOSE481COSTA RICA 2005 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 14:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
06SANJOSE486 BIOTECHNOLOGY EXPERT WILLIAM PARROTT VISIT
[...] Summary. On November 7th and 8th, 2005 Dr. William Parrott, University of Georgia Professor and biotechnology expert, visited Costa Rica to meet with GOCR officials from the Ministries of Health and Economy as well as with Legislative Assembly staff. Dr. Parrott was also interviewed by the [...]
2006-03-03 20:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON TBIO ETRD KPAO CS BEXP SENV
06SANJOSE488COSTA RICA: GUATEMALAN CAMPAIGN LOOKS WEAK FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Costa Rica will support Guatemala's efforts to win the rotational Latin seat on the UNSC. The Foreign Minister and Director of Foreign Policy told us separately that Guatemala needs to campaign more aggressively, particularly in the Caribbean, and offered to assist. These offici [...]
2006-03-03 20:53:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL CS PGOC UNSC
06SANJOSE489COSTA RICA ON UNSYG SUCCESSION
[...] Ambassador Langdale discussed reftel points with Foreign Minster Tovar on March 2, 2006. Tovar said that Costa Rica has not committed to supporting any candidate at this time. Tovar added that Costa Rica's vote will soon be courted, and said that the sooner the USG settles on a candidate, the [...]
2006-03-03 20:55:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CS UN
06SANJOSE525SOLIS "ACCEPTS" THAT ARIAS WILL BE NEXT PRESIDENT
[...] On March 3, Otton Solis finally conceded that he had lost the presidential election and asked the country to "accept" Oscar Arias as the next president. Solis at the same time reiterated his complaints about the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and his charges of voting "irregularities." Ari [...]
2006-03-07 15:47:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE536IT'S FINALLY OFFICIAL--ARIAS IS THE NEXT PRESIDENT
[...] Summary: In a short statement at midday on March 7, Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) Chief Magistrate Oscar Fonseca formally declared Oscar Arias the winner of the February 5, 2006 presidential election. Arias will take office on May 8. Ref A contains biographical information on Arias. En [...]
2006-03-07 22:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE538COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FOUR U.S.DOL OFFICIALS AND
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Dr. Eilenn Muirragi, Supervisory International Relations Officer; Ms. Sharon Heller Jordan, International Relations Officer; Ms. Rachel E Spring, Analyst; Dr. Donna E Chung, Analyst; Ms. Ruth Anne Mota, Consultant; Ms. Paula Thompson Wo [...]
2006-03-08 14:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CS
06SANJOSE549COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO U.S./INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 19:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC CS
06SANJOSE550MAGEN DAVID ADOM: COSTA RICA SIGNING MECHANISM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-08 19:31:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL CS ICRC
06SANJOSE553Armed Robbers Target Tourists Near Airport
[...] SUMMARY. Eleven armed robberies of tourists near the San Jose airport took place during a recent eight week period. It appears one group of four armed males is responsible. Post approached the GOCR, tourism officials and the AmCham in support of greater protection for tourists and an in- dept [...]
2006-03-08 22:00:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CR
06SANJOSE567COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CYNTHIA HOSTETLER, JAMES
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to OPICs VP for Investment Funds Cynthia Hostetler, Investment Funds Director James F. Hansley and Investment Funds Financial Officer Jennifer Renee Doherty who will be in Costa Rica on TDY assignment from March 25 to March 30. The purpos [...]
2006-03-10 15:02:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
06SANJOSE569LIBERTARIAN MOVEMENT PARTY WILL SUPPORT FREE TRADE
[...] Summary: On March 6, Ambassador hosted for breakfast five of the six newly elected legislators from the Libertarian Movement Party (ML) plus one ML candidate who failed to get elected. ML improved its position from fourth party to third party in the Legislative Assembly. The deputies-elect s [...]
2006-03-10 17:17:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE571COSTA RICA MEDIA REACTION TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As anticipated, most local news organizations reported on this week's release of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR). Several news dailies published brief synopses of the reports for all Central American countries, and several noted the HRR's overall positive tone. Accounts of the report ge [...]
2006-03-10 20:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM CS
06SANJOSE58COSTA RICA'S RESPONSE ON THE JANUARY 9 MEETING ON
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Tovar told us he would not sign a Mexican-authored communique on U.S. immigration proposals merely as a gesture of solidarity, especially if the document is "confrontational." End Summary. Costa Ricans Have Their Own Immigration Problems ------------------------------- [...]
2006-01-09 21:37:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG ECON ES NU HO EC DR CO GT CS
06SANJOSE584MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S CONGRATULATORY
[...] Most major news outlets reported on President Bush's congratulatory call to Oscar Arias on his election as president. Arias freely discussed the topics and tenor of his conversation with President Bush, which lasted for approximately five minutes. 2. The press focused on three aspects of [...]
2006-03-13 22:52:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CS
06SANJOSE589COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LARRY WESTFALL AND GENARO
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Larry Westfall and Genaro Martinez, Treasury Advisors who will be in Costa Rica on TDY assignment from March 26 to April 8. The purpose of this visit is to work with officials from the Ministry of Finance on the Tax Administration Proj [...]
2006-03-14 17:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
06SANJOSE591FIRST VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT LAURA CHINCHILLA
[...] Summary: Laura Chinchilla was chosen by Oscar Arias to be his first vice presidential running mate in the 2006 election. Along with Kevin Casas as second vice president, Arias and Chinchilla will take office on May 8. Chinchilla, currently a member of the Legislative Assembly and formerly mi [...]
2006-03-14 19:26:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PINS PGOV CS
06SANJOSE592KEVIN CASAS, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] (U) Summary: Kevin Casas, chosen by Oscar Arias to be his second vice presidential running mate, will come into the third highest political position in the country on May 8 with scant political credentials. Only 37 years old, Casas is an academic and researcher who has never held office. Int [...]
2006-03-14 20:28:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV CS
06SANJOSE606CR RESPONSE TO SUPPORT FOR THE "JOINT PROPOSAL"
[...] Embassy delivered demarche to Tania Lopez, Ministry of Commerce's WTO Forum Coordinator on Tuesday, March 14. Ms. Lopez responded in writing on Wednesday, March 15; an unofficial translation follows. Begin Translation: Costa Rica will support the "Joint Proposal" on Geographical Indicati [...]
2006-03-16 14:32:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR WTRO
06SANJOSE612COSTA RICA: PROPOSED LABOR PROJECTS UNDER CAFTA-DR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-16 22:35:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD ELAB CS
06SANJOSE617IN LETTER TO SOLIS, ARIAS CALLS FOR NATIONAL DIALOG
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, daily newspaper La Nacion published in its entirety a letter from President-elect Oscar Arias to election runner-up Otton Solis, in which Arias calls upon Solis and his supporters to act in a manner befitting a mature democracy, and to work with Arias during the nex [...]
2006-03-17 21:46:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD CS
06SANJOSE628COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLYN HEALY, MOLLY
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Federal Reserve Staff Carolyn Healy, Assistant Vice President, Molly Willison, Director, and Roxana Maneiro, Foreign Banking Analyst who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from March 27 to March 29. The purpose of this visit is to con [...]
2006-03-21 16:51:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
06SANJOSE63NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR COSTA RICA
[...] (C) Tom: I am writing to seek your support for an inititiative to engage early on with the new Costa Rican leadership team before it enters office and while it is still forming its governing agenda. During my consultations in Washington before coming to post, I met with Dr. Richard Downie o [...]
2006-01-10 15:53:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINS MARR PREL CS
06SANJOSE643ANTI-CAFTA-DR GROUPS STAGE PROTEST, "BURY" THE
[...] On March 20, several groups jointly staged the first organized protest against the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) since the country's February 5 elections. Unlike in previous demonstrations, labor organizations did not play a major organizational role. [...]
2006-03-22 17:43:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ELAB PGOV CS
06SANJOSE656"COSTA RICA, INC.": ANTI-CAFTA-DR FILM MIXES
[...] Summary: A slick new film appearing periodically on Costa Rican public television uses a mixture of emotionally laden images, misquotes, and insinuations (probably falling just short of libel) to attack the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). While object [...]
2006-03-24 17:08:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD SOCI CS
06SANJOSE705COSTA RICA WILL SEEK PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 23:04:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN GT VE CS
06SANJOSE706RODGRIGO ARIAS, MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Rodrigo is the younger brother and by far the closest adviser to Oscar Arias. He is the only permanent member of Oscar's inner circle and has always been at his brother's side in business and politics. Since Oscar's divorce and the death of his mother, Oscar has come to rely even more on [...]
2006-03-30 23:12:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CS
06SANJOSE707FUTURE PUSC DEPUTIES STRESS IMPORTANCE OF "SOCIAL
[...] (C) On May 29, Ambassador hosted all five deputies-elect of the Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) for breakfast. They all expressed support for the Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) but were concerned about opposition from labor trade unions, some agricultura [...]
2006-03-30 23:18:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD CS
06SANJOSE727PAC REITERATES FRIENDSHIP, BUT REMAINS STEADFAST
[...] On March 24, Ambassador Langdale hosted a breakfast for the newly elected legislative deputies from the Citizens' Action Party (PAC) at the residence. Conversation was dominated by the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),with all of the deputies-elect sti [...]
2006-04-04 14:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CS
06SANJOSE734URGING COSTA RICA TO ENDORSE PSI
[...] (C) On April 3, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy, Jose Joaquin Chaverri, emphasizing the importance of controlling the trade in WMD and missile-related materials and noting that endorsement of PSI was a statement of political support and did [...]
2006-04-05 14:12:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CS
06SANJOSE751IRANIAN PRESENCE IN COSTA RICA (C-NE6-00140)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 21:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR CS IR
06SANJOSE762HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSWOMAN SLAMS CAFTA-DR
[...] Costa Rica's Human Rights Ombudswoman, Dr. Lisbeth Quesada, released a report on March 30 criticizing the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Comparing the relative bargaining power of the U.S. and Costa Rica to "a wild tiger vs. a captive rabbit," the re [...]
2006-04-07 15:40:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PHUM PGOV CS
06SANJOSE777DEPUTIES-ELECT OF RULING NATIONAL LIBERATION PARTY
[...] For the fourth and final breakfast honoring newly elected deputies to Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly, the Ambassador hosted the largest faction, the National Liberation Party (PLN),on April 6. While individual conversations tended to focus on security issues and the party's anticipated st [...]
2006-04-07 22:37:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CS
06SANJOSE789COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISORS
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald and Tax Advisors, Richard Voskuil and Carmen Garcia-Salgado who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 23 to May 1. The purpose of this visit is to meet [...]
2006-04-10 21:56:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
06SANJOSE790COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISORS
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Alphonso Correa, Financial Enforcement Advisor and Intermittent Financial Enforcement Advisor James Parrott who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 19 to April 22. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy personnel [...]
2006-04-10 21:56:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN CS
06SANJOSE805DEMARCHE AND SECRETARY RICE'S LETTER ON THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 17:16:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR OPDC PHUM PREL UNGA CS
06SANJOSE812COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA SOSA
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to contractor Maria Sosa from Booz Allen Hamilton who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 17 to April 19. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of the regional technical commision on valuation to review the FASTrade [...]
2006-04-12 20:30:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE826COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA SOSA
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to contractor Maria Sosa from Booz Allen Hamilton who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 26 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a regional Customs Directors Meeting. 2. Post understands assistance is not nec [...]
2006-04-19 22:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE827CORRECTION TO BIODATA FOR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-20 14:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PINS PGOV CS
06SANJOSE875COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLINE BREARLEY
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Caroline Brearley, USAID Economic Growth office who will be in Costa Rica on TDY assignment from May 3 to May 5. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Vice Presidents of all Latin American AMCHAMS about CAFTA implementation and Emba [...]
2006-04-25 22:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE876COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR POITIER & KOODIE
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to FAA Aviation Inspectors Harcourt Poitier, and Teeluckdarie Koodie who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 8 to May 12. The purpose of this visit is to review compliance of regulations during certification inspection. 2. Tra [...]
2006-04-25 22:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE88NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR COSTA RICA
[...] (C) Dear General Craddock: I am writing to seek your support for an inititiative to engage early on with the new Costa Rican leadership team before it enters office and while it is still forming its governing agenda. During my consultations in Washington before coming to post, I met with Dr [...]
2006-01-13 13:39:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPINS MARR PREL CS
06SANJOSE896COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SILVIA ANZOLA
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Silvia Anzola form Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from April 26 to April 29. The purpose of this visit is to attend a custom's directors meeting to review draft legislation of CAFTA advance ruling com [...]
