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08SANJOSE835	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ PROMOTES TRADE, HIGH TECH, AND PRODUCE [...] SUMMARY: Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited Costa Rica for two days of governmental and business meetings, September 30-October 1. The Secretary's business meetings focused on trade and business related to American enterprise in Costa Rica. In addition to offering encouraging words [...]	2008-10-23 01:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL CS

08SANJOSE855	COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution: Founder and Executive Director [...]	2008-10-30 15:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO CS
08SANJOSE858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 21:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC CS
08SANJOSE859	COSTA RICA: PLENTIFUL WATER, POOR MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: A rain-rich climatic regime supplies Costa Rica with more than enough water. However, the growing threat of contamination and chronic underinvestment in infrastructure threatens potable water resources, and undermines Costa Rica's "clean and green" international image. Urban exp [...]	2008-10-31 12:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL CS SENV
08SANJOSE861	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MONTREAL CONVENTION AND COSTA [...] (U) Econoffs met with officials of the Direccion General Aviacion Civil (DGAC) on October 28 to urge the GOCR to ratify the Montreal Convention (reftel). DGAC officials, led by DG Jorge Fernandez Chacon, affirmed the GOCR's commitment to the principles of the Convention and their interest in [...]	2008-10-31 22:04:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS EAIR ECON ICAO
08SANJOSE868	COSTA RICA APPRECIATIVE OF MERIDA PLAN, DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In our detailed briefings since October 1, senior members of the GOCR in all three branches of government, plus some opposition legislators, have reacted positively and appreciatively to the Merida Initiative. This positive private reaction has contrasted sharply to President A [...]	2008-11-03 23:02:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
08SANJOSE87	BILATERAL COMMISSION WITH NICARAGUA ON HOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref B, Costa Rica and Nicaragua had agreed, at least in principle, to resume "binational commission" meetings as a tool to resolve long-standing bilateral disputes. At meetings between President Ortega and President Arias in Managua last August and in San Jose in November, [...]	2008-02-01 19:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR CS NU
08SANJOSE881	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2008-2009 PART I, DRUGS AND [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2008-2009 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica continues to be an increasingly important transit point for narcotics destined for the United States and Europe. Drug seizures for 2008, though not as high as 2007, remain high during the third ye [...]	2008-11-12 22:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CS
08SANJOSE882	GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (C) "Ecuador is causing instability for all America" since it dropped its tourist visa requirements for all nationalities in June, according to Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, Spanish acronym). GOCR Immigration officials that traveled to Ecuador in Octo [...]	2008-11-12 22:09:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS
08SANJOSE883	COSTA RICA TO VOTE WITH USG ON KEY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 13:47:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS IR KNNP PGOV PHUM PREL UN
08SANJOSE884	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS [...] For the record, on October 17, we delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Carlos Cordero, Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime, and to Foreign Policy Coordinator Randolf Coto, thanking the GOCR for joining in consensus. No substantive response was received. CIANCHETTE [...]	2008-11-13 14:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR MNUC PARM CS
08SANJOSE885	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR [...] On November 7, we delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to Lilian Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of Candidacies. No substantive response was received at that time. 2. However, on November 12, we received Dip Note DGPE/P111-C/221-11-08, dated November 7, which announced Costa Rica [...]	2008-11-13 15:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS CS
08SANJOSE886	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] For the record, we delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to Lilian Rodriguez in the MFA's Office of Candidacies on September 19. No substantive response was received. CIANCHETTE [...]	2008-11-13 15:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV UNGA EAID CS
08SANJOSE895	GOCR: VENEZUELANS FACILITATING ARAB TRAVEL WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, acronym in Spanish),told us on October 30 that Costa Rica had seen a small (undefined) number of non-Venezuelan-born Arabs traveling with real Venezuelan passports, using Arab names. According to Zamora, Ve [...]	2008-11-14 22:21:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR ASEC KCRM KFRD VZ CS
08SANJOSE900	COSTA RICAN ROADS SUFFER NEGLECT, NOW A FOCUS [...] SUMMARY: After nearly two decades of neglect, Costa Rica's roads and transportation infrastructure in general are about to receive significant investment courtesy of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The IDB approved a USD 850 million line of credit to rehabilitate roads, railways, [...]	2008-11-18 21:25:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ELTN EFIN PGOV ETRD ECON CS
08SANJOSE901	COSTA RICA: AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS ASSIST GOCR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 22-23, Poloff and RSO visited the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area, a busy tourist area located about three hours from San Jose on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to discuss security issues with local U.S. investors and government officials. The RSO spoke with U. [...]	2008-11-18 23:20:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CONS CS
08SANJOSE902	COSTA RICA: AMERICAN BUSINESS LEADERS ASSIST GOCR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From October 22-23, Poloff and RSO visited the Quepos/Manuel Antonio area, a busy tourist area located about three hours from San Jose on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to discuss security issues with local U.S. investors and government officials. The RSO spoke with U. [...]	2008-11-19 15:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CONS CS
08SANJOSE910	GOCR FEARS INSTABILITY FROM NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR will speak out in multilateral fora about the fraudulent municipal elections in Nicaragua, including in the November 20 OAS debate, but will not confront its northern neighbor directly. The GOCR will urge adherence to the principles of the Democratic Charter, but will no [...]	2008-11-21 18:32:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PREF OAS CS NU CA VZ
08SANJOSE911	COSTA RICA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] The 2008 TIP Tier Two Watchlist downgrade succeeded as a wake-up call for the GOCR's anti-TIP National Coalition (officially the National Coalition against Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Persons),headed by Vice Minister of Public Security and Governance Ana Duran. The GOCR made sign [...]	2008-11-21 21:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG CS
08SANJOSE920	COSTA RICA WILL SUPPORT U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 16:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA CS
08SANJOSE925	GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (SBU) This is the unclassified version of San Jose 882, being transmitted at the request of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) GOCR Immigration officials who traveled to Ecuador in October reported that approximately 10,000 Chinese had e [...]	2008-11-26 17:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS
08SANJOSE928	COLD FRONT AFFECTING CARIBBEAN COAST OF COSTA RICA AND [...] As result of flood damage caused by the interaction of a high and low pressure systems on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica from November 22-26, 2008, the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is of sufficient magnitude to warrant US Government assistance. The damage has exceeded [...]	2008-11-26 22:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM KFLO CS
08SANJOSE930	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2008-2009 PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2008-2009 INCSR Part II is below. POC at Post is Robert Andrew. Costa Rica Although Costa Rica is not a major regional financial center, it remains vulnerable to money laundering and other financial crimes. Narcotics trafficking (mainly cocaine) continues to [...]	2008-11-26 23:19:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KTFN CS
08SANJOSE937	COSTA RICA: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref A on November 26 to MFA Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano. On December 1, Solano informed us that Costa Rica typically supported these resolutions, while always seeking balanced language and balanced responsibilities on behalf of the parties. He admitt [...]	2008-12-02 14:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA XF CS
08SANJOSE947	COSTA RICA: FIRST U.S. NAVY OFFICIAL SHIP VISIT IN [...] (SBU) From November 19-22, the USS Underwood (FFG-36) visited the Pacific coast port of Golfito, making the first official port call by a USN warship to Costa Rica in nine years. The Ambassador led an Embassy-supported VIP visit to the ship on November 21, which included members of the nation [...]	2008-12-04 22:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV MASS SOCI CS
08SANJOSE958	COSTA RICA CONFIRMS DELEGATION FOR PATHWAYS TO [...] (U) The Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Foreign Trade for the GOCR confirmed the following attendees for the Pathways to Prosperity meeting in Panama on December 10 (Ref A): -- Minster of the Presidency Rodrigo Arias -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno -- Minister of Foreign ( [...]	2008-12-09 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE959	COSTA RICA: JANUARY 1 CAFTA EIF WITHIN REACH [...] (SBU) The GOCR accepted USTR,s requirement to pass one more legislative bill on three IPR-related technical corrections which must be enacted for full CAFTA implementation. The GOCR probably will introduce this 14th CAFTA bill before the December 19-January 5 recess, but not take action on it [...]	2008-12-10 14:01:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
08SANJOSE969	HISTORICAL VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT HU KICKS OFF [...] (SBU) "Chinese president (arrives) like Santa Claus with FTA, balls, and bicycles" read one headline recapping the historical visit of President Hu Jintao to San Jose November 16-17. Hu's rock-star-like reception included major street closures and a holiday for most government employees who wo [...]	2008-12-12 02:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN EINV ECON CS CH CU
08SANJOSE970	COSTA RICA: BACHELET VISIT DEMONSTRATED CLOSE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's first-ever state visit to Costa Rica October 28-29 produced one new accord and a joint presidential declaration that clearly manifested a close bilateral relationship based on shared political, social and economic values. The GOCR accepted C [...]	2008-12-12 02:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ECON ETRD APECO CI CS
08SANJOSE999	SFRC STAFFDEL MEACHAM-WHITESEL RESEARCH FOOD SECURITY [...] SFRC staffers Carl Meacham and Aaron Whitesel visited Costa Rica December 7-9 and Guatemala December 9-13 to conduct research on food security issues. They compared and contrasted the experiences of two countries with far different food security issues. The findings will help inform and shap [...]	2008-12-23 22:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR CR OREP PREL PGOV ENRG AFIN
08SANODOMINGO1611	ELECRICITY GENERATORS PREDICT A DARK DECEMBER IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
08SANSALVADOR1005	EL SALVADOR: NATIONAL CIVILIAN POLICE DIRECTOR [...] (U) Summary: National Civilian Police (PNC) Director Francisco Rovira resigned on Saturday, August 23, in the wake of media stories alleging abuse of authority and irregularities on the part of political appointees Rovira brought into the PNC. Deputy Director Jose Luis Tobar Prieto was named [...]	2008-08-26 17:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1007	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 20:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL IR GM ES
08SANSALVADOR1008	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post received August 15 a diplomatic note from the GOES soliciting our support for El Salvador's candidacy to the Commission on the Legal and Social Condition of Women for the 2010 ) 2014 term in the election that will take plac [...]	2008-08-26 20:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN ES
08SANSALVADOR101	NATIONAL CIVILIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESIGNS TO RUN [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Avila, the highly-respected Director of the National Civilian Police (PNC),on January 25 announced his resignation from the PNC and his subsequent intention to seek the ARENA party Presidential nomination in the March 2009 elections. While Avila's decision to throw his h [...]	2008-01-30 15:22:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PREL
08SANSALVADOR1024	EL SALVADOR: AGAINST RUSSIA'S INVASION OF GEORGIA [...] (C) DCM and Poloff met with Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Calix and MFA Director General of Foreign Policy Werner Romero on August 27 to deliver reftel points regarding developments in Georgia. Calix said El Salvador opposed Russia's invasion, and that Russia must respect the ter [...]	2008-08-28 20:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1029	EL SALVADOR: PRISON REFORM AND GANG INTELLIGENCE [...] (U) Summary: El Salvador hosted the first Regional "Gangs in Prison" Conference in San Salvador, August 18-20. The conference, which drew attendees from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala, established a dialogue on management of prison gangs in Central America. Following the conference, Ne [...]	2008-08-28 21:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1037	FMLN CANDIDATE FUNES ON WIRETAPS, PARTISANSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: FMLN Presidential Candidate Mauricio Funes told us August 26 the FMLN supported in principle legislation to legalize wiretapping for law enforcement, but could not support the constitutional amendment currently before the Assembly. He had waffled on this in public earlier in the [...]	2008-08-29 18:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1038	FRIENDS OF MAURICIO REPORT HARASSMENT, FEAR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Friends of Mauricio group supporting (left-wing) FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes alleged to Pol and Econ Counselors August 27 they were experiencing harassment and feared it would intensify as the March election approaches. They claimed they coul [...]	2008-08-29 18:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ES
08SANSALVADOR1040	EL SALVADOR: AWAITS ICJ KOSOVO DECISION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 20:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN UNGA KV ES
08SANSALVADOR1045	ARENA: EL SALVADOR'S RIGHT FACES UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Nationalist Republican Alliance Party (ARENA),the dominant Salvadoran political party, has evolved from its hard right origins and positioned itself as the standard bearer for pro-business policies, middle class values, and law and order. Since the 1992 signing of the Peace [...]	2008-09-02 19:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1051	U.S. FIRMS PROTEST NEW TELECOM TAX [...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. phone companies are contesting a four-cent-per-minute tax on incoming international phone calls to El Salvador. The measure aims to raise $80 million per year in revenues to help pay for transportation and energy subsidies. The tax was quickly amended to change the method fo [...]	2008-09-03 19:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ITU ES
08SANSALVADOR1053	EL SALVADOR: SEPTEMBER 24 LEADERS' MEETING ON TRADE AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 22:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1066	EL SALVADOR: TPS ANNOUNCEMENT ROLLOUT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Elmer Charlaix, Private Secretary to Salvadoran President Tony Saca, told the Ambassador September 5 the President was concerned and perplexed at USG handling of Temporary Protective Status (TPS) extension for El Salvador. Speci [...]	2008-09-08 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1069	GOES RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO USG UNGA POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials responsible for multilateral affairs told us September 5 that El Salvador supports USG positions on all reftel UNGA issues. They undertook to share our concerns with the Salvadoran Mission to the UN in order to coordinate effectively in New York during the UNGA Third [...]	2008-09-09 17:22:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN ES
08SANSALVADOR1074	EL SALVADOR: ILEA JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING READOUT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy San Salvador convened a quarterly meeting of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) Joint Committee on August 29, 2008. Highlights of the meeting included unveiling of an ambitious 2009 ILEA training syllabus, as well as an update on the construction of the new [...]	2008-09-11 17:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1077	GOES CONFIRMS FM ARGUETA WILL ATTEND WOMEN [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas will attend the Women Leaders' Working Group on the margins of the 2008 UN General Assembly on September 25 at 8:00 AM. 2. Post provides the following information requested by reftels: Tit [...]	2008-09-16 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1079	EL SALVADOR: COMMUNIQUE FOR SEPTEMBER 24 GROWTH AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 22:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1080	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY OF ELIZABETH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the GOES dated August 27 soliciting our support for the candidacy of jurist Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra to the Inter-American Juridical Committee of the OAS, whose election will take pla [...]	2008-09-17 15:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1083	EL SALVADOR APPROVES DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador has passed long-awaited regulations on data protection and data exclusivity, one of their last major outstanding CAFTA-DR commitments. According to a leading intellectual property lawyer, the regulations were an important step forward for intellectual property, final [...]	2008-09-18 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR ES
08SANSALVADOR1084	SALVADORAN BANKING SECTOR PREPARED FOR "NORMAL CATASTROPHE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to Carlos Caceres, Executive Director of the Salvadoran Banking Association (ABANSA),the Salvadoran banking sector anticipates a 7% drop in deposits preceding the 2009 elections, comparable to the drop before the 2005 Presidential election. The banking sector is prep [...]	2008-09-18 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1088	ARENA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CONFIDENT; INDICATES MORE AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN IN THE MAKING [...] (C) Summary: Although he is still behind in the latest opinion polls, conservative, pro-U.S. ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila is confident that he will be able to convince the Salvadoran electorate that backing the left-wing FMLN is a dangerous leap into the unknown. Avila indicates [...]	2008-09-18 23:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1089	EMBASSY SAN SALVADOR CONVENES MERIDA INITIATIVE [...] (U) The DCM convened the first mission-wide Merida Initiative Working Group meeting on September 17. The group includes senior-level representatives from the FBI, DOJ, DEA, DHS/ICE, USAID, MILGROUP, ILEA San Salvador, RSO, and PA, as well as the INL Country Director and the INL Regional Gang [...]	2008-09-18 23:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1092	GOES RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO CD GOALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 17:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR1095	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 22:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC ES
08SANSALVADOR1102	SALVADORAN MFA ON USG VS. BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA [...] (C) Acting MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Nelson Amaya told PolCouns September 22 that while the GOES was surprised when Bolivian President Morales expelled our Ambassador, it was not surprised when Venezuelan President Chavez followed suit. He said the GOES believes the charges leve [...]	2008-09-22 22:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL VZ ES
08SANSALVADOR1103	EL SALVADOR OPPOSES IRAN/SYRIA IAEA CANDIDACIES; [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador supports our efforts to prevent Iran and Syria from winning a seat on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors, but its voting rights in that agency remain suspended because its dues are in arrears. The Salvadorans raised concerns about Russia' [...]	2008-09-23 13:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IAEA PARM MNUC KV ES
08SANSALVADOR1112	EL SALVADOR ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] According to the economic cabinet's mid-year report to the President, El Salvador's first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at 4.2%, but the annual growth projection has been cut to 4%. Through June, the annual inflation rate reached a record 12-year high of 9.6%. During the first half [...]	2008-09-23 19:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1133	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF SALVADORAN ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Embassy San Salvador Country Team assesses that the issues influencing voters are primarily, but not exclusively, economic. Public security and justice issues remain important. There are a number of ongoing programs that offer us the ability to make a high [...]	2008-09-26 16:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1139	FMLN VP CANDIDATE SANCHEZ CEREN: HARD-LINER'S SOFT [...] (C) Summary: FMLN VP candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren told us the (left-wing) FMLN would, if they win the March 2009 elections, reprioritize domestic spending to social needs like health and education, would maintain CAFTA-DR, and not toy with the dollarized Salvadoran economy at the beginning [...]	2008-09-26 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1140	ELECTRICITY SECTOR LIQUIDITY CRISIS DRAGS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electricity companies are continuing to warn of potential blackouts if the GOES fails to find a durable solution to address liquidity problems caused by unpaid energy subsidies. U.S.-owned electricity distributor AES asked the GOES to pay $12.3 million by September 22 and $19 m [...]	2008-09-26 22:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1142	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS SIDIBE TO LEAD UNAIDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 14:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO WHO ES
08SANSALVADOR1154	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran National Civilian Police (PNC) personnel slated to participate in the "Personal and Facility Security Course" at ILEA San Salvador, No [...]	2008-10-02 17:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR1157	EL SALVADOR RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 21:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR1158	EL SALVADOR'S 2009 ELECTIONS: THE NUTS AND BOLTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 18, 2009, El Salvador will hold elections for its 84 Legislative Assembly seats, 20 Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) deputies, and 262 municipalities (262 mayors, each with its corresponding municipal council, the size of which varies by population). Presidentia [...]	2008-10-03 21:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1164	SPEAKER REQUEST: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 22:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KPAO OEXC OIIP PGOV
08SANSALVADOR1167	DAS MADISON'S VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: During a September 28-October 1 visit to San Salvador, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Madison engaged key politicos from the left-leaning FMLN and the conservative, pro-U.S. ARENA parties on the upcoming elections, and discussed with GOES officials the prospects for extending t [...]	2008-10-08 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1170	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR STEPHEN G. [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 20:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA GT ES
08SANSALVADOR1180	EL SALVADOR: RIVAS ZAMORA WILL BE PDC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Rivas Zamora, former (left-wing) FMLN Mayor of San Salvador, was named as the (center-right, pro-U.S.) Christian Democrat Party (PDC) candidate for president October 8. His platform will center on a decentralization of the Salvadoran state. His candidacy aims to force a s [...]	2008-10-14 16:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1181	GOES WILL CONSIDER UNSCR 1835 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR MNUC PARM ES
08SANSALVADOR1182	GOES FAVORS DRAFT RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG PREL UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR1183	GOES SUGGESTS MULTILATERAL RELIEF EFFORTS FOR CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CU ES
08SANSALVADOR1187	ARENA TABS ZABLAH AS VP TO VIE FOR CENTER VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The (center-right, pro-U.S.) ARENA party named Arturo Zablah as its candidate for Vice President, to run alongside Rodrigo Avila in the March 15, 2009 election. Zablah is an independent businessman who served as Minister of Economy (1989-1993) under President Cristiani. Press spe [...]	2008-10-15 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1188	DELIVERED NPT NON-PAPER; GOES SUPPORTS WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 23:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR1190	FOREIGN MINISTER ARGUETA ON UNGA VOTING DIFFERENCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 20:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ES UN KV
08SANSALVADOR1195	DAS MADISON'S VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: During a September 28-October 1 visit to San Salvador, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Madison engaged key politicos from the FMLN and the ARENA parties on the upcoming elections, and discussed with GOES officials the prospects for extending the Comalapa Cooperative Security L [...]	2008-10-16 22:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR12	Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Authorizes Tenth Contingent [...] (U) Summary: Based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1790, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted to extend authorization for Salvadoran troops to remain in Iraq. The authorization was extended until June 2009 in an attempt to keep the Iraq deployment from coming up for reauthori [...]	2008-01-04 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PINS PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1201	PCN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEES OPPORTUNITY TO WIN [...] (C) Summary: The National Concilitation Party (PCN) announced Tomas Chevez as its presidential candidate on August 31. Chevez believes his religious affiliation and experience make a first round win possible. End Summary. 2. (C) Poloffs met with PCN President Ciro Cruz Zepeda, PCN Preside [...]	2008-10-20 15:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1209	HIGH GOES EXPECTATIONS FOR IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: El Salvador will host the 2008 Ibero-American Summit October 29-31. All 21 participating countries, except Uruguay, have confirmed their attendance. The theme of the conference will be "Youth and Development" and the GOES expects the summit to produce a consensus declaration a [...]	2008-10-21 21:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AORC ES
08SANSALVADOR1210	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Post received a diplomatic note from the GOES dated October 13 soliciting our support for the candidacy of Mr. Juan Ramon Menjivar to Assessment Committee of Financial Planning and Evaluation of the Pan-American Institute of Ge [...]	2008-10-22 17:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OARC ES
08SANSALVADOR1214	VENEZUELAN EMBASSY REQUESTS AVILA STOP CRITICIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan Charge recently requested that (pro-U.S., center-right) ARENA presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila stop criticizing Chavez and the Venezuelan regime as part of his campaign efforts. The BRV has taken an active interest in the upcoming elections. The request is n [...]	2008-10-24 17:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ES VZ
08SANSALVADOR1215	2008 WHA CONFERENCE PROVIDES ENTRY LEVEL [...] Summary: Embassy San Salvador hosted the 2008 WHA Entry Level Professionals Conference from October 8-10. Speakers led discussions on creative approaches toward diplomacy, the importance of focusing on democratic governments and free trade despite vocal opposition in the region, and the future [...]	2008-10-24 17:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ES
08SANSALVADOR1228	EL SALVADOR EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES ISSUING SHORT-TERM [...] Because of international financial problems and domestic political uncertainty, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) has been having trouble issuing short-term debt, known as "Letes," which in turn is causing difficulties in complying with its financial obligations. Both banks and foreign inve [...]	2008-10-28 21:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1230	CHAVEZ TO MISS IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT; CITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced October 25 that he will not attend Ibero-American Summit because El Salvador could not guarantee his safety. President Saca publicly discounted Chavez,s claims saying that he had guaranteed the safety of all attendees. Saca said Chave [...]	2008-10-29 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ES VZ
08SANSALVADOR1233	GOES NOTIFIED OF US CANDIDACY FOR CIM [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 22:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC ES
08SANSALVADOR1238	EL SALVADOR FACING SERIOUS FISCAL, LIQUIDITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. El Salvador faces a short-term fiscal and liquidity crisis, caused by the costs of untargeted subsidies and an inability to place short-term government debt. Approximately $450 million in short-term debt will come due before the end of the Saca Administration on May 31. Banks an [...]	2008-10-30 17:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1240	EL SALVADOR: CREDIT UNIONS AND WORKERS BANKS READY TO FACE [...] SUMMARY. The Federation of Workers Credit Unions and Workers Banks (Fedecredito),which represents 48 credit unions and 7 workers banks, describes itself as well-prepared for the current international financial crisis and for domestic instability. They plan to increase their 35% reserves requ [...]	2008-10-30 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1241	EL SALVADOR'S FINANCIAL/LIQUIDITY CRISIS: THOUGHTS [...] (C) El Salvador faces a serious short-term financial and liquidity crisis, driven by the cost of government subsidies, domestic political uncertainty, and the international financial crisis (reftel A). In the short-run, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) may be able, with assistance from th [...]	2008-10-30 20:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1242	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR WEBSTER'S VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: During his October 19-22 visit, WHA/CEN Director Christopher Webster met with key figures on the Salvadoran political and economic landscape. He spoke with members of both (center-right, pro-U.S.) ARENA and the (left-wing) FMLN about their respective campaigns and party platforms. We [...]	2008-10-30 22:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID ENRG MARR MASS SNAR
08SANSALVADOR1243	EL SALVADOR'S NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN [...] (U) Embassy San Salvador is pleased to nominate Carmen Cordova for the 2009 Secretary's award for international women of courage, per reftel. 2, (U) Nominee: Maria del Carmen Cordova Mejia 3. (SBU) Date of Birth: September 12, 1967 4. (U) Citizenship: Salvadoran 5. (U) Title and [...]	2008-10-31 15:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ES
08SANSALVADOR1247	SALVADORAN MOD WITHOUT REPLY ON IRAQ SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 15:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL MOPS MARR
08SANSALVADOR1250	AMB LEON: VP CANDIDATE ZABLAH TO BOOST TICKET [...] (C) Summary: Rene Leon, Salvadoran Ambassador to the U.S. and platform coordinator for the Avila campaign told PolCouns October 30 that he believes that (center-right, pro-U.S.) ARENA presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila,s selection of former Minister of Economy Arturo Zablah as his vice presi [...]	2008-11-03 21:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1254	EL SALVADOR: MCC FY09 SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 19:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD KMCA MCC PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1257	ELECTRICITY COMPANIES WORRY ABOUT POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Managers of El Salvador's four private electricity companies are contesting a GOES decree forcing distribution companies to restore subsidized rates without any GOES commitment to pay subsidies to the companies. They believe they are following the law by applying unsubsidized r [...]	2008-11-05 20:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1261	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH LITTLE FANFARE [...] (C) Summary: Ibero-American heads of state and government gathered in San Salvador October 29-31 for the eighteenth Ibero-American Summit. The intended focus of the session, youth and development issues, took a backseat to economic concerns. The summit culminated with the signing of the Decl [...]	2008-11-07 17:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1264	GOES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] The Government of El Salvador circulated a press release November 6 regarding President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca's call to the Obama campaign. Saca congratulated the campaign and instructed Salvadoran Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta to coordinate a call with the President-elect. 2. Text [...]	2008-11-10 14:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1265	FORMER BANKING ASSOCIATION DIRECTOR FORECASTS DIFFICULT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former banking association director Claudio De Rosa expressed confidence in the banking sector but forecasted a long and difficult two years ahead for the Salvadorian economy. He encouraged the government and Central Bank to seek contingency credit from the International Moneta [...]	2008-11-10 15:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR1276	VP CANDIDATE ZABLAH SEES PROBLEMS IN EL SALVADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Arturo Zablah, VP nominee for (center-right, pro-U.S.) ARENA, told us November 3 he fully supported CAFTA-DR, though he would do more to take advantage of the trade agreement. He lamented the restrictions placed on the Salvadoran economy by dollarization and privatization (going [...]	2008-11-10 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR128	FMLN TAP PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU SUMMARY: As part of a so-called pilot project, six FMLN mayors began in December to import Venezuelan diesel through Nicaragua for distribution at below market prices. The joint venture with Venezuela's PDVSA is currently importing small volumes of diesel, but intends to break ground in F [...]	2008-02-01 17:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ES PGOV PREL

08SANSALVADOR1290	GOES WILL VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION MOTIONS [...] (C) Poloffs met with Ambassador Carlos Adrian Velasco Novoa, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director, and Gustavo Argueta, MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer, November 12. Polcouns expressed thanks for Salvadoran opposition to no-action motions. Velasco and Argueta said El Salvador has formally decid [...]	2008-11-14 23:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ES
08SANSALVADOR1297	CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM PRESIDENT SACA TO [...] Post received the following congratulatory letter from President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca to President-Elect Obama. Original scanned and sent to WHA/CEN. 2. Text follows. San Salvador, November 5, 2008 Mr. President-Elect: I have the honor to address Your Excellency on the occasi [...]	2008-11-18 22:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1305	OAS RELEASES ELECTORAL REFORM PLAN TOO LATE [...] (U) Summary: The Organization for American States (OAS) released a technical plan to implement electoral reforms prior to the January and March 2009 elections; however, the plan is likely too late for real reform. End summary. 2. (U) The Organization for American States (OAS) released a te [...]	2008-11-21 22:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1309	EL SALVADOR WILL NOT ACT AGAINST NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Responding to the request for Salvadoran action regarding Nicaragua's elections, MFA Director General of Foreign Policy Werner Romero and Director General of Central American Relations Jorge Alberto Umana Garcia told us November 20 that El Salvador would not get involved. Umana said he di [...]	2008-11-24 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NU ES
08SANSALVADOR1310	EL SALVADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 22:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY ES
08SANSALVADOR1318	FRIEND OF MAURICIO: FUNES, FMLN GROWING CLOSER [...] (C) Summary: Gerardo Caceres, a "Friend of Mauricio," said the FMLN's choice of an outsider presidential candidate had changed and moderated the party more than expected. He said Funes has developed strong relationships with senior party leadership and that initial FMLN suspicions of the Frien [...]	2008-11-26 21:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1331	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will reinforce the importance the U.S. places on maintaining a close, cooperative bilateral relationship with El Salvador. Your visit will also offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing proble [...]	2008-12-03 14:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS ES
08SANSALVADOR1332	EL SALVADOR UNSURE HOW TO PAY DECEMBER SHORT-TERM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Finance is unsure how to pay $80 million in short-term government debt on December 15. The Ministry had planned on $200 million in funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI),but was informed in late November that CABEI could only provi [...]	2008-12-03 15:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR1333	PORT DEVELOPMENT DELAYED AS CONSTRUCTION OF LA UNION PORT NEARS COMPLETION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ES EWWT
08SANSALVADOR1335	EL SALVADOR: MERIDA WORKING GROUP IMPLEMENTATION [...] Shortly after receiving the draft Merida Initiative Letter of Agreement (LOA) from INL Washington, the San Salvador Merida Working Group convened December 3 to formalize an implementation strategy and to identify the next steps necessary for realizing Merida Initiative objectives. The DCM-cha [...]	2008-12-04 16:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1338	DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED LACEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO ES
