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09CARACAS1187	29 MORE RADIO STATIONS THREATENED; THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Venezuelan government announced on September 7 its intention to close another 29 radio stations for alleged administrative and tax irregularities, bringing to 61 the number of radio stations targeted and/or closed since July 31. The timing of the closures and the names of [...]	2009-09-10 16:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE

09CARACAS1188	NEW LEGISLATION DECIMATES THE CARACAS METROPOLITAN [...] (C) Summary: Along with a flurry of other legislation, the National Assembly (AN) passed on August 26 a new "Law of Municipal Regimen at Two Levels of the Metropolitan Area" that removes most of the authorities and budget of the metropolitan government. The new law grants opposition Mayor [...]	2009-09-10 18:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS119	ELECTORAL COUNCIL RECTOR ON 2010 ELECTIONS, TE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1194	OPPOSITION PARTY "PODEMOS" ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Podemos party's request, the Ambassador met September 9 with National Assembly (AN) Deputies Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Jose Molina, and Ismael Garcia. They argued that the 2010 AN elections were the "last chance for democracy" in Venezuela in light of President Chavez's dismantlin [...]	2009-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1195	OPPOSITION PARTY "PODEMOS" ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: At the Podemos party's request, the Ambassador met September 9 with National Assembly (AN) Deputies Ricardo Gutierrez, Juan Jose Molina, and Ismael Garcia. They argued that the 2010 AN elections were the "last chance for democracy" in Venezuela in light of President Chavez's d [...]	2009-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1198	EARTHQUAKE STRIKES VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundation (FUNVISI). FUNVISI reported that the earthquake's epicenter was 100 kilometers west of Caracas, off the coast of Carabobo st [...]	2009-09-14 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET VE
09CARACAS1201	GLOBOVISION TV PLAYS WITH FIRE; BURNED A 6TH TIME [...] (C) Summary: On September 7, CONATEL, the Venezuelan government's telecommunications regulatory commission, opened a sixth administrative proceeding against Globovision Television, this time for its September 3 broadcast of text messages from viewers warning of a coup and calling for people to resi [...]	2009-09-15 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1207	CHAVEZ DEMANDS OBAMA EXPLAIN DCA TO UNASUR [...] (SBU) Speaking in Madrid on September 11, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeated the suggestion, first raised by Brazilian President Da Silva at the August 28 UNASUR summit in Argentina, that President Obama publicly explain the purpose of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with Colombia. [...]	2009-09-15 21:13:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1208	VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ'S EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF REPSOL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Friday, September 11, President Chavez trumpeted that Spanish oil company Repsol had made a significant natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela. Repsol issued a press release reiterating President Chavez's statement. This discovery was made in one of seven off-shore blo [...]	2009-09-16 14:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1209	NO SHORT TERM DELIVERIES FROM CHAVEZ'S RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced September 13 that he had agreed to purchase USD 2.2 billion worth of weapons from Russia. Russia reportedly is providing financing for this purchase. The weapons would include main battle tanks (MBTs),components of an integrated air d [...]	2009-09-16 15:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL VE CO RU
09CARACAS1218	EARTHQUAKE STRIKS VENEZUELA, BUT CHAVEZ DOESN'T [...] (U) This information was previously reported in a classified cable on September 14. This information is unclassified. 2. (U) On September 12, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Venezuela at approximately 3:36 PM local time, according to the Venezuelan Seismological Foundati [...]	2009-09-17 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1224	ANOTHER OPPOSITION POLITICIAN SEEKS ASYLUM IN PERU [...] (C) Summary: Local papers report that Oscar Perez, a close ally of opposition Mayor of Greater Caracas Antonio Ledezma, presented his petition to the Peruvian Government September 17 for political asylum. Perez has been in hiding for nearly three weeks after an arrest warrant was issued for [...]	2009-09-18 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1225	OPPOSITON MAYOR GUNNED DOWN BY UNKNOWN KILLERS [...] (SBU) On September 12, opposition Mayor Lluvane Alvarez was shot dead in front of his house in Coloncito, a ranching town in northern Tachira state. Mayor Alvarez was a member of COPEI, Venezuela's Christian Democratic party and a strong supporter of Tachira's COPEI Governor Cesar Perez Vivas [...]	2009-09-18 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1226	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT USES DCA TO JUSTIFY ARMS [...] (SBU) Following the fractious September 15 UNASUR Summit in Quito, President Chavez declared victory, claiming on a September 17 television broadcast that Colombia had been "completely isolated." He said it was "embarrassing" that the Colombians could not even show the Defense Cooperation A [...]	2009-09-18 19:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1228	PARALLEL RATE DROPS ON APPARENT GBRV SALE OF [...] (U) The parallel rate has dropped approximately 17 percent over the last seven weeks, from 7 bolivars (Bs)/USD in early August to its current rate of 5.8 Bs/ USD (as measured by the cost of buying one dollar),with the sharpest drop occurring over the past 10 days. Most analysts attribute th [...]	2009-09-18 19:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1230	STILL NO AGREEMENT ON DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] (C) Summary: South African Ambassador Bhekizzizwe Gila told Ambassador Duddy on September 18 that South African President Zuma would attend the September 26-27 UNASUR -African Union Summit taking place on Venezuela's Margarita Island. Gila said the heads of state of Brazil, Libya, Algeria, and poss [...]	2009-09-18 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1231	CARABOBO GOVERNOR CALLS VENEZUELA A DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with the Ambassador on September 16, opposition Governor of Carabobo State, Henrique Salas Feo, highlighted the deterioration of Carabobo's economy and problems following the nationalization of Venezuela's main port, Puerto Cabello. He observed that disagreement [...]	2009-09-18 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1232	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez unveiled September 17 two new structures within his central government, pledging to fully explain the changes and 40 pending economic decisions in the coming days. He designated six of his Cabinet ministers as Vice Presidents with different areas of responsibi [...]	2009-09-18 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1233	RESPONSE TO MAJORS DESIGNATION NEGATIVE [...] (SBU) During a September 17 press conference, Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Tarek El Aissami gave the Venezuelan government (GBRV) response to the Presidential Determination for Major Drug-Transit and Major Illicit Drug-Producing Countries (the Majors). El Aissami described the [...]	2009-09-18 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1236	VENEZUELA: INSIGHT INTO LUKOIL AND THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian oil companies in Venezuela understand that government-to-government negotiations are the most expedient way to advance commercial relations in Venezuela. In addition to working through a consortium to sign new oil deals, the individual companies are preparing to transfer [...]	2009-09-21 11:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1240	VENEZUELA: PRODUCTION UPDATE FROM PDVSA AND [...] (C) A petroleum engineer working on crude oil production at Shell and PDVSA's joint venture on Lake Maracaibo provided some insights into the challenges of oil production in Venezuela's oldest production area. According to the engineer, the production of Petroregional del Lago (PERLA) had dro [...]	2009-09-22 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1246	VENEZUELA: INSIGHTS FROM PDVSA'S SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX provided insight into PDVSA's finances and strategy, saying that PDVSA plans to issue additional bonds in the coming months and to use the revenues to pay pending arrears to oil services companies. PDVSA has also negotiated payment in crude oil shipments for outstanding di [...]	2009-09-23 14:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS126	VENEZUELA: SEEKING IMPROVED TIES WITH COLUMBIA [...] (C) Summary. In response to the worldwide economic crisis, on January 24, Presidents Uribe and Chavez agreed to create an economic commission focused on binational issues, including a binational fund for microfinance projects. Documented trade between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (B [...]	2009-01-29 21:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS1261	SURVEY INDICATES PRIVATE SECTOR NOT INVESTING LONG [...] (U) Venezuelan businesspeople are pessimistic about the current state of the economy, according to a recent survey conducted by the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce of 156 businesses. Of those surveyed, thirty-seven percent do not plan to invest in Venezuela (in the short, medium or lon [...]	2009-09-29 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON VE
09CARACAS1262	HR DEFENDERS WARN OF AUTHORITARIANISM, ARBITRARY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 24 breakfast hosted by Embassy Caracas' human rights officer, Venezuelan human rights defenders expressed profound concern to 22 Caracas based diplomats about the increasingly limited democratic space within the country. They expressed concern about the disc [...]	2009-09-29 15:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
09CARACAS1265	VENEZUELA: GBRV ERECTING OBSTACLES TO NEW LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The collective bargaining agreement for the Oil, Chemical, and Gas Workers Federation of Venezuela (FUTEV) expired on January 21, 2009. Our contacts report the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) and PDVSA do not want to negotiate a costly new collective bargaining agreemen [...]	2009-09-30 13:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB ECON ENRG VE
09CARACAS1266	BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet expressed concern that allegations in the blogosphere of Banesco's involvement with Iranian banks, although they were false, could damage Banesco's reputation. (Note: Banesco is privately held and by some measu [...]	2009-09-30 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE IR
09CARACAS1269	STUDENT-LED HUNGER STRIKE BROADENS APPEAL; FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary: As of September 29, a student-led hunger strike entered its 7th day, expanding from an initial group of 33 protesters in front of the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Caracas to upwards of 160 students, unionists, journalists, and prisoners in severa [...]	2009-09-30 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1270	VENEZUELA'S DEBT: MANAGEABLE FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As of June 30, Venezuela's sovereign external debt officially stood at USD 30 billion and its internal debt at 44 billion bolivars (USD 20 billion at the official exchange rate). These levels appear quite manageable given the size of Venezuela's economy. However several fact [...]	2009-10-01 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1271	SCHOOLS ON ALERT, NO IMPLEMENTATION YET OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan schools and universities reopened on September 15 with little fanfare, despite earlier concerns about potential unrest as a result of the controversial new Education Law that was passed during the summer school recess (ref A). The Venezuelan government (GBRV) has not y [...]	2009-10-01 14:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1275	COLOMBIAN BEEF IS NOT WHAT IS FOR DINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a result of chilly Venezuela-Colombia bilateral relations, food processors are pessimistic about Venezuela's future beef imports from Colombia. By presidential order, trade is effectively paralyzed, and some processors can only access raw materials from a domestic cattle her [...]	2009-10-02 13:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD VE PGOV
09CARACAS1279	STUDENTS END HUNGER STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 7 day student-led hunger strike, initially launched on September 24 as a protest against the arrest of student activist Julio Rivas, ended late the evening of September 30. The students called off the protest and claimed victory, stating that their demands had been fully [...]	2009-10-02 17:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS128	TENSIONS MOUNTING WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO TO [...] (C) Summary: With just over two weeks to go before President Chavez's February 15 referendum to remove term limits, tensions are high with near daily confrontations between student protesters and the police. Chavez continues to foment political polarization and is warning that if the amend [...]	2009-01-30 18:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CASC ASEC VE
09CARACAS1280	RESPONSE: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] The Embassy Caracas officer in charge of marine scientific research authorizations is Veronica Millares (Sept 2009 - Mar 2010). Ms. Millares, back up is Economic Counselor Darnall Steuart. 2. To request an authorization, OPA must submit relevant documents to Embassy Caracas for submissi [...]	2009-10-02 17:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KRVC TPHY VE
09CARACAS1281	GBRV USES ANTI-TRADE MEASURES TO PUNISH COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Chavez's July 28 announcement to freeze relations with Colombia, trade experts and business leaders in both countries downplayed the threat to bilateral trade and predicted that Chavez would not damage a mutually beneficial commercial relationship. But recent [...]	2009-10-02 18:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1283	ANOTHER BOND ISSUANCE TARGETS THE PARALLEL MARKET [...] (U) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced on September 28 and 29 the terms for the planned issuance of USD 3 billion in dollar-denominated bonds (Bonos Soberanos Internacionales). Half the bonds will mature in 2019 and half in 2024, and all will be Eurobonds registered in Luxembourg. A [...]	2009-10-02 19:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1284	AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT SHORT ON SUBSTANCE, LONG ON HEADACHES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE UNCHC EAID
09CARACAS1286	SUGAR PROCESSORS ARE BRV FAVORITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the BRV's overall negative attitude toward big business, Venezuela's large sugar processors have found official foreign exchange and import permits easier to obtain. A prime example is Centro Azucarero Portuguesa (CAPSA),the country's largest processor. However, facilitated ac [...]	2009-10-05 20:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE ETRD
09CARACAS1287	GOVERNMENT FURTHER REDUCES SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government has announced that radio stations will be required to broadcast 3.5 hours/day of government-selected programs and another 2 hours/day of nationally-produced programming. The new rules would also essentially end syndicated radio programming. The gover [...]	2009-10-05 20:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1292	STUDENT HUNGER STRIKES ENDED, BUT APPEALS FOR OAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Student protests calling for a visit by the Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) of the Organization of American States (OAS) continue. However, an October 3 march was poorly attended and ended with students "mooning" National Guard troops. On October 5, 15 students in the bor [...]	2009-10-06 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1295	URBAN LANDS LAW THREATENS PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On August 14, the National Assembly unanimously approved a new law that grants the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) wide authority to seize underutilized urban lands to develop socialist housing projects. While the law is yet unpublished in the Official Gaz [...]	2009-10-07 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CARACAS1296	VENEZUELA: THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPING URANIUM RESERVES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IR KNNP VE