2006-04-26 22:36:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE91KEY DEPUTIES POINT TO VOTING ON CAFTA-DR AFTER NEW
[...] On January 11, 2006 Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) and Ambassador met with key members of the Costa Rican Legislative Assembly to discuss the status of ratification of the Central America-Dominican Republic-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). Rolando Lacle, Chair of the Assembly's Intern [...]
2006-01-13 15:37:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECPS ECON PREL PGOV SOCI CS
06SANJOSE910COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-28 16:01:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL CS
06SANJOSE92COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID LINDWALL, WHA A/DAS
[...] Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes and is pleased to grant country clearance for David Lindwall, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, who will be in SIPDIS Costa Rica from January 16-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to consult with Embassy and host government [...]
2006-01-13 15:56:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CS
06SANJOSE934SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BURTON
[...] Costa Rica is a developing country with a per capita income of about U.S. $4,700 and an unemployment rate of about 6.5 percent. Tourism, manufactured exports, and service industries now far surpass traditional agricultural exports (coffee and bananas) as sources of employment and foreign exc [...]
2006-05-04 00:08:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT AFIN CS
06SANJOSE936SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HARKIN
[...] Costa Rica is a developing country with a per capita income of about U.S. $4,700 and an unemployment rate of about 6.5 percent. Tourism, manufactured exports, and service industries now far surpass traditional agricultural exports (coffee and bananas) as sources of employment and foreign exc [...]
2006-05-04 15:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT AFIN CS
06SANJOSE971LABOR MINISTER FRANCISCO MORALES
[...] Summary: President Oscar Arias has named 65-year-old Francisco Morales to be Minister of Labor in his administration. Morales has a long history of government service, having previously served as Minister of Labor from 1972 to 1977, and as Minister of Agriculture from 1982 to 1986. With hi [...]
2006-05-09 19:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PINS PGOV CS
06SANJOSE979ON INAUGURATION DAY, OSCAR ARIAS PROMISES A
[...] Oscar Arias was sworn in as president for a four-year term beginning May 8. Present at the mid-day ceremony were the heads of state of the Central American countries, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, and Taiwan, Prince Felipe of Spain, First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, and former P [...]
2006-05-09 23:40:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE980PRESIDENT OSCAR ARIAS'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF MAY
[...] On being presented the presidential sash on May 8, 2006, Oscar Arias delivered his inaugural speech entitled, "I Choose Life, Democracy and the Challenge of Peaceful Change." Below is the full text of the speech in English. The translation was provided by the Arias Foundation, an NGO founde [...]
2006-05-09 23:47:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CS
06SANJOSE991COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEVEN HENDRIX
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Steven Hendrix, USAID Representative Steven Hendrix who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 9 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to participate in working level meetings of the Latin American Public Opinion Project, a reg [...]
2006-05-10 20:41:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE992COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM SASSAMAN
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Federal Aviation Administation employee William Sassaman who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 17. The purpose of this visit is to perform a flight deck observation in San Jose. 2. Post understands no assistance is requir [...]
2006-05-10 20:41:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA CS
06SANJOSE993COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSE GARZON
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Jose Garzon, Democracy and Governance Team Leader who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 10 to May 13. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Latin American Public Opinion Project Workshop to be held in San Jose, in coord [...]
2006-05-10 20:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA CS
06SANJOSE994COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR RICHARD
[...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Treasury Advisor, Richard Bartholomew who will be in Costa Rica on assignment from May 14 to May 20. The purpose of this visit is to participate in an assessment at the Ministry of Finance. 2. Post understands no assistance is requi [...]
2006-05-10 20:43:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA CS
06SANSALVADOR1012EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in March 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of March 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From March 20 to 22, two Congressional staffers from the House International Relations Committee visited Post in or [...]
2006-04-19 21:03:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PINR SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1013EL SALVADOR: HERMOSA MANUFACTURING CASE REMAINS
[...] This is an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hermosa Manufacturing Co., a Salvadoran owned and operated apparel manufacturer, ceased operations in May 2005, leaving more than 250 workers jobless and liabilities of USD 825,000 in outstanding wages, severance payments, and unp [...]
2006-04-20 13:55:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ES ETRD PGOV
06SANSALVADOR1014REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth: 20 Oct 1977, Place of Birth: Chalatenango, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not [...]
2006-04-20 13:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR10212005 SUA PROTOCOLS SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION(EL
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On April 18, Poloff spoke to the Director of Legal Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Elizabeth Villalta, regarding the signature and ratification of the 2005 protocols to the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) conventi [...]
2006-04-20 17:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT ES
06SANSALVADOR1027EL SALVADOR FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS
[...] (C) During a long conversation at his residence the evening of April 19, GOES Finance Minister Guillermo Lopez Suarez (strictly protect throughout) confirmed to Polcouns that he had, indeed, resigned his post, effective May 1. Lopez Suarez recounted how, on April 7, he had gone to see Preside [...]
2006-04-20 19:48:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR ES ECON EFIN
06SANSALVADOR103TACA AIRLINES FINDS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of El Salvador has ruled that the Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) of El Salvador violated the constitutional rights of TACA International Airlines S.A. (TACA) in allowing Compania Panamena [...]
2006-01-12 21:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ES
06SANSALVADOR1047REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 15 Nov 1968 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above [...]
2006-04-21 19:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1048REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 26 Oct 1964 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the ab [...]
2006-04-21 19:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1049REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 20 May 1961 POB: Usulutan Male Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 21 Jul 1964 POB: La Union Male N [...]
2006-04-21 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1080TOPICS REGARDING PRESIDENT ELIAS ANTONIO SACA (EL SALVADOR)
[...] (S/NF) This cable is a response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. (C) How does Saca react to disappointments? Can he deal with them internally, or does he lash out at others? How does Saca rationalize his own failures or those of his subordinates? Does he tolerate mistakes? Saca [...]
2006-04-25 19:49:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNPINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1085SALVADORAN APPOINTED WORLD BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR
[...] On April 21, 2006, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz named Salvadoran Juan Jose Daboub as a Managing Director of the World Bank. Daboub was one of ex-President Flores' most trusted advisors, and he served as Chief of Staff and Minister of Finance during Flores' term from 1999-2004. He is [...]
2006-04-25 21:23:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIBRD PINR ECON EAID EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR1088NEEDED CENTRAL BANK RESTRUCTURING NOT FORTHCOMING
[...] (SBU) Summary. El Salvador adopted the dollar as legal tender in 2001, but the Central Bank still maintains institutional vestiges of a monetary authority, issuing short-term and long-term debt and keeping on its balance sheet more than $700 million in government debt. Completing the institu [...]
2006-04-26 15:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR109SACA TO ANNOUNCE 6TH CONTINGENT TO IRAQ; EXPRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saca will inform the President January 13 that El Salvador will send a sixth contingent of troops to Iraq. The formal public announcement will come in early February. Saca told the Ambassador January 12 that he is concerned about two issues going into March 12 elections [...]
2006-01-13 15:16:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECIN SMIG ES HO IZ
06SANSALVADOR1090MDA - DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 20:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREL PREF ES
06SANSALVADOR1094DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ATTACKS AGAINST U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ES VE
06SANSALVADOR1118SALVADORAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES WITNESS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 26, the Salvadoran National Assembly finally passed a Witness and Victims Protection Law after more than a year of lobbying by the Embassy. The vote was 57-0, with 27 FMLN abstentions. The government's ARENA Party and the other right-of-center parties, as well as the mod [...]
2006-04-27 20:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR ES
06SANSALVADOR1131 SACA'S ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR
[...] Summary. Torola, a small town on the border with Honduras, is the poorest municipality in El Salvador, but also the first to receive targeted assistance from the Salvadoran Government under Saca's anti-poverty program "Red Solidaria." At least for the next few years that the program continu [...]
2006-04-28 16:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ES
06SANSALVADOR1152SACA NAMES TACA VETERAN FINANCE MINISTER
[...] (U) On April 23, President Saca named William J. Handal Minister of Finance, to replace Gullermo Lopez Suarez effective May 1. Handal is from the Department of Usulutan, the home of President Saca. Handal graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a Bachelor,s Degree in Economics [...]
2006-05-02 15:16:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALECON PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR116NO GOOD OPTIONS ON CAFTA FOR EL SALVADOR:
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez and Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia met the Ambassador in the evening of January 12 to continue the discussion of CAFTA implementation, in anticipation of a January 13 morning call from President Bush to President Saca. De Gavidia repeated that th [...]
2006-01-13 21:38:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR1166EL SALVADOR PASSES HISTORIC GOVERNMENT ETHICS LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: El Salvador's departing Legislative Assembly on April 25 unanimously approved a comprehensive and robust ethics law to oversee conduct of public sector employees across all branches of government, following an often-frustrating five-year Embassy effort to institute such legislat [...]
2006-05-03 19:33:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL ES PGOV KCOR
06SANSALVADOR1177UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDATES (EL SALVADOR)
[...] (U) Per reftel A instructions, diplomatic note from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Lainez was delivered to SIPDIS the GOES Foreign Ministry on April 24. 2. (C) On April 28, poloff discussed reftels with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]
2006-05-04 14:34:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA ES
06SANSALVADOR1181SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT UNVEILS TIP VICTIMS SHELTER
[...] (U) On the margins of the Regional Migration Conference being hosted by the Government of El Salvador (GOES),Minister of Governance Rene Figueroa announced at a May 3 press conference the unveiling of a GOES shelter for trafficking in persons victims. Figueroa stated that the shelter openin [...]
2006-05-04 21:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG ES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
06SANSALVADOR1193EL SALVADOR: LAST-MINUTE PASSAGE OF KEY LAWS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In its final days in office prior to its May 1 replacement by newly-elected deputies, El Salvador's outgoing Legislative Assembly approved a number of significant constitutional reforms and other legislative measures, including a witness protection law. However, under Article 2 [...]
2006-05-05 20:53:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR1194UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN (EL
[...] (C) On May 4, poloff spoke again with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rivera stated that El Salvador was continuing to evaluate candidate countries, but assured poloff that the GOES was in opposition to the candidacy of Iran and other countrie [...]
2006-05-05 20:55:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL ES IR
06SANSALVADOR1195EL SALVADOR: LETTER REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS FROM
[...] (C) On May 4, 2006, poloff met with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, Rivera showed poloff a letter that the GOES had received from the North Korean Embassy in Mexico City requesting that the GOES oppose any motion regarding [...]
2006-05-05 20:58:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ES KN
06SANSALVADOR1214RELATIVE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE
[...] (U) According to an April 28 story in Salvadoran daily "El Mundo," the Salvadoran National Police is investigating a munitions cache found in a piece of luggage inspected and seized at Comalapa International Airport. Salvadoran National Police (PNC) Director Rodrigo Avila was quoted as sayin [...]
2006-05-09 19:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKCRM EAIR PTER SMIG ETTC ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR1224REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 24 Aug 1960 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 26 Apr 1962 Female XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador [...]
2006-05-10 13:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1225REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE
[...] According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) website, the UNHCR no longer maintains a full office in El Salvador, but has a representative to assist in the processing of refugees. The Political Section contacts the UNHCR representative, Desiree Massier, annually for [...]
2006-05-10 13:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR1228EL SALVADOR'S NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
[...] (U) Summary: As one of their final acts before conclusion of the Legislative Assembly session, the 2003-2006 Assembly on April 30 elected five new members to the Supreme Court (CSJ). The new justices appear ready to confront the problems of the judicial system and undertake needed reforms. [...]
2006-05-10 15:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ES
06SANSALVADOR1233EL SALVADOR CONSIDERS MOVING TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
[...] Summary. The GOES is considering implementing a daylight savings time change, advancing clocks by one hour during the summer. El Salvador's neighbors and trading partners, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have already implemented the measure in order to reduce energy consumption in the face [...]
2006-05-10 20:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR1260EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in April 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From April 4 to 6, the PNC hosted the second annual regional gang conference attended by representatives from Mexico, Central America, and the United States. The conference provided a forum to [...]
2006-05-12 15:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEFIN PINR PINS PREL SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1275WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE (EL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 19:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC TBIO ES
06SANSALVADOR1276WOMEN IN SALVADORAN POLITICS: SLOW BUT STEADY
[...] SUMMARY: Although in the wake of March elections, El Salvador now slightly outpaces the United States in its percentage of women legislators, it still lags behind several countries in the region in terms of the number of women elected to political office. Salvadoran women are also less like [...]
2006-05-12 19:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR1278REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth - 20 July 1953, Place of Birth - Cojutepeque, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individua [...]