08SANSALVADOR1353	UNDER PRESSURE: CREDIT AND THE GOES [...] (C) Summary. While the banking sector is prepared for even a major bank run, it cannot insulate itself completely as a recent rumor involving Citibank has shown. El Salvador is also feeling the effects of the worldwide credit crunch. GOES missteps and populist measures are not helping the s [...]	2008-12-09 17:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR1364	GOES LIQUIDITY PROBLEMS, LOANS AND CREDIT LINES [...] (C) SUMMARY. El Salvador's fiscal and liquidity problems continue, despite Government of El Salvador (GOES) negotiations with various international financial institutions. The private banking sector remains liquid and prepared for massive post-electoral capital flight, though the threat of b [...]	2008-12-12 14:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR1368	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: DECEMBER 12 [...] Summary: This message is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes additional information on the test of the electoral results reporting system, results of two lat [...]	2008-12-15 18:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR1372	EL SALVADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] El Salvador Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin text. In 2008 the government of El Salvador cooperated closely with the United States on counterterrorism efforts, and took active steps to protect U.S. interests and citizens from terrorist attacks. [...]	2008-12-16 23:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ES PTER
08SANSALVADOR1373	SALVADORANS DISCUSS CRISTIANI CASE IN MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Senior political figures from left and right in El Salvador traveled to Madrid in early December to discuss with the GOS the suit against former President Cristiani regarding the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests. Deputy Prosecutor of the Spanish Audiencia Nacional Burgos Pavon su [...]	2008-12-16 23:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES SP
08SANSALVADOR1382	FOMILENIO APPOINTS NEW PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The FOMILENIO Board of Directors December 10 selected interim Executive Director Jose Angel Quiros as the new permanent Executive Director for the Salvadoran Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact implementing organization. Quiros has broad experience in road constructi [...]	2008-12-18 20:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR1383	FBI DIRECTOR PRESSES SALVADORANS ON ELECTRONIC [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Mueller's visit reinforced Post's efforts to push electronic surveillance legislation through the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly. Legislative, Executive and Judicial branch interlocutors agreed on the need to make this important tool available to Salvadoran law enfo [...]	2008-12-18 21:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS
08SANSALVADOR1386	FOMILENIO APPOINTS NEW PERMANENT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The FOMILENIO Board of Directors December 10 selected interim Executive Director Jose Angel Quiros as the new permanent Executive Director for the Salvadoran Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact implementing entity. Quiros has broad experience in road construction an [...]	2008-12-19 17:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR1387	EL SALVADOR ASSESSING U.S. PROPOSAL ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 18:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR1389	EL SALVADOR HAS NO OPINION YET ON UNESCO DG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 20:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO ES
08SANSALVADOR1392	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES IDB LOAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador's National Assembly approved on December 18 a $500 million Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan, the country's first new international debt since the March 2006 legislative elections. Separately, the IDB approved a $400 million credit line to the Central Bank, [...]	2008-12-19 21:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL IDB ES
08SANSALVADOR1393	WHA/EPSC'S ROONEY HEARS SALVADORAN PRIVATE SECTOR CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 21:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ES ETRD PGOV
08SANSALVADOR1394	BANKS AGREE TO ROLLOVER GOES DEBT FOR ONE MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Private banks, including Citibank and Banco Agricola, agreed to rollover the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) December short-term debt for one month, preventing a potential government default. While the banks are unwilling to rollover debt past the January legislative electi [...]	2008-12-19 22:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR1395	GOES COUNTERPROPOSAL FOR EXTENSION OF CSL COMALAPA [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 2 below. 2. (U) Post received December 17 the following counterproposal regarding the extension of the agreement governing use of the Cooperative Security Location at Comalapa via diplomatic note (see paragraph 5). This counterproposal is the Sa [...]	2008-12-19 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS SNAR ES
08SANSALVADOR1396	HHS LETTER ON US WHO CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO WHO ES
08SANSALVADOR1397	EL SALVADOR READY TO SIGN MERIDA INITIATIVE LETTER [...] (U) This is an action message; see para. six below. 2. (U) On December 18, DCM and Embassy San Salvador Law Enforcement Committee presented the Merida Initiative draft Letter of Agreement (LOA) to the Salvadoran government. The Salvadorans, represented by the Minister of Public Security an [...]	2008-12-22 15:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR1398	EVANGELICAL UNHAPPINESS WITH ARENA COULD IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: President of the Salvadoran National Commission of Pastors and Leaders (CONAPAL),Romel Guardon, expressed his displeasure with President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca and ARENA Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Avila December 2, but said that the group would wait until February to deci [...]	2008-12-22 15:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV SCUL
08SANSALVADOR1400	DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KNNO EFIN PARM IR ES
08SANSALVADOR1402	SALVADORANS WITHDRAWING FROM IRAQ [...] (U) President Saca announced mid-day December 23 that the Salvadoran deployment to Iraq would end on December 31, based on the fact that UN Security Council Resolution 1790 would expire on that same day. Legislative approval of Salvadoran military participation, he said, was pegged to the UNSC Res [...]	2008-12-23 22:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL IZ ES
08SANSALVADOR1403	ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES EXTENDED FOR ONE MONTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOES agreed on December 18 to pay electric companies $15.7 million (covering one month of electricity subsidies) in order to maintain subsidized electricity rates through January 11, 2009. Again, state-owned generation company (CEL) had to pay the subsidy. Energy and subs [...]	2008-12-23 22:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR147	ARENA: FIVE CANDIDATES SURVIVE FIRST CUT [...] (SBU) Summary: ARENA's executive board announced the names of five candidates who will continue in the party's competition to become ARENA's nominee for 2009 presidential elections. In a surprise to many observers, ARENA founding member Hugo Barrera was not among those moving on to the next p [...]	2008-02-05 19:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR148	SALVADORAN ASSEMBLY RESCINDS PAY RAISE, BUT DEBATE [...] (U) Summary: On January 31, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted unanimously to rescind their 2008 pay increase (reftel) and to reinstate the 2007 pay schedule. It appears, however, that the controversy over salaries for government officials will continue since the media continues to repo [...]	2008-02-05 19:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR153	EL SALVADOR: PRISON GANG INITIATIVE GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary: INL/CIVPOL assistance has notably improved security at the prison where El Salvador's most dangerous transnational street gang members are incarcerated, and fomented a renewed emphasis on professionalism within the leadership of the Salvadoran prison system. Given the successes a [...]	2008-02-05 22:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PREL
08SANSALVADOR182	EL SALVADOR LEANS TOWARDS KOSOVO RECOGNITION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador will almost certainly recognize Kosovo's independence, but because of sensitivities concerning relations with Moscow, the GOES will not be among the first wave of countries to do so. End Summary. 2. (C) PolCouns delivered Ref (A) demarche to MFA officials February [...]	2008-02-14 15:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN UNMIK EU ES
08SANSALVADOR185	WTO DEMARCHE - U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Deputy Econ Counselor and European Union Head of Mission Wouter Wilton jointly delivered reftel demarche to Francisco Lima, El Salvador's Ambassador to the WTO, on February 13. Lima was accompanied by staff from the Ministry of Economy's CAFTA-DR office. Lima also raised El Salva [...]	2008-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO ES
08SANSALVADOR186	EL SALVADOR CLOSE TO IMPLEMENTING DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nearly two years after ratifying CAFTA-DR, the Government of El Salvador is close to implementing "data exclusivity" intellectual property right regulations. The government has concluded its consultations, the Ministry of Health is finalizing the regulations for President Saca' [...]	2008-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR187	SALVADORAN BANKS "VOLUNTARILY" REDUCE CREDIT CARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. ABANSA, the Salvadoran banking association, announced February 11 that Salvadoran banks had "voluntarily" lowered the maximum interest rate for credit cards from 49 percent to 39 percent. The announcement concluded nearly two months of intense negotiation between the banking sect [...]	2008-02-15 14:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR195	CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES MAY RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 22:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08SANSALVADOR227	DAS MCCAMPBELL VISIT TO EL SALVADOR, FEBRUARY 5-7, [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counternarcotics Christy McCampbell's visit to El Salvador for the February 7 ILEA construction site dedication ceremony offered public reinforcement of U.S. commitment to democratic policing in the Americas, while at the same time providing an exce [...]	2008-02-22 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
08SANSALVADOR229	EL SALVADOR NOTIFIED OF SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) On February 21, Poloff delivered reftel notification to Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy. Notification was accepted without comment. Post will pass on any substantive response received. GLAZER [...]	2008-02-22 22:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES PARM TSPA NASA
08SANSALVADOR231	(C) FM: EL SALVADOR AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES UN UNMIK YI EU KV GT HO
08SANSALVADOR235	PANAMANIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Glazer met with Luis Enrique Torres, Panamanian Ambassador to El Salvador to exchange views on regional issues including foreign investment, elections, and public security. Ambassador Torres expressed his concern over possible violence in the upcoming 2009 Salvadoran el [...]	2008-02-26 21:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES PM
08SANSALVADOR238	ARENA: COENA NAMES THREE PRESIDENTIAL FINALISTS [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Avila, Luis Mario Rodriguez and Ana Vilma de Escobar were named February 26 as the three finalists in the race to become ARENA's presidential candidate. There is unhappiness and worry in COENA, ARENA's executive board, over President Saca's heavy handed management of the [...]	2008-02-27 19:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ES
08SANSALVADOR239	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWAL AND AMENDMENT OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 19:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL MASS MOPS
08SANSALVADOR240	EL SALVADOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSLO PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 20:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PGOV NATO UN
08SANSALVADOR245	SUCHITOTO CHARGES DROPPED...OR NOT [...] (C) Summary: On February 19, a judge dismissed public disorder charges against 14 defendants who had originally been charged with terrorism in connection with a July 2007 demonstration that turned violent. The case has been a lightning rod for accusations by the opposition FMLN and US-based N [...]	2008-02-28 16:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES PHUM KCRM
08SANSALVADOR247	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Salvador welcomes you and your delegation to El Salvador. El Salvador is one of our strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere, and is a bedrock of economic and political stability in the region. Your visits to the Aeroman aircraft maintenance facility will highlight an expanding [...]	2008-02-28 22:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR MARR PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR248	EL SALVADOR: CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CU ES
08SANSALVADOR249	EL SALVADOR: 2008 SPECIAL 301 INPUT [...] SUMMARY. El Salvador continues to move forward on implementing its IPR commitments under CAFTA-DR, including data exclusivity regulations. The Government of El Salvador likewise continues to conduct successful enforcement actions against both distributors and producers of pirated material. Po [...]	2008-02-29 12:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR ES
08SANSALVADOR253	VISIT TO COFFEE FARM REVEALS CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: On January 11, LabOff and three USAID Officers visited Los Cedros, a Salvadoran coffee plantation located 20 minutes outside San Salvador. The plantation has been certified for compliance with Rainforest Alliance's labor and environmental standards. While working conditions for [...]	2008-02-29 22:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PGOV ELAB
08SANSALVADOR256	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 17:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ES SO UNSC UN PBTS KCRM IMO PREL
08SANSALVADOR26	EL SALVADOR TO SUPPORT PROSPER CANDIDACY FOR CERD [...] (SBU) During a January 9 conversation, Egriselda Gonzalez, Foreign Ministry Candidacies Desk Officer, confirmed to Poloff that El Salvador would support Ambassador Prosper's candidacy for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. She added that a dipnote on the subject was [...]	2008-01-09 19:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES PHUM UNGA
08SANSALVADOR260	ZABLAH CANDIDACY AGAIN IN PLAY; WAITING ON FDR, PDC, AND CD [...] (C) Summary: FDR, CD, and PDC are again discussing seriously an across-the-board alliance to compete in municipal, legislative, and presidential elections in early 2009. Arturo Zablah would be the coalition's presidential candidate. An agreement could be reached as early as March 5. End S [...]	2008-03-03 22:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR263	ZABLAH STILL READY TO RUN; WAITING ON CD, FDR AND [...] (C) Summary: Arturo Zablah told PolCouns a coalition between CD, PDC, and FDR could be formed as soon as March 5. Assuming an agreement is reached, Zablah would announce his candidacy for president with the backing of the coalition and would seek an outsider as his running mate. He said his o [...]	2008-03-04 18:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR264	DEMARCHE ON USG PRIORITIES FOR UNCND DELIVERED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Jose Roberto Trabanino, MFA Global Affairs Coordinator. Trabanino informed Poloff that the Salvadoran Ambassador in Vienna would be attending the meetings along with the Salvadoran National Ant [...]	2008-03-04 22:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES SNAR AORC UN
08SANSALVADOR274	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 15:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN KNNP MNUC PARM
08SANSALVADOR28	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your visit comes in a string of recent high-level visits, and your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq. Also, it will offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation [...]	2008-01-09 21:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
08SANSALVADOR29	CORRECTED COPY: YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (U) The following is a corrected copy of SAN SALVADOR 00028 2. (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your visit comes in a string of recent high-level visits, and your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq. [...]	2008-01-10 15:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES
08SANSALVADOR316	EL SALVADOR: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's response to Reftel. The text directly tracks reftel Paragraph 27-30 and relevant subsections. 2. (SBU) Responses to checklist items follow. Note internal paragraph numbering. --------------------------------------------- --------- Paragraph 27 - Overview of ac [...]	2008-03-13 21:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ES
08SANSALVADOR321	WHA/CEN DIRECTOR FEELEY VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: From March 4-7, WHA/CEN Director John Feeley visited El Salvador as part of a regional visit focused on the Merida Initiative. During the visit, Feeley attended the Ambassador's speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in El Salvador, discussed the Merida Initiative with Deputy F [...]	2008-03-14 19:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES KDEM MX
08SANSALVADOR324	Codel Costello Visits ES Aircraft Maintenance Facility [...] Summary. A 16 person Congressional delegation led by Jerry Costello (D-IL) visited El Salvador February 28 - March 1. The primary purpose of the visit was to see the Aeroman aircraft maintenance facility. The CODEL also met with other aviation and transportation officials in the public and p [...]	2008-03-17 20:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EAIR ECON SNAR
08SANSALVADOR326	ORGANIZATION AND OBJECTIVES OF EL SALVADOR'S NEW CAFTA-DR [...] SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador's new CAFTA-DR Office at the Ministry of Economy provides a dedicated staff to monitor CAFTA-DR issues, including implementation, follow-on agreements, and consistency with other trade agreements. The new office should help simplify our efforts to monitor [...]	2008-03-17 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR33	ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS CONTEST RATES CUTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Electricity distribution companies are contesting a decision by El Salvador's utility regulator to cut power distribution rates for the next five years. The companies have appealed to the Supreme Court and the GOES to reverse the decision to sharply reduce rates beginning on Janu [...]	2008-01-11 16:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR343	NO SURPRISES AS AVILA WINS ARENA NOMINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 15, the National Republican Alliance Party (ARENA) selected Rodrigo Avila as its presidential candidate for the 2009 election. Avila's selection had been widely anticipated, but his landslide win did little to mollify critics who claimed that the process was less than fa [...]	2008-03-18 22:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES KDEM
08SANSALVADOR36	ARENA LAUNCHES CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, ARENA responded to growing pressure to name a presidential candidate by announcing the selection process. The field of potential candidates has evolved rapidly with a number of well-known candidates, including Minister of Public Security Rene Figueroa and businessm [...]	2008-01-11 22:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR4	EL SALVADOR REITERATES CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 [...] (C) I am writing again in support of the following two 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The two proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to mo [...]	2008-01-02 21:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES PGOV
08SANSALVADOR400	EL SALVADOR: MERIDA BRIEFINGS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to Foreign Affairs Vice-Minister Eduardo Calix, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Guillermo Melendez, Minister of Public Security and Justice Rene Figueroa, Attorney General Felix Safie, and National Civilian Police (PNC) Director Francisco Rovir [...]	2008-04-03 18:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES PINS PTER SNAR
08SANSALVADOR405	EL SALVADOR: UNSCR 1803 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 16:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC ES
08SANSALVADOR406	EL SALVADOR: PSI TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 16:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR413	EL SALVADOR: INFORMATION ON WOMEN'S JUSTICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 20:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM KPAO PREL PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR419	El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE APRIL 2008 [...] Summary. According to Central Bank of El Salvador figures, El Salvador achieved 4.7% GDP growth in 2007, driven by increases in agriculture, the financial sector, retail, and transportation, communications and storage. Inflation remained stable at 4.9%. The current account deficit increased by [...]	2008-04-07 19:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR42	DEPARTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON SACA AND THE ELECTION [...] (C) On January 14, outgoing Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco "Pancho" Lainez told the Ambassador that he planned to leave his post, as required by the Salvadoran Constitution, in order to seek the ARENA party's nomination for President. He said he planned to officially announce his resig [...]	2008-01-15 21:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR421	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO THE UNITED [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support El Salvador's reelection to the United Nations Committee of Peace Consolidation (CCP) for the period 2008-2010. The election will take place in May 2008. 2. (U) Text follows: (NO [...]	2008-04-07 22:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN
08SANSALVADOR422	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO THE [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support its candidacy to the Board of Directors of the United Nations Development Program and the United Nations Fund for Population Affairs (UNDP/ UNFPA). 2. (U) Text follows: (NON OFFIC [...]	2008-04-07 22:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN
08SANSALVADOR428	EL SALVADOR: COURT AFFIRMS ARREST ORDER OF JOSE [...] (U) On April 3, post received a copy of the March 10 judicial decision of the ad interim 12th Justice of the Peace Mario Mardoqueo Menjivar Miranda, regarding the USG request for the extradition of Jose Marvin MARTINEZ. Justice Mardoqueo affirmed Martinez's provisional arrest order for the pu [...]	2008-04-09 16:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS ES
08SANSALVADOR429	BLOCKBUSTER CLOSES, BLAMES PIRACY [...] (SBU) El Salvador's Blockbuster Video franchise closed in March, blaming increased optical disc piracy for its financial woes. The local franchisee claimed a government policy of not targeting the small street vendors has caused an increase in pirated goods, especially in upper and middle inco [...]	2008-04-09 18:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIPR ES
08SANSALVADOR444	75 YEARS ISN'T LIFE IN EL SALVADOR (BUT IT'S SURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Salvadoran Supreme Court ruled this week that a 2001 law which increased the maximum criminal penalty to 75 years imprisonment was consistent with the Salvadoran Constitution. Opponents of the law argued that a 75 year sentence was the equivalent of life imprisonment and ther [...]	2008-04-11 20:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES KCRM KJUS
08SANSALVADOR461	AVILA EXPECTS TOUGH CAMPAIGN; RUNNING MATE IN 2-3 [...] (C) Summary: ARENA presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila told us April 9 that while he expected sufficient funding to run his campaign, the FMLN might for the first time outspend ARENA. Avila said he expected to choose a running mate within two to three months, and said ARENA was leaning away [...]	2008-04-15 21:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR466	DAS MCCAMPBELL LEADS U.S. DELEGATION TO IV ANNUAL [...] Summary: INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Christy McCampbell led the U.S. delegation attending the 4th Annual International Anti-Gang Convention April 8-10, 2008 in Salinitas, El Salvador. DAS McCampbell took advantage of this highly public forum to explain key elements of the proposed Merida [...]	2008-04-16 17:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM PREL
08SANSALVADOR467	EL SALVADOR: ARRESTS MADE IN ASSASSINATION OF FMLN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The investigation into the January murder of the FMLN mayor of Alegria and a municipal employee was turned on its head when the municipal comptroller and two other city employees were arrested for hiring two hit men to murder the mayor. These arrests refute initial speculation in [...]	2008-04-16 17:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES KCRM
08SANSALVADOR468	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. WTO [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel A points to Mario Gallardo, Deputy Director for Trade Policy, Ministry of Economy, on April 10. Gallardo replied that he would consult with El Salvador's Mission in Geneva, which currently handles all World Trade Organization (WTO) issues. (NOTE: Because the Trad [...]	2008-04-16 18:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR479	INFLATION IN EL SALVADOR: PERCEPTION VS. REALITY [...] Summary. Officially, El Salvador has the lowest annual inflation rate in Central America, but public perception is the cost of living is rising dramatically. El Salvador's Consumer Price Index (CPI) is based on 17-year-old consumer data, and critics believe that it understates actual inflation [...]	2008-04-18 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR480	EX-FINANCE MINISTER CRITIQUES SACA GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to former Finance Minister Manuel Hinds, El Salvador's economic growth has been close to 6% per year over the last several years, not the 2-4 % officially reported. The Saca Administration, which Hinds calls the "most corrupt" in El Salvador's history, has intentionally [...]	2008-04-18 22:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR490	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 18:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES EUN PHUM
08SANSALVADOR51	EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON RESOLVING KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us on January 11 that the GoES will review the Kosovo independence issue and get back to us after completing their analysis and adopting a position. End Summary. 2. (C) On January 11, PolCouns and PolOff del [...]	2008-01-18 20:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL UN UNMIK YI EU
08SANSALVADOR529	U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 21:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR53	PUBLIC SECURITY MINISTER FIGUEROA ON THE ARENA [...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Figueroa told the Ambassador January 17 that, given his membership in COENA and in order to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest, he would not support any candidate during ARENA's internal nomination process. He had cautioned former FM Lainez to [...]	2008-01-22 16:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR530	El SALVADOR: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) Per reftel A tasker, Post's responses on the impact of rising food prices are categorized below. Demand ------ 2. (U) The main staples of the population are small red kidney beans, white corn tortillas, and, to a lesser extent, rice. Wheat is used in the production of artisan brea [...]	2008-05-02 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR535	EL SALVADOR STILL NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel A points with Elmer Charlaix, President Saca's Private Secretary, on April 22. DCM followed up on April 30 with Charlaix who said that Saca has been very busy and that he had been unable to raise the issue with Saca. He added that he would consult with the Ministry [...]	2008-05-05 22:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES KV SR UNMIK EU
08SANSALVADOR538	EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO THE [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES will support the U.S. candidate, Susan McLurg, to the United Nations Advisory Committee in Administrative and Budget Issues (ACABQ). 2. (U) Text follows: (NON OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) MINISTRY [...]	2008-05-06 21:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES UN
08SANSALVADOR539	TALKING POINTS ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 21:25:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR547	DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM EUN CU ES
08SANSALVADOR548	DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR IAJC CANDIDATE DAVID STEWART [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XM ES
08SANSALVADOR560	FMLN TRIES TO CONTROL DAMAGE FROM ACCUSATIONS OF [...] (C) Recent press reports on ties between the Colombian FARC guerrillas and the Salvadoran opposition Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) party have party leadership scrambling to explain itself. Documents reportedly seized in recent Colombian military actions and subsequently published by [...]	2008-05-13 19:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES CO PTER PARM
08SANSALVADOR561	EL SALVADOR HOPES TO ATTEND UNESCO CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 19:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO ES
08SANSALVADOR562	TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 19:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR ES
08SANSALVADOR569	SAN SALVADOR RESPONSE TO WIPO DG ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 21:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD ES
08SANSALVADOR576	CONTINUED CONFUSED FMLN RESPONSE TO ALLEGED FARC [...] (C) Recent developments in the FMLN-FARC saga continue to place the FMLN and its Presidential candidate, Mauricio Funes, on the defensive. Though the FMLN has begun to own up to its historical contacts with the FARC, it continues to diminish their significance, both publicly and privately. FM [...]	2008-05-16 17:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES CO PTER PARM
08SANSALVADOR601	EL SALVADOR: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) This cable is an update to Reftel B. 2. (SBU) Post confirms that we placed the Op-Ed provided by the Department under the Ambassador's signature in the leading Salvadoran Daily, El Diario de Hoy, on May 21. In addition, the Mission has placed material on Cuban Solidarity Day on the Emb [...]	2008-05-21 20:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM CU ES

08SANSALVADOR603	SECRETARY'S LETTER REGARDING KOSOVO DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 22:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN PGOV KU ES
08SANSALVADOR604	INVITATION TO IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 22:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR605	GOES REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY OF FRANCIA [...] (U) Post received the following request from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES asks that we support El Salvador's candidate, Francia Breve, to the OAS Administrative Tribunal for the period 2008-2013. The election will take place at the 38th session of the OAS General Assembly to be [...]	2008-05-21 22:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES OAS
08SANSALVADOR614	EL SALVADOR WILL CO-SPONSOR PRISONERS OF [...] (U) The cable is an update to Reftel A. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Jose Roberto Mejia Trabanino, Global Issues Coordinator at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed to Poloff May 23 that El Salvador would co-sponsor the US-EU Declaration on Prisoners of Conscience. Mejia Trabanino added that [...]	2008-05-23 21:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES EUN PHUM
08SANSALVADOR617	EL SALVADOR COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III [...] (C) Post recommends suspension of Title III of the Libertad Act for El Salvador consistent with the national interest of the United States. El Salvador does not maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba and El Salvador's current givernment has supported U.S. advocacy for democratic transition i [...]	2008-05-23 22:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU ES
08SANSALVADOR618	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (C) I am delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador, one of our strongest allies in the Western Hemisphere, and a bastion of economic and political stability in the region. Your visit will highlight the strategic importance of the U.S.-El Salvador relationship and bring attention to a number [...]	2008-05-23 23:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR639	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran law enforcement and corrections officials slated to participate in INL-funded prison gang intelligence training in Santa Fe, NM, from [...]	2008-06-03 16:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR643	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN POLICE OFFICERS [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran National Civilian Police (PNC) officers slated to participate in Anti-Gang Forensics Training at ILEA San Salvador, July 18-26, 2008: [...]	2008-06-03 20:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR661	AGENDA FOR IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR667	DEMARCHE - ICAO SPLIT CURRENCY ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 13:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ES
08SANSALVADOR683	LATEST IAEA REPORT AND U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 22:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA ES
08SANSALVADOR684	DEMARCHE ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR689	FMLN CANDIDATE IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS, OFFERS FEW [...] (C) Summary: FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes addressed the diplomatic corps June 4. He discussed his experience as a journalist, identified looming fiscal problems as a priority issue for the next government and reiterated his support for CAFTA-DR. He lamented persistent media com [...]	2008-06-11 14:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR698	EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT CANDIDACY OF WILLIAM [...] (U) Post received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOES will support the U.S. candidate, William Lacy Swing, for the position of Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). 2. Text follows. No. 1023 MINISTRY OF FORE [...]	2008-06-12 22:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN ES
08SANSALVADOR699	EL SALVADOR: REPORT ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN [...] (U) Summary: This cable is in response to the Department of Labor request for information regarding the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in El Salvador as mandated by the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (ref A). Post notes [...]	2008-06-12 22:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ES
08SANSALVADOR700	EL SALVADOR: COUNTRY CONDITIONS AS THEY RELATE TO [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. government should extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for the nearly 250,000 Salvadoran beneficiaries living in the United States. El Salvador has still not finished reconstructing infrastructure damaged by the two severe earthquakes which struck the country in 2001. [...]	2008-06-12 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	EAID ES PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
08SANSALVADOR71	SECURITIZATION LAW TO GENERATE NEW LIQUIDITY IN MARKET [...] El Salvador's new Securitization Law will allow the conversion of private projects in liquid securities to be traded in the stock market. The Law is expected to energize the capital market and open the financing options for private and public sector projects such as toll roads and new housing [...]	2008-01-28 13:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR712	EXTENSION OF THE COMALAPA CSL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Your visit June 3 and 4 finally elicited a Salvadoran Government reaction to our proposed extension and expansion of the Comalapa Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement (reftel). That proposal is not viable. The GOES sees the geographic expansion of the agreement as raising questio [...]	2008-06-13 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS ES
08SANSALVADOR717	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 15:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08SANSALVADOR719	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights record of the following Salvadoran Military Personnel who have been nominated to participate in the United Nations Mechanics Course with a start date of July 8, 2008. 1 [...]	2008-06-17 21:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR720	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights record of the following Salvadoran Military Personnel who has been nominated to participate in the Basic Public Affairs course starting June 19, 2008. 1LT Rebeca Aracel [...]	2008-06-18 16:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR723	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary:Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte met with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Argueta June 3 in San Salvador. Negroponte thanked Argueta for El Salvador's continuing support in Iraq and noted the USG's Merida Initiative as a means of combating shared threats of organized crime and narc [...]	2008-06-18 17:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ES
08SANSALVADOR733	PRESS STATEMENT ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR734	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PHUM PREL
08SANSALVADOR738	FMLN CRITICIZES SALVADORAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: The Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation (FMLN) hosted representatives from the diplomatic community to hear its perspective and analysis ahead of the 2009 legislative and presidential elections. The FMLN criticized the government's failure to carry out OAS recommend [...]	2008-06-20 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR750	A PRAGMATIC SHIFT OR MERELY A TACTICAL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: In 1980 the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front Party (FMLN) began as a loose coalition of leftist groups united with the goal of bringing down the conservative government. The tumultuous history of the FMLN continues to influence its actions and internal struggles today, as the par [...]	2008-06-24 17:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR751	EL SALVADOR: INL PROJECT MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET [...] Post provides the following inventory of INL-funded project motor vehicles, as requested reftel. 2. National Civilian Police (PNC) Anti-Narcotics Division (DAN) Project: - Ford Econoline van; one in inventory, one required. - Nissan Patrol SUV; one in inventory, one required. - Nissan Alti [...]	2008-06-24 17:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ES SNAR
08SANSALVADOR754	JUDGE CONFIRMS ARREST ORDER FOR JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ [...] On May 30, post received a copy of the April 8 judicial decision of the ad interim 12th Justice of Peace Mario Mardoqueo Menjivar Miranda, regarding the USG request for extradition of Honduran citizen Jose Luis Alvarez. Justice Mardoqueo confirmed Alvarez,s provisional arrest order for extrad [...]	2008-06-25 16:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS ES
08SANSALVADOR755	UPDATE ON THE EXTRADITION OF JOSE MARVIN MARTINEZ [...] On May 30th, post received a copy of the April 2 judicial decision of the 12th Justice of Peace Roberto Carlos Calderon Escobar, regarding the USG request for extradition of Jose Marvin Martinez. Justice Calderon did not grant a special hearing as requested by defense attorney Jose Ricardo Ma [...]	2008-06-25 16:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS ES