09CARACAS1311	VENEZUELA: CONCRETE ECONOMIC MEASURES STILL [...] (C) Summary: Despite weeks of anticipation, a press conference by the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) three top economic officials yielded little in the way of concrete new economic measures. The officials outlined general economic goals but offered no significant new proposals that would c [...]	2009-10-09 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1312	VISAS VIPER SEP 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on September 29, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for September 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...]	2009-10-13 13:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1318	VENEZUELA: LOOMING POWER BLACKOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not adequately invested in the electrical sector nor addressed its deteriorating infrastructure resulting in hundreds of isolated local power outages and regular nation-wide outages. Domestic electricity consumption has increased ov [...]	2009-10-14 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1321	GBRV "SURPRISED" ABOUT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government (GBRV) reacted immediately and strongly to the October 9 news that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Venezuela's Public Defender Gabriela Ramirez said early that morning on the government-owned VTV the award "made a mockery of human rights," [...]	2009-10-14 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1325	GBRV INCREASINGLY ISOLATING ITSELF ON AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA),reports that all international airlines continue to experience prolonged delays in receiving dollars from the Venezuelan Commission for Foreign Exchange Administration (CADIVI). According to IATA statistics in early October [...]	2009-10-15 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
09CARACAS1326	VENEZUELA: JOINT VENTURE WITH PETROVIETNAM NEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to senior PDVSA officials, the process to launch a joint venture between PDVSA and PetroVietnam is pending a decree from President Chavez. Plans for PDVSA to build a refinery in Vietnam have fallen through, however. Nevertheless, PDVSA continues to plan to sign a long-t [...]	2009-10-15 15:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1330	POLLSTER: VENEZUELANS LOVE CHAVEZ, BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met October 9 with Luis Vicente Leon, the director of the prominent Datanalisis polling firm, who shared his analysis of the results of his September poll. He distinguished between President Chavez's enduring personal popularity, hovering around 53 percent, and the dec [...]	2009-10-15 19:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1333	VENEZUELA: AMBASSADOR VIEWS ECONOMIC SITUATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled to the State of Zulia October 4-7 and met with a range of political, private sector, and business leaders. This cable highlights the economic messages delivered to him by the business community. It reinforces reftels that point to decreased private sector inves [...]	2009-10-15 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1334	GBRV EXPROPRIATES ONE OF CHAVEZ'S FAVORITE HOTELS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 14, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) assumed formal control of the Margarita Hilton Hotel and Suites Hotel complex after President Chavez complained that the owners were enriching themselves at the expense of the local tourism industry. The Marga [...]	2009-10-16 10:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV KPOL VE
09CARACAS1335	C-AL9-02049: CHAVEZ PLEASED THAT ZELAYA IS BACK [...] (C) Summary: In answer to questions posed in ref A, President Chavez appeared delighted with President Zelaya's physical return to Honduras on September 21. He continues to accuse the U.S. of instigating and definitely supporting the ouster of Zelaya in June, and includes the events in Hondu [...]	2009-10-16 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PINS HO VE
09CARACAS1338	VENEZUELA: ENSCO BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ensco executives remain optimistic that the U.S. drilling company will recover the offshore platform seized by PDVSA in January 2009 and hopes amicably to resolve the situation leaving open the possibility of future cooperation. The company does not want the USG to raise its spe [...]	2009-10-16 18:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1339	COFFEE INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DECLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading private sector representatives state that Venezuela's policy of fixed output prices, ineffective support for farmers, and probable takeover of two leading coffee processors, will reinforce a downward trend in output and result in additional raw coffee imports. As even d [...]	2009-10-16 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS1340	PDVSA ANNOUNCES USD 3 BILLION BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) announced on October 16 terms for a USD 3 billion bond issuance. The issuance, which had been widely expected, is a combination of three "Petrobonos" maturing in 2014, 2015, and 2016 with coupons ranging from 4.9 to 5.125 percent. The terms of the issuance [...]	2009-10-16 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS1344	RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO BUILD NUCLEAR REACTORS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 15 initial courtesy call with Ambassador Duddy, Russian Ambassador Zaemsky denied reports that Russia would help Venezuela build nuclear reactors, saying that its nuclear cooperation with Venezuela was limited to the medical field and food controls. With respect [...]	2009-10-19 12:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KNNP PREL RU VE
09CARACAS135	CARACAS SYNAGOGUE ATTACKED, CHAVEZ BLAMES [...] (C) Summary. A group of unidentified armed gunmen vandalized a prominent Caracas synagogue during the late night-early morning hours of January 30-31. The intruders appeared to have planned the attack well, defeating the synagogue's security system and subduing two contract guards. They not [...]	2009-02-02 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS
09CARACAS1351	VIEW FROM THE BARRIOS: CARITAS EXPLAINS CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary: Yaneth Marquez (protect),the Andean regional director of the Catholic charity Caritas, described to PolCouns on October 15 the political perspective of people in Venezuela's poorest areas where Caritas works. Marquez said the standard of living of Venezuela's poor had increased [...]	2009-10-20 16:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1352	VENEZUELA: IRAN'S PETROPARS FRUSTRATED IN CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's PetroPars is reportedly frustrated by its inability to move petroleum projects forward in Venezuela, especially the development of Ayacucho block 7 in the Faja heavy oil belt. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told Petroleum Attache (PetAtt) on October 15 that PetroPars is frus [...]	2009-10-20 17:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE IR
09CARACAS1353	POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Venezuela's western states of Zulia and Falcon October 4-8 and met with a range of political leaders. Complaints of Colombian guerrillas operating openly in Zulia and reduced budgets were widespread. Pablo Perez, the opposition governor of Zulia, sai [...]	2009-10-20 19:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR VE CO
09CARACAS1355	AA ASKED TO HEAD NEW US-VENEZUELA BUSINESS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: American Airlines Senior Vice President for Latin American Peter Dolara informed the Ambassador that he had been approached by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. concerning a proposal to help form a new bilateral business organization to promote a positive image of Venezuela. [...]	2009-10-21 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
09CARACAS136	VENEZUELA: SERVICE COMPANIES FEEL THE PINCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA,s cash shortage is exacting an increasingly heavy burden on oil services companies. As reported in the press, Ensco and Helmerich& Payne have already chosen to cease certain drilling operations. Ensco has allowed PDVSA to operate its rig while negotiating quietly for outstanding [...]	2009-02-03 12:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS1361	VENEZUELA: REPSOL CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT NATURAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's recent claims that Repsol and ENI's natural gas discovery in the Gulf of Venezuela will catapult Venezuela into place as the country with the fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world appear to be true. Furthermore, Repsol and ENI expect to produce suffici [...]	2009-10-22 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1362	GBRV AND PDVSA CHANGE TERMS OF PDVSA BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) PDVSA announced on its website October 22 three changes related to its USD 3 billion bond issuance originally announced October 16 (ref A). First, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) will exempt from taxation interest paid on the bonds. Second, the Central Bank (BCV) will not requi [...]	2009-10-22 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS1367	VENEZUELA: GBRV IMPOSES WATER AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with water and electrical shortages, Venezuelans are facing outages and rationing of both. In response to the growing electrical crisis affecting the entire country, President Chavez has announced an emergency plan that includes the creation of a new electricity ministry [...]	2009-10-23 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS137	PARALLEL MARKET GROWING; PDVSA CONTINUING TO [...] (C) Financial executive Miguel Octavio (strictly protect throughout) told EconOffs January 28 that the amounts transacted on the parallel foreign exchange market have grown significantly in recent months. One year ago, Octavio's company averaged USD 3 million in transactions per business day [...]	2009-02-03 13:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1372	BANKER CONCERNED ABOUT FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] (C) Summary: Bank president Oscar Garcia Mendoza (strictly protect throughout) told the Ambassador he was worried Venezuela would "collapse" eventually as a consequence of failing infrastructure and services. He also described his bank's efforts to finance a campaign in support of private pr [...]	2009-10-26 15:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
09CARACAS1373	CHAVEZ EXPROPRIATES TWO SUGAR MILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, in a state television broadcast, Agriculture and Lands Minister Elias Jaua announced the 90 day occupation and planned expropriation of two sugar mills in western Venezuela. Jaua accused Central Azucarero Venezuela of illegally halting production and Central Azu [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ENRG ETRD VE
09CARACAS1374	BARRIO ADENTRO IN CRISIS: CHAVEZ TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to growing public criticism of Venezuela's health care system, including a well-publicized letter of protest from five former health ministers, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has intensified efforts to revitalize Barrio Adentro, its fla [...]	2009-10-26 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ELAB KTIP VE
09CARACAS1375	ECONOMIC MEASURES LACKING, SPENDING INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: It appears the Venezuelan government (GBRV) does not plan to announce any significant new economic policy measures. A much anticipated press conference by leading economic officials produced few significant announcements, and subsequent announcements by other ministers were sim [...]	2009-10-26 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS1376	GBRV BLAMES PARAMILITARIES FOR DEATHS OF 10 KIDNAP [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan media reported that the bodies of 10 kidnap victims were discovered on October 24 in Tachira state along the border with Colombia. The deceased included a Venezuelan, a Peruvian, and eight Colombians who were kidnapped in Venezuela on October 11. The opposition-led [...]	2009-10-27 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1378	PDVSA SELLS USD 3.2 BILLION WORTH OF BONDS [...] (U) PDVSA announced on October 26 that it will sell USD 3.2 billion (face value) of a Petrobono combination (see ref A for details). It said it accepted all offers received but did not give further details about who the buyers were. As the bonds are dollar-denominated but bought from PDVSA i [...]	2009-10-28 13:41:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS138	VENEZUELAN REACTION ON PORTS MUTED, NO CLOSER TO A [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 13:36:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EWWT EPET VE
09CARACAS1383	VENEZUELA: WORLD HEAVY OIL CONFERENCE MOVED AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced on October 27, 2009, that the November 2-5 third World Heavy Oil Conference had been moved from Puerto La Cruz to the Island of Margarita. Citing electricity problems in Puerto La Cruz, the GBRV announced the conference (repo [...]	2009-10-29 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1386	US AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT ORCHESTRATED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador was greeted with government orchestrated resistance and/or protests during trips to the western states of Zulia, Falcon, Merida and Trujillo. During October 4-8 visits to Zulia, a pro-Government media blog criticized the Ambassador's trip to the opposition control [...]	2009-10-29 21:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
09CARACAS139	GIVE US YOUR TIRED, WEARY, DISEASED,LIVESTOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to knowledgeable industry representatives, Venezuela continues to import cattle without appropriate controls against animal disease. The most recent example brought to our attention is cows purchased from Cuba that suffer from leucosis, for which there are tests. Appa [...]	2009-02-03 13:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS1390	CENTRAL BANK LAW MODIFIED: OPEN THE FLOODGATES? [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly has approved significant modifications to the law governing Venezuela's Central Bank (BCV). The BCV will have vastly expanded powers to act as a development bank and finance a wide array of government projects. It will also be able to buy PDVSA bonds dire [...]	2009-10-30 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1391	VENEZUELAN REACTION TO THE 2009 IRF REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report has been muted in Venezuela, despite initial press headlines implying that the report grouped Venezuela and Cuba together. A short October 28 article in the government paper Diario Vea said "all religions enjoy t [...]	2009-10-30 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF VE
09CARACAS1392	EMBASSY CARACAS: QUADRENNIAL DIPLOMACY AND [...] Name and contact information for point of contact for the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) at Embassy Caracas: Maxwell J. Hamilton Economic Officer 58-212-907-8527 hamiltonmj@state.gov DUDDY [...]	2009-10-30 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT VE
09CARACAS1393	URBAN LANDS LAW PUBLISHED, GBRV RECLASSIFIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) published a controversial Urban Lands Law in the Official Gazette. This empowers the state to seize underutilized urban lands in order to develop socialist housing projects. Critics say that the law t [...]	2009-11-02 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR VE
09CARACAS1401	VENEZUELA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES "DARK HORIZON" [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 breakfast meeting with the Confederacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Venezolanas (CAIV) Board of Directors, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said he privately encouraged Brazilian senators to allow Venezuela to join MERCOSUR. At the same time, Jewish community leaders told PolCouns th [...]	2009-11-02 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1402	CHAVEZ'S "UNITED SOCIALIST PARTY" TO ELECT PARTY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez has restarted his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) electoral machine by calling for internal party elections on November 15. The party officials elected will be responsible for selecting candidates for the 2010 National Assembly (AN) and town council [...]	2009-11-02 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1406	POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANDEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to two cities in Western Venezuela, Merida and Valera, from October 24-28, making additional stops in Carabobo, Portuguesa and the Andean highlands of the country. Among the highlights of the trip were the inauguration of the new round of the 2009/10 v [...]	2009-11-03 16:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1408	WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE OPPOSITION? [...] (C) Summary: Both President Chavez and the opposition are gearing up for the National Assembly (AN) and community council elections anticipated in the last half of 2010, although the Chavista-packed National Electoral Council (CNE) has not formally announced the dates. The opposition claims [...]	2009-11-03 18:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS141	REVOLUTIONARY SPUDS: IN VENEZUELA, POLITICS TRUMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite strong interest by Venezuela's private sector to move forward on food trade protocols with the United States, and a recent warming to the topic by SASA, Venezuela's plant and animal health authority, meaningful and timely progress will be difficult. We understand that SA [...]	2009-02-03 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE ETRD