2006-05-12 19:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1297EL SALVADOR: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-16 14:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP ES
06SANSALVADOR1312REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 28 Jul 1968 San Miguel Male Resource Management Course Start Date: 22 May 2006 XXXXXXXXXXXX 13 Jun 1965 [...]
2006-05-17 13:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1352REDUCING THE MURDER RATE COMPLICATED BY POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The citizens of El Salvador are outraged by numerous murders occurring daily in this country. Police Director Avila is trying to professionalize his police force, but he lacks sufficient manpower and equipment. Yesterday, President Saca announced that his administration will seek [...]
2006-05-23 15:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KCRM KJUS ES ASEC
06SANSALVADOR1373SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. ITU CANDIDATES
[...] Post received a letter (text paragraph 2) from the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 16, 2006 informing us they will support the U.S. candidates for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and the Radio Communications Regulation Board for the period 2006- 2010 i [...]
2006-05-24 21:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ITU ES
06SANSALVADOR138POST SUPPORTS GOES REQUEST FOR DHS ASSISTANCE RE
[...] (C) On September 2, 2005, DHS Acting U/S Randy Beardsworth visited El Salvador to discuss the mechanics of the Secure Borders Initiative (SBI) with Salvadoran officials. During these discussions, U/S Beardsworth noted that SBI required the GOES to issue travel documents for deportable Salvad [...]
2006-01-18 17:45:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER KCRM ES
06SANSALVADOR1388EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM
[...] Poloff on May 25 delivered reftel demarche talking points on UN reform and the May 27-30 NAM Ministerial to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mario Rivera, who offered assurances that he would personally see to its further distribution to all relevant MFA officers and offices, and to El Sa [...]
2006-05-26 17:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC ES PGOV PREL UNGA
06SANSALVADOR1403REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, San Salvador, 17 Nov 1966, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves with the Military Doctrine Command Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available hu [...]
2006-05-30 16:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1404REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. All candidates are male and serve with the Ilopango Air Force Unit. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Vicente 08 JUL 1975 XXXXXXXXXXXX C [...]
2006-05-30 16:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1413REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights record of XXXXXXXXXXXX March, 23 JUL 1964, San Salvador, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX is a member of the Second Air Force Brigade. 3. Post has reviewed available human righ [...]
2006-05-30 19:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1414REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Chalatenango 28 Aug 1962 Male Military Police Unit XXXXXXXXXXXX San Miguel 09 Nov 1962 Male 3rd Infantr [...]
2006-05-30 19:14:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1415REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Ministry of Defense Office Chalatenango 07 May 1969 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Military D [...]
2006-05-30 19:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR142INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION
[...] (S) Summary. Salvadoran Minister of Defense Otto Romero told Charge on December 2, 2005, that the arms seized in Honduras in April 2005 were likely lost by the Salvadoran Armed Forces (ESAF) to guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation front (FMLN) during El Salvador's 1980-1992 ci [...]
2006-01-19 14:44:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETETTC KOMC ES
06SANSALVADOR1430EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S. STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Ambassador and Acting DCM met with President Saca, Foreign Minister Lainez, and Presidential Private Secretary Charlaix this afternoon and delivered reftel demarche talking points. President Saca stated that he shared our concerns about Iran, and that his government would support the U.S. [...]
2006-05-31 22:14:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES IR PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR1455IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM (EL SALVADOR)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG AORC ES
06SANSALVADOR1456EL SALVADOR SUPPORTIVE OF USG POSITION AT OAS GA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 18:56:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR15INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2005
[...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2006 INL funds as of the end of December 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- ---------- [...]
2006-01-04 19:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ES INL
06SANSALVADOR1501REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Oct 1971, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individuals has b [...]
2006-06-07 19:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1502REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 18 Jun 1971 Male San Salvador Ilopango Air Force Base XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Dec 1972 Male El Transito Ilopang [...]
2006-06-07 19:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1503REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 23 April 1964, Male, Santa Ana, Salvadoran Military Academy. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not bee [...]
2006-06-07 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR151EL SALVADOR: INL END USE MONITORING REPORT 2005
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 INL End Use Monitoring Report. The format follows that set forth in Reftel. 2. PROCEDURES The San Salvador INL Program Manager notifies Salvadoran law enforcement agencies of all INL donations through official letters. Salvadorian law enfor [...]
2006-01-20 18:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC SNAR INL
06SANSALVADOR1530EL SALVADOR: INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B talking points June 9 with MFA's Director for Asia, Africa and Oceania Affairs, Milton Magana, who indicated that he would discuss the matter with representatives of the Ministry of Defense. 2. (C) Comment: As outlined in reftel A, at a May 24 meeting with U [...]
2006-06-09 20:39:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ ES
06SANSALVADOR154FAS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN HUETE, KARLA TAY,
[...] Post grants country clearance for Stephen Huete, Ag. Counselor, Karla Tay, Ag Specialist, Edith Vasquez, Marketing Assistant, Mercedes Cruz, Administrative Assistant and Jose Folgar, Clerk/Driver, to travel to San Salvador during the period of January 23-26, 2006 for the purpose of attending t [...]
2006-01-20 21:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES COUNTRY CLEARANCE
06SANSALVADOR1552MDA: SUPPORT AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-13 18:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ES
06SANSALVADOR158REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between February 8 and February 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. The names of the officers of t [...]
2006-01-20 21:53:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1588EL SALVADOR AUTHORIZES BLANKET CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
[...] Post received a letter (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Civil Aviation Authority dated June 9, 2006 authorizing blanket clearance for one year for tropical storm and hurricane reconnaissance missions in Salvadoran airspace. 2. Post will fax the original Spanish-language letter to WHA/C [...]
2006-06-16 21:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR MARR ES
06SANSALVADOR1595MDA: SUPPORT AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-19 21:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM ES
06SANSALVADOR1600REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 06 Feb 1963 San Salvador Male Naval Headquarters XXXXXXXXXXXX 09 July 1963 Cojutepeque Male Armed Force [...]
2006-06-20 19:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1615 GOES SEEKS EMBASSY SUPPORT WITH DHS ON DEPORTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior GOES officials appealed to Ambassador on June 14 for help with El Salvador's deportations-related agenda with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Ambassador spoke with DHS Assistant Secretary Julie Myers to discuss the issue of DHS financial support for document pr [...]
2006-06-21 20:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ES
06SANSALVADOR1618EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in May 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) On May 22, ILEA began the presentation of its six week core program (LEMDP) to police officers from Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Post has received and processed the NSDD-38 for [...]
2006-06-22 13:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAPER SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1640DEMARCHE: OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (EL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-23 20:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR1643EL SALVADOR: FMLN'S "FULL-COURT PRESS" AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The hard-left opposition party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) has launched an offensive against the Salvadoran Government's proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) project. An FMLN delegation to be led by FMLN Deputy Jose Salvador Arias plans to travel to [...]
2006-06-23 21:31:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL KMCA
06SANSALVADOR169UNIVERSALIZATION OF FRAMEWORK TREATY ON DEMOCRATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 14:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MARR MCAP ES CS PM
06SANSALVADOR170ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-24 14:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM ES
06SANSALVADOR1702EL SALVADOR: GOES FINALLY "GETTING IT" ON CRIME?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Barclay met June 27 with President Tony Saca to underscore U.S. concern about El Salvador's worsening crime problems; the President indicated that he intends to make crime his number-one priority during his remaining three years in office. A flurry of recent activity [...]
2006-07-03 18:04:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEAID ES PGOV PINR PREL
06SANSALVADOR1704EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORMS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 18:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC PGOV PREL UNGA ES
06SANSALVADOR1709REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 7 Oct 1969, Sonsonate, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Salvadoran Armed Forces Headquarters. 3. Post has reviewed avail [...]
2006-07-05 14:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1736EL SALVADOR: SACA TIES FMLN TO POLICE MURDERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In violent July 5 protests at the University of El Salvador (UES),one or more snipers associated with radical leftist protesters assassinated two Civilian National Police (PNC) officers from the PNC's elite riot-control unit (PNC/UMO),and wounded at least 10 other officers. P [...]
2006-07-06 23:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL PTER
06SANSALVADOR1783REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...]
2006-07-13 13:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1823NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, 2006, the Salvadoran Legislature elected Felix Garrid Safie as Attorney General of the Republic (FGR). Safie was nominated after his predecessor, Belasario Artiga, failed to garner enough support for his reelection bid. With only two months on the job, Safie has a [...]
2006-07-18 17:23:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1845FY 2007 FOOD FOR PROGRESS REQUEST - EL SALVADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-21 14:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR1847REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following member of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. All available records at pos [...]
2006-07-21 16:33:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1848REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX . The names and date and pla [...]
2006-07-21 16:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1849EL SALVADOR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FMLN LEADERS ON MCA AND JULY 5 POLICE KILLINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 12 luncheon that had been planned with leaders of the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) prior to the July 5 murders of Civilian National Police riot-cotrol (PNC/UMO) officers at the National University (UES),Ambassador Barclay discussed the p [...]
2006-07-21 18:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALECON ES PGOV PREL PTER KMCA
06SANSALVADOR186461ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) On July 20, Poloff spoke with Protocol Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Herbert Caceres. Caceres indicated that the Salvadoran delegation plans to arrive September 18 and depart September 23. They will travel via Taca Airlines and the port of entry will be John F. Kenn [...]
2006-07-25 15:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP PREL OTRA OVIP ES
06SANSALVADOR1874P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN (EL SALVADOR)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-26 17:42:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL AORC ES
06SANSALVADOR1887THE GOES PUSHES FOR A CHANGE IN WATER LEGISLATION
[...] SUMMARY: The Salvadoran Ministry of Environment presented to Embassy officials a review of a draft Water Law to be submitted to the Assembly later this year. This new law would represent an important change in the management of water in El Salvador. The government-owned water utility (ANDA) [...]
2006-07-28 16:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR1899REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 27SEP1959, Cojutepeque, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Engineer Command Group. 3. Post has reviewed available human ri [...]
2006-07-31 19:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR190EL SALVADOR: GOES CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that the GOES will nominate Ambassador Roberto Mejia Trabanino for a 2007-2010 position on the UN Human Rights Committee, the elections for which will take place September 9, 2006 in New York. Trabanino has ser [...]
2006-01-25 15:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYES PGOV PHUM PREL UN
06SANSALVADOR1909EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in June 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) On June 30, ILEA hosted a ceremony for the graduates of its six week core program (LEMDP) which was attended by police officers from Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Ambassador Bar [...]
2006-08-02 13:05:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR1910 SALVADORAN ECONOMY GROWING, BUT STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS
[...] Despite adherence to Washington-consensus policy recommendations, economic growth in El Salvador has been an unimpressive 2.5 percent over the last decade. The economy is picking up, however, with Central Bank data showing 3.2 percent growth for the first quarter of 2006 and forecasted 3.5 pe [...]
2006-08-02 14:23:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ES
06SANSALVADOR192MEDIA REACTION - PROPOSED WALL ON U.S. BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-25 18:53:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR ES KPAO IMMIGRATION
06SANSALVADOR1921REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX San Pedro Perulapan 11-Feb-1959 Colonel 4th Infantry Brigade Male XXXXXXXXXXXX La Union 22-Dec-1958 Colonel 4t [...]
2006-08-07 19:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1932REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, born December 2, 1978 in San Salvador, male, Research Director for the National Council of Public Security. 3. The named individual will partici [...]
2006-08-07 21:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1950EL SALVADOR: INL-FUNDED, USG-TITLED VEHICLE
[...] (U) The following responds to paragraph 5 of Reftel. A. N/A B. INL-funded, USG-titled vehicle: (1) One vehicle. (2) None. (3) One 2004 Ford Explorer, VIN 1FMZU72K24UA48709. (4) None. (5) None. (6) None. 2. (U) Post INL Property Manager is J. Brian Duggan, DugganBJ@sta [...]
2006-08-08 20:33:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASUP ES
06SANSALVADOR1962(C) UNGA-RELATED QUESTIONS (EL SALVADOR)
[...] (C) El Salvador's Permanent Representative to the United Nations is Carmen Maria Gallardo de Hernandez (DPOB November 28, 1949; San Salvador). Gallardo is married with two children; her husband is Xavier Hernandez, a Coca-Cola executive. Ms. Gallardo de Hernandez is the sister of Cecilia Ga [...]
2006-08-09 19:26:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PINR
06SANSALVADOR1967URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 20:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS ES
06SANSALVADOR197EL SALVADOR: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's 2006 Investment Climate Statement. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous steps in recent [...]