08SANSALVADOR758	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in courses at Stennis Center, Mississippi starting July 8, 2008. Saldana Saldana, Anastacio [...]	2008-06-25 18:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR759	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in courses at the Inter American Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, TX beginning July 16, 2008 [...]	2008-06-25 18:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR760	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in courses at Fort Sill in Oklahoma beginning July 1, 2008. Rosales Martell, Julio Oscar Gu [...]	2008-06-25 18:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR767	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Combat Strategic Intelligence course at the Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington DC [...]	2008-06-26 21:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR768	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Riverine Operations course at Stennis Center, Mississippi beginning July 8, 2008. Se [...]	2008-06-26 21:25:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR769	REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Outboard Motor course at Stennis Center, Mississippi beginning July 8, 2008. Rivera [...]	2008-06-26 21:25:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR77	SALARY INCREASE FOR SALVADORAN LEGISLATORS CREATES [...] (U) Summary: On January 18 members of the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly cashed their first paychecks of 2008 and were apparently shocked to discover that they had given themselves a raise of over 40 percent from the previous year. The ensuing controversy has resulted in denials, accusations [...]	2008-01-28 20:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ES
08SANSALVADOR774	FRUSTRATION WITH AVILA'S FAILURE TO LAUNCH; [...] (C) Summary: On June 17 PolCouns spoke with Bobby Murray Meza, President of Agricola Industrial Salvadorena, S.A. (AGRISAL). Murray Meza expressed his disappointment with the lack of organization or strategy by the Avila campaign and noted that significant business interests have been approac [...]	2008-06-27 19:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR78	EL SALVADOR: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) Summary: The government of El Salvador would have to overcome significant political and legal hurdles in order to continue to deploy troops to Iraq without a United Nations (UN) Chapter VII mandate. In December 2007, the Legislative Assembly approved troop deployments through June 2009; [...]	2008-01-28 22:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES MARR MOPS PREL
08SANSALVADOR793	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a United Nations Logistics Course in Guatemala beginning July 16, 2008. CPT RIVAS MACA [...]	2008-07-02 15:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR795	UPDATED P5 PLUS ONE PACKAGE FOR IRAN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 17:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC ES
08SANSALVADOR796	BLUE LANTERN 050097338 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Emboffs June 5 visited the main office of Tiros Cobra. We met with his General Manager Yanira Elizabeth de Melara. She was very knowledgeable about the company. Though unable to immediately locate some of the company records, she provided them to us the [...]	2008-07-02 18:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ES
08SANSALVADOR80	ES INVESTMENT CLIMATE: SLIP SLIDING AWAY? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 23 meeting with Presidencia Secretario Tecnico (President Saca,s Chief of Staff) Eduardo SIPDIS Ayala Grimaldi, the Ambassador warned the Saca Administration that its recent actions to curry popular approval were hurting its investment climate. Saca,s promise th [...]	2008-01-28 22:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ECON EINV
08SANSALVADOR804	PSI SUMMARIES DELIVERED TO GOES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC ES
08SANSALVADOR805	EL SALVADOR: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KVIR ES
08SANSALVADOR814	DIPNOTE REGARDING EXTENSION OF COMALAPA CSL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 21:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS MOPS PREL ES NL NT XL PGOV
08SANSALVADOR817	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Foreign Military Sales course in San Salvador, El Salvador beginning August 12, 2008. [...]	2008-07-09 19:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR82	EL SALVADOR MAKES STRONG CASE FOR MERIDA [...] (U) Summary: On January 17 and 18, U.S. interagency validation teams and SICA member country representatives met in San Salvador to discuss Central American security needs. The Salvadoran delegation, which included high-level representation from civilian government, the police, and the armed [...]	2008-01-29 17:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PREL
08SANSALVADOR826	El SALVADOR 2007 CENSUS PUBLISHED, SHOWS 19% FEWER PEOPLE [...] Summary. El Salvador's 2007 Census, published in May 2008, reduced the number of inhabitants of El Salvador by 19.2%, from previous projections of 7,104,999 to 5,744,113. This reduction in population increases per capita GDP from $2867.40 to $3547.21, raising El Salvador almost to an upper midd [...]	2008-07-10 15:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR827	ARTURO ZABLAH TALKING WITH ARENA, DOWNPLAYS VP [...] (C) Summary: Arturo Zablah, who had explored a presidential run representing a coalition of minor parties, told us July 9 that rumors he had agreed to be (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila's running mate were not true, but that he would meet with Avila the nex [...]	2008-07-10 22:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR828	C-AL8-01247: FORMER ARENA CANDIDATE ON AVILA [...] (C) Summary: Former ARENA presidential candidate Luis Mario Rodriguez told PolCouns July 7. He was guardedly optimistic about the state of (conservative, pro-American) ARENA presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila's campaign. Rodriguez described the key team members currently working on Avila's [...]	2008-07-10 22:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR830	MINISTER OF ECONOMY REVIEWS CAFTA, BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia and the Ministry of Economy's (MINEC) senior leadership team discussed CAFTA-DR and bilateral issues from mining to telecommunications with EconCouns on June 20. De Gavidia pushed for efforts to "keep CAFTA-DR alive" and requested U.S. assi [...]	2008-07-11 17:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR831	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Sergeant Majors Academy in Bogota, Colombia beginning July 25, 2008. Garcia Tobar, J [...]	2008-07-11 20:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR835	TALKING POINTS PRAISING THE NEW EU BENCHMARKS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 21:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EUN CU ES
08SANSALVADOR836	TALKING POINTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 21:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN NGO PHUM ES
08SANSALVADOR838	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Foreign Military Sales Course in San Salvador, El Salvador beginning August 12, 2008. [...]	2008-07-14 17:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR843	EMERGING PLAN B SHOULD THE FMLN WIN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Salvador Samayoa told us of a "Plan B" in the works to insulate El Salvador from (leftist) FMLN mischief should Mauricio Funes win the March 2009 election. The draft plan is reportedly focused on preventing a catastrophic (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA loss in the Legislative Ass [...]	2008-07-14 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR844	FMLN ANNOUNCES PROPOSALS TO ADDRESS FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. The leftist opposition FLMN presented a $450 million legislative package on July 9 to address the food crisis in El Salvador. Their proposals claim to promote increased agricultural production, return unproductive land to use, provide subsidies to the poor, redefine social progr [...]	2008-07-15 15:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI ES
08SANSALVADOR849	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Cuscatlan Battalion XI in Al Kut, Iraq beginning August 8, 2008. ORTIZ, SANTOS ANACL [...]	2008-07-15 22:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR850	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Cuscatlan Battalion XI in Al Kut, Iraq beginning August 8, 2008. GARCIA SANTOS, HECT [...]	2008-07-15 22:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR851	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORANMILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 22:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR854	ARENA FILLS STADIUM, BUT CROWD SUBDUED; NO VP [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs attended the July 13 ARENA (conservative, pro-U.S.) political rally at Cutscatlan Stadium, the same venue where the opposition FMLN staged their November 11 rally. The overflow crowd was equal in size to the FMLN event, but less enthusiastic than ARENA Presidential candida [...]	2008-07-16 16:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR855	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in an Advance Language Instructor's Course at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX beginni [...]	2008-07-16 16:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR856	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SQADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Humanitarian Exercise in Puerto Castilla, Honduras beginning August 16, 2008. RAMOS RI [...]	2008-07-16 16:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR857	FUNES MEETS ZAPATERO, AND HILARITY DOES NOT ENSUE [...] (U) Summary: A paid political advertisement which the (left-wing) FMLN placed in local newspapers, purporting to demonstrate Spain's support for the Presidential candidacy of the FMLN's Maurico Funes, has drawn the ire of Salvadoran President Saca and the (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA party. [...]	2008-07-17 16:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL SP
08SANSALVADOR861	EL SALVADOR SEEKS DEBT RESTRUCTURING LOAN, NEW TAX [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to a senior Ministry of Finance official, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) is privately pursuing $1.2 billion in new World Bank loans to restructure existing debt, prevent a fiscal crisis in 2011, and free new money for social spending. The Ministry of Finance is a [...]	2008-07-18 13:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IBRD ES
08SANSALVADOR862	NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY FOCUSED ON DOMESTIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary. New Minister of Economy Ricardo Esmahan D'Aubuisson plans to focus primarily on domestic issues, including small and medium enterprise development, energy, and hydrocarbons during his year in office. He does not plan to play an active role in treaty negotiations with the Europea [...]	2008-07-18 13:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR ETRD ES
08SANSALVADOR866	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY AND VISITS [...] (U) SUMMARY. During a June 24-25 visit to San Salvador, El Salvador Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt hosted a Central American Product-Safety Forum, met bilaterally with President Saca, and visited a clinic to follow-up on the recent humanitarian mission of the USS Boxer. [...]	2008-07-21 21:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAGR ETRD ECON ES
08SANSALVADOR868	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Peacekeeping Course in Coban, Guatemala beginning August 1, 2008. OPORTO, JOSE DANIEL [...]	2008-07-21 22:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR875	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Peacekeeping Instructor's Course in Creonpaz, Guatemala beginning August 5, 2008. Mont [...]	2008-07-24 16:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR876	FITCH CENTRAL AMERICA VIEWS ON EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) Mauricio Choussy, Managing Director of Fitch ratings for Central America, Belize and Panama, is optimistic about export growth and inflation, but pessimistic about the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) fiscal situation because of the spiraling cost of inefficient subsidies. He fears a C [...]	2008-07-24 18:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR878	EL SALVADOR: WE'RE WITH COLOMBIA [...] (C) MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Werner Romero told PolCouns July 23 that El Salvador had and would continue to support Colombia in its struggle against the FARC. "You don't really need to ask us to; we're already doing it," Romero said, noting two upcoming events where the GOES pla [...]	2008-07-24 21:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER COL ES
08SANSALVADOR882	DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (C) On July 24 PolOff delivered nonpaper regarding the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Francisco Gonzalez, Security Affairs Officer at the MFA. While there was no immediate response, we will continue to follow up and report. 2. (C) Comment: Pr [...]	2008-07-25 18:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08SANSALVADOR883	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Basic Public Affairs Course at the Defense Information School in Fort Mead, Maryland begi [...]	2008-07-25 20:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR894	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights record of the following Salvadoran National Civilian Police Officer slated to participate in a senior executive seminar on immigration and terrorism at the George C. Mars [...]	2008-07-29 15:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR897	CAFTA-DR RESULTS AFTER ITS SECOND YEAR SHOW CONTINUED [...] Two years after implementation, CAFTA-DR in El Salvador continues to show positive growth. According to Central Bank figures, total exports from El Salvador to the U.S. have increased by 13.7% percent to $2.1 billion, with maquila (apparel) exports increasing by 5% and non-maquila exports gro [...]	2008-07-29 19:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR905	ENERGY CRISIS AVERTED - FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary. Electricity generators and distributors met with Econoffs July 29 to warn of possible brownouts and blackouts within two weeks. They feared ripple effects if the GOES called in US-owned electricity distributor AES,s bond that day to cover subsidy payments that the company is fin [...]	2008-07-30 15:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR909	PRESIDENT SACA AVAILABLE FOR AMERICAS TRADE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 19:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR915	FMLN PUSHES PRAGMATISM [...] (C) Summary: On July 29 three high ranking members of the (left-wing) FMLN told us that they accepted U.S. assistance to counter crime and drug trafficking and were supportive of International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA). They reiterated the FMLN,s intention to withdraw Salvadoran troops f [...]	2008-07-31 19:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR916	EL SALVADOR HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] This is a response to a request for information regarding high level attendance of Salvadoran officials at the 63rd UN General Assembly. The following information has been provided to post by the GOES. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- President Antonio "Tony" Saca Gonzalez -- Presid [...]	2008-07-31 19:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ES
08SANSALVADOR926	EL SALVADOR WORKING WITH WHO AND PAHO TO IMPLEMENT [...] USAID Human Investment Office Director delivered reftel demarche on July 1 to Minister of Health (MOH) Dr. Jose Guillermo Maza. Dr. Maza reported progress in the implementation of International Health Regulations (IHRs) in El Salvador. The MOH has been working since 2005 on implementation of [...]	2008-08-07 14:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO WHO ES
08SANSALVADOR929	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in Panamax Exercise in San Salvador, El Salvador starting August 11, 2008. RUBIO REYES, [...]	2008-08-07 17:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR943	FMLN FUEL IMPORTS FROM VENEZUELA DRAW CRITICISM [...] (SBU) Summary. President Saca, other GOES representatives, and businessmen have stepped up criticism of Albapetroleo for selling subsidized Venezuelan diesel below cost. Despite higher transport costs and inconsistent supplies, Albapetroleo has quickly gained over 22% of El Salvador's diese [...]	2008-08-11 22:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR955	GOES DELEGATION TO DEFENSE MINISTERIALS OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 17:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR971	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the NCO Development Course in Fort Benning, GA beginning September 17, 2008. Hernande [...]	2008-08-19 20:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR972	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in Riverine Operations in Stennis Space Center, MS beginning December 12, 2008. Aleman M [...]	2008-08-19 20:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR973	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Corrosion Control course in San Antonio, Texas beginning September 3, 2008. Fuentes [...]	2008-08-19 20:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR974	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Helicopter Mechanic Course in San Antonio, TX beginning September 9, 2008. Miranda [...]	2008-08-19 20:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR975	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in an Air Craft Maintenance Course in San Antonio, TX beginning September 23, 2008. Esco [...]	2008-08-19 20:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KJUS PHUM PINR
08SANSALVADOR980	FMLN CONVENTION: WILL PLEDGED REFORMS AND MODERATE [...] (C) Summary: The (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) party presented its government plan for its presidential campaign at its annual convention August 17 in San Salvador. The audience was energized, and grew more so as the convention progressed. Mauricio Funes, FMLN [...]	2008-08-20 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANTIAGO1005	CODEL ENGEL MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CHILE'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 10, a U.S. Congressional delegation led by Rep. Eliot Engel (D - NY) met with counterparts from Chile's lower house and discussed the bilateral relationship and U.S. policy towards Latin America. Chilean and U.S. representatives noted the shared interests of both count [...]	2008-11-14 10:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON OVIP PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1008	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 14 [...] THE HEALTH MINISTRY INFORMED THAT THE OFFICIAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR HIV BUT HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THEIR STATUS BY THE RESPECTIVE HOSPITALS IS 512; THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS (MOP) NATIONAL HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE DIRECTOR AND OTHER MOP OFFICIALS WERE ARRESTED YESTERD [...]	2008-11-14 18:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1009	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMBAT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-11-14 18:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO101	MEDIA REACTION - U.S. POULTRY TO ENTER CHILEAN MARKET [...] Summary: Chile's Agriculture Minister Marigen Hornkohl announced on January 31 that U.S. poultry can now enter the Chilean market. She underscored the significance of this authorization stating, "The diversity, depth, and scope of the ties between Chile and the United States have taken our bil [...]	2008-02-01 17:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC ECON EAGR CI
08SANTIAGO1011	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 14, there was a slight decrease in copper prices and relative stability in the exchange rate and stock market. Fitch Ratin [...]	2008-11-17 10:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1013	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 15-17 [...] THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (ANEFE) DID NOT ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT'S SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND CALLED FOR AN INDEFINITE NATIONAL STRIKE BEGINNING TODAY THAT WILL AFFECT HEALTH SERVICES, CUSTOMS, PORTS, AND SCHOOLS; RICARDO LAGOS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THE PPD'S NOMINATION TO RUN IN THE CONCERT [...]	2008-11-18 10:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO1015	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 18 [...] The Association of Public Employees (ANEFE) rejected the government's salary adjustment and extended the strike for another day; The Minister of Public Works suspended six ministry officials in the VI Region for alleged bribery. U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Representatives f [...]	2008-11-18 15:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO1020	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 19 [...] The Association of Public Employees (Anef) and congressmen of all parties rejected the government's graded 10% salary increase, extending the strike for another day; State copper company Codelco begins plan to lower opperation costs. U.S. Related ---------------- 2. At 4pm Presiden [...]	2008-11-19 17:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO1021	CHILE MEDIA REPORT ? NOVEMBER 20 [...] 30,000 workers march in Valparaiso for the third day of the Association of Public Employees (Anef) strike. There were no incidents; Chile will face its first fiscal deficit in six years due to the drop in copper revenues. U.S. Related --------------- 2. Editorial ?U.S. Economic Measur [...]	2008-11-20 20:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1022	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 21 [...] All lead stories relate to the Senate's unanimous approval of a 10% salary increase for public employees, highlighting that this is the first two-digit increase the government has given the public sector in 13 years and a defeat for the Bachelet administration. Local ----- 2. After three [...]	2008-11-21 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1023	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR JOINT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-11-21 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI

08SANTIAGO1024	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 17 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 21, there were decreases across the board in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. Chilean exports dropp [...]	2008-11-21 21:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1025	CHILE: PUBLIC WORKERS' STRIKE ENDS AFTER 4 DAYS OF [...] The four day strike of Chilean public workers ended November 20 with an announcement of a 10 percent salary increase. The strike had halted the work of 70 percent of public employees. The Chilean Senate approved the 10 percent adjustment in a night session on November 20, and the Chamber of [...]	2008-11-24 11:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI PGOV ECON CI
08SANTIAGO1028	CONCERTACION FREI(ING) AT THE EDGES: IS THE [...] (C) Although Chile,s presidential elections are still more than a year away, the last month has seen intense jockeying for position by the three main governing coalition Concertacion candidates seeking to succeed Michelle Bachelet. Former president Eduardo Frei may have the inside track, as h [...]	2008-11-24 19:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1029	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMBAT CARE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of November 21, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-11-24 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1030	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 22-24 [...] At the APEC Summit in Lima, President Bachelet called on the private sector to forge alliances with the public sector to protect employment and prevent massive layoffs. The President will travel to Cuba in February to open the Havana International Book Fair and meet with Fidel Castro; The Chri [...]	2008-11-24 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1032	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 25 [...] World stock markets on the rise as a result of the bailout plan for Citigroup; Finance Minister Andres Velasco foresees that Chile will end with a fiscal surplus in 2009 despite the drop in copper prices. U.S.-related News ----------------- 2. Chileans comment on Timothy Geithner. Vitto [...]	2008-11-25 18:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1033	CHILEAN RESPONSE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 21:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NU CI
08SANTIAGO1035	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 26 [...] Peruvian President Alan Garcia phoned President Bachelet to apologize for the remarks made by his Commander-in-Chief, noting the General is being retired. Congress approved the 2009 budget that includes a 5.7% increase in public expenses compared to 2008. A Russian fleet docked in Venezuela. [...]	2008-11-28 10:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1036	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-11-28 14:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1041	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 28 [...] At ENADE, Chile's most important annual and national business gathering, speakers concurred that one way to reactive the economy is by lowering taxes and making labor laws more flexible. Bachelet announced a bailout program for the salmon industry. Ricardo Lagos scheduled meetings with the P [...]	2008-11-28 19:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1042	BORDER ISSUES IN NORTHERN CHILE: DISPUTES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: A contested border and drug trafficking can sometimes bedevil relations between Chile and Peru on a national level, while on a local level, officials from communities on both sides of the border appear committed to cooperation. Government officials in the northern Chilean borde [...]	2008-11-28 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MARR SNAR KTIA PREL CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO1043	CHILE: NO CHANGES LIKELY IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche Nov. 24 to Patricio Powell, Acting Head of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Department. Powell promised to examine the issue closely and to forward the points to the MFA's Middle East desk and the Chilean Mission to the UN. However, Powell held out no hope [...]	2008-11-28 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA CI
08SANTIAGO1044	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 28, copper prices hit a three-year low and the exchange rate and stock market recovered some lost ground. Chile's sta [...]	2008-12-01 10:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1045	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: DIRECON DG FURCHE PLEDGES GOC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Simons met with Director General Furche, November 25, to press for progress on implementation of Chile's intellectual property rights (IPR) commitments under the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Furche claimed Chile was making progress and cited three laws cu [...]	2008-12-01 14:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1046	ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL TO VISITING [...] SUMMARY: During a Nov. 10 meeting with visiting members of Congress and the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman highlighted Chile's dependence on foreign energy supplies and said the country intends to work towards a goal of meeting 20% of domestic energy needs through renewable source [...]	2008-12-01 17:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PGOV TRGY CI AR
08SANTIAGO1048	CHILE MEDIA REPORT: NOVEMBER 29-DECEMBER 1 [...] Chile's front pages focused on the tense relations between Chile and Peru over the inflammatory remarks of Peru's Army Commander-in-Chief, which appeared on YouTube, and how the financial crisis is hurting growth in an array of sectors nationwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. I [...]	2008-12-01 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1049	TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION: 3 MEMBERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 21:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1051	CHILE MEDIA REPORT: DECEMBER 2 [...] The front pages highlighted a Health Ministry epidemiology report that reveals the AIDS cases in Chile increased by 42% between 2006 and 2007. Separate headlines noted the government will submit a new education law to Congress today. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Experts concur [...]	2008-12-02 18:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1054	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COUNTER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-12-03 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1055	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 3 [...] Chilean headlines noted that former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt will meet with President Bachelet today. Dailies also highlighted government coalition opposition Senators expressed their willingness to discuss the education law that will go to Congress today. U.S. - Related News ------ [...]	2008-12-03 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1060	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 4 [...] Front pages highlighted the meeting between former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt and President Bachelet yesterday. Dailies also reported on a case of serious animal abuse and neglect at the Animal Protection Society in Santiago. U.S-Related News ---------------- 2. Photograph of Ambass [...]	2008-12-05 11:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1061	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which will be seen as supporting our shared vision of strong democratic institutions; market-based, trade-oriented economies; and solid cooperation on issues ranging from energy to education to defense. You will be arriving in Chile si [...]	2008-12-05 12:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CI
08SANTIAGO1062	CHILE: Progressive Political Leader Hopes for Obama-Style [...] (SBU) Summary: Claudio Orrego, the popular and recently re-elected mayor of one of the Santiago area's most diverse communities, told the Ambassador Nov. 25 that Chile is still looking for "the spirit of Obama" and needs to mobilize a new generation of voters. Orrego expressed disappointment [...]	2008-12-05 12:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO1063	CHILE: DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 13:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1064	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 5 [...] Front-page news highlighted Ricardo Lagos' announcement that he would not run as a presidential candidate for the Concertacion bloc. Dailies also noted the ceremony in Punta Arenas between Presidents Bachelet and Fernandez to commemorate Pope John Paul II's successful mediation to prevent a w [...]	2008-12-05 20:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1065	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, December 5, copper prices hit a four-year low, the peso fell against the dollar, and the stock market was down. The indicator of mon [...]	2008-12-09 10:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1075	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 7-10 [...] Chilean newspapers highlighted likely cabinet changes that will take place today. Dailies also highlighted the victory of the U.S. team in the Under 20 Women's Soccer World Cup. Headlines continue to give coverage to the impasse between Chile and Peru and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's [...]	2008-12-10 15:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1076	COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) Post provides the following information in response to Ref A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref A. Ref B is Post,s information covering the preceding six-month period. Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights --------------------------------------- [...]	2008-12-10 15:33:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO1080	CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER GONI EXPLAINS SPAT WITH [...] (C) Chilean Defense Minister Jose Goni briefed Ambassador Paul Simons December 1 on the current tensions between Chile and Peru. Goni explained he and his Peruvian counterpart had tried to defuse the controversy resulting from comments by the Peruvian Army Commander-in-Chief. President Garcia [...]	2008-12-10 22:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PBTS PGOV PREL CI PE
08SANTIAGO1083	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 12 [...] Dailies highlighted the fining of Chile's three major pharmaceutical drugstore chains for conspiring to overcharge consumers. Dailies also highlighted the cabinet changes and Jose Miguel Insulza's likely presidential candidacy. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Santiago Appeals [...]	2008-12-11 17:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1084	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BCBP RISK [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-12-11 18:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1085	UNASUR AGENDA: REPORT ON BOLIVIAN KILLINGS, [...] (U) On December 16, leaders from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet in Bahia de Salvador, Brazil on the margins of the MERCOSUR meeting in the same city. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, acting in her capacity as UNASUR President Pro Tempore, will chair the meeting. [...]	2008-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER MARR CI BL BR
08SANTIAGO1087	CHILEAN ENERGY MINISTER TOKMAN OUTLINES SOLAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman reviewed Chile's progress in moving ahead on renewable energy projects. Recognizing the difficulty of launching any commercial-sized solar generation project without government incentive, Tokman indicat [...]	2008-12-11 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KGHG SENV TRGY CI ECON PGOV
08SANTIAGO1088	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PLEDGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officials met with several members of Chile's Congress, December 2, to press for progress on implementation of Chile's intellectual property rights (IPR) commitments under the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The Senate Economic Committee took [...]	2008-12-12 11:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1089	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC OPERATION [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of December 11, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-12-12 14:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1092	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 12 [...] Headlines report that the Ministry of Health has been unable to notify 512 public hospital patients who tested positive for HIV. Dailies continued to highlight the suit filed by the Economic Prosecutor against the three largest pharmaceutical chains for conspiring to overcharge consumers. L [...]	2008-12-12 18:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1094	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS JOCKEY FOR POSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ricardo Lagos's recent announcement that he will not be running for president for the ruling center-left Concertacion coalition has shifted the scenario for presidential hopefuls. While the Christian Democrats (DC) and the Radical Social Democrats (PRSD) have their candidates [...]	2008-12-12 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1096	Chile's New Action Plan on Climate Change [...] (SBU) Summary: President Michelle Bachelet announced December 4th a National Action Plan on Climate Change, the culmination of a three-year process conducted by the National Commission for the Environment (CONAMA). The plan is divided into three categories: adapting to the effects of climate c [...]	2008-12-15 12:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV ENRG PGOV CI TRGY
08SANTIAGO1098	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 13-15 [...] All dailies highlighted the Christian Democrats (DC) proclaiming Eduardo Frei as their presidential candidate as well as the UDI endorsement of Sebastian Piera as the Alianza candidate in the 2009 electoral race. Other headlines highlighted concerns over the effect of declining copper prices [...]	2008-12-15 19:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1099	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: PINERA AND FREI [...] (U) Business tycoon Sebastian Pinera emerged as the sole presidential candidate of Chile's center-right Alianza coalition after winning the endorsement of the conservative Democratic Union (UDI) party on December 12. Former Christian Democrat party leader Soledad Alvear movingly endorsed form [...]	2008-12-15 19:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CL
08SANTIAGO1101	INSULZA WON'T RESIGN FROM OAS UNTIL MID-JANUARY [...] (C) Although confident that OAS SecGen Insulza will run for president of Chile, key Insulza confidante Enrique Correa told the Ambassador December 15 Insulza will not likely resign his OAS post before January 26 and only then because he has to inscribe himself by that date in the Concertacion [...]	2008-12-16 14:17:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1103	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 16 [...] All dailies highlighted Claudia Serrano's appointment as the new Labor Minister. Dailies also highlighted the Comptroller's warning over the continuous use of emergency funding to finance the Transantiago public transport system. U.S.-Related News ----------------- Â [...]	2008-12-16 16:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1105	RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA: CHILE [...] (C) The Ambassador used a December 16 meeting of visiting CODEL Meeks to raise with Interior Minister (and Acting President) Edmundo Perez Yoma ref A demarche. The Ambassador - as well as Representatives Meeks (D-NY) and Hinojosa (D-TX) - noted to Perez Yoma the increased risk of narcotics flo [...]	2008-12-16 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BO BR CI PA
08SANTIAGO1106	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR JOINT COMBINED [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of December 16, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-12-17 17:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1108	CHILE NONCOMMITTAL ON UN HARMONIZATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 18:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CI
08SANTIAGO1109	CHILE EAGER FOR INFORMATION ON UNESCO CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 18:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO CI
08SANTIAGO1110	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 17 [...] Dailies highlighted Raul Castro's participation at the Latin American and Caribbean Summit in Brazil. Also highlighted was the drop in the price of gasoline. U.S.-Related Stories -------------------- 2. Chilean and U.S. delegations discussed the results of the FTA, in effect since Janua [...]	2008-12-17 18:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1111	CHILE: DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 20:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1112	CHILE: U.N. DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 11:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1114	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 18 [...] Dailies highlighted the drop in the price of oil, which is likely to generate a significant drop in electricity bills and other utilities. Dailies also highlighted a photograph taken of President Bachelet during an early morning swim in Brazil, where she was attending a regional conference; t [...]	2008-12-18 17:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1115	CHILE ACCEPTS INVITATION TO MARCH 9-20, ILEA LATIN AMERICA [...] Post delivered reftel invitation to GOC officials Jorge Chocair, Director of International Cooperation, Public Ministry (national prosecutors) and Jorge Vio, advisor to Deputy Ministry of Interior and head of the GOC Inter-Ministerial Task force on TIP. Both confirmed GOC acceptance of the in [...]	2008-12-18 18:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1117	CODEL MEEKS: PRAISE FOR "CHILEAN WAY;" EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) Visiting CODEL Meeks emphasized to Acting President Perez Yoma that Chile's success in reducing poverty, establishing democratic institutions, and committing to open trade policies was much appreciated in the U.S., and that its policy choices are worthy of emulation. Chairman Meeks was c [...]	2008-12-18 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREF CI
08SANTIAGO1123	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 19 [...] Dailies highlighted that state-owned copper mine Codelco is studying the possible merger of its Andina mine with privately-owned Los Bronces (Anglo American). The merger would create the largest copper mine in the world. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The fall in the price of co [...]	2008-12-19 18:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1124	CODEL MEEKS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-CHILE FTA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Meeks, Ryan, and Hinojosa underlined the success of the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement to Chile's de facto trade minister. DG Furche echoed their assessment, noting the positive impact of the FTA on Chile. He cited many signs of the benefits of free trade to [...]	2008-12-19 18:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1126	REGIONAL MEETINGS IN BRAZIL: CHILE'S FM WORRIED [...] (C) In a short one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador on December 19, Foreign Minister Foxley noted that he was troubled by the mood at the December 17 Latin American/Caribbean summit meetings in Brazil. Presidents Calderon and Lula, he suggested, were genuinely serious about replacing [...]	2008-12-19 19:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XM XL XS