09CARACAS1413	VISAS VIPER OCT 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on October 27, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for October 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...]	2009-11-04 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1417	CHARGING OPPOSITION LEADERS AS SPIES, [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, President Chavez and his supporters have stepped up attacks against two opposition governors, Cesar Perez Vivas (Tachira) and Henrique Capriles Radonski (Miranda). Chavez is blaming Perez Vivas for several highly-publicized violent incidents along the Colombian bord [...]	2009-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1419	ELECTORAL COUNCIL RECTOR ON 2010 ELECTIONS, THE [...] (C) Summary: The sole non-Chavista rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE),Vicente Diaz, told Poloffs on October 22 that the CNE would announce the election timetables, implementing electoral regulations, and any changes to the voting districts by December. Diaz dismissed opposition allegat [...]	2009-11-05 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1423	POLLSTER: OPPOSITION NEEDS AN "EVERYDAY AGENDA" [...] (C) Summary: Pollster Alfredo Keller predicted to Polcouns on October 23 that the opposition would achieve a tactical alliance in advance of the 2010 legislative elections, but warned about its continued lack of an effective message. Keller suggested that Chavista abstentionism at the poll [...]	2009-11-06 14:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1426	GBRV LAYS BLAME FOR BORDER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: During the weeks of October 24-November 6, Venezuelan-Colombian border tensions rose sharply as a result of the killing of 10 kidnap victims (reftel) and two Venezuelan National Guardsmen, the arrest of three alleged Colombian DAS (Administrative Department of Security) agents b [...]	2009-11-06 17:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1430	FM MADURO: DCA IS MOST SHAMEFUL ACCORD IN HISTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: One week after the U.S. - Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) signing on October 30, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced increased military intelligence and other activities so the country "would never be touched by even one single U.S. soldier." Usi [...]	2009-11-06 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1432	NEW CENTRAL BANK LAW IN EFFECT [...] (U) The modified Central Bak (BCV) law we reported on previously (reftel) was published in the Official Gazette dated Novembe 5 and is now in effect. There are several diffrences between the actual law and what we reported which was based on the draft approved by the Naional Assembly in firs [...]	2009-11-09 19:22:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1434	GBRV REDUCES REVENUE FLOWING TO THREE [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) continues to find ways to reduce the funding provided by the central government to state and city governments, especially those run by opposition leaders. City officials in Maracaibo project their 2009 revenues will be 25 percent below what they [...]	2009-11-09 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS144	ELECTORAL PLAYING FIELD FAVORS CHAVEZ'S "YES" [...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the February 15 constitutional amendment referendum to remove official term limits, President Chavez is tilting the electoral playing field strongly in favor of the "Yes" campaign. Despite flagrant abuse of electoral regulations and the illegal use of state re [...]	2009-02-03 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1443	CHAVEZ LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR CONFRONTATION [...] (SE) Summary: On November 8, President Chavez called on Venezuelans to "prepare for war" due to the threat posed by Colombia and the United States. Chavez again hammered the Colombian government for "shamelessly delivering its sovereignty to the U.S." through the recently signed U.S.-Colombia [...]	2009-11-10 11:11:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PINS MARR MCAP MOPS VZ
09CARACAS1444	GBRV STRATEGY ON COLOMBIA-DCA DISPUTE BECOMING [...] (SE) Summary: Following President Chavez's November 8 urging that the Venezuelan public "prepare for war" to defend the country against anticipated Colombian-U.S. cross-border aggression (Ref A),the Venezuelan government (GBRV) and its local allies issued a series of supportive and similarly [...]	2009-11-10 20:46:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PINS MARR MCAP MOPS VE
09CARACAS1447	VENEZUELA'S STANDARDS REGIME IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The status of Venezuela's standards regime is uncertain after a June 2009 resolution abolished the relationship between the principal, non-profit industry standards setting entity, the Fund for Standardization and Quality (FONDONORMA),and the Government of the Bolivarian Republ [...]	2009-11-12 10:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD VE
09CARACAS145	VISAS VIPER JANUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas VISA VIPER Committee meeting on January 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new VISAS VIPER names to submit to the Consular Section for January 2009. 2. Conoff reminded participants to continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the C [...]	2009-02-04 12:46:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS1459	ANTI-OBAMA MURAL ON DISPLAY IN CARACAS [...] (U) Users with access to SMART Cable system, please open attachment to see three photos of anti-Obama mural. 2. (U) A prominently displayed, high-quality painted mural denigrating President Obama is currently on public display in central Caracas. The mural, which is painted on a co [...]	2009-11-17 13:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE

09CARACAS1461	VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...]	2009-11-17 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC
09CARACAS1463	VENEZUELA: CADIVI RULES CHANGE FOR TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela's foreign currency board, known by its Spanish acronym CADIVI, is changing the rules by which travelers can access foreign exchange at the official rate when using local credit cards abroad. The new regulation has not yet been published, but CADIVI's president has sa [...]	2009-11-17 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE CVIS
09CARACAS1465	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S REFINERIES AND NEW PROJECT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's concept for the future development of the Faja heavy oil fields -- and particularly how to link the different joint venture projects together into a common infrastructure -- is still in its infancy. A senior PDVSA official described the company's numerous international ref [...]	2009-11-17 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1467	BILATERAL TRADE FALLS OVER 50 PERCENT [...] (SBU) On November 17, the local press widely published an announcement from the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM) that bilateral trade between Venezuela and the US had declined by over 50 percent in the first nine months of 2009, compared to the same period [...]	2009-11-17 22:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE
09CARACAS1469	IT'S OFFICIAL: VENEZUELA'S ECONOMY IN RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: According to Central Bank statistics, Venezuela's economy contracted for the second straight quarter, which is the accepted definition of a recession. The contraction itself was no surprise, but its size - 4.5 percent in real terms - was greater than expected. While even the M [...]	2009-11-18 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE PGOV
09CARACAS1473	RE: MUNICIPALITY CONTINUES TO RESIST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Venezuela (GBRV) authorities continue to block efforts by Caracas' opposition led municipality of Chacao to build a new civic center on the former site of a popular weekend market. Opposition Chacao Mayor Emilio Grateron ordered construction to begin on Nove [...]	2009-11-19 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1475	Venezuela: Deciphering the Current Electricity Crisis [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's current electrical crisis is serious and complex, with problems that may yet present a "perfect storm" for policymakers. While acknowledging problems in maintenance delays and planning shortfalls in augmenting electricity infrastructure, President Chavez cites increase [...]	2009-11-20 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1477	PSUV HOLDS "TRANSPARENT" INTERNAL ELECTIONS, BUT REFUSES TO [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) held nationwide elections on a rainy November 15 for its party congress (reftel). Despite repeatedly trumpeting the balloting as a display of transparency and democracy that the opposition lacks, the PSUV abruptly ch [...]	2009-11-20 16:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1479	FEDERAL COUNCIL LAW TO CENTRALIZE POWER AWAY FROM LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) passed the draft Organic Law of the Federal Government Council in a first vote, which appears engineered to create a parallel structure that could greatly diminish the funding and responsibilities currently granted to governors and m [...]	2009-11-20 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1483	VENEZUELA DESTROY BORDER BRIDGES; ACCUSES COLOMBIA OF [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Army troops on November 19 demolished two locally constructed foot bridges joining villages in Colombia and Venezuela. General Aguero of the 2ND Infantry Division, at a press conference later that day, claimed the structures were "pedestrian crossings used by dr [...]	2009-11-20 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR CO VE OAS
09CARACAS1485	Colombian Guerrillas Reportedly Met with GRBV Officials in [...] (S) Investigative journalist Nelson Bocaranda (strictly protect) told the Ambassador on November 16 that a reliable source had told him that Colombian guerrilla leaders had been in Caracas the previous week to meet with senior Venezuelan government officials to plan a possible provocati [...]	2009-11-20 20:43:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS1487	VENEZUELA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EINV EPET ETRD ETTC HURI PREL VE
09CARACAS1489	Students Occupy Embassies; Plan Second Hunger Strike [...] (C) On November 19 student activist Julio Rivas told Polcouns and Human Rights Officer that students would convene a demonstration in Caracas on November 21 in which they would announce their initiation of a second round of political actions, to include a hunger strike by about 50 student [...]	2009-11-20 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS149	RUMORS OF A RUSSIAN FAVORED BID IN CARABOBO AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-connected industry source asserts that PDVSA has offered to form a mixed company with a newly formed Russian consortium for direct award of one of the Carabobo bid round blocks. The consortium was reportedly not required to pay for the data pack (for $2 million) despite p [...]	2009-02-04 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
09CARACAS1491	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TAKES CONTROL OF FOUR PRIVATE BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced November 20 that it was taking control of four private banks recently bought (or in the process of being bought) by Ricardo Fernandez, a businessman with close ties to the GBRV. The intervention is taking place with "open doors," i.e [...]	2009-11-20 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1493	FM Maduro Rails Against U.S. and DCA in Meeting of [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro inaugurated the first "International Meeting of Leftist Parties" in Caracas on November 19 with a televised diatribe against the United States. Calling the coup in Honduras a "coup against ALBA," and the Defense Cooperation Agreem [...]	2009-11-20 22:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1495	Foreign Ministry Communique on U.S. "Offer to Mediate" [...] On November 17, 2009, the Foreign Ministry released the communiquC) contained in para 3 below. An informal English version is contained in para 2 below. This communiquC) was apparently in response to the remarks of the Department Spokesman on November 13, in which he said in answering a ques [...]	2009-11-20 23:05:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CO VE
09CARACAS1499	FM MADURO TO PROVIDE UNASUR PROOF OF COLOMBIAN PLANS TO [...] (U) In a November 24 press release, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela would provide proof of Colombian "paramilitary incursions and intent to destabilize" Venezuela at the November 27 UNASUR meeting in Quito, Ecuador. He said the November 19 capture of Magaly Ju [...]	2009-11-25 20:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1501	Chavez Focuses Meeting of International Leftist Parties on [...] (C) Summary: At the November 19-20 Meeting of International Leftist Parties, President Chavez called on the parties to unite against the United States and said the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the U.S. and Colombia (DCA) threatened the entire hemisphere. He also called convicte [...]	2009-11-25 21:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1503	BRV's Aggressive Land Interventions Benefit Selected [...] (C) SUMMARY: Continuing their aggressive policy to "rescue idle land," Minster of Agriculture Elias Jaua and representatives of the National Land Institute (INTI) intervened in 31 farms totaling about 19,750 hectares on November 23. As before, the government underscored their determinat [...]	2009-11-25 22:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE EAGR PGOV
09CARACAS1507	CHAVEZ GIVES IRANIAN LEADER WARM WELCOME; SIGNS MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez provided a warm welcome to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his November 24-26 visit to Venezuela, declaring he and his Iranian counterpart were , "together to the end." The Iranian's visit attracted small protests from student, Venezu [...]	2009-11-27 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR VE KISL
09CARACAS1509	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT SHUTS 4 BANKS AMID RUMORS OF CHAVISTA [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced on November 30 it will liquidate two of the four banks it took control of November 20 and temporarily close the other two as it tries to "rehabilitate" them. The intervening period of November 20-30, during which transactions proceeded [...]	2009-12-01 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV
09CARACAS151	CHAVEZ DECLARES SUDDEN HOLIDAY TO HONOR HIMSELF [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez declared on February 1 that February 2 would be a holiday to celebrate his ten years in power. The Venezuelan president's surprise was late, and the vague announcement of this last minute holiday created considerable confusion at businesses, schools, and other i [...]	2009-02-04 21:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB VE
09CARACAS1511	VENEZUELA - Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is little to no progress to report for the interim period. The Government of Venezuela (GBRV) refused to meet with Post regarding TIP and remains reluctant to share trafficking information, however it did provide some responses to Post's recent inquiries. While of [...]	2009-12-01 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KWMN KTIP KCRM VE
09CARACAS1515	CARACAS STRUGGLES TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26, Caracas residents blocked a major highway with burning tires to protest the growing piles of trash that had accumulated along the streets of the Libertador municipality. Despite an earlier promise by Libertador Mayor Jorge Rodriguez to resolve the crisis by Novemb [...]	2009-12-01 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELAB SENV KCOR VE
09CARACAS1517	Ambassadors Discuss Expulsion of Colombian Miners/Colombian [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Ambassador met with Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela Maria Luisa Chiappe at the residence of Mexican Embassy Political Counselor Maria Elena Alcaraz, at the former's request. Ambassador Chiappe confirmed reports that late last week approximately 500 miners - m [...]	2009-12-02 18:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CO VE
09CARACAS1519	Opposition Officials Attacked During Protest Of Budget Cuts [...] (C) Summary: Leading opposition officials held a march in downtown Caracas on December 1 in protest of proposed cuts of the 2010 allocation of funds from the central government to the states. In an unusually strong show of opposition unity, Miranda Governor Henrique Capriles Rodonski was jo [...]	2009-12-02 18:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EFIN VE
09CARACAS1521	VENEZUELA EXPECTED TO TAKE HARD LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV)'s steadfast view that developed countries have caused climate change is expected to dominate its official position at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Though the GBRV has not publicized an official s [...]	2009-12-03 14:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN VE KGHG