2006-01-25 21:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EFIN KTDB ES OPIC USTR
06SANSALVADOR1972DEMARCHE REQUEST IN PREPARATION OF THE UN HIGH
[...] On July 28, Poloff spoke to MFA Office of Multilateral Affairs Officer Felix Ulloa regarding reftel demarche request. Due to the closure of the GOES from July 31 through August 4, Poloff arranged to speak with MFA Social Affairs Director Elizabeth Cubias on August 9. 2. Background: El S [...]
2006-08-10 13:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SMIG ES
06SANSALVADOR198EL SALVADOR FRAUD SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER FY06
[...] Political Structure: El Salvador is a constitutional democracy with three branches of national government; a unicameral legislature, a judiciary, and an executive branch headed by a president. El Salvador has a multi-party political system, although in reality two parties, the right leaning [...]
2006-01-26 12:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR1990REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 14 October 1967, Santa Ana, Male, Military Industry Unit, Lieutenant Commander. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above ind [...]
2006-08-11 18:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1991REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Mar 1970, Sonsonate, Male, Police Counternarcotic and Counterterrorism Unit, Technician. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; th [...]
2006-08-11 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1992REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 08 Mar 1977, San Miguel, Transmissions Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:37:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1993REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03-July-1977 La Paz Second Air Brigade Seargent XXXXXXXXXXXX 21 Jun 1978 San Vicente Second Air Brigade Seargent [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1994REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 19 Nov 1976, San Salvador, Engineering Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1995REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Feb 1963 Chalchuapa BESM unit Major XXXXXXXXXXXX 14 Mar 1965 Chalatenango Special Forces Sergent Major 3 [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1996REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 06 Dec 1970, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters, Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individual [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2008EL SALVADOR: FMLN'S LAST MODERATE REFLECTS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with poloff, moderate FMLN Legislative Assembly Deputy Hugo Martinez commented on the deadly July 5 violence tied to the FMLN (reftel B),and speculated on his party's prospects for the 2009 presidential elections. The conciliatory tone of Martinez's mes [...]
2006-08-14 20:12:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2034EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S
[...] Pursuant to reftel B, poloff on August 11 delivered White House press release and Department's one-page overview of the President's national strategy to internationalize efforts against kleptocracy to Felix Ulloa, deputy of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs. Embassy INL Director also [...]
2006-08-17 20:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EINV ES KCRM KJUS KPOW PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2051EL SALVADOR: PROGRESS WITH LABOR MINISTRY IN KEY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the span of less than a month, El Salvador's Ministry of Labor has made moves to establish the official status of the airport maintenance workers union (SITEVMAIES) and the telecommunications workers union (SITCOM). The former case had proven controversial and attracted in [...]
2006-08-18 18:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2056THREE MONTHS INTO HER TERM, SAN SALVADOR'S FMLN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Little more than three months into her term as Mayor of San Salvador, the FMLN's Violeta Menjivar suffers approval ratings of only 45 percent. A crisis in trash collection has turned many urban streets into foul-smelling and unsanitary garbage dumps. Heavy rains have caused di [...]
2006-08-21 17:47:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL CH SOCI
06SANSALVADOR210EL SALVADOR: FMLN LEADER SCHAFIK HANDAL DEAD AT 75
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Longtime FMLN leader and 2004 presidential candidate Schafik Handal died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, January 24 from a heart attack as he returned from Bolivia. With six weeks to go until nationwide elections, Handal's death may provide a temporary rallying point and boost for F [...]
2006-01-27 13:50:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2120REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran Air Force Cadet Salvador Palacios Bou, DOB 10 Feb 1985, POB San Salvador, Male, Fuerza Aerea Unit, CIMA. Cadet Palacios will be training at the Defense [...]
2006-08-28 19:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2121COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONEL HARCOURT POITIER AND
[...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for the following representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),to visit San Salvador during the period Tuesday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2006, to follow up certification inspection of AEROMAN 145 facilities: Harcourt Poitie [...]
2006-08-28 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2128REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects on Counter Terrorism scheduled to take place at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Develp [...]
2006-08-29 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2142EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RATIFIES ILO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly on August 24 voted unanimously to ratify International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 and 98 regarding freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively, as well as Conventions 135 and 151 dealing with protect [...]
2006-08-31 20:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR2181SALVADORAN PAYMENT OF IATTC DUES AND LETTER FOR SECRETARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Econoff delivered reftel demarche on non-payment of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Comission (IATTC) contributions to the Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CENDEPESCA) director Manuel Fermin Oliva and Fisheries Coordinator Sonia Salavarria. They understand th [...]
2006-09-06 20:55:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR2188COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GEOFFREY SCHADRACK
[...] This is to request country clearance for Geoffrey Schadrack, ESTH Officer San Salvador to travel to Iguassu Falls, Brazil, September 12-16, 2006. The purpose of his travel is to participate in the regional ESTH officers conference. 2. Mr. Schadrack has a top secret security clearance. 3 [...]
2006-09-06 21:22:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC ES BR
06SANSALVADOR2192COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL AL KORGI
[...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Al Korgi of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period Sunday, September 10 to Thursday, September 14, 2006, to attend a workshop on cleaner production practices for the Central American leather tanning industry. The Control Officer for this vis [...]
2006-09-07 14:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2193EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in July 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) ILEA staff continued supervising the renovation of the ILEA - Santa Tecla facility, and made preparations to host two ILEA courses in August 2006. ----------------------- NARCOTICS INTERDICTI [...]
2006-09-07 15:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN PINR PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2196REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Navel Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, scheduled to take [...]
2006-09-07 20:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2203COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV
[...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...]
2006-09-08 16:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR2204EL SALVADOR: SACA'S RATINGS SLIP AS SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a poll publicized September 7 and 8 in leading daily La Prensa Grafica, President Saca's ratings, while still relatively high, are continuously declining in the face of citizens' growing concerns about violent crime and sluggish economic growth. Saca's personal charisma is i [...]
2006-09-08 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES KCRM PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2249SALVADORAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERWHELMED BY VIOLENTSTREET
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-13 18:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PINS KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2255REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Cadet Troop Leader Course (Inf) at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),Ft. Benning, [...]
2006-09-14 14:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2264EL SALVADOR'S AGGRESSIVE TRADE AGENDA
[...] Summary. Under its export-led growth strategy launched in 1989, El Salvador has pursued economic integration with its Central American neighbors and negotiated trade agreements with the Dominican Republic, Chile, Mexico, Panamsa, and the United States. Agreements with Taiwan, Colombia, the Eu [...]
2006-09-14 20:05:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ES
06SANSALVADOR2267EL SALVADOR: CANINE PROGRAM BEARING FRUIT
[...] (U) In November 2004, Post INL financed the construction of a canine training facility at Planes de los Renderos located just outside San Salvador. We have continued to invest in the canine program by purchasing training aids and sending instructors to NAS Colombia and NAS Guatemala for train [...]
2006-09-14 20:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PINS PTER SNAR KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2297REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 14:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2300REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advance Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX scheduled to begin October 4, [...]
2006-09-20 15:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTIN OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 17:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM INR ES
06SANSALVADOR2307REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 19:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2323REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects of Counter Terrorism and Border Patrol, at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development [...]
2006-09-21 17:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2324EL SALVADOR- COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-21 17:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
06SANSALVADOR235EL SALVADOR VIEWS ON MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has expressed interest in the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative (PIEM) and will participate in related working groups, but the GOES appears to be not yet convinced of the feasibility of the proposal or its benefits for Central America. After the Mexica [...]
2006-01-31 00:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON ES
06SANSALVADOR2351POLITICAL IMPASSE FORCES PENSION REFORM
[...] On September 7 and 14, the Legislative Assembly passed a package of pension reforms that sets up a trust to fund the government's pension obligations incurred in a 1996 transfer from a pay-as-you-go to a funded pension system. The reform includes a refinancing of government debt issued to fin [...]
2006-09-25 14:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR2369EL SALVADOR: NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAW A MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 21, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed new counterterrorism legislation; the ruling ARENA party and their center-right PCN allies were joined by the Christian Democrats (PDC) for a total of 50 votes in favor of the new law, despite vociferous opposition [...]
2006-09-27 12:54:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES KJUS PGOV PTER KTFN
06SANSALVADOR2371MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES AGAINST SALVADORAN
[...] (C) On September 25, the financial crimes division of the Salvadoran National Police (DAN) arrested the wife and mother-in-law of (substitute) Congressman Roberto Silva Pereira of the National Conciliation Party on charges of bribery and money laundering. A local bank manager implicated in the [...]
2006-09-27 15:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN PGOV PINS KCRM ES
06SANSALVADOR2379EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 20:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL SENV
06SANSALVADOR2416SALARY SUPPLEMENT - EMPLOYEE ON ISSS SUBSIDY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KFSC
06SANSALVADOR2419TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...]
2006-10-10 21:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX ES
06SANSALVADOR2437TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING IN EL SALVADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 17:44:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ES
06SANSALVADOR2442EL SALVADOR: REQUEST FOR USAF PARTICIPATION IN
[...] Embassy San Salvador Country Team strongly supports the widest possible DOD participation in the 2007 Ilopango Air Show, scheduled for February 24-25, 2007 at Ilopango International Airport (MSSS),El Salvador. The participation of the USAF Academy Wings of Blue, in addition to tactical flyi [...]
2006-10-04 20:53:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2472DIGICEL GROUP TO CONFUSE SALVADORAN CELL PHONE USERS WITH
[...] Digicel Group, a telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Digicel Holdings Limited (Digicel Holdings),an entirely separate company that operates a GSM mobile telecommunications business in El Salvador by the same name, Digicel. [...]
2006-10-02 21:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECPS ES
06SANSALVADOR2475TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...]
2006-10-10 21:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX ES
06SANSALVADOR2492EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INDIGENOUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 18:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN ES
06SANSALVADOR2493EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONVENTIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 18:17:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MCAP PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR2508EL SALVADOR: FMLN "PRESIDENCIABLES" FOR 2009
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With two and a half years to go until the 2009 presidential election, speculation is emerging with regard to who will be the candidate of the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Orthodox-hardliner leader Schafik Handal was beaten soundly in 2004 by ARENA [...]
2006-10-16 21:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PINR PREL
06SANSALVADOR2513LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE RESPONSE
[...] This cable responds to reftel. There is significant interest in El Salvador to promote biofuels, but to date concrete actions have not been taken. The GOES is working on legislation to promote ethanol production, storage, and sales. The law would mandate a 90/10 gasoline/ethanol mix, a mixtu [...]
2006-10-17 20:56:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR2514ADVANCING U.S. EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION IN EL
[...] This cable responds to Ref. A. Water is an important topic in El Salvador as the country wrestles with issues such as access to drinking water, management of water infrastructure by the national administrator, aquifer depletion, conservation, and strains caused by development. The USG has op [...]
2006-10-17 21:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR252SACA'S 2006 BUDGET APPROVED ON TIME
[...] (U) Summary. On December 21, 2005, the Legislative Assembly approved President Saca's $3.3 billion budget proposal for 2006--an 11.6 percent increase over the previous year--to cover higher spending on health and education, pensions, public-sector salaries, and debt payment. The fiscal defi [...]
2006-02-01 14:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR2526POLL UNDERSCORES AMBASSADOR'S CONCERNS ON CRIME
[...] (U) Summary: Results from a CID-Gallup poll publicized October 17 in leading daily El Diario de Hoy demonstrate that Salvadorans share the Ambassador's deep concern that spiraling violent crime threatens El Salvador's continued economic development and the consolidation of its democratic in [...]
2006-10-18 19:35:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES KCRM PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR253EAC MEETING - JANUARY 13, 2006: AVIAN INFLUENZA,
[...] (U) The Emergency Action Committe (EAC) convened on January 13, 2006 to review, discuss and approve the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for the Avian Influenza. 2. (U) Overview: The persistence of the H5N1 avian influenza since its appearance in Hong Kong in 1997 indicates that it is u [...]
2006-02-01 16:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT ES KFAM KRIM AVIAN FLU
06SANSALVADOR2530COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL TOM WIRTH
[...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Tom Wirth of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period October 23, 2006 through October 26, 2006 to provide final training sessions for experts in El Salvador who are using Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software. The Control Officer for this visit is [...]
2006-10-19 15:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2543SALVADORAN NONMAQUILA EXPORTS BOOM UNDER CAFTA-DR
[...] Central Bank data show that nonmaquila exports were 64 percent higher during the first six months of CAFTA-DR than they were March to August 2005, increasing from $123 million to $202 million. Much of that increase reflects Salvadoran exports of ethyl alcohol, thanks to liberal CAFTA-DR rules [...]
2006-10-20 18:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV ES
06SANSALVADOR2557SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT REITERATES THEIR SUPPORT TO THE U.S.
