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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08BRUSSELS75	SOUGHIR TERRORISM TRIAL ENDS IN STIFF SENTENCES [...] (U) A Belgian court convicted Bilal Soughir and five other men January 10 under Belgium's 2003 antiterrorism law. The six were on trial for abetting the recruitment and training of terrorists for suicide attacks in Iraq, including Muriel Degauque, a Belgian national who in 2005 blew herself up [...]	2008-01-16 10:30:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER BE

08BRUSSELS761	EU RE: LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to EU Council Desk Officer for Lebanon Colin Scicluna on Thursday, May 15. The EU strongly supports Arab League efforts. The May 15 statement issued by EU HiRep Javier Solana welcomed the Arab League initiative as a demonstration of solidarity with the Lebano [...]	2008-05-20 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR
08BRUSSELS770	TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY DIALOGUE ADDRESSES [...] Summary: At the 25 April High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF),senior U.S. and EU regulators discussed strengthening EU-US cooperation on import product safety, enhancing information sharing, collaborating on risk analysis, and the final joint OMB/Secretariat General report on the [...]	2008-05-22 14:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND SENV SOCI EUN
08BRUSSELS777	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: PDAS Kurt Volker discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Georgia, and Iran at a lunch May 19 with Director General for Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper and other EU officials. Cooper outlined EU priorities for the June 12 Support Conference for Afghanistan, including the need [...]	2008-05-23 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08BRUSSELS795	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] ECOUNS delivered reftel points to Filip De Clerq, nonproliferation desk officer at the Belgian MFA on May 21. De Clerq said that the EU would be sending a delegation to the annual meeting in Madrid in June. However, De Clerq was not sure that Belgium was ready to contribute to management of [...]	2008-05-28 12:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER KGIC PREL BE
08BRUSSELS808	EU HOSTS INAUGURAL COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU hosted the first meeting of the third-state Committee of Contributors (CoC) for the EULEX Kosovo mission on May 26 in Brussels. EULEX Head of Mission Yves De Kermabon said that EULEX could be fully deployed by mid-September, but noted that contributing nations need to [...]	2008-05-29 16:05:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS813	IAEA: THE CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION [...] ECOUNS passed points in reftel to MFA Non-Proliferation Office on May 23. On May 30, the desk officer in the office relayed a response thanking the U.S. for the invitation to the meeting on the global initiative information portal. However, as the MFA has no specific input to make on the man [...]	2008-05-30 08:38:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BE
08BRUSSELS814	BELGIUM TO FORGIVE 80% OF IRAQI DEBT [...] At the Stockholm Conference on Iraq, Belgian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Olivier Chastel stated that Belgium is willing to forgive 80% of Iraq's bilateral debt by the end of 2008. Belgium would forgive 260 million euros ($403 million) out of a total debt of 323 million euros ($500 mi [...]	2008-05-30 09:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID IZ BE
08BRUSSELS819	BELGIUM DIPLOMATS IN DISARRAY OVER CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a low point as Congolese officials reacted negatively to recent public comments Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht made regarding poor governance, lack of transparency, corruption and [...]	2008-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM DRC CH BE
08BRUSSELS825	EU UNEMPLOYMENT STABLED AT 6.7 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE [...] SUMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 was unchanged at 6.7 percent in April 2008, according to data published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on May 30. Unemployment in the euro zone (the fifteen EU countries participating in the euro) was also stable at [...]	2008-06-02 09:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
08BRUSSELS828	BELGIUM: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Article 22b of the Belgian Constitution states that "each child has the right to the respect of its moral, physical, mental and sexual integrity." In 1992, the Belgian Parliament adopted legislation imposing a total ban on child labor. The legislation was put into effect through the Royal D [...]	2008-06-02 12:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BE
08BRUSSELS829	IAEA/IRAN - BELGIUM WILL JOIN THE EU IN A STRONG [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 15:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA BE
08BRUSSELS832	BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and also shared the points with the MFA Eritrea and Ethiopia Desk Officer Isabelle Maduda-Lukebamoko. Although they have no specific instructions yet, they said B [...]	2008-06-02 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS833	SUBJECT: EU STRATEGIC ENERGY ISSUES: LOOKING [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel, EU officials said that they were committed to diversifying their sources and routes for gas into the EU but agreed that the EU,s professed aim to speak with one voice on external policy had not yet been a su [...]	2008-06-03 05:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EUN EINV
08BRUSSELS847	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREF PREL SMIG BE
08BRUSSELS858	BELGIUM: UPDATES FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 11:35:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS863	IRAN: FURTHER JAPANESE VIEWS ON P5+1 AND ROME [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 15:11:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL ENRG JP EUN
08BRUSSELS865	EU WILL NOT ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 15:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS OTRA IZ
08BRUSSELS868	EU MINISTERS AGREE ON "RETURN DIRECTIVE" [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 5 JHA Council recorded their agreement on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying non-EU nationals (the "Return Directive"). The Council encouraged Member States to "voluntarily" take on refugees from Iraq, focusing on [...]	2008-06-09 12:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS870	(S//NF) IRAN/TERRORISM: EU LIKELY TO REMOVE MEK [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Triggered by a recent UK court decision, the EU is debating whether to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, also included on the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations) from the EU's terrorist designation list as early as the end of June. Delisting cou [...]	2008-06-09 14:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREF PINR ETTC EFIN KTFN IR IZ EUN UK
08BRUSSELS871	BELGIANS DISAPPOINTED AT USG DECISION TO NO LONGER [...] (SBU) PolOff met June 9 with Francine Chainaye, MFA Director for Human Rights Affairs, to discuss points in reftel. Chainaye said the Belgians know the problem and understand our discouragement with the Council, but she said "this is bad news" and asked how we expect the Council to improve [...]	2008-06-09 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BE
08BRUSSELS881	LUNCH SESSION OF TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: At the May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council meeting in Brussels, principals held a private lunch where they discussed how to combat protectionism, responses to food crises, biotechnology and biofuels, and our respective approaches to Russia. On combating protectionism, p [...]	2008-06-11 13:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EAGR EIND EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD EUN RU
08BRUSSELS892	EU TREATY OF LISBON - JHA [...] Under the Treaty of Lisbon (entry in force targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters -- the so-called "third pillar" -- will become subject to the "Community" method under the renamed Treaty on [...]	2008-06-12 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUM PGOV KCRM ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS894	IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...]	2008-06-12 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS897	BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium is very supportive of the efforts for the Berlin Conference goals and they intend to pledge 100,000 to 200,000 Euros at the conference. He said Belgium also s [...]	2008-06-13 07:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE
08BRUSSELS903	REFUGEE NUMBERS PROVE DIFFICULT MEASURE OF EUFOR [...] (U) Summary: Three months into the European Union's military mission to Chad and Central African Republic (EUFOR),officials at the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) told USEU officers the mission has been more logistically challenging than expected, but is fulfilling its goal of protecting refug [...]	2008-06-13 15:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS904	EU STILL CONSIDERING BURMA SANCTIONS OPTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: A Commission sanctions staffer confirmed sanctions reform should not factor into Burma discussions at the June 16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). However, a June 18 meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Asia and Oceania (COASI),including c [...]	2008-06-13 15:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PHUM PREL KDEM EUN BM AORC UNSC FR
08BRUSSELS910	BELGIUM EXTENDS ITS UNIFIL MISSION UNTIL THE END [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 13:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR LE BE
08BRUSSELS913	EU DISCUSSES U.S. PARTICIPATION AND WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: EU civilian operations planning officials are optimistic that EU-UNMIK cooperation will soon be back on track and EULEX deployment will begin in larger numbers. Although questions about legal jurisdiction will pose challenges, EU officials expressed confidence that the EU and U [...]	2008-06-17 05:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL KJUS EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS918	U.S. AND EU DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Director Kathleen Fitzpatrick and USEU Political Minister Counselor Laurence Wohlers met with counterparts from the Slovenian Presidency, incoming French Presidency, Commission, and Council Secretariat to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly sch [...]	2008-06-17 11:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN TU CR CY
08BRUSSELS924	STATUS ON EU SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY:Our diplomatic and political efforts to speed up European implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and related financial sanctions appear to be gaining traction following the President,s trip to European capitals and a trip by the European Union,s High Repr [...]	2008-06-17 16:49:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS928	EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...]	2008-06-18 13:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC
08BRUSSELS940	EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REMAINS DIVIDED ON [...] (U) Summary: This month, the Parliament's Industry (ITRE) and Environment (ENVI) committees debated the Commission's Renewables Directive launched in January as part of the 3rd energy package. Though the directive covers Europe's renewable energy goals for 2020-20% reduction of greenhouse gas [...]	2008-06-19 15:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EU EUN SENV TSPL
08BRUSSELS943	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The EU's Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) increasingly drives Europe's foreign policy agenda. Practically, the monthly GAERC meetings set the timetable for foreign policy decision-making; theologically, "EU unity" is a compelling political message that no member state [...]	2008-06-20 08:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN CFSP PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS945	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...] (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy o [...]	2008-06-20 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
08BRUSSELS952	EU WORKING ON A GAS TRANSIT DEAL WITH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. After working level discussions with Turkey last week, the EU Commission is optimistic they may be nearing an agreement with Turkey on gas transit. Turkey appears willing to drop its hold-up tactics, allow direct contracting between gas consumers and gas suppliers, will require [...]	2008-06-24 07:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS955	SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...]	2008-06-24 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN
08BRUSSELS959	EU COUNCIL MEETING WRAP UP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The June 19-20 European Union Council Meeting of Member State Foreign Ministers in Brussels deliberated at length on next steps regarding the Lisbon Treaty following the Irish "no" vote, agreeing that more time was needed to analyze the situation. The Council also discussed the W [...]	2008-06-24 16:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EU
08BRUSSELS962	DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND [...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]	2008-06-25 12:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BRUSSELS963	BLACK SEA SYNERGY INITIATIVE MARKS FIRST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the European Commission's Black Sea Synergy Initiative provides a useful opportunity to highlight regional cooperation. As the initiative moves from "launch" to "implementation," funding will be available to support local civil society groups committed [...]	2008-06-25 13:01:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EUN ZJ XH
08BRUSSELS974	BELGIAN JUSTICE MINISTER SUPPORTS INCREASED [...] (S/NOFORN) Ambassador Fox and PolCouns met June 24 with Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen. Reactions from Vandeurzen, his diplomatic advisor Marc Van den Reeck, and legal advisor Erik Verberb were very positive as the Ambassador emphasized the importance of sharing information on count [...]	2008-06-26 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV SOCI PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS975	EU ON GITMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On June 26, 2008, Deputy Minister Counselor for Political Affairs and PolOff met with Riina Kionka, Personal Representative for Human Rights for HR Javier Solana. She confirmed she had raised the issue of Guantanamo Bay detainee re-settlement with HR Solana earlier this year. Noting that [...]	2008-06-26 16:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PDRG PHUM PREL SMIT PTER EUN
08BRUSSELS978	PM POSITIVE ON WORKING WITH THE U.S. ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NOFORN) At a special meeting arranged by Ambassador Fox, Prime Minister Yves Leterme, was briefed by C/GRPO and A/LAT on the developing security situation related to Al Qaeda senior leadership's apparent interest in Belgium's chemical/industrial infrastructure. The PM listened intently a [...]	2008-06-27 08:39:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS98	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (ALBANIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Albania were among several discussed during a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. EC assistance programs in Albania, estimated at around 55 million euros in 2007, are expected to increase by 15 per [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS983	TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY SPACE COOPERATION WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, The U.S. Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies hosted the Transatlantic Security Space Cooperation workshop in Brussels. The workshop brought together policy makers from the U.S. and Europe, as well as academics and NGOs, to discuss the [...]	2008-06-27 14:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL
08BRUSSELS986	TERRORIST FINANCING / CHARITIES: EU SENSITIVITIES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USEU met on June 16 with a European Commission terrorist financing contact regarding U.S. proposals to discuss with the EU the abuse of charities by terrorist organizations. Contact expressed doubt that a U.S.-EU workshop on this topic can be agreed by the EU during the French [...]	2008-06-27 15:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER FR EUN PINR UNSC EZ
08BRUSSELS99	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (OTHER [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing development programs in several Balkan countries including Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were discussed during a December 13 donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The EC anticipates making more than 450 million euros available [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS990	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (S) Charge delivered the points in reftel to Werner Bauwens, the head of the MFA's Non-proliferation Office on June 30. He agreed to relay the points to all the relevant offices and agencies within the GOB. 2. (S) Bauwens noted that the EU had adopted sanctions based on UNSCR 1803 last Monday [...]	2008-06-30 13:36:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS991	ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Charge delivered the requested points to Wilm Geurts of the MFA's UN Directorate on the Security Council. Geurts said that Belgium is very supportive and fully committed. The challenge is to get 1735 fully implemented by member states. 2. (C) Belgium is satisfied with UNSCR 1735 al [...]	2008-06-30 13:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE
08BRUSSELS997	EULEX KOSOVO POLICE STAFFING GAPS AND TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: EU officials described for member and third state contributors current EULEX shortfalls in specialized police capabilities including sniper and SWAT teams, K9 units and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units at a June 30 workshop in Brussels. Emphasizing that it had been the m [...]	2008-07-01 10:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EUN UNMIK KV
08BUCHAREST100	ROMANIA ON BOARD WITH LEBANON DEMARCHE; ON SYRIA [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref b demarche (and note verbale) on February 6 to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre. Dobre said Romania was "on board" with the U.S. points in support of Lebanon. He added that although it was too early to give a figure for Romania's financial support [...]	2008-02-07 14:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY RO
08BUCHAREST1005	ROMANIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message contains Post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Begin text. Romania provided throughout 2008 a full range of public and diplomatic support to counterterrorism efforts. Approximately 500 Romanian troops were serving in Iraq and 820 in Afghanistan as par [...]	2008-12-22 14:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR RO
08BUCHAREST1009	(C) MFA SECRETARY OF STATE BUGA -- SOMETHING IN 24 [...] (C) Romania,s MFA Secretary of State Iulian Buga (accompanied by Director General Legal Affairs Cosmin Dinescu) asked for an urgent meeting today with Charg to discuss the critical time constraints for permitting Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Buga noted that National Security Adviso [...]	2008-12-23 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO UK AS EN ES
08BUCHAREST1016	ROMANIA: NEW COALITION'S ECONOMIC PLAN A MOVING TARGET [...] (SBU) The new PDL-PSD coalition government announced a ruling program full of campaign promises and political sweeteners prior to officially taking power on December 22, but has just as quickly begun to back away from many of those positions in its first two weeks in office. New Prime Ministe [...]	2008-12-29 14:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST112	ROMANIA CONSIDERS ENACTING THE SAFEGUARD CLAUSE ON [...] (C) Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu has asked Minister of the Environment Attila Korodi to take preliminary steps toward enacting a provisional safeguard clause to ban planting of MON 810 Bt corn, according to local agricultural biotechnology industry representatives. They speculate tha [...]	2008-02-11 15:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO RO
08BUCHAREST117	BLAND JUSTICE: JUDICIAL INSIDERS DECRY WEAK EC [...] (C) Summary: A recent European Commission interim report on judicial reform in Romania provoked disappointment in many judicial circles, with pro-reform activists hoping for a sharper rebuke of recent backsliding. Based on comments from many local contacts, we have prepared a "parallel report" [...]	2008-02-13 13:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST120	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ROMANIA NOT ATTENDING OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 10:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN RO
08BUCHAREST130	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, AND PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a rare display of political unanimity, President Traian Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and Parliament met in joint session February 18 declare formally that Romania will not recognize Kosovo's independence. Almost all parties--with the exception of the ethnic Hungarian UD [...]	2008-02-19 15:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO KV
08BUCHAREST139	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW -- ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Romania remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Although industry contacts report that there has been a decline in physical optical disc piracy, the growth of internet piracy - both peer-to-peer file sharing and business-to-consumer piracy - is a worrisome tre [...]	2008-02-21 06:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON RO
08BUCHAREST140	ROMANIA: ROMPETROL'S DINU PATRICIU ON ENERGY IN [...] (C) In a meeting with econoffs on February 6, Dinu Patriciu, Romania's richest man and CEO of the Rompetrol oil company, discussed his views on regional energy security and the announced deal between Gazprom and Serbia to sell a 51% stake in NIS, the Serbian state-owned oil company. According [...]	2008-02-21 11:28:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST141	ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...]	2008-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO
08BUCHAREST143	ROMANIA/ENERGY: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS [...] The following is Embassy Bucharest's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on aspects of the Department's work on energy-related matters. Responses to questions A, B, C and D of reftel follow: 2. QUESTION A: The Economic Section is responsible for energy [...]	2008-02-25 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD RO
08BUCHAREST155	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This message is in response to reftel request for post-shipment check on license 050056831 concerning the export of helicopter spare parts to Romania. Mission directed the PM/DTCC inquiry to MOD Director General Dragos Ghercioiu who confirmed in writing that Elbit Systems did receive the n [...]	2008-02-27 14:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC RO
08BUCHAREST163	ROMANIA WILL ALLOW MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BUCHAREST178	QROMANIAQS EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD
08BUCHAREST181	ISAF CONTRIBUTION REQUEST DELIVERED [...] (C) On February 28, PolOffs and DATT met with Daniel Ionita, Director of the NATO Department at the MFA to deliver reftel request for additional ISAF contributions. Ionita reassured EmbOffs that Romania remained committed to the mission in Afghanistan. He expected that both the quantity and [...]	2008-03-07 16:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF RO
08BUCHAREST183	ROMANIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims ) primar [...]	2008-03-10 13:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BUCHAREST216	ROMANIA STEADFAST ON ENERGY SECURITY, BUT WARY OF BEING ISOLATED [...] (C) With concerns growing that it is being out-maneuvered, the Government of Romania (GOR) has stepped up its energy diplomacy over recent weeks in an effort to parry perceived advances for Russia's "South Stream" natural gas pipeline project. While neighboring countries rushed to conclude agreemen [...]	2008-03-17 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST220	DEADLOCK RESOLVED: PRESIDENT AND PM AGREE ON NEW [...] (SBU) In an announcement that caught even his party colleagues by surprise, Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu February 29 nominated Catalin Marian Predoiu as the next Justice Minister. Less than three hours later, President Basescu hosted a ceremony to swear in the new Justice Minister. [...]	2008-03-18 13:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST226	INTERIOR MINISTRY CANDIDATES FOR SECOND LINE OF [...] (U) Mission received on March 18, a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (MIRA),Inspector General of the Border Police, addressed to the Department of Energy,s National Nuclear Security Administration. The note conveys the names of those nominees for the HAMM [...]	2008-03-20 14:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OPDC PARM PINS PREL RO
08BUCHAREST237	FORD RETURNS TO ROMANIA AFTER 60 YEARS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ford Motor Company and the Government of Romania formally completed Ford's takeover of the Automobile Craiova autoplant at a ceremony on March 21 involving Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu and ranking Ford Europe officials, along with President Traian Basescu and the Ambass [...]	2008-03-24 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST250	ROMANIAN TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION PARTICIPATION [...] (C) POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Global Affairs Petru Dumitru on March 27, along with MFA Middle East Director Dobre and three MOD representatives. Dumitru had requested the meeting in order to discuss Romania's legislative timeline for continued legal authority for Romanian mi [...]	2008-03-28 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST253	NATO SUMMIT 2008: ROMANIA CONCURS ON U.S. AIR [...] (C) Mission received at 22:40, March 31, the following Note Verbale registering the GOR's concurrence to reftel diplomatic note regarding U.S. Air Force support for the period of the NATO Summit in Bucharest. 2. (C) Begin Text: No. C1-1/1173 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania [...]	2008-04-01 06:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO
08BUCHAREST260	POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE ON TRANSITING US [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 08:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MCAP NATO PREL HR HU RO
08BUCHAREST261	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 12:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR
08BUCHAREST263	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G/TIP VISIT OF [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eleanor Gaetan, Senior Coordinator for Public Affairs for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). The purpose of Mrs. Gaetan,s visit is to speak at a conference on human trafficking, hosted by the Ratiu foundation Romania. 2. [...]	2008-04-08 10:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL RO
08BUCHAREST268	ROMANIA: A STRONG ALLY ON ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with visiting DAS Matthew Bryza, Ministry of Economy and Finance State Secretary Viorel Palasca strongly reaffirmed Romania's commitment to the Nabucco pipeline project. Romania continues to seek U.S. support for its efforts to ensure energy security thro [...]	2008-04-10 06:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST290	ROMANIA PROPOSES POST-CONFLICT TRAINING CENTER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Political Director Stefan Tinca briefed NATO and EU member state embassies on April 8 on the GOR's renewed proposal for a post-conflict reconstruction training center in Romania. He also discussed Romania's broader strategy for the Black Sea Region following the successful NA [...]	2008-04-15 09:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI SENV ECIN RO
08BUCHAREST293	EXPERIENCED CAREER DIPLOMAT CHOSEN AS NEW ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Just three days after the abrupt resignation of Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu, veteran career diplomat Lazar Comanescu was sworn in as the new Foreign Minister at an April 14 ceremony attended by President Basescu and PM Tariceanu. Comanescu is an experienced professional d [...]	2008-04-15 14:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST311	ROMANIA: FRUSTRATION WITH EU PARTNERS ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Matthew Bryza's April 3 meeting with Prime Minister Tariceanu's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, and Romanian Ambassador to the U.S., Adrian Vierita, exposed Romania's frustration with the EU's reluctance to think strategically about energy security. [...]	2008-04-18 14:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST313	ROMANIA'S NEW UNINOMINAL ELECTION LAW CHANGES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania formally adopted new electoral rules intended to increase accountability to local electoral districts and to encourage political parties to choose candidates on the basis of attractiveness to voters rather than loyalty to party kingmakers. The new rules create a first- [...]	2008-04-21 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST315	ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTIES FACE NEW ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Hungarian political contacts predicted that the UDMR and the rival Magyar Civic Party (PCM) would not be able to reach an accommodation before the registration deadline for candidates in the upcoming June 1 local elections. They predicted that both sides saw the electionas a bel [...]	2008-04-22 06:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST325	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PREDIOU -- [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on April 22 with new Justice Minister Predoiu, to discuss bilateral cooperation on arrests and extraditions, concerns about maintaining strong IPR enforcement, and alarm over the final remaining bad amendment to the Romanian criminal and penal code that would e [...]	2008-04-24 10:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CJAN RO
08BUCHAREST337	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER COMANESCU: A [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's April 25 courtesy call on newly-appointed Romanian Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu, the Minister underscored his interest in developing a close, personal relationship with the Ambassador as well as his intent to put special emphasis on building a strong [...]	2008-04-29 15:02:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS RO
08BUCHAREST35	A VIEW FROM BUCHAREST: ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Calling Moldova a "geopolitical riddle," MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Amb. Gheorghe Magheru told Emboffs on January 10 that Romania is taking the long view in its relationship with its Moldovan neighbors. Despite a partly successful effort in 2007 by Romania's [...]	2008-01-16 16:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RO MO
08BUCHAREST357	CABINET MEMBER TRIES HIS LUCK IN LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Education Cristian Adomnitei announced April 21 he would take leave from the ministry to commit himself fully to the campaign for the mayor of Iasi, one of the more important Romanian cities. In a discussion with PolOffs on April 22, Adomnitei unveiled the backdoor man [...]	2008-05-07 14:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST371	RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER [...] (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA and MOD [...]	2008-05-15 13:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST374	ROMANIA: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUESTS MILITARY [...] (S) In a May 15 discussion with Poloff, MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre relayed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) representative in Bucharest sent a formal request to the MOD requesting a military cooperation arrangement with Romania for the development and training of the Pa [...]	2008-05-15 15:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST385	TERRORISM FINANCE: RESPONSE TO 1267 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 08:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL
08BUCHAREST404	AFTER ACTION: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) The prominent news daily "Romania Libera" (circulation 316,000) May 21 carried op-ed under the Ambassador's by-line expressing solidarity with the people of Cuba. The commentary recalled similar regimes in the former communist states of Eastern Europe that were now defunct, and highlighte [...]	2008-05-23 09:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU RO
08BUCHAREST41	ROMANIAN PLANS IN IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (C) This message responds to Ref. A request regarding EU member states' plans for their forces and other efforts in Iraq. Responses are keyed to questions posed in Ref. A. More detail can be gleaned from reftels B-D. 2. (S) Begin responses: Q. (S) WHAT ARE EUROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I [...]	2008-01-17 15:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL RO
08BUCHAREST418	THE UNINOMINAL EXPERIMENT: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Romanians prepare to go to the polls June 1 to elect mayors, local and county councilors-and, for the first time-the heads of the county councils. A recent visit to witness the electoral campaign in Maramures and Satu Mare counties underscored that local leaders are still adapting [...]	2008-05-29 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO SOCI
08BUCHAREST422	ROMANIA: LEADERS TELL FORMER SECRETARY ALBRIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Romania wants continuing U.S. commitment to the bilateral partnership and stability in U.S. policy toward Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region following U.S. elections this fall, leaders told visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on May 22. President Traian Ba [...]	2008-05-30 14:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ENRG MARR RO
08BUCHAREST430	ROMANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 09:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS ETRD ENRG PHSA PINS
08BUCHAREST431	ROMANIA: STATE COUNSELOR BRIEFS ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 19 meeting with EconOff, State Counselor to the Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Constantin Ciupagea shared the Romanian Government's current thinking on LNG, pipelines, and the proposal for a consolidated state energy company. Ciupagea reiterated Romania's support f [...]	2008-06-02 09:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST435	ROMANIA: U.S.-EU SUMMIT DECLARATION'S FOCUS ON [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel points on May 30 to MFA Director General for European Affairs Stefan Tinca and Director for U.S. and Canada Eugen Mihut. Tinca said that the next MFA coordination meeting would be held June 3, and he did not see any problems with supporting the U.S. on its Latin Am [...]	2008-06-02 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM CU RO
08BUCHAREST447	ROMANIA TO SPEAK AT THE FOURTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RO
08BUCHAREST450	ROMANIA: TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON LNG AND NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. In a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Ambassador to Romania Ayse Sinrilioglu said that LNG transit through the Bosporus straits to service a proposed LNG plant in Constanta would be viewed negatively by the Turkish Government. She urged the U.S. to focus instead on l [...]	2008-06-05 09:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG PGOV PREL RO TU
08BUCHAREST463	ROMANIA ON THE IRAQ SOFA: "WE NEED A LEGAL [...] (S) EMBOFFS met with MOD Deputy State Secretary for Defense Policy and Planning Rear Admiral Mihai Cornell and MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Ambassador Mihail Dobre on June 5, to review status of Iraq SOFA negotiations at the request of MOD and MFA. POLMILOFF, drawing on reftels A an [...]	2008-06-10 14:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO

08BUCHAREST468	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR CLASSIFIED [...] (S) Summary: The Romanian Navy has requested a classified AEGIS capabilities brief from the USG. The Romanian Navy purchased two Type-22 Frigates from the UK in 2004 which did not include weapons or command and control systems. Romania is exploring possibilities for upgrading and refitting the [...]	2008-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL NATO MOPS RO
08BUCHAREST471	ROMANIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND THE U.S. [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Razvan Rotundu. Rotundu was well aware from reporting by Romania's representatives in Geneva of the U.S. decision to cease its observer status, and said that he was sympathetic with the U.S. points. He pointed out [...]	2008-06-12 13:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RO
08BUCHAREST475	ROMANIA ON BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. Tinca reported that Foreign Minister Comanescu would be attending the Berlin Conference. However, he added that Romania would be more focused on identifying possible project areas among [...]	2008-06-13 13:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RO
08BUCHAREST481	ROMANIAN RESPONSE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR IWC MEETING [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points in writing and followed up by phone with Mihai MANOIU, the Biodiversity Division Director at the Ministry of Environment, on June 13, 2008. Manoiu admitted that the Government of Romania (GOR) has not given too much attention to whaling, having just joined [...]	2008-06-17 04:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD RO
08BUCHAREST491	ROMANIA'S ECONOMY CHARGES AHEAD, BUT INFLATION LOOMS AS A [...] (U) Defying expectations of a slowdown in light of global conditions, the GOR reported that Romania's economy grew in the first quarter at a very impressive 8.2 percent annual rate over the same period last year. Growth was chiefly driven by the spectacular expansion in construction. However [...]	2008-06-18 10:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO
08BUCHAREST504	ROMANIA: SMALL FIRST QUARTER BUDGET SURPLUS MASKS LIKELY [...] (SBU) Recently released data shows the Government of Romania (GOR) posted a small consolidated budget surplus of USD $32.3 million in the first quarter of 2008, or the equivalent of 0.02 percent of expected GDP. For this year, the GOR has already cut its deficit target by 0.4 percent to 2.3 p [...]	2008-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST507	ROMANIAN STOCK MARKET SEARCHES FOR A COMPETITIVE EDGE [...] (U) Summary: Battered by the same negative forces affecting stock markets worldwide, the Bucharest Stock Exchange (Bursa de Valori Bucuresti, or BVB) is struggling to capitalize on Romania's strong economic growth in order to maintain a competitive position. To boost investor confidence, BVB m [...]	2008-06-20 14:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EIND RO
08BUCHAREST511	ROMANIA: BYSTROE CANAL HOPES SINKING DESPITE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent conference in Bucharest, 48 countries - including, surprisingly, Ukraine itself - agreed that Ukraine's work on the Bystroe Canal is not compliant with the Espoo Convention. Despite this public admonishment, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reported th [...]	2008-06-23 11:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS PREL SENV UP RO
08BUCHAREST513	ROMANIA: PROFESSIONALS AND POLITICIANS DIFFER ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 13:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RO SENV
08BUCHAREST52	DEFENSE MINISTER: A "CHANGE OF FOCUS" FOR ROMANIA [...] (U) Defense Minister (and acting Justice Minister) Teodor Melescanu on January 18, predicted that Romania would begin this year "the process of disengagement from the Iraqi theater." Romania, he said, would use the period after the April NATO Summit to begin a consultation process with the "in [...]	2008-01-22 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ RO
08BUCHAREST560	ROMANIA: U.S. COMPANIES ENGAGE ON CYBER CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of an initiative spearheaded by eBay, representatives of several American financial services, software, and e-business companies visited Bucharest on June 10th and 11th, 2008 to discuss ways to enhance existing cooperation with the Romanian authorities in combating finan [...]	2008-07-11 14:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCRM KIPR RO
08BUCHAREST561	ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: WARY NEIGHBORS, HESITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOR interlocutors, including President Basescu, have made clear that prospects for concluding a border regime treaty between Romania and Moldova prior to parliamentary elections and the selection of a new Moldovan president are very low, even if there have been some limited posit [...]	2008-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST562	ROMANIA: CENTRAL BANK ON CREDIT MARKETS, INFLATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. At a June 27 roundtable to discuss the Romanian central bank's (BNR) stance on credit growth and its impact on other economic fundamentals, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu stressed that BNR's recent tighter monetary policy does not aim to stop non-government credit growth, but inste [...]	2008-07-14 05:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND RO
08BUCHAREST564	ROMANIA: LNG IN CONSTANTA IMPORTANT, BUT OK TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff meet recently with Viorel Palasca, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),and then accompanied visiting USTDA country manager for Romania Jamie Merriman to a follow-up meeting with working-level staff from the MEF, Romgaz, and the Ministry of For [...]	2008-07-14 07:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST57	SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: [...] (C) Emboffs raised Ref. A points with newly-installed MFA Director for Middle East and Africa, Mihail Dobre, who was accompanied by the (also) new Iraqi desk officer. Dobre offered an initial response--with appropriate caveats--regarding the political situation (Romania is in an extensive ele [...]	2008-01-24 12:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST571	ROMANIA, HUNGARY TO INTERCONNECT GAS NETWORKS [...] (U) A long-postponed project to link Romanian and Hungarian natural gas networks through a cross-border connection took an important step forward on July 2 with the signing of a Joint Development Agreement between firms MOL of Hungary and Transgaz of Romania. The 109 km connector pipeline wil [...]	2008-07-16 05:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD HU RO
08BUCHAREST574	ROMANIA: POLICYMAKERS ATTUNED TO INFLATION AS ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Rising inflation is capturing the attention of Romanian policymakers and is likely to play a significant role in the upcoming election season. Annualized inflation (June 2007 to June 2008) is up to 8.61 percent, with price increases in consumer staples acutely affecting consum [...]	2008-07-21 08:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST575	ROMANIA: TOURISM GROWING, BUT FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Romania offers travelers an intriguing if complicated mix of stunning scenery and rich culture and history, juxtaposed with generally poor infrastructure, widespread litter, and often-disappointing service quality. Industry experts say that although the travel and tourism sector is expan [...]	2008-07-21 11:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD RO
08BUCHAREST576	ROMANIA: UNCHANGED SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANDED NATO [...] (C) Though the GOR fully appreciates the issues raised in reftel demarche and supports the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) program objectives, there are no plans to increase Romanian personnel committed to NTM-I, according to MFA NATO Director Ana Tinca. Tinca also noted that the current nu [...]	2008-07-21 11:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IZ RO
08BUCHAREST578	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN ENTITIES DESIGNATED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 09:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG KNNP EFIN PARM IR ECON RO
08BUCHAREST579	ROMANIA: EMBASSY-SPONSORED FORUM PROMOTES RENEWABLES AND [...] (U) Seeking to build in a local setting on the success of the spring 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC),post co-sponsored a Renewable Energy Conference with the NGO the "Romanian Association for Energy Policies" (APER) on July 9, 2008. Expert speakers outlined [...]	2008-07-22 12:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EAID SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO RO
08BUCHAREST583	ROMANIA AGREES: NEED CONCRETE ACTIONS FROM SARG [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East Director Dobre said that Romania's policy towards Syria is based on the expectation for concrete actions and accomplishments before political concessions can be offered. End Summary. 2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 24, to MFA Director for Middl [...]	2008-07-24 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RO
08BUCHAREST586	ROMANIA READY TO SIGN SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE MOU [...] (SBU) The Embassy received a note verbale on July 23, stating that the GOR is prepared to sign the "Agreement between the Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and the U.S. Department of Energy Regarding cooperation in the Area of Preventing the Illicit Trafficking of Nuclea [...]	2008-07-25 13:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST595	ROMANIA: DOE PROGRAMS RETURNING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),together with the DOE National Laboratories, have been active in Romania as part of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI). Currently, NNSA employees and contractors are in Romania assisting with a spent fuel return s [...]	2008-07-28 11:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON RO
08BUCHAREST601	ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE PART 1: AILING PUBLIC SYSTEM HOBBLES [...] (SBU) Romania's public healthcare system is at a crossroads. At present, the system's resources are distributed unevenly and unreliably throughout the country. The quality and accessibility of care, cost of services, and competence of personnel remain unpredictable, ranging from tolerable to [...]	2008-07-30 13:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI AMED RO
08BUCHAREST604	ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE PART 2: PHARMACEUTICAL DEMAND RISING, [...] (SBU) As incomes rise in Romania, pharmaceutical consumption is also increasing. Better awareness of useful medications has put pressure on the Government of Romania (GOR) to expand the national drug list and to include more cutting-edge medications. While any pharmaceutical which has been o [...]	2008-07-30 14:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI AMED RO
08BUCHAREST607	ROMANIAN HEALTHCARE PART 3: PRIVATE HEALTHCARE STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) While the public healthcare system remains the primary source of medical care for the majority of Romanians, it is under-funded, and the unpredictable quality of care has begun to lead some wealthier consumers towards the growing private healthcare sector. Revenues from this private sec [...]	2008-07-31 07:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI AMED RO
08BUCHAREST608	ROMANIA: BOEING SETS UP FOR A 1 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Regional Boeing sales representative advised the Ambassador of plans for a multi-plane deal to sell new Boeing 737s to TAROM, the Romanian state owned airline. From Boeing's perspective the 737s fit naturally into TAROM's existing fleet structure and will support TAROM's [...]	2008-07-31 12:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ECON PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST609	ROMANIA: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR SIX ROMANIAN COUNTIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador has determined that severe floods in Northern Romania have created a natural disaster beyond Romania's ability to respond without additional assistance. The Ministry of Interior has requested the ass [...]	2008-07-31 13:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI
08BUCHAREST631	ROMANIA: DISASTER RELIEF PROVIDED TO AID FLOOD VICTIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 13:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI
08BUCHAREST633	NOT HUNGRY: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Chiritoiu acknowledged shortcomings in the PD-L's recent election campaign, including overconfidence and running a candidate who evinced insufficient enthusiasm in running for the Bucharest Mayoral post. He denied rumors of a PD-L rapprochment with the PNL, n [...]	2008-08-08 13:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST634	ROMANIA ON RC-SOUTH CIVILIAN-MILITARY PLANNING AND [...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered reftel demarche on August 8, to MFA acting-Director for Security Policy Daniel Ionita. Ionita thanked the U.S. for the proposal, noted that Romania strongly supports the plan for developing an RC-South Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell (CMPCC),consistent wi [...]	2008-08-08 14:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF RO
08BUCHAREST639	ROMANIA STATEMENT; NAC POINT DELIVERED [...] (U) The Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) met on August 9 to review Romania's position on the events occurring in Georgia. President Basescu presided over the discussion that released the following statement: "The evolution of the frozen conflicts in the Caucasus and Black Sea Bas [...]	2008-08-11 14:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG RO
08BUCHAREST647	ROMANIA : PROPERTY FUND IS HIRING PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The long process of establishing a property restitution fund to reimburse former owners of certain expropriated properties is finally drawing to a close. The four billion Euro fund has already distributed nearly 20 percent of its outstanding shares and is in the final stages of [...]	2008-08-14 13:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST653	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, NEGATIVE VOTE FREEZES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an emergency session called by President Basescu, the Chamber of Deputies on August 13 voted against referring to the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) the corruption charges against former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and former Transportation Minister Miron Mitre [...]	2008-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST659	ROMANIA: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Lugar, and looks forward to making sure you get the most out of your time in country. Romania is an excellent strategic partner, ally, and friend of the United States, and continues to be among the staunchest contributors to NATO missions since [...]	2008-08-20 08:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL OREP RO
08BUCHAREST67	ANOTHER ZERO-SUM YEAR: SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: A senior Basescu advisor said that the President will not compromise on the appointment of the next Justice Minister, and would continue to hold out for a nonpolitical candidate. He justified the hardball tactics that the Presidency had deployed against Justice Minister nominee N [...]	2008-01-25 17:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST675	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 13:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ENRG ECON RO
08BUCHAREST68	BASESCU'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS: [...] (U) Summary: President Basescu made his annual New Year's foreign policy address to Bucharest,s diplomatic corps on January 23. He confirmed that Romania would fulfill its international commitments, including its military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and would work within the EU and [...]	2008-01-25 17:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST687	BASESCU TELLS SEN. LUGAR ROMANIA FACING HARD [...] (C) President Traian Basescu told Senator Richard Lugar on August 27 that he fears that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, coming in the wake of U.S./European recognition of Kosovo, has begun a process which threatens to unravel the existing international legal architecture and [...]	2008-08-29 08:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON MD GG RS RO
08BUCHAREST707	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - ROMANIA CONCERNED WITH RUSSIAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on Georgia to Daniel Ionita, Director of NATO/Security Affairs at Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 4, 2008. 2. (C) Ionita emphasized the need for a unified EU approach to dealing with Russia in the region. He said th [...]	2008-09-05 11:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST717	ROMANIA: SEN. LUGAR PRESSES MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Highlighting his experience as a farmer, visiting Senator Richard Lugar on August 28 encouraged Minister of Environment Attila Korodi to permit the use of more advanced agricultural methods in Romania, including biotechnology. Korodi indicated a willingness to reevaluate his p [...]	2008-09-10 11:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ENRG ECON PGOV PREL TBIO RO
08BUCHAREST725	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST726	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BUCHAREST727	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: GAERC TALKING POINTS AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on September 10 to Daniel Ionita, Director for Security Policy, and Cosmin Onisii, Director of the U.S. and Canada Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. 2. (C) Commenting on the September 5-6 Foreign Ministers' Mee [...]	2008-09-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST739	ROMANIA: STRONG GROWTH CONTINUES, BUT AT AN INFLATIONARY [...] (U) Summary. Romania's economy posted higher-than-expected growth in the first half of 2008, prompting renewed worries of over-heating in the near future. The construction, services, industrial and retail sectors drove the growth rate to 8.8% over the same period last year. However, the imp [...]	2008-09-22 09:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO
08BUCHAREST752	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: CAPA FINANCE ROMANIA [...] In response to reftel request for comments on a proposed USD 25 million OPIC loan to CAPA Finance, post has no derogatory information with regard to the intended loan recipient. Post is similarly unaware of any information linking the shareholders of CAPA Finance to terrorism or corruption. [...]	2008-09-23 14:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID ECON RO
08BUCHAREST753	ROMANIA: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] (U) In response to reftel request for information, post's officer responsible for transportation issues, including handling of Foreign Ministry authorizations for maritime scientific research, is Economic Officer Justin D. Berg: Tel: 40-21-200-3436 Fax: 40-21-200-3478 E-mail: BergJ@state.gov [...]	2008-09-23 14:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRVC TPHY EWWT RO
08BUCHAREST754	ROMANIA: NABUCCO IS BEST, LNG IS GOOD, BUT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director Larry Walther and Director for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Stein heard a strong message of Romanian support for the Nabucco pipeline project in separate meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministr [...]	2008-09-23 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST771	ROMANIA: DOMESTIC TERRORISM DESIGNATIONS DIFFICULT [...] (C) EconOff met on September 23rd with Elena Paris, Unit Chief in the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel demarche regarding a U.S. Domestic Designation under E.O. 13438. Paris explained that the Government of Ro [...]	2008-10-01 12:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KTFN RO
08BUCHAREST772	ROMANIA ON C-RE8-01539 AND TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to ref A request for information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided EconOff a brief outline of the procedure that led up to the Muhajedin-E Khalq (MEK) listing within the EU. MFA believes that this listing will remain in place for the immediate future [...]	2008-10-01 12:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KTFN RO
08BUCHAREST786	ROMANIA: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) EconCouns met October 3 with Anamaria Almasan, Acting Director for EU External Relations and Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to convey reftel information on U.S. aid to Georgia and to inquire about Romanian plans for both bilateral and EU-coordinated assis [...]	2008-10-07 14:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUN PREL GG RO
08BUCHAREST789	ROMANIA: PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE BATTLE THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Last week's parliamentary vote to increase national teacher salaries by an eye-popping 50 percent has thrust the Government of Romania (GOR) into a fierce wrestling match with labor unions less than two months before November 30 elections. Prime Minister Tariceanu's governmen [...]	2008-10-08 13:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST790	ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC RO
08BUCHAREST796	ROMANIA'S TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE: TAKING THE SLOW [...] (SBU) While the Government of Romania (GOR) is painfully aware how large a problem Romania's inadequate infrastructure presents for sustaining future growth, improvements will be slow in coming. Project financing and management constraints continue to impede progress, with signs emerging that [...]	2008-10-16 05:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELNT EAIR EWWT EINV PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST804	ROMANIA: "TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON LEGAL FRAMEWORK [...] (C) At the end of an October 16 meeting with POLMILOFF, MFA Director for Strategic Affairs Daniel Ionita said that he needed to convey quietly his concern that time was running out on a legal framework for Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Ionita clarified that this was not/not an issue [...]	2008-10-17 14:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST812	ROMANIA: BY TAPPING ON THE BRAKES, THE CENTRAL BANK KEEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several factors particular to the Romanian economy have reduced the local impact of the global financial crisis. Overall, Romania's financial and banking system has sufficient liquidity and is not expected to experience any negative short-term repercussions from the current cr [...]	2008-10-23 09:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND RO
08BUCHAREST816	ROMANIA: NO SURPRISES ON ISPS PRE-INSPECTION VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff visited ports in Constanta and Galati together with visiting International Port Security Liaison Officers, LtCmdrs Radiah Jones and William Kasten, who were in Romania for an orientation visit between October 6th and 10th. Both ports are busy and profitable, with Consta [...]	2008-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON RO
08BUCHAREST818	ROMANIA: LABOR SHORTAGE CRISIS AND SOARING WAGE INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania has one of the most acute labor shortages in the European Union (EU),which has led to rapidly rising wages. The construction industry has been the hardest hit, with skills and talent increasingly moving west following Romania's EU accession. Since 2005, the overall aver [...]	2008-10-24 06:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB AFSN RO
08BUCHAREST82	GLOBAL INITIATIVE PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 08:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA RO
08BUCHAREST832	PRESIDENT BASESCU VISITS DAMASCUS TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) POLOFF met with MFA Middle East Director Mihai Dobre on October 23 to obtain a readout from President Basescu's two-day trip to Syria (10/20-21). Dobre noted that Basescu was invited by President Bashar al-Assad to begin the process of renewing Romanian-Syrian commercial ties that had [...]	2008-10-28 13:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY XF RO
08BUCHAREST838	ROMANIA: TEACHER WAGE HIKE DELAYED, BUT POLITICAL BATTLE CONTINUES AS MARKET ANALYSTS FRET [...] (SBU) The Government of Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu threw down the gauntlet with public sector unions on October 28 by issuing an emergency ordinance that postpones implementation until April 1, 2009 of the new law granting teachers a 50 percent salary increase (reftel). The ordinance wa [...]	2008-10-30 15:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST851	JEWISH CEMETERY DESECRATION: A PROFESSIONAL JOB? [...] (SBU) On October 22, vandals destroyed 131 graves in Bucharest's main Jewish cemetery. The desecration was a brazen and systematic attack targeting the most valuable and elaborate tombstones in the graveyard, with damages estimated at one million dollars. The Romanian Prime Minister and Minist [...]	2008-10-31 15:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST852	ROMANIA: A NEW UNSCR IS ONLY VIABLE OPTION FOR [...] (S) In an October 30 meeting, MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Anca Mantulescu told POLMILOFF that there is no longer a window for Parliament to approve a SOFA with Iraq. She said, "I think your plan B for a UNSCR needs to become your plan A." She added that the demands for formin [...]	2008-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST857	PD-L SECRETARY GENERAL BLAGA ON ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: PD-L Secretary General Blaga said that recent internal polls suggest his party will win 38 percent of votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections, with the rival PSD and PNL taking 32 and 15 percent, respectively. Blaga provided a detailed overview of election dynamics and argued [...]	2008-11-06 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST865	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] AmEmbassy Bucharest received, on 10 November 08, from the Democratic Union of Ukrainian People from Romania, the following letter: "November 7, 2008 To his Excellency Barack Obama, elected President of the United States of America, Dear President, We the Democratic Union of [...]	2008-11-10 12:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OPDC RO
08BUCHAREST867	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON FATF STATEMENTS AND IRAN [...] (SBU) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statements on Iran to Cristina Mezdrea and Laura Gradinaru of the Office for Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3, and subsequently to Adrian Cosmescu, D [...]	2008-11-10 14:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP RO
08BUCHAREST88	LNG TERMINAL AN APPEALING PROSPECT AS ROMANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A team of U.S. investors led by ETG International (www.etgint.com),a natural gas transport company and UGI (www.ugicorp.com),a natural gas marketing and distribution company, hope to construct an LPG and LNG terminal at the port of Constanta on Romania's Black Sea Coast. Proje [...]	2008-02-01 15:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN PREL RO
08BUCHAREST889	ROMANIA: UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - POZNAN, POLAND, [...] On November 12, EconOff transmitted reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for UN and Specialized Institutions Gabriela Tanjala and to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development's (MESD) Chief of Department in the Climate Change Directorate, Vla [...]	2008-11-17 15:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG SENV ENRG RO
08BUCHAREST9	ROMANIA PASSES 2008 BUDGET WITH VOTERS IN MIND [...] (SBU) Clearly padded to reflect political calculations ahead of local and national elections over the next 24 months, the Government of Romania's 2008 budget includes sizable increases for education, health care, social services, and retirement pensions. The Parliament approved the state and [...]	2008-01-09 07:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI RO
08BUCHAREST90	SPLITTING THE ETHNIC HUNGARIAN VOTE: COURT [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 29, after four years of delays, the Bucharest Court registered a new political party representing ethnic Hungarians, the Hungarian Civic Party (PCM). The new party aims to provide an alternative to Romania's Democratic Alliance of Ethnic Hungarians (UDMR),seen by so [...]	2008-02-01 16:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM SCUL RO
08BUCHAREST900	MOD STATE SECRETARY: IGNORE THE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC, [...] (U) This is an action message, see Para 4. 2. (C) MOD State Secretary Dobritoiu invited the DCM (accompanied by DATT, ODC and Polcouns) for a meeting November 18. His message was simple: "We're all grownups here, please don't get too excited about some of the electoral rhetoric (and media [...]	2008-11-18 15:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ RO
08BUCHAREST905	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REVOCATION OF IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 11:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PREL KNNP ECON RO
08BUCHAREST906	PNL, PSD LEGISLATORS: BASESCU'S GOT THE MOJO IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations, two prominent legislators-one PSD, the other PNL-noted signs of an incipient PSD stampede to form a post-election coalition with Basescu's PD-L. They agree that the PSD cannot stay out of office for another four years and has to join the next government at al [...]	2008-11-20 14:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST915	ROMANIA: PARTIES' POCKETBOOK PROMISES [...] (SBU) Fiscal profligacy has been the leitmotif of the current parliamentary campaign. While the governing National Liberal Party (PNL) has hardly been a paragon of fiscal prudence -- ramping up social spending and allowing the expected budget deficit to rapidly increase in the third quarter -- [...]	2008-11-24 15:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST920	ROMANIA'S ECONOMY SET FOR A LANDING, BUT HOW HARD? [...] (C) The forward momentum in Romania's red-hot economy is already slowing and will definitely hit the brakes in 2009, government officials and outside analysts told visiting U.S. Treasury representatives last week. Still, while Romania can expect sharply lower growth due to the global downturn, the [...]	2008-11-25 15:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST927	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to being awarded the highest honor Romania bestows on civilians, the Star of Romania Grand Cross on November 25, 2008, the Ambassador and President Basescu met for 45-minutes to discuss procurement of F-16s, development of the Constanta port for commercial as well as naval [...]	2008-11-26 10:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SOCI RO
08BUCHAREST931	ELECTION-TIME ANGER, ANGST IN HUNGARIAN-MAJORITY [...] (C) During a recent visit to ethnic Hungarian areas in Transylvania, UDMR leaders said they would join a new government no matter which party won the elections. However, they admitted the PD-L was not their first choice as a coalition partner due to conflicts over the issue of Hungarian autono [...]	2008-11-26 15:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST942	ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: THE MORNING [...] (SBU) The Central Election Bureau (BEC) has yet to release the final official results from the November 30 parliamentary elections pending formal receipt of the official results from four counties. However, the BEC on December 2 released a "final but still unofficial" set of results (which inc [...]	2008-12-02 15:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST951	ROMANIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 5 December to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. The talking points, including a request for Romania to recognize an independent Kosovo, elicited the following reaction: "What has changed? The grueling exercise of compromising on [...]	2008-12-05 14:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RO
08BUCHAREST953	ROMANIA: FDI STILL FLOWING FOR NOW, BUT NEW PROSPECTS MAY [...] (SBU) The high levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) which have fueled economic growth and provided substantial cover for Romania's big current account deficit will likely dwindle in the coming months. While FDI already in the pipeline is expected to continue to flow over the next few mont [...]	2008-12-08 06:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST958	ROMANIA: NO OBJECTION TO NSG AD REFERENDUM TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 06:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNN MNUC PARM TRGY PREL RO
08BUCHAREST961	ROMANIA: BURGEONING BUDGETARY BLUES [...] (SBU) As negotiations among the political parties over the shape of a new coalition government enter their second week, the economic news in Romania is a study in contrasts. Eurostat announced on December 5 that Romanian GDP growth reached 9.1 percent in the third quarter (July-September),th [...]	2008-12-09 13:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST963	ROMANIA: THREE BOEING 737-800S JOIN TAROM'S FLEET [...] (U) Post EconOffs and Commercial Attache attended a December 4th ceremony at Bucharest Otopeni Airport to mark the arrival of the newest addition to the fleet of state-owned airline Tarom. Minister of Transportation Ludovic Orban, State Secretary Antonel Tanase, Tarom CEO Gheorghe Birla, Boein [...]	2008-12-09 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BEXP PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST964	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) In response to questions in reftel, the Government of Romania (GOR) has worked to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba and has only a limited trading relationship with the island. Relations between the two countries are complicated by an outstanding trade dispute, in which the GOR b [...]	2008-12-10 06:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU RO
08BUCHAREST965	ROMANIA: SUPPORTS US IAEA EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 06:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA SY TRGY RO
08BUCHAREST97	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES LUSTRATION LAW [...] (C) Summary. The process of lustrating communist-era collaborators received an unexpected blow January 31 when the Constitutional Court ruled that the law establishing the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS) is unconstitutional. The CNSAS had been a controversial body [...]	2008-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RO
08BUCHAREST971	STAMPEDING INTO COALITION, PERHAPS INTO A TRAP [...] (C) Summary: PSD Deputy Georgian Pop confirmed that the PSD would support Teodor Stolojan as the next Prime Minister (Note: Basescu just made this selection public in an afternoon broadcast),but said that two key remaining sticking points were the PSD's insistence on excluding the UDMR from t [...]	2008-12-10 15:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG RO
08BUCHAREST973	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON NEW GOVERNING COALITION: [...] (C) Summary: Senior Presidential Advisor Sebastian Lazaroiu confimed that President Basescu had accelerated the formation of a new cabinet to avoid creating a sense of political drift that might have resulted if no new government were in place during the extended holidays. He was ambivalent a [...]	2008-12-11 12:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST983	ROMANIA: HPV VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FOUNDERS IN FACE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. An effort by the Romanian Ministry of Health (MOH) to address the inordinately high levels of cervical cancer deaths in Romania through a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign has largely failed. With parental refusal rates of up to 90 percent two thirds of the way t [...]	2008-12-16 14:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV SOCI AMED RO
08BUCHAREST986	IRAQI CONTINUED PRESENCE LEGISLATION IS [...] (C) In a blunt conservation with POLMILOFF, MFA Director General Anca Mantulescu on 12/17 expressed extreme frustration with the lack of support from the U.S. regarding helping Romania to meet conditions that would continue its force presence in Iraq. When POLMILOFF asked whether the MFA had [...]	2008-12-17 12:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO ES AS EN UK
08BUCHAREST997	ROMANIA: NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR ON THE RISE [...] Nuclear power accounts for an increasing share of Romania's electricity production. The country's two operating reactors at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant currently provide 18 percent of Romania's domestic electricity production, with this number scheduled to double after two additional re [...]	2008-12-19 16:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP BTIO SENV EPET KSEI RO
08BUCHAREST998	MOD ASKS IF THE PROPOSED IRAQI EOL STILL MAKES [...] (C) MOD Secretary of State (Deputy Defense Minister) Corneliu Dobritoiu met with U.S. and UK Embassy officers on 12/19 to raise in more depth concerns with the state of play regarding the continued presence of Romanian troops in Iraq. The meeting with the U.S. (Charge, POLMIL, ARMATT, and ODC [...]	2008-12-19 16:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV RO IZ
08BUDAPEST1000	EAVESDROPPING; CONFIDENCE DROPPING: DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Although largely eclipsed by the recent shocks to the stock and bond markets (septel),Hungary's domestic espionage scandal continues to expand in scope and could further complicate economic triage efforts. 2. (C) Although criminal charges against the suspect firm, UD Zrt, reportedl [...]	2008-10-14 15:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1004	HUNGARIAN INTEREST TO SUPPORT NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 08:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR HU
08BUDAPEST1005	THE UPSIDE OF MELTDOWN: POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY AND [...] (C) As Hungary's markets continue their rough ride (septel),Prime Minister Gyurcsany has seized on this weekend's "National Summit Meeting" as a means to address both Hungary's immediate economic challenges as well as his own long list of political problems. Designed to bring together Hunga [...]	2008-10-17 09:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1006	THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HUNGARY [...] (SBU) Following years of high budget deficits and other economic policy mistakes, together with a high reliance on foreign currency-denominated loans, Hungary finds itself particularly vulnerable to the secondary effects of the financial crisis - the increasing cost and drying up of credit, lo [...]	2008-10-17 09:04:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1008	HUNGARY DESIRES CONTACT POINT DESIGNATION IN [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 9, MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus asked PolOff to forward Hungary's desire to serve as the Contact Lead Nation in Montenegro. Commenting that "Hungary has no nasty roots in the region," he stated that Hungary has a special p [...]	2008-10-20 10:22:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO HU MW
08BUDAPEST1009	HUNGARY WILL NOT PARTICPATE IN THE NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 10:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC PINR PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1010	HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 11:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO HU PL EZ

08BUDAPEST1015	HUNGARY TO ATTEND OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 07:34:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRS EAID GG HU
08BUDAPEST1018	BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...]	2008-10-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU
08BUDAPEST1021	SOUTHERN COMFORT: ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY, [...] (S) Information developed by other agencies and passed to the Department via their channels indicates renewed and covert contacts between senior GoH officials and Russian intelligence officers. VERES IN THE LEAD 2. (S) As the GoH works to finalize an extraordinary international financi [...]	2008-10-28 11:12:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1025	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary. Sharing U.S. concerns on the current political situation in Bosnia Hercegovina (BiH),the Hungarian MFA's Russia and Balkans Department Deputy Director Istvan Ijgyarto believes the situation has moved two years backwards. Stating that several EU countries are inclined to move Se [...]	2008-10-30 08:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EU BK HU
08BUDAPEST1026	HUNGARY TO SUPPORT CUBA CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) In an October 29 meeting, MFA America's Directorate Head Szilveszter Bus told DCM that Hungary has reached an agreement with Cuba to support each other's candidates for the UN Human Rights Council. Bus stated he was instructed by the Foreign Minister to convey the information for the sake [...]	2008-10-30 15:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CU HU
08BUDAPEST1027	FOREIGN CURRENCY LOANS: HOW HARD WILL BORROWERS BE [...] (U) Although most hope and expect the recently announced IMF assistance package will help strengthen and stabilize Hungary's currency, the recent weakening of the forint has caused many to consider the impact a weakened currency will have on the large number of households holding foreign curre [...]	2008-10-30 15:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1032	POST RESPONSE TO FOIA REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] A search of all files in the front office, the POL/ECON and RSO sections revealed no responsive material in any media. There is no record of responsive material being retired to the department. 2. Jeff Levine, DCM, can attest to the adequacy of the search conducted by post. LEVINE [...]	2008-10-31 09:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF HU
08BUDAPEST1033	HUNGARY WILL CONSIDER HOSTING A FUTURE EXERCISE [...] In a follow-up discussion to ref A demarche delivered October 27, MFA Section for Arms Control and Non-proliferation Head Mark Horvath told PolOff October 30 that the MFA will take under consideration hosting a future Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event. Horvath noted that the MFA is facing a [...]	2008-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PINR PINS HU
08BUDAPEST1035	HUNGARY NOT INVITED TO IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC MNUC TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1047	Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff's visit to [...] Summary: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Budapest October 28-29, in connection with Hungary's accession to membership in the Visa Waiver Program and to discuss security issues with Hungarian counterparts. The official program took place on October 28, 2008, with the S [...]	2008-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1049	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DIALOGUE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1050	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY TRAINING [...] (S) In a follow-up to Hungary's initial response reported in ref C, Dr Kristof Horvath, Head of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Agency's (HAEA) Department of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, told PolOff on November 3 that Hungary, in principle, is prepared to support the Norwegian sponsored trai [...]	2008-11-04 14:05:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1058	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY TALKS PIPELINES, CLIMATE POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his two-day trip to Budapest to take part in an energy conference, Special Envoy Gray held a series of meetings with regional energy officials and experts. These conversations revealed that despite recent Russian diplomatic and financial setbacks, Gazprom and its partner [...]	2008-11-06 12:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV SENV KGHG HU
08BUDAPEST1059	THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR...AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE [...] (C) Summary. With the immediate crisis seemingly averted and with discussions underway with the IMF, EU, and the World Bank on the details of the international stabilization package, the economic debate in Hungary is beginning to shift toward a closer examination of the steps the government is [...]	2008-11-06 13:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST107	PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON KOSOVO, AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Ambassador Karoly Banai, updated Ambassador Foley on Hungary's policy re Kosovo and Azerbaijan in a meeting January 31. KOSOVO: MAKING IT CLEAR TO MOSCOW 2. (C) Banai noted that PM Gyurcsany had called in the Russian [...]	2008-01-31 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU AZ ECON ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST1075	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Gabor Fodor, Chairman, Alliance of Free Democrats, the Hungarian Liberal Party, received November 6, 2008. 2. Begin Text Dear Senator Obama, Allow me to congratulate you for your own great victory, and f [...]	2008-11-10 10:06:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1076	Budapest's Public Outreach on Visa Waiver Program and ESTA [...] Summary: Embassy Budapest has engaged in active public and media outreach related to the Visa Waiver Program dating back to the commencement of the Roadmap process for Hungary, and redoubled efforts following the passage of the legislation last summer. Post seized upon the October 17 White H [...]	2008-11-10 11:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1078	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 10-11 FOREIGN [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Head Andras Dekany provided the following comments to PolOff on November 7 for the GAERC meeting scheduled for November 10-11. 2. (C) Russia: The main question is: has Russia miscalculated its strategy on Georgia? There are sig [...]	2008-11-10 12:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU GG AF HU
08BUDAPEST1080	HUNGARY OFFERS TO HOST FUTURE EXERCISE PLANNING [...] In a follow-up to reftels, MFA Arms Control and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath told PolOff on November 7 that his leadership has "agreed in principle" to organize a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event, preferably in November 2009. H [...]	2008-11-10 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KGIC PREL MCAP HU
08BUDAPEST1082	NRC CHAIRMAN MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein met with representatives of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),addressed the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and visited Hungary's new radioactive waste facility from September 22-25, 2008. Chairman Klein emphasized [...]	2008-11-12 05:59:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1083	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Viktor Orban, Chairman of Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union, received November 10, 2008. 2. Begin text Dear Senator Obama, I wish to congratulate you whole-heartedly on your spectacular victory at the 2008 pr [...]	2008-11-12 08:44:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1089	POST APPROVAL FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL COURIER [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 05:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	ASEC PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1095	TERRORISM FINANCE: DELIVERY OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 17:13:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1099	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref a demarche to Ministry of Finance Department of International Relations Head of Unit Dr. Krisztina Kovacs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Legal Department Head of Unit Szilvia Balasz. Both ministries were aware of the FATF guidance, and noted the recent EU [...]	2008-11-18 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP HU
08BUDAPEST1102	HUNGARIAN/SLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTERS MEET NOVEMEBER [...] (SBU) Summary. In their first substantial meeting in more than a year, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary and Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia on November 15 discussed ways to decrease ethnic tensions that reached a flash point during a November 1 soccer match in the Slovakian b [...]	2008-11-18 14:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LO HU
08BUDAPEST1103	CRISIS ON LAYAWAY: THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF THE [...] (SBU) Although the Parliament continues to debate the implementing measures necessitated by Hungary's agreements with the IMF and EU (ref a),contacts are beginning to cautiously survey the longer-term landscape after weeks of crisis management. CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE 2. (SBU) For t [...]	2008-11-18 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1104	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Tibor Sztankovanszki, President, and Sandor Bacskai, Secretary General of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, received November 7, 2008. 2. Begin text Please convey the best wishes of the Historic Hungari [...]	2008-11-19 10:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1105	EMBASSY BUDAPEST ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONTROLS [...] Post completed the Annual Review and Certification of Consular Controls on November 19, 2008. Post certifies that it is in compliance with all sub-paragraphs in reftel. The certifying officer is Deputy Chief of Mission Jeffery D. Levine. Narrative responses to all subparagraphs in reftel fo [...]	2008-11-20 16:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD HU
08BUDAPEST1108	BANKS SAY NO TO STATE ASSISTANCE...FOR NOW [...] (U) The IMF 12.5 billion euro stand-by loan to Hungary includes provisions to help increase the equity and liquidity of banks in Hungary. The "banking sector package" includes a HUF 300 billion (approx. USD 1.5 billion) Capital Base Enhancement Fund to increase banks' capital adequacy ratio to [...]	2008-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1118	PRIME MINISTER GYURCSANY AMBIGUOUS ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany continued to play both advocate and devil's advocate for the Nabucco pipeline at an energy summit in Baku on November 14. He argued forcefully for Nabucco on the grounds of its importance to European energy security, based on his comments to re [...]	2008-11-24 16:37:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1119	HUNGARY CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1122	HUNGARY ABSTAINING AGAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1135	HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Hungarian Minister of Defense Imre Szekeres outlined key financial aspects of the Hungarian National Military Strategy in meeting with Ambassador on November 21. Highlighting the current Government's commitment to increase the Defense budget over the next five years, Szekeres [...]	2008-11-26 14:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL AF HU
08BUDAPEST1136	HUNGARIAN QUID PRO QUO OFFER OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] On November 21, Post received a note verbale in English dated November 21 announcing the candidacy of Professor Attila Harmathy for re-election to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) for the 2009-2013 period and proposing Hungaria [...]	2008-11-26 14:10:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNIDROIT HU
08BUDAPEST1139	WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP: THE IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary. Although there is little agreement among experts regarding Hungary's growth rate for 2009, most business leaders remain pessimistic about the future. Some sectors in the real economy have already begun experiencing the negative effects of Hungary's economic slowdown, while other [...]	2008-11-26 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1143	BOKROS AND SIMOR: A "GEEK CHORUS" FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) With the minority socialist government stuck in the refrain that it is pursuing "all the economic reforms the public is willing to accept," and the leading opposition FIDESZ party often resorting to populist rhetoric rather than practical alternatives, there is a vacuum of prominent Hungar [...]	2008-11-28 15:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR HU
08BUDAPEST1144	CLIMATE CHANGE: OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Foley delivered USG talking points on the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to Hungarian Minister of Environment Szabo on November 20, and ESTH Hub Officer followed up with Hungarian climat [...]	2008-11-28 15:26:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV HU US EUN
08BUDAPEST1145	EU BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered the talking points received in Ref A to Zsuzsanna Bibok, head of the Air, Noise and Transport Unit at the Ministry of Environment and Water, and to her assistant, Mate Kovacs. Bibok seemed generally receptive to U.S. views concerning biofuel sustainability criteria, b [...]	2008-12-01 07:59:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU
08BUDAPEST1149	INL A/S JOHNSON DISCUSSES AFGHAN AND HUNGARIAN [...] (C) Summary: INL A/S David Johnson stopped in Budapest October 27, on the tail end of a trip to Afghanistan and the Balkans. He spoke at INL,s Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),met with Hungarian MFA officials to discuss Afghanistan counter-narcotics (CN) issues, and atte [...]	2008-12-01 13:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST115	MINISTER KAKOSY COMMITTED TO REFORM, CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: In a first official meeting with Ambassador Foley, recently appointed Minister of Economy and Transport Csaba Kakosy outlined minority coalition party SzDSz plans for tax reform, highlighted potential problems with health reform, and underscored Hungary's complex energy challenge [...]	2008-02-04 14:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1151	HUNGARY TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 11:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1157	HUNGARIAN FOCUS AT THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Zoltan Pecze, discussed reftel with PolOff on December 2. Pecze stated that Foreign Minister Goncz will directly address the Medvedev Security Treaty proposal during her speech at the December 4-5 Ministe [...]	2008-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU HU
08BUDAPEST1158	INDIAN SUMMER: HUNGARY MOVES FROM A HURRY TO [...] (C) Summary: With the winter recess in sight, the Gyurcsany government is congratulating itself on the passage of the 2009 budget and the adoption of minor changes in Hungary's tax structure. But the international stabilization package has provided only a tenuous degree of stability, and eco [...]	2008-12-04 10:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1174	HUNGARIAN MFA APPRISED OF SYRIA'S TECHNICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA TRGY HU
08BUDAPEST1175	HUNGARY SUPPORTS DRAFT NSG TEXT FOR TRANSFERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY HU
08BUDAPEST1176	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 14:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1179	OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED [...] On December 8, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Katalin Rodics, Head of the Ministry of Environment and Water's Department for European Community Law and Coordination. Rodics welcomed the implementation of the amended Lacey Act, indicating that the EU is working [...]	2008-12-10 11:41:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO HU
08BUDAPEST1180	HUNGARY: COUNTRY REVIEW ON RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) The DCM met with MFA's America's Department Director Szilveszter Bus on December 9 to discuss ref A. Post views Hungary as a strong supporter of democracy development in Cuba. Although the GoH has joined the EU consensus on lifting the embargo, they view the U.S. approach as appropriate [...]	2008-12-10 12:14:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC HU
08BUDAPEST1186	LETTER FROM PM GYURCSANY TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Following is the text of a letter dated December 10, 2008 from Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany in response to a letter from President Bush. 2. (U) Begin Text Dear Mr. President, Allow me to confirm that I fully agree with the statements you have made in your recent letter regardi [...]	2008-12-12 16:04:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1188	GOH FINALIZING PLANS FOR NABUCCO SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: GoH continues to make progress, mainly due to the efforts of its Special Ambassador for the Nabucco project, Mihaly Bayer, in organizing the Nabucco Summit it will host in January. Bayer has already secured numerous high-profile commitments to attend the Summit, but several imp [...]	2008-12-15 10:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1192	A WINTER OF DISCONTENT: WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST [...] (SBU) As Parliament is preparing to finish its Autumn session with the passage of a leaner 2009 budget bill, a growing number of current and planned transportation industry and public sector employee strikes are disrupting daily life in Hungary, and increasing pressure on the cash-strapped go [...]	2008-12-16 06:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL ELAB HU
08BUDAPEST1201	ECONOMIC REFORM ISSUES I: THE TAX WEDGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of reports on structural economic reforms proposed by economists and macroeconomic analysts to help Hungary achieve higher economic growth, reduce macroeconomic vulnerabilities, and to remain economically competitive in the region. THE HIGH TAX BURDEN ON LAB [...]	2008-12-17 08:44:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1207	HUNGARIAN HCOC REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath requested a meeting with PolOff December 16 to discuss the current status of U.S.-Russian discussions related to the Joint Data Exchange Center. Commenting that the current [...]	2008-12-18 13:25:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS HU
08BUDAPEST1208	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HU
08BUDAPEST1209	MAGYAR GARDA - THE LONG-AWAITED COURT RULING [...] Summary. The Budapest Municipal Court ruled December 16 to disband the Magyar Garda Association. The Association will appeal the ruling. However, the Magyar Garda Movement, not a legal entity under the law, remains in place with potential anti-Roma demonstrations likely down the road. End [...]	2008-12-18 13:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST1210	HUNGARY WOULD CONSIDER ATTENDING POTENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1211	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1212	HUNGARY - NO PLANS FOR FURTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC HU
08BUDAPEST1213	PRESIDENT SOLYOM'S INJUDICIOUS ACTIVISM [...] (C) Summary: The chorus of complaints regarding Prime Minister Gyurcsany has largely but not completely obscured the mixed reviews received by President Laszlo Solyom. Seen as principled by his supporters and pedantic by his critics, Solyom has tested the boundaries of his largely ceremonial [...]	2008-12-19 06:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KBIO HU
08BUDAPEST1214	BANKING SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS: GOV'T AND BANKS ADAPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking industry is undergoing a rapid transformation as the financial crisis and global credit crunch impose new realities on the financial sector in Hungary. Banks find themselves altering their business models to reduce loan deposit ratios and improve the quality of the [...]	2008-12-19 06:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1216	HUNGARIAN/SLOVAKIAN RELATIONS - A LONG AND WINDING [...] (U) Summary. This is joint Embassy Budapest-Embassy Bratislava cable. Despite several, recent high-level meetings between Hungarian and Slovak officials, significant challenges remain to address minority-rights issues and extremism on both sides of the border. Following an impromptu Novemb [...]	2008-12-19 15:39:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO HU