09CARACAS1523	RE: Second Student Led Hunger Strike at Risk of Fizzling Out [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the November 21 announcement by student activist Julio Rivas of a second student-led hunger strike to demand a visit by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH),the number of students participating in the hunger strike has dropped from its pea [...]	2009-12-03 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1525	VENEZUELA: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public speech on November 25, President Chavez touted the implementation of 129 joint projects with Iranian cooperation and called the Government of Iran (GOI) a "strategic ally." The same day, the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) signed an additional 45 agreements with Iran to [...]	2009-12-04 13:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EPET VE
09CARACAS1529	COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty years of civil war in Colombia have created a unique situation where four generations of refugees, totaling an estimated 6 million people, call Venezuela home. Colombian expatriates are integrated at every level of Venezuelan society, from casual day laborers to pro [...]	2009-12-04 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PTER CO VE IOM
09CARACAS1535	DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) As requested in Reftel, PolCouns demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials on December 4 on the "combating defamation of religions" resolution before the UN General Assembly. Using the non-paper, PolCouns urged the Venezuelan government against supporting the resolution. The officia [...]	2009-12-07 21:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PHUM VE
09CARACAS1537	Venezuelan government takes over three additional banks; key [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government (GBRV) announced December 4 that it was taking control of three more banks, in addition to the four it took over November 20. While these three banks are small, the growing scale of the GBRV's intervention has had a number of repercussions in the financial sec [...]	2009-12-07 22:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1539	Venezuela's Rice Availability Diminishing [...] (C) Summary: According to local rice producers and traders, Venezuela's rice supplies are contracting due to diminished domestic output and a slow import program. Although there have been high profile purchases in the last few months from Ecuador, Argentina, and Guyana to cover the expe [...]	2009-12-08 13:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR VE PGOV ETRD
09CARACAS1541	VENEZUELA'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IN DISARRAY AS GBRV SHIFTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan doctors have accused the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) of politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans. In recent months, protests have paralyzed hospitals across Venezuela as doctors and patients have complained of shortages of medical supplies, [...]	2009-12-08 16:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ELAB HURI VE
09CARACAS1543	Sucre Municipality Opposition Mayor Focuses On Barrios [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Ocariz, the opposition mayor of the Municipality of Sucre in Greater Caracas, has focused on governing, rather than politicking since assuming office in November 2008. His approval ratings have increased since taking office, and his work on social programs, public services, and [...]	2009-12-10 15:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR VE
09CARACAS1545	OAS Visit Ends Student Hunger Strike; Student Confrontation [...] (SBU) Summary: Student activist Julio Rivas claimed victory and ended his 18-day hunger strike on December 8 after a visit to Caracas by an OAS team that listened to the students' concerns and announced a January 2010 visit to Venezuela by OAS Secretary General Insulza. In a separate i [...]	2009-12-10 23:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1547	TWO CHAVISTAS ELECTED AS NEW "INDEPENDENT" CNE RECTORS [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) selected two new rectors to the five-person committee that oversees the National Electoral Council (CNE),replacing the two outgoing Chavista rectors with two more of the party faithful. Incoming rectors Socorro Hernandez and Tania D'Amelio, respectiv [...]	2009-12-11 17:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS155	VENEZUELAN AUTOMOTIVE POLICY HAD "DISASTEROUS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government's automotive policy, in effect since January 1, 2008, fell far short of meeting its goal of increasing domestic car production. Car sales dropped by 45 percent in 2008 while spiraling prices due to lack of supply now have some in the government calling f [...]	2009-02-05 16:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE
09CARACAS1551	VENEZUELA'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IN DISARRAY AS GBRV SHIFTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan doctors have accused the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) of politicizing health care at the expense of the health of Venezuelans. In recent months, protests have paralyzed hospitals across Venezuela as doctors and patients have complained of shortages of medical supplies, delay [...]	2009-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB HURI PGOV VE
09CARACAS1553	GBRV Takes Over Another Small Bank, Raising Total to Eight [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) took over another small bank due to "a situation of illiquidity," raising the total in the ongoing episode to eight. This bank, Banorte, fits the pattern of the other seven banks in that it was bought recently by a new entrant to [...]	2009-12-14 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV
09CARACAS1555	CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT: DIVISION OF POWERS WEAKENS THE STATE [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez publicly echoed comments made by President of the Supreme Court (TSJ) Luisa Estella Morales December 5 that "the division of powers weakens the state." The local media has speculated that the comments suggest that Chavez might try to convoke a constituent assem [...]	2009-12-15 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1557	GBRV ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR ANOTHER OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Government (GBRV) issued an arrest warrant December 8 for Ramon Martinez, an ex-governor and the nominal president of the Podemos opposition party, on corruption charges. Although the case has generated only minimal press interest, the prosecution is probably tar [...]	2009-12-15 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1559	C-AL9-02397 GBRV TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON COLOMBIAN IMPORTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, the Executive President of the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Board (CAVECOL),Luis Alberto Russian, told EconOffs that while custom offices remain open on the Colombian border the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has erected a series of administrative barrier [...]	2009-12-16 13:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PINR PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1561	VENEZUELA: NEW PORT AUTHORITIES CHARACTERIZED BY DECLINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shipping company representatives report that port conditions improved immediately after the nationalization of Venezuelan port operations in June 2009 when the government retrieved thousands of containers that had been left in the ports. This improvement, though, was short-lived as [...]	2009-12-16 13:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT EWWT VE MARR PGOV PREL ETRD
09CARACAS1563	MILITARY REFORMS CONSOLIDATE CHAVEZ AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: The October 5 approval by the National Assembly (AN) of 45 changes to the year-old Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces and a revision of the Law on Conscription and Enlistment surprised military watchers and NGOs. The new reforms increase the presidency's contro [...]	2009-12-17 00:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV CO VE
09CARACAS1565	TRIBAL DEATHS HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT LAND TRANSFER PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Summary: The October 13 killing of three members of the Yukpa tribe in the border state of Zulia highlighted the tension surrounding the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) land transfer program. The killings, supposedly by other Yukpa members, followed the alleged theft of 124 cattle two d [...]	2009-12-17 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1567	Venezuela: PDVSA Experiencing Quality Control Problems [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is experiencing quality control problems with refined product and upgraded crude oil and is bearing significant costs due to these problems. The Venezuelan national oil company has prioritized the supply of gasoline and other petroleum products to its domestic market over it [...]	2009-12-17 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CH VE
09CARACAS1569	Sorting Out the Cedeno Story [...] (C) Summary. The December 10 release of imprisoned banker Eligio Cedeno and the immediate detention of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni, who ordered his release, have merged two issues: corruption by Chavez insiders and the politicization of Venezuela's judicial system. Embassy recommends a principled po [...]	2009-12-17 23:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS157	VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST TURNS DEADLY [...] (C) Summary. On January 29, police in Anzoategui state, enforcing a judicial order obtained by Mitsubishi, entered the Mitsubishi automotive factory, which had been taken over by union workers on January 12. A melee ensued, leaving two workers dead and several workers and two police officers [...]	2009-02-05 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB EINV PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1581	Venezuela Hosts New FARC-Affiliated Organization [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting in Caracas on December 7-9, about 1,000 delegates from 24 countries established the Continental Bolivarian Movement (MCB),named FARC leader Alfonso Cano its honorary president, and expressed support for the FARC and for President Chavez's fight against "U.S. imperia [...]	2009-12-21 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1585	OPPOSITION "UNITY TABLE" APPROVES CANDIDATE SELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 10, after months of negotiations, the opposition "unity table" ("mesa de unidad") announced its proposal for selecting candidates for the September 2010 National Assembly (AN) elections. While relatively thin on detail, the agreement establishes that the selection [...]	2009-12-22 16:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1587	CHAVEZ VOWS TO SHOOT DOWN "SPY" PLANES [...] (SBU) In his nationally-televised weekly Alo Presidente show on December 20, President Chavez accused Colombian President Uribe of having "handed over Colombia to the yankees" and having allowed them to send unmanned aircraft into Venezuelan airspace near the Colombian border. Chavez said tha [...]	2009-12-22 20:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1589	Chavez Calls for Cedeno's Extradition and 35-Year Sentence for the Judge [...] (C) During a December 21 broadcast, President Chavez announced that fugitive banker Eligio Cedeno had been detained in the United States and asked the relevant government ministries to quickly put together the necessary documentation for an extradition request to the United States (see reftel for b [...]	2009-12-22 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV VE
09CARACAS159	REFERENDUM UPDATE - ONE WEEK OUT [...] (C) Summary: With just over a week to go before the February 15 constitutional referendum to remove official term limits, credible local polling indicates that support for President Chavez's "Yes" campaign has drawn slightly ahead of the "No." The Government of Bolivarin Republic of Venezue [...]	2009-02-06 17:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1591	GRBV UNDEREPORTS H1N1, DENGUE AND MALARIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of December 17, the Venezuelan Ministry of Health has reported 2,697 laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 and 117 deaths associated with the virus. Many medical experts claim that the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has underreported the prevalence of H1N1, based on the mortality r [...]	2009-12-23 14:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON VE KFLU KHIV AMED
09CARACAS1593	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S CVP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A senior Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) official provided insight into the structure of PDVSA's Venezuelan Petroleum Corporation (or CVP by its Spanish acronym) board of directors, current production numbers, and noted current Russian and Chinese difficulties [...]	2009-12-23 15:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON RS CH VE
09CARACAS1595	Venezuela: Banco Bicentenario Opens, But is the Banking Episode Over? [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez officially inaugurated Banco Bicentenario on December 21, thus effectively re-opening three of the eight banks the Venezuelan government (GBRV) has taken over or shut down since November 20. The National Assembly also passed changes to the banking law to triple the amo [...]	2009-12-23 19:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS1597	Dueling Expectations regarding Cedeno's Return [...] (U) During a December 22 press conference to discuss the results of Copenhagen-15, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said that all the documentation required under the U.S.-Venezuela Extradition Treaty to request fugitive banker Eligio Cedeno's return had been provided to the United States so that Ce [...]	2009-12-23 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV VE
09CARACAS1599	CHAVEZ PROMOTES TRANSITION TO SOCIALIST ECONOMY, THREATENS [...] (SBU) On December 22, President Chavez inaugurated a chain of government-run retail stores called the Corporation of Socialist Markets (COMERSO). "We're going to defeat speculation. Private individuals can still sell, but they'll have to compete with us and with a people that is now fully awa [...]	2009-12-29 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KIPR EINV ETRD EIND EINT ECIN CH VE
09CARACAS160	STATE TV AIRS TELCON WITH POLOFF - ALLEGES PLOT [...] (U) Action message -- See Para 6. 2. (SBU) Venezolana de Television (VTV),the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV's) free-to-air state TV station, aired on January 27 a January 9 telephone conversation between the secretary of opposition activist Enrique Mendoza and [...]	2009-02-06 18:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC VE
09CARACAS1605	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON VOTING [...] (C) On December 29, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that despite its earlier promise to release information about the revised boundaries of voting districts before the end of 2009 (reftel),it would instead do so by January 20, 2010. The information about the revis [...]	2009-12-31 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
09CARACAS1607	CHAVEZ CLAIMS VENEZUELA HAS "GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE" [...] (SBU) President Chavez and the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry made statements during the week of December 28 regarding the Spanish criticism of Venezuela's role at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and U.S. policy toward Iran. Both statements are suggestive of President Chavez's [...]	2009-12-31 19:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE SENV SP KGHG IR
09CARACAS1609	VENEZUELA: Central Bank Underestimates Economic Contraction [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to Central Bank President Nelson Merentes' end of year projection, the Venezuelan economy contracted 2.9% in 2009. The Central Bank (BCV) data indicated non oil exports fell to 2004 levels and petroleum income is also sharply down. Trying to divert attention [...]	2009-12-31 19:18:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS174	REFERENDUM UPDATE - FIVE DAYS OUT [...] (C) Summary: With less than a week until President Chavez's February 15 constitutional referendum on removing official term limits, the Venezuelan President has shifted gears from warning of an impending "civil war" to calling for peace and demanding an end to political violence by his radi [...]	2009-02-09 22:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS182	AUSTRIANS REQUEST INFORMATION ON VENEZUELA-FARC [...] (U) This is an Action Request - See Para. 4. 2. (C) During a February 5 courtesy call on the Charge, Austrian Ambassador to Venezuela Thomas Schuller-Gotzburg said the Venezuelan National Guard is seeking to purchase weapons from Austria. Schuller-Gotzburg inquired whether we had informa [...]	2009-02-10 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MCAP VE CO
09CARACAS183	FEBRUARY 15 TERM LIMITS REFERENDUM: BY THE NUMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 21:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS184	GBRV DETAINS 11 PERSONS FOR ATTACK ON SYNAGOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan authorities arrested eleven persons over the February 7-8 weekend in response to the January 31 Caracas synagogue attack (Ref A). Five officers and a sub-inspector in the Caracas Metropolitan Police Force, as well as a detective from Venezuela's national criminal po [...]	2009-02-10 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC VE IS