[...] This is a response to reftel. Post has reconfirmed with the Ministry of Foreign Affiars the GOES support for the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the international telecommunications union council and for the Radio Communications Regulation Board for the period 2006-2010 in the elections that will [...]
2006-10-23 21:44:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ITU ES
06SANSALVADOR2562EL SALVADOR: MFA SAYS WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 12:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SMIG OAS MX ES
06SANSALVADOR2567COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV
[...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...]
2006-10-25 17:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR257REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Post includes name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. Please review the following list: XXXXXXXXXXXX, ma [...]
2006-02-01 17:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2581REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the multinational Standby High-Readiness Brigade for UN Operations (SHIRBRIG) Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Spain, schedu [...]
2006-10-26 17:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2587EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PASSES 505
[...] (SBU) On October 26, the Legislative Assembly passed the 505 Agreement, with 44 in favor, none against, and the remainder abstaining. ARENA's 34-seat delegation was joined by 5 PCN deputies and 5 PDC votes in favor, while the FMLN abstained after criticizing U.S.-Salvadoran military cooperat [...]
2006-10-26 21:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ES MASS MARR
06SANSALVADOR2609REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Security, Defense, and Integration Subregional Conference in Guatemala City, scheduled for November 14 to 16, 2006. [...]
2006-10-30 14:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2623REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Executive Dialogue Seminar in Washington DC, scheduled for December 3 to 9, 2006. XXXXXXXXXXXX Legislative Assembl [...]
2006-10-31 20:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2639EL SALVADOR: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON PRISONER
[...] (C) Accompanied by DOJ Attache and Acting polcouns, Charge met October 30 with Acting Foreign Minister Margarita Escobar and delivered reftel demarche regarding El Salvador's possible accession to the OAS Prisoner Transfer Treaty. While Escobar was receptive to pursuing the OAS route, she and [...]
2006-11-01 19:36:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC
06SANSALVADOR265DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE"
[...] SUMMARY: On January 26 the Regional English Language Office (RELO) in San Jose, Costa Rica sponsored a successful interactive DVC between speaker Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman in San Jose and audiences in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. Fifty English teachers and professors from universities a [...]
2006-02-01 21:23:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ES
06SANSALVADOR2652EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES ON LEBANON AND ANTI-ISRAELI
[...] (SBU) On November 1, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Amb. Guillermo Melendez, Director General for Foreign Policy at the MFA, and Mario Rivera, Head of Multilateral Affairs. They replied that, bearing significant changes to the resolutions' text, El Salvador was unlikely to change its vo [...]
2006-11-03 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS ES LE PHUM
06SANSALVADOR2653EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 18:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ES
06SANSALVADOR2654EL SALVADOR: POINTS DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 18:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR2655EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBA AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 18:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CU ES
06SANSALVADOR2661PRESIDENT SACA ESTABLISHES ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION
[...] (C) In the wake of the Ambassador's October 16 speech calling for immediate action to stop crime, followed by pressure from leading members of the business community and ex-President Calderon Sol, the Saca administration has inaugurated a new Anti-Crime Commission, which will make recommenda [...]
2006-11-03 20:52:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2698EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON COUNTRY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 15:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR KTIA ES
06SANSALVADOR2712REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advanced Engineer's Course, Fort Leonardwood, MO scheduled for December 18, 2006 to June 13, 2007. CAPT XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2006-11-08 21:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2720EL SALVADOR: MEETING OF MINI DUBLIN GROUP
[...] (U) Post convened a November 9 meeting of the Salvadoran Mini-Dublin Group (MDG). In attendance were representatives from the Missions of France, Canada, Japan, Germany, and the European Union. The following provides information requested in reftel and a summary of MDG bilateral, counter-nar [...]
2006-11-09 17:23:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL EU EC PTER KCRM OTRA
06SANSALVADOR2743EL SALVADOR POSITION ON NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 18:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN PARM KNNP ES
06SANSALVADOR2744EL SALVADOR: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 18:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOPID ILC UNGA ES
06SANSALVADOR2746EL SALVADOR: OAS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL MINISTERIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 20:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES OAS DRL
06SANSALVADOR2750EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in October 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) ILEA staff continued supervising the renovation of the ILEA - Santa Tecla facility, and made preparations to host an ILEA course in November 2006. ----------------------- NARCOTICS INTERDI [...]
2006-11-14 14:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN PINR PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2766SACA'S COMMISSION CHATS WHILE MURDER RATE RISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOES released new figures on November 14 that show murders are up in October over September, rising to 339 homicides last month alone. The Saca Administration paradoxically responds that the numbers are not entirely negative. They point to the fact that the murder rate is d [...]
2006-11-16 17:54:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES KCRM PGOV PREL KHLS
06SANSALVADOR2771REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Naval Staff College Course, scheduled for January 10, 2007 in Newport, RI. LT XXXXXXXXXXXX Naval Headquarters DPO [...]
2006-11-16 18:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2772REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),in Fort Benning, Georgia, scheduled for January 18, [...]
2006-11-16 19:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2773REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the International Maritime Officers Course, scheduled to begin on January 24, 2007 in Yorktown, VA. LTJG XXXXXXXXXXXX N [...]
2006-11-16 19:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2777EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 16:32:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IS ES
06SANSALVADOR2778EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 16:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BO ES
06SANSALVADOR2779EL SALVADOR: U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 16:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM XX KN ES
06SANSALVADOR2803EL SALVADOR: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 14:43:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IZ ES
06SANSALVADOR2841REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Basic Language Course, to be held at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas; January 3 through July 13, [...]
2006-11-27 19:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2849COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERI GILBERT
[...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Geri Gilbert, Special Agent, International Programs Coordinator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of EPA to visit San Salvador during the period December 11, 2006 through December 14, 2006 to participate in a CAFTA-DR Environmental Crimes [...]
2006-11-28 20:15:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV AMGT ES
06SANSALVADOR2852SAN SALVADOR LOOKS FORWARD TO VISIT OF NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 21:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR ES
06SANSALVADOR2853EL SALVADOR: COMPLIANCE WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 21:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW ES
06SANSALVADOR2865EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON
[...] Action Request: See Paragraph 2. On November 29 Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Rhina Jarquin, Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Environment (MARN),and Mauricio Ruiz Cacho, Office of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both understood [...]
2006-11-29 21:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EAGR EFIN ETRD PHUM OAS USTR ES
06SANSALVADOR2868EL SALVADOR: OAS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) This cable originally sent as San Salvador 2746 on November 13 is being re-transmitted due to a technical error. 2. (U) Post delivered reftel message on September 26 to MFA officials Elizabeth Cubias, Deputy Director of Social Development; Mario Rivera, Head of Multilateral Affairs; a [...]
2006-11-30 13:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PREL
06SANSALVADOR2872EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REMOVES IMMUNITY
[...] (C) On November 29, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted 82-0 to remove the immunity of Alternate Deputy Roberto Silva Pereira (National Conciliation Party - PCN) to allow for his prosecution on money laundering and bribery charges. The removal of Silva's immunity came two days after a S [...]
2006-11-30 17:18:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALSNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR ES
06SANSALVADOR2873EL SALVADOR'S NEW POPULIST THREAT ?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Populist 41-year-old Mayor Wil Salgado of San Miguel (El Salvador's third-largest city) has publicly expressed his intention of running for president in the March 2009 national elections. Although a Salgado national victory in 2009 is highly unlikely, his popularity in the natio [...]
2006-11-30 18:44:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2885SALVADORANS SUPPORT USG ON WHO IPR ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 19:09:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ES
06SANSALVADOR2900EL SALVADOR TO ACCEPT E TRAVEL DOC, STILL UNSURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4 the Ambassador, accompanied by poloff notetaker, met with Foreign Minister Lainez to follow up on the two major proposals the USG has presented to the GOES on the issue of the deportation of Salvadoran criminals. Lainez agreed orally to accept the ICE-E Travel Docum [...]
2006-12-05 20:33:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC KHLS
06SANSALVADOR2914EL SALVADOR TO CO-SPONSOR FINNISH RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 16:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PHUM PREL SU UN ES
06SANSALVADOR2915EL SALVADOR: DIPNOTE RECEIVED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-08 16:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA KTIA ES
06SANSALVADOR2921SALVADORAN DESIRE FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez contacted Charge February 8 to outline the importance the GOES places on new UN Secretary General Ban Kim's attendance at January 16 ceremonies marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Peace Accords that ended the nation's 12-year armed conflict, and to a [...]
2006-12-08 21:28:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2922EL SALVADOR: MIDTERM CABINET SHUFFLE ADDRESSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Halfway through his five-year term, President Saca has created a new Ministry of Public Security and Justice to combat the nation's spiraling violent crime. Rene Figueroa, until now Minister of Governance, will head the new ministry, while former Vice Minister Aguilar will remai [...]
2006-12-08 21:48:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR2946EL SALVADOR: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Post updated country terrorism report on the Intellipedia. 2. Post POC is Poloff Patrick Ventrell. Email: VentrellPH@state.sgov.gov. Phone: 503-2501-2035. Barclay [...]
2006-12-14 17:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PARM ASEC KCRM ES
06SANSALVADOR2953EL SALVADOR: ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION IN IRAQ
[...] (U) Late on December 14, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly passed a resolution extending the authorization for Salvadoran participation in the Multinational Forces-Iraq through December 31, 2007. The measure passed with 49 votes in favor (ARENA, National Conciliation (PCN),and Christian D [...]
2006-12-15 15:57:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MASS IZ ES
06SANSALVADOR2960EL SALVADOR: 2006 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to reftel, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),El Salvador has implemented steps to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, including [...]
2006-12-18 15:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ELAB ES ETRD PHUM SOCI
06SANSALVADOR2962EL SALVADOR: UNGA VOTE ON DEC 19
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 18:44:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNAUS ES
06SANSALVADOR2963EL SALVADOR: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 18:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC PREL UNGA ES
06SANSALVADOR2972FMLN CONVENTION GOES STALINIST, LOOKING AHEAD TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In its December 17 national convention, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) Party (with the attendance of 526 delegates known as party militants) overwhelmingly voted into effect new "reforms" whereby open primaries will be abolished, and incumbent party leaders [...]
2006-12-19 19:57:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL PTER
06SANSALVADOR2996LEGISLATURE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES MCC COMPACT
[...] Summary. The Salvadoran Legislative Assembly unanimously approved December 20 the nearly $461 million Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact and its implementing legislation. FMLN Legislative Deputies supported the Compact but had expressed concerns about parts of the implementing legislat [...]
2006-12-22 15:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ECON PGOV KMCA MCC ES
06SANSALVADOR300DVC EVALUATION: WHY STUDY U.S. HISTORY?
[...] SUMMARY: On January 31, David Brooks - a Human Rights/Labor officer at Embassy Lima - posed the question "Why Study U.S. History" to an audience of 45 professors, teachers and representatives of museums and the National Archives of El Salvador, all of whom received a copy of the Department of [...]
2006-02-06 18:55:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO ES
06SANSALVADOR3010REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Basic Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX from Jan 3, 2007 to July 13, 2007. 2LT XX [...]
2006-12-27 16:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR3011REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Non-Commission Officer Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Assistance at Fort Benning, GA from Jan [...]
2006-12-27 16:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR315EL SALVADOR: FIVE WEEKS FROM ELECTION, ARENA LEAD
[...] (C) Summary: Latest polls indicate that the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) retains the lead in both mayoral and Legislative Assembly races, but its lead over the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) has narrowed slightly. There is no indication thus far that [...]
2006-02-07 21:37:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR318EL SALVADOR: POST'S VIEWS ON DISASTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Temporary Protected Status status should be extended for El Salvadoran beneficiaries currently residing and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing recovery from the 2001 earthquakes and the 2005 eruption of the Santa Ana volcano is incomplete. Current conditions p [...]
2006-02-07 21:51:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
06SANSALVADOR346 FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT PROVISIONS
[...] Per reftel, Post contacted Government of El Salvador certifying authority Salvadoran Sugar Council (CONSAA) to request a written response reflecting sugar supply possibilities for the marketing year 2006 (MY06). Talking points were also delivered to CONSAA. 2. In a letter dated February 7, [...]
2006-02-09 20:34:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ES
06SANSALVADOR353VIOLENCE HOBBLES THE SALVADORAN ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Direct and indirect costs of violent crime, estimated at $1.6 billion in 2003 (or 11.5 percent of GDP),pose the most significant challenge to El Salvador's economic growth. High security costs discourage potential investors, and represent resources that are lost to more produ [...]