08BUDAPEST1218	2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 10:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST122	GET THE REF OUT: THE PARTIES APPROACH THE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The parties are getting an early start on the spring political season by finalizing preparations for a March 9 referendum on key elements of the government's austerity package. Riding high on recent polling data, the opposition is casting the referendum as a de facto vote of no co [...]	2008-02-06 17:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST1227	HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...]	2008-12-23 14:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU
08BUDAPEST123	SCENE-SETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S VISIT [...] (C) As Parliament returns from its winter recess, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will likely begin 2008 where he ended 2007: with his governing coalition under pressure, his domestic reforms under siege and his foreign policy orientation under question. Your meetings in Budapest will help i [...]	2008-02-07 10:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST124	AVERTING CHECKMATE ON HUNGARIAN-TURKMEN ENERGY [...] (U) This is a joint guidance request from Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest. 2. (U) Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest request urgent guidance to avert the conclusion of a pending energy supply contract between Turkmenistan and Hungary which could be concluded within days. The contract, negot [...]	2008-02-07 13:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST147	HUNGARY DENIES MILLANDER-TURKMENISTAN DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met February 12 with Ambassador Karoly Banai, Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Gyurcsany. "UNSTABLE" MIDDLEMAN; "ALARMING" LETTER 2. (C) Ambassador Banai listened intently to reftel points, asking for our understanding of the volume of gas repor [...]	2008-02-12 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST148	MFA CONFIRMS INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO IN THE [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarches to MFA State Secretary (Political Director) Szent-Ivanyi February 12. SIPDIS Szent-Ivanyi confirmed that the GoH is prepared to recognize Kosovo within the first tranche of EU member states, estimating that it could take formal action within 10 ) [...]	2008-02-12 16:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST155	MUSICAL CHAIRS; DISCORDANT VOICES: PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it was only opening day, Hungarian MPs ) and protestors - were in mid-season form as the spring session began February 11. The governing coalition reaffirmed its support for PM Gyurcsany's health care reforms amidst heated rhetoric, but talk of a cabinet "pre-shuffle" [...]	2008-02-14 13:18:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST165	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO [...] (C) Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed reftel with PolOff on February 15. Horvath stated that the Hungarians, based on presentations they received at NATO, have already "mandated" their Ambassador in New Zealand, representing Hungary at the Febru [...]	2008-02-15 16:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU
08BUDAPEST183	HUNGARY ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS AND NAME [...] (C) Marianne Berecz, SE Europe, Western Balkans and CIS Department Head and Gabor Horvath, Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, discussed reftel with PolOff on January 15. Ambassador Berecz underlined Hungary's support for the Nimetz process, commenting that Greece's approa [...]	2008-02-21 06:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GR MK HU MARR
08BUDAPEST194	HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 09:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HU CU
08BUDAPEST195	THE PARTY LINE: WHAT PM GYURCSANY'S SUPPORTERS ARE [...] (C) With his personal popularity ratings still mired well below 20 percent as he nears the half-way point of his term, Prime Minister Gyurcsany appears to be playing small ball in an effort to gradually recoup his standing with the public (REF A). Key elements of his public message will lik [...]	2008-02-26 09:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST21	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI PREL HU
08BUDAPEST211	HUNGARIAN BLUE LANTERN - LICENSE 05-050085871 [...] Although surprised when contacted about reftel, Magnum Vadasz es Hajos Company Director Akos Szucs willingly discussed the company's operations with PolOff and EmbOff on February 25. Opening the discussion, he commented that the company has been importing Remington and Hornady brand, U.S.-ma [...]	2008-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC HU
08BUDAPEST225	TRYING TO HEAD NORTH: NEGOTIATING THE POST-SOUTH [...] (C) We are bracing ourselves for another rough patch with the GoH in the aftermath of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's latest trip to Moscow. ACTIONS AND REACTIONS 2. (C) Having secured the EU's acquiescence with Commissioner Piebalgs' tepid public statement of "understanding," the GoH will [...]	2008-02-29 16:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST245	STRONG RHETORIC BUT MILD INTEREST AS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: As voters prepare for this weekend's referendum throughout Hungary's 19 megye (regional districts),opinion leaders on both sides have been escalating their rhetoric. Despite the intensity of their comments, last-minute polling indicates softening turn-out and the general sense [...]	2008-03-07 07:02:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST258	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON EU'S MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftel agenda items with PolOff on March 7. Dekany provided the following comments by agenda item: Western Balkans: - Kosovo: Good news that the government in Pristina has shown "sufficient maturity" in [...]	2008-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST261	THE NO'S HAVE IT: PUBLIC REFERENDUM REJECTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Record turn-out of 50.5 percent and overwhelming majorities voting against 3 elements of the government's reform agenda gave the opposition a clear victory in Hungary's national referendum March 9. With 82 ) 84 percent of respondents expressing opposition to the payment of nomin [...]	2008-03-10 14:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HU
08BUDAPEST267	CONFIRMED BUT CAVEATED: HUNGARY PREPARING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador March 9 (other issues septel),the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed that the GoH intends to recognize Kosovo on March 19. Ambassador Banai commented, however, that he would have to check with Foreign Minister Goncz regarding her most rec [...]	2008-03-12 13:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST268	LONELY NEAR THE TOP: PRIME MINISTER'S FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 13:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST269	HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 07:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU
08BUDAPEST270	SQUATTER'S RIGHTS: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Gyurcsany government is struggling to go on with business as usual in the aftermath of its losses in the March 9 referendum. Unfortunately, business as usual involves an opposition with the political momentum, party members with a personal grudge, and policy initiatives wit [...]	2008-03-13 08:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST28	HUNGARIAN REQUEST: HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Head of Department, Gabor Horvath, requested a meeting with PolOff on 7 January to discuss a UNGA First Committee issue related to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Hor [...]	2008-01-10 10:39:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM PREL UNGA RU HU
08BUDAPEST307	HUNGARY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In a statement released March 19 shortly following a joint declaration of intent with Croatia and Bulgaria, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry announced the GoH's decision to recognize Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The statement: Recognizes that moving forward was necessary for lasting stability [...]	2008-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST317	CENTRIFUGAL FORCE: QUESTIONING THE COALITION [...] (C) Strains within ) and between - the MSzP and the junior coalition partner SzDSz are becoming visible as they approach their respective spring meetings. 2. (C) Ironically, Prime Minister Gyurcsany may be the less lame duck despite the results of the March 9 referendum (reftel). Despite [...]	2008-03-26 10:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST339	HUNGARY URGED TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE ON NATO [...] (C) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel points in a three-pronged approach to senior Hungarian Government officials in the Prime Minister's Officer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense on March 31. The Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, advised that, [...]	2008-04-01 10:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST341	DANCING ON THE JETTY: HEALTH MINISTER OUT; [...] (C) Summary: Toil and trouble continues within the coalition as the MSzP and the SzDSZ continue to head toward a divorce they may not want but may not be able to avoid. Prime Minister Gyurcsany's decision to dismiss unpopular Health Minister Agnes Horvath of the SzDSz has sparked a confrontat [...]	2008-04-01 14:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST342	GROWING HUNGARIAN HORDE FROM THE RIGHT - MAGYAR [...] Repeating their late October 2007 public ceremony (ref A),the far-right, para-military Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard) initiated 600 new members at Budapest's Heroes' Square on March 29. As the colonnaded statues of the most important historical Hungarian figures over the past 1000 years gaze [...]	2008-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST345	U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the fourth round of expert-level meetings in Budapest December 13, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, continued to discuss U.S. plans to place a missile [...]	2008-04-02 12:02:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM MASS PAO KNNP NATO EU EZ PL
08BUDAPEST354	ECONOMIC LEADERS: MINORITY GOVERNMENT, REFORMS ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic leaders, led by Finance Minister Veres and National Bank Governor Simor, appear to be moving on with preparations for a minority government under the continued leadership of Prime Minister Gyurcsany. The government changes are of particular concern from an economic per [...]	2008-04-04 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HU
08BUDAPEST37	COLD FEET ON KOSOVO?: MFA FLOATS THE LEAD BALLOON [...] (C) There are disturbing signs that the GoH is considering a partial recognition approach toward Kosovo. In a meeting with visiting former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke February 7, Foreign Minister Goncz solicited his opinion regarding the potential "recognition of the state but not of its so [...]	2008-01-10 16:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST373	THE SICK MAN ... AND THE SICK COUNTRY [...] (C) Hungary's political institutions risk grinding to a halt just as leading economic indicators reflect the realities of a stagnant economy. This correlation of public opposition to reform, continued gridlock in Parliament, growing concerns on the economic front, and the prospect of deepr s [...]	2008-04-10 11:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST391	TWENTY QUESTIONS: FIDESZ TURNS 20 [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ celebrates its twentieth anniversary in a position of unprecedented popularity, having channeled broad public discontent with the Gyurcsany government's policies to build an imposing lead in opinion polls. A movement long before it became a political party, FIDESZ's iden [...]	2008-04-17 07:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREV KDEM PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST392	BELABORING THE POINT: COALITION CRISIS IN SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Although the governing coalition continues to move through what one observer has termed "the slowest-moving crisis in history," both insiders and outside observers believe that several possible scenarios are gradually emerging. They include a protracted period of minority gover [...]	2008-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST401	THAT WHICH GOVERNS LEAST: HOW WOULD A MINORITY [...] (SBU) The atmosphere remains one of uncertainty regarding "the day after" the break-up of the coalition even as the SzDSz's April 27 departure date approaches. WHIPPING A MINORITY GOVERNMENT INTO SHAPE 2. (C) Barring a dramatic outcome to what has been a very ponderous crisis, Hungary w [...]	2008-04-17 13:41:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST409	HUNGARIAN ENERGY CONSULTATIONS WITH DAS BRYZA, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza visited Budapest on April 7-8 for energy discussions with the GOH, opposition leaders and Hungarian energy company MOL. While the GOH recently signed an agreement with Russia on Gazprom's South Stream pipeline project, the government also h [...]	2008-04-22 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST41	SPRING TRAINING: SCOUTING REPORTS FOR 2008 [...] (SBU) Although Parliament will not return until February 11, early signals from the parties indicate that the long winter recess will lead to an active spring. RULE NOTHING OUT ( EVEN THE RULES? 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Ambassador Richard Holbrooke January 8, FIDESZ Party Presi [...]	2008-01-11 16:53:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HU
08BUDAPEST412	HUNGARY LOOKS TO EU TO PRESS RUSSIA ON CREEPING [...] (C) MFA Deputy Russian and Balkans Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto discussed reftel with PolOff on April 21. Ijgyarto commented that the recent Russian "mechanism" initiative was a "two-track" message. First, for the U.S., NATO, and the EU, Kosovo's declaration of independence has consequence [...]	2008-04-23 09:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST419	EBRD: HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 11:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU HU

08BUDAPEST429	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 09:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST430	HUNGARY COMMITTED TO TAX TREATY [...] Ministry of Finance State Secretary Almos Kovacs stressed in a cordial April 23 meeting in response to reftel demarche that GOH has no currently known substantive disagreement on specific elements of the U.S.-Hungary tax treaty, and that it has no desire to delay resumption of negotiations or [...]	2008-04-28 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST442	GRAY AREA; DARK HORSES: GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING [...] (SBU) With the overwhelming vote of the SzDSz's national committee on April 27 confirming the party leadership's decision to leave the governing coalition, Hungary has entered the uncharted waters of minority government. SzDSz: GOING, GOING, GONE 2. (SBU) With some discussion but report [...]	2008-04-29 15:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR HU
08BUDAPEST444	FINANCE MINISTER GETS THE MESSAGE ON TAX TREATY [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Ambassador Foley April 29 (other issues septel),Finance Minister Janos Veres underscored his commitment to expediting resolution of the outstanding issues in our bilateral tax treaty (REFTEL). 2. (SBU) Veres confirmed that the GoH will be prepared to resume negoti [...]	2008-04-30 13:53:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST445	FINANCE MINISTER ON THE FATE OF REFORM AND THE [...] (C) Meeting the day after a major restructuring of the Gyurcsany government (reftel),Finance Minister Janos Veres emphasized the GoH's continuing commitment to structural reform, expressed concern over the political impact of an impasse over the 2009 budget, and outlined his recent discussio [...]	2008-04-30 13:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST468	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON BURMA'S UPCOMING REFERENDUM [...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel with the MFA Asia/Pacific Department Head Gyula Petho on May 6. Petho acknowledged and expressed agreement with reftel's concerns about referendum's legitimacy, drawing reference to both the EU and UNSC statements on the issue. He believes the referendum will proc [...]	2008-05-07 06:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST480	HUNGARY AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed ref A with PolOff on May 7. Acknowledging the potential impact on interoperability and joint military actions, Horvath reiterated the Hungarian position outlined previously (ref B) - "Hungary can only suppo [...]	2008-05-09 15:25:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU
08BUDAPEST485	DAY ONE: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WINS APPROVAL FOR [...] (SBU) Marshaling a surprising majority, the Gyurcsany government secured Parliamentary approval for its government restructuring proposal (ref a) May 13. 2. (SBU) Confronting what many observers here cast as a crucial test of his ability to govern in the absence of a parliamentary majorit [...]	2008-05-15 09:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST492	NABUCCO: PARTNER NATIONS LOSING PATIENCE WITH ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A gathering of Nabucco Consortium member countries, together with potential supplier states Azerbaijan and Iraq, at an Ambassador-hosted luncheon on May 9, revealed continuing concern on old themes: the ability of Caspian nations to supply gas; Turkey's intentions, whether transit [...]	2008-05-19 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST504	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 09:57:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST513	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] (U) See guidance request at paragraph three. 2. (C) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief, Andras Dekany, discussed reftel agenda with PolOff on the upcoming GAERC meeting May 26-27, and provided the following comments: - Belarus and Iran: they will not be discussion topics. - Ira [...]	2008-05-23 14:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST514	HUNGARY IN LISTENING MODE AT BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 14:56:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST517	HUNGARY CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MCKINLEY FOR IOM [...] PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Department Head, Attila Zimanyi on May 23. He confirmed that Hungary currently supports the present Director General (DG),Brunson McKinley, for a third term. Zimanyi commented that Hungary has been g [...]	2008-05-28 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC HU
08BUDAPEST528	HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. LATIN AMERICA AND MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 14:41:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST537	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DAS JUDY GARBER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the parties run out the clock on Parliament's spring session before the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda, the government is now f [...]	2008-06-02 09:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HU
08BUDAPEST550	SUMMER RERUNS: A PAUSE IN THE (IN)ACTION [...] (C) The traditional summer "cucumber season" will be longer than usual this year, with Parliament scheduled to be on recess from June 9 through September 15. Although the Parliament has passed bills on issues ranging from our bilateral data-sharing agreement to Papa Airbase in recent days, t [...]	2008-06-05 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST56	SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CROATIA [...] The December 18-19 visit to Zagreb of the Regional ESTH Hub Office's OES/STC TDYer provided a timely opportunity to discuss Croatian S&T governmental infrastructure. Croatian officials expressed a strong desire to continue and expand cooperation with the United States on S&T issues. Croatian [...]	2008-01-15 14:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL HR HU
08BUDAPEST57	HUNGARY: EU-ORIENTED ENGAGEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Belarus Office Director Ambassador Ferenc Kontra outlined a restrained, incremental approach to Belarus engagement, as Hungary prepares to formally open its embassy in Minsk. Regarding the ICDT Belarus Task Force, Kontra indicated that task force activities to date ha [...]	2008-01-15 15:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO HU
08BUDAPEST588	THE WILD CARD: THE SZDSZ ELECTIONS AS THE LATEST [...] (C) Former Environment Minister Gabor Fodor's defeat of incumbent Janos Koka as SzDSz Party President is the latest variable in the Hungarian political equation. Contacts in both the MSzP and FIDESZ tell us that the coming months will largely depend on which of Fodor's many public statements [...]	2008-06-13 10:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST592	CAMPAIGNING WITHOUT AN ELECTION: THE PARTIES SHIFT [...] (C) As the MSzP and FIDESZ meet in closed session this week to map out strategy for the months ahead, both parties find themselves, in the words of FIDESZ VP Mihalj Varga, "campaigning without an election." SUMMERTIME BLUES 2. (C) In comments following the MSzP party leadership's meeti [...]	2008-06-13 13:14:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST593	IMF ON HUNGARY'S ECONOMY: STABLE NOW BUT WARY [...] (U) Growing concerns regarding Hungary's current growth indicators and long-term sustainability have tempered an IMF assessment team's "favorable" assessment of Hungary's short-term, macro-economic indicators. The country has made a good start in its deficit reduction plans but must continue [...]	2008-06-13 13:25:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST602	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST603	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST604	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON U.S. DECISION CONCERNING THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST630	HUNGARY WINS MERCEDES-BENZ AND EU INNOVATION CENTER [...] (U) Hungary is celebrating its recent selection over other countries in the region for both a new Daimler car plant and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology. The Daimler plant alone is expected to add another 1 to 1.5 percent to Hungary's GDP. In total, some USD 1.7 billion w [...]	2008-06-24 11:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EIND EINV HU
08BUDAPEST639	PLAYING WITH THE MARGINS: FEW SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE [...] (C) Following their recent meeting to discuss the fall legislative agenda, there appears to be little stomach among the MSzP leadership for further reforms. Party VP Imre Szekeres confides that there is at least "full consensus" within the party about one thing: "reversing our present strate [...]	2008-06-25 11:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV HU
08BUDAPEST648	HUNGARY COMMENTS ON SHAPING POST-CYCLONE [...] The MFA Asia and Pacific Ocean Department Head, Gyula Petho, discussed reftel with PolOff on June 27. Petho noted that the eight-member joint Hungarian Reformed Church Charity Organization-Debrecen University Doctors Rescue Group arrived back in Budapest on June 26 after ten days providing p [...]	2008-06-27 15:02:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID HU BU EUN
08BUDAPEST663	COCKTAILS FOR THE ROMA - MOLOTOV STYLE [...] Summary: Recent Molotov cocktail attacks on Roma houses in the village of Patka highlight a growing trend of open confrontation between Roma and non-Roma Hungarian citizens in various locales. Village officials and the local "Civil Guard" group face racism claims in their effort to maintain la [...]	2008-07-02 05:04:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST666	HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (SBU) MFA Kosovo Affairs Officer Zoltan Nagy discussed ref A demarche with PolOff on July 2. He noted that Hungary gives considerable importance to the conference, highlighting the GOH's decision last month to commit 1.2 million Euros in support of Kosovo. Nagy said that Ambassador Marianne [...]	2008-07-03 08:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST673	MAGYAR GARDA - TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS? [...] Summary: The Budapest Municipal Court held the third round of hearings concerning the Budapest Prosecutor's civil suit against the far-right Jobbik Party's Magyar Garda on June 30. The hearing attracted numerous onlookers, both for and against declaring the organization unlawful. Conducted [...]	2008-07-07 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST680	COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT GAY [...] Anti-gay protesters violently disrupted Budapest's annual Gay Pride Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, resulting in thirteen damaged police vehicles, the hospitalization of fourteen unidentified persons and the detention of 58 protesters. The clashes were a disappointment but not a surprise give [...]	2008-07-08 07:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HU ASEC
08BUDAPEST681	SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY ACTING DAS ERIC MEYER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Parliament has recessed for the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda this spring, the government is now feeling its way forward wit [...]	2008-07-08 08:51:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST69	SLEDDING UPHILL: THE PUBLIC MOOD RE REFORM [...] (C) When Parliament returns from recess to begin its spring session in February, debate will return inevitably to the Gyurcsany government's reform agenda. Although Prime Minister Gyurcsany has pledged "smooth and steady progress," observers predict that the MSzP will tolerate minor modifica [...]	2008-01-18 15:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST691	RIDING THE RANGE AND MENDING FENCES: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) The GoH is working to mend fences with the U.S. through a series of moves highlighted by Prime Minister Gyurcsany's trip to Central Asia July 7 ) 9. 2. (C) According to Foreign and Security Policy Advisor Karoly Banai, the trip was designed to demonstrate that Hungary is committed to [...]	2008-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST694	HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Recently appointed MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos received text of reftel request on July 2 and discussed the issue with PolOff on July 10. Lakatos stated that Hungary would participate in the prisoners of conscience public affairs event on July 24 but could not [...]	2008-07-11 12:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN HU
08BUDAPEST696	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff on July 10. Horvath noted that, while Hungary intends to sign the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions, the final text provides flexibility to continue operations and training with thos [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS NATO HU
08BUDAPEST697	HUNGARY WILL CONTINUE LIMITED SUPPORT TO NATO [...] (C) MFA NATO and Security Policy Division Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on July 11. Sztaray stated that the MFA "wants to maintain a footprint in Iraq" and is in discussion with the MOD to allow three trainers in the NTM-I to remain in place. He noted that, currently, more [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HU
08BUDAPEST715	PRESIDENT OF HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [...] (SBU) On July 18, Ambassador Foley used the occasion of her initial call on Jozsef Palinkas, the newly-elected President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA),as an opportunity to raise with him ISN's plans to host a workshop for former Iraqi WMD experts in Hungary. Palinkas expressed [...]	2008-07-21 13:12:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PINR KSCA HU IQ
08BUDAPEST720	HUNGARY'S RUSSIA POLICY: RETHINKING ... OR [...] (C) Throughout the course of recent briefings, GoH officials have changed their tune slightly with regard to Hungary's Russia policy. Increasingly, their approach appears to be one which admits Hungary's economic interest in expanding trade but which underscores Budapest's enduring commitmen [...]	2008-07-22 11:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HU
08BUDAPEST721	HUNGARIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Post provides the following current information per reftel format: A. The Head of State, President Solyom, undecided. B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, does not plan to attend. C. The Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, plans to attend the General Debate. - Pla [...]	2008-07-22 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST723	HUNGARY'S CUBA POLICY [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Head Szilveszter Bus discussed reftel with PolOff on July 22. Bus commented that the recently updated EU Common Position opens a new chapter in EU/Cuba relations. While Hungary supported the lifting of sanctions - stating that the embargo was/is not successful - [...]	2008-07-23 07:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CU HU EUN
08BUDAPEST735	HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR: LOTS OF MOTION, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with the Ambassador, Mihaly Bayer, Hungary's Nabucco Ambassador, reviewed PM Gyurcsany's recent trip to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan--focusing on the PM's call for a Nabucco Summit--and laid out his plans for the coming months. Bayer has traveled almost continuously sinc [...]	2008-07-24 13:52:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST737	HUNGARY RECEIVES NON-PAPER ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 14:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR HU
08BUDAPEST750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REALISM IN DEALING WITH THE [...] (C) Ref demarche was delivered on July 25, 2008, to Ambassador Laszlo Szabo of the Hungarian MFA Department for Africa and the Middle East. Szabo noted that Hungary was "not a pioneer" in reaching out to regimes like the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and that Hungary's foreign policy [...]	2008-07-28 12:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY HU
08BUDAPEST763	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL PHUM PTER HU
08BUDAPEST764	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN MISSION AFTER [...] (C) Following the second death of a Hungarian soldier in Afghanistan in just over a month, reaction from the media, opposition parties and high-ranking politicians has been largely measured, with criticism aimed at the soldiers' funding and training rather than questioning Hungarian participat [...]	2008-07-30 15:26:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST766	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 13:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC KNNP PARM PREL PTER HU
08BUDAPEST771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS ON [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on July 31 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Marta Varkonyi, Head of the EU Enlargement Unit, and Zsuzsa Nora Vincze, Turkey desk officer. Hungary welcomed the July 30 decision by the Turkish Constitutional Court regarding the ruling Justice and [...]	2008-08-01 15:19:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU EUN HU
08BUDAPEST772	GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 1 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Department of International Organizations at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kollar had no immediate response other than she understood entirely the need to deny a venue for Iran's continued overt and covert weapo [...]	2008-08-01 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL HU
08BUDAPEST778	CRUEL SUMMER: POLITICS IN SLOW MOTION [...] (C) There are few signs of life during Hungary's long summer break. Government and party officials have departed en masse for vacation ) leaving one staffer in the Prime Ministry to question exactly who is acting in Prime Minister Gyurcsany's absence ) and one contact notes that political de [...]	2008-08-05 09:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST784	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...]	2008-08-05 13:17:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU
08BUDAPEST799	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NEW BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 08:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD BM HU
08BUDAPEST800	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR [...] On August 7, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN presented talking points in reftel to Tibor Farago, Head of the Ministry of Environment,s Strategy Department, who will represent Hungary at the 29th plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva in early September. [...]	2008-08-08 09:01:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU
08BUDAPEST807	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on August 11 to Vilmos Hamikus, Acting State Secretary for Political Affairs at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hamikus agreed with the main principals of the talking points, namely the need for a cease fire and cessation of hostilities, however he also no [...]	2008-08-11 11:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM RU GG HU
08BUDAPEST809	THE GOH CONTINUES A DEFICIT REDUCTION DIET [...] (C) Financial analysts generally agree that the current government has neither the ability nor the appetite to enact economic reforms that will address underlying causes of slow economic growth in Hungary. As Oriens Consulting Group Partner and former OPT Bank Research Director Tamas Vojnits [...]	2008-08-12 09:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV HU EFIN
08BUDAPEST812	UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USE OF OUTER SPACE [...] On July 28, Post received a note verbal in English dated July 17 announcing the candidacy of Mr. Elod Both for the chairmanship of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Mr. Elod is a well-respected academic who is committed to making space science accessible to the g [...]	2008-08-12 14:48:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM KSCA HU
08BUDAPEST813	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HUNGARY REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 04:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG HU
08BUDAPEST814	ANTI-ROMA INCIDENTS CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER [...] (C) Summary. New Molotov cocktail attacks against Roma families and an anti-Roma cartoon in a satirical publication are two of the latest examples of an escalating trend of anti-Roma activities which, although carried out by only a small fraction of the population, have not triggered strong p [...]	2008-08-13 09:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST816	NSG MEETING, AUGUST 21-22: HUNGARY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (U) On August 12, ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Dr. Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),and Mark Horvath, Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation at the MFA. Kristof Horvath and Hungarian Perm [...]	2008-08-13 12:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AORC HU
08BUDAPEST821	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...]	2008-08-14 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST83	SLEDDING UPHILL ... AND SLIDING BACK DOWN: THE [...] (C) When Parliament returns from recess to begin its spring session in February, debate will return inevitably to the Gyurcsany government's reform agenda. Although Prime Minister Gyurcsany has pledged "smooth and steady progress" and is reportedly preparing legislation on party financing an [...]	2008-01-24 16:32:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST836	HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...]	2008-08-22 12:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU
08BUDAPEST837	TFGG01 HUNGARY - WHERE THEY STAND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite similarities to the 1956 Soviet invasion, the Hungarian Government has been reluctant to go further in its criticism of Russia than the EU-NATO consensus statements supporting Georgia. With the Prime Minister notably silent on the issue, President Solyom finally stepped f [...]	2008-08-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST843	BUDAPEST COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL LUGAR [...] Embassy Budapest welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Richard Lugar and staff to visit Budapest August 29-30, 2008, for consultations with Hungarian government officials and private sector representatives. 2. Reservations have been made for the CODEL at the Marriott Hotel for th [...]	2008-08-26 08:13:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HU
08BUDAPEST844	HUNGARY'S QUIET DIPLOMACY ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) Summary. The Hungarian Government will continue to work through their NATO and EU fora rather than directly confront the "difficult partner" Russia on the Georgia conflict. Prime Minister Gyurcsany will attend the EU's September 1 special meeting on Georgia, looking to draw a red-line ba [...]	2008-08-26 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08BUDAPEST848	HUNGARY - DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 12:54:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08BUDAPEST849	HUNGARY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) In discussion of ref A with PolOff on August 27, MFA Russia and Balkans Deputy Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto called attention to Foreign Minister Goncz's comments today that Hungary will not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He also provided the official MFA res [...]	2008-08-27 16:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU HU
08BUDAPEST852	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN HU
08BUDAPEST853	63RD UNFC: HUNGARY LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:35:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA CDG HU
08BUDAPEST854	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:36:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC IR HU
08BUDAPEST858	HUNGARY ON UPCOMING EU COUNCIL MEETING RE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff briefed Ambassador Foley on the positions Hungary intends to forward at the upcoming EU Council meeting. Hungary will praise the French presidency for its activism, support the EU statement condemning the recognition of the disputed regions, demand fu [...]	2008-08-29 16:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST872	UPDATE TO HUNGARY'S ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Post provides the following updates to information provided earlier in ref B: A. The Head of State, President Solyom, will not attend B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, will not attend C. The Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, will attend the General Debate. - [...]	2008-09-03 16:30:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST874	THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW TAX PLAN - TAX CUTS WITHOUT [...] (U) Summary. The GOH unveiled its multi-year USD 7 billion tax cut plan last week. Under the plan the government proposes to remove the unpopular 4 percent "solidarity tax" on businesses and to reduce employer social security contributions for lower wage employees, but it also intends to incre [...]	2008-09-04 13:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV HU EFIN
08BUDAPEST876	OFF AND RUNNING ... IN CIRCLES: TAX REFORM DEBATE [...] (C) Although Parliament is not set to reconvene until September 15, Prime Minister Gyurcsany's tax reform proposal (SEPTEL) has already been criticized by the public, questioned by economic analysts, and rejected by his most important political constituency: his former coalition partners in t [...]	2008-09-04 16:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST879	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 4 and provided the following comments on GYMNICH agenda items: 2. (SBU) Georgia: - Hungary supports an ESDP mission to Georgia and expects a decision at the September 15 GAERC. The mis [...]	2008-09-05 11:43:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HU EUN GG
08BUDAPEST881	HUNGARY TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Reftel talking points were discussed on September 2 with Rita Silek of the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department, which is responsible for all ICJ issues. Silek agreed with many of the points made in reftel, namely the uncertainty and instability that the continued discussion of [...]	2008-09-05 13:53:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN KV HU
08BUDAPEST882	HUNGARY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA Afghan Desk Officer Ferenc Hegyesi told PolOff on September 4 that Hungary supports increasing the size of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Highlighting the current and planned Hungarian military activity in Afghanistan - their PRT in Baghlan province, the upco [...]	2008-09-05 13:54:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF PREL HU
08BUDAPEST888	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (C) MFA UN International Organization Department Desk Officer Krisztina Kovacs discussed Reftel with PolOff on September 4. Kovacs expressed Hungary's general support for the U.S. agenda and said that Hungary expects to be more actively engaged during the 2008 session. This increased involve [...]	2008-09-08 09:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN HU
08BUDAPEST891	DAS MERKEL SCENESETTER FOR BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia, energy security and the way forward on relations with Russia. While Hungary remains a committed [...]	2008-09-08 16:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGR HU
08BUDAPEST895	THE FIELDS OF FRIENDLY STRIFE: PM CALLS FOR MSZP [...] (SBU) In a move characterized as desperate by his opponents and clever by his supporters, Prime Minister Gyurcsany has called for an extraordinary session of the Socialist Party Congress on September 27. 2. (C) With his tax plan in limbo (reftel) and calls for his resignation once more in [...]	2008-09-09 16:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST899	EXPERTS' PARADISE: THE ARGUMENTS AND THE ODDS FOR [...] (C) Summary: A government of experts remains a persistent topic of conversation as prolonged gridlock continues to erode public confidence in Hungary's political class. Currently championed by the SzDSz, a government of experts is constitutionally possible but would likely not be politically [...]	2008-09-12 14:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST902	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 12, and provided the following comments concerning the agenda items: 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe - We are awaiting a clearer picture of the apparent agreement reached this w [...]	2008-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV HU GG RS
08BUDAPEST903	HUNGARY CAUTIOUS ON AMENDING ISAF OPLAN CN ANNEX [...] (C) Discussing reftel with PolOff on September 11, MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department Afghan desk officer Margit Szucs stated that Hungary believes there is sufficient flexibility in the current OPLAN to allow for more efficient and effective operations without amendment. Undersco [...]	2008-09-15 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR HU AF
08BUDAPEST904	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RE HUNGARIAN POLITICS [...] (C) Post's responses are keyed to Department's inquiries: A) From the context of the conversation, we read Navracsics' remarks re the impact of "strategic decisions" as referring to a negative public reaction to FIDESZ's efforts to articulate specific policy recommendations. We note that [...]	2008-09-15 16:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST913	RETURN TO NOWHERE: PARLIAMENT BEGINS ITS FALL [...] (U) Parliament reconvened on September 15, beginning its fall session with a dry session on a very rainy day in Budapest. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's opening remarks ) preceded by the usual walk-out by FIDESZ MPs - focused on his government's commitment to improving education and [...]	2008-09-17 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST916	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON REBUTTING RUSSIA'S CLAIMS [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Hamikus commented that Hungary would most likely work within the EU framework rather than making an individual statement on Russia's genocide claim. He noted that the September [...]	2008-09-19 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM HU RS GG
08BUDAPEST917	HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU HU
08BUDAPEST924	HUNGARY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO SUSTAIN AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Responding to the request to prioritize troops and trainers rather than for financial support, Hamikus said the Hungarian PRT in Pol-e-Komri was ready to provide training, and he [...]	2008-09-22 12:26:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR HU AF
08BUDAPEST925	HUNGARIAN STATE SECRETARY TO ATTEND THE SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 12:27:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HU
08BUDAPEST930	CONTINUOUS LOOP: HUNGARY TWO YEARS AFTER "THE [...] (C) This old joke remains unfortunately topical. Two years after the public disclosure of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's notorious "lies" speech, the political debate remains heated in tone but largely frozen in time. The lingering specter of the speech remains, as do lasting public suspicions [...]	2008-09-23 13:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON HU
08BUDAPEST933	BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS - LESS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] Summary. In a day of Budapest demonstrations September 20, approximately 4,000 supporters of the government's newly-organized Magyar Charta (Hungarian Charter) and 1,000 Roma peacefully carried their message of tolerance and inclusion through the streets of the Capital, culminating in a ral [...]	2008-09-23 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU
08BUDAPEST934	HUNGARY - WANTED OR NOT IN IRAQ? [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with Pol/Off September 22. Hamikus commented that although the Hungarians plan to keep their current NTM-I, three-person team in Iraq through the end of 2009 based on requests at the Bucharest summit, they [...]	2008-09-23 16:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO HU
08BUDAPEST935	HUNGARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 16:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRS EAID GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST936	HUNGARY ON NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE NRC [...] (C) MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on September 23. Sztaray agreeing that the NRC meetings should not be held, initially commented that the Prepcom meetings would provide an avenue for discussion on areas of mutual NATO/Russia concern. Acknowledging the re [...]	2008-09-23 16:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RS HU
08BUDAPEST940	DAS MERKEL'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Summary. During his September 9-11 visit to Budapest, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Russia David Merkel focused on energy and the Russia/Georgia conflict with a broad range of senior Hungarian officials. Encouraging greater visible support for Nabucco and a slow down/suspension of Sou [...]	2008-09-24 15:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS GG UP HU
08BUDAPEST946	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE: FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Goncz arrives in Washington after a banner week for the GOH. With the approval of the last in a series of agreements needed to join our visa-waiver program and final steps toward a deal on the Papa airbase, Budapest can celebrate the achievement of two longstanding goal [...]	2008-09-25 15:57:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST950	COALITION OF THE UNWILLING: THE MSZP AND THE SZDSZ [...] (SBU) Following a succession of publicized meetings and a series of private contacts, the MSzP and the SzDSz appear to have moved from open conflict to ambiguous accord. 2. (U) In public comments following a meeting with SzDSz Party President Gabor Fodor September 23, Prime Minister Gyurc [...]	2008-09-29 14:08:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST954	CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM IN HUNGARY: ROAD TO [...] (C) It is an open secret among Hungarians that their politicians spend ten times more than the legal limit allowed for a campaign, often circumventing the law by conducting transactions with "bags full of cash" before every election. But this political imperative levies a high price on busines [...]	2008-09-29 14:17:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST963	HUNGARY: VIEWS ON EU BIOFUELS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hungary is supportive of EU efforts on biofuels, which are generally in accord with steps Hungary is already taking. However, there are some differing viewpoints between the two ministries principally involved in formulating Hungary's approach to renewable energy. The Energy [...]	2008-10-01 12:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU
08BUDAPEST964	THE WALLS HAVE EARS: DOMESTIC ESPIONAGE [...] (U) Accusations continue to circulate as Hungary's Prosecutor-General and domestic intelligence service investigate expanding charges of domestic espionage. SURVEILLANCE: ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY 2. (C) Though allegations of surveillance by ) and against ) the government are standard fare i [...]	2008-10-01 12:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HU

08BUDAPEST965	CAN THE CENTER HOLD?: HUNGARY'S SMALL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Hungary's "independent opposition parties" find themselves locked in conflict for centrist voters, fighting for what little oxygen is left from the raging conflict between the MSzP and FIDESZ. THE SZDSZ: INTERNAL BLEEDING 2. (SBU) In the past weeks, the SzDSz has lost both public [...]	2008-10-01 12:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST974	HUNGARIAN CHIEFS OF PROTOCOL CONTACT INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KCOM OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST980	HUNGARY MAKES WORLD'S FIRST CO2 EMISSIONS SALE UNDER KYOTO [...] Summary: On September 29, Hungary announced it had sold its quota of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions to Belgium, in what it calls the world's first international emissions sale under the Kyoto Protocol. Reportedly Hungary plans to use the revenues from this sale to fund its Green I [...]	2008-10-06 05:57:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL EU HU
08BUDAPEST983	DELIVERY OF FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 2, Econoff met with Ministry of Economy Bilateral (Non-EU) Relations Director Katalin Csorba and delivered reftel points. Csorba agreed that the Financing for Development (FfD) Outcome Document should be balanced and should be an accurate reflection of countries' economic pol [...]	2008-10-06 15:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL UN HU
08BUDAPEST992	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS MANISHA SINGH [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the minority government's attention is largely focused on the passage of its 2009 budget and tax bill in Parliament. Hungary's economic problems, reform fatigue and sharp partisan divisions have resulted in considerable political gridlock. Embat [...]	2008-10-10 12:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL HU
08BUDAPEST993	HUNGARY MOVING TO SUPPORT U.S. FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:38:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST995	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 12:39:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP HU IR
08BUENOSAIRES1006	ARGENTINA: JAPANESE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early July meeting among embassy teams, Japanese Ambassador to Argentina, Hitohiro Ishida, stressed the importance of Paris Club solidarity in dealing with Argentina's outstanding Paris Club debt and emphasized the need to send a strong message to the GOA to develop a rep [...]	2008-07-23 15:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR AR JA
08BUENOSAIRES1009	ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF RESIGNS AND IS REPLACED BY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After months of rumors of his impending departure, Argentine Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez (AF) stepped down July 23 and has been replaced by Sergio Massa, the 36-year-old mayor of suburban Tigre and Kirchner protege. Another top GOA official announced there w [...]	2008-07-23 23:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1011	MID-YEAR STATUS REPORT ON BILAT ECONOMIC ISSUES: [...] (C) This cable provides status of bilateral economic issues: Paris Club, holdouts, ExImBank tolling agreement, Post advocacy and ICSID cases, as well as updates on GoA/IMF relations and GoA finances. New Economy Mnister Carlos Fernandez supported his predecessor's Paris Club proposal to make [...]	2008-07-24 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1012	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT REPLACES AG SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA appointed Carlos Cheppi as the new Secretary of Agriculture on July 23. Secretary Cheppi replaces Javier de Urquiza in a widely expected change following the defeat in the Senate of the variable export tax proposal of the government. The new Agricultural Secretary is a [...]	2008-07-24 21:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1013	ARGENTINA: CABINET RESHUFFLE- THE MORE THINGS [...] (C) Summary: Argentine media and commentators are interpreting Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez's (AF) departure on July 23 as an indication that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) administration will not be changing its hardline policy tactics. Left-of-center Critica ran a full [...]	2008-07-24 22:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES102	ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN ARGENTINA BRINGS NEW RESOURCES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine public is paying attention to environmental issues like never before, but measurable progress has been lacking to date. Argentina faces several major environmental challenges: overexploitation of its land resources, which leads to deforestation, desertification, a [...]	2008-01-30 16:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES103	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) Post's response to Reftel A inquiry about the presence of resource nationalism in Argentina is tracked to reftel questions. --------------------------------------------- ----- EXAMPLES OF ACTIONS/POLICIES MOTIVATED BY RESOURCE NATIONALISM --------------------------------------------- -- [...]	2008-01-30 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	AR ENRG EFIN ECON EMIN EINV EPET PGOV EAGR
08BUENOSAIRES1038	(C) ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT SAYS CRISIS JUST [...] (C) Summary: Senate President Pampuro told the Ambassador on July 24 that the GOA is in a delicate situation, tension is high throughout the government and society, and the crisis is just beginning. He said it is far from clear that a congressional majority can be pulled together at present f [...]	2008-07-25 23:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1039	ARGENTINA: COURT CONVICTS EX-ARMY CHIEF FOR DIRTY WAR [...] (U) On July 24, 81 year-old Luciano Benjamin Menendez, an Argentine ex-army General, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four left-wing activists. Menendez must serve a life sentence in prison since a 2007 law was passed stating that all military offi [...]	2008-07-28 09:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1041	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne hosted a TIP roundtable in honor of Ambassador-at-large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Mark Lagon to discuss Argentina's efforts in the fight against TIP. Participants included working-level GOA officials, NGOs, and a representati [...]	2008-07-28 13:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR KJUS KCRM KWMN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1045	ARGENTINA: CLARIN GROUP SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) ACCORDING TO ARGENTINE MEDIA REPORTS, THE GOA INTENDS TO SEND ITS PROPOSALS FOR REFORMING PRINT, RADIO, TV AND CABLE MEDIA TO CONGRESS IN AUGUST. MANY IN THE MEDIA REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE BILL, BUT FEW, IF ANY, MORE THAN THE CLARIN MEDIA GROUP, ITS REPORTED TARGET. CLARIN GROUP EXECUT [...]	2008-07-29 11:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO ECON PREL PHUM KDEM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1048	FOREIGN BANKERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE IN [...] (C) Foreign financial sector representatives gave visiting Treasury DAS Brian O'Neill a pessimistic assessment of the state of the Argentine economy and prospects for improvements in GoA economic policies during a July 11 meeting. They agreed on the likelihood of a sharp economic deceleration [...]	2008-07-30 19:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1051	A/S SHANNON ENGAGES WITH GOA OFFICIALS AT U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: In connection with the July 10-11 bilateral consultations with the GOA, A/S Shannon used a lunch, dinner and an unscheduled meeting with FM Taiana to raise regional and global issues with GOA officials. At lunch, the GOA expressed frustration with the Doha Development Round but [...]	2008-07-31 12:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD PTER BO CO PY MX IR UY AR
08BUENOSAIRES1052	ARGENTINA: WHA A/S SHANNON AND AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Chief Justice Lorenzetti on July 11 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the area of judicial reform. Lorenzetti praised the Argentine Supreme Court's close cooperation with the Embassy and the U.S. Supreme Court, citing a [...]	2008-07-31 12:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1053	Argentina: Electricity Tariff Increase: Welcome Sign of [...] (SBU) The GoA has announced scaled 10-30% increases on residential electricity use in the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, the first such increase since 2002. The move is designed to maintain rates for low-use/low-income clients at current levels. Planning Minister De Vido declared that [...]	2008-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG AR
08BUENOSAIRES1054	ARGENTINA: JUSTICE MINISTER COMMITS TO ENHANCED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with GOA Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez at the latter's request July 30 to discuss the monitoring and control of methamphetamine and heroin precursor drugs produced and imported to Argentina. With leaders of the key police agencies prese [...]	2008-07-31 14:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS SNAR DCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1055	U.S.-Argentine Bilateral Consultations Promote S&T, [...] (SBU) USG-GOA bilateral consultations took place on July 10-11 and covered a range of topics including bilateral relations, human rights, science and technology, education and culture, cooperation on global issues, regional economic issues, and issues of hemispheric interest. Four non-binding [...]	2008-07-31 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SENV MARR TSPA SCUL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1058	ARGENTINA: SALTA GOVERNOR OFFERS CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) In a private dinner in Argentina's northwestern province of Salta, Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey criticized the GoA and its head, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),for the botched attempt to raise export taxes on agricultural goods, which led to a prolonged conflict between th [...]	2008-08-01 12:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAGR EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1068	A/S SHANNON ENGAGES WITH GOA OFFICIALS AT U.S.-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) Summary: In connection with the July 10-11 bilateral consultations with the GOA, A/S Shannon used a lunch, dinner and an unscheduled meeting with FM Taiana to raise regional and global issues with GOA officials. At lunch, the GOA expressed frustration with the Doha Development Round but [...]	2008-08-04 09:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD PTER PINR BO CO PY MX IR UY AR
08BUENOSAIRES1069	ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEACHAM, AUG 5-8, 2008 [...] The Ambassador warmly welcomes Mr. Carl Meacham, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The purpose of the trip is to meet with leading Argentine government officials, legislators, and representatives of civil society organizations. 2. Control Officer will be Picker [...]	2008-08-04 09:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1079	LULA VISITS ARGENTINA TO ADDRESS BILATERAL TRADE FRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Lula da Silva arrives in Buenos Aires August 3 with a 300-strong delegation of private sector representatives shortly after a very public split between Argentina and Brazil on agricultural subsidy and industrial tariffs in end-game WTO Doha negotiations. Lula's meetin [...]	2008-08-04 19:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAGR WTRO AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1080	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT DEFENDS ADMINISTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Saturday, August 2, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) defended her administration's policies in her first press conference in her eight-month tenure. This was a departure from the Kirchners' longstanding media strategy, which has irked the media by not holdin [...]	2008-08-05 09:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1088	Argentina: President Celebrates Energy Investment in [...] (SBU) Ambassador attended the inauguration of a GE-manufactured electricity-generating turbine, where President Fernandez de Kirchner gave the keynote address, during a July 28-29 trip to the distant northwestern province of Salta. The President's message emphasized the positive impact of the [...]	2008-08-06 13:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1089	ARGENTINA: CFK BOOSTED BY LULA, CHAVEZ VISITS, MIXED [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) used overlapping August 3-5 visits by Brazil's President Lula and Venezuelan President Chavez to try to regain political momentum. Lula's visit focused on renewed Argentine-Brazilian commercial collaboration following a damaging public diverg [...]	2008-08-06 13:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD WTRO AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1092	Argentina: President Kirchner Cancels Trip to Bolivia, [...] (U) In the face of protests in Tarija, Bolivia and reportedly at the request of Bolivian Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Kirchner and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cancelled August 5 their planned trip to meet with Bolivian President Evo Moral [...]	2008-08-06 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR BR VE
08BUENOSAIRES1099	ARGENTINA:COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES, FEBRUARY TO [...] (U) Per reftels, Embassy Buenos Aires submits the following two recent commercial success stories for the period February to July 2008. 2. (SBU) Date: July 2008 Post/Department Office: Buenos Aires Action Officers: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, Commercial Counselor Brian Brisson (FCS) Coun [...]	2008-08-07 18:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP ENRG EIND AR
08BUENOSAIRES1115	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER CARLOS ZANNINI ON THE [...] (C) Summary. "We must abandon pre-conceived notions about each other...and work to identify new areas of cooperation," President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) Legal and Technical Secretary Carlos Zannini told Ambassador Wayne and Carl Meacham, Senior Professional Staff Member of th [...]	2008-08-09 12:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV EFIN PHUM PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1116	Argentina's Growing Trade Deficit with Brazil Spotlights [...] (SBU) President Lula's August 3-4 visit to Argentina has focused attention on Argentina's 62-month-long string of bilateral trade deficits with Brazil. Brazil is Argentina's number one trading partner and this bilateral merchandise trade deficit, up 47% y-o-y to US$ 3 billion in just the first [...]	2008-08-09 16:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EAGR AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1124	ARGENTINA'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado called his central bank,s aggressive response to the June/July run on Argentine bank deposits wholly successful in staunching the outflow and in punishing currency speculators. This rsponse included the sale of $3.5 billion in dollar reserves over a 60 [...]	2008-08-11 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1136	ARGENTINA EXPECTS TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Pol-Mil Officer, EST Counselor, and EST Officer presented reftel issues to the Argentine MFA's Directorate for International Security, Nuclear, and Space Issues (DIGAN) on August 12. Deputy Director Ricardo Bocalandro was knowledgeable and forthcoming about Argentina,s views on this iss [...]	2008-08-13 12:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1150	ARGENTINA: CANDID TALK FROM BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MAURICIO MACRI ON CURRENT POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Senior Professional Staffer of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham and the DCM, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri criticized the Kirchners for pushing their policies to the limit and spoke directly about concerns that President Cristina Fernandez de K [...]	2008-08-14 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1153	MONSANTO ARGENTINA PRESIDENT ON SEED ROYALTY ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Juan Ferreira, outgoing president of Monsanto Argentina, met with the Ambassador to say farewell prior to his new assignment to Europe and to thank the Ambassador for his support for Monsanto in dealing with the GOA. Ferriera noted a decision by the GOA to impose additional duti [...]	2008-08-15 12:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1154	Argentine Trade Officials on Doha: Optimistic Words, [...] (SBU) Nestor Stancanelli, a senior GoA trade official, expressed pique at Brazil's decision to favor an end-game WTO Doha round compromise proposal on agriculture and NAMA tariffs, but argued that intra-Mercosur relations between Argentina and Brazil remain good. In a Doha post-mortem, he argue [...]	2008-08-15 14:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR EIND PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1157	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR VISITS PRAXAIR AND GREIF IN TIGRE [...] SUMMARY: On July 31, Ambassador toured the facilities of two U.S. firms, Praxair and Greif, located in Tigre, in the Province of Buenos Aires. Both companies are thriving in Argentina. Praxair is a leading worldwide producer of industrial gases with nine plants in Argentina. Company prioritie [...]	2008-08-15 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1158	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR HOSTS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR MACRI AND [...] Summary: On August 8, Ambassador hosted a roundtable for Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri to present his plans for developing a technological park in the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires. Present at the roundtable were country representatives of major U.S. IT companies IBM, Cognizant, EDS, [...]	2008-08-15 20:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP BEXP EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1159	ARGENTINA: MEETING WITH PRO-U.S./PRO-KIRCHNER [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Chaco Governor Jorge Capitanich, a close ally of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),said the administration faces four big challenges: 1) tackling inflation, 2) reducing subsidies; 3) repaying the Paris Club debt; and 4) setting the future agenda in the [...]	2008-08-15 22:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES116	Argentina 2007 Trade in Goods: Trade Up, Surplus Down [...] (U) Argentina exports grew at a 20% rate in calendar 2007 and imports jumped by 31%, according to a report released by GoA statistics agency INDEC on January 25. 2007 exports totaled US$55.9 billion and imports were US$ 44.8 billion, with Argentina's net trade surplus of $11.2 billion down 9.4 [...]	2008-01-31 17:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1160	Argentina Rides Bond-Price Rollercoaster Amid Market [...] (SBU) A series of interrelated events the week of August 4-8, including the GoA's private sale of US$1 billion in sovereign bonds to Venezuela at a high yield, prompted a significant drop in GoA bond prices and a climb in Argentina's country risk premium to 741 basis points. On August 10, the [...]	2008-08-15 22:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1165	INFLUENTIAL COMMENTATOR ON ARGENTINA'S UNSETTLED [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long conversation on August 15, leading political analyst Joaquin Morales Sola (JMS) described the Argentine government as struggling to get by with short-term solutions and as being dangerously out of touch with Argentine society. He said that he believes that Preside [...]	2008-08-19 14:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1166	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT HELPS BROKER CHAVEZ MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner (CFK) and her Ambassador to Washington, Hector Timerman, appear to have played a role in setting up Hugo Chavez's August 13 meeting in Caracas with Jewish leaders, as confirmed by Timerman's participation in the meeting. CFK's involvement a [...]	2008-08-19 14:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF VE AR BZ
08BUENOSAIRES1171	ARGENTINE FARM LEADER LUCIANO MIGUENS COMMENTS ON FARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Luciano Miguens, President of the Rural Society of Argentina (SRA),during the Palermo Livestock Show in Buenos Aires city. Miguens gave his views on the recent farm strike and its political and economic impact. While pleased that the government had repe [...]	2008-08-19 20:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1172	ARGENTINE FARMERS RENEW PROTESTS AND THREATEN TO STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On Monday, August 18, the farm sector staged roadside demonstrations against unresolved GOA agriculture policies for the first time since the rejection of variable export taxes (Resolution 125) by the Argentine Congress one month ago. Farmers have threatened to go on strike by t [...]	2008-08-19 23:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1176	ARGENTINA: NEW DETAILS ON ANTONINI-WILSON'S [...] (C) Summary: On August 12, 2008, Hector Fernando Colella, President of Argentine courier firm OCA S.A., provided Emboffs with new details concerning the charter flight brought Guido Alejandro Antonini-Wilson and the now in-famous cash stuffed suitcase to Buenos Aires. Colella's business partner, [...]	2008-08-20 17:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1178	ARGENTINE RESPONSE TO U.S. REQUEST FOR GREATER [...] (C) On June 30, ESTOff met with the Executive Director of the National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE),Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci, to deliver Ref set of conditions regarding the Argentine space launch vehicle (SLV) program. Varotto took care [...]	2008-08-21 18:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PARM PREL ETTC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1180	ARGENTINA: AGRARIAN FEDERATION ON CURRENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicolas Bossio, Private Secretary to the President of the Argentine Agrarian Federation (FAA),sees new-found solidarity in Argentina's agricultural sector, embodied by the coordinating Liaison Table ("Mesa de Enlace"),a committee comprised of the four agricultural entities th [...]	2008-08-21 23:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1197	ARGENTINE SPACE AGENCY DESIRE TO INCLUDE [...] (C) On 01 August, Executive Director of the National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE),Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci, made a request to broaden the scope of an existing End-User request related to the Argentine SAOCOM satellite project. Per Var [...]	2008-08-26 18:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PARM PREL ETTC
08BUENOSAIRES1202	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, the Ambassador had a warm and encouraging meeting with new Argentine Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa, 36, who replaced Alberto Fernandez as the senior member of the cabinet. Displaying the vigor and charm for which he is well-known, Massa pointedly said his operating sty [...]	2008-08-27 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PTER PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1203	ARGENTINA: GOA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP [...] Senior advisor on trafficking in persons issues at the Argentine Ministry of Justice, Dr. Azul Romero, confirmed the GOA's interest in participating in the "Senior Officials Awareness Workshop" on trafficking in persons issues to be conducted at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) [...]	2008-08-28 13:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN SNAR PREL ASEC SMIG ELAB EAID
08BUENOSAIRES1205	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your September 3-6 visit to Argentina. The agricultural and political situation in Argentina has chang [...]	2008-08-28 15:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CODEL EAGR ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1215	ARGENTINE SENATORS SEE OPPORTUNITY AND RISKS IN NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE REF: [...] (U) Summary: Argentine Senate president Pampuro again privately criticized the government's handling of the agricultural sector crisis, while government and opposition senators in three separate meetings described a changed political landscape in Argentina to visiting SFRC Professional Staff Membe [...]	2008-08-29 16:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1218	Argentina: Government Subsidy Increases Could Squeeze [...] (SBU) Government subsidies, mostly for energy, transportation, and food, have been surging in 2008 and threaten to undermine one of the pillars of the GOA's economic model, a primary fiscal surplus in the range of 3% of GDP. In the first half of 2008, the GOA spent over US$4 billion on subsidi [...]	2008-08-29 20:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV EAGR ENRG ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES1220	GOA ECONOMIC OFFICIALS DEFEND MODEL, PROMISE TO [...] (C) A Buenos Aires Council of the Americas (CoA) conference convoked key members of the GoA's economic team, including new Chief of Cabinet Sergio Massa, Central Bank President Martin Redrado, and Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez. To an audience of domestic and international business leaders [...]	2008-08-29 21:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1221	A/S SHANNON'S AUGUST 27 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a frank and friendly fifty-minute conversation, President Fernandez de Kirchner shared her views with A/S Shannon on Paraguay and Bolivia. She said she would work to support President Lugo and agreed to work quietly with us on Bolivia. She shared plans for her travel to NYC [...]	2008-09-02 13:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL PA AR
08BUENOSAIRES1223	ARGENTINA: EVALUATION OF US SPEAKER TOM WOLFE, TRACKER [...] SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Tom Wolfe, one of our country's greatest living writers, put the U.S. Embassy at the center of Argentina's leading cultural and popular event of the year- the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, an event that attracts more than 1.2 million people. With an [...]	2008-09-02 20:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC OIIP SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1224	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT KIRCHNER ANNOUNCES THAT GOA [...] (C) President Kirchner (CFK) announced today that Argentina would pay $6.7 billion in Paris Club (PC) debt out of central bank reserves. It remains unclear whether the GoA intends to repay its PC debt in full or simply pay down arrears (the most recent Paris Club Secretariat data shows Argenti [...]	2008-09-02 23:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1226	Chilean Ambassador to Argentina Emphasizes Positives in [...] (U) Chilean Ambassador Luis Mairre Aguirre met with Ambassador Wayne August 15, the first formal meeting between them. Mairre has been Ambassador since July of 2004 when he was appointed by former President Lagos. The former political exile, Minister, Ambassador to Mexico, and Socialist party [...]	2008-09-03 19:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CI AR
08BUENOSAIRES1234	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1236	ARGENTINA'S PARIS CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT PROMPTS [...] (SBU) The local reaction to the Argentine President's surprise September 2 announcement to pay Paris Club debt has been mildly positive. The GoA is promoting the action as part of a larger "debt reduction, development, and growth" initiative. GoA officials expressed satisfaction with the pos [...]	2008-09-04 21:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1239	ARGENTINA ENDS ITS MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Senate on August 6 completed the legislative journey for a law abolishing the Argentine military justice system, a change pressed forward by Minister of Defense Garre. The step fulfills a promise Argentina made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and res [...]	2008-09-05 14:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR PGOV PREL KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1242	ARGENTINA: HIGH-PROFILE GOVERNOR ASPIRES TO LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with the governor of Argentina's prosperous and populous Santa Fe province Hermes Binner August 28 to discuss potential avenues of cooperation which included tax reform, health, education and commerce. The two hours of discussion were also an opportunity t [...]	2008-09-05 17:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1244	ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Raul Ricardes, General Director for Multilateral Affairs in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and separately to Maria Fernanda Canas, the MFA's Sub-Director for North American Affairs, on September 4. Ricardes was accompanied by Min [...]	2008-09-05 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1245	ARGENTINA'S MAIN LABOR CONFEDERATION SPLITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Long-simmering internal tensions within Argentina's main union confederation, the CGT, finally boiled over in the confederation's latest internal elections. CGT Secretary General Hugo Moyano won a second term, while his rival, Luis Barrionuevo, quit the CGT to create a "disside [...]	2008-09-05 19:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES1249	ARGENTINA WELCOMES DIALOGUE ON PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff raised ref A points with Minister Silvia Fernandez, Director for the Argentine MFA's Office of Human Rights on September 5. No-action motions ----------------- Poloff thanked the GOA for voting against all no-action motions and voting for country-specific resolutions against [...]	2008-09-05 21:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1255	CODEL PETERSON'S SEPTEMBER 4 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met September 4 with a U.S. congressional delegation led by Collin Peterson of Minnesota. The President supported holding bilateral discussions later this year to try to resolve market access issues involving Argentine lemons a [...]	2008-09-08 20:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES126	REQUEST FOR DEPT GUIDANCE ON EDUARDO SAIEGH CASE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador has raised with cabinet-level GOA officials the case of Mr. Eduardo Saiegh, an Argentine citizen who in 1980 was kidnapped, tortured and dispossessed of a bank he owned during Argentina's 1976-83 military dictat [...]	2008-02-04 10:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1262	CONVERSION OF ARGENTINA'S RA-6 RESEARCH REACTOR TO [...] On September 8, ESTCouns met with Lic. Norma Boero, President of Argentina's National Energy Commission (CNEA by its Spanish acronym) to follow up on reftel demarche. EST Couns delivered another copy of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Bieniawski's letter and discussed the invitation to th [...]	2008-09-10 18:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG PARM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1263	Argentina: Seizing the Bilateral Opportunity - Building on [...] (SBU) The GoA's surprise September 2 announcement that it will soon pay all Paris Club debt, which would include fully clearing some $402 million in arrears to the USG, opens the door to Argentina's normalization with official USG credit agencies. Once arrears to the USG are reconciled and cle [...]	2008-09-10 19:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC EXIM BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1264	Argentina: Rising Trade with Iran Prompts Jewish Community [...] (SBU) Bilateral trade between Argentina and Iran has grown rapidly in 2008, increasing to US$ 483 million in the first half of 2008 from under US$ 5 million in the first half of 2007, driven mainly by Argentine agricultural exports. Paradoxically, the increase in bilateral trade follows Argent [...]	2008-09-10 19:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PTER PREL AR IR
08BUENOSAIRES127	ARGENTINA: DRAFT MISSION RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION [...] (U) Action Request -- para 5. 2. (SBU) Argentine opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who was the runner-up in the October 28 presidential election with 24% of the vote, publicly released a letter to the Ambassador on January 31 voicing concern about "rumors" that, in order to improve bilateral [...]	2008-02-04 14:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CJAN KJUS KPAO AR
08BUENOSAIRES1270	FED GOVERNOR KROSZNER HEARS LITANY OF LOCAL [...] (C) During a visit that coincided with the Argentine President's surprise announcement that the GoA would pay Paris Club debts (reftels),Federal Reserve Bank Governor Randall Kroszner received a pessimistic message about the future of the Argentine economy from industrialists, economists, ban [...]	2008-09-11 15:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1274	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT PROPOSES REGIONAL [...] (C) U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Governor Randall Kroszner pointed to signs that slowing growth and higher inflation in advanced economies are beginning to impact emerging markets during his keynote speech at the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) annual monetary and banking conference. He argued t [...]	2008-09-12 18:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1275	Argentina Renationalizes Flag Carrier Aerolineas Argentinas [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Argentina's Senate approved the re-nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) and its sister carrier Austral, formally marking the return of the financially troubled flag carrier from the Spanish travel conglomerate Marsans Group to state hands. In announcing [...]	2008-09-12 18:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES1277	Argentina Renationalizes Flag Carrier Aerolineas Argentinas [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, Argentina's Senate approved the re-nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) and its sister carrier Austral, formally marking the return of the financially troubled flag carrier from the Spanish travel conglomerate Marsans Group to state hands. In announcing [...]	2008-09-12 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina: Advocating U.S. Digital TV Standard [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Argentina (GOA) is close to choosing the Japanese-Brazilian digital TV (DTV) standard as a result of a recently-signed bilateral trade, investment, and infrastructure joint declaration with the Government of [...]	2008-09-12 21:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR
08BUENOSAIRES1280	Argentina: Ambassador Promotes Chevron Corporate Social [...] (SBU) Ambassador attended the inauguration of a newly-rebuilt high school on September 9 in Junin de los Andes, in the southwestern province of Neuquen, whose reconstruction was sponsored by Chevron Argentina. The rural school, which had been damaged in an August 2007 fire, serves many impover [...]	2008-09-12 21:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI SENV KGLB EINV ENRG KPAO BEXP PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1281	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on September 12 delivered notice of the impending OFAC Narcotics Kingpin Act designations of three senior Venezuelan officials to Ricardo Roselli, the Director General for International Narcotics Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Points were also p [...]	2008-09-12 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1282	ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FOR BRIEFINGS ON [...] (C) Pursuant to reftel, ESTCouns and ESTOff met with Executive Director of the Argentine National Commission on Aerospace Activities (CONAE) Dr. Conrado Varotto and CONAE Secretary General Felix Menicocci on 10 September 2008, to firm up plans for bilateral discussions on the status of the [...]	2008-09-15 13:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PARM PREL ETTC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1283	U.S.-Argentina Bilateral Energy Consultations on Renewable [...] (SBU) U.S.-Argentina binational working group on alternative energy and energy efficiency met September 11 in Buenos Aires to advance cooperation under the July 2008 U.S.-Argentina Memorandum of Intention (MoI) on Renewable and Clean Energy. The GoA underscored its intention to advance bilate [...]	2008-09-15 14:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY PREL ETRD EINV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1285	Argentina: No Movement on Bilat Trade Issues, or Doha [...] (SBU) In a September 4 meeting with visiting Codel, Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana and other Foreign Ministry officials protested the lack of U.S. market access for Argentine lemons and beef, but had no response to Codel requests for Argentina to allow imports of U.S. beef and poultry. Code [...]	2008-09-15 19:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR PREL PTER AR BL IR
08BUENOSAIRES1286	GOA PUSHES FORWARD ON PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT, [...] (C) Amid media rumors of internal debate over President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's pledge to pay the Paris Club, GoA officials continue to move the proposal forward. Central Bank President Martin Redrado and Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino confirm that CFK has approved a plan to begin [...]	2008-09-15 22:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1288	UNRESOLVED REGULATIONS STILL STIFLE ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: GoA changes to the export registration process during the agricultural conflict have given its independent Agricultural Control Office (ONCCA) broad authority and control over commodity exports. Time limits for loading commodities and a law that retroactively establishes export [...]	2008-09-16 12:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES129	ARGENTINA PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of outreach efforts during recent friction in U.S.-Argentine relations, Ambassador held one-on-one discussions with key players on the Argentine scene. In each, he explained the U.S. perspective on discord over the Miami court case and on bilateral relations. Inte [...]	2008-02-04 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1300	ARGENTINA: MORE SWIPES AT U.S., BUT LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Justice Minister Fernandez stepped up his critique of the U.S. prosecution of Venezuelan Franklin Duran amidst signs that pro-Kirchner activists are also raising the volume against the USG. Even on increased volume, however, the GOA is adding little to its already weak [...]	2008-09-17 14:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1302	Argentina's Customs Agency: A Bright Spot on IPR and [...] (SBU) Argentina's Customs Director Silvina Tiribassi spoke on September 12 with Ambassador about her agency's efforts to protect intellectual property and encouraged additional information-sharing initiatives with the USG on the model of the successful Trade Transparency Unit and Container Secu [...]	2008-09-17 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PREL ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES1303	EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT USING [...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's September 2 announcement that the GoA intends to use Central Bank reserves to pay Paris Club debt has spawned a local debate over the various legal and financial ramifications of using reserves for this purpose. The main issues relate to [...]	2008-09-17 21:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1305	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR, DEFENSE MINISTER WORK THE DETAILS OF MIL-MIL COOPERATION DESPITE RISING BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 21:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1309	Argentine President Criticizes Wall Street Analyst [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) has taken on Argentine economic analysts abroad who have criticized the GoA's economic policy mix, calling them "parrots who always predict chaos and cataclysm...who are always talking about our country risk and never talking about the risks [...]	2008-09-18 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES131	Argentina: Pan American Energy principal Carlos Bulgheroni [...] (SBU) In a January 28 meeting with Ambassador, Pan American Energy principal and GoA insider Carlos Bulgheroni (protect) detailed Pan American's significant new oil/gas discovery in Chubut province, Pan American's intent to significantly expand its hydrocarbon development budget and the company [...]	2008-02-04 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BEXP OVIP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1312	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT CLEARS LEGAL HURDLES TO PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) With little fanfare, the GoA has moved to amend the Argentine Central Bank's (BCRA) Charter to allow for the legal use of BCRA reserves to pay Paris Club debts (see reftels for background). The GoA added an article to this effect to the decree issued September 16 amending the 2008 budget [...]	2008-09-19 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1314	ARGENTINA: ARMY CHIEF BENDINI, A KIRCHNER ALLY, [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa announced late on September 18 that General Bendini, Army Chief of Staff for the past five years, had resigned. The resignation and its acceptance by the President followed by only hours the decision of a Federal Appeals Court in Comodoro Ri [...]	2008-09-19 21:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM MARR KCOR SNAR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1315	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (U) Argentine MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil contacted the CDA September 19 to convey condolences for the September 17 terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. The previous evening, at a reception hosted by the CDA, several GOA officials expressed similar s [...]	2008-09-19 22:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER YM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1316	ARGENTINA: CMS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CASE END [...] (SBU) Bank of America's Blue Ridge distressed asset investment fund in May 2008 purchased a final ICSID (international arbitration) award judgment against the GoA from CMS Energy with a face value of roughly US$ 180 million along with CMS' 23% equity stake in TGN, a major Argentine natural gas [...]	2008-09-22 16:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1324	Argentina and Brazil Pledge Increased Cooperation [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (Lula) pledged increased cooperation and agreed on a number of economic and infrastructure deals during a September 6-8 CFK state visit to Brazil. The fact that the summit constitut [...]	2008-09-23 12:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV ENRG EFIN EIND MARR MCAP SENV AR BR

08BUENOSAIRES1330	ABOUT-FACE: ARGENTINE PRESIDENT MAKES SURPRISE [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) made a surprise announcement yesterday that the GoA is considering a proposal by three banks to re-open the 2005 debt exchange to holdout bondholders. Barclays, Citi, and Deutsche Bank have developed the proposal, which will cover [...]	2008-09-23 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1333	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]	2008-09-24 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1335	ARGENTINA ADVANCES ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] ESTCouns met on September 24 with Sebastian Sayus, Couselor for the MFA's Directorate of International Security, Nuclear and Outer Stace Issues (DIGAN) to deliver talking points in reftel and bio of US candidate for President of the Third Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint [...]	2008-09-25 12:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP IAEA AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1336	Tri-Border and Argentina Public-Private Dialogue on [...] (SBU) Wayne Paugh, Department of Commerce Coordinator for International Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement, delivered a positive message in support of IP protection during a series of events in Argentina. Paugh met with the Argentine Customs Director, where both emphasized the importance o [...]	2008-09-25 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PREL ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES1347	ARGENTINA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES BUT ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff raised reftel points with Soledad Capone in the Argentine MFA's Office of International Organizations. Capone indicated that Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti is currently scheduled to participate in the September 26 Community of Democracies (CD) meeting. She explained that [...]	2008-09-26 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1350	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1355	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 21:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1358	ARGENTINA: DIGITAL TV ENDGAME [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Jose Aranda, Vice Chairman of the media conglomerate Clarin Group, told Charge on September 23 that that there is a "fighting chance" that the GOA could still choose the U.S. digital norm for DTV (ref B),and offered to work with the Embassy to promote this st [...]	2008-10-02 13:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KMDR AMTC ECPS TSPL TINT PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1362	(C) ARGENTINE MEDIA MAGNATE ON MEDIA LAW, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Jose Aranda, Vice Chairman of the media conglomerate Clarin Group, told Charge that the GOA's attempt to promote a new Media Law (ref B) was likely on hold for several months, given GOA's more pressing priorities and a weakened position in the GOA Congress. He cited Clarin's "sol [...]	2008-10-02 21:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ECPS PREL KPAO KMDR EINT AR
08BUENOSAIRES1363	ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR DECLARES SIX-DAY STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the agricultural sector's Mesa de Enlace coordinating committee ("Liaison Board") failure to reach agreement with the GOA on key issues during a meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Cheppi last week, farm leaders announced a six-day strike that will begin this Frid [...]	2008-10-02 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1370	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 16:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1373	ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE RE BANK [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche in separate meetings on October 1 to Marcelo Cesa, Argentine MFA desk officer for the U.S., Adrian Cosentino, new Finance Undersecretary at the Ministry of Economy, and also with Argentine Central Bank Managing Director and Chief Economist Hernan Lacunza [...]	2008-10-07 18:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC BEXP ECON EFIN AR ZI