09CARACAS195	CHAVEZ REFUSES FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT WALESA'S [...] (C) Summary: With five days to go until the February 15 constitutional referendum on removing official term limits, Chavez is trying to marginalize and discredit any potential critics. He has again denied democracy activist and former Polish President Lech Walesa entrance into Venezuela -- [...]	2009-02-11 22:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF VE PL
09CARACAS200	REFERENDUM: CHAVEZ'S ELECTION TO WIN OR LOSE [...] (C) Summary. The February 15 referendum on eliminating term limits is accentuating political polarization and virtually splitting Venezuela's electorate in two. Both the "Yes" and "No" camps are focused on motivating and mobilizing their core supporters to overcome voter fatigue and abstenti [...]	2009-02-12 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS204	REFERENDUM CAMPAIGNS WRAP-UP, WITH "YES" LEADING [...] (C) Summary: As the February 13 deadline for campaigning approaches, both the YES and the No camps are wrapping up their activities. The GBRV refused to approve student activists' request to hold a final march in central Caracas on February 12 while Chavez announced his own "Yes" march for [...]	2009-02-13 14:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC VE
09CARACAS206	MALL CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES DESPITE CHAVEZ'S [...] (C) Ricardo Cohen (strictly protect throughout),a director of Sambil Construction, confirmed to Econoffs February 11 that construction was continuing at Sambil's La Candelaria mall despite President Chavez's December 21 order that the building be expropriated (reftel). He said several days [...]	2009-02-13 14:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
09CARACAS207	CENTRAL BANK STATISTICS COME UNDER ATTACK FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a recent speech, President Chavez claimed the Central Bank of Venezuela's (BCV) inflation statistics did not properly take into account products and services subsidized by the government. He called on his Minister of Finance and a member of the BCV's board to develop a measu [...]	2009-02-13 14:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS212	VENEZUELA'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submits the following information for inclusion in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Venezuela. Political Officer Douglas Fisk is Embassy's point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8052; fax 58-212-907-8033; Email: FiskDA@state.gov Forty hours were de [...]	2009-02-13 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN
09CARACAS213	RECYCLE AND REUSE: VENEZUELAN TOILET PAPER SHORTAGE [...] (U) The following message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the ramp up to the February 15 referendum, toilet paper is the latest consumer product shortage. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic (GBRV),through its consumer protection age [...]	2009-02-17 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS214	PDVSA'S STRATEGY AGAINST EXXONMOBIL AND INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a PDVSA employee interviewed following his visa renewal, PDVSA is aggressively preparing its international arbitration case against ExxonMobil (XM),is reviewing and prioritizing balances due to service companies, and is optimistic that ConocoPhillips (CP) will retur [...]	2009-02-17 11:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS216	VENEZUELANS APPROVE ELIMINATION OF TERM LIMITS, [...] (C) Summary. The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced February 15 that Venezuelan voters approved a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate term limits, 54.85 percent to 45.15 percent. The result, coming on the heels of the "Yes" camp's state-funded and sometimes violent campaig [...]	2009-02-17 13:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS218	VENEZUELA WILL NOT ATTEND MEETING ON BIOSAFETY [...] (C) As requested in reftel A, the Agriculture Attache approached university professor and biotech expert Dr. Claret Michelangeli de Clavio (strictly protect throughout) to determine Venezuelan participation at the Mexico City biosafety meeting. Michelangeli, who represented the Venezuelan gov [...]	2009-02-17 18:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS222	GBRV EXPELS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN OVER CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) forcibly expelled European Parliament member Luis Herrero February 13 after Herrero criticized both President Chavez and the Venezuelan electoral system. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena called [...]	2009-02-17 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP VE
09CARACAS223	FEBRUARY 15 REFERENDUM - WINNERS AND LOSERS [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez and his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) party are the big winners of the February 15 referendum in which almost 55% of Venezuelans voted to remove term limits for all elected officials. Chavez now can run for a third six-year term and currently faces [...]	2009-02-17 21:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS227	VENEZUELANS STAND TO LOSE BILLIONS AT STANFORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelans stand to lose up to several billion dollars if the SEC is correct in its allegations of a Ponzi scheme at Antigua-based Stanford International Bank (SIB). The Stanford Financial Group (SFG),which owns SIB, aggressively pursued offshore deposits by Venezuelans in S [...]	2009-02-18 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS238	VENEZUELA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for current information on child labor as well as government efforts to address the problem. Venezuelan law protects children from exploitation in the workplace, but enforcement is often lacking. The Ministry of Labor and the National Institute for [...]	2009-02-20 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI VE
09CARACAS239	PDVSA STRUGGLING WITH FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the CEO of a major domestic oil field services company, Chavez continues to spend as if world oil prices will quickly return to a minimum of $60/barrel, ignoring other budget scenarios developed by PDVSA planners. This contact avers that Venezuela is not only facin [...]	2009-02-20 20:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS240	THE DENIAL DILEMMA: OPPOSITION CLAIMS "VICTORY" IN REFERENDUM LOSS [...] (C) Summary: The political opposition's reaction to President Chavez's successful February 15 constitutional referendum has largely been one of denial -- lamenting the government's electoral advantages while spinning the outcome as somewhat of a victory for the opposition. Opposition parties have a [...]	2009-02-20 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS247	GBRV NOT TO NATIONALIZE BANCO DE VENEZUELA [...] (C) Milton Guzman (strictly protect throughout),chief economist and vice president of Banco de Venezuela (BdV),told Econoffs February 18 BdV would not be nationalized despite President Chavez's sensational prior announcement to that effect. (Note: President Chavez surprised Venezuela's ba [...]	2009-02-25 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS252	VENEZUELAN DENIAL OF VISAS TO KEY MISSION PERSONNEL [...] (S) Venezuela's continued reluctance to issue visas to new personnel assigned to Caracas will, if not resolved, bring us to a mission critical situation. We are facing an almost complete turnover of the country team in summer 2009 with no certainty that their replacements will be granted vi [...]	2009-02-26 16:30:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL AMGT APER VE
09CARACAS257	THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION ADVANCES: WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary. After winning public approval for the elimination of term limits, President Chavez publicly declared his intention to accelerate his Bolivarian Revolution which will almost certainly concentrate even more power in his hands. Chavez has not yet revealed how he intends to do so, b [...]	2009-02-27 18:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS258	CHAVEZ STRONGLY REJECTS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez, Foreign Minister Maduro, and other senior Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) leaders strongly criticized the Human Rights Report February 26-27. Chavez phoned a late night pro-government political talk show to denounce the report as hypo [...]	2009-02-27 21:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS26	VENEZUELAN SCIENTISTS SAY NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: In late 2008, Chavez once again made statements regarding his plans to develop a nuclear power program in Venezuela and went so far as to sign an agreement with Russia's Rosatom on nuclear energy cooperation. Several local nuclear physicists are skeptical arguing that nothing came [...]	2009-01-08 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PARM
09CARACAS264	CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: GO (EXPLETIVE) YOURSELF [...] (C) Summary: In two mandatory "en cadena" TV broadcasts February 28 and March 1, President Chavez verbally assailed President Obama in response to the recent public release of the U.S. Human Rights Report and the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). More specifically, Ch [...]	2009-03-02 19:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR VE
09CARACAS265	CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: GO (EXPLETIVE) YOURSELF [...] (C) Summary: In two mandatory "en cadena" TV broadcasts February 28 and March 1, President Chavez verbally assailed President Obama in response to the recent public release of the U.S. Human Rights Report and the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). More specifically, Ch [...]	2009-03-02 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR VE
09CARACAS269	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES USG OVERTURES ON AVIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Venezuelan private sector organization advocated strongly for the Venezuelan civil aviation authority (INAC) to support the issuance of visas for F AA inspectors and to meet with the Embassy to discuss visa matters. The Venezuelan govemment (GBRV) has not acceded to either request. [...]	2009-03-03 15:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS270	VENEZUELA'S RICE INDUSTRY THREATENED FOR POLITICAL GAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez announced on February 28, that the government would intervene in the domestic rice processing industry, ostensibly to stop millers from contravening its food price control policy. The Venezuelan National Guard occupied one of the plants on February 27 - the da [...]	2009-03-03 16:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS271	2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: KEEP VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to chip away at protection of intellectual property rights. In 2008, the GBRV resurrected a 50 year old law disallowing the patenting of medicines and food. Enforcement remains a problem as the police agenc [...]	2009-03-03 18:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR
09CARACAS272	SUPREME COURT ELECTIONS HIGHLIGHT JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) will hold internal elections March 4 to determine the president, vice-president, and a number of other posts. Current TSJ president Luisa Estella Morales is likely to be reelected to a third consecutive two-year term, arguing that the passage [...]	2009-03-03 21:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
09CARACAS279	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO "EXPROPRIATE" A [...] (C) On March 4, Chavez directed the Minister to "begin the process of expropriating Cargill." The President of Cargill Venezuela Roberto Moro (protect) told Post this morning that he was on his way to a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Elias Jaua. Moro reported tha he believes thus f [...]	2009-03-05 16:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS28	BRV REITERATES THERE'S NO FARC IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) According to press reports, FARC Supreme leader Alfonso Cano AKA Guillermo Leon Saenz inadvertently revealed the names of seven senior FARC operatives in Venezuela in a communique that vowed a new offensive against Colombian police and military units following setbacks during 2008. Cano [...]	2009-01-08 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER VE CO
09CARACAS280	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT THREATENS TO "EXPROPRIATE" A [...] (C) On March 4, Chavez directed the Minister to "begin the process of expropriating Cargill." The President of Cargill Venezuela Roberto Moro (protect) told Post this morning that he was on his way to a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture Elias Jaua. Moro reported that he believes thus [...]	2009-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS281	ANTI-SEMITISM UPDATE - TENSIONS ABOUND ONE MONTH [...] (C) Summary: Anti-Semitism continues to be a problem in Venezuela despite the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV's) pledge to address this issue in the wake of the January 31 attack on the Caracas synagogue. On February 26, unknown assailants threw a small explosive [...]	2009-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS282	VENEZUELA: CONFLUENCE OF CHAVEZ AND OBAMA OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reports have picked up on DOE/EIA statistics indicating that Venezuelan exports to the U.S. decreased 12.3% in 2008 and have concluded that President Chavez's plans to reduce oil exports to the U.S. are succeeding. The stories ignore the broader impact of the last ten year [...]	2009-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE

09CARACAS283	DON'T CALL US, WE'LL CALL YOU: VENEZUELA'S ANIMAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of President Chavez' July 2008 decrees mandated the reorganization of Venezuela's animal and plant health authority, SASA, into a new organization called INSAI (the National Institute for Agricultural Health). This has now taken operational effect with the first action, for [...]	2009-03-05 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS287	VENEZUELA: LATEST CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. On March 3, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced a cabinet reshuffling, including the transformation of five existing ministries and the abolition of three ministries. The only new face in the cabinet is Eduardo Saman, a hard line Chavista and [...]	2009-03-05 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS288	VENEZUELA: PDVSA FALLS FURTHER DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even though Energy Minister Ramirez announced March 2 that PDVSA would begin paying service companies and that it would not cancel any contracts, several major service companies have neither received payments nor notification from PDVSA of pending payments. International service [...]	2009-03-06 13:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS290	VENEZULEAN NATIONAL GUARD STILL OCCUPYING CARGILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: US agribusiness giant Cargill has yet to receive an official expropriation order following President Chavez's March 4 threat to expropriate the company's rice plant (ref A). According to Cargill Venezuela, the company has three days to respond to a citation issued as a result of [...]	2009-03-06 19:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS3	CADIVI CUTS MAXIMUM DOLLAR ALLOCATIONS TO [...] (U) CADIVI, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) entity that administers foreign exchange, cut the maximum dollar allocations to Venezuelans traveling abroad by half for 2009. Each individual will be allowed to spend up to USD 2,500 abroad on his or her Venezuelan cre [...]	2009-01-02 13:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS304	TO DEVALUE OR NOT TO DEVALUE, IS THAT THE QUESTION? [...] (C) Summary: With the announcement of new economic policy measures expected by some over the next few weeks, speculation continues about whether the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) will choose to devalue Venezuela's currency. Those who expect a devaluation in 2009 [...]	2009-03-10 20:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS305	VENEZUELA: CARGILL EXPECTS PLANT TO BE NATIONALIZED [...] (C) Cargill Venezuela's Director of International Relations Ramon Sosa (protect) told the Agriculture Attache on March 9 that it is only a matter of time before the Venezuelan government nationalizes Cargill's rice processing plant. Sosa reported that in a March 8 meeting with Minister of Agr [...]	2009-03-10 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS306	SUPREME COURT ASSESSMENT UNDERSCORES REFLEXIVE [...] (C) Summary: A legal study quantifying the level of partisanship in the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) was released the week of March 2 to a number of local Venezuelan dailies. The study, conducted by legal scholar Antonio Canova, finds that the court has been unwilling to rule in favor of [...]	2009-03-10 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE
09CARACAS307	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT "HITS THE ACCELERATOR" ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has dramatically increased its intervention in the Venezuelan economy in the weeks following President Chavez's successful February 15 bid to abolish presidential term limits. As the price of oil remains low, the GBRV [...]	2009-03-10 21:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS309	STUDENT LEADER NIXON MORENO FLEES HOLY SEE MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Early on March 9, former student leader Nixon Moreno fled the Holy See Mission in Caracas, where he had been sheltered for almost two years. The 35-year-old opposition activist was granted political asylum from the Holy See in June 2008, following his plea for political asylum a [...]	2009-03-11 15:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM VE VT