08SANTIAGO1127	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 8-19 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 8 and 19, copper prices hit a new four-year low, the peso rose modestly against the dollar, and the stock market was up slightly. Copper e [...]	2008-12-22 10:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1132	SEGPRES MINISTER: WELCOME OBAMA, POSTPONE SUMMIT [...] (C) A key Bachelet minister says President-elect Obama has a unique opportunity to positively influence U.S.- Latin relations, with expectations in the region for change very high. The new administration's policy towards Cuba will be telling, more so than how the U.S. deals with Venezuela. Ho [...]	2008-12-22 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1134	MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND LATAM; SANTIAGO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 20:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1135	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR F-16 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-12-23 10:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1136	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 20-22 [...] All dailies highlighted Wal-Mart's offer to purchase Chile's largest supermarket chain, D&S. Also highlighted was Mahmud Aleuy's appointment as Under Secretary for National Development. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail company, will launch a bid [...]	2008-12-23 14:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1138	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 23 [...] All dailies carry reports on the results of the national PSU college admissions tests, which show an enormous gap between private and public schools. Dailies also continue to highlight Wal-Mart's offer to purchase Chile's largest supermarket chain, D&S. U.S. - Related Stories ------------- [...]	2008-12-23 17:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1139	CHILE'S TRANSANTIAGO: SEARCHING FOR CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Transportation Minister Rene Cortazar December 17 to request an update on Transantiago. Cortazar explained the latest improvements in the capital city's public transportation system. The GOC is working with the Congress to reach an agreement on funding T [...]	2008-12-23 19:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELTN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO114	CHILE ANNOUNCES MARKET ACCESS FOR U.S. POULTRY [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, Chile opened its market to imports of U.S. chicken and turkey. In a meeting that day with the Ambassador, Minister of Agriculture Hornkohl made the announcement official. The Ambassador and Hornkohl agreed on the importance of continuing to open bilateral markets, not [...]	2008-02-05 20:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ENRG PREL SENV CI
08SANTIAGO1140	CHILE: INFORMATION ON PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR [...] (U) The following is a response to STATE 127423. This is Post's report on in-country developments regarding civil nuclear energy, as requested by the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee of the International Trade Administration in the U.S., Departme [...]	2008-12-23 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1142	CHILE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 19:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KE ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO1143	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 24 [...] The president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities issued a statement harshly critical of the Education Law, characterizing it as an impediment to improving education, primarily because of its rigid labor provisions. Relatedly, dailies highlighted the results of the recent national PS [...]	2008-12-24 15:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1144	CHILE'S NEW MINISTER OF LABOR HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] Summary: Maintaining political equilibrium in her cabinet, President Bachelet chose Claudia Serrano, a Socialist (PS) from the "New Left" faction, as Chile's new Labor Minister. Former Minister Osvaldo Andrade stepped down on December 10 to pursue a parliamentary position in next year's elec [...]	2008-12-24 16:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI
08SANTIAGO1146	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military officers who have been nominated to participate i [...]	2008-12-24 16:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1147	CHILEAN: ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER-DECEMBER [...] Summary: This cable provides updates on developments in the Chilean energy sector. Energy Minister Tokman announced the national energy crisis has ended. A hydroelectric project planned for the Patagonia region has stopped operations while HydroAysen, the energy company overseeing the projec [...]	2008-12-24 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO1148	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-12-24 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO1149	EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, PINOCHET-ERA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although General Augusto Pinochet stepped down as President in 1990 and died two years ago, Chile continues to struggle with his legacy. Successive Concertacion governments were cautious about launching investigations into abuses committed under Pinochet's rule, and Chile's j [...]	2008-12-24 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV XR
08SANTIAGO1150	CHILE: LOOKING TO THE U.S. FOR INSPIRATION ON POLITICAL [...] Summary: Young Chileans have long complained about uninspiring political leaders, weakening political parties, and the overall lack of renewal in local politics. A glance at Chile's presidential candidates and other political leaders shows that, for the most part, individuals who emerged as [...]	2008-12-24 16:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1151	CHILE'S LABOR CHALLENGES: COMBATING UNEMPLOYMENT, [...] SUMMARY: Chile's new Labor Minister, Claudia Serrano, faces pressing challenges in creating--or at least maintaining--jobs despite the economic slowdown, resolving a public policy dispute about Sunday and holiday pay, and implementing ambitious reforms to Chile's pension system. The private [...]	2008-12-24 17:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI
08SANTIAGO118	NEW INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS HELP ON INDIGENOUS [...] (S) Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador February 6 that he is concerned about the potential radicalization of Chile's indigenous population, including funding from foreign terrorist groups and/or Venezuela. The GOC would like to draw on U.S. experience in addressing indigenous issues. [...]	2008-02-07 11:07:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO124	LOOMING ENERGY CRISIS IN CHILE; GOC LOOKING TO U.S. FOR HELP [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 21:03:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO163	CHILEAN NAVY REQUESTS PERMISSION TO TRANSFER [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. On February 13, Post received a letter dated February 8, from Chilean Acting CNO Vice Admiral Mariano Sarratea to the Ambassador requesting USG authorization to transfer U.S.-origin equipment to Ecuador. Paragraph three contains Post's infor [...]	2008-02-20 16:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CI
08SANTIAGO165	MEDIA REPORT: FIDEL CASTRO [...] Summary: Santiago dailies on February 20 ran extensive coverage of Fidel Castro's resignation. Dailies quoted President Bush calling for a democratic transition in Cuba and Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte's remarks that the U.S. would not lift the embargo. Newspaper-of-record "El M [...]	2008-02-20 20:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO167	CHILE: POST RECOMMENDS CHILE REMAIN ON PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends Chile remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) in 2008. In January 2007, Chile was placed on the PWL following an Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) and it remained there for all of 2007. The GOC does not like being on the PWL, and the stick has provided moti [...]	2008-02-21 15:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD PREL PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO180	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] On February 20, Post received Diplomatic Note number 38 dated February 4, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations announcing Chile's candidate for President of the Inter-American Commission of Women. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 38. 2. The Ministry o [...]	2008-02-26 13:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO181	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] On February 20, Post received Diplomatic Note number 41 dated February 7, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations announcing Chile's candidate for the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 41. Paragraph 3 contains the candida [...]	2008-02-26 13:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO188	U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA: CHILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 16:42:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO20	MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR SIMONS' PRESENTATION OF [...] Summary: Ambassador Simons highlighted the solid U.S.-Chile relationship during a press conference at the Embassy following his presentation of credentials to President Bachelet at La Moneda Palace on January 8. Chilean media on January 9 highlighted the Ambassador's remarks in headlines such [...]	2008-01-09 21:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV KIPR ECON CI
08SANTIAGO216	MEDIA REACTION: CHILE ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chile's media has given prominent coverage to Foreign Minister Foxley's comments and efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Colombia-Ecuador conflict. While he echoed President Bachelet's emphasis on the sanctity of respecting borders, Foxley also condemned terrorism and guerrill [...]	2008-03-07 11:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI
08SANTIAGO217	MEDIA REACTION -- COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chilean dailies on March 7 continued with their extensive coverage of the crisis between Colombia and Ecuador. On-line "El Mostrador" announced Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Chile and Brazil, quoting spokesman Tom Casey that she would address the crisis in all her me [...]	2008-03-07 16:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI
08SANTIAGO221	CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...]	2008-03-07 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI
08SANTIAGO249	CHILE'S "NEXT PRESIDENT" WILL PROPOSE A "NEW [...] (C) Billionaire businessman and all-but-certain 2009 opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera told the Ambassador that the center-right - led by him - has a "wonderful opportunity" to win the 2009 presidential elections, given the "incompetence and corruption" besetting the governing Conc [...]	2008-03-17 14:08:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO263	PROMINENT OPPOSITION SENATOR PREDICTS A CROWDED [...] (C) Senator Hernan Larrian of the UDI, the more doctrinaire of Chile's two center-right parties, told the Ambassador that the opposition to the right of the governing Concertacion center-left coalition could field up to four candidates in the 2009 presidential campaign, including two nascent c [...]	2008-03-19 17:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO271	TWO TIME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LAVIN LIKELY TO [...] (C) Joaquin Lavin, who narrowly lost the 1999 second round presidential election (to Ricardo Lagos),and then was bested again in the 2005 first round (by fellow Aliancista Sebastian Pinera and eventual winner Michelle Bachelet),told the Ambassador he will not run in 2009, clearing the path fo [...]	2008-03-25 18:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO28	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ECONOMIC THEMES WITH NOBEL PRIZE WINNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted Dr. Robert Solow -- 1987 Economics Nobel Prize winner -- and Central Bank President Jose De Gregorio at the residence on January 8 to discuss economic issues in Chile. The conversation focused largely on the distinctive elements that make Chile and its econ [...]	2008-01-11 11:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO290	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANAGING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-04-01 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO293	CAN SHE DUCK THE LAME TAG?: BACHELET AT MIDPOINT [...] (C) President Michelle Bachelet marked the halfway point in her four year term on March 11, a milestone perhaps become millstone, an anniversary freighted with the weight of unmet expectations. Bachelet swept into office two years ago, Chile's first female president, promising a new style of polit [...]	2008-04-02 20:14:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PINR PREL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO297	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-04-03 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO298	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SURFACE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-03 20:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO304	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-04 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO305	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-04 19:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO306	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMMAND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-04 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO311	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANAGING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 4, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO313	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION AND [...] Promoting U.S.- Chile environmental cooperation was the primary focus of Ambassador Simons, visit to Chile's 12th and Southernmost region -- Magallanes -- March 27-31, 2008. Principal areas of interest were the Yosemite-Torres del Paine Sister Parks Agreement, the Wildlife Conservation Societ [...]	2008-04-08 21:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV SENV CI
08SANTIAGO314	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-09 11:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO323	AMBASSADOR SWING'S VISIT TO CHILE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador William Swing visited Santiago April 1 to seek GOC support for his candidacy for Director General (DG) of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). He met with Minister of Interior Perez Yoma, senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the local I [...]	2008-04-10 16:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREF PREL PGOV IO PHUM CI

08SANTIAGO329	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-04-11 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO33	BIOS ON NEW CHILEAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information on the six new members of President Bachelet's cabinet, who were announced and sworn in January 8, 2008, as part of Bachelet's third cabinet shuffle (reftel). This message also includes biographic information on Francisco Vidal, who replaced Ricardo L [...]	2008-01-11 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO330	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SURFACE WARFARE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. U [...]	2008-04-11 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO331	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. U [...]	2008-04-11 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO34	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 18:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CI
08SANTIAGO340	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SMALL ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for [...]	2008-04-15 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO345	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING SATELLITE DEBRIS [...] On March 10, Post received Diplomatic Note number 2957 dated March 5, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations regarding Chile's concern about the impact produced by the reentry of space debris from satellite "USA 193" into the atmosphere. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of dip [...]	2008-04-17 16:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PHUM PREL
08SANTIAGO35	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID A. [...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador David A. Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, from 01/15/2008 through 01/16/2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Chilean government officials to [...]	2008-01-14 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS OTRA CI AR
08SANTIAGO352	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED BOARDING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. S [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO353	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO354	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTELLIGENCE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO355	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO356	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMMAND AND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 17, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-04-18 19:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO370	ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SOCIAL AGENDA TO BE TWIN [...] (C) Bachelet's domestic policy advisor told the Ambassador April 16 that the Bachelet adminstration in its last two years will focus on maintaining economic growth and completing its social agenda. Principal challenges to the latter will be in implementation of pension and education reform, e [...]	2008-04-21 21:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO380	KOSOVO RECOGNITION: CHILE REMAINS ON FENCE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by E/Pol Counselor, took advantage of a previously scheduled April 24 courtesy call on Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren (septel) to raise reftel points. The Ambassador noted that the situation on the ground has stabilized considerably, that Serbian cult [...]	2008-04-25 19:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KV SR UNMIK CI
08SANTIAGO384	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-28 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO385	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-04-28 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO387	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-04-28 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO388	DEPUTY FM TELLS AMBASSADOR CHILE'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Van Klaveren praised solid Chile-U.S. relations, agreeing that cooperation on education, particularly, is pushing the bilateral partnership to new levels. While Chile's relations with the "major powers" (U.S., EU) are on an even keel, its ties with its immediate ne [...]	2008-04-28 20:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO394	SANTIAGO'S REGIONAL LEADERS DISCUSS METROPOLITAN CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: In meetings with the Ambassador on April 2 and 3, respectively, the Mayor of Santiago listed public education as the biggest priority for his municipality, while the Intendant of the Metropolitan Region focused on public transportation (Transantiago),traffic congestion and public [...]	2008-04-29 21:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO412	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) In response to reftel requests, Post provides the following initial plans for promoting Cuba Solidarity Day in Chile: --DVC with senior USG officials and Chilean print media to highlight Cuba Solidarity Day and increase awareness in Chile about the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience [...]	2008-05-05 19:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO413	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRCRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-05-05 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO444	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-05-12 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO453	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO454	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV
08SANTIAGO455	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-05-16 19:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO456	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE [...] (U) In response to reftel A request, Post provides the following activities to promote Cuba Solidarity Day: --DVC with a senior USG official and Chilean media to highlight Cuba Solidarity Day, and increase awareness in Chile about the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience and drum up suppo [...]	2008-05-16 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO469	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-05-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO470	MAY 21: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE - [...] (U) In response to reftel A request, Embassy Santiago conducted the following activities to promote Cuba Solidarity Day: -- Post recorded a radio interview on 5/20 with international affairs commentator Libardo Buitrago and Cuban dissident Julio Cesar Montes. The Embassy-produced "Dimension [...]	2008-05-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL CU CI
08SANTIAGO477	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMPREHENSIVE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 22, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Harry Kamian certifies the above statement [...]	2008-05-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO478	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING OFFICER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 22, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Harry Kamian certifies the above statement. [...]	2008-05-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO480	BACHELET'S STATE OF THE UNION: EDUCATION AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bachelet gave her third State of the Union address and announced increased social spending of USD 222 million. Highlights of her lengthy address include announcements on education, science and technology, labor, political and electoral reform, and Chile's internationa [...]	2008-05-23 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI
08SANTIAGO484	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-05-27 18:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO485	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. NAVAL COMMAND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 23, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URBA [...]	2008-05-27 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO486	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 23, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URB [...]	2008-05-27 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO487	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-05-27 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO488	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-05-27 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO489	MEDIA REACTION - CHILEAN EDITORIAL ON DEMISE OF FARC LEADER [...] On May 27, conservative, independent "La Tercera," (circ. 129,000) carried an editorial entitled "Marulanda's Death: A Chance for Peace." Quotes: 2. "The FARC originated almost half a century ago in the context of the Cold War and the civil war that tore apart Colombia from 1948 to 19 [...]	2008-05-28 12:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KPAO PINR KMDR PTER CO CI
08SANTIAGO506	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-05-29 19:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO512	CHILE'S POLICE CHIEF DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH IN PANAMA [...] (U) Summary: Chile's police chief, Director General Jose Bernales, his wife and some members of his delegation, died on May 29, when their helicopter crashed into a three-story building in Panama City. General Bernales and his delegation were attending a United Nations-sponsored conference on [...]	2008-05-30 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PM CI
08SANTIAGO516	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 3, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-06-04 12:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO529	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR JOINT/COMBINED [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 6, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMO [...]	2008-06-06 20:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO549	FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS COOPERATION WITH CHILEAN LAW [...] SUMMARY: FBI Deputy Director John S. Pistole met with the chiefs of Chile's police, National Customs Service and the Public Prosecutors' Office during his May 19-21 visit to Chile. The Deputy Director delivered Memorandums of Cooperation with each institution signed by FBI Director Muller, f [...]	2008-06-12 12:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SNAR KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
08SANTIAGO553	CHILE TO WELCOME IRANIAN TRADE DELEGATION IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Iranian Ambassador to Chile Kambiz Jalali held a June 3 meeting with a high-ranking Chilean MFA official to secure approval of a planned November trade delegation visit to Chile. Chile confirmed its acceptance of the Iranian proposal via a diplomatic note signed by Deputy Fo [...]	2008-06-12 20:08:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER ECON ETRD CI IR
08SANTIAGO560	MEDIA REACTION - BACHELET VISIT TO CALIFORNIA [...] SUMMARY: Most Chilean dailies highlighted the warm personal interaction between the President and Governor Schwarzenneger. El Mercurio and La Tercera featured the Governor's praise, that Bachelet's life reads like a Hollywood movie script: She's a doctor, surgeon, pediatrician, first woman [...]	2008-06-13 19:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KPAO PREL KMDR PGOV OVIP CI
08SANTIAGO561	NUMBER TWO DEFENSE OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Chilean number two Defense official Gonzalo Garcia expressed considerable praise for the concrete advances in bilateral defense relations over the past three years in conversations with poloff during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) meeting in Santiago on June 11-12. Garc [...]	2008-06-13 19:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO565	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CENTRIFUGE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SI [...]	2008-06-16 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO566	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING TEAM [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-06-16 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO569	CHILE: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP CI
08SANTIAGO575	PRESS STATEMENT ON US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 17:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CI
08SANTIAGO577	CHILE AND BOLIVIA SIGN DEFENSE AGREEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The governments of Chile and Bolivia signed a historic defense agreement on June 16th designed to strengthen cooperation and trust between the two militaries. The agreement calls for greater transparency, mutual collaboration, and cooperation between police and military forces. E [...]	2008-06-19 19:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL BL CI
08SANTIAGO581	CONCERTACION DECISION TO RUN TWO LISTS FOR UPCOMING [...] Summary: Concertacion coalition parties announced on June 5 that they will run two lists of candidates in October's municipal elections, the first time since winning power in 1990 that the Concertacion is running a split ticket. The two larger parties - Socialists and Christian Democrats - wi [...]	2008-06-19 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO583	SMORGASBORD: NUMBER THREE AT MFA ON P5 AND IRAN, [...] (C) Chile shares international concern over Iran's nuclear program, agrees the P5 1 package of incentives is generous, and recognizes continued Iranian isolation is the logical outcome should it refuse the package. Chile is prepared to offer the new administration in Asuncion technical assista [...]	2008-06-19 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO591	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded [...]	2008-06-20 19:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO592	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-06-20 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO595	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BOARDING OFFICER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 20, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URB [...]	2008-06-23 18:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO596	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INFORMATION [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 20, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. UR [...]	2008-06-23 18:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO597	CHILE'S SOUTH IS SALMON COUNTRY [...] Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Agricultural Service Attach visited Chile's salmon industry from June 5-8. Salmon and trout production are the main components of Chile's second-largest (after copper) export industry. Fish exports are valued at over $2.2 billion annually, representing nea [...]	2008-06-24 16:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL CI
08SANTIAGO60	CHILEAN SENATE PASSES RESOLUTION CRITICIZING [...] (C) On January 17, Foreign Ministry North American Affairs Desk Officer Francisco del Campo called Poloff to the Foreign Ministry to convey the Chilean Senate's concern about the reported establishment of a "wall" along the U.S.-Mexico border, as expressed in a non-binding resolution passed by [...]	2008-01-22 14:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI MX
08SANTIAGO602	BRAZILIAN AND CHILEAN SENATORS AGREE TO PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean and Brazilian Senators agreed during a meeting in Brazil on June 11-12 to urge their respective governments to take steps to diminish their military presence in MINUSTAH over the long run. They also discussed Chilean fruit exports to Brazil, emigration of Chilean and [...]	2008-06-24 18:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL BL CI
08SANTIAGO603	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for [...]	2008-06-24 20:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO609	CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COLOMBIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-06-26 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO614	CHILE: INCOMING ESTH OFFICER DATA [...] In response to reftel A., U.S. Embassy Santiago reports that in absence of an ESTH officer, Econ/Pol officer Robin Dunnigan currently oversees the ESTH portfolio. Incoming ESTH officer, Mary Brett Rogers-Spring arrives at post on July 8 (reftel B). The ESTH position consists of fifty percen [...]	2008-06-27 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AMGT CI
08SANTIAGO616	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded trai [...]	2008-06-30 18:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO627	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SPECIAL REACTION [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 1, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-07-03 19:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO633	KOSOVO RECOGNITION: NO CHANGE IN CHILE POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 20:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO636	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officers who have been nominated to participate in U. [...]	2008-07-07 15:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO638	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DISASTER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-07-07 15:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO641	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANEUVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-07-08 22:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO642	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HARPOON WEAPON [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 7, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIM [...]	2008-07-09 11:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO645	CHILE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING FILM DRAWS LARGE CROWD [...] On June 24 the Embassy presented the movie "Human Trafficking," in cooperation with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Chile's Investigative Police (PDI). The film was shown at the Police Academy as part of the PDI's annual anniversary activities. The audience consisted of [...]	2008-07-09 19:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SNAR ASEC OPRC
08SANTIAGO647	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officer who has been nominated for U. [...]	2008-07-10 18:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO654	INSULZA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTORAL PROSPECTS [...] (U) OAS General Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza spoke briefly with the Ambassador at the latter's July 10 reception for the OAS Sustainable Energy Conference. The conversation, which focused on Insulza's electoral prospects, took place in the context of a poll released earlier that day showing [...]	2008-07-14 15:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO657	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MANEUVER CAPTAINS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. URB [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO658	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DISASTER PLANNERS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. UR [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO659	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITED NATIONS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of July 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. UR [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO665	CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON SOUTH AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a July 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Goni explained that the proposed South American Defense Council will not/not be a military alliance and instead will promote defense coordination, exchanges, and transparency. Chile's recently signed defense ag [...]	2008-07-17 18:29:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL CI BL VE
08SANTIAGO666	CHILE TO SEEK MODERATION IN NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL IR CI
08SANTIAGO667	CHILE WORKING TO BUILD AGREEMENT ON INDIA-IAEA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Dennis Biggs, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director of the Office of Special Policies, on July 15. Biggs said Chile will support the India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement. 2. (C) Biggs gave Poloff an update the morning of July 17. He said Amb. Milenko Skonic, [...]	2008-07-17 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IN CI PK SZ AU
08SANTIAGO67	CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COLOMBIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-01-23 19:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO671	U.S., CHILE AGREE TO COORDINATE CLOSELY ON 2009 [...] (C) Chile will support efforts to focus the 2009 Summit of the Americas on themes of energy security, environmental sustainability, and human prosperity and use its experience in multilateral fora to help further a positive outcome. USG National Summit Coordinator USOAS PermRep Ambassador Mora [...]	2008-07-18 14:25:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO672	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT: CHILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 14:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM CI
08SANTIAGO678	ISRAELI AND IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH CHILE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Israel and Chile have enjoyed amicable relations since the mid 20th century. Chile and Israel's economic ties are healthy and growing, albeit still a tiny percentage on both countries ledgers. Israel is monitoring Iranian influence in the region, which includes enhanced Iranian dip [...]	2008-07-21 13:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PREL CI IR IS
08SANTIAGO683	CHILE: WOMEN'S LEADERS' WORKING GROUP 2008 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 19:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KWMN PHUM UNGA CI
08SANTIAGO688	CHILE SUPPORTS COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN FARC [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor, accompanied by E/Pol Officer, delivered reftel demarche points to Carlos Charme, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office for South American Affairs. Charme was joined by Enrique Barriga, Desk Officer for Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. E/Pol Counselor stressed that it is c [...]	2008-07-25 21:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CI CO BR NU
08SANTIAGO693	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MASTER OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded t [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO694	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HARPOON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officers who have been nominated to participate in U. [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO695	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CADET [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean personnel who have been nominated for U.S. funded training [...]	2008-07-29 12:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO707	CHILE DELEGATION TO SIXTY-THIRD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] The MFA's Second Secretary for Protocol and point of contact for presidential travel, Manahi Pakarati, told Poloff July 29 that the GOC is still working to finalize its official delegation for UNGA. She confirmed President Michelle Bachelet's attendance, and added that Foreign Minister Aleja [...]	2008-07-31 20:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CI
08SANTIAGO712	CHILE WELCOMES GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS [...] Poloff informed two members of the MFA's Office of Special Policies, Counselor Julio Bravo and Third Secretary Alvaro Guzman, of the recent addition of Mauritius and Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism on August 1. Both officials welcomed the new members. 2. [...]	2008-08-04 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KGIC CI
08SANTIAGO715	CHILEAN CONGRESS WELL-INFORMED ON ENERGY ISSUES, [...] SUMMARY. Chile's Senate Energy Committee has a solid grasp of Chile's energy challenge and an eagerness for further cooperation with the U.S. on energy issues. Members told the Ambassador July 30 Chile must become more energy independent, and proposed a variety of options--from energy conse [...]	2008-08-04 20:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO716	CHILEAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OPINE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bachelet administration has failed to address income inequality, outspoken Senate President Adolfo Zaldivar told the Ambassador July 30. Zaldivar also hinted at his own presidential ambitions. In a separate meeting, Chamber of Deputies Acting President Guillermo Ceroni sa [...]	2008-08-04 20:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO720	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RULE OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-08-06 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO721	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-08-06 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO729	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ANNOUNCES CHILEAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY OF INTERPOL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [...] On August 5, Post received Diplomatic Note number 250 dated July 29, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations reiterating Chile's candidate for the Presidency of the INTERPOL Executive Committee. Paragraph 2 contains Post's informal translation of diplomatic note 250. 2. The Ministry of Fo [...]	2008-08-08 15:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PHUM PREL SNAR