2006-02-10 14:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ES
06SANSALVADOR377MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE (EL SALVADOR)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-14 20:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR402UPS SIGNS MOU WITH SALVADORAN CUSTOMS TO EXPEDITE
[...] SUMMARY: UPS and the GOES have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes simplified procedures that could be extended to all international express delivery companies in El Salvador. The MOU enables the application of best practices, according to UPS, to facilitate the clearing of [...]
2006-02-16 19:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX ES
06SANSALVADOR407UPDATE ON MCDONALD’S CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 7, 2005, an appeals court ruled that McDonald's had illegally terminated its contract with a local franchisee on July 1, 1996, and therefore owed him $24 million in losses and damages. McDonald's is appealing the decision, but the composition of the chamber that will hear t [...]
2006-02-16 20:55:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALEINV PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR411UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S REPORT (EL SALVADOR)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 15:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL ES
06SANSALVADOR413SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (C) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca will meet with the President February 24, shortly before El Salvador's March 12 national congressional and mayoral elections. Saca hopes the meeting with the President will further aid his party's chances in the elections, and help him soundly defeat the [...]
2006-02-17 17:20:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL OVIP ETRD MARR MASS KMCA
06SANSALVADOR414E-PASSPORTS: INFORMING EL SALVADOR'S MFA
[...] On February 17, the Acting Consul General provided Francisco Merino, Director of Protocol of the Salvadoran MFA, printed color copies of the presentation on the new electronic passports. After explaining the current pilot production project and the Department's intention to issue all passports [...]
2006-02-17 17:21:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CMGT KFRD IMMIGRATION
06SANSALVADOR418VIOLENCE SPIRALS IN EL SALVADOR/GOVERNMENT GRASPS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In 2005, El Salvador eclipsed Colombia as the country with the highest homicide rate per capita in the Western Hemisphere. The GOES has responded to the epidemic of gang violence with a variety of initiatives that have thus far failed to stem the tide of violence. The [...]
2006-02-17 17:34:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM ES
06SANSALVADOR447FMLN INVOLVES CUBA AND VENEZUELA IN SALVADORAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Saca and other high-ranking GOES officials have recently raised concerns with Ambassador and other Embassy contacts that Cuba and Venezuela are helping the FMLN in the March 12 national elections for deputies and mayors. There are now clear indications tha [...]
2006-02-22 20:06:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER VE CU ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR448EL SALVADOR: RESPONSE REGARDING IRANIAN
[...] (S) Per reftel, note that Iran maintains no diplomatic representation in El Salvador, and to post's knowledge conducts no diplomatic activities through third parties. Butler [...]
2006-02-22 20:07:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETES IR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06SANSALVADOR450EL SALVADOR: ALL BUT ONE SUSPECT IN SOTO MURDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A sentencing tribunal on February 17 absolved two of three suspects accused in the November 5, 2004 murder of AmCit labor activist Gilberto Soto. One man was convicted in the crime and will likely be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors will appeal the court's findings to the Supreme [...]
2006-02-22 21:00:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALELAB ES KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
06SANSALVADOR454SALVADORAN POLICE SHIFT STRATEGY AGAINST DRUG
[...] (C) On February 18, elements of the Salvadoran Anti-Narcotics police arrested 155 low-level drug dealers for trafficking in narcotics. This raid occurred as part of a larger operation designated Plan Hawk (Halcon),which has netted 426 drug dealers in the last six weeks. Normally, ninety per [...]
2006-02-23 15:20:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR455SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) During a lengthy February 23 evening meeting with Polcouns, one Saca cabinet member and two key presidential advisers recounted how stressed Saca is over the March 12 national elections and over recent polls showing Saca and his ARENA party are not faring as well as they expected. Asked [...]
2006-02-23 15:47:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR458LATEST POLL INDICATES DEAD HEAT IN SAN SALVADOR
[...] The Technological University of El Salvador (UTEC) Center for Salvadoran Public Opinion Research (CIOPS) polled 2,123 Salvadorans nationwide February 17-19, and performed an additional poll of 615 San Salvador residents. The race for mayor of San Salvador appears close, with 27.3 percent of [...]
2006-02-23 17:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PREL SMIG
06SANSALVADOR464OPTIONAL 2006 SPECIAL 301 REPORT
[...] Summary: On December 15, 2005, the Legislative Assembly passed a number of IPR-related reforms to meet CAFTA-DR obligations. Enforcement remains weak, but the government appears willing to step-up efforts once CAFTA-DR is in force. However, institutional weaknesses in law enforcement will [...]
2006-02-23 21:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR476EL SALVADOR: POLLING DEMONSTRATES MAYORAL
[...] SUMMARY: With less than four weeks to go until nationwide municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, results of a CID-Gallup poll publicized in leading daily El Diario de Hoy indicate that the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) will likely win six departmental capitals, while the opp [...]
2006-02-24 19:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR487EL SALVADOR: SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF U/S KAREN
[...] (SBU) Embassy San Salvador welcomes and looks forward to your visit to El Salvador March 17 to 18. You are arriving in country following President Saca's very successful visit with the President on February 24. The announcements during the visit that CAFTA-DR would enter into force for El S [...]
2006-02-27 18:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR5EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP
[...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...]
2006-01-03 19:02:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES
06SANSALVADOR504EL SALVADOR: SAN SALVADOR MAYOR OPINES ON
[...] (C) During a February 24 informal lunch at the DCM's residence, incumbent San Salvador Mayor Carlos Rivas Zamora, accompanied by his wife Silvia, talked with DCM and poloff about upcoming elections and other subjects. He began by outlining his recent visit to the United States, during which [...]
2006-02-28 21:01:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR506REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. All of the following ca [...]
2006-03-01 14:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR512EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: OAS PRE-ELECTION REVIEW AND
[...] SUMMARY: With 11 days remaining until the election, the Organization of American States (OAS) election monitoring mission has certified voter registration rolls, but still notes problems with the new digital advance vote count system. On a separate front, Farabundo Marti National Liberation [...]
2006-03-01 20:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER OAS ES
06SANSALVADOR514SALVADORAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS MUDDLE AHEAD
[...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's most prominent civil society organizations grew out of the nation's 12-year armed conflict, but many international donors have switched their focus elsewhere since the 1992 end of hostilities. Most Salvadoran NGOs are struggling to replace lost international support w [...]
2006-03-01 21:45:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KOCI SOCI ES
06SANSALVADOR515FMLN CHALLENGES CAFTA IN COURT
[...] (U) On March 1, the FMLN made good on its rhetoric and challenged the constitutionality of the U.S.-Central America Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),which entered into force for the United States and El Salvador that same day. In an event staged for political effect, FMLN [...]
2006-03-02 14:50:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR516MINISTER OF ECONOMY SEEKS U.S. HELP TO SOLVE CAFTA
[...] (U) Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia appealed to Embassy on March 1 for assistance in resolving problems in the textile sector related to staggered CAFTA implementation, well laid out in reftel. De Gavidia claimed that U.S. buyers were preparing to suspend orders from Salvadoran factor [...]
2006-03-02 15:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EIND ES
06SANSALVADOR52EL SALVADOR: GOES VIEWS REGARDING UPCOMING MEXICO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador has on several recent occasions discussed with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez a planned January 9 meeting on U.S. immigration policy to be held in Mexico City; it will likely include foreign ministers of Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Rep [...]
2006-01-09 12:54:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES MX PGOV PREL IMMIGRATION
06SANSALVADOR521EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: LA PAZ AND CUSCATLAN
[...] SUMMARY: Poloff visited the cities of Zacatecoluca and Olocuilta in the La Paz Department on February 22. Two days later, Poloff visited the cities of Cojutepeque and Santa Cruz Michapa in the neighboring Cuscatlan department. Zacatecoluca and Cojutepeque are the capitals of their respectiv [...]
2006-03-02 21:22:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CU ES SOCI
06SANSALVADOR531EL SALVADOR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Post,s submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. The format tracks paragraphs 21 to 24 in reftel. Post POC is INL Country Director J. Brian Duggan, 011-503-2501-2037. For OMB purposes, Duggan (FS-03) spent 10 hours compiling the following information. Sen [...]
2006-03-03 16:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES
06SANSALVADOR547EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS
[...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...]
2006-03-06 22:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD LAB SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR548EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR PROJECTS THAT
[...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...]
2006-03-06 22:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD LAB SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR623ELECTION REPORT: THE WESTERN PROVINCES OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 20:33:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR63ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT - EL SALVADOR
[...] The following is El Salvador's OSAC report for CY-2005. --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Overall Crime and Safety Situation: A General Overview of the Crime and Safety Threats Facing Americans in El Salvador. --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2006-01-09 21:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC
06SANSALVADOR636CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR
[...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...]
2006-03-08 20:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR637CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR
[...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...]
2006-03-08 20:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR649RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-10 19:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IS ES
06SANSALVADOR65ECONOMIC MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SPS SYSTEM NOT
[...] (C) Salvadoran Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia, accompanied by Ambassador to the United States Rene Leon, told Ambassador Barclay in a January 6 meeting that El Salvador would not be ready by February 1 to recognize U.S. sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) systems as equivalent [...]
2006-01-10 14:12:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR656IMPLEMENTATION OF CAFTA-DR OFF TO ROUGH START FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Entry into force of the CAFTA-DR for El Salvador on March 1 has led to problems for the Salvadoran apparel industry. The industry reports hundreds of containers delayed at U.S. ports by U.S. Customs due to unfamiliarity with new rules and changed documentation requirements. Th [...]
2006-03-13 14:41:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR659MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THIRD ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 16:22:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ES IS
06SANSALVADOR661SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR SEAT
[...] Post received a diplomatic note (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated February 27, 2006 requesting U.S. support for El Salvador's nomination to be a member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council for the period 2006- 2010. Elections for [...]
2006-03-13 17:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ITU ES
06SANSALVADOR702EL SALVADOR'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTERAMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 20:30:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ES
06SANSALVADOR711REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. The candidate [...]
2006-03-16 16:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR712EL SALVADOR: ELECTIONS A QUALIFIED SUCCESS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party made gains in the March 12 nationwide municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, apparently garnering 34-35 Legislative Assembly seats and 144 (55 percent) of the nation's 262 city halls. The opposition Farabundo Marti [...]
2006-03-16 19:31:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR756CREATURES GREAT FELLED BY CREATURES SMALL - SEA
[...] SUMMARY: Red tide has been determined as the cause of a turtle die off that occurred along the coast of El Salvador in January. Results of toxicology tests on the tissue of a turtle autopsied by U.S. biologists concluded that the turtle died from high levels of saxitoxins in its system. Res [...]
2006-03-17 17:55:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIS SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR77AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MIGRATION, MORALES, AND FMLN
[...] (C) Ambassador Barclay spoke for 45 minutes on January 10 with Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez regarding the January 9 regional meeting on migration held in Mexico. (Note: The meetings had been originally scheduled to treat both energy and migration issues, but in response to Lainez's suggest [...]
2006-01-11 14:47:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALSMIG PREL PGOV ES MX VE BL IMMIGRATION
06SANSALVADOR772OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION (EL SALVADOR)
[...] On March 10, Poloff discussed Reftel A points with Mario Antonio Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director and Ambassador Jose Roberto Mejia, Global Themes Coordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rivera indicated that the final composition of the delegation has not been determined, but t [...]
2006-03-21 19:58:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ES
06SANSALVADOR794SALVADORAN ASSEMBLY APPROVES FINAL CAFTA CHANGES
[...] (U) Ministry of Economy Trade Policy Director Johanna Hill told Econcouns late this afternoon that El Salvador's Legislative Assembly did today approve the awaited reform to the CAFTA-DR text to waive Chapter 22.5's 90-day waiting period for entry into force for other CAFTA signatories. Legal [...]
2006-03-23 22:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR832UNDERSECRETARY HUGHES' MARCH 17 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with President Tony Saca on the morning of March 17 to discuss national and regional politics as well as bilateral issues. President Saca's remark that the United States and El Salvador were "amigos siempre" became a public t [...]
2006-03-28 18:45:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL ETRD KMCA PGOV ES
06SANSALVADOR849SEEKING PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S 2006 UN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-29 20:35:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL
06SANSALVADOR850POST NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA SAN SALVADOR COMPUTER
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA Computer and Electronic Crimes course from May 8 to 19, 2006, at ILEA San Salvador. All officers were born in El Salvador. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 9/16/1973 POB: La Libertad XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 6/23/1963 PO [...]
2006-03-29 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES
06SANSALVADOR851POST NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA ROSWELL ADVANCED
[...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend Advanced Management Training at ILEA Roswell from May 1 to 26, 2006. All officers were born in El Salvador. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 8/14/1968 POB: Ahuachapan USG Training: Crime Scene Management (NCIS); Leadership [...]