09CARACAS310	IT PAYS TO TRAVEL - HIGH VISA DEMAND IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC ECON SOCI VE
09CARACAS311	VISAS VIPER FEBRUARY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 25, 2009. Committee members submitted two names for the Visas Viper program. 2. Committee members agree that Lina Ron meets the Visas Viper criteria. Her information is as follows: Name: Ron Pereira, Lina Nine [...]	2009-03-13 13:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS312	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RECONVENES TO CONSOLIDATE [...] (C) Summary: After a two-month recess to campaign for President Chavez's successful February 15 referendum, the Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) reconvened and announced March 10 a slate of proposed legislation intended to consolidate the Venezuelan President's power even further. [...]	2009-03-13 14:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS32	ANTI-ISRAELI ACTIONS IN CARACAS [...] (SBU) Approximately 1,000 PSUV activists and associated leftist supporters held a brief January 8 march in Caracas to protest Israel's invasion of the Gaza strip and the USG's supposed role. That same day, some 15 masked vandals spray painted pro-Palestinian graffiti on the perimeter wall of t [...]	2009-01-09 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE IS
09CARACAS322	CHAVEZ CONCENTRATES MORE POWER AT THE EXPENSE OF [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) approved an amended Organic Law of Decentralization March 12 which enables President Chavez to take control over state infrastructure, goods, and services that are "in the general public's interest." Chavez ordered the military on [...]	2009-03-16 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS323	CHAVEZ INVITES RUSSIAN BOMBERS TO VISIT, NOT STAY. [...] (SBU) During the March 15 broadcast of his regular Sunday television program "Alo, Presidente," Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) President Hugo Chavez denied offering La Orchila island as a permanent base to Russian strategic bombers. Interrupting his discussion on de [...]	2009-03-16 22:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP RU VE
09CARACAS330	VENEZUELAN NATIONAL GUARD OCCUPIES PORTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Government passed a "Decentralization Law" on March 12, that moves authority over state-run airports, roads and ports to the central government (Ref A). The morning of March 16, a senior Carabobo state official reported that the National Guard had arrived and fear [...]	2009-03-17 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS338	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Charge met Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Ambassador to Venezuela Razi Ali March 17 to discuss the upcoming Summit of the Americas (SOA). Charge raised both the need to avoid any potential incidents with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) given the volume [...]	2009-03-18 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM MASS TD VE
09CARACAS339	VENEZUELA: LABOR UNREST ACROSS ECONOMIC SECTORS [...] (C) Summary. Labor unrest is growing in Venezuela, particularly since the January 21 expiration of the collective bargaining agreement for oil workers. Oil workers, whose benefits have lost ground to other unions, are openly expressing their dissent. The Government of the Bolivarian Republi [...]	2009-03-18 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENGR PGOV VE
09CARACAS340	AS CHAVEZ EXPANDS CONTROL, OPPOSITION IMPLODES [...] (C) Summary: Opposition party leaders are considering coordinating their messages and actions more, but are still a long way from doing so. Instead, fracture lines within opposition parties are even more pronounced in the wake of President Chavez's victory in the February 15 referendum to eliminate [...]	2009-03-18 21:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS351	PARALLEL RATE CONTINUES TO RISE [...] (U) The parallel foreign exchange rate has jumped from 5.95 Bs/USD to 6.3 Bs/USD (as measured by the cost of buying a dollar) since the beginning of the week, representing a six percent devaluation of the bolivar on the parallel market in three days. One press report, quoting one currency tra [...]	2009-03-20 19:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS352	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT VERSUS U.S. COMPANY CARGILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cargill de Venezuela President Roberto Moro (strictly protect throughout) told the Charge on March 17 that although the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has informed the company that its rice plant would be nationalized on the grounds of "public utility," [...]	2009-03-20 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS353	PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR ARREST OF MARACAIBO MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) prosecutor Katiuska Plaza issued an arrest order request March 19 for Maracaibo Mayor and former 2006 presidential candidate Manuel Rosales. The senior prosecutor accused the former Zulia State Governor (2000-2008) of " [...]	2009-03-20 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
09CARACAS354	CHAVEZ PLAYS POLITICAL CRAPS WITH PROPOSALS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Facing the global economic crisis and a domestic fiscal crisis arising from low oil prices, Chavez has floated plans to rationalize the subsidized price of gasoline (a $5.5 billion subsidy according to PDVSA,s own calculations). Energy and Petroleum Minister Ramirez has opined t [...]	2009-03-20 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS355	CODEL DELAHUNT MEETINGS WITH CHAVEZ AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: After a briefing by the Charge', Congressman Delahunt discussed bilateral relations alone with Foreign Ministry (MFA) officials and ALBA Bank President and former Ambassador to the United States Bernie Alvarez on March 19. He also met alone with President Chavez and Minister o [...]	2009-03-20 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR OVIP AMGT VE
09CARACAS356	FOREIGN MINISTRY PROMISES TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the March 19 visit of Congressman William Delahunt, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Temir Porras promised -- again -- to resolve persistent administrative issues impeding Embassy operations. Porras spoke directly with the Charge March 18 and [...]	2009-03-20 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AMGT VE
09CARACAS361	VENEZUELA: NATIONALIZED CEMENT COMPANIES GIVE UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Executive Director of Holcim Venezuela Louis Beauchemin (protect throughout) told EconOff March 19 that Holcim would seek international arbitration after giving up hope of payment for its cement operations, nationalized in August 2008. Holcim, the world's second largest cem [...]	2009-03-23 12:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE
09CARACAS362	VENEZUELA: OPIC-FINANCED COMPANY MAY FILE DEFAULT [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. concern Williams is poised to file one to three default notices against PDVSA on projects financed by OPIC. PDVSA's on-going financial crisis makes it unlikely it will be able to pay arrears to Williams. Given recent actions taken against other companies that have issued de [...]	2009-03-23 16:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS367	CHAVEZ CALLS PRESIDENT OBAMA "IGNORANT", STILL [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez attacked the Obama administration again March 22, two days after Representative William Delahunt encouraged the Venezuelan president to push the "reset" button on bilateral relations (Reftel). Chavez also accused the United States of backing "separatist" plans [...]	2009-03-23 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS368	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES "ANTICRISIS" ECONOMIC MEASURES: [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez announced on March 21 a series of "anticrisis" economic measures. These measures do not represent any fundamental change in the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (GBRV) management of the Venezuelan economy. Instead, they are stop-gap policies [...]	2009-03-23 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS369	VENEZUELA: PDVSA CHEATING ON OPEC CUTS AT EXPENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Chevron official confirmed that he believes PDVSA is cheating on its OPEC-mandated quota cuts to take advantage of greater demand for heavy crude. He also confirmed that PDVSA issued an informal rig stoppage order and instructed its joint venture partners to cease capital [...]	2009-03-24 11:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS378	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE - FEBRUARY/MARCH 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Following multiple attacks against journalists in January 2009 (Reftel),Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) threats against the freedom of press continued in February and March. President Chavez recently ordered his governors and mayors to "draw a map of [...]	2009-03-25 13:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS388	VENEZUELA ISSUES ALMOST ALL PENDING DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary. USG protests against harassment of Embassy operations have spurred some MFA action. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) recently issued visas to almost all pending PCS employees, several TDY visas, and pledged to resume issuing all TDY visas. The Venezuelan government also ag [...]	2009-03-25 22:42:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID MCAP AMGT VE
09CARACAS390	NOT A GOOD IDEA, BUT IT'S THE LAW: THE BRV'S LEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although recent government interventions in the food processing industry are at once real attempts to hold food prices down and maintain a social contract with the poor, leading commentators, including legal experts and representatives of American companies, estimate that the GBR [...]	2009-03-26 16:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS397	VENEZUELA: ACCESS TO CADIVI DOLLARS TIGHTENS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. On March 16, the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) approved revised lists of products eligible for importation using the official exchange rate. Imports at the official [...]	2009-03-27 15:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS398	SUPREME COURT INITIATES ANOTHER JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Chavez Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) has announced an "integral restructuring" to combat corruption, although it is almost certainly a measure to remove judges or court officials who have not sufficiently demonstrated their "revolutionary" credentials. Judicial expert [...]	2009-03-27 15:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
09CARACAS4	PRESSURE IN OVERNIGHT INTERBANK MARKET AS SOME [...] (U) The overnight market for interbank loans has come under increasing pressure in the last two months, with the loan amounts negotiated and average interest rates more than doubling. In 2007, the average daily total negotiated in the interbank overnight market was 1,212 billion bolivars (Bs; USD 5 [...]	2009-01-02 13:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS404	REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HELP STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: As President Chavez concentrates even more power in his presidency, and closes off space for democratic dialogue, Embassy's USAID/OTI programs in support of democracy and civil society are vital to preserving and strengthening remaining democratic institutions and practices in Venezuel [...]	2009-03-27 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID VE
09CARACAS406	PARALLEL MARKET DISRUPTED BY FREEZING OF U.S. [...] (U) The parallel foreign exchange market in Venezuela was severely disrupted on March 26 after an "umbrella" U.S. bank account was apparently frozen. According to local brokers, the account in question was a Bank of America account held by a Florida-based company called Rosemont Corporation. [...]	2009-03-27 21:04:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS407	VENEZUELAN AVIATION UPDATE: NATIONALIZATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a possible violation of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuelan (GBRV) has grounded all foreign-registered private aircraft, 95 percent of which are US-registered. The GBRV informed the Embassy via diplomat [...]	2009-03-27 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS418	CHAVEZ GOES AFTER OPPOSITION LEADER ROSALES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to go after emblematic targets among the democratic opposition, including Maracaibo Mayor and 2006 opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales. As of March 31, rumors abound regarding whether Rosales, who is b [...]	2009-03-31 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS422	CHAVEZ AS HE SEES HIMSELF - THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez claims that he wants to improve relations with the new U.S. administration (Reftel),but his intolerance for what he perceives as criticism and his radical worldview continue to pose major hurdles to bettering bilateral relations. His perennial (mis)treatment [...]	2009-04-01 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER VE
09CARACAS426	KIMBERLY-CLARK OPERATIONS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Following extensive press coverage the week of March 23 of a government "investigation" of a plant owned by Kimberly-Clark, EmbOffs met with the company March 27. Kimberly-Clark reported it was not concerned by the "routine government inspection" of its Venezuelan factory. Th [...]	2009-04-02 14:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS428	VENEZUELA: OIL PRODUCTION IN THE WEST: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petroleum AttachQ (PetAtt) conducted site visits in Zulia March 23-26. Companies corroborated reftel reporting and provided additional perspective on the complexity of problems encountered daily in the oil sector. Chevron's production is near capacity in the West; it is taking a [...]	2009-04-02 17:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS433	VENEZUELA NATIONALIZES U.S. COMPANY CARGILL'S RICE [...] (C) On March 31, the Venezuelan government made President Chavez's threats official by publishing a "forced acquisition order" for U.S. company Cargill's rice plant (Ref A). Citing the "Law of Expropriation for Reasons of Public or Social Utility", the decree, which appeared in the Venezuelan [...]	2009-04-03 17:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS438	GENERAL BADUEL ARRESTED AGAIN [...] (SBU) With guns drawn, plain clothed agents of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM),on April 2 unceremoniously pulled former Defense Minister General Raul Baduel out of his vehicle after leaving his sub-division in the city of Maracay. According to Baduel's wife, Cruz Maria Baduel [...]	2009-04-03 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
09CARACAS44	CHAVEZ THREATENS TO EXPEL CHARGE' D'AFFAIRES [...] (S) Summary. President Chavez threatened to expel Charge' Caulfield if the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) can prove that he met recently with opposition leaders in Puerto Rico. State media outlets accuse the Charge' of meeting with Globovision Director Ravell and l [...]	2009-01-14 15:06:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS440	VENEZUELA: SCHLUMBERGER BULL-ISH ON PDVSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA and Schlumberger are exploring areas of possible cooperation, but press reports of a joint venture are premature. Since March 11, PDVSA has made regular payments to Schlumberger (roughly 5% of outstanding receivables),is current with February and March invoices, and plans t [...]	2009-04-06 15:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS441	OPPOSITION LEADER ROSALES STILL IN HIDING AS [...] (C) Summary: Maracaibo mayor and former opposition Presidential candidate Manuel Rosales remains in hiding, probably in Zulia State, a week after he was rumored to have fled the country in pursuit of political asylum. His lawyers provided Polcouns April 2 with a step-by-step legal rebuttal [...]	2009-04-06 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS442	CUBAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL FLEE VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Caracas notes a significant number of Cuban medical personnel applying to be paroled into the United States under the Significant Public Benefit Parole (SPBP) for Cuban Medical Professionals outside of Cuba (CMPP). During Consular Section interviews in March, Cuban Medical [...]	2009-04-06 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP VE CU
09CARACAS443	PRO-CHAVEZ COURT SENTENCES POLICE COMMISSIONERS TO [...] (C) Summary. A pro-Chavez court handed down harsh sentences on April 3 ending the politically motivated trial of three former Caracas police commissioners and eight other police officers charged with the deaths of pro-Chavez supporters during an April 2002 coup attempt. Former Caracas Metr [...]	2009-04-06 22:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV VE