08BUENOSAIRES1374	ARGENTINA: GOA STRUGGLES TO RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) A "Coordinating Table" chaired by Chief of Cabinet Sergio Massa and including senior Economy Ministry, Central Bank, and financial sector regulatory officials is to meet today, October 7, to organize GoA-wide management of currency, trade, budget, and debt policies in response to the int [...]	2008-10-07 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1377	ARGENTINE ECONOMISTS PREDICT GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Three prominent Argentine economists told visiting WHA DAS Chris McMullen October 2 that the global financial crisis will have a bigger impact on Argentina's real economy than its financial sector, due to the country's relative isolation from international capital markets. They noted that [...]	2008-10-08 14:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1380	ARGENTINE POLICE AGENT CLAIMS FBI OFFERED HER [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's largest circulation newspaper "Clarin" and other media outlets (including television and radio) reported that former airport police agent Maria del Lujan Telpuk claimed the FBI had offered her "political asylum" and help in getting "work," presumably in exchange fo [...]	2008-10-08 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1389	Argentine Congress' Budget Review Clouded by Global [...] (SBU) The Argentine legislature is set to amend the 2008 budget and pass the 2009 budget in the face of a deteriorating external environment and increasing anxiety about its impact on Argentina's economy and finances. The 2008 bill increases expenditures in 2008 by about US$11.5 billion due to [...]	2008-10-09 17:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1393	ARGENTINA: SAN LUIS GOVERNOR SAYS GOA LACKS MASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with San Luis Governor and 2007 presidential candidate Rodriguez Saa on October 1. A dissident Peronist and critic of the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration, Rodriguez Saa expressed his frustration at the current political situation, alleg [...]	2008-10-09 18:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1395	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS COMPLICATES ARGENTINE PARIS [...] (C) Rumors are circulating in Argentina that the GoA will delay payment of Paris Club debts (Reftel) due to concerns about weakening the Central Bank at a time of great economic and financial uncertainty. The press on October 8 & 9 quoted Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo confirming the GoA [...]	2008-10-09 19:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1396	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS COMPLICATES ARGENTINA'S [...] (C) The global financial crisis is complicating negotiations between private foreign banks and the GoA over the reopening of both the debt exchange to Holdout bondholders and the simultaneous debt swap for bonds coming due 2009-2011. GoA and Citibank contacts confirm that no deals are possibl [...]	2008-10-09 19:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1397	CITIBANK-ARGENTINA PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF [...] (C) Citi-Argentina President Juan Jose Bruchou (protect) told Ambassador October 7 that the Argentine banking sector is starting to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis and accompanying flight to quality. While providing assurances that the Argentine financial sector is reasonably st [...]	2008-10-09 19:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1398	Argentina Structures Modest Development Bank on Brazil [...] (SBU) Former Economy Minister Miguel Peirano is now working to transform Argentina's state-owned Bank for Commerce and External Trade (BICE) into a development bank on the model of Brazil's BNDES. He argues that countries with such unstable economic and financial histories as Argentina and Bra [...]	2008-10-09 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1400	Argentina Calls for Emergency Mercosur Summit to Address [...] (U) On October 8, Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana announced he would ask his fellow Mercosur Foreign Ministers as well as Economy Ministers to hold an emergency summit regarding the global financial crisis. Daily La Nacion quoted a "high-ranking government official" as saying that "the [...]	2008-10-10 14:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1401	ARGENTINE WITNESS IN MIAMI TRIAL CONTINUES TO [...] (SBU) Sumary: After ten days in Miami, former Airport Security Police Officer and witness in the Antonini-Wilson case, Maria Lujan Telpuk returned to Buenos Aires on October 9 and continued (reftel) to question the way the FBI intercepted and interviewed her at Miami International Airport on S [...]	2008-10-10 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1403	ARGENTINA WILL SUPPORT U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 19:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1407	Argentina: GoA Pressures IDB for New Financing [...] (SBU) IDB President Luis Moreno noted growing GoA fears that global financial turmoil will exacerbate Argentina's already restricted access to international credit. Following his meeting in New York with President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),the GoA has requested that the IDB increa [...]	2008-10-14 13:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1409	Argentina: Civair Tour d'Horizon [...] (SBU) Summary. Argentine civil aviation authorities are slowly working the transition from military to civilian control of Argentine civil aviation with support from ICAO and the Mitre Corporation, and the GoA hopes to sign a new technical assistance agreement soon with the FAA. The profitabi [...]	2008-10-14 13:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB UY AR
08BUENOSAIRES141	INL-FUNDED ASSISTANCE IN ARGENTINA: 2007 END-USE [...] Embassy Buenos Aires' CY-2007 End-Use Monitoring Report follows below: 2. PROCEDURES Post's Narcotics Coordinator does not have PD&S funding and as such is unable to fund on-site inspections or periodic spot checks to perform End Use Monitoring. The Coordinator has relied on DEA officer [...]	2008-02-06 14:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1410	ARGENTINA: SIX-DAY AGRICULTURAL STRIKE ENDS WITH LITTLE [...] (U) Summary: Without the fanfare of previous strikes, the agricultural sector ended its latest strike against GOA agricultural policies on Wednesday, October 8 - at least for now. Compared to other agricultural protests in the previous seven months, this strike was a non-event, as it attracte [...]	2008-10-14 14:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1415	Argentine President Announces "Administered Trade" Policy [...] (SBU) Responding to fears that slower global growth and a significant Brazilian devaluation will prompt waves of cheap imports "dumped" on the Argentine market, GoA President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced an "administered trade" and safeguard policy to protect local employment [...]	2008-10-15 17:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO AR
08BUENOSAIRES1418	Argentina's Buenos Aires Province-owned Bank [...] (SBU) Guillermo Francos, President of Argentina's second largest public bank, Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (BP),is looking to expand secured lending to provincial small and medium enterprise for investment in new productive capacity. Outside of BP's regular lending activity, Francos [...]	2008-10-15 19:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1420	ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),called on the Ambassador October 14, 2008 to provide advance notice of what he said would be the first civil action to be advanced again [...]	2008-10-15 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PGOV PREL EFIN IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1421	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 12:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1426	Argentina's Buenos Aires Province Taxman: Public Profile, [...] (SBU) Santiago Montoya, tax chief of Buenos Aries province, Argentina's largest, is riding a wave of popularity following high-profile tax compliance sweeps of wealthy neighborhoods. This popular support, he told Ambassador, demolishes the Argentine political truism that zealous tax enforcement [...]	2008-10-17 12:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1427	Argentina: American Chamber Describes Investment [...] (SBU) As the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina celebrates its ninetieth anniversary, member company reps noted to visiting WHA DAS McMullen their long and successful tenures in Argentina's historically volatile economic environment. U.S. companies remain broadly profitable, and a numbe [...]	2008-10-17 12:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO AR
08BUENOSAIRES1434	ARGENTINA: LA RIOJA GOVERNOR WELCOMES U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: La Rioja Governor and Peronist party member Luis Beder Herrera described his rural province's economy and expressed hope for U.S. investment in the mining area. The Governor asked about U.S. relations with Argentina, and the Ambassador highlighted strong cooperation in a wide [...]	2008-10-20 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES144	BOLIVARIAN VISION FOR ARGENTINE CATARACT PATIENTS [...] Argentines needing cataract surgery are traveling to Bolivia for treatment by Cuban doctors. A leading Buenos Aires newspaper reported that approximately 17,000 Argentine citizens crossed the border for that reason over the past two years, although that figure is likely inflated. The GOA wil [...]	2008-02-07 13:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI EAID PREF PROP TBIO AR CU VZ
08BUENOSAIRES1440	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 16:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1442	Argentina: Cash-Strapped GoA to Nationalize Private Pension [...] (SBU) The GoA will announce formally October 21 its plans to submit a bill to Congress to "rescue" future retirees by nationalizing Argentina's private pension system. Argentina's social security system was partially privatized in 1994, with workers given the right to choose between affiliatin [...]	2008-10-21 18:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1443	Argentina's auto sector still somewhat strong despite [...] (U) The Argentine auto sector is on track for another record-breaking year in 2008, in spite of the adverse impact of the global financial crisis on the Argentine economy and recent high profile media reports of slowdowns in sales and planned layoffs. Production, sales, and exports are at all-t [...]	2008-10-21 19:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD ELAB AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1444	ARGENTINA: RUSSIAN DELEGATION PROMOTES DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Defense Minister Nilda Garre hosted the Secretary of Russia's National Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, on October 15, entertaining Russian proposals for military sales, training, and non-military cooperation including in the field of nuclear energy. Although poten [...]	2008-10-22 14:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV ECON RU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1445	AMCHAM ARGENTINA CELEBRATES 90TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AMCHAM) is currently celebrating its 90th Anniversary. Embassy and AMCHAM have organized several successful celebrating events and we continue to work together vigorously to promote US values and the positive role of US companies in Argentina. [...]	2008-10-22 14:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BEXP ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1449	ARGENTINA WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed Ambassador Schulte's October 16 consultations in Argentina, confirming Argentina's predisposition to cooperate with the U.S. internationally and at the IAEA. In the meeting with VFM Taccetti and at a lunch hosted by the [...]	2008-10-22 20:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1451	SPANISH-ARGENTINE RELATIONS: SPAIN WAITING OUT TOUGH TIMES [...] (SBU) SBU Ambassador met with Spanish Ambassador to Argentina, Rafael Estrella Pedrola, on October 16 to compare notes on recent developments. Estrella (protect) explained that Spanish-Argentine relations have been going through difficult times, in large part due to the GoA decision to nationa [...]	2008-10-23 09:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAIR EFIN EINV PREL AR SP
08BUENOSAIRES1456	ARGENTINA: PRESIDENT'S TOUGH UNGA SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner used her September 23 speech to the UNGA to appeal to a number of domestic constituencies, encapsulating a number of Kirchner governance themes and putting them in the context of a multilateralist, anti-neo-liberal framework. The speech, [...]	2008-10-23 18:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PHUM PREL PTER IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1458	U.S. Company MetLife Discusses Options in the Face of [...] (SBU) Met Life, the only U.S.-operated private pension fund operating in Argentina, does not see any way to block the Argentine government's plan to nationalize all private pension assets (reftels). The only possible obstacles are major social unrest or Congressional rejection of the GoA's pro [...]	2008-10-23 20:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES146	ARGENTINA'S DIPLOMATIC "CAR TALK" SCANDAL ROLLS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: "Car Talk" continues to fill the daily press with new twists in allegations of illegal diplomatic car sales. The Supreme Court is expected to announce it found insufficient evidence against foreign diplomats to warrant its involvement in the case, somewhat vindicating the diplo [...]	2008-02-07 15:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT KLIG KCOR KTIA ODIP PREL ASEC KREC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1461	ARGENTINA RECEIVES IRAN'S NOTIFICATION THAT IT WILL NOT [...] (U) The Argentine Foreign Ministry received October 22 Iran's formal rejection of its extradition requests for eight Iranian individuals, including ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani, wanted for trial in connection with the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that kill [...]	2008-10-24 12:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV ASEC IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1465	ARGENTINA: LEGISLATORS SUPPORT CLOSER [...] (SBU) Summary: Five members of the Argentine Lower House in three meetings with the Ambassador shared their impressions of recent political developments in Argentina and expressed support for greater collaboration with the U.S. Congress. Opposition members of the Argentine Lower House "U.S. F [...]	2008-10-24 20:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1466	Pensions Nationalization Proposal Prompts Financial Panic, [...] (SBU) The Argentine government appears to have been completely unprepared for the plunge in Argentine stock and bond prices following its announcement that it would nationalize the nation's private pension system. GoA officials clearly did not think through the possible negative consequences o [...]	2008-10-27 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1469	ARGENTINA DESIGNATES U.S. AMBASSADOR AS G-20 SHERPA [...] (U) In response to a diplomatic note delivered Friday, October 24, Ambassador received a call from cabinet-ranked Secretary General to the Presidency Oscar Parrilli October 27 to inform us that Argentine Ambassador the U.S. Hector Timerman has been designated the GoA Sherpa for the upcoming No [...]	2008-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO EFIN ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1475	Blow-by-Blow on Argentina's Nationalization of Pensions and [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Kirchner de Fernandez has justified the GoA's nationalization of Argentina's private pension system as a "rescue of retirees," although local analysts agree that the real reasons are financial. Under Judicial order, the pension funds were raided and blocked f [...]	2008-10-27 19:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1476	ARGENTINA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Summary. Argentina has a long history of courageous women leaders who have worked tirelessly to protect fundamental human rights, educate a new generation of citizens growing up in an era of democracy, and combat drug and human trafficking. This year's nominee, Nelida Borquez, is cast fr [...]	2008-10-27 20:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1478	GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA THINKING OUT LOUD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Five Argentine Cabinet Ministers joined a host of other public and private figures October 9 to launch a two-day workshop on Argentine narcotics policies, offering the first serious public dialogue on decriminalization of consumption since President Fernandez de Kirchner mooted t [...]	2008-10-27 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV EFIN KJUS PHUM SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES1480	ARGENTINA SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (U) Poloff raised Ref A points with Counselor Fabiana Laguzzo, Director of Women's Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27. Laguzzo indicated that she did not foresee any difficulties in supporting the U.S. bid for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of W [...]	2008-10-28 14:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1481	ARGENTINA: VIDEOCONFERENCE ON HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS [...] (U) WHA/EPSC and Embassy Buenos Aires organized a successful videoconference (DVC) on October 24, between U.S. and Argentine experts and policymakers on the subject of hydrogen fuel cells. The DVC was a follow-up to the agreement on alternative and renewable energy signed by A/S Shannon last [...]	2008-10-28 15:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1485	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 11:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1486	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1489	BRAZIL-ARGENTINA COORDINATE ON G-20, DIFFER ON [...] (C) On October 27, Brazilian Ambassador to Argentina Mauro Vieira (protect strictly) told the Ambassador that while Brazil and Argentina differed on the proper trade policy response to the current economic crisis, Brazil would be patient with its neighbor and would work to encourage a constru [...]	2008-10-29 19:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1490	METLIFE EXEC FORESEES DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR [...] (C) MetLife's head of Latin American operations, Oscar Schmidt (PROTECT),told Ambassador Wayne October 28 that he expected major economic upheaval in Argentina if the Argentine Congress fails to achieve rapid passage of the GoA's bill to nationalize the private pension system. The longer and [...]	2008-10-29 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1491	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CRITICIZES MANNER [...] (C) In an exceptionally candid conversation, amid false rumors of his impending resignation, Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado confirmed to Ambassador October 24 that only four GoA officials made the decision to nationalize the private pension system, and commented that the decision [...]	2008-10-29 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1493	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK AND ECONOMY MINISTRY [...] (C) The Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) is taking the lead on preparing briefing material for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) participation in the November 15 G-20 meeting, BCRA President Redrado told Ambassador October 24. While not in a position to guarantee how CFK will use [...]	2008-10-30 16:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1495	Argentina: Global Crisis Threatens Export Growth, Trade [...] (SBU) Argentina's strong goods export performance in the aftermath of the 2001/02 financial crisis has stalled, a victim of plunging world commodity prices and slower global growth projections. From a projected 2008 trade surplus in the $12 billion range, local economists now see the 2009 surp [...]	2008-10-30 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1497	ARGENTINA: POST RESPONSE TO INFORMATION GATHERING [...] (C) Post provides the following response to Ref A request for information on Argentina in advance of the November 15 G-20 meeting in Washington. Relevant financial and political reporting from October provided reftels. I. Key Objectives and Priorities/Desired Outcomes of the Summit: Presi [...]	2008-10-30 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES15	MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON LATIN AMERICA; DOHA ROUND; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international opinion pieces are related to the US policy on Latin America; and expectations over the Doha Round. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "US policy on Latin America" Business-financial "Buenos Aires Economico" (01/04) front-pages an opinion piece [...]	2008-01-04 12:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES152	ARGENTINA: MENDOZA GOVERNOR SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (U) Summary: Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque called on the Ambassador February 6, seeking increased contact and opportunities for cooperation with the Embassy and U.S. agencies on such issues as public security, counternarcotics, and public administration. Public security is a top concern for Mend [...]	2008-02-08 17:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR PHUM ASEC KPAO MASS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1520	Argentina: Finance and Industries Secretaries on G-20 [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino confirmed he has taken on the substantive role of formulating Argentina's positions for the upcoming G-20 Summit in Washington and that these positions will be coordinated with those of Brazil at the upcoming November 8-9 Mercosur Summit in Sao Paulo [...]	2008-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1521	ARGENTINE PENSION NATIONALIZATION STATUS: [...] (C) The Argentine government's plan to nationalize the private pension system continues to dominate headlines and drive domestic market developments. Argentina's lower house is expected to pass the GoA's draft bill November 6 or 7, albeit with the GoA reportedly agreeing to modifications, inc [...]	2008-11-04 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1522	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT MOSTLY SILENT SO FAR ABOUT [...] (U) Summary: The November 3rd guilty verdict in the trial of convicted illegal Venezuelan agent Franklin Duran was front page news in Argentina November 4. Key prosecution witness Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W) was also quoted in most dailies after he repeated in his first press interview his co [...]	2008-11-04 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1523	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 10:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1524	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 11:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1529	ARGENTINE MARKETS RECOVER, BUT WITH RISING [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After two weeks of financial marke [...]	2008-11-05 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES153	Ambassador Meets with Argentine Mogul Eduardo Eurnekian, [...] (SBU) Ambassador met February 6 with Argentine CEO Eduardo Eurnekian, who has important investments in the United States, Argentina, Armenia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Italy, Morocco and China in agro-industry, energy, airports, infrastructure, construction, banking and real estate. An admirer of the [...]	2008-02-11 07:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EAGR ENRG PREL AM AR UY
08BUENOSAIRES1531	DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES [...] At 6:30 PM [local time] on Monday, 3 November 2008, two pro-Islamic groups converged on the U.S. Embassy and held a non-violent demonstration near the main entrance. 2. A group of about 60 - 70 individuals from the Argentine Arab Federation and the At-Tauhid mosque protested against the U.S. [...]	2008-11-05 17:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL KISL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1533	ARGENTINE OFFICIALS PRIVATELY ADMIT PARIS CLUB [...] (C) Senior Argentine government (GoA) and Central Bank (BCRA) officials privately confirm to Post what local and foreign press have taken as a given for weeks: in the current crisis environment, the GoA has put its Paris Club payment, debt exchange with private "holdout" bondholders, and a lin [...]	2008-11-05 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1537	Argentina: G-20 Trade Policy Position [...] (SBU) Despite a relatively protectionist response to the global financial crisis, Argentina trade officials say they will work towards consensual and practical trade policy communique language at the G-20 Summit. Argentina will, however, likely object to any Summit calls to resuscitate WTO Do [...]	2008-11-07 13:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1539	ARGENTINA: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 14:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP AR
08BUENOSAIRES154	ARGENTINA: REITERATION OF REQUEST FOR SAIEGH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador has a February 13 meeting scheduled with Argentine Minister of the Economy Martin Lousteau. This would be an excellent opportunity for the Ambassador to resume his efforts on behalf of Mr. Eduardo Saiegh, the Argentine citizen who in 1980 was kidnapped, torturGKQLQoQ). In [...]	2008-02-11 15:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1542	ARGENTINE POLITICAL CLASS WELCOMES OBAMA VICTORY; [...] (U) Summary: Argentine reaction to the victory of President-elect Obama was uniformly positive and welcoming. In a congratulatory message to President-elect Barack Obama (reftel),Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) called Obama's win "a major milestone...in the fight ag [...]	2008-11-07 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO OPDC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1543	ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 FATF STATEMENTS [...] (C) EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 7, 2008, to GoA National Coordinator for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance Alejandro Strega. Strega, who reports to Argentina's Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez, is Argentina's representative to the Financial Action Task For [...]	2008-11-07 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1544	Embassy Election Night Event in Buenos Aires Reaches Over [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy's election night party attracted the widest and most positive media coverage of any Embassy event held in Argentina in recent memory. Hosted by the Embassy at the American Club of Buenos Aires on the evening of November 4 and morning of November 5, the celebration o [...]	2008-11-08 00:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL AR KPAO KSUM
08BUENOSAIRES1547	Thousands of Argentines Learn about U.S. Electoral [...] Intense Argentine interest in the U.S. election provided post with an opportunity to enhance relations with important contacts, numerous schools, and the media. Post reached over 10 million Argentines through media coverage of our election events -- the widest and most positive media coverage [...]	2008-11-12 14:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL AR KPAO
08BUENOSAIRES1549	Argentina's New Federalism: Politicized Revenue Sharing [...] (SBU) Argentina's federal government collects the lion's share of national revenues, and a "co-participation" revenue-sharing scheme mandates that fixed shares of most federal taxes be distributed to the nation's 24 provinces. Controversial earmarks and other alterations to the distribution fo [...]	2008-11-12 18:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1550	ARGENTINA: ANTONINI-WILSON CLAIMS NESTOR KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine daily "La Nacion" prominently published November 9 a lengthy exclusive interview with dual U.S.-Venezuelan citizen Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W),who was intercepted by GOA authorities in August 2007 with a suitcase stuffed with $800,000 arriving on a c [...]	2008-11-12 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCOR KLIG CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1551	ARGENTINA WEIGHS IN WITH URUGUAY AND BRAZIL ON [...] (C) Poloff raised ref A points with Counselor Silvia Cao, of the Argentine MFA's Office of Human Rights on November 10. Cao indicated that she would pass to her superiors our request to weigh in with GRULAC members on the no-action motions as well as the underlying resolutions condemning the [...]	2008-11-13 12:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AR BZ UY CO
08BUENOSAIRES1552	ARGENTINA SHARES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED NSG RESTRICTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti told visiting DOE NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino November 7 that the GOA was ready to work for an agreement under paragraph 6 of the draft criteria-based guidelines for the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR),but [...]	2008-11-13 14:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1553	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1558	ARGENTINA: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Post's submission to USTR's 2009 National Trade Estimate. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with Argentina was $1.4 billion in 2007, an increase of $563 million from $797 million in 2006. U.S. goods exports in 2007 were $5.9 billion, up 22.6 perce [...]	2008-11-14 20:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1569	ARGENTINA: SAN JUAN GOVERNOR SAYS STATE CAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne and DCM Kelly met with San Juan Governor and Peronist Party member (PJ) Jose Luis Gioja on October 28, shortly before the Governor's travel to the U.S. to observe the presidential elections. Gioja said he maintains a positive dialogue with President Cristina F [...]	2008-11-17 22:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1572	POST FOLLOW-UP ON ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR OCTOBER [...] (C) Following on Post's November 7 delivery of Ref A demarche to Alejandro Strega, the GoA's National Coordinator for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (Ref B),EconOff delivered same message on November 14 to Zenon Biagosch, Vice Superintendent of Financial Institutions at t [...]	2008-11-18 15:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1576	Argentina: Opportunity Seized to Advocate Again for ATSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Buenos Aires leveraged a recent visit to Argentina of Robert Graves, President of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC),to arrange visits with senior media and GOA officials, furthering advocacy for the ATSC DTV standard. An updated and enhanced ATSC offer w [...]	2008-11-19 15:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT AR
08BUENOSAIRES158	Argentina: San Luis Governor Discusses His Province's [...] (U) Summary: San Luis Governor Jose Luis Gioja briefed the Ambassador February 7 on San Juan's infrastructure development, investment climate, and environmental protection measures. The Ambassador congratulated the Governor on San Juan's impressive export growth -- particularly in the mining a [...]	2008-02-11 17:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EMIN SENV KPAO EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1580	ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT RULING OPENS THE DOOR FOR TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court declared Article 41 of the Trade Unions Law unconstitutional and upheld the right of a workers' union that lacks official legal recognition to elect its own delegates. The ruling, if widely applied to organized labor, would expand representation right [...]	2008-11-19 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1583	ARGENTINE NATIONALIZATION OF PRIVATE PENSION [...] (C) The Argentine Senate appears ready to pass the government's plan to nationalize Argentina's private pension system on November 20. The main U.S. company involved, MetLife, is "frustrated, angry, and disappointed," its officials told the Ambassador November 17. Met's priorities now are to [...]	2008-11-19 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1588	Public Diplomacy Best Practices: Countering [...] SUMMARY. The level of anti-Americanism in Argentina is the highest in the Western Hemisphere. For the last two years, we have been working hard to reverse our negative image, making this the Mission's highest priority. We believe we have found a formula for success through substantially incre [...]	2008-11-21 17:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO AR PGOV
08BUENOSAIRES1589	Argentina and Brazil Consider New Trade Barriers [...] (SBU) Argentine and Brazilian officials discussed in Argentina November 17 a new Brazilian plan to subsidize consumer auto financing that will include autos imported from Argentina. They also reviewed recently imposed Argentine non-tariff barriers and Argentina and Brazil's common interest in [...]	2008-11-21 18:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES159	Argentine Official Inflation: Allegations of [...] (SBU) The GoA is reporting "official" January 2008 inflation at 0.9%, well below independent measures of monthly inflation in the 2% range. The international financial press is calling this lowball release a blow to expectations that the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration woul [...]	2008-02-12 14:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV AMGT AFSN APER AR
08BUENOSAIRES1592	ARGENTINA: 2008 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Per Reftel instructions, below is post,s interim assessment of Argentina,s progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Our response is keyed to points found in reftel. A) IMPLEMENTING THE RECENTLY ENACTED FEDERAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW, INCLUDING ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS OR [...]	2008-11-23 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES1595	Argentine Former President Kirchner's Bid to Head Unasur [...] (U) Leading daily "La Nacion" reported November 20 that the GOA would abandon its effort to win regional backing for former President Nestor Kirchner as head of the South American Union of Nations (Unasur). Argentine sources indicated that Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez's rejection of Kirc [...]	2008-11-24 13:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1618	ARGENTINE GOVERNOR TO VISIT FORMER VICE PRESIDENT GORE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 13:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV PGOV KPAO SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1619	ARGENTINA: ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH AN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 13:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA AR

08BUENOSAIRES1623	Plan B: Argentina Announces Robust Public Works, Tax [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced November 25 an ambitious US$21 billion public works plan to stimulate the economy, boost employment, and counter the impact on Argentina of the global financial crisis. She also proposed the creation of a new Ministry of Produc [...]	2008-11-28 21:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1632	ARGENTINA: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon paid a state visit to Argentina November 23-25, renewing a diplomatic relationship that had been relatively limited since the 2005 Summit of the Americas at Mar de Plata, despite growing commercial ties over that period. GOA officials emphasize [...]	2008-12-01 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD EFIN AR MX
08BUENOSAIRES1633	Argentine National Prayer Breakfast [...] (U) Argentina's small but growing Evangelical community held its annual prayer breakfast on November 27 with the participation of Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos and four national deputies of the center-right PRO party, led by Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri, and a range of civic leaders [...]	2008-12-01 19:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1635	ARGENTINA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides following draft of 2008-2009 INCSR II report on money laundering and financial crimes for Argentina. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: Argentina: Argentina is neither an important regional financial center nor an offshore financial center. Money laundering related to na [...]	2008-12-02 09:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1636	Public Diplomacy Best Practices: Focusing on Social Issues [...] SUMMARY. The United States is often criticized in Latin America for its lack of attention to social issues. To fight this perception during the last two years, the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires has led efforts to spotlight the major social issues in the city and country, bringing media attenti [...]	2008-12-02 13:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO AR PGOV
08BUENOSAIRES1642	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 23-24 TRIP TO RODRIGUEZ [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne, visiting the central Argentine province of San Luis for the first time November 23-24, saw evidence of a provincial government that prides itself on its investment in infrastructure, technology, education, and good governance. Governor Rodriguez Saa, a flamboyant Peronis [...]	2008-12-02 19:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1643	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering November 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be included on the ema [...]	2008-12-02 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1651	ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY LEADERS TELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) told the Ambassador November 28 that they are satisfied with prosecutor Alberto Nisman's work in going after the Iranian authors and perpetrators of the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 persons, but they believe he now ne [...]	2008-12-03 18:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1653	ARGENTINA: GOA CHARGES AES AFFILIATE WITH [...] (C) Argentine Planning Minister De Vido convoked Ambassador December 2 to inform him that that the GoA plans to take civil and criminal action against AES Corporation for tax evasion and intentional decapitalization of its Edelap electricity distribution subsidiary. De Vido emphasized that th [...]	2008-12-03 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1661	ARGENTINA WILL CONFER WITH BRAZIL BEFORE [...] (SBU) Pol-Mil Officer discussed ref demarche December 2 with Ambassador Elsa Kelly, the MFA Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),the head of Argentina's delegation to the November 19-20 NSG Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna. Kelly described the CG me [...]	2008-12-04 17:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY AR
08BUENOSAIRES1664	ARGENTINA: FORMOSA GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT BORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Peronist Gildo Insfran, Governor of Argentina's northeastern province of Formosa, discussed with Ambassador Wayne on November 20 his views regarding economic development, renewable energy, the challenges of cross-border security, and the status of Formosa's indigenous population [...]	2008-12-05 11:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SNAR PHUM AR PA
08BUENOSAIRES1665	ARGENTINA: ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversial Environment Secretary Romina Picolotti resigned on December 2, reportedly at the request of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). Picolotti is replaced by Homero Maximo Bibiloni, an environmental attorney. Presidency sources quoted in the press stated t [...]	2008-12-05 12:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1667	Argentina Announces Economic Stimulus Package [...] (SBU) One week after announcing a 71 billion public works plan (Ref A),President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) unveiled an additional ARP 13.2 billion (US$3.9 billion) "economic incentives" package, designed to "revive and stimulate production, investment, jobs, and consumption, and all [...]	2008-12-05 18:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD EAGR PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1669	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 16:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1672	ARGENTINE APPEALS COURT AGREES THERE IS [...] (SBU) An Argentine appeals court upheld the (reftel) July 3 determination by Judge Daniel Petrone that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carryi [...]	2008-12-09 19:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCOR CJAN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1673	Argentina: U.S. Private Sector Players Downbeat on [...] (SBU) U.S. private sector players in the finance, accounting, and energy fields are downbeat on Argentina's medium-term economic prospects. In a November 25 lunch hosted by Ambassador for visiting State Department CFO Brad Higgins, they predicted the Kirchner administration's political base wi [...]	2008-12-09 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1676	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina December 16-18. With the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, we are looking to build on a strong and positive bilateral relationship. We are working together in significant [...]	2008-12-10 17:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1680	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT SIGNS PENSION NATIONALIZATION [...] (C) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed into law on December 4 her audacious plan to nationalize the country's private pension system. The law officially entered into force December 9. Contrary to early expectations that the GoA would have a tough fight getting it throu [...]	2008-12-11 11:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1681	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT REPRISES HER CRITIQUE OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) indulged in an increasingly familiar critique of the international system during a two-day visit to Russia December 9-10, taking jabs implicitly at the U.S. and blaming "unilateralism" for economic and security hardships in the wor [...]	2008-12-11 17:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM ECON EAGR RU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1682	ARGENTINA: FISCAL SOLVENCY CONCERNS REMAIN, [...] (C) The Argentine government's nationalization of the country's private pension system entered into force December 9, giving the GoA access to about US$25 billion in financial assets and US$4 billion in annual contributor payments. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) ha [...]	2008-12-11 18:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1685	Argentina: Inflation Down as Economy Slows [...] (SBU) In line with Argentina's economic slowdown, real monthly consumer inflation rates have decelerated over the past five months from the 25% range to an something near 20% in November 2008. Food and beverage inflation, an important contributor to poverty measures, is showing the largest dec [...]	2008-12-12 12:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1692	Ambassador visits Rosario - praises roles of BNC, U.S. [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne visited the city of Rosario to attend the 65th anniversary of the binational center ARICANA and the opening of the 28th Annual Meeting of Argentine-American Binational Centers in Rosario in late October. He also visited the John Deere tractor factory and met with a yo [...]	2008-12-15 13:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1696	Argentina: Lavagna Decries GoA Crisis Initiatives, Projects [...] (SBU) Former Economy Minister and Presidential Candidate Roberto Lavagna in a December 11 meeting with Ambassador projected stagflation in 2009, with zero percent GDP growth but with real inflation not falling below 20%, and warned about money laundering concerns related to GoA legislation; se [...]	2008-12-15 20:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1697	RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER [...] (C) The following information is provided in response to questions in reftel A regarding the relocation of three DEA positions from Embassy La Paz to Embassy Buenos Aires. 2. (C) As reported in reftel B, on November 14, 2008, Ambassador Wayne advised Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez tha [...]	2008-12-15 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CH PA PE
08BUENOSAIRES1698	ARGENTINA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT US POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff presented reftel points to the MFA's Manuel Fernandez Salorio, the responsible officer in the Directorate for International Organization affairs, on December 12. Fernandez concurred with the USG concern about retention of personnel for peacekeeping operations and special political [...]	2008-12-15 20:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC AMGT APER UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES170	ARGENTINA'S SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM: THE [...] (C) This cable provides the Embassy's recommendation for policy change regarding longstanding USG opposition toward Argentina's space launch vehicle (SLV) program. We believe that opposition, based on Argentina's 1992 assurances that it would not develop a space launch vehicle ""for the fo [...]	2008-02-13 12:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR KSCA PARM TSPL PREL MNUC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1703	Argentina: World Bank's Ambitious Riachuelo River Basin [...] (SBU) Current World Bank (WB) priorities in Argentina include reforming and rationalizing the Argentine social safety net in anticipation of greater needs during this economic downturn, and finalizing a major $2 billion, ten-year loan project to clean-up Greater Buenos Aires' heavily polluted R [...]	2008-12-17 13:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND SENV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1705	Human Rights Day Message Reaches Millions of Argentines [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Buenos Aires used the observance of Human Rights Day on December 10 to reach tens of thousands of Argentines on the importance of respecting human rights both here in Argentina and throughout the world. Post co-hosted a human rights recognition ceremony with the GOA's Na [...]	2008-12-17 17:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES1706	Argentina: Former President Nestor Kirchner Criticizes a [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner attacked Vice President Julio Cobos, the opposition, the United States, and the press in remarks to party faithful December 16. Kirchner accused Cobos of intentionally trying to hinder Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration and [...]	2008-12-18 09:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR SNAR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1708	Argentina: World Bank Country Director Cautions on Economy [...] (SBU) The local World Bank (WB) Country Director (protect) sees the GoA "walking a tightrope" in terms of its capacity to maintain market confidence, stem capital flight, and sustain twin fiscal and current account surpluses in a context of economic slowdown, continued high rates of GoA public [...]	2008-12-18 12:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES171	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...]	2008-02-13 15:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1715	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER ALLY ADMITS RECEIVING CUBAN [...] (SBU) Argentine journalist Gerardo Young alleges in his new book that street activist ("piquetero," literally meaning "picketer") Luis D'Elia successfully evaded security at Argentina's Ezeiza international airport in late October 2005 to bring in USD 1 million from Cuba to finance the "counte [...]	2008-12-18 19:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VZ CU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1717	ARGENTINA'S HOPES TO OVERCOME URUGUAY'S OBJECTIONS [...] (SBU) The Argentine press on December 17 focused on the failure by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to achieve what had previously been described by Administration sources to the press (and to the Embassy) as her top priority for the December 16-17 regional summit meetings in Brazil: t [...]	2008-12-19 09:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ECON PHUM CU AR
08BUENOSAIRES1718	ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08BUENOSAIRES172	ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]	2008-02-13 18:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1723	Argentina Trade Updates: No New MERCOSUR Protectionism, [...] (SBU) Argentina's Foreign Ministry announced December 15 that MERCOSUR made an unexpectedly non-protectionist decision NOT to raise the trade bloc's common external tariff on a short list of products during a December 14 meeting prior to the December 16 MERCOSUR summit in Brazil. MERCOSUR's la [...]	2008-12-19 19:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1724	ARGENTINE PROSECUTOR ON AMIA BOMBING DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman on December 16 ordered the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani, one of six Iranian suspects sought by Interpol at Ar [...]	2008-12-19 20:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC SNAR SCUL IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1725	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, DECEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 1-19, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inc [...]	2008-12-19 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1726	Argentina: Presidential Declaration of Argentina, Brazil [...] Argentine Ambassador to the United States Hector Timerman gave the Ambassador December 17 an unsigned copy of a joint declaration that he said was signed by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez i [...]	2008-12-19 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL BR VE AR