2006-03-29 21:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES
06SANSALVADOR853FMLN MAYORS MOVE FORWARD ON OIL IMPORT AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On March 20, an association of FMLN mayors formalized an arrangement with Venezuela's PDVSA to import Venezuelan fuel on preferential terms. Allegedly a proposal of now-deceased FMLN leader Schafik Handal, the government-mayor deal has been accepted by the economic and politi [...]
2006-03-29 22:02:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ES VE
06SANSALVADOR89UNEXPLAINED TURTLE DEATHS RAISE POSSIBILITY OF ILLEGAL FISHING ALONG SALVADORAN COAST
[...] SUMMARY: On January 5 and 6, 2006 the Environmental Division of the national police found 37 turtles and 1 dolphin dead on the country's beaches in the eastern part of El Salvador. An additional 25 dead turtles were subsequently discovered in a nearby bay. According to the Environment Minis [...]
2006-01-11 21:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIS SENV ES
06SANSALVADOR90NEW TOURISM LAW A POSITIVE STEP, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] SUMMARYSummary: In December 2005, the GOESEl Salvador approved a Tourism Law establishing tax incentives for new investment in the sector. The law shows government support for the industry, but has received criticism from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOES is expecting to clo [...]
2006-01-11 21:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ES
06SANSALVADOR940EL SALVADOR'S PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THE
[...] Summary. The GOES is slowly moving to comply with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and improve the environment for the use of biotechnology. A new law governing the safe management of genetically modified organisms has been under review for four months by the Technical Secretary of the [...]
2006-04-10 18:01:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EAGR TBIO ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR953 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THIEVES REACT VIOLENTLY TO
[...] (U) On Friday, April 7, vendors of pirated optical media in downtown San Salvador, joined by suspected FMLN-linked militants, launched violent protests, looting and burning several small stores and causing damages estimated at more than $200,000. More than four hours after the protests began [...]
2006-04-10 20:40:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ES CAFTA
06SANSALVADOR956EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
[...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in February 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of February 2006. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) From February 20 to 24, instructors from ICE presented ILEA-sponsored training on financial crimes investiga [...]
2006-04-11 13:20:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALSNAR PINR KCRM KJUS ES
06SANSALVADOR963 U.S. Ambassadors Outline Agenda for Central
[...] (SBU) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon, Ambassador to El Salvador Douglas Barclay, Ambassador to Guatemala James Derham, Ambassador to Belize Robert Dieter, Ambassador to Panama William Eaton, Ambassador to Honduras Charles Ford, Ambassador to Costa Rica Mark Langdale, and Ambassador to Ni [...]
2006-04-11 20:16:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON
06SANSALVADOR983POST'S VIEWS ON OPIC CAFTA-DR FUND
[...] Post understands that OPIC is planning to support a Central America and Caribbean Fund that may invest in the financial services sector, to include banks and nonbank financial intermediaries and specialized financial services firms in OPIC-eligible countries in Central America and the Caribbe [...]
2006-04-17 14:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OTRA ES OPIC
06SANTIAGO1000FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAYS BACHELET IS ""70 PERCENT THERE ON OPPOSING VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACYOFFERS OBSERVATIONS ON BACHELET'S STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: A mid-level, well-connected Foreign Ministry official told the Embassy on May 11 that in his view President Bachelet was ""70 percent there"" on opposing Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Acknowledging how difficult it is to know what Bachelet is thinking, because of her close-to-the-vest [...]
2006-05-12 21:07:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC PINR VZ CI
06SANTIAGO102MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA
[...] On January 16, business and financial daily "Estrategia" (circ. 20.000) carried an editorial by Boris Yopo, political scientist of the University of Chile International Studies Center entitled, "Rivalries in Latin America." Quote: 2. "The electoral processes taking place in Latin America ha [...]
2006-01-17 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO1022CHILEAN CONGRESS POISED TO RENEW TROOP DEPLOYMENT
[...] (U) Two key Senate committees voted on May 15 to extend Chile's troop deployment to Haiti beyond June 30 for six additional months. All of the center-left Concertacion senators, and one center-right opposition senator on the Senate Foreign Relations and Defense Committees voted in favor of Pr [...]
2006-05-16 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL HA CI
06SANTIAGO1042PRESIDENT BACHELET TOUTS CHILE'S TIES WITH EUROPE
[...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet traveled to Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austria May 8-14 on her first official visit to Europe as president. During a state visit in Spain, Bachelet and Spanish President Zapatero signed a "strategic alliance agreement." After visiting Chilean PKO troops in [...]
2006-05-17 21:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VZ CI
06SANTIAGO1047MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS AND CHILEAN VOTE
[...] Summary: On May 16, conservative, afternoon "La Segunda" (circ. 31,834) ran an interview with Foreign Affairs Minister Alejandro Foxley upon his return from the European Union-Latin American Summit in Vienna. In that interview, Foxley talks about Chile's vote to elect United Nations Human Righ [...]
2006-05-18 14:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO105MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 13:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO1057MEDIA REACTION - AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO, U.S.
[...] Summary: PA arranged an on-the-record roundtable for U.S. representative to the OAS, Ambassador John Maisto, withmajor local dailies. All May 18 dailies ran coverage of the event, during whichAmbassador Maisto explained U.S. foreign policy for the region. End Summary. Headlines and excerpts [...]
2006-05-18 19:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1058OAS PERMREP MAISTO DISCUSSES OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: OAS PermRep Maisto outlined USG objectives for the OAS General Assembly during meetings with senior Foreign Ministry officials on May 16. Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Portales agreed to consider the U.S. non-paper on introducing a resolution during the [...]
2006-05-18 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS PGOV SOCI VZ CI
06SANTIAGO106MEDIA REACTION - HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 13:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA
06SANTIAGO1060CHILEAN CONGRESS EXTENDS CHILEAN PRESENCE IN HAITI
[...] (C) Summary: Chile's Senate voted on May 17 to extend Chile's troop deployment in Haiti beyond June 30 for six months. The GOC is not required to seek another congressional vote to extend the deployment for an additional six months as long as a UN mandate is in place, according to a Chilean S [...]
2006-05-18 21:21:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN HA CI
06SANTIAGO1061COURT GRANTS FUJIMORI PROVISIONAL LIBERTY;
[...] The Chilean press reported mid-afternoon on May 18 that Chile's Supreme Court had granted former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori provisional liberty earlier in the day. In announcing its 4-1 decision, the Court said granting provisional liberty did not constitute a "danger for society or t [...]
2006-05-18 21:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS PE CI
06SANTIAGO107MEDIA REACTION - CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 19:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1074CHILE SHARES U.S. POSITIONS ON GMDSS, LRIT AND
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cmdr. Daniel Sarzosa of DIRECTAMAR (Directorate of Maritime Affairs, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Coast Guard) on May 11. Sarzosa told Poloff on May 18 that Chile shared the the U.S. position on limiting the role of the International Mobile Satellite Org [...]
2006-05-19 20:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD ETTC EWWT PHSA CI
06SANTIAGO1075CHILE: AWARE OF MANPADS SEMINAR, WELCOMES FUNDING
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Luis Plaza, Special Policies Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 18, noting the registration deadline of May 22. Plaza said the GOC had received the invitation to the APEC Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) Vulnerability Seminar " [...]
2006-05-19 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ECON APEC CI
06SANTIAGO1091MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] On May 20, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez and the U.S. Weapons Embargo." Quote: "Caracas and Washington remain locked in a verbal dispute.... Chavez' provocative style irritates the White House.... In a year in [...]
2006-05-23 13:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO1092CHILE: TRIPARTATE DEMARCHE ON DECLARATION ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Deputy Chief of Mission and the Ambassadors of New Zealand and Australia delivered reftel demarche and background papers to Amira Esquivel, Director of Human Rights for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Esquivel said the GOC shared our concerns about approving such a g [...]
2006-05-23 13:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL AU NZ CI
06SANTIAGO1095MEDIA REACTION - U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 17:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] Summary: You arrive in Santiago three days before the presidential run-off election on January 15. This election pits the top two vote-getters from the December 11 first round election: center-left Concertacion coalition's Michelle Bachelet and the center-right National Renewal Party's Sebast [...]
2006-01-03 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1105GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR ON DISCUSSION WITH FM FOXLEY
[...] (C) Guatemalan Ambassador Antonio Castellanos requested a meeting with the Ambassador on May 22 to discuss Guatemala's UNSC candidacy. Castellanos said he had just spoken with Gert Rosenthal, Special Advisor to Guatemalan Foreign Minister Briz, who had just spoken with Chilean Foreign Ministe [...]
2006-05-23 20:13:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV CI GA
06SANTIAGO1108TRIPARTATE DEMARCHE FINDS CHILE NOT READY TO
[...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Spanish Embassy, on May 19, Ambassador accompanied his Polish and Spanish counterparts in a joint demarche urging the GOC to accede to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Foreign Ministry Director General Carlos Portales said the MFA needed time to [...]
2006-05-24 12:43:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO1110NEW CHILEAN AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA
[...] (U) The Chilean press reported on May 23 that the Venezuelan government had extended agrement to Claudio Huepe, Chile's ambassador-designate to Venezuela. Huepe, a member of Chile's centrist Christian Democrat party and a government spokesman under former President Lagos (2000-02),lived in V [...]
2006-05-24 12:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI VZ
06SANTIAGO1122CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 17, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Andrew G. Chritton certifies the above statement. [...]
2006-05-24 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1123CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 23, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Andrew G. Chritton certifies the above statement [...]
2006-05-24 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1124CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 15, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Andrew G. Chritton certifies the above statement [...]
2006-05-24 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1159MEDIA REACTION - U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 15:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1172MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 12:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO1196MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS AND CHILEAN VOTE
[...] On May 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled, "Chile and its Vote in the (U.N.) Security Council." Quote: "The decision is complex for the (Chilean) Executive for two reasons; first, because preventing Venezuela from becoming a Council memb [...]
2006-05-31 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI VE
06SANTIAGO1197U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Foxley on the U.S. statement on Iran on May 31. He asked the GOC to issue a public statement of support, to encourage Iran to suspend its enrichment and reprocessing activities, and to keep the spotlight on Iran. Foxley welcomed the statement and sa [...]
2006-05-31 23:08:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CI IR
06SANTIAGO1204STUDENT PROTESTS GATHER WIDE SUPPORT
[...] Summary. On May 30, almost eighty percent of Chile's one million high school students participated in a nation-wide strike. In several major cities including Santiago, protests turned mildly violent. What began as a minor movement in April has now gained widespread public support for major e [...]
2006-06-01 19:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI CI
06SANTIAGO1226CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training by USG officials, purs [...]
2006-06-05 19:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO123MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA MORALES INAUGURATION
[...] On January 19, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled, "Presidential Trip to Bolivian Inauguration." Quote: "The presence of the (Chilean) president in La Paz...signals the goodwill Chilean diplomacy has shown to Bolivia in recent years." 2. [...]
2006-01-19 19:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO1244MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] On May 5, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an article by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "The Battle for the Security Council." Quote: "U.S. officials believe the GOC and Chile's 'establishment' are reluctant to vote for Chavez, but are concerned in view of Presid [...]
2006-06-07 20:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO1286CHILE: DEA HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR THE
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 9, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer, Harry R. Kamian certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-06-13 15:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI
06SANTIAGO1297CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-06-14 19:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO130CHILE: GOC UNWILLING/UNABLE ON ARTICLE 98;
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and GOC officials conducted a digital video conference (DVC) on January 18 to explore ideas towards managing relations after Chile ratifies the Rome Statutes creating the International Criminal Court (ICC). International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Rad [...]
2006-01-20 16:09:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS CI
06SANTIAGO1304MEDIA REACTION - CHILE PRESIDENT BACHELET IN THE US, JUNE
[...] Summary: President Michelle Bachelet's visit to Washington was front-page fodder for all Chilean media on June 9 and continued providing editorial material throughout the weekend. Dailies underscored Bachelet's comment that U.S. President George Bush had exerted no pressure on Chile to block [...]
2006-06-14 22:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1322 MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM: GUANTANAMO
[...] On June 15, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 119,807) carried an editorial entitled, "Debate Over Guantanamo." Quote: 2. "The suicide of three Al Qaeda prisoners in the Guantanamo detention center has reactivated controversy over the camp and renewed accu [...]
2006-06-16 18:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1325MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-16 18:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO1328CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 16, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer, Harry R. Kamian certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-06-16 20:42:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1332CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for U.S. sponsored training, pursuan [...]