09CARACAS445	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SEALS THE FATE OF CARACAS MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) is set to pass the Federal District Law April 7 to create a new Vice President of the Republic for Caracas, appointed by President Chavez, whose authorities are expected to completely marginalize the opposition Mayor of Greater Cara [...]	2009-04-07 21:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS446	VISAS VIPER MARCH 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on March 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for March 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the [...]	2009-04-08 12:25:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS452	VENEZUELAN AUTO INDUSTRY NEARING COLLAPSE [...] (C) Lack of access to controlled dollars is bringing the Venezuelan automotive sector to the point where it will begin to shut down at the end of April if the Foreign Exchange Control Commission (CADIVI) does not quickly make available large amounts of foreign exchange. The seven assemblers [...]	2009-04-08 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS454	INFLATION AND A FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Budgetary pressures stemming from Venezuela's unorthodox economic policies have strained Post's operations and will almost certainly pose stark choices for Post and the Department in the coming year. Inflation is high and growing, and the official exchange rate has been fixed [...]	2009-04-08 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN AMGT CMGT APER ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS471	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POISED TO SILENCE INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly is reportedly poised to pass a revived version of the 2006 Law on International Cooperation. If promulgated in its current form, the law would severely limit the ability of foreign donors to support development, human rights, counternarcotics, and pro-dem [...]	2009-04-16 12:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS477	CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES ALBA LEADERS WILL AGREE TO LAUNCH [...] (U) President Chavez claimed on April 16 that leaders of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) would approve an agreement to establish a "unitary regional compensation system" called the Sucre during their April 16 summit. His announcement builds on a proposal cont [...]	2009-04-16 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL VE
09CARACAS478	VENEZUELAN PLANNING FOR SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) engaged post on the subjects of an UNASUR-Obama meeting at the Summit of the Americas (SOA),and de-confliction of the air space near Venezuela in support of the SOA. However, the working level GBRV interlocutors di [...]	2009-04-16 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV VE
09CARACAS486	GBRV STEPS UP PRESSURE ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Catholic Conference of Bishops (CEV) issued a highly critical April 6 communique warning that Venezuela's democratic system is "at risk of collapse". In response, President Chavez (using parallels from liberation theology) insinuated on Easter Sunday in his nati [...]	2009-04-17 16:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KDEM VE VT
09CARACAS492	BORDER BRUHAHA NEARLY OVERSHADOWS URIBE VISIT AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe held a brief meeting on April 14 in Caracas. Consistent with prior reporting (Ref B),the Colombian side was focused on trade and protecting the interests of Colombian businessmen and investors in Venezuela. I [...]	2009-04-20 11:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO VE
09CARACAS494	AN OFFER THEY CAN'T REFUSE? GBRV ASKS LOCAL BANKS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has signaled its plans to ask local banks to finance a significant part of its anticipated deficit in 2009. The Central Bank (BCV) has taken steps to increase banks' liquidity and incentives to buy GBRV debt, reducin [...]	2009-04-20 12:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS495	CHAVEZ IN TOKYO: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez's April 5-7 visit to Tokyo followed the Bolivarian model - heavy on theater and light on substance. Shifting from the negative rhetoric against the U.S. displayed on previous stops in Iran and Qatar, Chavez hit more positive notes in Japan. While media reports i [...]	2009-04-20 13:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS497	TECHNOCRAT-TURNED-RADICAL APPOINTED AS CARACAS VEEP [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez named Jacqueline Faria, a civil engineer and former cabinet member, as the new Vice President of Caracas on April 15 -- an office and appointment designed to undercut opposition Mayor of Greater Caracas Antonio Ledezma. Farias earned a reputation as a technocra [...]	2009-04-21 13:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR VE
09CARACAS50	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CRITICIZE INDEFINITE REELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Conference of Bishops (CEV) issued a January 13 communique sharply criticizing President Chavez's proposal to change the 1999 Constitution to eliminate term limits for all elected positions. The CEV expressed doubts about the legality of Chavez's upcoming referendum [...]	2009-01-15 14:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL VE
09CARACAS503	OPPOSITION LEADER SKIPS COURT DATE, FLEES TO PERU [...] (C) Summary: Maracaibo Mayor and former 2006 consensus opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales did not appear at his April 20 mandatory court date regarding pending illicit enrichment charges. He is reportedly seeking asylum in Peru. Rosales has already released one letter calling [...]	2009-04-21 20:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS51	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT MAY RAISE VAT, ALREADY OWES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Press reports indicate that the Venezuelan government may move to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) in an attempt to raise revenue as oil prices remain low. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government is currently sitting on VAT refunds of over USD 300,000 for the US Embassy; Post's a [...]	2009-01-15 15:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD AMGT FMGT VE
09CARACAS511	CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GIVES UP ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: NGO Conservation International closed its doors in Venezuela on March 31 saying it wanted to focus on countries where it can have an impact on host government environmental policies. The Venezuelan head of another US-based NGO, The Nature Conservancy, said the government would g [...]	2009-04-23 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR SENV VE
09CARACAS535	VENEZUELA CLAIMS PREPAREDNESS ON SWINE FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuela's Health Ministry reported there are no actual or suspected cases of swine flu in Venezuela, and that local health authorities stand ready to screen incoming travelers from the United States and Mexico. No actions have been taken to restrict agricultural products fro [...]	2009-04-27 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR AMED SOCI VE
09CARACAS538	SPECULATION ABOUT ULTERIOR USG MOTIVES IN FREEZING [...] (C) Businessman Andres Duarte (strictly protect) shared with Econcouns and PetAtt speculation he had heard from several associates that the recent freezing of a Bank of America account (ref A) was part of a USG plan to "tighten the financial noose" around the government of the Bolivarian Repu [...]	2009-04-29 14:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL VE
09CARACAS539	CHAVEZ CONTINUES ATTACKS ON THE OPPOSITION AND [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez is now using Venezuela's highly politicized judiciary to go after well-known, but vulnerable, political supporters. He and his supporters also continue to put pressure on the opposition media, pursuing charges against prominent opposition journalist Teodoro Pe [...]	2009-04-29 15:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
09CARACAS54	CHAVEZ BROADENS AMENDMENT LANGUAGE/OPPOSITION FINALLY BEGINS TO REACT [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez revised his amendment proposal January 5 to remove term limits for all elected officials, strengthening his argument that the proposal would "expand the political rights" of Venezuelans to choose how long to keep all officials -- not just the president -- in office. As [...]	2009-01-15 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS540	GRV RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM PERU AND WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) ordered its ambassador home from Peru on April 27 to protest the Peruvian government's decision to grant opposition leader Manuel Rosales asylum. On the same day, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro welcomed a senior Pal [...]	2009-04-29 18:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PE VE
09CARACAS541	VENEZUELA: MORE EVIDENCE OF CASH FLOW PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Faced with mounting receivables payable by PDVSA and other government entities, the GBRV is turning to alternative payment solutions to stay afloat during its cash flow crisis, including proposing barter swaps of commodities and the issuance of bonds. Halliburton confirmed receiv [...]	2009-04-29 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS544	VENEZUELA: NO RESPONSE ON CODEX FOOD LABELING [...] (C) Post delivered reftel A remarks to potential members of Venezuela's currently defunct CODEX committee on April 23. Although there has been no official response and none is anticipated, Venezuelan participation in the May 2009 Calgary meeting is unlikely. Several potential CODEX committee [...]	2009-04-30 17:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS545	PDVSA TO PURCHASE WILLIAMS' PLANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA intends to nationalize William's El Furrial and PIGAP II high-pressure gas injection plants but does not have the resources to pay Williams. As both of the projects involve OPIC financing, there is significant USG interest in the transaction estimated to be worth $500 milli [...]	2009-04-30 19:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS546	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE - APRIL 2009 [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivaran Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continued to put pressure on the independent media during April. President Chavez used the occasion of the anniversary of the April 2002 failed military coup to lambaste both the United States and opposition-oriented [...]	2009-04-30 20:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VE PGOV
09CARACAS547	NEW LAWS FURTHER POLITICIZE VENEZUELAN JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) passed two new judicial laws in April that will further diminish what independence remains within Venezuela's court system and make it easier for the executive and legislative branches to discipline or remove magistrates. Pundits assess that this is [...]	2009-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS VE
09CARACAS548	NEW CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT NOMINATED [...] (U) President Chavez designated former Finance Minister Nelson Merentes as President of Venezuela's Central Bank (BCV) on April 28, filling the vacancy left by the December 2008 death of the former president. Also on April 28, the National Assembly approved Merentes' nomination, and the Offi [...]	2009-04-30 20:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PINR VE
09CARACAS559	CHAVEZ DEFENDS TERRORISM RECORD BUT WON'T STOP FARC [...] (C) Summary: During a May 1 rally, President Hugo Chavez harshly criticized the Venezuela section of the USG April 30 Country Reports on Terrorism, calling it "a new aggression by the American empire." During the May 3 broadcast of his regular Sunday political talk show, "Alo Presidente," [...]	2009-05-05 18:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL VE CO
09CARACAS560	POOR TURNOUT FOR VENEZUELAN LABOR DAY MARCHES; [...] (C) Summary: Government supporters and the opposition organizers organized competing May 1 Labor Day marches in Caracas. Both sides attracted only modest turn-outs at the start of a long weekend when Venezuelans traditionally head to the beach. Members of the Caracas metropolitan police an [...]	2009-05-05 19:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL VE
09CARACAS561	EU AND OTHERS CONCERNED OVER NGO LAW; FEW WILLING [...] (C) Summary: The local diplomatic community is concerned about the increasing authoritarianism of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV),including the draft law that would restrict NGO activities. Domestic economic concerns, reluctance to interfere in internal affairs, [...]	2009-05-05 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS564	PDVSA AND VENEZUELA: TWO DESTINIES INTERTWINED IN [...] (C) Summary: The cash flow crisis at PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela, the state oil company) is straining Venezuela's oil sector and overall economy. Since the December 2002-February 2003 oil sector strike, PDVSA has put itself at the service of President Chavez's Bolivarian revolution, fundi [...]	2009-05-06 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS568	VENEZUELAN SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, INCREASED MANDATORY CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 16:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSN AMGT AFIN
09CARACAS581	VENEZUELA: PDVSA SEIZES SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: On May 7, the National Assembly passed and President Chavez promulgated a law permitting the expropriation (partial or total) of companies involved in the oil services industry. PDVSA officials accompanied by the National Guard quickly began the transfer of assets and operations [...]	2009-05-08 22:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS583	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WORKING QUIETLY TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: The international diplomatic community is quietly questioning the Venezuelan government about the proposed law restricting international financing of NGOs. Several European Union (EU) ambassadors are not convinced that the law will pass, at least not in its most aggressive form. Nor do [...]	2009-05-11 11:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS584	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT TARGETS MORE POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to direct the legislative and judicial branches to pursue politically-motivated charges against members of the political opposition and dissident members of President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Vene [...]	2009-05-11 11:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS592	PDVSA: UPDATE ON SERVICE COMPANY SEIZURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal uncertainty surrounds the Venezuelan government's (GBRV) actions on May 8 regarding the seizure of oil service companies. According to PDVSA, it assumed operational control of sixty firms, but the resolution dated May 8 listed only 39 companies, and did not include internat [...]	2009-05-11 21:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS595	CHAVEZ THREATENS TO CLOSE LOCAL TV NEWS STATION [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez threatened to close the opposition-oriented cable television news network Globovision during the May 10 broadcast of his weekly "Alo, Presidente" talk show. Chavez's threat follows Globovision's May 4 broadcast of U.S. Geological Survey seismic data as well as [...]	2009-05-12 16:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS602	CHAVEZ DESIGNATES OLD FACES AMONG NEW PSUV [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez has reorganized his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) putting long-time loyalists in key positions and fusing ever more closely his party and the state. National Assembly (AN) President Cilia Flores has been elevated to the number-two slot (below Chav [...]	2009-05-13 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR VE
09CARACAS614	U.S. COMPANIES COULD LOSE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. companies stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, if not more than one billion dollars, as the backlog at CADIVI grows. The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) maintains currency controls, and CADIVI is the GBRV agency that determines who rec [...]	2009-05-18 17:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS615	VENEZUELAN AIRLINE WITH POSSIBLE DRUG TIES TO FLY [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests information on whether or not Venezuelan carrier Aeropostal is cleared to commence flights to the United States and any information, derogatory or otherwise, on U.S.-based company Aircraft Parts and Pieces, Inc. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President of Venezuelan air [...]	2009-05-18 17:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR CASC CVIS ASEC
09CARACAS616	VENEZUELA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post's response to Reftel A questions follow. 2. (C) Has the host country, in post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post sees no evidence that the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has undertaken policies or [...]	2009-05-18 18:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VE