08BUENOSAIRES1727	Argentina: Message from Argentine Senate VP to the U.S. [...] (U) Action request: The Vice President of Argentina's National Senate and Chairman of the U.S.-Argentina Friendship Caucus Juan Carlos Romero wrote the Ambassador, asking him to forward to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs the follow [...]	2008-12-19 21:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP OPDC AR
08BUENOSAIRES173	ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]	2008-02-14 10:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES174	ARGENTINA: CODEL ENGEL, FEBRUARY 20-23, 2008 [...] THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL AND THE DELEGATION HE WILL LEAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO MEET WITH LEADING ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 2. CONTROL OFFICER WILL BE POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID ALAR [...]	2008-02-14 12:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC AR EC BL
08BUENOSAIRES1742	ARGENTINES NOT SHOCKED THERE'S CORRUPTION GOING [...] (SBU) Summary: German company Siemens' December 15 guilty plea with the U.S. Department of Justice-Fraud Section, over corrupt practices, including payments of bribes to officials in previous Argentine governments, has provoked sustained attention in the Argentine press but no major reaction fr [...]	2008-12-23 19:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PREL EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1745	ARGENTINA: OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina has had a nuclear program for nearly sixty years and currently draws on two power reactors to supply approximately nine percent of its total electricity generation. The country i [...]	2008-12-24 12:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AR
08BUENOSAIRES1746	Argentine Congress Approves GoA Expropriation of Flag [...] (SBU) On December 17, the Argentine Senate approved a bill to expropriate the troubled national airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, and its smaller sister carrier Austral. The action followed a lower house vote on December 3, and marked the end of almost two decades of Spanish control of the flag [...]	2008-12-24 13:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV EIND PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES1750	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, DECEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period December 19 - 24, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be [...]	2008-12-24 17:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1753	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1754	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1755	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1756	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES176	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...]	2008-02-14 16:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1760	ARGENTINA: AMERICAN CHAMBER DESCRIBES [...] (SBU) CODEL Meeks received a first-hand understanding of the commercial opportunities and challenges faced by U.S. companies operating in Argentina during a roundtable discussion with American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham) member companies on December 17, 2008. Discussion focused o [...]	2008-12-30 12:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO AR
08BUENOSAIRES1763	ARGENTINE CHIEF CABINET MINISTER MEETS CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine Cabinet Chief Minister Sergio Massa received in his office at Casa Rosada presidential palace Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY),Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX),and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) December 17. The codel conveyed a strong U.S. desire for dialogue and streng [...]	2008-12-30 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1764	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA MEETS CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine FM Jorge Taiana received in his office Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY),Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX),and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) December 18. The codel conveyed a strong U.S. desire for dialogue and strengthened bilateral relations with Argentina. Taiana expr [...]	2008-12-30 17:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES178	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Ambassador lunched with Argentina's Chief Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez (AF) in the first in a newly initiated series of monthly lunches developed to help manage U.S.-Argentine relations. Topics covered included working with A/S Shannon and others to foster [...]	2008-02-14 17:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES179	SATELLITE USA 193: ARGENTINA'S REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 18:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL PREL PARM AR
08BUENOSAIRES188	Argentine Economy Minister Prioritizes Paris Club [...] (SBU) GOA Economy Minister Martin Lousteau, in his second meeting with the Ambassador, called a Paris Club settlement an important -- but not urgent -- priority of the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration. He called any formal role for the IMF in a rescheduling politically unpalatable [...]	2008-02-15 15:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR ECON EFIN ETRD
08BUENOSAIRES19	Argentine Summer Electricity Shortages: GoA Rolls Out [...] (SBU) The Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area has begun to experience electricity cuts as overloaded distribution systems fail in the face of hot summer weather and high air conditioning loads on the electricity distribution grid. Resulting neighborhood protests have received wide media cove [...]	2008-01-04 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR ECON ENRG
08BUENOSAIRES190	Argentina: U.S. Silver Mining Company Coeur Earns Solid [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Idaho-based Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation has completed construction of a $15 million silver processing mill at their Santa Cruz province mine site that is adding domestic value and generating employment. President Cristina Kirchner is expected to attend the plant's March 19 i [...]	2008-02-15 18:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ENRG BL AR
08BUENOSAIRES196	ARGENTINA'S FORMER PRESIDENT KIRCHNER LOOKS TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Just two months out of office, Argentina's ex-president Nestor Kirchner is still very much in the limelight. Kirchner is moving to revive and take control of the Justicialist Party (PJ),commonly referred to as the Peronist Party in honor of its founder, Juan Do [...]	2008-02-19 18:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES198	ARGENTINE OPPOSITION THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR [...] Per Department guidance (ref A),the Ambassador sent the leaders of Argentina's opposition Civic Coalition a letter on February 8 regarding the separation of powers in the U.S. constitution and the independence of the U.S. judiciary. The recipients must have released the Ambassador's letter, [...]	2008-02-20 17:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KJUS KPAO SNAR ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES216	ARGENTINE MOD GARRE AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW BROAD [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: The Ambassador called on Argentine MOD Nilda Garre February 19 to review ongoing and future cooperation. Garre expressed interest in enrolling Argentine personnel in U.S. courses related to civil-military relations, peacekeeping operations and peace maintenance [...]	2008-02-21 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS AR
08BUENOSAIRES225	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER ENGAGES CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) engaged enthusiastically for an hour in her office February 21 with visiting U.S. Congressional delegation headed by Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY),chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Western Hem [...]	2008-02-25 13:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PTER KIRF PHUM KV IR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES226	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA MEETS WITH CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Codel Engel enjoyed a warm meeting with Argentine FM Taiana on February 21. Meeting participants discussed Argentina's economic recovery and political progress, the bilateral relationship, and regional and world issues. The codel conveyed concern about Iranian [...]	2008-02-25 15:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP EFIN KDEM PHUM PBTS KV IR VZ BL AR
08BUENOSAIRES229	CODEL ENGEL PRESSES ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER ON [...] (C) During a February 21 meeting with new Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau, Representatives Engel (D-NY),Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC)) pressed Lousteau to provide GoA positions on three issues of increasing importance to Congress: 1) prospects of nego [...]	2008-02-25 18:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES230	Argentina Hosts Brazil, Bolivia Presidents on Looming [...] (SBU) A bilateral Argentine/Brazil presidential summit in Buenos Aires February 22 and a follow-on February 23 trilateral Argentine/Brazil/Bolivia presidential summit focused largely on regional energy coordination. Bolivia's President Morales acknowledged his country's near-term inability to [...]	2008-02-26 08:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AR BR BL
08BUENOSAIRES231	ARGENTINA'S 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) In 2007, Argentine authorities responsible for providing "adequate and effective protection to intellectual property rights" made few meaningful improvements in IPR legislation, regulation and enforcement, and there remain serious weaknesses in each of these areas. Customs authorities' i [...]	2008-02-26 10:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES232	EVO MORALES, VISITING ARGENTINA, WARNS OF U.S. [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales, on the margins of a February 22 summit meeting in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva, told largest-circulation daily newspaper "Clarin" that he wanted "the whole world to know that this con [...]	2008-02-26 10:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS BL KV AR
08BUENOSAIRES235	ARGENTINA: GETTING PAST SQUARE ONE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: With a seven-week period of bilateral estrangement in our rear-view window, we have an opportunity -- again -- to build a more constructive relationship with Argentina. The warming trend in the bilateral relationship continues. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her governmen [...]	2008-02-26 12:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PREL CJAN KJUS EFIN SNAR MASS VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES236	ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL TO COOPERATE ON URANIUM [...] (C) Presidents Fernandez de Kirchner and Lula announced February 22 that Argentina and Brazil will create binational commissions to investigate how the two countries can best cooperate in the enrichment of uranium and in the development of nuclear power plants. The announcement appeared to tak [...]	2008-02-26 13:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES24	ARGENTINA "FAVORABLY INCLINED" TO VOTE FOR US CERD [...] (U) Per reftel, post sent the Argentine MFA a diplomatic note requesting for GOA support for Pierre-Richard Prosper's candidacy for the UN Committee to Eliminate Racial Discrimination (CERD). Poloff followed up with Martin Romero, MFA Secretary in the International Organizations Directorate [...]	2008-01-04 18:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES241	ARGENTINA CIVAIR: TRANSITION FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Almost a year after the creation of the National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC),the agency that will assume responsibility for Argentina's civair once a transition from military to civilian control occurs, a Director has finally been named and some institutional reorganiz [...]	2008-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES242	ARGENTINA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSTS DISCUSS CFK [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Eliot Engel and Delegation met February 21 with noted Argentine political and economic analysts to discuss bilateral relations, views on the Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) administration, and regional issues, including relations with Brazil, Venezuela, and Cu [...]	2008-02-27 15:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OREP AR VE BR CU
08BUENOSAIRES244	ARGENTINE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Codel Engel had a warm and productive meeting with Argentine Vice President (and Senate President) Cobos and other congressional leaders. They discussed Iran, energy, Argentina's economic recovery, the environment, and the positive feelings following their meeti [...]	2008-02-27 16:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES245	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JANUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 28 - February 22, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state. [...]	2008-02-27 17:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES246	CODEL ENGEL VISITS AMIA AND DISCUSSES CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 22, Ambassador Wayne and a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation headed by Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) met with the political leadership of the Argentine Jewish community (DAIA) and the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA). During the [...]	2008-02-27 18:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES249	ARGENTINA: NGO PARTICIPATION IN UNHRC REVIEW MIXED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, poloff contacted two leading human rights organizations (HROs) in Argentina, Poder Ciudadano, (Citizen Power) and the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS),to see if they participated in the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review for Argentina. [...]	2008-02-28 09:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES253	ARGENTINA: GOA DOWNBEAT ON DOHA SERVICES "SIGNALING" [...] (SBU) In a sharp response to Ref A letter from USTR Schwab on upcoming WTO Doha Development Round (DDR) services negotiations, Foreign Ministry Trade Secretary Alfredo Chiaradia argued that Schwab's linking the USG's ability to agree to modalities on Agriculture and NAMA to our confidence in an [...]	2008-02-29 07:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON EAGR EINV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES259	ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]	2008-02-29 16:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES266	ARGENTINA: USG PRIORITIES FOR MARCH 10-14 MEETING [...] On February 29, Poloff, per Reftel, discussed USG priorities for the March 10-14 CND meetings in Vienna with the Argentine MFA's Director for International Drug Affairs, Minister Ricardo Roselli. Roselli stated that technical offices were studying the proposed U.S. resolutions on Screening an [...]	2008-03-03 15:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AORC UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES268	ARGENTINA ON IRAN'S IAEA NONCOMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 18:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IAEA IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES269	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK ANNOUNCES HER PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) opened the ordinary session of Congress March 1 with the equivalent of a State of the Union address. Speaking extemporaneously for 73 minutes, she was well organized and demonstrated an impressive mastery of statistics. [...]	2008-03-03 19:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES272	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK ANNOUNCES HER PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) opened the ordinary session of Congress March 1 with the equivalent of a State of the Union address. Speaking extemporaneously for 73 minutes, she was well organized and demonstrated an impressive mastery of statistics. [...]	2008-03-04 08:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES273	ARGENTINA'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MINISTER WANTS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentine Minister of Science and Technology Lino Baranao told Ambassador Wayne February 29 that he would like to develop new bilateral initiatives. Baranao hopes to wor [...]	2008-03-04 10:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TSPA SCUL PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES279	POST NOMINATES HEIDI GOMEZ FOR TRAINING ON FORCED [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Buenos Aires nominates Heidi Gomez for training on forced labor and child labor in Washington April 9-11. She is an economic-coned officer currently serving in post's Political section. Her current areas of responsibility cover labor, human rights, trafficking [...]	2008-03-04 17:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES281	NEW ARGENTINE ATOMIC ENERGY CHIEF STILL SETTLING IN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Wayne called on recently appointed Argentine Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) President Norma Boero February 29. The ambassador thanked Boero for CNEA's cooperat [...]	2008-03-04 18:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES282	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN CRISIS; 03/04/08 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local papers extensively report on and carry opinion pieces and editorials related to the three-nation crisis that threatens Latin America's stability after Venezuela and Ecuador cut diplomatic ties with Colombia and ordered troops to their borders. 2. OPINION PIEC [...]	2008-03-05 07:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES283	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN TENSION; 03/05/08 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers today carry opinion pieces and editorials that delve into the implications of the conflict between Colombia and Ecuador/Venezuela and its impact on the region. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" highlights that "the Kirchner administration seeks to coordinate a co [...]	2008-03-05 12:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES284	ARGENTINA: GOA INTERNAL SQUABBLE OVER INFLATION [...] (SBU) The Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) chose not to address public concern over high levels of inflation or the raging debate over the accuracy and reliability of GoA inflation measures in her March 1st State of the Nation Speech. Just days before CFK,s speech, Chi [...]	2008-03-05 15:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES288	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT TO VENEZULA: ENERGY,AG THEMES [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her Planning Minister Julio De Vido will meet March 6 in Caracas with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on her way to the Rio Group summit in the Dominican Republic and a visit to Argentine peacekeeping troops in Haiti. Following Bolivia's Feb [...]	2008-03-06 07:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EAGR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES29	MEDIA REACTION; THWARTED COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international opinion pieces are related to the thwarted Colombian hostage rescue operation; and the Argentine foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Emmanuel and diplomatic caution" Leading "Clarin" editorializes (01/08) "The fiasco rep [...]	2008-01-08 15:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES291	MEDIA REACTION; LATIN AMERICAN CRISIS; SECRETARY RICE TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers carry opinion pieces and editorials related to the latest developments in the confrontation between Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela; the role played by Argentine President Cristina Kirchner in the crisis; and Secretary Rice's upcoming trip to the region [...]	2008-03-07 12:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES307	ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Shelby and members of his delegation to travel to Argentina for the period March 23-26, 2008. The purpose of the visit is to have bilateral discussions with senior Argentine government officials on a range of financial, ec [...]	2008-03-10 18:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES310	FORMER ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SEEKS USG [...] (SBU) Polcouns met with former Argentine Supreme Court Justice Antonio Boggiano, who is seeking USG intervention with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) to accelerate the handling of his case. Boggiano submitted his case to the IAHRC 16 months ago, and his petition was issued [...]	2008-03-11 18:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS IAHRC OAS AR
08BUENOSAIRES311	ARGENTINE GOVERNOR OF SALTA CALLS ON THE AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey, Argentina's youngest governor, and discussed areas for cooperation, including promotion of trade and investment, cultural exchanges, and his upcoming trip to Miami, Washington, and New York in April. The Governor descr [...]	2008-03-12 10:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV PINR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES318	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...]	2008-03-13 11:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES320	(U) ON A ROLL: ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTRY FACES [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Vice FM Roberto Garcia-Moritan reportedly offered his resignation to FM Taiana March 11. Although he claimed the resignation was motivated by "personal matters" after almost 40 years in Argentina's foreign service, the press attributes his move to a string of public r [...]	2008-03-13 14:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES322	ARGENTINA DISCUSSES SHIFT IN POLICY TOWARD ILLICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez announced this week that the GoA intends to redirect its counternarcotics efforts away from the pursuit of drug users in order to make more resources available for investigating and prosecuting drug traffickers. He argues that Argentina's co [...]	2008-03-13 17:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES328	ARGENTINA BOOSTS EXPORT TAXES ON MAJOR AG COMMODITIES, [...] (SBU) Economy Minister Lousteau on March 12 announced a modification of Argentina's agricultural export tax regime under which taxes on soy and sunflower exports were substantially increased, taxes on wheat and corn nominally lowered, and all four will move for the next four years will move in [...]	2008-03-14 13:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET AR
08BUENOSAIRES329	ARGENTINA: NO TIME WASTED IN NAMING NEW VICE [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry, according to stories just coming out in the local press, has moved quickly to replace outgoing Vice FM Roberto Garcia-Moritan, who offered his resignation on March 11 (reftel). On March 13, Foreign Minister Taiana reportedly offered the VFM position to current Arge [...]	2008-03-14 15:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AR

08BUENOSAIRES331	Argentina's Mendoza Province: Agriculture-Based Growth and [...] (SBU) During a visit to Mendoza to attend the province's emblematic Vendimia wine harvest festival, Ambassador reviewed the province's strong economic growth -- and burgeoning inflation -- with newly elected Radical Party Mendoza City Mayor Fayad, and briefly with Governor Jaque and Provincial [...]	2008-03-14 18:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AR ECON EINV BEXP PREL
08BUENOSAIRES332	Kudos to INR officer Andrew Stein [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR APER AR
08BUENOSAIRES336	Embassy Buenos Aires' IPR Strategic Plan: 2007 Report Card [...] (SBU) Post recently submitted our 2008 Special 301 recommendation that Argentina remain, for the 13th consecutive year, on USTR's Priority Watch List (Ref A). Given the myriad challenges and deficiencies of the Argentine IPR regime, Post in 2007 developed a strategic plan (Ref C) to integrate [...]	2008-03-17 18:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES337	ARGENTINA: CABINET CHIEF FERNANDEZ DEFENDS "PROPER AND [...] (SBU) In response to press stories asserting that U.S.-Argentine relations continued to sour, Chief of Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez spoke to the local media March 14 characterizing the U.S.-Argentina relationship as "proper and mature, based on mutual respect...even though both countries [...]	2008-03-17 19:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES343	ARGENTINA: MORE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RESOURCES NEEDED [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST: SEE PARAGRAPH 11. 2. SUMMARY: THE LEVEL OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN ARGENTINA IS THE HIGHEST IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO REVERSE OUR NEGATIVE IMAGE. WE HAVE MADE THIS THE MISSION'S HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND A FORMUL [...]	2008-03-18 15:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES352	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP [...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...]	2008-03-18 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES355	Argentina: PhRMA Unexpectedly Upbeat on IP Environment [...] (SBU) Members of PhRMA's (Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America) Latin American task force, on a two-day visit to Argentina to meet with GoA officials, local affiliates, and pharmaceutical chambers, remain concerned about inadequate data protection for new pharmaceutical produ [...]	2008-03-19 16:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIPR AR
08BUENOSAIRES356	Argentina's "Gas Plus" Natural Gas Production Incentives: [...] (SBU) GoA Planning Minister Julio De Vido has announced a series of measures designed to avert looming energy shortages in the upcoming (austral) winter heating season. These include the extension through year-end 2008 of the GoA's "Total Energy" liquid fuel subsidy program and a "Gas Plus" pla [...]	2008-03-19 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES358	ARGENTINA COMMEMORATES 1992 ISRAEL EMBASSY BOMBING [...] (SBU) On March 17, the GOA and the Israeli government held a ceremony commemorating the 16th anniversary of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. During the event, Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez gave a candid and critical assessment of the GOA's investigation into the [...]	2008-03-20 08:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER AR FBI IS
08BUENOSAIRES359	ARGENTINA: WORKING WITH TIP ACTIVIST SUSANA TRIMARCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wayne and other Embassy officials recently met with trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Susana Trimarco. During the meeting, Trimarco was informed that the U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command had approved a $2500 grant to assist her anti-TIP Foundation' [...]	2008-03-20 10:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES367	ARGENTINA: FBI'S AD FUENTES DISCUSSES COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 5-6 visit to Argentina, FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, the Province of Cordoba, and the city of Buenos Aires to discuss ongoing U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those [...]	2008-03-20 16:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES368	ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON STRIKE [...] (SBU) Argentina's agricultural sector has organized protests -- during which no commodities have been sold -- in opposition to changes announced by Economy Minister Martin Lousteau to Argentina's agricultural export tax scheme (Ref A). Roadblocks have disrupted travel across a large part of th [...]	2008-03-20 17:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET AR
08BUENOSAIRES373	MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ AND THE US FINANCIAL CRISIS; THE IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces and editorials linked to the relationship between the Iraq war and the current US financial crisis; press freedom in Cuba; and the FARC, negotiations for hostage release and drug trafficking. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Iraq [...]	2008-03-25 18:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES376	ARGENTINA: FARMERS' STRIKE SPREADS TO THE CITIES [...] 1. (C) Summary: In her toughest domestic test to date, President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) turned up the temperature on March 25 in the two-week old confrontation with Argentina's rural sector over increased export taxes. In her first public comments on the strike, CFK denounced th [...]	2008-03-26 18:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV ENRG EPET AR
08BUENOSAIRES378	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY - ARGENTINA [...] (U) Post submits the following responses keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) IS THE HOST COUNTRY'S BUDGET MADE PUBLIC? By law, the Government of Argentina (GOA) makes public its national budget, including revenues and expenditures. 3. (U) IF SO, THROUGH WHAT MEDIUM (E.G. PUBLICATION, INTE [...]	2008-03-27 15:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES386	ARGENTINA: BACK FROM THE BRINK - RURAL SECTOR AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOA and Argentina's four main rural sector organizations have apparently worked out an understanding leading to a short "truce" and direct negotiations with a view to ending the 15-day-old rural sector strike (ref a). Negotiations are supposed to begin early March 28. The G [...]	2008-03-28 17:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES387	ARGENTINA: BACK FROM THE BRINK - RURAL SECTOR AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOA and Argentina's four main rural sector organizations have apparently worked out an understanding leading to a short "truce" and direct negotiations with a view to ending the 15-day-old rural sector strike (ref a). Negotiations are supposed to begin early March 28. The G [...]	2008-03-28 17:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES389	ARGENTINA: NGO "QUIENES SOMOS?" FIGHTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne recently met with representatives from the NGO "Quienes Somos?" ("Who are We?"),an organization that promotes legislation against child trafficking for illegal adoptions and lobbies the Argentine government (GOA) to assist in their efforts to uncover their t [...]	2008-03-28 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES390	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE AND MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: On March 26, Ambassador met with Argentina,s new Interior Minister, Florencio Randazzo. The Minister spoke at some length about the ongoing rural sector strikes (reftels),stating that this is the most difficult time that either Kirchner has faced, but is an opportunity for both [...]	2008-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES395	MEDIA REACTION; WAR IN IRAQ; CUBA; LATIN AMERICA; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The main international topics during last weekend were the role played by the US in the war in Iraq; the Cuban Government authorizing the sale of cell phones; Latin American handling of the crisis between Ecuador and Colombia; and China's contribution to world economic grow [...]	2008-03-31 15:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES398	ARGENTINA: NO DIALOGUE, MORE ROADBLOCKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's farm sector decided late March 28 to continue its strike (now in its third week) following the failure of initial discussions with the GOA to make any headway on the sector's main demand of suspending increased agricultural export taxes for 90 days. The rural sector [...]	2008-04-01 00:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES4	MEDIA REACTION; COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE RELEASE OPERATION; THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international opinion pieces cover implications of the failed Colombian hostage release operation; and expectations over the new Argentine administration's handling of long-term strategies as well as its "dispute" with the US. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]	2008-01-02 15:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES403	ARGENTINA: AMCHAM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DEPLORES [...] (C) Members of the American Chamber (AmCham) Executive Committee are concerned by the GoA,s confrontational response to the nation's agricultural crisis, arguing that policy-making concentrated in a small, closed group of senior GoA officials (President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, her hus [...]	2008-04-01 19:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES407	ARGENTINA: ENERGY SECRETARY ON WIREC, GOA ENERGY [...] (SBU) Argentina will consider making a renewable energy pledge following its participation in the Washington WIREC conference, according to GoA delegation head Energy Secretary Cameron. He noted to Ambassador Argentina's recently implemented energy conservation measures and the GoA's passage o [...]	2008-04-01 21:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES408	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO SPLIT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AND [...] (SBU) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her Economy Minister Martin Lousteau announced on March 31 a basket of agricultural concessions targeting small producers. New measures include export tariff rebates, transportation subsidies, a re-opening of currently blocked wheat expo [...]	2008-04-01 21:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET AR
08BUENOSAIRES413	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE BUILDS BRIDGES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador had a cordial meeting with congressional deputies Carlos Kunkel and Luis Ilarregui, of the Kirchners' National Victory Front (FPV). Kunkel, known for his rabid outbursts (sometimes directed at the USG and the Ambassador) in defense of the Kirchners, emphasized th [...]	2008-04-03 14:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES415	ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURE SECTOR SUSPENDS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's four main agricultural organizations lifted their strike on April 2 for 30 days to hold discussions with the GOA. Roadblocks have been lifted throughout the country and food supplies are arriving in Buenos Aires and other major cities. Local papers report that basic [...]	2008-04-03 20:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES421	(U) ARGENTINA: STRIKE'S ECONOMIC COSTS VS. ITS $$ [...] (C) Now that the Argentine farm sector,s strike measures have been lifted, at least for 30 days (Ref A),it is worth examining just why the GoA chose this particular moment to boost export taxes, and what economic costs the three-week strike have imposed on the Argentine economy. In our view, [...]	2008-04-04 16:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES422	CODEL Shelby discusses financial crisis, inflation, banking [...] (SBU) During a March 25 meeting with Argentine Central Bank President Martin Redrado, a CODEL led by Senator Shelby (R-AL) congratulated the Central Bank for exceeding $50 billion in official reserves, asked about efforts to bring down inflation, and inquired about the possibility of an agreeme [...]	2008-04-04 16:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES425	CODEL Shelby discusses bilateral relationship, TIP, and [...] (SBU) During a March 25 meeting with Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez, a delegation of four U.S. Senators and one Representative, led by Senator Shelby (R-AL),noted U.S. Congressional interest in Argentina's efforts to combat terrorism, terrorism financing, and money laundering, particularly [...]	2008-04-04 19:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GTIP PTER KTFN ECON OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES426	ARGENTINA - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM LOBBIES GOA OFFICIALS FOR SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Ambassador William Swing met with Argentine Minister of Interior Florencio Anibal Randazzo and then followed up with the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Raul Ricardes on March 31 to discuss his candidacy for Director General of the International Organi [...]	2008-04-04 19:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL PREF SMIG KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES429	CODEL Shelby discusses agricultural strike, global [...] (SBU) Representatives of U.S. commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and rating agencies told CODEL Shelby March 25 that the GoA's interventionist tendencies has scared off foreign direct investment (FDI) -- except from Brazil -- and long-term lending from the private sector, [...]	2008-04-07 12:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES43	FM TAIANA OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana offered his assessment of the release of FARC hostages in Colombia. He expressed appreciation for the USG's public statement praising the release of the hostages. Taiana also praised Colombian Pre [...]	2008-01-11 16:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CJAN SNAR ASEC KJUS VZ CO AR
08BUENOSAIRES430	CODEL SHELBY DISCUSSES AGRICULTURAL STRIKE, GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Representatives of U.S. commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, and rating agencies told CODEL Shelby March 25 that the GoA's interventionist tendencies has scared off foreign direct investment (FDI) -- except from Brazil -- and long-term lending from the private sector, [...]	2008-04-07 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES433	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH 17 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 17 - April 4, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to [...]	2008-04-07 18:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES435	ARGENTINA: Ambassador Discusses Farm Strike with [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with one of the largest soybean producers in Argentina the day after the agricultural strike was suspended for 30 days. Government supporters have responded to the agricultural strike by attacking large producers and soybean production in general. The agricultur [...]	2008-04-08 14:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES438	ARGENTINE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PROTEST NEW TIP [...] (U) Summary: A small group of anti-trafficking and feminist organizations gathered outside Argentina's Congress on April 3 to protest anti-TIP legislation currently under consideration by the Chamber of Deputies. According to NGOs, the draft bill falls short of Argentina's international obli [...]	2008-04-08 19:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KCRM ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES439	ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CFK OFF TO A ROUGH START [...] (C) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) had a rough first four months in office. Her administration has produced few new policy initiatives or concrete policy successes. CFK's term has been marked by two serious crises, one foreign and one domestic. Both were exacerbat [...]	2008-04-08 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES441	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 23:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	AR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
08BUENOSAIRES442	Argentina: U.S. Mining Company Coeur Inaugurates New Silver [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 19, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner inaugurated Idaho-based Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation's new US$15 million silver processing mill in Santa Cruz province (where former President Nestor Kirchner was Governor before becoming President in 2003). The new mill a [...]	2008-04-09 13:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EIND ETRD EINV ECON PGOV BL AR
08BUENOSAIRES462	ARGENTINE VALIJAGATE INVESTIGATION MOVING SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine investigation into the origin and destination of USD 800,000 seized from a Venezuelan-American passenger arriving on a chartered flight from Caracas last August continues to move forward slowly. A new judge has been assigned to oversee the money laundering and cu [...]	2008-04-10 12:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES463	ENGAGING ECONOMY MINISTER LOUSTEAU ON PARIS CLUB, [...] (C) Treasury Secretary Paulson's April 11 meeting with Economy Minister Martin Lousteau offers an opportunity to engage the senior GoA official charged by President Kirchner with resolving Argentina's pariah status in international capital markets. Lousteau is in a fight for his political lif [...]	2008-04-10 13:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES465	ARGENTINE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PASSES NEW TIP LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine Chamber of Deputies passed a bill on April 9 that, for the first time, defines trafficking in persons as a federal crime. While the new legislation represents a step in the right direction, it has generated controversy among feminist and human rights organizations [...]	2008-04-10 15:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG KCRM ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES466	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes the U.S. delegation to the Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC),hosted this year by the G [...]	2008-04-10 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES471	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On April 7, the Ambassador met with Argentina's National Ombudsman Dr. Eduardo Mondino. The Ombudsman spoke at length about the independence of his office, which he said has occasionally incurred the rancor of both Kirchner Administrations. His portfolio includes the protection [...]	2008-04-14 10:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES472	ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FSI ECONOMICS DIVISION [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to FSI Economics Division Professor Lynda D. Vargha for the period of April 19-26, 2008. The purpose of the trip is an orientation to Economic Section work and training requirements. 2. Embassy Buenos Aires Control Officer will be ECON Office [...]	2008-04-14 13:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AMGT AFSI AFSN ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES476	ARGENTINA: MAGDALENA FAILLACE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY OF [...] Embassy received from the Argentine MFA a diplomatic note soliciting USG support for Ambassador Magdalena Faillace as a candidate for President of the Inter-American Commission for Women (CIM). Elections will take place during the CIM's Ordinary Assembly of Delegates this November. 2. Si [...]	2008-04-14 19:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KWMN PHUM IACW OAS AR
08BUENOSAIRES478	ARGENTINA: SENATE VP JUAN CARLOS ROMERO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Senate Vice President Juan Carlos Romero of the Kirchners' National Victory Front (FPV) on April 4 in his office to discuss greater bilateral legislative cooperation. Romero has occasionally been critical of GOA policy in the past and publicly disagreed wit [...]	2008-04-14 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES48	ARGENTINA 2007-2008 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] The following is Embassy Buenos Aires' input for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part II -- Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Marked-up text sent separately via email. Post POC is EconOff Chris Landberg (LandbergCA@State.Gov). Begin Text: Argent [...]	2008-01-14 14:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES486	REPORT CRITICIZES MEDIA COVERAGE OF ARGENTINE AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A report released by the University of Buenos Aires's School of Social Sciences on April 5 sharply criticizes the Argentine media's coverage of the recent agricultural crisis in Argentina. The timing of the report's release, however, raised serious concerns, as it coincided wit [...]	2008-04-15 18:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO KDEM AR
08BUENOSAIRES493	ARGENTINA OFFICIALS EAGER TO STRENGTHEN ANTI-TIP [...] (C) On April 10, Argentine Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez informed visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and Ambassador Wayne that he was very pleased with the April 9 Congressional passage of anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) legislation. He indicated that he was eager to begin w [...]	2008-04-16 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES494	ARGENTINA: AMIA ELECTIONS -- ORTHODOX BLOC WINS PLURALITY [...] (U) The Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),held internal elections April 13. The Orthodox bloc, led by Rabbi Samuel Levin, won a plurality of votes in internal elections with 37.7% votes. AMIA, Argentina's most important and representative Jewish organization, suffered a 1994 terror [...]	2008-04-16 23:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES495	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HARVARD TRIP, DOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met April 15 with the mayor of Bahia Blanca, Cristian Breitenstein, who had recently returned from a brief course of study at Harvard University. Young, dynamic and pro-American, Breitenstein identified priorities for his first full term in office, including expan [...]	2008-04-17 15:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BEXP EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES496	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKEN BY SURPRISE AS CHAVEZ [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Venezuela's (GOV) announcement that it would nationalize Venezuela's largest steelmaker, Ternium Sidor, majority-owned by Argentine interests, has rattled local markets and complicated the relationship between Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C [...]	2008-04-17 17:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND ETRD AR VE BR MX
08BUENOSAIRES498	REQUEST CLARIFICATION ON FOIA REQUEST: RECORDS OF ALL [...] (SBU) Per ref A exchanges with the Department, post requests clarification of ref B Freedom of Information Act request from Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on behalf of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. The request asks for "copies of all records regarding all grants, payments, and/or funds transfers t [...]	2008-04-17 21:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF AFIN PGOV AR VE
08BUENOSAIRES499	REQUEST CLARIFICATION ON FOIA REQUEST: RECORDS OF ALL [...] (SBU) Per ref A exchanges with the Department, post requests clarification of ref B Freedom of Information Act request from Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on behalf of the Venezuela Solidarity Network. The request asks for copies of all records regarding all grants, payments, and/or funds transfers to [...]	2008-04-18 11:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF AFIN PGOV AR VE
08BUENOSAIRES50	Government Policies and Argentine Agriculture -- Lower [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government policies in Argentina have reduced prices paid for goods from the most important agricultural sectors (oilseeds, grains, beef and dairy) an estimated 30 to 40 percent below world market prices. The lower prices are due to GoA intervention in the market to keep down d [...]	2008-01-15 10:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES500	A CONSERVATIVE MEGACONFERENCE TAKES PLACE IN LEFT-LEANING [...] (U) Summary. Argentine think tank the Liberty Foundation celebrated its twentieth anniversary March 26-28 with an international seminar drawing over 300 participants from around the region and Spain. Participants included noted author Mario Vargas Llosa as well as five ex-Presidents of Lati [...]	2008-04-18 13:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ECON PHUM KJUS XM VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES501	ARGENTINA: ANALYSIS OF TIP LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. Local NGOs and the Argentine government's National Institute for Anti-Discrimination (INADI) and the National Ombudsman's Office have criticized the anti-TIP legislation passed on April 9. Their concern is that adult trafficking victims will have to prove that they did not cons [...]	2008-04-18 14:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AR