2006-06-19 17:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO135MEDIA REACTION - HAITI
[...] On January 20, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 3,800) carried a column by international analyst Raul Sohr entitled, "Haiti: a Dead End Alley." 2. "Tension is increasing as the February 7 elections approach...and this drama shows no sign of ending soon.... Presid [...]
2006-01-20 17:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA
06SANTIAGO1391MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] On June 29, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) carried a column by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "Abuse of Power." 2. "Chile must not support Venezuela's bid for the UNSC. The Council's role is to uphold world peace. Hugo Chav [...]
2006-06-29 21:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO1393PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT - JULY 6-23, 2006.
[...] Ambassador Craig Kelly requests permission to be absent from post July 6-23, 2006 for R&R travel to Atlanta, Washington, and Los Angeles. 2. DCM Emi Lynn Yamauchi would assume charge during the Ambassador's absence from post. KELLY [...]
2006-06-30 12:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER AFIN OTRA CI
06SANTIAGO1446MEDIA REACTION -FTAA
[...] On July 5, conservative, afternoon daily "La Segunda" (circ. 31,834) carried a column by attorney Carolina del Rio, from Diego Portales University, entitled, "The FTA and Industrial Property Regulations." 2. "The accusations made by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce against our country are based [...]
2006-07-06 22:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1449MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 12:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1456CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-07-07 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1460MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 21:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI KN
06SANTIAGO1462MEDIA REACTION - MEXICO, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AFTERMATH
[...] On July 7, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Calderon's Difficult Challenges." Quote: "Calderon's victory is a counterweight against populism. We must not forget that Calderon's campaign frontally opposed populism, not j [...]
2006-07-10 11:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE MX
06SANTIAGO1469MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-10 20:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI KN
06SANTIAGO1471CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. EPOL Acting Section Chief, Michael Keller certifies the above statement. YAMAUCHI [...]
2006-07-11 15:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1473CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-07-11 17:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1475MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 17:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1476MEDIA REACTION - DEA
[...] On July 11, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) ran an editorial entitled "Narcotics Trafficking in Chile and the DEA Offer." Block quotes follow. 2. "The DEA...has made a proposal to the highest-ranking Chilean authorities for the creation of a new unit to stop the trans [...]
2006-07-11 17:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PINR KMDR CI
06SANTIAGO150MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA MORALES INAUGURATION
[...] On January 23, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ. 3,800) carried an op-ed by international commentator Raul Sohr entitled, "The Indian and the Lady have the Word." Quote: "Evo Morales' invitation for Lagos and President-elect Michelle Bachelet to attend his inaugurat [...]
2006-01-23 20:00:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO1504 FORMER PRESIDENT FREI UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF CHILE'S
[...] Summary: In a strong public statement of support, Senate President Eduardo Frei characterized the U.S.-Chile relationship as "win-win" at a July 13 AmCham presentation. Despite occasional policy differences with the U.S., Frei emphasized that Chile is a reliable and stable partner in the mids [...]
2006-07-13 22:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO151CHILE AND MEXICO TO SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Deputy Director Alex Geiger confirmed to Poloff on January 23 that Chile and Mexico would sign "a strategic partnership agreement" during Mexican President Fox's visit to Chile on January 25-26. Geiger, who earlier had characterized the accord as an [...]
2006-01-23 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI CI ME
06SANTIAGO1511CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-07-14 13:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1531MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - LEBANON, GAZA INCURSIONS
[...] On July 14, private channel 4 Red TV: "Chile joined the international community in condemning violence in the Middle East. Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley met with the Ambassadors to Chile from Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority. Minister Foxley condemned Israe [...]
2006-07-18 14:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1542CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant t [...]
2006-07-18 19:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1552MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST - LEBANON, GAZA INCURSIONS
[...] All TV stations reported on the crisis in the Middle East. 2. On July 18, private TV channel "Chilevision" international pundit Raul Sohr commented: "Hezbollah is demonstrating that it still has a large capability to attack Israel.... Therefore the strategic position in the region has radic [...]
2006-07-19 19:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1571CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 18, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Michael Keller, certifies the above statement. YAMAUCHI [...]
2006-07-21 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1573MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT
[...] On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by correspondent Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Chile's Three Fronts in Cordoba." Quotes: "The Mercosur summit began yesterday offering Chile three elements of tension: Evo Morales, Nestor Kirchner, and Hugo [...]
2006-07-21 19:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
06SANTIAGO1607MEDIA REPORT - SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S MEETING WITH CHILEAN
[...] Summary: July 26 Santiago dailies reported extensively on Defense Minister Vivianne Blanlot's meeting with Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Articles quoted Blanlot as stating that the Secretary did not ask Chile to support Guatemala, but indicated it "would be incomprehensible" for Chile to vote fo [...]
2006-07-26 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1616MEDIA REPORT - PRESIDENT BACHELET REITERATES INDEPENDENCE
[...] Summary: Several July 27 news stories, including front-page headlines, highlighted President Bachelet's comments about her independent foreign policy, notably on ICC ratification and Venezuela's UNSC candidacy in the wake of the Chilean Defense Minister's meeting with Secretary Rumsfeld. To p [...]
2006-07-27 21:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1620CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 20, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Michael Keller, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-07-28 14:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1621CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 20, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting EPOL Section Chief, Michael Keller, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-07-28 14:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO164MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA MORALES INAUGURATION
[...] On January 24, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an article by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Evo Morales Opens his Options with Conciliatory Gestures Toward Chile and the United States." Quote: 2. "Evo Morales' first moves display a political balancing act to [...]
2006-01-24 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO1642MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 20:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO1643MEDIA REACTION - DOHA ROUND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 20:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI
06SANTIAGO1644MEDIA REACTION - MIDEAST: ISRAEL/HEZBOLLAH COMBAT,
[...] On July 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled "The Urgency of a Cease Fire in The Middle East." Quotes: "There is no doubt that the conflict has multiple and complex elements...but this does not mean the international community cannot do so [...]
2006-07-31 20:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1649MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 18:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI PGOV VE
06SANTIAGO1650ISRAELI VIEW OF CHILE AND CONFLICT IN LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli Ambassador David Cohen met the Ambassador August 1 to ask if the U.S. had formally approached Chile about participating in a multi-national force in Lebanon. Ambassador replied we he not made any formal approaches, but had been sounding out Chilean thinking. Cohen brief [...]
2006-08-02 14:47:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL CI IS VE LE
06SANTIAGO1654MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 2, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial "The Awaited and Complex Cuban Transition." Quote: "It is in everyone's interest...for the transition in Cuba to be as non-traumatic as possible.... The United States and the international community sh [...]
2006-08-02 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO166INTERIM RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR SOFA PROTECTIONS;
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry Special Policies Director Luis Winter telephoned poloff January 25 to advise that the MFA was prepared to send the Embassy a diplomatic note accepting the U.S. proposal regarding protections for U.S. personnel involved [...]
2006-01-25 14:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1667CHILE: STATUS OF SOUTH AMERICAN REGIONAL DUBLIN
[...] (U) In answer to reftel's inquiry, Spain did host a South American Mini-Dublin Regional Group meeting on November 15, 2005 in Santiago. Post did not attend the meeting. To date, there has not been a subsequent Mini-Dublin meeting in Santiago. 2. (C) Prior to the November 2005 meeting, Post [...]
2006-08-04 14:36:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALSNAR CI SP UK FR NL
06SANTIAGO1675BACHELET'S IDEA OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION: IS IT
[...] Summary: Beginning in her campaign last fall, President Michelle Bachelet made clear she would focus on domestic issues and improving Chile's relations within the region. Historical border disputes, the threat of domestic instability in Bolivia and Peru, economic uncertainty in Argentina, and [...]
2006-08-04 20:16:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL CI
06SANTIAGO1684MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 7, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ 20,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled, "Fidel: Succession or Transition." Quote: "Fidel's announcement last week is the key to what could be the island's political future.... By del [...]
2006-08-07 18:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO169MEDIA REACTION - LATIN AMERICA, MORALES INAUGURATION
[...] On January 25, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by Political scientist Boris Yopo entitled, "Two Lefts in Latin America." Quote: "Latin America has become world news again...given election results showing the region has moved to the left.... But there [...]
2006-01-25 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO1696MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 20:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV CI VE
06SANTIAGO170PRESIDENT-ELECT BACHELET: ASSERTING INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: President-elect Michelle Bachelet has gotten off to a quietly assertive start following her victory over Alianza opposition's Sebastian Pinera in the January 15 presidential run-off election. Her initial public statements and meetings appear designed to show her intention to govern i [...]
2006-01-25 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR CL
06SANTIAGO1704CHILE: MILGP HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 27, 2006, the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. EPOL Section Chief, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above statement. KELLY [...]
2006-08-09 19:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO171CHILE: PSI ENDORSEMENT STILL NOT FINAL
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref. A demarche and non-paper to Foreign Ministry Special Policies Counselor Jaime Contreras and Americas Desk Officer Beatriz de la Fuente on January 17. Post also provided a copy to Claudio Ortiz, advisor to the Minister of Defense. In delivering the demarche to the Fo [...]
2006-01-25 20:58:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO1725PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE MEETS WARM
[...] (C) Summary: Director for Policy Planning Stephen Krasner presented the Partnership for Democratic Governance concept August 2 to the MFA Director General, other senior officials, and senior academics who advise the GOC on international issues. Chilean interlocutors, leading off with DG Porta [...]
2006-08-11 20:11:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1727CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following 142 Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pur [...]
2006-08-14 15:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1728CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...]
2006-08-14 15:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1731MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 18:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1732MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 18:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV VE CI
06SANTIAGO1752GOC STUDYING NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCE PROPOSAL
[...] Post delivered reftel concept paper to the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 10. On August 14 Cecilia Urbina of the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) said the executive director had sent the proposal to a technical review panel. She said [...]
2006-08-16 21:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP CI
06SANTIAGO1760CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leah [...]
2006-08-17 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO1761CHILE UNABLE TO EXPLAIN IPR REGIME TO USTR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant USTR Eissenstat visited Santiago August 10-11 as part of Chile's Out of Cycle Review under the Special 301 Process. Eissenstat met with a panel from the Ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs and patent office. The GOC was unable to explain how its system provides I [...]
2006-08-17 20:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD PREL CI
06SANTIAGO1769STRIKE CLOSES WORLD'S LARGEST COPPER MINE
[...] Summary. The world's largest copper mine, La Escondida, located in northern Chile, closed August 18. The strike initiated ten days ago by unions demanding large salary increases and bonuses has caused it to cease all operations. In 2005, La Escondida supplied almost eight percent of the world [...]
2006-08-18 20:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD CI
06SANTIAGO179PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR BACHELET'S MARCH 11
[...] The Chilean government has initiated preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Michelle Bachelet and the new Congress on March 11. According to the Foreign Ministry's Protocol Office and press reports, the inauguration activities are likely to include: --March 10: President Lagos [...]
2006-01-26 18:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PINR CI
06SANTIAGO1827CHILE-PERU FTA: MORE THAN JUST TRADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chile and Peru signed August 22 a Free Trade Agreement that expands their current Economic Complementation Agreement (ACE 38). The FTA adds three new chapters to ACE 38 and the promise of further chapters as well. For Chile, the FTA with Peru is part of an effort to create a bloc [...]
2006-08-24 20:49:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD CI PE
06SANTIAGO1835CHILE: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE
[...] The U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement includes a chapter on environmental cooperation. The original eight bilateral projects listed in the FTA have been implemented as of mid-2006. The U.S. and Chile have agreed to extend their formal science and technology cooperation to at least 2011. They w [...]
2006-08-25 19:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR TSPL KGLB CI
06SANTIAGO1843MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 27, private TV channel Chilevision international pundit Raul Sohr commented about U.S. policy towards Cuba, drawing on a recent DVC at Embassy Santiago with A/S Shannon. Sohr stated: 2. "The United States is carrying out a very complicated policy towards Cuba. On one hand, the hi [...]
2006-08-29 13:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1861MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] On August 30, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" carried an editorial entitled "Complexities of the ICC." Quote: 2. "The Senate postponed the vote on the constitutional reform that would allow Chile to ratify the Rome Treaty, which created the International Criminal [...]
2006-08-30 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO1889ENERGY NEEDS MOVE CHILE TO CONSIDER BIOFUELS,
[...] (U) Summary. Chile has felt its energy dependency more strongly this year than usual. From spiking world oil prices to the occasional cutoff of gas from Argentina, there has been nothing but bad news on energy. As part of an effort to diversify energy sources and to boost foreign direct inve [...]
2006-09-06 15:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET EAGR SENV CI
06SANTIAGO1903CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leah [...]
2006-09-07 16:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
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