08SANTIAGO73	EMBASSY SANTIAGO'S RESPONSE REGARDING TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 18:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI
08SANTIAGO735	CHILE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CENTER-LEFT PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. Pepe Auth, President of the center-left Party for Democracy (PPD),recently told the Ambassador that the PPD's growing strength and an outdated formula for dividing city council seats among Concertacion candidates led his party to join with the Social Radicals (PRSD) in presen [...]	2008-08-12 14:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO738	CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Uniform Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. f [...]	2008-08-13 15:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO739	CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POLICE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police and Investigative Police officers who have been nom [...]	2008-08-13 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO740	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-08-13 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI

08SANTIAGO741	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military personnel who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-08-13 18:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO742	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military who have been nominated to participate in U.S. fu [...]	2008-08-13 18:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO744	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MASTER OF SCIENCE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 11, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Economic and Political Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. S [...]	2008-08-13 20:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO745	CHILE PARTICIPATION IN DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE [...] (U) Poloff met with Ambassador Boris Yopo, Chief of the International Affairs Division of the Ministry of Defense, and Maria Ines Ruz, on August 8 to discuss reftel request on Chile's participation in the Defense Ministerial of the Americas. 2. (SBU) Chile wants the ministerial to focus o [...]	2008-08-13 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR CI
08SANTIAGO747	CHILE SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON SEPT 24 TRADE AND [...] Ambassador Juan Pablo Lira, Director General of the Ministry Foreign Affairs, requested a meeting with Ambassador Simons on August 12 to discuss the invitation for President Bachelet to attend the Leaders' Meeting on Trade and Prosperity, to be held Sept. 24 in New York. Lira was accompanied [...]	2008-08-13 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD CI
08SANTIAGO756	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 14, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Jennifer Spande certifies the above stat [...]	2008-08-18 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO757	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RULE OF LAW AND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 14, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Counselor Jennifer Spande certifies the above stat [...]	2008-08-18 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PREL PINR CI
08SANTIAGO767	WHAT WE GOT HERE IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE: [...] (SBU) Photos of burned out farms and menacing masked gunmen, as well as strings of editorials bemoaning the GOC's failure to resolve the "Mapuche conflict," signal the recent return to the headlines of Chile's long-simmering "indigenous issue." Unlike in neighboring Peru and Bolivia, Chile's [...]	2008-08-22 20:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER SCUL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO77	CHILEAN REACTION TO PERU'S SUBMISSION TO THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Chilean government categorically rejects Peru's maritime claim and has vowed to use all available legal resources to defeat it. In public, the GOC is taking the moral high ground: it has expressed its "profound regret" at Peru's decision and pledged continued cooperation with [...]	2008-01-25 17:03:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI PE
08SANTIAGO770	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officers who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-08-25 20:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO771	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-08-25 20:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO772	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2008-08-25 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO773	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LEGAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Attorney General employees who have been nominated to part [...]	2008-08-25 20:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO781	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) POL officer delivered on August 21 reftel demarche regarding the five Iranian entities and individuals involved in facilitating and controlling the flow of support to Iran's nuclear weapons programs to: Christian Caamano, Chilean Investigative Police; Cristina Farah of the Bank Associati [...]	2008-08-28 16:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM CI
08SANTIAGO783	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of August 27, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-08-28 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO792	OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY ENGAGEMENT: A/S SULLIVAN MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, EEB A/S Sullivan and Minister Tokman discussed Chile's progress on energy issues since their December 2007 meeting. Tokman commented favorably on U.S.-Chile cooperation on energy issues and focused on Chile-California activities, the domestic nuclear debate, Chile [...]	2008-09-02 11:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO801	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NCO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean NCO School officers who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-09-04 16:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO802	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2008-09-04 16:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO803	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 03, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-04 18:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO812	CHILE'S TRANSANTIAGO: IN STORMY WATERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons received a readout on Transantiago from Transportation Minister Cortazar and Finance Minister Velasco September 1. The public transport system is a thorn in the side of the Bachelet Administration, and its woes have increa [...]	2008-09-05 21:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ELTN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO813	FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD GOVERNOR KROSZNER A HIT IN CHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner presented the keynote address at a Central Bank-hosted conference for representatives of the banking and financial sector in Santiago on August 29. In his first visit to Chile, Kroszner also met with influential business entreprene [...]	2008-09-05 21:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL OVIP CI
08SANTIAGO816	TREASURY A/S LOWERY AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 1, to a joint-effort on helping countries throughout Latin American and the Caribbean build infrastructure. A/S Lowery proposed an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps that would draw from U.S. and C [...]	2008-09-09 12:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO818	A SHIFT IN CHILE'S THINKING ON BANK SECRECY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery, DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador Simons met with Finance Minister Velasco and Special Envoy to the OECD Karen Poniachik, in separate meetings, September 1. A/S Lowery explained the U.S. could not consider a double taxation treaty without a change in Chile's bank [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO819	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 08, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO82	NEW INTERPOL INTERIM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT [...] (U) The head of Chile's investigative police (Policia de Investigaciones de Chile - PICH),Arturo Herrera Verdugo, was January 22 named to Interim President of Interpol's Executive Committee, in the wake of the resignation of South African Jackie Selbi, who faces corruption charges. According [...]	2008-01-25 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FBI KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR
08SANTIAGO820	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ECONOMIC CRIMES [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 08, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-10 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO821	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POLICE SURVIVAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 03, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-10 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO828	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CADET TROOP LEADER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 09, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO829	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ANTITERRORISM [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO830	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO831	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LEGAL ASPECTS OF [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO832	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GLOBAL MARITIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-12 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO835	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CENTER OF [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-15 11:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO837	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-09-15 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO838	CONCERTED EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE ON 1973 COUP ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 35th anniversary of the September 11 military coup was marked with violence, but less than in previous years. Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador that the police, using intelligence and preventive measures, had done a good job minimizing protests, particularly i [...]	2008-09-15 20:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI
08SANTIAGO839	CONCERTED EFFORT TO CURB VIOLENCE ON 1973 COUP ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 35th anniversary of the September 11 military coup was marked with violence, but less than in previous years. Interior Minister Perez Yoma told the Ambassador that the police, using intelligence and preventive measures, had done a good job minimizing protests, particularly i [...]	2008-09-15 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CI
08SANTIAGO840	CHILEANS LAMENT EXPULSION OF U.S. AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met separately with Interior Minister Perez Yoma and Foreign Minister Foxley and briefly discussed the expulsions of Ambassadors Duddy and Goldberg from Venezuela and Bolivia. Both Chilean Ministers expressed surprise and disappointment with the developments. Pe [...]	2008-09-16 11:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL VE CI
08SANTIAGO841	MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA, VENEZUELA AND THE UNITED STATES [...] Block quotes of September 13-15 commentaries and editorials in Santiago dailies on Bolivia, Venezuela, and the United States 2. "El Mercurio," conservative, influential newspaper-of-record (circ. 129,000, 9/15) editorial entitled, "Crossroads in hemispheric relations": "In Venezuela [...]	2008-09-16 13:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
08SANTIAGO843	CHILE ON THE SIDELINES ON SOUTH OSSETIA/ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Eduardo Schott, MFA Deputy Director for European Affairs, on September 15. Schott reiterated the position he elaborated on August 27--Chile has no plans to recognize either South Ossetia or Abkhazia (Ref B). Schott was unconcerned by Nicaragua's recogni [...]	2008-09-16 17:38:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GG NU RU KV CI
08SANTIAGO844	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NCO PROFESSIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-16 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO845	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI BOMB BLAST [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 12, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Tim Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-16 18:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
08SANTIAGO849	CHILE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary. Chile supports U.S. and other efforts to advance human rights at the UN General Assembly and is likely to once again support country-specific resolutions expressing concern about conditions in Iran, Burma, and North Korea. Officials at the MFA's Office of Human Rights were recept [...]	2008-09-17 16:40:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR BM KN ZI SU CI
08SANTIAGO850	CHILE RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaime Acuna, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs, and Olivia Cook, Third Secretary, of the same office, on September 16. Chile agreed that, in principle, individual countries should not be allowed to block country-specific state [...]	2008-09-17 16:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM CI IN SF
08SANTIAGO851	UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...]	2008-09-17 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO852	UNASUR'S ROAD AHEAD AFTER EMERGENCY BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. A senior Chilean diplomat characterized UNASUR's meeting this week to deal with the crisis in Bolivia as an important early victory for the new organization and for its President Pro-Tempore, Chile. According to MFA Planning Subdirector Patricio Pradel, UNASUR is still defining [...]	2008-09-17 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI MARR BL CI
08SANTIAGO853	CHILEANS GENERALLY UPBEAT ON UNASUR OUTCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political commentators we consulted over the past two days tended to view the emergency UNASUR meeting as a positive development, particularly the nudging of Bolivia toward a political dialogue. They regard the UNASUR consensus as a Chilean foreign policy success for having tam [...]	2008-09-18 16:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO856	CONTROVERSY OVER FARC CONNECTIONS IN CHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bachelet administration has come under fire from the opposition for not taking action on information provided by the Colombian government in May that identified contacts between Chilean sympathizers and Colombia FARC rebels. The evidence surfaced from emails found on the co [...]	2008-09-22 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM CO CI
08SANTIAGO864	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of September 23, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-09-24 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO872	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08SANTIAGO873	DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 20:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR KTFN VE LE CI
08SANTIAGO874	TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 20:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC IZ IR SY CI
08SANTIAGO879	AMBASSADOR VISITS THE GATEWAY TO PATAGONIA [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the southern XI region of Aysen on September 26 to meet with local officials and highlight a recent U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) grant intended to help expand and modernize the region's principal airport. The Balmaceda Airport, located near the Aysen [...]	2008-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO883	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 1, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-01 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO885	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army officer who has been nominated for U.S. funded traini [...]	2008-10-02 17:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO887	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-10-02 17:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO89	CHILE'S PROSECUTORS WANT USG TO HELP COUNTER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a January 29 meeting, Jorge Chocair (please protect),the new Director for International Affairs and Extradition at the Ministerio Publico (Chile's agency for public prosecutors),told E/POLoff that Chile was interested in inv [...]	2008-01-30 12:01:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PTER VE CU CI
08SANTIAGO891	CHILE'S UNASUR DESIGNEE ON BOLIVIA CRISIS PROVIDES [...] (C) According to Chile,s UNASUR representative Juan Gabriel Valdes, UNASUR's role in helping resolve Bolivia's political crisis remains unclear, although it appears Morales wants UNASUR present and prepared to intervene should tensions escalate. Talks in Bolivia are focused on two technical a [...]	2008-10-03 17:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO893	CHILE: OPPOSITION LEADER LOOKS FOR INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Andres Allamand, a founding member of the National Renewal (RN) center-right political party, told Ambassador the opposition hopes to improve its performance in municipal elections on October 29, but an outright victory is out of reach. Instead, the opposition Alianza c [...]	2008-10-06 14:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI CO XM
08SANTIAGO90	MEDIA REACTION - DAVOS SUMMIT [...] On January 30, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Uncertainty in Davos." Quotes follow: 2. "In the traditional annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos last week... one element stood out as a common denominat [...]	2008-01-30 19:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO ECON OPRC CI
08SANTIAGO901	CHILEAN RIGHT WING STILL LUKEWARM ON PINERA IN [...] (C) The doctrinaire wing of the center-right Alianza remains undecided as to whether it will give its support in 2009 to the presidential ambition of the opposition coalition's front-running but more moderate Sebastian Pinera. The results of the October 2008 municipal elections, as well as wh [...]	2008-10-07 21:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IDB PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO903	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING POSTAL UNION OF THE AMERICAS, [...] This cable is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On September 17, Post received Diplomatic Note number 298 dated September 9, from the Ministry of Foreign Relations forwarding a letter to Michael Glover, Office of Technical Specialized Agencies Director, from Chile's Minister o [...]	2008-10-08 15:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	CI ECPS PREL
08SANTIAGO906	LATIN AMERICAN ARC OF PACIFIC COUNTRIES AFFIRM [...] (U) The Fourth Ministerial of the Latin American Arc of the Pacific concluded October 3 with a reaffirmation that Arc countries should strengthen ties with Asian counterparts on the other side of the Pacific, so as to diversify opportunity and reduce risk "such as that represented by the curren [...]	2008-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO907	CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor October 7 delivered reftel demarche to Eduardo Schott, the MFA's Deputy Director for European Affairs. Noting that the Embassy had repeatedly urged Chile to recognize Kosovo (ref B),E/Pol Counselor argued that even if Chile would not yet take that step, it should recognize [...]	2008-10-09 14:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNGA KV CI
08SANTIAGO909	CHILE'S ECONOMY: STRONG BUT BEGINNING TO FEEL THE IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's economic fundamentals remain strong, but economic growth will likely slow, negatively impacted by declining trade and investment, relatively high inflation, falling commodity prices, especially copper, and tightening liquidity. The peso's fall against the dollar, low fo [...]	2008-10-10 11:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO912	UNASUR COMMISSION HEAD SAYS LAST ROUND OF [...] (C) Juan Gabriel Valdes, the head of the UNASUR commission to Bolivia told the Ambassador October 9 that the last round of meetings in Cochabamba had "for the short term" created a space to continue dialogue and prevented violence. While there was no accord, the government seemed committed to [...]	2008-10-10 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI BL
08SANTIAGO915	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 10 SEES CONTINUED FALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Friday, October 10, there were continued declines in the price of copper, Chile's exchange rate, and the stock market. Chile's private pension f [...]	2008-10-14 16:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO916	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCE COURSE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 10, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-14 19:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO919	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: MARKETS RECOVER ON OCTOBER 13 [...] SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of reports on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of recent, global financial turmoil. On Monday, October 13, there was rebound in copper, the exchange rate, and the Chilean stock market, following the trend of international markets. Small [...]	2008-10-14 20:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO920	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 14, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-14 20:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO921	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 MARKED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 13, the GOC held an all-political party, unity summit on the state of the economy. On October 14, there were further gains in copper prices, the ex [...]	2008-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO922	A CONFIDENT BACHELET - AND CHILE - RIDING OUT THE [...] (C) Bachelet's top domestic affairs advisor told the Ambassador October 14 that "rainy day" policies implemented by the President had positioned Chile well to weather the current global financial downturn. Bachelet's standing with the Chilean public had also been enhanced by her good showing [...]	2008-10-15 15:48:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO923	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 15 MARKETS SLIDE BACK [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 15 copper prices fell and Chile's state-owned copper company projected lower profits. There were also decreases in the exchange rate and the Chilea [...]	2008-10-16 10:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO927	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 16 SEES MIXED DAY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 16 copper prices and the stock market fell, but the exchange rate appreciated. Finance Minister Andres Velasco said in an interview that the Chilea [...]	2008-10-17 10:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO929	UPDATE ON CHILE'S ECONOMY: ANOTHER MIXED DAY FOR MARKETS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is another in a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy in the face of global financial turmoil. On October 17 copper prices fell further, the exchange rate appreciated slightly again, and the stock market moved up as well. A Chilean private pension fund [...]	2008-10-20 10:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO93	AMBASSADOR HOSTS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH RELATIVE OF [...] Summary: Ambassador Paul Simons held a joint conference at the Embassy on January 29 with Olga Weisfeiler, sister of Boris Weisfeiler, the U.S. citizen who disappeared in southern Chile in 1985 during the military regime. Chilean dailies and the Associated Press highlighted Ms. Weisfeiler's [...]	2008-01-30 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL CI
08SANTIAGO931	ECONOMIC WOES AT CHILE'S NORTHERN BORDER [...] SUMMARY: Arica, Chile's northernmost city, faces multiple economic challenges, including the 2000 kilometers that separate it from Santiago and competition from cheaper Peru, which is just a short drive north. This city, once part of Peru, has the highest unemployment rate in Chile and pove [...]	2008-10-20 15:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PGOV ELAB SOCI EWWT EAGR EFIS CI PE BL
08SANTIAGO932	IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) This cable transmits Santiago's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views on China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? Chileans followed the tennis star Fernando Gonzalez extensively. C [...]	2008-10-20 15:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV PREL CH CI
08SANTIAGO933	BACHELET'S UNASUR PARLIAMENT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several Chilean parliamentarians have criticized President Bachelet's attendance at an UNASUR parliament event in Bolivia to be held Oct. 17. The Chilean legislators allege that Bachelet should have consulted with them before attending and should have invited them to join the [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI BL
08SANTIAGO935	MONTREAL CONVENTION OF 1999: CHILE'S RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 17:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ICAO CI
08SANTIAGO936	A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY MEETING WITH ECLAC ON [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met August 22 with officials from the UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) to provide a brief on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative (now called Pathways to [...]	2008-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI
08SANTIAGO938	A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY LUNCH WITH CHILEAN BUSINESS LEADERS ON NEW TRADE INITIATIVE (PATHWAYS) [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met with Chilean business leaders August 22 to brief them on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative to broaden access to the network of Free Trade Agreements in the region (now named Pathways to Prosp [...]	2008-10-21 14:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI
08SANTIAGO942	NORTHERN CHILE: CORRUPTION AND LOW-LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Chile's northernmost city, Arica, relations between the indigenous Aymara community and the overwhelmingly non-indigenous local political leadership are somewhat strained. Nonetheless, the indigenous community has successfully fought central government decisions that they [...]	2008-10-21 19:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM KCOR SCUL CI
08SANTIAGO95	CHILE: VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] E/POLoff delivered reftel demarche to Jorge Chocair, Director of International Relations and Extraditions, at the Ministerio Publico (MP - Chile's Public Prosecutors Office) and Gloria Sepulveda, Director of International Relations at SENAME (Chile's national agency for minors). Chocair said [...]	2008-01-31 16:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG CI
08SANTIAGO950	CHILE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WHO IS LIKELY TO WIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, October 26, voters across Chile will head to the polls to elect mayors and city council members. These nationwide local elections come just a year before the Chilean presidential election and are widely seen as a bellwether of the strength of political parties and [...]	2008-10-23 19:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO954	THE HEAT IS ON: KEY RACES TO WATCH IN CHILE'S MUNICIPAL [...] Summary. With thousands of seats being filled in this weekend's municipal elections, results can be interpreted in many different ways. One of the principal metrics that pundits will analyze are the outcomes of mayoral races in key districts, known as "emblematic communes". Of the communes [...]	2008-10-24 14:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO955	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]	2008-10-24 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO956	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]	2008-10-24 17:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO957	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA SENIOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of October 24, 2008, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2008-10-24 19:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
08SANTIAGO958	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE REVIEWS WITH CHILEANS IAEA OVERSIGHT [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte, in Chile October 14-16 primarily to review developments on international efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program (septel),also discussed the IAEA's role working with countries interested in safeguarding and sharing nuclear technology, as well as in de [...]	2008-10-24 19:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO960	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end on Friday, October 24, Chile's economy had seen significant declines in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. [...]	2008-10-24 21:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO963	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 17:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC BA QT CI
08SANTIAGO964	MIXED RESULTS IN CHILE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: On Sunday October 26, voters across Chile headed to the polls to elect mayors and city council members. This election - widely viewed as a referendum on the national political mood - delivered mixed results. The conservative Alianza coalition won a majority of mayoral votes for the [...]	2008-10-27 20:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO971	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which will be seen as supporting our shared vision of strong democratic institutions; market-based, trade-oriented economies; and solid cooperation on issues ranging from energy to education to defense. You will be arriving in Chile [...]	2008-10-29 20:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL ENRG CI
08SANTIAGO974	CHILE: 2008-2009 INCSR 1 SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 20:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ECON KCRM CI
08SANTIAGO975	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. October 31 is a national holiday and Chilean markets will be closed. By week's end, October 30, there was a recovery in copper prices, contin [...]	2008-10-30 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO976	CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT DE GREGORIO UPBEAT [...] (C) Chilean Central Bank Governor Jose De Gregorio told Ambassador Simons October 29 he is optimistic about the state of the Chilean economy in the face of the global financial turmoil, noting liquidity was not an issue for Chilean banks and the GOC would not need assistance from international [...]	2008-10-30 21:02:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO979	TREASURY DAS MCDONALD AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury DAS McDonald and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 30, on next steps to build an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps with U.S. and Chilean experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ambassador Simons, U.S. Treasury DAS Larry McDonald, Treasury Associate Dire [...]	2008-11-03 21:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO98	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, SOCIAL ISSUES, ENERGY SHORTAGES [...] (C) Secretariat General of the Presidency Minister Viera Gallo told the Ambassador January 30 that the GOC - and Chilean society - are only belatedly taking seriously a growing problem with Chile's indigenous (largely Mapuche) population, which has never been fully integrated and is becoming increa [...]	2008-01-31 20:14:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CI
08SANTIAGO980	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 15:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC PARM EFIN KNNP IR GM CI
08SANTIAGO982	FORMER CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CORBO [...] (C) Vittorio Corbo told Ambassador Simons October 30 he is confident Chile can withstand the global financial crisis, although there will be a significant impact on the real economy. The Central Bank had built up reserves that could act as a cushion, foreign denominated debt was low, and the [...]	2008-11-04 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI XR

08SANTIAGO985	REQUEST FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET [...] (SBU) President Bachelet called the Ambassador on November 4 at her initiative to convey her congratulations on the U.S. electoral process and to express her desire that our bilateral relations continue to strengthen in the transition to a new U.S. administration. 2. (C) During the convers [...]	2008-11-05 20:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO986	POSITIVE REACTION IN CHILE TO OBAMA'S ELECTION [...] Summary: Every Chilean daily on November 6 gave extensive coverage to reactions about Barack Obama's election, including remarks by President Bachelet and local political party leaders. The Ambassador also received calls about the election results from an exuberant Senate President Adolfo Zald [...]	2008-11-06 20:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL CI
08SANTIAGO987	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO CHILE: NOVEMBER 9-11, 2008 [...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY),Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his congressional delegation, from 11/09/2008 to 11/11/2008 as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with governmen [...]	2008-11-07 18:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PA PE CI
08SANTIAGO989	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF NOVEMBER 3 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end, November 7, there was a decrease in copper prices, some appreciation in the exchange rate, and losses/gains in the stock market [...]	2008-11-07 21:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO99	FM FOXLEY EMPHASIZES BILATERAL COOPERATION, [...] (C) FM Foxley told the Ambaassador January 31 that Chile seeks to maximize cooperation with the U.S. in 2008, even as the U.S. enters into its "electoral transition period." Chile wants to work to reinvigorate a partnership with California, with a focus on innovation. Development of a joint e [...]	2008-01-31 21:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO999	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 12 [...] Front page headlines focused on pension system loses (more than $25 billion) because of the international financial crisis; the strike of public employees who are demanding higher wages; and the ongoing scandal about individuals that tested positive for HIV but who had not been notified by the [...]	2008-11-13 10:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
08SANTODOMINGO1009	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTER DRUG OPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and identifying information of the proposed [...]	2008-06-23 17:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1010	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and i [...]	2008-06-23 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1023	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: CHEVRON, [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's June 19 meeting with the President, Fernandez agreed to intervene in Chevron's investment dispute to prevent violence, but not to settle the dispute itself, stating that -- despite the contract -- there had to be a negotiated settlement. The President describe [...]	2008-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBIO ECON ENRG EAID EAGR CACS HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1024	AFTER THE ELECTION, WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) Now that the presidential election is over, President Fernandez is turning to plans for his next term, the opposition is digging in its heels, and reformers are focusing on how to improve the democratic system before the congressional election of 2010. On economic issues, Fernandez face [...]	2008-06-25 13:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1025	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DAMAGE CONTROL ASSESSMENT, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and i [...]	2008-06-25 16:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1028	ICMEC EXPLORES AREAS OF COOPERATION WITH GODR TO [...] Summary: Guillermo Galarza, a Program Director of the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC),an NGO, visited the DR to raise awareness of the global issue of child sexual exploitation and to meet with local government officials to explore areas of cooperation and aid. [...]	2008-06-25 20:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS PHUM SOCI DR
08SANTODOMINGO1060	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PROGRESS ON ASSET FORFEITURE [...] (U) Summary. On June 13, a representative of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Asset Forfeiture-Money Laundering Unit, accompanied by Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) from the Districts of Puerto Rico and the Southern District of Florida and a Mexico City-based representative of the Internal [...]	2008-06-30 21:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1073	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for Peacekeeping Operations Platoon Exchange, scheduled for 26 July - 06 August, 2008. Post has no disqualifying i [...]	2008-07-01 19:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1074	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for Peacekeeping Operations Platoon Exchange, scheduled for 26 July - 06 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifyin [...]	2008-07-01 19:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1075	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for peacekeeping operations course, scheduled for 26 July - 06 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informat [...]	2008-07-01 19:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1076	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEPARTMENTAL RESOURCE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for a Departmental Resource Management Course, scheduled for 26 July - 06 August, 2008. Post has no disqualifying [...]	2008-07-01 19:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1078	INVITATION FOR PRESIDENT BUSH - INAUGURATION OF [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On May 16, President Leonel Fernandez was elected President of the Dominican Republic. On August 16, per the Dominican Constitution, President Fernandez will be sworn-in. 3. Action request: Post requests that WHA/CAR wor [...]	2008-07-01 20:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1085	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge d' Affaires, a.i. Bullen spoke with and presented Ref A demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols on July 2. Trullols took the Charge's comments on board, stated he will raise the issue with FM Morales when he returns to the country, and remained non-committal [...]	2008-07-03 17:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU DR
08SANTODOMINGO1108	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] On July 3, PolOff delivered to the Office of the Foreign Minister reftel demarche regarding the Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs event. MFA did not have any immediate substantive response. Post will report any subsequent reply from the ministry. FANNIN [...]	2008-07-08 20:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1118	INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ, AUGUST 16: [...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR; please see para. 3. 2. (U) President Leonel Fernandez, who was re-elected on May 16, will be inaugurated for his next term on August 16. Embassy Protocol Chief has obtained information on the schedule for inauguration event; please see below and no [...]	2008-07-10 20:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP DR