08BUENOSAIRES504	ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OVERRULES CONGRESS AND REINSTATES [...] (U) Summary: The Argentine Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the Congress acted illegally when it refused to seat Luis Patti, the former mayor of Escobar who is accused of committing human rights violations as a police officer during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. The decision opened the way f [...]	2008-04-18 18:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES506	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, APRIL 7 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period April 7 - 18, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...]	2008-04-18 20:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES514	ARGENTINA: NESTOR KIRCHNER POISED TO ASSUME [...] (U) Summary: It appears that former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) and his list will run unopposed to lead Argentina's Justicialist "Peronist" Party (PJ). April 19-20 news reports say PJ officials disqualified a second list of candidates, indicating former president NK's slate will likely w [...]	2008-04-21 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES515	ARGENTINA URGES SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO UN [...] (C) The Argentine MFA convoked all resident Ambassadors April 17 to solicit support for Argentina's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council in the May 16 vote. The meeting followed up on the MFA's January Diplomatic Note announcing the candidacy, which was forwarded via e-mail to WHA/BSC in [...]	2008-04-21 20:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC AR
08BUENOSAIRES516	FORMER ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SEEKING USG [...] (SBU) Polcouns tracked down former Argentine Supreme Court President Antonio Boggiano in Rome and delivered telephonically all of the points provided ref A. Polcouns noted the U.S. strongly supports the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the strong sense of integrity and in [...]	2008-04-21 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS PHUM KDEM IACHR AR
08BUENOSAIRES517	ARGENTINA: A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH [...] Innovation and cooperation were the major themes of A/S Shannon,s meeting with Minister of Science and Technology Lino Baranao on April 11. Baranao and A/S Shannon agreed that partnership on S&T issues is mutually beneficial and should be included in the framework for bilateral cooperation a [...]	2008-04-21 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TSPA SCUL PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES519	PRESIDENT CRISTINA KIRCHNER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a very friendly April 10 meeting, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) indicated great pleasure at the warm reception which President Bush had given Argentina's new Ambassador and expressed support for the vision of U.S. policy in the region described by A [...]	2008-04-22 16:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ
08BUENOSAIRES520	ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF SUPPORTS IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. Argentine Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez told A/S Shannon on April 10 that he firmly supports the improvement in bilateral dialogue and cooperation, saying "we need to have good relations with the USG." Fernandez placed high priority on attracting U.S. investment and on reso [...]	2008-04-22 16:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES522	A/S SHANNON AND AMCHAM REPRESENTATIVES SHARE [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Secretary Shannon and Ambassador Wayne met with members of American Chamber (AmCham) Executive Committee to discuss the companies, observations and concerns about the Argentine business climate, market opportunities and challenges. AmCham representatives were unanim [...]	2008-04-22 19:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EPET KPAO KCOR MARR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES526	ARGENTINA WILLING TO HELP RENEW AND STRENGTHEN THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboff made reftel points April 18 to Minister Carlos Hernandez of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs. Hernandez replied April 22, saying that Argentina's UN Miss [...]	2008-04-23 11:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES531	THE ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA: BIASED [...] (C) Summary: Argentine government is continuing its crusade to pressure the media group Clarin over allegedly biased reporting, and questioning its powerful position in the print, TV, cable and radio. While others in the media share concerns about Clarin's dominant position, observers genera [...]	2008-04-23 19:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KPAO KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES533	NGO FAIR AT AMBASSADOR WAYNE4S RESIDENCE [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR WAYNE HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL NGO FAIR AT HIS RESIDENCE ON APRIL 8. MORE THAN 60 NGOS FROM ACROSS ARGENTINA GATHERED AT THE AMBASSADOR'S HOME IN BUENOS AIRES, WHERE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM EMBASSIES, INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC COMPANIES, F [...]	2008-04-23 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KSUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES54	ARGENTINA ON SUPPORTING SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 16:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PREL XF XG KMPI SY AR
08BUENOSAIRES540	ARGENTINA POISED FOR RESUMPTION OF AGRICULTURAL [...] (C) Summary: The 30-day truce called by Argentine farmers in their conflict with the GOA may come to an end without a negotiated solution to address the agricultural sector's grievances. Agricultural sector contacts tell us that lack of progress in the negotiations is bringing Argentina close [...]	2008-04-25 09:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EIND ETRD ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES547	ARGENTINE ECONOMY MINISTER MARTIN LOUSTEAU RESIGNS [...] (C) Economy Minister Martin Lousteau tendered his resignation April 24 following the Kirchners' rejection of a series of orthodox anti-inflationary measures he proposed. These measures included boosting domestic prices and reducing subsidies for utilities, cutbacks in public spending on infras [...]	2008-04-25 18:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES549	IDB PRESIDENT ON ARGENTINA: WORSENING INFLATION [...] (C) IDB President Moreno told Ambassador April 21 that his two takeaways from his latest visit to Argentina are that inflation appears to be getting out of control and there is increasing willingness to stand up to the Kirchners. Moreno noted that high commodity prices are saving Argentina, bu [...]	2008-04-25 19:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID AR
08BUENOSAIRES553	ARGENTINA: JOHN DEERE CONCERNED ON IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Deere Company executives met Ambassador on April 1, the day before Argentina's agricultural sector strike was suspended for 30 days. While business has been good, executives indicated concern over future business due to the uncertain policy environment and expected decreas [...]	2008-04-28 17:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR AR ECON EINV
08BUENOSAIRES56	AMBASSADOR RAISES ARGENTINA INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana U.S. companies' concerns about Argentina's investment climate during their January 10 meeting (reftels). He informed Taiana that the USG is closely monitoring Argentina's dispute with CMS Gas Transmission, and expressed co [...]	2008-01-15 18:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ECPS EPET EMIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES563	ARGENTINE PRESIDENTQS APPROVAL RATINGS TAKE A HIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Local papers report that President Cristina Fernandez de KirchnerQs approval ratings have fallen as low as 36% because of her handling of the rural sector strike and growing concerns over inflation and insecurity. The papers do not name specific polling firms, however, because [...]	2008-04-29 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES566	ARGENTINA TENTATIVELY SUPPORTS U.S.- EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 22:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA EU AR
08BUENOSAIRES568	ARGENTINA: PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON ARGENTNE TIES WITH U.S., VENEZUELA, AND DOMESTIC STRATEGY TO LAUNCH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND "SOCIAL PACT" INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Planning Minister De Vido called A/S Shannon's visit to Buenos Aires a positive step in rebuilding bilateral relations damaged by the earlier Antonini Wilson "suitcase" scandal. He hopes the postponed visits to the United States by former President Nestor Kirchner and Chief of Cabinet Al [...]	2008-04-30 17:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AR VZ BR EC EPET
08BUENOSAIRES57	ARGENTINA ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. Taiana indicated that the MFA would consider the matter, but noted that Kosovo is a complex issue. He asked whether European support for Kosovo independence included Spain. The Ambassador replied that we [...]	2008-01-16 07:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PBTS UNMIK PGOV YI ER AR
08BUENOSAIRES571	ARGENTINA CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY 4TH FLEET [...] (C) SUMMARY: ARGENTINE MFA DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR AFFAIRS, AMBASSADOR ELSA KELLY, CALLED DCM APRIL 29 TO ASK FOR DETAILS REGARDING NAVAL OPERATION'S APRIL 24 PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE U.S. FOURTH FLEET. AT A MEETING WITH POST MILGP COMMANDE [...]	2008-04-30 22:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES572	ARGENTINE FLAG CARRIER AEROLINEAS FOCUS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) has again become the focus of GOA and Government of Spain (GOS) tensions amidst public accusations by AR Spanish owners Marsans and GOS officials of "harassment" of the carrier. Marsans and the GOS accuse AR unions and some GOA officials of pressing f [...]	2008-05-02 10:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV ELAB AR SP
08BUENOSAIRES575	ARGENTINA HIGH-LEVEL MEETING AGENDA [...] (SBU) Following up on WHA A/S Shannon's April 10-11 meetings with Argentine FM Taiana and their agreement in principle to hold in June in Buenos Aires a meeting under the auspices of the Special Process of Regular High-Level Bilateral Consultations, emboffs met with MFA officials April 17 to de [...]	2008-05-02 17:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM ETRD SENV SCUL PTER SNAR KJUS XM AR
08BUENOSAIRES577	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Argentina (GOA) has responded to rising international prices by increasing efforts to divorce domestic food prices from international prices. The general policy of the government is to maintain low domestic prices and increase tax revenues by taxing agricult [...]	2008-05-02 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES58	Argentina: 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Five consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor interest in exploring opportunities in the Argentine market. The government of Argentina, in turn, has signaled its desire [...]	2008-01-16 11:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES586	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TIERRA DEL FUEGO GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met April 29 with Tierra del Fuego Governor Fabiana Rios, Argentina's first elected female governor. Governor Rios was straightforward and cordial throughout the meeting, during which she explained her province's abysmal financial state. Rios solicited the Amba [...]	2008-05-05 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KDEM AR
08BUENOSAIRES587	MEDIA GROUPS CONCERNED AS ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT PUSHES NEW BROADCAST LAW [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 21:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES589	ARGENTINA: A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: April 11 A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wayne agreed with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana and his team to revive and modify a mechanism for bilateral dialogue. The approved concept sets out two additional bilateral meetings under the 1997 "Framework of Understanding between [...]	2008-05-06 15:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EINV PTER TSPL ETRD SNAR SCUL
08BUENOSAIRES592	ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on limited progress in agricultural negotiations, farm sector leaders extended their truce with the GOA from May 2 to May 6, but in the absence of any additional progress it appears likely that strikes will resume in some fashion. GOA and farming leaders did not reach agre [...]	2008-05-06 20:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON ELAB ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES597	ARGENTINA: CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Buenos Aires will seek to place in local media an op-ed being drafted in the Department and will use its Strategic Distribution Initiative (SDI) to circulate background materials on Cuba to approximately 3,500 local contacts. 2. (SBU) Post contacted a local NGO, the [...]	2008-05-06 21:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU AR
08BUENOSAIRES598	ARGENTINA CONFIRMS CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, Polcouns delivered ref A demarche to Martin Romero in the Argentine MFA's Directorate for International Organizations (DIOIN). Polcouns expressed U.S. concern about the performance of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),including its tendency to focus on Israel while simultan [...]	2008-05-06 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES599	ARGENTINA CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OAS AR
08BUENOSAIRES608	MEDIA REACTION; US ELECTION CAMPAIGN; ARGENTINA'S VOTE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local international stories are focused on new developments in the Democratic primaries; Argentina's vote against IMF initiatives; and Lula da Silva's "meddling" in the confrontation between Hugo Chavez and the US. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - Obama and [...]	2008-05-07 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES609	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO LA PLATA: A UNIVERSITY TOWN AND HOME [...] (U) The Ambassador reaffirmed the USG commitment to strengthening bilateral ties with Argentina and discussed investment, drugs, and local issues during an April 30 meeting with Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli and series of meetings in the provincial capital. The Ambassador visited a paris [...]	2008-05-07 21:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL OEXC OTRA SCUL SENV AR
08BUENOSAIRES615	FARM STRIKE RESUMES IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) Farm groups announced late on May 7 that they will resume the farm strike due to the GoA's refusal to discuss making any changes to the variable export tax regime. The farm groups will continue protests for the next 8 days (through May 15),when they will meet again to discuss their next [...]	2008-05-08 18:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES619	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARGENTINE CONGRESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met May 7 with Chairman of Argentina's Joint Congressional Committee for the Oversight of Intelligence Activities and Organizations Senator Marcelo Fuentes. Fuentes has known former president Nestor Kirchner for a long time; they both studied at law in La Plata a [...]	2008-05-09 14:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES62	ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] (SBU) OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY: Traffic accidents are still the primary threat to life and limb in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires. Pedestrians should be vigilant when crossing streets and remember to look both directions, even if the street is designated one way. Traffic laws are ro [...]	2008-01-16 17:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES622	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, APRIL 21 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period April 21 - May 5, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be [...]	2008-05-09 18:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES629	ARGENTINA INFLATION CONTROVERSY: GOA TO LAUNCH NEW [...] (C) The GoA plans to roll out a "new and improved" consumer price index (CPI) in June to allow national statistics agency INDEC to recover some of its lost credibility. The new index will measure a narrower basket of goods and services and will allow product weightings to be changed frequentl [...]	2008-05-12 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV AR EFIN

08BUENOSAIRES632	MEDIA REACTION; US ELECTION CAMPAIGN; UN ANTITERRORIST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers carry international editorials on presidential candidate Barack Obama's chances of winning US presidential elections; the progress made under the UN's antiterrorist strategy; the chaotic situation in Lebanon; and the referendum in Bolivia. 2. OPINION P [...]	2008-05-12 19:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES634	Argentina: Negative Reaction to Special 301 Priority Watch [...] (SBU) GoA interlocutors in the Foreign Ministry reacted negatively to USTR's placement of Argentina on the Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) for the thirteenth straight year. Econoff delivered Reftel demarche to Luis Niscovolos, Director of Multilateral Economic Negotiations in the Argenti [...]	2008-05-12 20:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES636	FOLLOWING UP WITH ARGENTINA ON U.S.-EU DECLARATION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke May 9 and May 13 with Argentine MFA U/S for Multilateral Policy Raul Ricardes to urge Argentine co-sponsorship of the U.S.-EU declaration on prisoners of conscience. Ricardes asked who else was sponsoring. Per ref (A),the Ambassador noted there were 44 co-sponsors [...]	2008-05-13 19:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN EU AR
08BUENOSAIRES64	Argentina International Airport: Labor Woes, Overbooking [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Flight delays and cancellations at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires erupted into chaos on January 12, affecting 4,000-5,000 passengers. The conflict began with Aerolineas Argentinas ground workers and pilots staging slowdowns in the middle of the high sum [...]	2008-01-17 15:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES641	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ARGENTINA SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of May 7, Argentine Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez told visiting ICE Assistant Secretary Myers and Ambassador Wayne that he was serious about implementing Argentina's new federal law against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is very open to work [...]	2008-05-14 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES642	ARGENTINA AT THE MAY 16-17 EU-LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana are scheduled to visit Lima May 16-17 to attend the Summit Meeting of European Union - Latin American and the Caribbean (EU - LAC). CFK appears to have a full but still-unconfirmed schedule, with GO [...]	2008-05-14 21:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES643	ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO VISIT U.S. TO FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Argentina4s Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti will travel to Washington and New York the week of May 19 for meetings at the American Law Institute and the Council of the Americas as part of his effort to strengthen judicial practices in Argentina. Ambassador Wayne met wi [...]	2008-05-15 10:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES645	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENATE DEFENSE CHAIR MARIA [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met May 14 with National Victory Front Senator and President of the Senate Defense Commission Maria Cristina Perceval. Ambassador Wayne and Perceval discussed her recent trip to the United States to attend a conference on the role of civilians in the security sect [...]	2008-05-15 15:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES646	ARGENTINE PROSECUTORS SEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine press indicates local prosecutors are looking to travel to the U.S. to gather evidence for their investigation into the infamous Venezuelan suitcase with US$800,000 seized by GOA officials in August 2007. Articles published in La Nacion on May 11 and 12 provide new i [...]	2008-05-15 18:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES647	ARGENTINA: MISSION AND U.S. COMPANIES COLLABORATE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Wayne hosted Argentine Science and Technology Minister Lino Baranao and CEOs from U.S. innovation-based companies May 9 in the latest of a number of sector or [...]	2008-05-15 18:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TSPA SCUL PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES651	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARGENTINE POLITICS WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met May 12 with conservative politician Ricardo Lopez-Murphy, who came in third place in the 2003 presidential election but only in seventh, with one percent of the vote, in 2007. Lopez-Murphy shared his views on Argentina's current political and economic situation [...]	2008-05-15 21:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES652	ARGENTINA: NESTOR KIRCHNER OFFICIALLY ASSUMES PJ [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) assumed presidency of the Justicialist (Peronist) party (PJ) officially on May 14 at a rally in the province of Buenos Aires. The event began with several emphatic and hardline speeches from party officials. NK was expected to use the occasi [...]	2008-05-16 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES660	ARGENTINA MENDS AIRLINE DISPUTE; HESITATES ON [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Spanish Ambassador to Argentina Estrella (protect strictly) told the Ambassador that the Government of Argentina (GOA) and Spanish company Marsans have reached agreement over how to handle ownership of Aerolineas Argentinas and Austral Airlines. He said agreement was [...]	2008-05-16 21:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAIR BEXP KNNP MNUC NPT PARM
08BUENOSAIRES661	MEDIA REACTION; WALL STREET ON ARGENTINA; BOLIVIA; BARACK [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are related to Wall Street forecasts for Argentina's growth rate; latest developments in Bolivia; and Barack Obama's rebuff to US President Bush. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Wall Street forecasts a sudden brake on Argentine [...]	2008-05-16 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES663	ARGENTINA'S NEW PAPER "CRITICA" UNDER GOVERNMENT [...] (C) JORGE LANATA, ONE OF ARGENTINA'S MOST ACCOMPLISHED JOURNALISTS, CALLED ON AMBASSADOR WAYNE MAY 15 TO ASK FOR SUPPORT AS HIS RECENTLY LAUNCHED PAPER, "CRITICA," IS BEING SUBJECTED TO A GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN TO CUT OFF FINANCIAL BACKING AND IN OTHER WAYS COMPLICATE OPERATIONS UNLESS IT MODERAT [...]	2008-05-16 22:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC KMDR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES664	ARGENTINA ON THE OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Foreign Ministry theoretically supports a total ban on cluster munitions but, in fact, expects and is counting on a decision of partial prohibition. Nor does the MFA anticipate a finalized draft to come out of the Dublin meeting, anticipating it will take until the [...]	2008-05-16 23:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES665	ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE EXTENDED SIX MORE DAYS [...] (U) The farm groups leading the Argentine agricultural strike announced on May 15 that the strike will continue, despite a call for further dialogue from President Cristina Kirchner. The farm groups will meet again on May 21 to review the situation and decide whether to continue the strike. T [...]	2008-05-19 10:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES666	ARGENTINA ON THE OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Foreign Ministry theoretically supports a total ban on cluster munitions but, in fact, expects and is counting on a decision of partial prohibition. Nor does the MFA anticipate a finalized draft to come out of the Dublin meeting, anticipating it will take until the [...]	2008-05-19 12:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES681	ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURE SECTOR STRIKES TAKE [...] (C) Summary: The agricultural crisis that has dominated headlines for the past two months has knocked the administration of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) back on its heels. Faced with plummeting poll numbers that indicate a lack of confidence in CFK's government and society-wide conce [...]	2008-05-20 13:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES686	ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) Under heavy fire from other sectors and political supporters in provincial governments, Argentina's major farm groups announced May 19 that they are again suspending their ten-week strike in order to hold discussions with the GoA. This latest suspension of the on-again, off-again strike [...]	2008-05-20 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES687	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S LOW-PROFILE PARTICIPATION IN EU - LAC [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) met (low) expectations (ref A) at the Summit Meeting of Leaders of the European Union - Latin America and the Caribbean ( EU - LAC),holding a number of bilateral meetings but dodging the press. In the Mercosur - EU bilateral, CFK [...]	2008-05-20 21:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ECIN ECON ENRG ETRD ETTC SOCI TSPL
08BUENOSAIRES691	ARGENTINA: SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 15:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR PARM PREL ETTC TSPL AR
08BUENOSAIRES70	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, January 1-11, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 1-11, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts SIPDIS tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...]	2008-01-18 15:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES701	ARGENTINA: CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires placed in newspaper-of-record "La Nacion" on May 21 an op-ed written by Cuban independent journalist Jorge Olivera-Castillo. 2. (SBU) Also per ref A, post sought to contact Dr. Roberto Quinones, the son of Cuban neurosurgeon Hilda Molina who, since 1994, has been [...]	2008-05-22 20:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EU CU AR
08BUENOSAIRES702	ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ARREST OF MENEM AND OTHERS FOR ""LOCAL CONNECTION"" COVER-UP REF: A. 1998 BUENOS AIRES 05826 B. 2004 BUENOSAIRES 2540 C. BUENOS AIRES 646 AND PREVIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, has requested the arrest of former President Carlos Menem, former federal judge Juan Galeano, and [...]	2008-05-22 22:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES706	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 19:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES708	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]	2008-05-23 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES710	ARGENTINA ON BRAZILIAN SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] (C) Informal discussions with military, MOD and MFA contacts on Brazil's South American Security Council proposal indicate the Brazilians have not consulted in any detail with the Argentines, who are not clear on what the Brazilians are proposing. GOA contacts discount that the proposed Counci [...]	2008-05-23 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES711	ARGENTINE FARM TALKS FALTER (AGAIN) - ALL EYES ON COMPETING [...] (SBU) The first meeting between the GoA and leaders of the major farm groups following suspension of the on-again, off-again farm strike on May 21 quickly broke down after the GoA negotiators reportedly refused to address the controversial variable export tax until after the large demonstration [...]	2008-05-23 20:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES712	ARGENTINA'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT AVERTS [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado told Ambassador May 19 that the mini-run on Argentine banks and on the peso in early May proved that the "wounds are still open" from the 2001/2002 crisis. Apparently accelerating inflation and the GoA's failure to resolve the now thr [...]	2008-05-23 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES713	(C) ARGENTINA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (U) Embassy Buenos Aires keys the responses below to reftel A questions. 2. (SBU) NATURE OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARGENTINA BUSINESSES HAVE IN CUBA. The GoA imposes no requirement to register foreign direct investment, and the Embassy has been unable to uncover any major investment by Argentine [...]	2008-05-23 20:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETTC PREL ETRD CU AR
08BUENOSAIRES714	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador met with Laura Alonso, Executive Director for Argentine NGO "Citizen Power" (Poder Ciudadano-PC) and discussed its ongoing efforts to promote government accountability and transparency at the federal and local levels. Alonso explained PC's on-going efforts to inv [...]	2008-05-23 21:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES715	ARGENTINA: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR U.S. INTERESTS ON NEW [...] Summary: In recognition of the important U.S. commercial interests that could potentially be affected by the new broadcast bill that the GOA is drafting for submission to Congress in the near future, the Embassy arranged a meeting for the major U.S. broadcasters and content producers operatin [...]	2008-05-23 21:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OVIP PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES717	ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR EXPLAINS HIS REQUEST [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called the Ambassador on May 23 to apologize for not giving the Embassy advance notice of his (ref A) request for the arrest of former President Menem and other GOA officials for their alleged roles in the cover up of the "local connection" [...]	2008-05-27 10:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES725	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador informed Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado May 19 that Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance had nearly completed a technical assistance agreement on terrorism finance for the BCRA and GOA regulatory agencies. The question now is how to fund it, and R [...]	2008-05-28 12:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES727	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMY, FDI, & AG [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with Mario Das Neves, Governor of Chubut May 23. Most notably Das Neves (protect strictly) sharply criticized both sides for failure to resolve the agriculture strike, specifically criticizing the negotiations for acting in bad faith. He expressed fear that [...]	2008-05-28 13:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EFIS EINV ENRG EPET ETRD
08BUENOSAIRES729	SEEKING ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR IOM CANDIDATE AMB. [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 17:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF SMIG IOM AR
08BUENOSAIRES73	MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE TIES; COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories are related to the implications of the US-Argentine incident; the current status of the rebellion method in the aftermath of the Colombian hostage release operation; and the impact of the US sub prime crisis on Argentina's economy. 2. OPINIO [...]	2008-01-22 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
08BUENOSAIRES732	ARGENTINA: UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 20:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES733	ARGENTINE FARMERS RESUME STRIKE - GRAINS AND BEEF TARGETED [...] (SBU) Argentine farm groups are back on strike, at least until June 2, and will block marketing of grains and oilseeds for exports, as well as sales of cattle for slaughter. The farm groups have called for protestors on the highways to allow free movement of all other transport, although there [...]	2008-05-28 22:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES736	ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON [...] POST WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR MARK P. LAGON, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),AND BARBARA FLECK, G/TIP REPORTS AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS OFFICER, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA FROM JUNE 18-21, 2008. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO OBTAIN AN UPDATE ON TIP I [...]	2008-05-29 13:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM SMIG UY AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES737	ARGENTINA: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR U.S. INTERESTS ON NEW [...] Summary: In recognition of the important U.S. commercial interests that could potentially be affected by the new broadcast bill that the GOA is drafting for submission to Congress in the near future, the Embassy arranged a meeting for the major U.S. broadcasters and content producers operatin [...]	2008-05-29 13:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OVIP PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES739	ARGENTINA'S SPECIAL AMIA PROSECUTOR DEFENDS HIS [...] (C) Summary: AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman explained to Embassy Officers on May 27 his reasons for requesting the arrests of former President Carlos Menem and other officials (ref B) for their alleged roles in obstructing justice in the investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of t [...]	2008-05-29 15:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES743	ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE [...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...]	2008-05-29 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES746	PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (S) Summary. On May 21, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received FBI Deputy Director John Pistole. CFK said she is committed to fight terrorism and not to deal with terrorists. She criticized the investigation of the 1994 AMIA attack carried out in the 1990s, altho [...]	2008-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PREL PTER KJUS KCRM SNAR AR SMIG KWMN
08BUENOSAIRES748	ARGENTINA'S JUDICIAL BRANCH INCREASINGLY SUBJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is cementing control over the judicial branch by legislating discretion and political criteria into judicial processes. New legislation approved on May 21 increases executive branch influence over the filling of vacant judgeships, and a [...]	2008-05-30 17:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES751	Argentina: Ambassador Promotes NGOs, U.S. Commercial [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with political, business and military leaders, NGOs, media, and Fulbright scholars during a May 22-23, 2008, visit to Argentina's southwestern province of Neuquen. Ambassador discussed the current political situation and U.S. corporate social responsibility efforts with Gov [...]	2008-05-30 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO BEXP PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES753	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 6 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 6 - 23, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2008-05-30 21:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES754	NEW ECONOMY MINISTER STILL GETTING UP TO SPEED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez May 28, highlighting Paris Club and advocacy on behalf of U.S. investors as key issues to discuss in future meetings. The Minister said he is getting up to speed on the issues, but is mostly foc [...]	2008-05-30 21:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES757	High Commodity Prices Boost Argentina's Early 2008 Trade in [...] (U) Argentine goods exports were up 40% year-on-year in the first four months of 2008, and imports increased by 45%, according to a report released by GoA statistics agency INDEC on May 26. Total exports were USD 21.6 billion, and imports were USD 17.8 billion, leaving a trade surplus of $3.8 [...]	2008-06-02 15:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EPET ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES759	ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...]	2008-06-03 17:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES760	ARGENTINA: CODEL DODD DISCUSSES REGION WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a lunch with ambassadors and private sector employees in honor of Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra. The group discussed the region's efforts at integration, pointing to the benefits of closer relations that have developed and the c [...]	2008-06-03 18:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR MASS EAID EC
08BUENOSAIRES764	CODEL DODD MEETS ARGENTINE FM TAIANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra and the Ambassador called on Argentine FM Taiana May 29. On Bolivia, Taiana expressed his worry about the potential for violent conflict despite what he saw as Evo Morales's moderating influence on his radical MAS support bas [...]	2008-06-03 20:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR BL
08BUENOSAIRES765	CODEL DODD MEETING WITH NGOS HIGHLIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive information - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Wayne hosted Senator Christopher Dodd (D - CT) and Congressman Xavier Becerra (D - CA) at an event featuring key individuals and organizations representing Argentine civil society. The group d [...]	2008-06-03 20:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES766	ARGENTINE FARMERS' STRIKE CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER WEEK [...] (SBU) The leadership of Argentina's four main agricultural organizations decided late on June 2 to prolong their third strike against the GOA for another full week, at least until Monday, June 9. The farmer groups will continue the boycott on grain sales and embargo of grain exports, includin [...]	2008-06-03 20:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES767	ARGENTINA: LATEST IAEA REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 22:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08BUENOSAIRES768	ARGENTINA ON ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 22:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OAS AR ZI
08BUENOSAIRES775	ARGENTINA DISAPPOINTED WITH TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Per refs A and B, the Ambassador met June 3 with Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez to share an embargoed copy of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Minister Fernandez thanked the Ambassador for sharing the report, and immediately launched into a discuss [...]	2008-06-04 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES776	GOA PRESIDENT, OTHERS, DEFEND POLICIES RESTRICTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs raised the points provided in Ref A (Request to End Food Staple Export Restrictions),Ref B (Agricultural Biotechnology as a Tool to Fight Hunger),and Ref C (The President's Global Food Security Initiative and Trade) demarches with the President, Foreign Minister, an [...]	2008-06-05 12:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES781	Codel Dodd Meeting with Argentine President Fernandez de [...] (SBU) President Fernandez de Kircher met with Codel Dodd for over an hour May 29. On Bolivia, she called for a solution which respected democratic institutions and avoided "Balkanization." More broadly in Latin America, the President said she hoped for increasing regional integration in the [...]	2008-06-06 11:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES782	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 26 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 26 - June 4, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be i [...]	2008-06-06 15:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES785	ARGENTINA: SCHEDULING THE NEXT POL/MIL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Regular bilateral Pol/Mil meetings have been an integral part of managing and advancing our broad security relationship with Argentina, from the classic Pol/Mil issues to counterterrorism and non-proliferation. The GoA hosted the last Pol/Mil bilaterals in December 2006. It is [...]	2008-06-06 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR
08BUENOSAIRES786	ARGENTINA: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN GARMENT INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on interviews with GOA officials, International Labor Organization representatives, and union and NGO leaders, as well as a review of media articles, some companies in Argentina's apparel industry appear to use forced and child labor in their production chain. It is diffi [...]	2008-06-06 20:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PHUM PGOV ECIN ECON SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES787	ARGENTINA TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON AGRICULTURE EXPORTS REF: BUENOS AIRES 766 AND PREVIOUS Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). [...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of Cargill Argentina met with the Ambassador on June 4 to discuss concerns about the rising stream of regulations to increase GOA control of agricultural exports. The new regulations are being issued without consulting the major exporters and with little regard to pos [...]	2008-06-06 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES790	Argentina-China Trade Update: Advantage, China [...] (SBU) After declining rapidly over the last few years, Argentina's bilateral trade surplus with China fell into deficit in early 2008. This is due mainly to increased imports, which have risen more quickly from China than the rest of the world, whereas the increase in exports to China is simil [...]	2008-06-09 14:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV AR CH
08BUENOSAIRES791	LA NACION TO AMBASSADOR WAYNE: MORE MEDIA PRESSURE [...] (C) Julio and Fernan Saguier, owner-editors of La Nacion, the most influential paper among Argentina's business and educated elite, met with Ambassador Wayne to express concerns that media pressure from the GOA is bad and growing worse. They argued that that former president Nestor Kirchner is [...]	2008-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES793	OAS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, [...] A regional workshop on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, which concerns non-proliferation and export control obligations, was co-hosted by the U.S. and Argentina and held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 13-14, 2008. All members of the Organization of American Sta [...]	2008-06-10 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES797	ARGENTINA ANNOUNCES SOCIAL INVESTMENTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA announced June 9 that it will direct the marginal proceeds from its March 11 increase in soy export taxes to health (60%),housing (20%) and rural roads (20%). Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) followed the announcement with a 25-minute speech arg [...]	2008-06-11 14:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN EAGR PHUM EAID AR
08BUENOSAIRES800	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OPPOSITION SENATOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met June 6 with Argentine Senator Maria Eugenia Estenssoro, prominent leader of the opposition Civic Coalition (CC). Estenssoro offered her critical view of how the GOA was managing the ongoing agricultural strike. In connection with congressional consideration [...]	2008-06-11 20:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PHUM PGOV ECIN ECON SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES802	Argentine Economy Minister to Senator Dodd: The Kirchner [...] (SBU) New Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez highlighted the Argentine economy's strong recovery since 2002 and continuing strength during a May 29 meeting with visiting U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra. The Minister attributed the fast growth since 2003 to the "K [...]	2008-06-12 10:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES81	ARGENTINA-CHINA TRADE UPDATE: IMPORTS NOT CROWDING OUT [...] (SBU) In response to a surge in goods imports from China, the GoA imposed a series of "non-discriminatory" non-tariff trade restrictions implicitly aimed at Chinese goods seen as crowding out domestic production. Argentina's trade surplus with China peaked in 2003 at $1.8 billion, but may have [...]	2008-01-24 17:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV AR CH
08BUENOSAIRES810	ARGENTINA'S REACTION TO USG DISENGAGEMENT AT THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Minister Silvia Fernandez. She expressed "shock" and "disappointment" at the USG's decision to disengage from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),especially [...]	2008-06-12 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNHRC UNGA AR
08BUENOSAIRES812	ARGENTINA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 12:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BUENOSAIRES816	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE 6 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 6 - 13, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be incl [...]	2008-06-13 20:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES817	ARGENTINA SEEKING USG SUPPORT FOR THE CANDIDACY OF SALVIOLI [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 21:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV UNHCR AR
08BUENOSAIRES82	Telecom and ATSC in Argentina: The Visit of Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, and Jamie Estrada, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Manufacturing and Services for the Department of Commerce, visited Argentina on January 17. The visitors were unable to meet with Go [...]	2008-01-24 17:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINT ECPS OVIP TSPL AR
08BUENOSAIRES822	Argentina: Important Issues at Stake in Proposed New Media [...] (SBU) Summary: Gabriel Mariotto, Director of Argentina's FCC equivalent agency COMFER, will be in Washington on June 19-20 to meet with FCC officials, Congressional leaders, and media associations. The Government of Argentina is in the final stages of drafting an ambitious new federal broadca [...]	2008-06-17 16:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ECPS KPAO OVIP KMDR PHUM TSPL AR
08BUENOSAIRES823	ARGENTINE MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentine Minister of Science and Technology Lino Baranao (Ba-ran-yow) will visit Washington July 7-9, and he hopes to meet with you during that trip. I believe you would [...]	2008-06-17 17:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TSPA PREL SENV SCUL AR
08BUENOSAIRES827	ARGENTINA: NO END IN SIGHT FOR 100-DAY FARM CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: In what could prove an important step in diffusing the 100-day old farm crisis, President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) announced on June 17 that she would be sending a bill this same day to the legislature on the question of the increased agricultural export taxes for debate and vot [...]	2008-06-17 21:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN INVI AR