08SANTODOMINGO1122	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COUNTER TERRORISM [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for a Counter Terrorism MARSOC/JCET Course, scheduled as on-going training from January 2008 - October 2010. Post [...]	2008-07-11 16:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1167	DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BANINTER BANK [...] Summary. On July 11, the Dominican Supreme Court upheld the convictions in the Banco Intercontinental (Baninter) bank fraud case ensuring that the four defendants will spend time in prison. This is an important step forward because it is the first time that significant sentences were given to [...]	2008-07-18 12:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS KCOR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1184	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JULY 22, [...] Government,s Plan to Address Economic Crisis 2. Fernandez Focused on Constitutional Reform 3. Subsidy Must Keep Pace with Oil Prices or Lights Will Go Out 4. Astwood Extradition Controversy Â [...]	2008-07-22 20:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG KJUS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1185	PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REQUESTS CONTRACT EXTENSION [...] (C) On July 18, the Civil and Commercial Court of San Cristobal ruled in favor of Chevron,s petition that a blockade of the refinery by a transportation union is illegal and should be halted immediately. President Fernandez called the Ambassador on July 21 to convey a request from the transpo [...]	2008-07-22 20:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD DR
08SANTODOMINGO119	AMBASSADOR' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 15:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1199	PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ACKNOWLEDGES POLITICS MORE [...] (C) In a meeting on July 22, President Fernandez asked Chevron to extend a contract with fuel transporters for one more year and offered to sign a personal guarantee that the contract would end after that time. This was the same request that the President delivered to the Ambassador on July 2 [...]	2008-07-25 16:26:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD DR
08SANTODOMINGO1235	PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER ON DRUGS, CHEVRON, [...] (SBU) On July 23, in front of an audience that included President Fernandez and Acting U.S. DEA Chief, Dominican drug czar Marino Vinicio "Vincho" Castillo said that the United States is persistently obstructing the Dominican Republic's anti-drug efforts. Castillo said that this has harmed som [...]	2008-07-30 19:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG SNAR IR DR
08SANTODOMINGO124	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) In his January 16 meeting with the Ambassador, PRD party presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado expressed concerns regarding the fairness of the election process; warned of possible Venezuelan support for his opponent; cited the importance of election observation; and explained his [...]	2008-01-23 19:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO1241	NODEL ENGEL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ: [...] (U) Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY),Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Affairs Subcommittee of the HCFA, made a brief private visit to the Dominican Republic July 28-29. The Congressman traveled to attend the July 29 ceremonial opening of the New York Mets baseball academy in Boca Chica (20 mi [...]	2008-07-31 13:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON KV HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1251	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCO DEVELOPMENT COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 16 individuals who have been selected for a NCO Development Course, scheduled for 11 August - 26 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informati [...]	2008-08-05 21:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1265	COLOMBIAN AMB DISCUSSES MASSACRE, CONCERNS ON DOM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin received Colombia's new Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Juan Jose Chaux on August 6 for a courtesy call that quickly turned substantive. Ambassador Chaux's message was that the Dominican Republic must address three key challenges to preserve its democracy: [...]	2008-08-08 11:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM ENRG PGOV PTER KJUS EAID
08SANTODOMINGO1269	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,S TRQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel talking points regarding the administration of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) under CAFTA-DR to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Industry and Commerce on July 11 and August 5 respectively. The Secretary of Agriculture attributed the late [...]	2008-08-08 19:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO127	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject(s) who has/have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug respo [...]	2008-01-25 14:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO128	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENZUELA WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin and Mrs. Fannin met Colombian Ambassador Luis Emilio Sierra and his wife Liliana Martinez de Sierra for a courtesy call. During the meeting Ambassador Fannin inquired as to the extent of Venezuelan influence in the Dominican Republic. Sierra stated that there is [...]	2008-01-25 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV PARM PINR SNAR VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO129	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COLOMBIAN TRAINERS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following foreign subject(s) who will be providing training in community based policing to the Dominican National Police. [...]	2008-01-25 17:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CO DR
08SANTODOMINGO130	LEAHY REQUEST - COASTAL SEARCH AND RESCUE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who are tentatively slated to receive training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug r [...]	2008-01-25 18:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO131	LEAHY REQUEST - MARITIME SAFETY/PORT CONTROL [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...]	2008-01-25 19:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO132	LEAHY REQUEST - INFORMATION OPERATIONS, FT. [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-01-25 19:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1332	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ALP COURSE (1),DOMINICAN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individual who has been selected for an ALP Course, scheduled for 27 August 2008 - 24 July, 2010. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...]	2008-08-21 20:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1333	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the designation of an additional five Iranian entities for proliferation activities to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no imme [...]	2008-08-22 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN DR
08SANTODOMINGO1340	PLD LEADER MEDINA KEEPS DISTANCE FROM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) BACKGROUND: Danilo Medina is the second-most powerful leader in the PLD party, after President Fernandez himself, and is seen as the strategic brains behind the organization's rise from third-party status in the 1980s to control of the presidency and both houses of congress by 2006. Medina se [...]	2008-08-25 19:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBIO SNAR ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO135	LEAHY REQUEST - MAAG LIAISON OFFICERS [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who will be receiving meals and other incidental expenses paid for by Defense Department funds. Post h [...]	2008-01-28 13:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1353	FERNANDEZ PLAYS MUSICAL CHAIRS WITH CABINET [...] (C) In a series of decrees issued following his August 16 inauguration, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet; however, many of the officials simply moved from one ministry to another. There was no clear public policy message sent by the personnel moves. Rather, by keeping most of the cabinet [...]	2008-08-27 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR SENV MARR ETRD ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO136	LEAHY REQUEST - AIRCREW LIFE SUPPORT. SHEPPARD [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-01-28 19:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1360	REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on Russian recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please vi [...]	2008-08-28 18:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG RU DR
08SANTODOMINGO1371	FORBES ENERGY CITES CORRUPTION IN ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Executives with Forbes Energy met with the Ambassador regarding the company,s planned USD 700 million sugarcane ethanol project straddling the Dominican Republic-Haiti border. They said that while they have already obtained all needed permits for the project, which will be based in Man [...]	2008-08-29 15:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KCOR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1383	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - CYBER CRIME TRAINING (2), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following two individuals who have been selected for LEGAT sponsored Cyber Crime Training, scheduled for 03 - 05 September, 2008. Post has no disqualifying inf [...]	2008-09-02 18:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO139	LEAHY REQUEST - PILOT INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-01-28 20:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO140	LEAHY REQUEST - PILOT INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...]	2008-01-28 21:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO141	U.S. CONSORTIUM TO BUY DOMINICAN AIRPORT [...] (C) The operations manager for Aerodom (Dominican Airports International 21st Century),which manages the airport operations concessions for six of the Dominican Republic's eight international airports, including Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo, confidentially informed ECON [...]	2008-01-29 13:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1410	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MARITIME TERRORISM CIV-MIL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following three US Navy sponsored individuals who have been selected for a Maritime Terrorism Civ-Mil Course, scheduled for 06 - 20 September, 2008. Post has [...]	2008-09-05 21:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO142	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CONTRERAS EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On January 24, U.S. Marshals returned Rick Rogelio Contreras to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on charges of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, as well as possession with intent to distribute more than 500 [...]	2008-01-29 15:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1439	GODR REACTIONS TO TIP TIER 2 WATCH-LIST PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel instructions, Poloff delivered demarche and left the Tier 2 watch-list action plan recommendations as a non-paper with key Dominican officials. Our recommendations may be of assistance as the GODR is in the process of developing its own, multi-agency "integrated action [...]	2008-09-12 15:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIP DR
08SANTODOMINGO1444	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INSTR. FLIGHT PROCEDURES, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Instr. Flight Procedures Course, scheduled for 16 September - 12 December 2008. Post has no dis [...]	2008-09-15 16:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1445	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HELICOPTER CREW CHIEF [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Helicopter Crew Chief Training, scheduled for 09 September - 12 December 2008. Post has no disqu [...]	2008-09-15 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO145	FERNANDEZ MAKES HIS CASE TO THE DOMINICAN PEOPLE [...] (SBU) On January 29, President Fernandez gave a major campaign speech in which he took credit for reestablishing macroeconomic stability, warned against returning the rival PRD party to power during challenging economic times, and promised a series of programs for his next term. While engagin [...]	2008-01-30 16:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1456	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, [...] Open Skies Agreements with Panama and Canada 2. U.S. Company Purchases Airport Operations 3. Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld 4. Venezuela: Scandal Over Houses Donated to Storm Victims 5. Unions Press for Wage Increase Â [...]	2008-09-18 12:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV VE PM CA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1471	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PKO/CFAC COURSE (33), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for PKO and CFAC courses, scheduled for 03 - 17 October, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...]	2008-09-19 18:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1474	FOREIGN MINISTER ON UNGA DEMARCHES AND [...] (U) On September 18, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso to deliver Reftel demarches on the UN General Assembly and the Bolivian and Venezuelan decisions to declare our Ambassadors persona non grata. 2. (SBU) Regarding A/S Shannon's meeting with DR/CARICOM Ambassadors [...]	2008-09-19 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HA VE HO BL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1475	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - VISIT TO COLOMBIAN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following NAS sponsored individuals who have been selected for a visit to the Colombian National Police, scheduled for October 19 - 25, 2008. Post has no disq [...]	2008-09-19 19:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
08SANTODOMINGO1484	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - EXPLOSIVE INCIDENT [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following DS/RSO sponsored individuals who have been selected for an Explosive Incident Countermeasures Course, scheduled for 20 October - 20 December, 2008. P [...]	2008-09-22 14:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1486	EAC MEETING [...] SUMMARY: US EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO CONVENED AN EAC MEETING ON 22 SEPTEMBER 2008, REGARDING A SEVERE STORM WATCH THAT MAY BRING HEAVY RAIN FALL AND POSSIBLE MAJOR FLOODING TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. THE CHARGE D' AFFAIRS CONVENED THE MEETING TO DISCUSS AND IMPLEMENT APPROPRIATE COURSES OF ACTION, [...]	2008-09-22 21:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT PTER CASC DR
08SANTODOMINGO149	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Fannin met Canadian Ambassador Patricia Fortier and her husband Paul Durand, the OAS representative in the Dominican Republic, for a courtesy call. Fortier highlighted the GOC's efforts in stabilizing Haiti and increased role in fighting crime, as well as are [...]	2008-01-30 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV PINR CA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1509	URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - AIR INTEL (2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 12:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO151	DOL VISIT HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FIGHT AGAINST CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14 and 15, Department of Labor Deputy Undersecretary Charlotte Ponticelli traveled to the Dominican Republic to attend the launch of the second phase of a DOL-funded child labor project, meet the Secretaries of Labor and Education, civil society and business leaders as [...]	2008-01-31 11:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR
08SANTODOMINGO1513	THE DR'S REFORMISTA PARTY - A PHOENIX OR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC),once the powerful political instrument of President Balaguer, is struggling to rise again after it received less than five percent of the vote during the May 2008 elections. The party is split in various ways and several nominal membe [...]	2008-09-26 19:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1532	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TECH TRAINING INST.COURSE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for a Tech Training Inst. course, scheduled for 07 October - 12 December, 2008. Post has no disqual [...]	2008-10-01 17:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1533	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NCOA COURSE (4),IAAFA, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for a NCOA course, scheduled for October 15 - December 12, 2008. Post has no disqualifying informat [...]	2008-10-01 17:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1535	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INT'L ASSOC. OF CHIEFS OF [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following NAS sponsored individual who has been selected for the International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, scheduled for 08 - 12 November 2008 [...]	2008-10-02 13:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
08SANTODOMINGO1536	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TWO (2) ADDITIONAL NAMES [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for two (2) additional MAAG sponsored individuals who have also been selected for the same Tech Training Inst. course as those candidates listed in reftel A. This cours [...]	2008-10-02 13:52:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1557	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Political Chief delivered Reftel talking points on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at UNGA to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols took our views on board and pledged to inform the Foreign Minister, but made no substantive reply. We will report any subseque [...]	2008-10-07 17:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNGA KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1559	DEMARCHE ON UN VOTING RECORD DELIVERED TO [...] (C) On October 7, Political Chief delivered Ref A demarche on the Dominican Republic's UN General Assembly voting record to Acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols. Given that the Ambassador had recently discussed this issue with Foreign Minister Morales, Trullols simply reaffirmed what h [...]	2008-10-07 18:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1572	STAFFDEL KILDEE [...] Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes STAFFDEL Kildee. Post understands that the Control Officer for the visit is: Captain Baxter Goodly, USN Executive Officer USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Tel: (757) 443-7615 E-Mail: goodlyb@lhd3.navy.mil 2. Post understands that Post is not being requested to prov [...]	2008-10-09 20:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN DR
08SANTODOMINGO1587	(SBU) BIOFUELS CONSULTANTS BEGIN WORK ON SECOND [...] (U) SUMMARY. Biofuels consultants working under the U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Initiative were in the Dominican Republic October 2 and 3 to meet with GoDR and private-sector players in the liquid fuels sector. The State Department provided funding through the Organization of American States (OAS) t [...]	2008-10-14 12:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1608	FERNANDEZ'S PRIORITY: A NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, President Fernandez delivered his long-promised draft of a new constitution to the Congress. With the goal of a "democratic revolution," Fernandez proposes changes to the judiciary, presidential re-election, electoral system, nationality, and many other areas. [...]	2008-10-17 15:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1610	DOMINICAN ECONOMY VULNERABLE TO GLOBAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis has not yet had a serious impact in the Dominican Republic where the banking system appears to be in relatively good shape as a result of stronger regulatory measures put into place after the 2003 banking crisis. However, the private sector is publicl [...]	2008-10-17 20:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1611	ELECTRICITY GENERATORS PREDICT A DARK DECEMBER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A fiscal crisis in the government is causing the GoDR to withhold payments to power generators who are cutting generation capacity as a result of not being able to pay for fuel shipments. As the mostly government-owned electricity distributors fall into further arrears with pri [...]	2008-10-17 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1613	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - PT-6A ENGINE TECHNICIAN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for a PT-6A Engine Technician Course, scheduled for 05 November - 12 December, 2008. Post has no d [...]	2008-10-20 12:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1628	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 4TH ANNUAL SOVEREIGN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following DAO US SOCOM sponsored individual who has been selected for 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, scheduled for 11 - 20 November, 2008. Post has [...]	2008-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO163	LEAHY REQUEST - AIR MISSION COMMANDER (SPANISH), [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO164	LEAHY REQUEST - AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1640	GODR LOOKS TO BUY SHELL RETAIL BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell Company Regional Chairman Rafael Maradiaga told EconOff that the government has informed Shell it intends to purchase the company,s retail gasoline business, the country,s largest, for USD 190 million. The government has already signed a purchase agreement to buy Shell's 50 [...]	2008-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1641	STRENGTHENED ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY SAYS IT WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 16, Environmental Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal issued a warning to artisan craft merchants that the GODR will begin confiscating items made from components of endangered marine turtle species on November 3. The sale of these products has been illegal in the D [...]	2008-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KICR ECON EFIS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1642	GODR LOOKS TO BUY SHELL RETAIL BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell Company Regional Chairman Rafael Maradiaga told EconOff that the government has informed Shell it intends to purchase the company,s retail gasoline business, the country,s largest, for USD 190 million. The government has already signed a purchase agreement to buy Shell's 50 [...]	2008-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1643	STRENGTHENED ENVIRONMENTAL MINISTRY SAYS IT WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 16, Environmental Minister Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal issued a warning to artisan craft merchants that the GODR will begin confiscating items made from components of endangered marine turtle species on November 3. The sale of these products has been illegal in the D [...]	2008-10-23 19:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KICR ECON EFIS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1649	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - HIV/AIDS PLAN. & POLICY [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG/DOD sponsored individuals who have been selected for HIV/AIDS Planning & Policy Development, scheduled for 06 - 12 December, 2008. Post has no [...]	2008-10-27 14:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO165	LEAHY REQUEST - UH-1H HELICOPTER MECHANIC COURSE, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1650	CANCEL LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - 4TH ANNUAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. New information has surfaced and Post therefore respectfully requests to withdraw reftel request for human rights vetting pursuant to the Leahy Amendment. BULLEN [...]	2008-10-27 16:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1657	U.S.-CARIBBEAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: DOMINICAN [...] On October 28, the Ambassador delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-Caribbean Security Dialogue to Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso. Morales expressed Dominican interest in the meeting and said that he would pass the invitation to Minister of Defense Pena Antonio. In addition, the Dom [...]	2008-10-29 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KJUS PTER EAID MASS MOPS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1666	SANTIAGO: THE OTHER DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Whereas piles of trash and crumbling sidewalks decorate Santo Domingo, Santiago - the DR's second largest city - demonstrates what public-private partnerships and civic pride can achieve. The entrepreneurial spirit of the region was on display during Ambassador Fannin's recent [...]	2008-10-30 14:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM EINV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO167	LEAHY REQUEST - SPECIAL REACTION TEAM COURSE, SAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO168	LEAHY REQUEST - CORROSION CONTROL TECHNICIAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1682	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWAT TRAINING (96),SANTO [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 96 MAAG sponsored Dominican SEFA Unit individuals who have been selected for SWAT training, scheduled for 01 November 2008 - 01 November 2009. Post [...]	2008-10-31 19:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1683	HAITIANS SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE AND DEPORTATION [...] (U) Summary: Longstanding tensions between Haitians, persons of Haitian descent, and Dominicans resulted in violence this week that left at least 6 dead, dozens of homes burned, and hundreds deported. Dominican authorities have issued statements condemning the violence and, while it is uncle [...]	2008-10-31 20:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM PREL DR HA
08SANTODOMINGO169	LEAHY REQUEST - T-53/L-13 ENGINE TECHNICIAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1697	DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CIM DELIVERED [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S. candidacy for the Inter-American Commission of Women to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will [...]	2008-11-05 12:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1698	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the designation of additional Iranian entitites to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any su [...]	2008-11-05 12:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN DR
08SANTODOMINGO17	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DOMINICAN [...] This cable responds to Reftel request for Post's assessment of the suitability of the Dominican Republic for possible pilot projects under the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). Background ---------- 2. The USG's Democracy and Governance assistance program in the Dominican Rep [...]	2008-01-04 19:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO170	LEAHY REQUEST - HELICOPTER CREW CHIEF TRAINING, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistancein conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR

08SANTODOMINGO172	LEAHY REQUEST - AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Names and identifying [...]	2008-02-01 18:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO1724	YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 17:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1727	NON-AVAILABILITY OF CBP INTERDICTION ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Blackhawk helicopters stationed in Puerto Rico that have been assisting the Dominican Republic Directorate for National Drug Control (DNCD) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the interdiction of suspected narcotics laden [...]	2008-11-07 20:00:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR KCRM PHUM PREL SNAR
08SANTODOMINGO1729	ONE DEAD AS BLACKOUTS LEAD TO PROTESTS [...] (U) Summary: Owed USD 500 million, the country's private power generators have cut back electricity output, causing extensive blackouts throughout the country. This situation has incited violent protests, increased crime and caused economic losses. With GoDR officials saying the government l [...]	2008-11-07 20:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1739	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 19:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO174	AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK SPURS TRADE DISPUTE WITH HAITI [...] (C) Summary. The Dominican poultry industry is claiming that it is suffering significant financial losses as a result of the decision by the Haitian government to ban all chicken and egg imports from the Dominican Republic on January 4. The decision to ban imports was the result of an occurrenc [...]	2008-02-04 14:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU EAGR SENV ECON ETRD PGOV HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO178	UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Santo Domingo does not have current (or future) programs or outreach efforts to assist the indigenous population of the Dominican Republic. While there are some renewed historical and cultural interest among scholars and academics in the country's indigenous Tain [...]	2008-02-04 20:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO18	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]	2008-01-04 19:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO180	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: DIVERGING POLLS PROMPT [...] (SBU) The results of four major presidential campaign opinion polls differ by as much as 20 percent (pct.),from a 16 pct. lead for the PLD's Leonel Fernandez to a 4 pct. lead for the PRD's Miguel Vargas Maldonado. The rival campaigns are busy debating the reliability of their favored polling [...]	2008-02-05 18:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1807	GODR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] FAS Counselor delivered talking points as per reftel to Minister of Agriculture Salvador Jimenez. On November 25, Jimenez responded by letter conveying his support for the proposed Global Partnership for Agriculture and Food (GPAF). Jimenez said he views GPAF as having the potential to reasse [...]	2008-11-26 15:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO EAID PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1810	DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at htt [...]	2008-11-26 18:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY DR
08SANTODOMINGO1811	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ: [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG MARR SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1812	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER [...] IMF Visit Raises Concerns about Balance of Payments, 2009 Deficit 2. Government Completes Purchase of Oil Refinery 3. Another Bank Fraud Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court 4. Fernandez Hosts Seminar on Financial Crisis 5. Vargas Maldonado Makes Power Play in PRD Party Â [...]	2008-11-28 14:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN DR
08SANTODOMINGO1813	POLAD FOR VISIT OF HSV SWIFT [...] (U) Post welcomes the visit of HSV Swift. Alain Norman, Political Officer, will serve as POLAD for the visit, with the Military Group (MAAG),Public Affairs, and other Embassy sections performing their usual duties. Post will discuss the specific dates of Mr. Norman's availability by e-mail [...]	2008-11-28 14:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFIN MARR MAS MOPS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1815	DR TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) The following is Embassy Santo Domingo's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Watch List Interim Assessment, per ref A request. 2. (U) Authorities of the Dominican Republic report that they are working to prevent human trafficking, protect TIP victims and prosecute offenders under the "Traffick [...]	2008-11-28 18:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KTIP KWMN DR
08SANTODOMINGO1819	VISIT BY WHA DAS ROBINSON [...] (U) Summary: The November 17-19 visit of WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson and WHA/CAR Deputy Director Willard Smith to the Dominican Republic provided them an opportunity to hear first hand about the challenges faced by the GODR and Embassy Santo Domingo - the energy and fiscal cr [...]	2008-12-01 18:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1825	DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the UNGA First Committee Resolution on Compliance to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit [...]	2008-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MNUC PARM UNGA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1871	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION DELIVERED [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on Kosovo Recognition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and noted that four Latin American countries have already recognized. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent [...]	2008-12-10 17:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO19	NO DOMINICAN-HAITIAN POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The press recently reported that the Dominican-Haitian Community Political Movement (MPCDH),led by Ruben Jean-Baptiste Latorti, will form a political party representing the interests of Dominicans of Haitian descent. Jean-Baptiste clarified that he will not form a political party [...]	2008-01-04 19:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO1906	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAVAL STAFF COLLEGE (3), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Naval Staff College, scheduled for 02 January - 17 June 2009. Post has no disqualifying infor [...]	2008-12-15 14:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1907	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - GUEST INSTRUCTORS (4), [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 4 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected as guest instructors, scheduled for 07 January, 2009. Post has no disqualifying information. Plea [...]	2008-12-15 14:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1908	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - SWAT (3),07 JANUARY 2009 [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for SWAT training, scheduled for 07 January 2009. Post has no disqualifying information. Please s [...]	2008-12-15 14:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1917	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER [...] IMF Visit 2. Fernandez Speech on Economic Crisis 3. Energy Sector Update 4. Job Losses in Mining Sector 5. Textile Sector Loses More Jobs Â [...]	2008-12-16 13:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SNAR ETRD ENRG DR
08SANTODOMINGO192	OPEN SOCIETY JUSTICE INITIATIVE CONDEMNS DR BIRTH [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs met with representatives of the Soros affiliated Open Society Justice Initiative to discuss the Dominican Republic,s birth registration policy, especially how it adversely affects Dominicans of Haitian descent. The Justice Initiative highlighted deficiencies with the co [...]	2008-02-07 16:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SMIG CASC HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1921	REFORM OF THE REFORMISTA PARTY - THE DREAM IS ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Victor "Ito" Bisono, a rising star of the falling Reform Party (PRSC) to discuss prospects for the party's revival - an on-going saga (ref A). Although some Dominicans have already dismissed the party as a thing of the past, Bisono has a different vision: He pred [...]	2008-12-16 20:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO1924	AGREMENT REQUEST FOR ROBERTO SALADIN TO BE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The Dominican Government has requested agrement for Roberto Saladin to be their next Ambassador to the United States. The request was made on December 5 via diplomatic note no. 29065 (sent to WHA/CAR). Post requests that the Department consider the request and [...]	2008-12-17 14:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CVIS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1937	IRAN VOTE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Ambassador Fannin delivered the demarche on the Iran Vote to Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols on December 16. Trullols said that the Dominican Republic had already received a similar demarche from the Japanese Ambassador. In addition, the UK Ambassador, who was [...]	2008-12-18 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1950	DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...]	2008-12-22 14:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1951	DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...]	2008-12-22 14:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1953	(C) GODR BLAMES 'EXPLOSIVE' LEGISLATOR FOR SEA [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Ambassadors from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan demarched Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols regarding concerns about the Dominican Republic's expanded sea boundary claims under a 2007 law. Trullols said the Foreign Ministry opposed this [...]	2008-12-22 14:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON EFTA PBTS PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1959	RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008 [...] (U) This constitutes the first in a planned series of cables collecting and summarizing developments in the rule of law field, writ large: notable cases and controversies related to corruption, narco-trafficking, money-laundering, human smuggling and trafficking, as well as the functioning of [...]	2008-12-23 17:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO1967	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - RSO - INTERDICTING [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 12 RSO sponsored individuals who have been selected for an Interdicting Terrorist Activity course, scheduled for 2 - 13 February 2009. Post has no d [...]	2008-12-29 14:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1973	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The 2009 Investment Climate Update for the Dominican Republic. ---------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- 2. While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the [...]	2008-12-30 14:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1974	DOMINICAN TOURIST DESTINATIONS WARY AS ECONOMIC [...] Summary: The tourist havens of Punta Cana and La Romana in the eastern part of the Dominican Republic are beginning to feel the effects of the global economic downturn, but the impact remains limited and most new development is continuing. However, Cap Cana, a large scale luxury resort projec [...]	2008-12-30 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAID DR
08SANTODOMINGO201	DOMINICANS NONCOMMITTAL ON URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] Poloff met today with Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Alejandra Liriano, regarding REF A request for assistance. Liriano took the request under advisement and committed to informing the Embassy when/if the Dominican government takes a position. 2. COMMENT: Liriano's inabilit [...]	2008-02-11 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG CU DR
08SANTODOMINGO202	LEAHY REQUEST - NATIONAL POLICE ANTI-MONEY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects, all of whom are members of the Dominican National Police Central Office of Criminal Investigation. P [...]	2008-02-11 19:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO208	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SOLICITATIONS FOR [...] Per REFTEL, following are Embassy rank-ordered solicitations from a variety of sources for G/TIP managed FY-2008 ESF and INCLE funds. Full proposals to follow via e-mail. a) Name: International Organization for Migration Requested funding: 310,275 USD (all federal) Project title: [...]	2008-02-12 20:17:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB SMIG PHUM KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO212	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ADDITIONAL SUBMISSION FOR [...] The Dominican government has requested that it be allowed to submit a proposal for G/TIP managed FY-2008 ESF and INCLE funds beyond the February 12 deadline established in REF A. Three other timely submissions from various NGOs were made in REF B. 2. Embassy forwards information regarding t [...]	2008-02-13 18:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB SMIG PHUM KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO225	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 [...] Opposition Walks Out on Central Elections Board 2. Participacion Ciudadana Launches Observation, Cites Abuses 3. Fernandez Criticized for Describing Sun Land Issue as "Closed" 4. New Polls Fail to Clarify Divergent Numbers Â [...]	2008-02-15 15:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON KDEM DR
08SANTODOMINGO231	KOSOVO: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION [...] (C) On February 15, the Ambassador followed up previous demarches by Post and delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Morales. The Ambassador pressed for recognition of Kosovo as early as possible. Morales replied that the Dominican Republic would support the United St [...]	2008-02-15 19:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK EU YI DR