08BUENOSAIRES828	Argentina: Economic Impact of Farming Crisis [...] (SBU) Argentine consumer confidence has declined markedly due to economic disruptions linked to the 100-day long agricultural sector strike. A just released measure of popular sentiment on the general economic situation, employment, family income and purchasing power was down for the fifth stra [...]	2008-06-17 21:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EINV PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES829	ROUND 4 - ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE RESUMES [...] (SBU) Argentina experienced an intense 3-day weekend of protests and counter demonstrations after the government sent federal highway and border police (gendarmerie) to clear a roadblock in Gualeguaychu on June 14, on the main highway to Brazil and Uruguay, and temporarily arrested prominent fa [...]	2008-06-17 21:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES83	ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT ENJOYING A HONEYMOON WITH THE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary. A leading Argentine polling firm (Poliarquia) found that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) standing rose by five points since she took office December 10, with 56% of those polled rating her favorably, despite foreign policy missteps in early weeks. This is far b [...]	2008-01-25 11:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES834	ARGENTINA: FARM DEBATE(?) MOVES TO CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) took a step back from the precipice on June 17 and bought herself some breathing room in the 100-day old farm crisis by announcing she was sending the question of the sliding scale of export taxes ("retenciones") as a bill to congress for deba [...]	2008-06-18 18:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN INVI AR
08BUENOSAIRES836	"Argentinization:" Government Promotes Greater Local [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A decade after its great privatization wave, and followed by the 2001/02 economic collapse, Argentina has undergone a paradigm shift, with the Government of Argentina (GOA) promoting a heavy hand in the economy. While this trend has been much in the news over the GOA's price sta [...]	2008-06-18 19:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL ENRG AR
08BUENOSAIRES837	ARGENTINA PROPOSES HUMAN RIGHTS COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see para 8 for request. 2. Summary. Ambassador Wayne recently met with National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism (INADI) President Maria Jose Lubertino to explore opportunities for cooperation in the realm of advancing civil right [...]	2008-06-18 22:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES838	GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA VISITS ARGENTINA [...] On June 4-6, 2008, Ambassador welcomed a 43-member Alabama Trade Mission led by Governor Bob Riley and organized by the Embassy's Commercial Section. The purpose of the mission was to increase awareness and promote future business opportunities between the State of Alabama and Argentina. Duri [...]	2008-06-19 12:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES84	IDB EXECUTIVE VP ZELIKOW ON ARGENTINA PROGRAM; [...] (C) During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador, IDB Executive Vice President Daniel Zelikow supported increasing the lending ceiling to Argentina, particularly for private sector and sub-national projects, while acknowledging the need to assuage concerns of other IDB member countries. Zelikow [...]	2008-01-25 13:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID AR
08BUENOSAIRES841	ARGENTINA: DELIVERY OF BOLIVIA SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 18th, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Argentine MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, Vincente Espeche Gil. Ambassador explained that the USG was approaching a "group of friends" (Brazil, Argentina and Columbia) and U/S Shannon had spoken to Argentine Ambassador [...]	2008-06-19 22:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL KDEM PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES842	(C) ARGENTINE FARM CRISIS: "100 DAYS OF [...] (C) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner's June 17 decision to send the polemic grain export fee/tax ("retenciones") issue to congress for debate and vote was met here with guarded optimism and a palpable sense of relief. However, her bellicose speech at the June 18 pro-government rally o [...]	2008-06-20 10:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES848	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNERS' POLL NUMBERS PLUMMET IN WAKE [...] (SBU) The 100 day farm crisis has had a dramatic and negative effect on President Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) poll numbers, according to results published today by leading polling firm Poliarquia. CFK's positive image sits at 20 percent, a six percentage point drop over the previous month, [...]	2008-06-20 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES849	FedEx/UPS Discuss Challenges with Truckers Union [...] (SBU) Ambassador met on June 6 with executives from UPS and FedEx to discuss challenges they face with the local Truckers Union. FedEx and UPS were recently forced to sign a 20 percent salary increase with this union, the second sizable increase in a matter of three months. The companies highl [...]	2008-06-23 10:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELAB EAIR OVIP BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES857	Argentina: San Juan Welcomes Ambassador [...] During Ambassador's June 12 - 13 visit to San Juan, provincial authorities emphasized their desire to work with U.S. interests to explore mutually beneficial relationships. Ambassador had extensive meetings with San Juan Governor Jose Luis Gioja, San Juan Vice-Governor Dr. Jose Ruben U$ac, an [...]	2008-06-23 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES858	More than Malbec: Ambassador Donates Scholarships and [...] Ambassador visited the Binational Center in Mendoza and presented certificates to 21 Mendoza high school students who have received scholarships to study English as part of the Embassy's Sarmiento-Mann scholarship program. Ambassador then met with influential Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque and [...]	2008-06-23 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES86	ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON SKANSKA CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Judicial investigations continue into alleged bribery and tax evasion by the local affiliate of Swedish construction multinational Skanska in the expansion of Argentina's northern and southern natural gas pipelines. The courts appear to be approaching the indictment phase, desp [...]	2008-01-25 14:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EPET EINV ASEC SNAR OECD AR
08BUENOSAIRES860	ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE SUSPENDED, GRAIN TRADE RESUMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Agricultural producers formally suspended the farm strike, and trucks carrying grains, oilseeds, and cattle started to arrive at processing plants and export terminals over the weekend. Producers and truckers have lifted most of the roadblocks around the country and, unlike the [...]	2008-06-23 22:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES866	ARGENTINA: CFK RESUMES TALKS WITH FARMERS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and representatives of the four main agricultural associations who have led protests against variable export taxes on agricultural products met on June 23, following 71 days of hostile public exchanges since their last meeting on Ap [...]	2008-06-24 21:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES878	Argentina: San Juan Welcomes Ambassador [...] During Ambassador's June 12 - 13 visit to San Juan, provincial authorities emphasized their desire to work with U.S. interests to explore mutually beneficial relationships. Ambassador had extensive meetings with San Juan Governor Jose Luis Gioja, San Juan Vice-Governor Dr. Jose Ruben U$ac, and [...]	2008-06-25 17:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES879	More than Malbec: Ambassador Donates Scholarships and [...] Ambassador visited the Binational Center in Mendoza and presented certificates to 21 Mendoza high school students who have received scholarships to study English as part of the Embassy's Sarmiento-Mann scholarship program. Ambassador then met with influential Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque and r [...]	2008-06-25 17:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP EINV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES881	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JUNE 16 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period June 16 - 20, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inc [...]	2008-06-25 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES893	MACRI AND SCIOLI ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and the CDA met with Argentina's two most prominent center-right politicians, Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli and Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri on June 12. Scioli, formally allied with the Kirchner government, appeared haggard and [...]	2008-06-27 20:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN AR

08BUENOSAIRES894	ARGENTINA TO HOST 35TH MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LIGHT [...] (C) Argentina will host a July 1 Mercosur Summit of member and associate member leaders, preceded by a June 30 Minster-level Mercosur Council meeting. The Summit culminates a lackluster six-month Argentine presidency of Mercosur marked by national preoccupation with turmoil in the domestic ag [...]	2008-06-30 09:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES910	ARGENTINE CONGRESS DEBATES AG EXPORT TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kirchner government's majority in the Argentine Congress appears to be fracturing over the GOA's request for approval of the variable export tax regime for grains and oilseeds. The GOA continues to insist that the Congress approve the export tax regime currently in place wit [...]	2008-07-01 19:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES911	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary. "The United States wants to be Argentina's partner in fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),not a judge", visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon told Argentine Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez durin [...]	2008-07-01 23:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES920	ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR PRESENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne and visiting Ambassador-at-Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Mark P. Lagon called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss Argentina's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Drawing from the T [...]	2008-07-02 17:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES931	ARGENTINA: HIGHLIGHTS OF JULY 1-2 MERCOSUR SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Mercosur and associated member country presidents meeting at the July 1-2 Mercosur summit in Tucuman, Argentina, strongly condemned the EU's toughened immigration policies and declared their intention to fight their enforcement. President Cristina Fernandez de [...]	2008-07-03 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES932	ARGENTINE REACTION TO RESCUE OF FARC HOSTAGES IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) welcomed the news of the July 2 rescue of 15 FARC hostages. Although her initial public reaction July 2 stopped short of praising Uribe for the GOC's successful operation, the following day the GOA announced she had called U [...]	2008-07-03 21:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES943	ARGENTINE AG EXPORT TAX APPROVED BY LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: By a vote of 129 to 122, the Fernandez de Kirchner government on July 5 won a closely fought battle in the Chamber of Deputies (Lower House) of the Congress to approve the controversial variable export tax regime for grains and oilseeds. The legislative battle now shifts to the [...]	2008-07-08 17:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES946	ARGENTINA: JUDGE RULES LACK OF EVIDENCE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Argentine Judge Daniel Petrone determined on 3 July that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carrying USD 800,000 and seized by Argentine cu [...]	2008-07-08 20:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL SNAR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES948	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH YOUNG, DYNAMIC [...] (C) Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey (protect) told the Ambassador that the export taxes imposed on the agricultural sector are hindering economic growth and thus negatively affecting his province. While close to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Urtubey was clearly feeling local pr [...]	2008-07-10 09:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI AR BL
08BUENOSAIRES95	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, post carried out a pre-license check on Aerospacio SRL, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 9. It is Post's opinion that the company will be a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items. 2. (SBU) A site visit by Blue Lantern Officer and in [...]	2008-01-29 11:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AR
08BUENOSAIRES961	U.S. Fourth Fleet Stirs Concern in Argentina [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine government officials expressed serious concern about the U.S. Fourth Fleet last week, but were reassured by Assistant Secretary Shannon and other U.S. messages. GoA concern had been fed by assertions made by President Chavez at the Mercosur Summit held June 30-July 1 i [...]	2008-07-14 19:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPAO AR
08BUENOSAIRES962	Doha update -- Argentina will hang tough [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina is not ready to show much flexibility on the WTO texts this week in meetings with Mercosur and at the upcoming July 21-26 Geneva Ministerial, according to Argentina's Foreign Minister and a senior Foreign Ministry trade official. End Summary ------------------------ [...]	2008-07-14 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON MARR PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES963	ARGENTINA: BATTLE LINES DRAWN [...] (C) Battle Lines Formed: The sides are drawn for battle in Argentina's agricultural dispute. Farmers and the government are calling followers together for a show of force in Buenos Aires on Tuesday July 15, the day before a decisive vote in the Senate on a bill to approve the government's ag [...]	2008-07-14 20:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES968	ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN RAISES SAIEGH [...] (C) Summary. On July 2, visiting Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Dr. Gregg Rickman met with Eduardo Saiegh, an Argentine Jew who gave up his bank under duress, after being kidnapped and tortured for a week by the military dictatorship in 1980. Saiegh reviewed the p [...]	2008-07-15 20:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES973	ARGENTINA: FARMERS AND GOA LAUNCH MASSIVE RALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine farmers and pro-government forces staged massive rallies in Buenos Aires on July 15 seeking to influence the Senate vote on the controversial export tax regime (reftel) scheduled for the following day, July 16. The farmers' protest drew a crowd of 225,000 to 250,000 [...]	2008-07-16 23:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES976	Argentina: Economy Minister Fernandez on Economic Impact of [...] (SBU) GoA Economy Minister Fernandez, in a meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Treasury DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador, emphasized the "legitimate right" of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to unilaterally impose variable export tariffs on agricultural commodities, but argued tha [...]	2008-07-17 15:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES980	ARGENTINA: VP COBOS VOTES AGAINST KIRCHNERS IN AG [...] (C) Summary: After 18 hours of debate, Argentine VP Cobos broke a 36-36 tie in the Senate with his vote against the government's bill sanctioning the increase in agricultural export duties it had unilaterally announced March 11. The agricultural sector welcomed the news, although the congres [...]	2008-07-18 09:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES984	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TO TREASURY DAS [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill July 11 that he was greatly concerned about the direction of the U.S. and world economies, and the impact on Argentina and Latin America, and called for stronger G-3 statements of [...]	2008-07-18 14:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES989	Argentina Shows No Flexibility on Latest Doha NAMA Text [...] (SBU) Public comments by Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, as well as press reports, indicate a growing divide between MERCOSUR members Argentina and Brazil over their respective WTO Doha Development Round (DDR) negotiating positions, despite a July 14 meeting in Rio de Janeiro of MERCOSUR Foreign [...]	2008-07-18 21:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO AR
08BUENOSAIRES990	ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]	2008-07-18 21:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08BUENOSAIRES991	GoA Repeals Export Tax Resolution, Ending Farm Crisis [...] (SBU) Late July 18, the GoA repealed the March 11 decree that set off the 129-day battle with the rural sector by imposing sliding scale export taxes on grains and oilseeds exports. This decision, which follows the Argentine Senate's July 17 failure to pass the resolution into law, returns exp [...]	2008-07-18 22:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES994	GOA NATIONALIZES ARGENTINA'S FLAGSHIP AIRLINE [...] (SBU) On July 21, Argentina's Minister of Planning Julio De Vido and Secretary of Transport Ricardo Jaime signed an agreement with Marsans, Spanish owner of Argentine flag carrier Aerolineas Argentina (AA) and its sister carrier Austral (together referred to as AA),to transfer management and [...]	2008-07-22 10:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV AR SP
08BUJUMBURA176	BACK TO SQUARE ONE IN FNL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Political Directorate (PD) (Executive Representative to the Secretary General of the United Nation Youssef Mahmoud, French Ambassador Joel Louvet, South African Ambassador Mdu Lembede, and Tanzanian Ambassador Francis Mdowla) informed the diplomatic corps in an April 4 briefi [...]	2008-04-04 12:51:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA177	EX-PARTY STRONGMAN RADJABU GETS 13 YEAR SENTENCE [...] (U) In an April 3 decision, the Supreme Court sentenced former party president of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) Hussein Radjabu to 13 years in prison for intent to disrupt state security through armed rebellion and in [...]	2008-04-04 12:52:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA183	DAS SWAN SUPPORTS SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIATION WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Burundi to facilitate the Tripartite Plus meetings taking place March 24 - 27, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, James Swan met separately with President Pierre Nkurunziza, First Vice President Yves Sahinguvu, and Minister of Defense, Lt. Gene [...]	2008-04-08 16:04:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BY
08BUJUMBURA244	1ST VP SAYS PEACE WITH FNL CRITICAL FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a request from Ambassador Moller for a meeting, First Vice-President Dr. Yves Sahinguvu told the Ambassador on May 8th that: -- the Government of Tanzania (GOT) is the key to solving the PALIPEHUTU-FNL (FNL) problem; -- the Government of Burundi (GOB) is ready to gra [...]	2008-05-15 05:57:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA249	TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During comprehensive consultations with Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Steering Committee of the Transitional Justice Mechanism, civil society, the international community and NGO organizations April 16-18, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson [...]	2008-05-15 09:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA253	WISE MAN'S COUNCIL SAYS DON'T MISS GOLDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador Moller, executive members of the Bashingatahe, Burundi's traditional wise men, advised that: -- the Government of Burundi (GOB) is positioned to take advantage of the PALIPEHUTU-FNL's (FNL) intent to return to the negotiating table to conclu [...]	2008-05-15 15:04:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA268	TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: SLOW PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During comprehensive consultations with Representatives from the Ministry of Justice, the Steering Committee of the Transitional Justice Mechanism, civil society, the international community and NGO organizations April 16-18, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson [...]	2008-05-20 15:46:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA270	AGMIN REP WELCOMES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) In a meeting with EconOff May 20, Pegase Banyankiye of the Burundian Ministry of Agriculture's Directorate for Mobilization and Self-Development said that he welcomed the Global Food Security Initiative and agreed with the basic precepts it embodies (reftel). Burundi does not, nor does i [...]	2008-05-21 10:03:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBI BY
08BUJUMBURA271	CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR RECEPTIVE TO U.S. VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) In a meeting with EconOff May 20, Ambassador Joseph Bangurambona, Director of Burundi's civil aviation authority, the National Aeronautic Service, expressed his support for key U.S. positions to be raised at the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO's) Nineteenth Aviation Sec [...]	2008-05-21 10:04:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER BY
08BUJUMBURA295	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS - BURUNDI [...] (U) In a meeting June 3 with EmbOff, Chief of the Burundian Maritime Police Colonel Leonce Musavyi said that he appreciated the potential benefits of Global Maritime Partnerships (reftel) and was eager to explore cooperation in this area. Colonel Musavyi noted that the Marine Police have no b [...]	2008-06-03 15:43:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08BUJUMBURA298	FOMIN: BURUNDI TRYING TO REVIVE REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Director of Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian Minister of External Relations Antoinette Batumbwira: - requested that the U.S. help persuade the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to return to active participation [...]	2008-06-05 15:11:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA336	AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF GETS AN EARFUL OF BURUNDI'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During June 3-6 meetings with Director for Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian government, NGO and civil society interlocutors said that: - the repatriation of significant numbers of refugees could help Tanzania,s government consider residency, citizenship and long [...]	2008-06-27 09:23:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID PGOV PINR PREL BY CG RW
08BUJUMBURA357	UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (UPU) CONGRESS: MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) In a July 15 meeting with PolOff, the Chief of Cabinet for the Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications, Dieudonne Karasavye confirmed that Minister Philippe Njoni will head the Burundian delegation to to the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in Geneva and stated that he would di [...]	2008-07-16 15:20:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO BY
08BUJUMBURA396	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL PAYNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes as the country grapples with the many challenges facing nascent democracies. The last remaining rebel group, the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in May following several weeks of violent attacks that left over 100 people d [...]	2008-07-31 19:39:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MARR PGOV PREF PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA421	GOB AND REBEL LEADERSHIP COMMIT TO RESOLVING [...] In an August 18 briefing, South African facilitator Charles Nqakula told the diplomatic corps that Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and rebel group PALIPEHUTU-FNL Chairman Agathon Rwasa will meet August 19,21,26 and 28 in closed sessions to remove current stumbling blocks to the stalled [...]	2008-08-20 09:11:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA570	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM JEREMIE NGENDAKUMANA, PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Bujumbura received a congratulatory letter for President-Elect Barak Obama dated November 7, 2008, from Mr. Jremie Ngendakumana, Chairman of the ruling political party Conseil National pour la Dfense de la Dmocratie-Forces pour la Dfense de la Dmocratie (CNDD-FDD). The original letter [...]	2008-11-10 15:27:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP BY
08BUJUMBURA571	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM LEONARD NYANGOMA, PRESIDENT OF [...] Embassy Bujumbura received a congratulatory letter for President-Elect Barak Obama dated November 5, 2008, from the Honorable Lonard Nyangoma, President of the political party Conseil National pour la Defense de la Democratie (CNDD). The original letter is being forwarded to the Department for [...]	2008-11-10 15:27:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP BY
08BUJUMBURA572	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM LEONCE NGENDAKUMANA, PRESIDENT [...] Embassy Bujumbura received a congratulatory letter for President-Elect Barak Obama dated November 6, 2008, from the Honorable Lonce Ngendakumana, President of the Sahwnaya FRODEBU Party (Front for Democracy in Burundi). The original letter is being forwarded to the Department for transmission [...]	2008-11-10 15:28:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP BY
08BUJUMBURA573	BURUNDI TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) In a meeting November 7 with PolOff concerning the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and its affiliates under E.O. 13382 with Director General of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo. Ambassador Nahayo, said [...]	2008-11-11 11:54:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA574	GOB WILL CONTINUE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE SUPPORT [...] (SBU) In a meeting November 7 with PolOff, Director General of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo confirmed that Burundi will continue to vote against any no-action motions and in favor of resolutions concerning Iran, Burma and the DPRK expected [...]	2008-11-11 11:57:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR BY
08BUJUMBURA585	UNGA IRAN RESOLUTION: BURUNDI AGAINST NO-ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 15:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN IR BY
08BUJUMBURA587	GOB ELIMINATES POLITICAL MEETING RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a November 18 reversal, Minister of the Interior Venant Kamana canceled an October 6 Ministerial Ordinance that severely restricted the right of political parties to meet freely (ref A). The new ordinance requires political parties to simply inform local authorities three days in ad [...]	2008-11-24 15:33:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BY
08BUJUMBURA603	BURUNDI MAINTAINS PLEDGE FOR AMISOM THIRD BATTALION [...] (U) Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Germain Niyoyankana assured the Ambassador November 28 that Burundi will indeed honor its pledge to provide a third battalion of Burundian troops for the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),and that Burundi stands ready to promise further batt [...]	2008-12-02 09:44:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO SO AU BY KE NI RW SU UG ET
08BUJUMBURA645	BURUNDI CONFIRMS NO DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (S) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, said that Burundi: - continues to support UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 concerning Iran's nuclear or delivery system development efforts; [...]	2008-12-16 08:28:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET	AF ISN NEA PARM PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA646	BURUNDI WILL CONSIDER DELAYING SUPPORT FOR UNESCO [...] (C) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, agreed that strong managerial skills and competent leadership are essential for the Direcor-General of UNESCO. He said Burundi would consi [...]	2008-12-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO BY
08BUJUMBURA647	BURUNDI TO SUPPORT HARMONIZED CONDITIONS OF SERVICE [...] (SBU) In a December 15 meeting with PolOff, the Director for International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations, Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, said that he would encourage Burundi's U.N. Ambassador to support the U.S. proposal considering harmonized conditions of service and stre [...]	2008-12-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BY
08BUJUMBURA678	BURUNDI SUPPORTS A UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 09:16:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET BY
08CAIRO100	EGYPTIAN STOCK MARKET PLUNGES [...] (U) Following a decline of 2.1% on January 20, Egyptian stocks had their weakest day in 18 months on January 21, when they plunged 4.2%, the largest one-day decline since July 2006. The sell-off continued January 22, with the CASE falling another 3.29% toward the end of trading. The three da [...]	2008-01-22 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EG
08CAIRO1005	MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH NPT PREPCOM [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Disarmament Ahmed El-Shandawily told us May 18 that Egypt was "disappointed" with the outcome of the April 28-May 9 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom in Geneva because the GOE believes the PrepCom did not make sufficient progress toward implementing the [...]	2008-05-18 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNPP IS EG
08CAIRO1009	FM ABOUL GHEIT, S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSS LEBANESE [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of May 11, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit lamented to Ambassador Satterfield and the Ambassador that the Arab League (AL) would not be united at the May 11 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cairo to discuss the Lebanese crisis. The Foreign Minister said that although Hizb [...]	2008-05-19 13:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER LE EG
08CAIRO1010	AYMAN NOUR UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour's lawyer and wife, we were told that, despite recent press reports indicating a deterioration in Nour's health, his health condition is "stable." Nour's wife asked that the USG continue to advocate for Nour's relea [...]	2008-05-19 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO1019	EGYPT'S COPTIC LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH ISLAM, THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KIRF KISL EG
08CAIRO102	EGYPTIAN COPTIC ACTIVISTS EXPLAIN PROBLEMS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM EG
08CAIRO1021	EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY [...] (SBU) In a May 8 meeting, Finance Minister Boutros Ghali informed the Ambassador of his candidacy for Chair of the IMF's Monetary and Financial Committee and asked for U.S. support. The Ambassador told the Minister she was not the decision maker on this, but congratulated him for throwing in h [...]	2008-05-21 07:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO1029	TIMELINE FOR SUPPLYING COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT [...] Summary: In order to improve Egyptian efforts on the Gaza border to interdict smuggling through underground tunnels, the USG is supplying the GOE with counter-tunneling equipment out of military aid funds. The program is divided into three phases to provide a command and control underground s [...]	2008-05-21 10:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO103	GOE FRUSTRATED BY GAZA ESCALATION [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian MFA and MOD contacts expressed concern on January 22 over the current Gaza crisis. They tell us that the recent Israeli closures, and subsequent pressure at Rafah crossing, has put the GOE in a very difficult position, facing criticism both at home and from Arab states. [...]	2008-01-22 16:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO1034	PROPOSED COUNTRY TEAM SCENARIO FOR CONCLUDING THE [...] (C) Summary: As the USG moves forward to conclude the unresolved issues stemming from the unfortunate Global Patriot incident -- delivery of the investigative report's executive summary to the GOE, compensation and condolences to the victim's family and a U.S. apology -- we want to ensure clos [...]	2008-05-21 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS EG
08CAIRO1035	MOI DISCUSSES EGYPTIAN MEDIA REGULATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Ambassador Scobey,s May 13 introductory call on Information Minister Anas Al Fekki, the much-criticized Minister indicated he plans to vigorously enforce the Arab League,s Broadcast TV "code of ethics," that he and his Saudi counterpart spearheaded several months ago at a [...]	2008-05-21 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAI EG
08CAIRO1036	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER YOUSSEF [...] (SBU) Summary: In an upbeat May 15 introductory courtesy call with Finance Minster Youssef Boutros Ghali (YBG),the Ambassador discussed local perceptions of economic reform, Egyptian assistance to Iraq and the Iraq Compact meeting in Stockholm, the Egyptian debt relief proposal, the Minister's [...]	2008-05-21 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PGOV EG
08CAIRO1047	SISYPHUS ON THE HILL: THE OPPOSITION PARTIES OF [...] (C) Summary: Officially, there are 23 opposition parties registered in Egypt. Most of these are either one-man operations with no meaningful support, or government-controlled showpieces unrecognizable as "opposition" (one opposition candidate endorsed President Hosni Mubarak in the 2005 presid [...]	2008-05-22 12:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EG
08CAIRO1048	EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS LEVEL OFF IN FIRST QUARTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Egyptian exports to the United States under the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) agreement leveled off in the first quarter of 2008 to $169 million USD. GOE and Government of Israel trade officials continued to push for QIZ expansion into Upper Egypt at the quarterly QIZ meeting [...]	2008-05-22 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD IS EG
08CAIRO1049	PRESIDENTIAL SON RAISES HIS PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: Presidential son and presidential aspirant Gamal Mubarak has noticeably amped his public activities over the past few weeks. Gamal's unusual spate of press interviews, as well as his marked criticism of President Bush's May 18 speech in Sharm Al Shaykh, may be part of a purposefu [...]	2008-05-22 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS EG
08CAIRO1050	EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE'S ANTI-ISRAELI REMARKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF UNESCO EG IS
08CAIRO1061	DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. POSITION ON THE RETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 08:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PARM TBIO EG
08CAIRO1066	EGYPT EXTENDS EMERGENCY LAW [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 11:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EG
08CAIRO1067	CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...]	2008-05-27 11:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO107	UPROAR OVER EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior GOE officials have loudly protested the European Parliament's (EP) January 17 passage of a resolution sharply critical of Egypt's human rights record. Among other things, the resolution calls for the immediate release of imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader and presiden [...]	2008-01-23 10:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EU EUN EG
08CAIRO1079	GLOBAL PATRIOT: DECEASED'S FAMILY MEMBERS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: We received an unannounced visit May 27 from two relatives of the widow of Mohammed Affifi. Affifi was the Egyptian boatman killed in the March 24 Global Patriot incident. Mohammed Fathi Mohammed, an attorney, said that the family prefers to settle compensation issues directly wit [...]	2008-05-28 03:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EG
08CAIRO1085	EGYPTIAN MFA ASSESSMENT OF THE DOHA AGREEMENT FOR [...] (C) Egyptian MFA reaction to the May 20 Lebanese National Dialogue agreement in Doha was positive, and our MFA interlocutors praised Qatar,s role. All agreed that the Doha agreement was the best that could have been expected. That said, there are competing internal MFA analyses on what the re [...]	2008-05-28 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY EG
08CAIRO1086	EGYPT UNLIKELY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-28 11:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL UNSC EG SU
08CAIRO1088	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ICT MARKET WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26 introductory call on Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel, the Ambassador praised the role of the Ministry and of information and communications technology (ICT) market growth in Egypt's economic development, inquired about GOE plans to pro [...]	2008-05-28 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON ETRD KIPR EG
08CAIRO1101	CODEL Gutierrez meets Egyptian Central Bank Governor [...] (U) Summary: Codel Gutierrez met with Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Farouk el Okdah on May 25 for a wide ranging, substantive conversation. Key themes raised were on banking sector reform, high commodity prices, mortgage sector development, and unemployment. End Summary. 2. (U) El [...]	2008-05-29 13:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO1102	EGYPTIANS OPEN TO BIOTECH, CRITICIZE BIOFUELS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Trade and Ministry of Agriculture officials defended the GOE ban on rice exports, criticized USG support of biofuels, and noted the GOE's recent approval of a genetically modified variety of corn as evidence of Egypt's openness to agricultural biotechnology in respo [...]	2008-05-29 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EG
08CAIRO1109	EGYPT RECEIVES FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 07:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS OTRA PREL EG
08CAIRO1110	GAZA BORDER VISIT: GOE BRIEFING AND TOUR [...] (S) Summary: Senior LAWIO officers guided a GOE-sponsored Congressional staffdel on a tour along the Egypt-Gaza border May 26. In an introductory briefing, LAWIO Chief MG Nagy Kamal told us that the GOE has been making recent progress on discovering and destroying tunnel openings. He said th [...]	2008-06-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER IS EG
08CAIRO1111	UPPER EGYPT SECTARIAN STRIFE APPEARS UNRELATED TO CAIRO [...] (U) Summary: Tensions between Coptic and Muslim residents of the Upper Egyptian village of Malawi continue to simmer after a land dispute between a monastery and its neighbors turned violent on May 31, leading to fears of sectarian strife during the June 4 celebrations of the Virgin Mary Moulid [...]	2008-06-02 09:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM KIRF EG
08CAIRO1113	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH AMRE MOUSSA [...] (C) The Ambassador and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed Iraq, Lebanon, the Israeli-Palestinian situation, and the USG's regional democracy strategy in her May 31 introductory call. Moussa said that the Arab League continues to see "eye to eye" with the USG on the need for a [...]	2008-06-02 10:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ LE IS EG
08CAIRO1117	GLOBAL PATRIOT: REQUESTING FORMAL GUIDANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: In conversations June 1, Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar told us that the GOE is expecting a very large compensation payment to the family, but would not say how much. Al-Assar also said that he hoped that NAVCENT Commander Cosgriff would visit Egypt [...]	2008-06-02 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS EG
08CAIRO1118	GLOBAL PATRIOT: REQUEST FOR FORMAL GUIDANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: In conversations June 1, Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar told us that the GOE is expecting a very large compensation payment to the family, but would not say how much. Al-Assar also said that he hoped that NAVCENT Commander Cosgriff would visit Egypt [...]	2008-06-02 15:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS EG
08CAIRO1119	GOE LETTER OF ASSURANCE FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS [...] We received para 2 letter June 2 from the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority in response to reftel message. ISN/NESS received a copy of letter June 2 by e-mail. 2. Begin letter: Ms. Catherine Hill-Herndon Economic-Political Counselor American Embassy in Cairo Dear Ms. Hill-Herndon, [...]	2008-06-03 07:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC AR EG
08CAIRO112	SECRETARY BODMAN WHEELS UP [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP ENRG
08CAIRO1126	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Description. In REF B, the GOE submitted a request to procure two UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters to augment the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) Search and Rescue capability. This capability will directly support the GOE National Crisis Response Plan. The primary role of these designated SAR ai [...]	2008-06-04 07:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1128	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, the GOE submitted a request to procure two UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters to support their Border Security Mission. These designated aircraft will perform tasks associated with border security and surveillance. These helicopters will support an existing military f [...]	2008-06-04 09:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1129	EGYPTIAN COURT UPHOLDS HIV SENTENCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KHIV UN EG
08CAIRO1132	IMPACT OF NEW REVENUE MEASURES [...] (U) The revenue generating measures announced by the GOE on May 5 (reftel) continue to attract attention in the local media. Press reports indicate that the measures are designed to raise about LE 14 billion ($2.6 billion) annually, or about 5% of annual revenues. The Ministry of Finance (MO [...]	2008-06-05 05:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO1138	NEXT STEPS ON D&G AND FUNDING FOR CIVIL COMPANIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 29 letter, MIC Minister Aboulnaga has complained a second time about USAID direct funding for civil companies under its D&G program (see para 7 for full text). In response, we propose canceling the 2004 agreement governing the D&G Direct Grants program on the grounds th [...]	2008-06-05 09:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO1146	AMBASSADOR, ELECTRICITY MINISTER DISCUSS NUCLEAR [...] Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on Electricity and Energy Minister Hassan Younes June 3, Younes expressed interest in renewing bilateral cooperation on civilian nuclear power, and specifically requested technical assistance training on regulatory matters. Younes said that [...]	2008-06-05 13:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EWWT SENV IAEA EG
08CAIRO1149	DEMARCHE REGARDING EGYPTIAN BLOGGERS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-08 07:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KMPI EG
08CAIRO1175	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN FREEDOM HOUSE [...] (C) On June 2, the Ambassador met with nine Egyptian journalists and activists who recently returned to Egypt from the U.S. where they participated in Freedom House's New Generation of Advocates Fellowship program. Meeting participants included: Shaima Aboul Kheir (Journalist, Al Dustour n [...]	2008-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KDEM EG
08CAIRO1176	EGYPT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH THE UN'S 1267 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egypt is one of several countries which has submitted names to the U.N. Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 regarding Al Qaida and Taliban associated entities. Egypt has had 13 names pending with the Committee [...]	2008-06-09 11:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD IR PGOV
08CAIRO1177	PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE OVER FLOUR SUBSIDIES [...] (U) Summary: The northern Egyptian coastal town of Burg al-Burullus was the site of a large June 7 impromptu protest against the provincial governor's recent decision to halt the distribution of subsidized flour in favor of subsidized bread distribution. Police sent to disperse the demonstrato [...]	2008-06-09 12:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON EG
08CAIRO1180	GAZA BORDER: GOE DOWNPLAYS JUNE 6 HAMAS [...] (C) On June 8, MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty downplayed the June 6 Hamas demonstration at the Palestinian Rafah border crossing, describing it as a "normal" and "predictable" way for Hamas to try to pressure Egypt on the current tahdiya ("calming") talks. Abdelatty said that [...]	2008-06-10 06:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAL EG
08CAIRO1188	POVERTY, LEGAL LOOPHOLE FUEL EGYPTIAN ORGAN TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent years have seen increased Egyptian and international media reports of both the consensual sale and theft of human organs in Egypt, earning the country a spot on the World Health Organization's 2007 list of the world's top five organ trafficking "hotspots". Rising poverty [...]	2008-06-10 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KCRM EG
08CAIRO1191	APACHE NOMINEE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] We would like to nominate Apache Corporation, the largest U.S. investor in Egypt and Egypt's third largest oil and gas producer, for the State Department's Corporate Excellence award. In addition to achieving business excellence, Apache deserves recognition for its girls school program, suppor [...]	2008-06-10 12:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP AMGT ECON EINV ELAB ETRD SENV EAID KPAO EG
08CAIRO1192	EGYPT CRIMINALIZES TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND FGM [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 7, Egypt's upper house of parliament approved amendments to Egypt's Child Protection Law that criminalize and stipulate severe punishments for trafficking of children and for female genital mutilation (FGM). The new legislation represents Egypt's first legal framework to [...]	2008-06-10 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN EG
08CAIRO1193	MORE SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN UPPER EGYPT [...] (SBU) Summary: The killing of a young Copt on June 6 sparked a demonstration of a few hundred Christians in the town of Dafesh, which lies 140 kilometers from the site of last week's altercations between Copts and Muslims over the Abu Sana monastery (reftel). Church sources have been quick to [...]	2008-06-10 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM KIRF EG
08CAIRO1197	FM ABOUL GHEIT PLANNING TO ATTEND BERLIN [...] DCM delivered points in reftel demarche June 11 to MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor Hossam Zaki. Zaki took the points, and said that FM Aboul Gheit is planning to lead the Egyptian delegation to the Berlin Conference on June 24. 2. We are following up with Arab League regarding its delegation an [...]	2008-06-11 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM
08CAIRO1198	S/P GORDON MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN MFA TEAM [...] (S) S/P Director Dr. David Gordon engaged with MFA Chief of Cabinet Wafa Bassim in a wide ranging regional policy discussion June 6. Bassim reiterated the Egyptian view that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is paramount. The Egyptians are supporting the Lebanese government, asse [...]	2008-06-11 13:39:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE IS SY IZ IR EG

08CAIRO1201	DR. BOUTROS-GHALI'S CANDIDACY FOR CHAIRMAN OF IMFC [...] (U) Below are the texts of two letters received June 8, 2008 and June 9, 2008 respectively, regarding Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali's candidacy for Chairman of the International Monetary Finance Committee (IMFC). Post is forwarding hard copies directly to Secretary Paulson via fax. [...]	2008-06-11 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID EG

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