08SANTODOMINGO241	LEAHY REQUEST - INTERNATIONAL LOGISTIC/SUPPLY [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...]	2008-02-19 17:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO242	LEAHY REQUEST - AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol. 3. Name and identifying i [...]	2008-02-19 17:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO250	LEAHY REQUEST - INTELLIGENCE BASIC COURSE, FT. [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects and requests notification of clearance NLT February 27, 2008, as notification on or before this date i [...]	2008-02-20 19:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO251	KOSOVO: DOMINICAN PLANS FOR RECOGNITION ON HOLD [...] As reported in Ref A, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, the Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel T [...]	2008-02-20 19:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO261	NOMINATION FOR TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Post nominates the following individual for the upcoming conference/training on forced labor and child labor in Washington DC from April 10-11,2008. Jose D. Silva Political Officer (Human Rights and Labor) TED July 2008 2. Post will not be able to cover participant's expenses. The follo [...]	2008-02-21 17:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO289	KOSOVO: DOMINICANS PLEDGE DECISION BY FEBRUARY 25 [...] As reported in Refs A and B, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...]	2008-02-22 19:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO295	KOSOVO: DOMINICANS SEEK RIO GROUP CONSENSUS [...] (C) As reported in Refs A-C, Foreign Minister Morales informed the Ambassador on February 15 that, regarding Kosovo's independence, the Dominican Republic would support the United States' position. On February 20, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel Trullols told the Ambassador that fin [...]	2008-02-25 19:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV DR
08SANTODOMINGO315	KIDNAPPING, CATTLE-RUSTLING TREAD ON [...] (U) The recent media reports of kidnapping and cross border skirmishes in the border towns of Dajabon-Ounaminthe highlight the increasing friction between Dominicans and Haitians in this area. Tensions mounted when two Dominican men from Dajabon were kidnapped by a group of about ten armed Ha [...]	2008-02-29 20:04:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS SMIG HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO323	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Alejandra Liriano, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Relations at the MFA. MFA has no substantive response at this time, but will undertake to relay the information for further consideration. FANNIN [...]	2008-03-04 16:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
08SANTODOMINGO330	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OVERFLIGHT CONCURRENCE [...] Embassy concurs with Global Hawk and/or U2 overflight of the Dominican Republic for the purpose of imagery mapping and understands that U2 overflight is scheduled to occur during the period between March 7 and April 30, 2008, with exact dates to be determined. Embassy further understands that [...]	2008-03-05 19:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO338	DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF [...] PolOff delivered reftel non-paper, copies of UNSCR 1803 and P5 1 Minister's Statement to Jose Manuel Trullols, Undersecretary of State, General Coordinator at the MFA. MFA has no substantive response at this time. Embassy will report any subsequent Dominican response. FANNIN [...]	2008-03-06 14:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM
08SANTODOMINGO345	SANTO DOMINGO TRIPWIRE REPORTER CONTACT INFORMATION [...] Per reftel, post designates the following person as the tripwire application reporter in the Tripwire Reporting and Integrated Planning System (TRIPS): Jose D. Silva; Political Officer; Political/Economic Section; Top Secret Clearance; tel 809-731-4203; classified email SilvaJD@state.sgov.gov; [...]	2008-03-07 15:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CASC CMGT AEMR ASEC
08SANTODOMINGO350	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] Please find the following information keyed to reftel questions. -------------------------------- Overview of Dominican Activities -------------------------------- PARAGRAPH A ----------- -- Summary: The Dominican Republic is a country of origin for women trafficked internationally to [...]	2008-03-10 18:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR
08SANTODOMINGO371	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PROSECUTION SEGMENT FOR 8TH [...] Please find the following information in response to REF A questions regarding prosecution of human traffickers in the Dominican Republic. This information completes Embassy's 8th Annual TIP Report, initially submitted in REF B. --------------------------------------------- Investigations, [...]	2008-03-13 20:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR
08SANTODOMINGO373	FM MORALES AND OAS REP ON RIO GROUP, OAS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Morales described the successful outcome of the Rio Group Summit as a "team effort." Responding to Reftel demarche on the OAS Ministerial, Morales cautioned against any action that could scuttle the peace gains that t [...]	2008-03-13 21:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM CO EC DR
08SANTODOMINGO387	ONDCP DIRECTOR, DEA ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters, accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Ambassador P. Robert Fannin, ONDCP and DEA Chiefs of Staff, and poloff called on Domi [...]	2008-03-17 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO389	PLD HOPES FERNANDEZ WINS WITH SIXTY PERCENT [...] (SBU) On March 6, The Ambassador, ECOPOL Counselor and POLOFFS met with Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) leaders, Francisco Javier Garcia Fernandez, National Campaign Chairman, Cesar Torribio Pena, Presidential legal advisor, and Reinaldo Pared Perez, President of the Senate, to hear their vie [...]	2008-03-17 19:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO39	PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP [...] (SBU) After a respite caused by two major tropical storms and the holiday season, rhetoric among presidential candidates heated up again over the weekend. The PLD party candidate, President Leonel Fernandez, launched the first attack. Referring to the 2003-2004 economic crisis during the las [...]	2008-01-08 17:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO414	MEDICAL DOCTORS AND OTHER GROUPS CALL FOR MORE STRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Doctors Union (CMD) organized a march to the Presidential palace on Wednesday, March 12, to demand a salary increase for medical doctors employed by the state. However, the press reported the National Police aided by the National Investigation Department (DNI) disp [...]	2008-03-26 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO418	CONCERN GROWING OVER GOVERNMENT'S CAMPAIGN RULES [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, the Government and ruling PLD party suffered a setback when a Central Elections Board (JCE) decision found that a special government payroll existed to pay party members who did no work, and ordered that the practice be ceased. The ruling follows a damning report by a [...]	2008-03-27 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM DR
08SANTODOMINGO428	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA [...] The UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) does not grant any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia or has subsidiaries or member organizations that [...]	2008-03-28 17:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI DR
08SANTODOMINGO429	LEAHY VETTING: CLOSE COMBAT TRAINING, FEB.2008 TO [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for ECOPOL and NAS. 3. Names and ide [...]	2008-03-28 18:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO440	UPDATED LEAHY VETTING: MTT COASTAL SEARCH AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects whose names and identifying information were first submited by reftel on January 8, 2008, and are tent [...]	2008-04-01 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO487	LEAHY REQUEST - MARITIME INTERDICTION, SANTO [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol and NAS. 3. Names and ide [...]	2008-04-08 14:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM SNAR KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO490	INSTRAW STAFFING AND BUDGET PROFILE [...] Staffing and budget data for the Dominican Republic-based UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) is as follows: Annual budget: 1.5 million USD Staff: 23 (9 fixed, 10 consultants on average, 4 interns on average). FANNIN [...]	2008-04-08 18:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON POL UN DR
08SANTODOMINGO491	LEAHY VETTING: BASIC INTELLIGENCE COURSE, APR. 30 [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for ECOPOL and NAS. 3. Name and identi [...]	2008-04-08 19:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO502	DEMARCHES ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN AND DUAL USE ITEM [...] POLOFF delivered Ref A-B talking points on "Implementing the Travel Ban and Dual Use Item Provisions of UNSCR 1803" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Ciro Amaury Dargam, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs took our views on board but had no immediate reply. [...]	2008-04-09 17:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC DR
08SANTODOMINGO503	LEAHY VETTING: BASIC INTELLIGENCE COURSE, APR. 30 [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. These 5 subjects are in addition to the 1 sent prior, reftel. Post has no disqualifying information. [...]	2008-04-09 17:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO518	INVITATION FOR HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR; see para. 3. 2. On April 7, the Ambassador met with Congresswoman Minou Tavares Mirabal (PLD-Santo Domingo),Chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Committee. Tavares delivered an invitation to the U.S. Congress to partic [...]	2008-04-14 12:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO55	SCENESETTER FOR DOL DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY [...] The Dominican Republic has become a reliable supporter of democracy in the sometimes difficult and always strategic Caribbean. Our close relationship is exemplified by Dominican ratification of the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement, and our friendship is cemented by a history of strong economic [...]	2008-01-10 22:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID DR
08SANTODOMINGO56	URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COUNTER DRUG [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for [...]	2008-01-11 13:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO561	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BANINTER BANKING CONVICTIONS [...] In a key blow to impunity, the 3rd Chamber of the National District's Court of Appeals early this morning upheld the convictions of senior banking officials involved in the disastrous 2003 bankruptcy of Banco Intercontinental (Baninter),made additional findings of guilt for a previously convi [...]	2008-04-18 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KJUS KCOR PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO57	URGENT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - COUNTER TERRORISM [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject who has been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for E [...]	2008-01-11 13:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO58	EMBASSY SUPPORTS 2ND TRANCHE OF SPECIALIZED [...] (S) Embassy concurs with and supports the concept of specialized counter-terrorism training for Dominican forces as proposed by the U.S. Special Forces Command (SOCSOUTH) and termed OEF-CCA Dominican Republic. This training will enable Dominican forces to effectively conduct unilateral/combin [...]	2008-01-11 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	MARR PTER DR
08SANTODOMINGO585	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CAYETANO EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On April 21, U.S. Marshals returned Henri Cayetano (aka "Figura Vieja") to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico to face 4 narcotics-related counts, as detailed in indictment number 06-253 (PG),filed on August 19, 2006. The facts contained [...]	2008-04-22 17:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO586	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: LEFTIST PARTY HOPES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In his April 16 meeting with PolOff, Guillermo Moreno, the presidential candidate for the political party Movement for Independence, Unity, and Change (MIUCA),expressed concern about the allegations of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party's (PLD) use of state resources for the [...]	2008-04-22 18:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV DR
08SANTODOMINGO587	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FBINAA LATIN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in rapidly processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individual who has been selected for a FBI Retraining Course, located in Santiago, Chile, scheduled for May 19-23, 2008. Post possesses no/no [...]	2008-04-22 18:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO59	EMBASSY SUPPORTS 2ND TRANCHE OF SPECIALIZED [...] (S) Embassy concurs with and supports the concept of specialized counter-terrorism training for Dominican forces as proposed by the U.S. Special Forces Command (SOCSOUTH) and termed OEF-CCA Dominican Republic. This training will enable Dominican forces to effectively conduct unilateral/combin [...]	2008-01-11 20:14:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	MARR PTER DR
08SANTODOMINGO594	DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. FANNIN [...]	2008-04-23 19:54:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EUN DR
08SANTODOMINGO611	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, APRIL 25, 2008 [...] Participacion Ciudadana's Second Observation Report 2. Latest Poll Results 3. Fernandez Discusses Removing Term Limits 4. Small Party Candidate Alleges Donations by Narcotics Traffickers Â [...]	2008-04-25 18:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO63	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DOMINICAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. And understand per REF t [...]	2008-01-11 20:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PHUM DR HO
08SANTODOMINGO653	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PLATOON EXCHANGE, PUERTO [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and identi [...]	2008-05-01 16:21:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO654	LEAHY VETTING: ENLISTED MILITARY EDUCATION COURSE, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Named and ident [...]	2008-05-01 16:28:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO659	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADVANCED SIU COURSE, SANTO [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in rapidly processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for an Advanced Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU) training course, located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep [...]	2008-05-02 12:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO663	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: BORDER SECURITY REGIONAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in rapidly processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for the Border Security Regional MET Conference, located in Guatemala, and scheduled for May 19-23, 2008. [...]	2008-05-02 14:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO664	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CTR FOR HOMLAND SECURITY [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individual who has been selected to attend coursework at the Center for Homeland Defense Security, located in Washington, DC, and scheduled for June 2 [...]	2008-05-02 14:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO665	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: IDEC CONFERENCE, ISTANBUL, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following Dominican Army flag officers who serve as the senior leaders of the DEA-equivalent National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD). They have been select [...]	2008-05-02 15:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR SNAR KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO666	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PATROL CRAFT HULL MAINT [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and identi [...]	2008-05-02 17:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO668	PRD CLAIMS POSSIBLE ELECTION FRAUD; PLD SMELLS A [...] (SBU) The opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) has strongly criticized the new electronic system for transmitting electoral results to the Central Election Board (JCE),with one senior party official even alleging an organized effort to steal the election. The ruling Dominican Liber [...]	2008-05-02 19:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO677	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: OUTBOARD MTR MT & OVHL [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and identif [...]	2008-05-06 15:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO688	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PLATOON EXCHANGE, PUERTO [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2 and 3. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. The Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG) reques [...]	2008-05-07 19:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO699	OAS HITS THE RIGHT NOTES IN ELECTION REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, the OAS's Electoral Observation Mission issued a "Pre-Electoral Report" on the campaign for the May 16 presidential election. The report praised the performance of the Central Elections Board (JCE); criticized the ruling PLD party for spending state resources on the [...]	2008-05-09 12:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO734	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REQUESTS RELIEF FROM LEAHY [...] Summary. Embassy notes with understanding the tremendous volume of Leahy vetting requests that must be processed by the Department -- Embassy itself has submitted 66 requests for over 460 individuals so far in FY 08, and submitted 82 requests for 635 individuals and 1 military unit in FY 07 -- [...]	2008-05-12 16:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO735	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEPARTMENTAL RESOURCE [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who has been selected for a Departmental Resource Management Course, located at WHINSEC, and scheduled for June 9 - July 16, 2008. Post p [...]	2008-05-12 16:50:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO738	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NCO PROFESSIONAL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following member of the Dominican Army who has been selected for NCO Professional Development, located at Ft. Benning, GA, and scheduled for July 9 - September [...]	2008-05-12 18:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO744	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: AIRCRAFT PNEUDRAULICS SYS [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individual who has been selected for an Aircraft Pneudraulics Systems Technician course, located in San Antonio, TX, and scheduled for May 27 - August [...]	2008-05-14 13:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO745	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INTL LOGISTIC/SUPPLY [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individual who has been selected for a International Logistics/Supply Management Course, located in San Antonio, TX, and scheduled for June 17 - Augus [...]	2008-05-14 15:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO746	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following members of the Dominican Army who have been selected for an Instructor Training course, located at Ft. Benning, GA, and scheduled for July 2-23, 2008. [...]	2008-05-14 16:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO747	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INTERMEDIATE LEVEL [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individual who has been selected for an Intermediate Level Education course, located at Ft. Benning, GA, and scheduled from June 13, 2008 to May 28, 2 [...]	2008-05-14 16:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO749	DEMARCHE DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at http:/ [...]	2008-05-14 19:51:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA DR

08SANTODOMINGO751	SCENESETTER FOR DOMINICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] (SBU) Dominicans go to the polls on Friday May 16 in the fourth presidential election since 1994, when widespread fraud led to significant reforms to the electoral system. Since 1994, substantial USAID funds have been used to strengthen the Central Elections Board (JCE),make it more independe [...]	2008-05-15 15:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO76	DOMINICANS CONFIRM SUPPORT OF PIERRE PROSPER FOR [...] On January 14 Poloff met with Deputy Secretary of State Jose Manuel Trulolls and Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Alejandra Liriano, regarding the candidacy of Pierre Prosper for the CERD. Liriano confirmed that the Dominican Government will support the candidature of Prosper an [...]	2008-01-16 11:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA DR
08SANTODOMINGO760	DOMINICAN ELECTION: FIRST RESULTS INDICATE [...] The Central Election Board (JCE) released its "First Bulletin" at approximately 10:15 p.m., with the following results: -- Leonel Fernandez, Dominican Liberation Party (PLD),53 percent -- Miguel Vargas Maldonado, Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD),41 percent -- Amable Aristy Castro, Ref [...]	2008-05-17 02:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO768	PROPOSED CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM SECRETARY TO [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. On May 19, the Ambassador spoke with President Fernandez and congratulated him on his re-election on May 16. Post recommends that the Secretary also send a congratulatory letter to Fernandez. Post requests that WHA/CAR prepare a letter, using the propos [...]	2008-05-19 20:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO769	POLICE KILLINGS - A CAUSE OF CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent spate of police killings in Santo Domingo and Boca Chica highlight a disturbing trend of deaths at the hands of police, often attributed to "exchanges of gunfire." In both incidents, police demonstrated improper adherence to police and judicial procedures and used ex [...]	2008-05-19 20:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PHUM PGOV SOCI DR
08SANTODOMINGO770	CESFRONT - A PERSPECTIVE FROM PEDERNALES [...] PolOff met with source who is a U.S. citizen currently residing in Pedernales, a border town in the south of the country, doing local development work. Source, in the course of her duties, has regular contact with NGOs, local community leaders, and residents, including Dominicans, Haitians and [...]	2008-05-19 20:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MCAP HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO79	DOMINICAN FUGITIVE NUNEZ EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED [...] On January 10, U.S. Marshals returned Maria Nunez to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to face charges of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, as detailed in indictment number 00-776 (HAA),filed on December 1, 2000. The facts contained [...]	2008-01-16 11:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO794	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INTERMEDIATE LEVEL [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject to attend reftel training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECO [...]	2008-05-23 18:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO795	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: OUTBOARD MOTOR MAINTENANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject to attend reftel training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECO [...]	2008-05-23 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO796	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PLATOON EXCHANGE, DOMINICAN [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following Dominican Army units, all of which are components of the 1st Battalion "COEN": 1st and 2nd Platoons, "A" Compa [...]	2008-05-23 19:25:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO804	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INTERNATIONAL DAMCONT ASST [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and id [...]	2008-05-27 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO805	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INTERNATIONAL SHIPYARD [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and id [...]	2008-05-27 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO806	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: NAVAL COMMAND COLLEGE, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. Names and identif [...]	2008-05-27 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO807	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTER DRUG OPS, WHINSEC, [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and id [...]	2008-05-27 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO809	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FOREIGN PURCHASE AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects, one of whom is subject of pending reftel vetting request. Post has no disqualifying information. Ple [...]	2008-05-28 16:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM DR
08SANTODOMINGO822	DEMARCHE ON CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL [...] On May 21, Post delivered Diplomatic Note No. 95 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The note contained the talking points and resume provided in Reftel regarding the candidacy of David Stewart for the IAJC. 2. The Foreign Ministry has not made any immediate reply. We will report any subs [...]	2008-05-28 20:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XM DR
08SANTODOMINGO884	ASSESSING LABOR AFTER ONE YEAR OF CAFTA-DR: [...] Summary: In a series of meetings with labor unions, NGOs and officials from the Ministry of Labor (SET),our contacts highlighted some of the successes and continuing problems in labor rights since the entry-into-force of CAFTA-DR in the Dominican Republic in March 2007. Positive improvements [...]	2008-06-04 15:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DR
08SANTODOMINGO887	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESPONSE: FORCED LABOR AND [...] This is in response to a Department of Labor request for a list of goods that may have been produced with child or forced labor in the Dominican Republic as mandated by the Trafficking in Victims Protection Act. 2. Post reports that the following goods, listed in paragraph four, are alleged [...]	2008-06-04 18:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DR
08SANTODOMINGO90	VIEW FROM SANTIAGO: FERNANDEZ CAMPAIGN FACES [...] (U) On January 11 ECOPOLCOUNS and POLOFF visited Santiago, the Dominican Republic's second largest city, to discuss the presidential election campaign. Santiago is the capital of a province of the same name, as well as the hub of the Cibao, a 14-province region with a record of successful priv [...]	2008-01-17 12:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO927	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SUBMISSION OF NOTE - AGREEMENT [...] Pursuant to refetl, Embassy submitted on June 9, 2008, Diplomatic Note No. 103, regarding the Global Peace Operations Initiative. Embassy had previously received verbal consent from the Dominican Armed Forces and understands that submission of this note does not require a formal, substantive [...]	2008-06-09 15:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS KTIA DR
08SANTODOMINGO929	ELECTION SHOWS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The analysis of Post and other observers of the 2008 presidential election is that the Dominican democratic system has improved to the extent that widespread election day fraud, which occurred as recently as 1994, is now a thing of the past. Other strengths of Dominican democr [...]	2008-06-09 18:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO967	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TERRORISM AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and ide [...]	2008-06-13 16:01:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO990	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: UH-1H HELICOPTER MECHANIC [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and ide [...]	2008-06-19 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTOOMINGO1959	RULE OF LW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 17:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR
08SAOPAULO104	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "Time For diplomacy" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/4): "Colombia owes an explanation to Ecuador and the international community for having violated Ecuadorian territory.... No one questions Bogota's right to harass the FARC, a Marxist guerrill [...]	2008-03-04 12:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO109	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "What Is Expected From Brazil" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo lead editorial maintained (3/5): "The Colombian invasion in Ecuador cannot be characterized as a casual and unmotivated act of aggression. The governments of Ecuador and Venezuela have clearly provide [...]	2008-03-06 10:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO11	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:31:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO114	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "The OAS' Prudent Decision" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/7): "Brazil, Argentina and Chile wisely decided to isolate caudillo Hugo Chvez, the main catalyst of the crisis being the first to break relations with Colombia and announcing the sendin [...]	2008-03-07 17:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO115	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES BOVESPA, BM&F IN MERGER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: Bovespa Holding, the company that controls and manages the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, and Brazil's Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) informed Brazil's Securities Commission (CVM) and investors on February 19 that the two companies had initiated negotiations for a possible merger [...]	2008-03-07 17:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO117	BRAZIL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) Despite the mostly encouraging news regarding Brazil's rapid economic growth, new trade and industry development is increasingly coming into conflict with the country's indigenous communities. The demarcation of indigenous lands allows for a degree of legal protection; however, even wh [...]	2008-03-10 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID ELAB ECON BR
08SAOPAULO119	QUILOMBO COMMUNITIES SERVE AS MODERN-DAY REMINDER OF [...] (SBU) As Brazil enjoys economic prosperity and growth, the plight of the Brazilian quilombos highlights that racial and income inequality persists. Although founded centuries ago, these communities of Afro-Brazilian slave descendants still serve as an important part of the country's legacy of [...]	2008-03-11 12:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL SOCI BR
08SAOPAULO12	LULA'S PLAN TO RECOVER CPMF REVENUES AS EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on January 2 three ways for compensating for lost revenues after losing the battle to renew the Provisional Financial Transactions Tax (CPMF) in December. As expected, the GOB announced a mix of tax hikes and potential cuts in government spen [...]	2008-01-10 16:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BR
08SAOPAULO122	SANTA CATARINA GOVERNOR SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT SCARE [...] (U) Summary: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the southern state of Santa Catarina, has survived an attempt to remove him from office over allegations of abuse of power. On February 21, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted for technical reasons to suspend the legal proceedings ag [...]	2008-03-12 09:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO123	MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN ELECTIONS; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 15:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO128	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SECSTATE RICE'S VISIT [...] "The War Continues" Columnist Eliane Cantanhede commented in largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/14): "Condoleezza Rice used her visit to Brasilia to send a tough message to Latin America, especially Venezuela and Ecuador. In a meeting with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, [...]	2008-03-14 15:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO129	BRAZIL'S WORKERS' CENTRALS GAIN LEGAL RECOGNITION, [...] (SBU) On March 11, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies passed a bill giving legal recognition to Brazil's labor Centrals. Although they have been playing an important role in Brazilian political life for many years, the Centrals have not been considered part of the national labor system, but rather [...]	2008-03-14 15:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN ECON BR
08SAOPAULO130	CHINA'S BUSINESS INTERESTS IN BRAZIL RECEIVE MIXED [...] (C) Although bilateral trade between China and Brazil continues to grow, there are increasing frustrations on both sides regarding access to each others' markets. For Brazilian business, China represents the largest opportunities for growth, but also the greatest economic risks, and many poi [...]	2008-03-14 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV ECON CH BR
08SAOPAULO138	MEDIA REACTION: SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: CHINA' REPRESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO142	SAO PAULO ELECTIONS: ALCKMIN MAYORAL CANDIDAC VIEWED AS [...] (SBU) The Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB),the counry's largest and most important opposition party is facing internal division as well as a possibe breach with its principal ally, the Democrats arty (DEM),over this year's municipal elections. Despite their partnership on the national [...]	2008-03-18 16:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO145	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: OAS MINISTERIAL [...] "Endless Nightmare At Sight" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/19): "A few days before the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the second most clamorous allegation by the Bush administration to justify the war against Saddam Hussein collapse [...]	2008-03-19 12:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. [...] "The Costs Of The Adventure" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/20): "The US invasion in Iraq was a humanitarian catastrophe and a political fiasco that placed the Pentagon in a situation without prospect of solution. It has also been a financial [...]	2008-03-20 12:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO15	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 10:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO170	HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...]	2008-04-02 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO171	REFORMING SAO PAULO'S JUVENILE CORRECTION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo's juvenile correctional system continues to battle its image as a network of uncaring staff and unsanitary facilities that turns young petty thieves into hardened criminals. Observers agree that sustained growth and development depend on Brazil's investing in its youth, especia [...]	2008-04-03 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM BR
08SAOPAULO177	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ABUSES INCREASE IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's indigenous population faces some of the harshest conditions among the native populations of Brazil. Government officials and landowners deny the extent of human rights abuses occurring in the state, but activists and the indigenous themselves recount stories of land [...]	2008-04-04 10:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO183	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 16:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO185	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S [...] "The Vice of Populism" Liberal and largest national circulation daily Folha de S.Paulo (4/10) says: "President Hugo Chavez, has been increasing expenses with all sorts of social programs for years in order to please his constituents... . This policy...translates into inflationary pressure. T [...]	2008-04-10 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO188	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; SCO [...] 'Material Incentives' in Cuba Center-right O Estado de S.Paulo (4/14) editorializes: "A resolution adopted in February [in Cuba] but only now made public establishes that a 'compaero' who is more productive than the other working the same job will receive a salary proportionally higher... . T [...]	2008-04-14 12:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO19	FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON BRAZILIAN POLITICS AND RELATIONS [...] (SBU) During a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant, discussed the opposition's victory over the government in a major tax battle and its implications for domes [...]	2008-01-15 16:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD BR VE
08SAOPAULO199	MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE HIGHLIGHTS BRAZIL'S AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Brazil's continued position as a leading international agricultural powerhouse is fueled by the rapid economic expansion in states such as Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Driven by high commodity prices as well as tourism to the world's largest wetland space, the Pantanal, MS is undergoing an [...]	2008-04-18 15:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON EIND ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO204	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PARAGUAY, PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 14:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO214	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES GET GREEN LIGHT FOR MERGER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's two stock exchanges announced their intent to merge on March 27. The merger of the Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa) and the Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) into BM&F Bovespa, S.A. will make the new exchange the third largest in the world in terms of market valu [...]	2008-04-29 15:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV AR BR
08SAOPAULO22	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 18:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO222	MEDIA REACTION: WORLD FOOD CRISIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO223	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: BOLIVIA, REFORMS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:22:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO225	All Politics is National: Presidential Race is Endgame of [...] (SBU) On April 24, the Sao Paulo State Executive Committee of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) voted unanimously to support Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab (Democratic Party - DEM) in this year's municipal elections. PMDB state president Orestes Quercia stated that nat [...]	2008-05-08 17:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO227	SOARING FOOD PRICES WOLDWIDE AND FOOD INFLATION IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil has suffered less from skyrocketing world food prices than other emerging markets. As a net global food supplier, Brazil's agricultural exports earnings are climbing. However, rising global inflation - particularly higher oil prices, which affect both the cost of fertili [...]	2008-05-09 09:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND EAGR ENRG KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO228	SAO PAULO POLICE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PCC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the second anniversary of organized criminal violence in Sao Paulo approaches (reftels),an investigation has uncovered evidence of possible civil police misconduct related to the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal gang. Two investigators have been accused of illicit wire [...]	2008-05-09 09:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO236	BRAZIL MOSTLY INSULATED FROM U.S. SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) ummary: Brazil is more insulated from any U.S. drien worldwide economic slowdown than other emergin market countries. Its domestic economy fuels ecnomic growth, Brazilian banks have plenty of captal to lend, and Brazil is increasingly integrated into world markets. Similarly, the Brazil [...]	2008-05-12 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO240	U.S. ACCOUNTING FIRMS WEIGH-IN ON BRAZIL-U.S. ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2008 Ambassador Sobel, Treasury Attache, Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and EconOffs met with the Brazilian-arms of the American accounting firms Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. The themes of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum dominated the discussion, in [...]	2008-05-13 11:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ECON EFIN BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO242	DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...]	2008-05-13 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR
08SAOPAULO247	BRAZIL AWARDED INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprising move, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) upgraded Brazil's foreign currency sovereign credit rating to investment grade on April 30. Financial analysts had widely speculated that Brazil might earn the upgrade later in 2008, but S&P surprised analys [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO248	MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...]	2008-05-16 09:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO25	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MIDDLE EAST VISIT; SAO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 15:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO260	BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN PRECARIOUS EQUILIBRIUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's 2008 electricity supply will just cover demand, leaving the county in a state of precarious equilibrium. President Lula is lucky that it has been raining sufficiently over the last six years to feed Brazil's hydroelectric reservoirs (which account for approximately 80 pe [...]	2008-05-28 14:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ENV PREL BR
08SAOPAULO264	BRAZILIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND BACK IN PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 13th announcement by Brazil's Finance Minister seeking to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for Brazil has been met with criticism from the financial community and concerns by the Central Bank. On the heels of this outpouring of negative press, President Lula ask [...]	2008-05-29 15:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO267	SECOND INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING FOR BRAZIL [...] (U) On May 29, Fitch upgraded Brazil's sovereign risk rating to investment grade, from BB+ (neutral outlook) to BBB- (neutral outlook). According to Fitch, "the impressive improvement in external finances, in part due to higher commodity prices, but also the result of good policy management, a [...]	2008-05-30 17:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO268	BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY INCREASES GOB'S HOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on May 12 a new industrial policy intended to stimulate economic growth with a goal of growing GDP by five percent per year from 2008 to 2010. The Productive Development Policy incorporates financing and tax breaks to achieve four main object [...]	2008-05-30 17:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO269	BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS: ETHANOL PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Soaring petroleum prices and a rapidly growing domestic fleet of flex-fuel cars are driving double-digit expansion in ethanol production in Brazil. In the coming year alone, Brazil's production of sugarcane-based ethanol is projected to increase 14.8 percent. Domestic demand for [...]	2008-06-02 14:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ELTN ETRD TRGY BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO276	CONTACTS FEAR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Brazil's trafficking in persons (TIP) dilemma presents a growing challenge to the law enforcement community and NGOs assisting with TIP victims. Brazil is home to some cases of agricultural forced labor as well as urban textile sweatshops where Bolivian migrants work in precarious condi [...]	2008-06-03 16:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO282	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA; SCO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 10:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO285	SAO PAULO: MARTA SUPLICY'S MAYORAL CANDIDACY COULD LEAD TO [...] (SBU) On June 4, Marta Suplicy confirmed her resignation as Minister of Tourism and her pre-candidacy as the Workers' Party (PT) candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. She and the PT are counting on three elements - President Lula's popularity, the strong economy, and division in opposition ranks - [...]	2008-06-06 17:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO288	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO291	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 11:03:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO292	ORGANIZED LABOR DOING WELL WITH LULA [...] (SBU) A year and a half into his second term, President Lula has won back the approval of many in organized labor who had expressed disenchantment with him during his first term. By signing legislation granting legal recognition and government funding to the large labor Centrals while vetoing [...]	2008-06-10 15:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO297	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 11:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO298	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 10:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO3	BIOFUELS ROUNDTABLE FOR A/S SULLIVAN IN SAO PAULO [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable on biofuels developments on December 12 at the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo. Biofuels interlocutors applauded the USG's progress on the U.S.-Brazil Me [...]	2008-01-04 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO30	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY: STOCK EXCHANGE TURBULENCE; [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 10:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO301	U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...]	2008-06-13 15:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO31	BRAZIL FACING DIFFICULT YEAR FOR NATURAL GAS SUPPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government began 2008 amid concerns of a possible electricity crisis due to a shortage of natural gas and lack of rain to fill hydropower reservoirs. Energy sector experts have been pointing to a possible shortage of natural gas since 2006 when Bolivia nationalized [...]	2008-01-23 11:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL BR ENRG
08SAOPAULO314	U.S. SCIENTISTS VISIT BRAZIL FOR MOU ON BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) As part of the U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels, a U.S. delegation of eight scientists and engineers from the Departments of Energy and Agriculture visited Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states from May 30 to June 6. Their visit follows a similar [...]	2008-06-18 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO32	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY: STOCK EXCHANGE TURBULENCE; SAO [...] "Anxiety And Panic In The US" IMF Managing Director Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. (representing Brazil and eight other nations in the organization) commented in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/24): "As everyone knows, the economic and financial situation here in [...]	2008-01-24 10:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO322	Sao Paulo Domestic Employee Validation Study [...] Summary: A recent study of B-1 domestic employee visas issued in Sao Paulo found a 3.5% overstay rate. By instituting new fraud prevention procedures, we hope to reduce this rate even further by closing certain loopholes. In almost all cases, overstays involved both the employer and the app [...]	2008-06-20 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KRFD CVIS KCRM SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO324	Mandatory SWT Report Shows 98.7 Percent Return Rate [...] (U) SUMMARY. Results of a mandatory end-of-season report from Brazilian Summer Work Travel (SWT) agencies show that 98.7 percent of participants had returned to Brazil or changed visa status legally in the U.S. by the end of the program. 1.2 percent of students overstayed their visa status, m [...]	2008-06-23 11:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD OEXC ELAB SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant and widely believed to be an unofficial advisor to President Lula, discussed his views on Brazil's newf [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO338	SAO PAULO: WITH AN EYE TO 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Avoiding open confrontation, the Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB) held its municipal convention June 22 and nominated former Governor Geraldo Alckmin as its candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. In a deal reportedly brokered by Governor Jose Serra, the faction that favored su [...]	2008-06-30 09:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO339	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 10:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO348	MEDIA REACTION: ZIMBABWE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 10:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO350	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 10:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO359	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 10:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO367	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 15:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO369	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 14:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO371	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] Decisive Game in Geneva Lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (07/14) comments: "The most influential trade negotiators will meet in Geneva within a week to try to save the Doha Round before the new U.S. president takes office. ... The positions never were so close, and yet, i [...]	2008-07-14 10:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO375	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] Another Package Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (7/15) says: "Frightened by the galloping economic crisis, the Bush administration announced another billion dollar package to help the financial crisis. ...With another billion dollar contribution, the Bush government and the Fed are tr [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO378	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 10:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO38	GOVERNMENT EXPANSION OF "BOLSA FAMILIA" BENEFITS DRAWS [...] On the last working day of 2007, President Lula expanded the scope of Bolsa Familia, the federal monthly stipend benefiting some 11 million poor families, to include an additional payment for each child aged 16 and 17. Opposition politicians called the action unethical and possibly in violati [...]	2008-01-28 18:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI EAID EFIN ECON BR
08SAOPAULO39	BRAZIL: NEGLECTED INDIGENOUS FACE LAND RIGHTS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) According to a range of Sao Paulo-based contacts, the Brazilian Government does not respect fully the territorial and cultural rights of indigenous peoples, leaving communities to subsist in squalid urban slums or neglected rural territories that represent a fraction of the lands the ind [...]	2008-01-29 09:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO392	BIOELECTRICITY THE NEXT BIOFUEL - ELECTRICITY SERIES #4 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the next big development in Brazilian biofuels, bioelectricity has been touted as the short-term solution to Brazil's potential electricity shortages. It is a clean source of electricity that requires little start-up time and is complementary to Brazil's predominately hydro [...]	2008-07-24 09:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EAGR ENV BR
08SAOPAULO394	REQUEST FOR DVC WITH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEDIA [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: PAS Sao Paulo requests a one-hour Digital Video Conference (DVC) with the Democratic and Republican Party media representatives in relation to the 2008 Presidential Elections with a specific focus on electoral coverage of the internet and internet-based social networks, s [...]	2008-07-24 11:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO

08SAOPAULO407	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 16:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO412	G/TIP LAGON VISIT TO SAO PAULO REVEALS BOTH PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Mark P. Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),visited Sao Paulo on June 26-27 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. Ambassador Lagon met with both federal and state-level members of the judicial and la [...]	2008-07-30 15:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
08SAOPAULO417	GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 11:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO423	DOHA, ETHANOL, AND THE WTO: WILL BRAZIL FIGHT? [...] (SBU) The collapse of the DOHA round WTO negotiations brings with it a call to continue fighting US agriculture subsidies directly through the WTO. In particular, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) may choose this fall to initiate a WTO case against the US tariff on ethanol imports fr [...]	2008-08-04 08:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO432	SUGAR, ETHANOL, CHARGES OF SLAVERY, AND TIP STRATEGY IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 16:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB EAGR ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO433	WAR AT CAUCASUS, DOHA 08-11-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO437	SOUTHERN BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES [...] (U) Ambassador Clifford Sobel traveled to the city of Curitiba, capital of the State of Parana, Brazil August 3-4, 2008. During his visit to Curitiba, Ambassador Sobel visited the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham),met with the Governor of Parana, Roberto Requico, was a featured speaker a [...]	2008-08-12 17:22:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN KCRM KMDR BR
08SAOPAULO438	RUSSIA/OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:08:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO443	ETHANOL, THE WTO, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: ROOM TO TALK? [...] (SBU) In the event of a WTO dispute over US tariffs on ethanol imports from Brazil, Brazil's largest association of sugar and ethanol producers (UNICA) would likely be asked to pay for the litigation. Conversations with high-ranking UNICA representatives show an organization ready for litigat [...]	2008-08-15 10:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO449	MEDIA REACTION: MUSHARRAF IMPEACHMENT; MERCOSUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 10:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO452	REINTERPRETING THE VALUE OF DOHA'S FAILURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 09:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO454	BRAZIL'S TRADE STRATEGY POST-DOHA: FIESP's POSITION [...] (SBU) In an August 21 meeting between Ambassador Sobel and Mario Marconini (strictly protect),Director for International Negotiations at FIESP (Sao Paulo Federation of Industries),Marconini provided his insights into Brazil's negotiating position during the last round of Doha trade negotiati [...]	2008-08-25 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL BR
08SAOPAULO456	GEORGIA/RUSSIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 12:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO457	BEHIND THE (GEORGIA) CONFLICT, A FIGHT FOR OIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 11:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO458	GEORGIA-RUSSIA CRISIS; U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 08:31:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO460	U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO461	ELO TEAM DVC "BROWN BAG" - BEST PRACTICE? [...] (U) Summary. Consulate General Sao Paulo's Entry-level Committee (ELC) held a series of digital video conferences with bureaus in Washington, D.C. on mid-level job opportunities. Participants described mid-level positions, key functions of each bureau, skills of successful candidates, and the [...]	2008-08-29 12:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT APER BR
08SAOPAULO467	Mission Participates in Diversity Panel on Race and [...] Summary: Congen Management Officer (and published author) gave a U.S. perspective on diversity as an invited member of a panel on the subject at Sao Paulo's Biannual Book Festival on August 20. The event featured many of the most important members of Brazil's diversity community. Panel di [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO468	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE 050073566 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Econoff conducted three separate site visits and was able to confirm receipt of the parts by Foreign Consignee Embraer. Site visits revealed that Embraer's license application contained erroneous information about consignee Darrigo & Valente Transportes, [...]	2008-09-04 17:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CO BR
08SAOPAULO471	JETBLUE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN AIRLINE AZUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By the end of 2008, start-up airline Azul Linhas Aereas (Blue Airlines),the fourth airline started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be poised to initiate its inaugural flight in Brazil. With a business plan replicating JetBlue's, Neeleman is building the new airline wi [...]	2008-09-05 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO474	GLOBAL ECONOMY - MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO476	BRAZIL'S CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT NOT WORRISOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is set to run its first current account deficit since 2002; however, unlike previous years, the more stable composition of the balance of payments should protect the Brazilian economy from crises. The floating exchange rate, smaller share of foreign currency denominated [...]	2008-09-08 15:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO477	GLOBAL ECONOMY - MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 10:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO48	MEDIA REACTION: State of the Union Message; Sao Paulo [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 10:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO483	BRAZILIAN MONETARY POLICY-MODERATE IMPACT SO FAR [...] Summary: Continuing a tightening cycle, the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB) raised the benchmark interest rate, the SELIC, for the fourth time this year. The 0.75 percentage point increase puts the SELIC at its highest level in nearly two years at 13.75 percent. While curbing domestic demand is [...]	2008-09-15 16:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO484	GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA [...] Worse and Worse Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/16) says: "And here we are, with Paulson [Secretary of Treasury] apparently believing that playing Russian roulette with the U.S. financial system was the better option." The phrase, by economist Paul Krugman, describes with acutene [...]	2008-09-16 11:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO485	U.S. REAL ESTATE FIRMS BULLISH ON BRAZILIAN MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 22, Ambassador Sobel met with senior executives of U.S. real estate firms operating in Brazil to discuss the competitive environment in the sector. The group, which included residential, commercial and industrial real estate developers, as well as real estate investo [...]	2008-09-17 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO486	GLOBAL FINANCIAL VOLATILITY-BRAZIL RESERVED NOT SCARED [...] (SBU) Summary: The unprecedented bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest U.S. investment bank, sent shockwaves across the financial markets, hitting Brazil's stock exchange, the Bovespa, particularly hard. On September 15, the Bovespa fell 7.59 percent, bringing the total losses for [...]	2008-09-17 17:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO487	GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 11:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO49	BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...]	2008-02-01 13:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR
08SAOPAULO490	GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA [...] Superpowers Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/19) says: "Due to a lack of a fiscal device to deal with the crisis, the Bush administration decides, without criteria, on the life and death of the companies. In times of war, the Chief of State use to have a special mandate, which temp [...]	2008-09-19 11:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO497	BRAZIL FOREIGN POLICY: INTERESTS VS. IDEOLOGY, AND MAYBE [...] (SBU) A significant number of academics and international relations consultants in Sao Paulo are frustrated with Brazil's current foreign policy. In their view, left-wing elements in both the Workers Party (PT) and in the Foreign Ministry put ideology ahead of national interest. The critics [...]	2008-09-23 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	BR
08SAOPAULO498	GLOBAL ECONOMY; SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 11:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO499	Sao Paulo Consultations Related to the Joint Action Plan to [...] Summary: USG officials held consultations in Sao Paulo with members of civil society on September 10 at Unipalmares, Brazil's first and only university tailored to the needs of Afro-Brazilians. The consultation followed technical meetings for the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Raci [...]	2008-09-23 11:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO503	SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 10:35:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO520	GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 11:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO521	Major Visa Fraud Arrest in Sao Paulo [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 23, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the detention of a document producer, a document vendor and three non-immigrant visa applicants. Police were filing charges against them f [...]	2008-09-30 16:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO522	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prominent Investment magazine Latin Finance hosted its 6th Annual Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo on September 18. While the original intent of the conference was to explore financing growth and investment in Brazil, taking advantage of Brazil's out-performance of its emerg [...]	2008-09-30 17:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO523	GLOBAL ECONOMY; ECUADOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 11:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO528	Senator Hagel Meets Sao Paulo Business/Political Leaders [...] Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, during which time he met with a variety of interlocutors, including local business representatives as well as foreign policy experts and the Sao Paulo State Governor (foreign policy and Serra discussions Septel). Business contacts [...]	2008-10-02 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO529	Senator Hagel in Brazil, Meetings on Foreign Policy [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, meeting with a variety of interlocutors, including foreign policy experts and Sao Paulo Governor -- and likely 2010 presidential candidate -- Jose Serra. They emphasized that the United States should not try to push Brazil on [...]	2008-10-02 16:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO53	WILL BRAZIL JOIN THE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND CLUB? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the closing months of 2007, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega proposed establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) as a vehicle to intervene in foreign exchange markets to curb the appreciation of Brazil's currency. Brazil's controversial plan differs substantially fro [...]	2008-02-07 09:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO536	SAO PAULO MAYOR'S RACE: KASSAB'S PERFORMANCE SOLIDIFIES [...] (U) Summary: DEM Party Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab's surprising first-place finish in first-round Sao Paulo mayoral voting against PT candidate Marta Suplicy makes Kassab the favorite for the October 26 second-round vote. Even more important, Kassab's strong showing solidifies P [...]	2008-10-07 08:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BR
08SAOPAULO541	GLOBAL ECONOMY; FINANCIAL CRISES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 09:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO542	LEVERAGING LEBANON,S DIASPORA FOR [...] (C) This message contains an Action Request. See Paragraph 12. Summary: 2. (C) Brazil's extensive Lebanese Diaspora, the largest such community in the world, contains important, influential people who want to work with the USG to help the cause of democracy in Lebanon, a position made [...]	2008-10-09 14:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHALANAGE PARTY PINR PREL KISL LE BR
08SAOPAULO548	BRAZILIAN CENTRAL BANK TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's banking system is well positioned to weather the external financial crisis. Brazilian bank assets are of good quality and the banks themselves, especially the larger institutions, have high levels of liquidity. Because of capital adequacy requirements, Brazilian bank [...]	2008-10-10 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO55	US CONSULATE GENERAL SAO PAULO UNDERGOES CRISIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Selected staff of the U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo participated in crisis management training on December 6, 2007 and a mission wide Digital Video Conference (DVC) crisis management exercise on December 14, 2007. Observations and recommendations, keyed to reftel para 2, A-H, f [...]	2008-02-07 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AFSI ASEC BR CASC KESS OTRA
08SAOPAULO550	RUSSIA, VENEZUELA AND GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO554	GLOBAL ECONOMY/FINANCIAL CRISIS; U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 10:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO56	POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS [...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...]	2008-02-08 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO560	MILITARY-CIVIL POLICE CLASH OUTSIDE SAO PAULO [...] (C) Summary: Striking members of the Civil Police clashed with on-duty Military Police in a confrontation that left 25 persons wounded near the Sao Paulo Governor Serra's Palace on 10/16. The confrontation, which generated some lurid TV and press images, reflects Civil Police frustration with [...]	2008-10-17 15:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO566	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 09:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO581	Brazil: Sao Paulo Mayor Wins Landslide Reelection, Set Up [...] (U) Summary: Democrats (DEM) Party candidate and incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab capped off an extraordinary political comeback with a 61-39 victory over Workers Party (PT) candidate Marta Suplicy in the second round of the mayoral race on 10/26. Kassab's convincing win represents a [...]	2008-10-27 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO589	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 09:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO590	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS BRAZIL'S ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The lack of credit worldwide has hit Brazil's energy sector. Despite the recent discoveries of billions of barrels of oil reserves below Brazil's seafloor, Brazil faces an increasingly uphill battle to turn the government's energy rhetoric into reality. Estimates range that it w [...]	2008-11-03 12:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO593	BRAZILIAN BANK MERGER CREATES LARGEST IN SOUTHERN [...] (U) Unibanco and Itau announced the merger of their two Brazilian banking institutions on November 3. The combined bank, Itau Unibanco Holding SA, will become the largest private financial institution in the Southern Hemisphere and among the top 20 banks worldwide. Itau was previously the th [...]	2008-11-03 15:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BR
08SAOPAULO594	DESPITE FINANCIAL DOWNTURN, GLOBA FINANCIAL PLAYERS SEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Country Managers for four major international financial firms - Morgan Stanley, Carlyle roup, American Insurance Group (AIG),and Rabobank consistently voiced concerns over the near to medium- term impact of the financial crisis and how it would affect their individual sect [...]	2008-11-04 10:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAG BR
08SAOPAULO60	MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: GUANTANAMO; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO602	U.S. ELECTIONS AND G-20 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO605	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO606	SAO PAULO RACE COULD SET STAGE FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Sao Paulo mayoral race set the stage for Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, positioning Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra (Social Democrats - PSDB, opposition) to face off against presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers Party - PT, government),presid [...]	2008-11-07 18:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO607	G-20- Global Economy- Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 12:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO61	PARANA GOVERNOR REQUIAO TAKES ON THE FEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute between Parana State Governor Roberto Requiao and federal prosecutors and judges has attracted widespread media attention. Prosecutors accused the Governor of using the state's public educational television channel as a vehicle to promote his own political agenda and [...]	2008-02-13 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO612	BRAZIL'S PORT LEGISLATION AND SANTOS CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Port bottlenecks have historically been a major cost of doing business in Brazil. The GOB is hoping the new Brazilian ports decree, made effective on October 29 allowing private ports concessions and simplifying the regulatory framework regulating the construction and moderniz [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO615	G-20 and Doha- Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 12:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO616	Iraq, Global Economic Crisis- Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO618	Mercosul - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 11:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO621	DESPITE CRISIS, MORGAN STANLEY BULLISH ON BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10th, Ambassador Sobel met with the senior Brazil management of Morgan Stanley to discuss the firm's prospects and how the firm is weathering the current financial downturn. Management reported that while they expect mergers and acquisition activity to be brisk, ce [...]	2008-11-21 09:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO625	Chavez- The Oligarch - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 11:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO630	SEVERE FLOODING IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL [...] (U) Heavy rains in the Southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina have left at least 68 dead and over 50,000 homelesss. Santa Catarina State Governor, Luis Henrique da Silveira reported that this is the worst climatic tragedy faced by Santa Catarina state in its history. He said heavy rainfal [...]	2008-11-26 10:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CASC PREL BR
08SAOPAULO632	Chavez - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO636	Global Economy: Financial market crisis - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 11:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO639	Hillary Clinton- Nominated for Sec State - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 14:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO641	Hillary Clinton and the new US National Security Team - Sao [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 18:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO642	FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT RING SHUT DOWN WITH LIGHTNING SPEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 13, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the arrest of four members of a fraudulent document ring in Sorocaba, Brazil (Note: Sorocaba is a city of 557,500 located 80 miles to the [...]	2008-12-03 12:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO643	- Obama's heterogeneous team will call for firm control Sao [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 13:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO65	BRAZIL: SAO PAULO INPUT FOR NEW ENERGY REPORT [...] (U) Post sends this cable in response to reftel request for energy-related activities at post. The information below corresponds to the format requested in reftel. --A. Energy Work: The Political-Economic Section of Consulate General Sao Paulo has two economic officers that share coverage o [...]	2008-02-14 17:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO650	DIFFERING BRAZILIAN VOICES ON U.S. ETHANOL POLICY AT [...] (U) Summary: At the Government of Brazil's (GOB) much anticipated International Conference on Biofuels held in Sao Paulo from November 17 to 21, GOB reps, for the most part, stuck to the spirit of the U.S.-Brazil biofuels MOU and kept to promises to remain united with the U.S. on expanding et [...]	2008-12-04 18:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO652	Transition - Sec State Nomination - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO654	Global Economy- China - Sao Paulo Media Reaction - December [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 13:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO655	Corrected Copy - Global Economy- China - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 14:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO66	POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...]	2008-02-15 08:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO661	GLOBAL ECONOMY- BRICS AND ANTI-CRISIS ARSENAL - SAO PAULO MEDIA REACTION - DECEMBER 11, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 18:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO663	GLOBAL ECONOMY-BRICS AND ANTI-CRISIS ARSENAL DECEMBER 11, [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 11:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO664	AZUL AIRLINES "TAKES-OFF" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers attended the inaugural demonstration flight of new low-cost Brazilian airline, Azul Airlines, on December 2. While Azul had originally wanted its hub to be from the local Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, they will be operating from the Campinas airpo [...]	2008-12-12 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO676	WHA - Chavez, Brazilian Leadership and the CALC Summit - [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 16:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO677	CHAVEZ, BRAZILIAN LEADERSHIP AND THE CALC SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 16:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO678	SAO PAULO STATE ORGANIZES TIP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo and the Secretary of Justice and Citizen Defense organized a broad-based meeting for NGOs and government agencies dedicated to fighting Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Sao Paulo on December 16. Panelists stressed their commitment to "institutionalizing" th [...]	2008-12-19 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
08SAOPAULO679	ECONOMIC CRISIS HELPS SERRA POSITION FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The PSDB leadership sees an opportunity for their party as the ongoing global economic crisis hits Brazil. In this context, Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the most likely PSDB nominee right now, has started a campaign of economic activism at the state level, promoting prog [...]	2008-12-19 17:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO680	BRAZIL'S BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR 2009 NOT GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Brazil's impressive September economic performance, most of the domestic indicators show that 2009 will be a difficult year. Contacts across Brazilian business sectors told the Consul General that they are preparing for difficult times in 2009. Early indicators of co [...]	2008-12-19 18:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO683	UN WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, SAO PAULO, NOVEMBER [...] (U)Summary: The UN Workshop on UNSCR 1540 Implementation held in Sao Paulo on November 24-28, 2008, was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Brazil with funding by the European Union and the Governments of Norway and the United Sta [...]	2008-12-23 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP BR
08SAOPAULO687	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit, and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as well as the answers to the r [...]	2008-12-29 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08SAOPAULO691	ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A. Crime Threats: The criminal threat for Sao Paulo is rated critical by the Department of State. Despite reported decreases in crime levels in the State of Sao Paulo, crime is still oppressive and widespread. Much of Sao Paulo,s crimes and violence can be [...]	2008-12-30 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08SAOPAULO692	Media Reaction - Mideast - Gaza, Arab-Israeli engagement; [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 13:06:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
08SAOPAULO70	MEDIA REACTION: KOSOVO; SAO PAULO [...] QIndependent Kosovo Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/19) editorialized: QThe way Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia was not normal. The ideal process for the emergence of a nation was not respected. Among other reasons, an understanding did not work [...]	2008-02-19 13:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO76	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: FIDEL CASTRO'S [...] "Fidel's Resignation" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/20) editorialized: "The impact of Fidel Castro's resignation is above all a symbolic one. In practical terms, it only makes official the situation that has existed since July 2006, when the dictator began [...]	2008-02-20 13:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO77	FOLLOW-UP WITH SENIOR JUSTICE ON DRUG AND WEAPONS [...] (C/NF) Sao Paulo State Court of Appeals Criminal Division Justice, Jose Amado de Faria Souza, told Consul General (CG) that while his concerns expressed reftel regarding the possible transportation of heavy weapons across the Tri-Border Area (TBA) and from Colombia into Brazil were based on c [...]	2008-02-20 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV OEXC SNAR KCRM BR
08SAOPAULO80	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 12:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO85	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] "Advance In Pakistan" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/22): editorialized: "Contrary to expectations, Pakistan managed to have calm and apparently clean elections, thereby advancing towards establishing itself as a democratic nation. What is bad is that the re [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO86	BRAZIL'S CENTRAL BANK SETS NEW RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Central Bank (CB) has established new reserve requirements on commercial leasing operations in order to close a loophole that allowed companies to avoid Brazil's high reserve requirements. This action will also serve to tighten credit, control inflation, improve e [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR

08SAOPAULO87	SAO PAULO STATE SLOWLY ADDRESSES PRISON CONDITIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo State officials candidly admit that a host of challenges exist within the state penitentiary system but tell us they are working hard on addressing the prison network's shortcomings. According to state authorities, the cash-strapped Secretariat for Prison Administration (SAP) [...]	2008-02-22 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ASEC BR

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