09CARACAS62	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FM MADURO - JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro called in Charge January 15 at President Chavez's request to ask him for an explanation of his recent visit to Puerto Rico. Maduro noted that the Government of the BolivarianRepublic of Venezuela (GBRV) viewed with concern the "strange coincidence" betwe [...]	2009-01-16 16:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS625	VENEZUELAN AIRLINES MAY LOSE SABRE TRAVEL SERVICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. travel services giant Sabre has sent "disconnect letters" to two privately owned Venezuelan carriers and has already suspended its contract with government owned carrier Conviasa due to non-payment. Sabre is concerned that if it discontinues its services in Venezuela, the Gov [...]	2009-05-20 16:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR CASC CVIS KHLS
09CARACAS643	VENEZUELA: BRV PRESSES SOCIALIST LABOR AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) is making determined efforts to stem the demands of public sector workers and to reshape employer-worker relations along socialist lines. The National Assembly is considering a draft reform of Venezuela's labor law, w [...]	2009-05-22 19:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS644	VENEZUELA: WOOD GROUP ASSETS SEIZED, ENSCO FILES [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA published a new list of oil service sector companies that it has added to the government's reserve, including Wood Group's local subsidiary, Simco. Wood Group continues to hold out hope that PDVSA will negotiate a fair compensation package, but has not ruled out internationa [...]	2009-05-22 19:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS658	TEACHERS CALL NEW CONTRACT "IDEOLOGICAL" [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) reached agreement with three teachers' unions (but excluded six other unions) to sign a collective bargaining agreement May 12. The agreement provides for a 15% raise, but changes the teacher evaluation system and m [...]	2009-05-27 16:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI KDEM VE
09CARACAS663	GBRV STEPS UP ATTACKS ON PRESS IN MAY [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolvarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) accelerated its attacks on independent media outlets and journalists in May. President Chavez threatened to close opposition-oriented cable news network Globovision, and government officials raided the home of Globov [...]	2009-05-28 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS666	VENEZUELA: SABRE TRAVEL SERVICES ON AGAIN OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After Sabre Travel Services suspended ticketing and reservation services to Venezuelan airlines Aserca and Santa Barbara (SBA) on May 26 it reactivated the same on May 28. Both airlines worked in an "emergency" situation, but managed to maintain operations. However, Sabre may "s [...]	2009-06-01 13:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ETRD CASC PGOV CVIS KHLS VE
09CARACAS67	MOROCCO CLOSING EMBASSY DUE TO CHAVEZ'S POLISARIO [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco announced its plans to close its Caracas embassy and relocate to the Dominican Republic via a terse January 15 press release carried widely in the Venezuelan media. The Moroccans cited Venezuela's "growing hostility" to Moroccan territorial integrity and recent measure [...]	2009-01-16 21:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE MO

09CARACAS673	VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES [...] On May 28, via a press release on its website (www.mpps.gob.ve),the Venezuelan Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Venezuela. According to the press release, the individual, a male of 22 years, returned May 25 from a five day trip to Panama and subsequently checked [...]	2009-06-01 19:51:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
09CARACAS680	WHERE'S HUGO? [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez disappeared from national view May 30, missing the last half of a planned four-day marathon speech and the June 1 inauguration of the incoming President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes. State-owned media outlets claimed technical issues were to blame for the su [...]	2009-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS681	CHAVEZ'S PROPOSED ELECTORAL LAW TO TRAMPLE [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly is actively considering a new electoral law that would drastically limit the ability of small parties in Venezuela to claim legislative seats at all levels of government. The legislature approved the measure in a first vote May 21, and it is currently eng [...]	2009-06-03 13:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS685	CHAVEZ BACK IN PUBLIC VIEW, CLAIMS CIA [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez reappeared on state TV the night of June 2 after disappearing without warning from Venezuelan airwaves on May 31 (Reftel). Chavez alleged that the CIA and Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles were seeking to assassinate him and credited Nicaraguan President Daniel [...]	2009-06-04 11:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
09CARACAS686	PRESIDENT MAKES IMPORTING FOOD MORE DIFFICULT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of Communications for Venezuela's foreign exchange committee (CADIVI) informed wheat and pasta industry representatives recently that three leading companies will be excluded from the "Pago a la Vista" (cash payments) system, which eases bureaucratic procedures for [...]	2009-06-04 11:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS690	NATIONALIZED SPANISH AND ARGENTINE COMPANIES GET [...] (C) Summary: Local analysts believe two major nationalization agreements recently concluded by the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) represent good deals for the Spanish and Argentine owners of the nationalized companies. In the case of Banco de Venezuela (BdV),owne [...]	2009-06-05 14:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL VE
09CARACAS691	VISAS VIPER APRIL 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The RSO chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on April 28. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for April 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS databas [...]	2009-06-05 14:31:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS692	EXPLAINING VENEZUELAN ACQUIESCENCE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's efforts to concentrate more power in his hands and undermine the democratic opposition have been met in Venezuela with more acceptance and resignation than outrage and resistance. There are numerous, credible theories to explain Venezuelans' acquiescence to an [...]	2009-06-05 15:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI VE
09CARACAS693	VENEZUELA HARASSES CLASSIFIED POUCH TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Protocol Director phoned Charge on June 4 to detail new procedures that compromise the ability of the Embassy to receive classified escorted diplomatic pouches. Despite claiming to be just "tidying up" procedures, this action represents renewed efforts to harass [...]	2009-06-05 16:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL AOPR AREP VE
09CARACAS70	CHAVEZ BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL/JEWISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) officially broke diplomatic relations with Israel on January 14. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced the rupture in diplomatic relations via a communique disseminated via state media that simultaneously condemne [...]	2009-01-16 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS
09CARACAS707	VENEZUELA: UPDATE ON TIDEWATER VESSELS AND [...] (C) U.S. oil service firm Tidewater Senior Vice President Gerry Kehoe and Country Representative Mikael Jakobs (strictly protect throughout) on June 4 told Petroleum AttachQ (PetAtt) and visiting Washington energy analyst that Tidewater plans to send its two U.S.-flagged oil support vessels wi [...]	2009-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS715	VISAS VIPER MAY 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The Acting DCM chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on May 26, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for May 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLAS [...]	2009-06-09 21:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS724	OPPOSITION ANNOUNCES NEWEST UNITY EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: Opposition political parties held a June 8 press conference to announce that they are creating a "unity table" with a structure of 11 committees aimed at drafting a single democratic alternative to Chavismo. The presence of virtually all political party leaders across the ideol [...]	2009-06-10 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS725	VENEZUELA: U.S. COMPANY EXTERRAN ASSETS SEIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA has now seized additional U.S. company assets under the auspices of the May 7 Organic Law permitting the expropriation of companies involved in the oil services industry. Exterran (formerly Hanover Compression Corporation and Universal Compression Holdings) confirmed June 8 [...]	2009-06-10 22:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS728	VENEZUELA INCAPABLE OF SUBSTANTIVE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A plain-spoken nuclear physicist told Econoff that those spreading rumors that Venezuela is helping third countries (i.e. Iran) develop atomic bombs "are full of (expletive)." He said Venezuela is currently unable to provide such assistance particularly as the Chavez administration "do [...]	2009-06-11 17:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV ENRG TRGY EMIN PTER
09CARACAS730	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH CARABOBO GOVERNOR SALAS FEO [...] (C) Summary: Carabobo Governor Henrique Fernando Salas Feo discussed increasing economic problems, his disagreements with other opposition parties, and concerns about the future of elections in a June 9 meeting at his home with the Charge d'Affaires. Governor Salas Feo asserted that Presiden [...]	2009-06-11 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS731	VENEZUELA: COCA-COLA ZERO BANNED [...] (C) Summary: On June 10, Mexican-owned Coca-Cola Femsa was notified by the Venezuelan government of an administrative review corroborating the ingredients of Coca-Cola Zero. Femsa voluntarily complied and has temporarily pulled Coca-Cola Zero from the Venezuelan market. Despite what Femsa t [...]	2009-06-11 21:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS741	VENEZUELA: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ARE EXPECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The experience of Swiss cement company Holcim may offer insight into what U.S. companies with recently nationalized interests in Venezuela can expect from the Venezuelan government over the coming months. In the Holcim case, a model the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of V [...]	2009-06-12 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV VE
09CARACAS748	PDVSA'S 2008 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: SHINING A DIM [...] (C) Summary: PDVSA's recently issued audited financial statements for 2008 do nothing to refute the belief that PDVSA is suffering a cash flow crisis given inefficient management, increased political commitments, and faltering production (ref A). Given the difficulty interpreting the statem [...]	2009-06-15 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN VE
09CARACAS750	TEN TENETS OF CHAVISMO [...] This message is the end of tour analysis of the political situation in Venezuela by Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dan Lawton. 2. (C) Summary. Despite President Chavez's professed allegiance to socialism, his political project lacks any consistent ideology. Instead, the Venezuelan president e [...]	2009-06-16 13:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS759	CHAVEZ USES TREASON ACCUSATIONS TO TARGET [...] (C) Summary: Taking a relatively new tact, President Chavez used accusations of treason and paramilitary involvement June 14 to target the opposition Governor of Tachira State Cesar Perez Vivas. Several days prior, the Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) announced it would investigat [...]	2009-06-17 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS760	DEATH OF A STUDENT ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary: The killing June 13 of a student activist from the opposition Primero Justicia (PJ) party has become a highly-charged political issue. The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) mayor of the municipality where the death occurred has alleged that his predecessor and politica [...]	2009-06-17 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS761	CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR AHMADINEJAD [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) announced its official support June 16 for the reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ajmadinejad and -- in language typical of President Chavez's worldview -- denounced an alleged campaign to discredit the election [...]	2009-06-17 21:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS764	CHAVISTAS PROTEST AGAINST MIRANDA GOVERNOR, [...] (C) Summary: The Charge d'Affaires (CDA) called off a planned visit June 17 to Miranda State after learning of preparations for a United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) protest the same day in front of the opposition Governor's mansion. Embassy had notified the Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2009-06-18 22:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF VE
09CARACAS766	GBRV TIGHTENS SCREWS ON TV NEWS STATION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) is increasing the pressure on the opposition-oriented Globovision cable news network. President Chavez has repeatedly asked his cabinet to use whatever means available to "stop Globovision." A range of GBRV ministrie [...]	2009-06-19 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
09CARACAS768	VENEZUELA: CONTINUES TO COURT JAPANESE INTEREST [...] (C) During a June 15 Japanese embassy-hosted farewell dinner in honor of A/DCM and PolCon, Japanese Ambassador Shuji Shimokoji discussed bilateral relations with Venezuela, Minister Ramirez's travel to Tokyo, and the new Venezuelan petrochemical law. He stated that Prime Minister Aso placed a [...]	2009-06-22 19:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS77	CHAVEZ SHARPLY CRITICIZES NEW U.S. PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez aggressively responded to remarks made by then President-Elect Obama during a recent interview with Mexico-based Univision TV in which Obama reportedly criticized the Venezuelan President. Chavez accused Obama of having the "same stench" as former President Bush [...]	2009-01-20 20:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS770	VENEZUELA: PATENT PROTECTIONS THREATENED [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 14, President Chavez ordered a review of the country's legal protection of patents. Two days later, the Venezuelan government announced that the "technical information" relating to patents granted in the past by the Venezuelan government would soon be posted on the In [...]	2009-06-22 19:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS776	OPPOSITION STATES AND MUNICIPALITIES SURVIVING [...] (SBU) Summary: With the significant exception of the Alcaldia Mayor (Mayor of Metropolitan Caracas),states and municipalities won by opposition candidates in the November 2008 elections appear to be weathering significant budget cuts forced by central government action, particularly changes [...]	2009-06-22 20:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS777	MUNICIPALITY USES REFERENDUM TO RESIST CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Caracas's Chacao Municipality is resisting national government efforts to obstruct the opposition-led municipality's initiatives. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) is trying to stop Chacao from building a new civic center and school, a project that has [...]	2009-06-22 20:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS778	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT'S NATIONALIZATIONS CONTINUE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government continues to centralize power over the country's ports under the Diosdado Cabello-led Ministry of Public Works and Housing with its seizure of privately owned port warehouse operations. On June 10, the Ministry announced that, within 30 days, the governm [...]	2009-06-22 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR MARR VE
09CARACAS779	TIP REPORT "AN OBSTACLE TO NORMALIZING RELATIONS" [...] (C) Embassy Caracas delivered an advance copy of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 16, as requested in Reftel. No Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) official has responded directly to the Embassy regarding the report. [...]	2009-06-22 20:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KTIP VE
09CARACAS781	STUDENT MOVEMENT STRUGGLES UNDER WEIGHT OF PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Student leaders are expressing frustration with mounting political pressure and the high expectations placed on them as one of the few credible groups in Venezuela who can counter President Chavez's increasing authoritarianism. Less than a week after the June 13 death of a stu [...]	2009-06-23 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS79	FM'S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES ACTION ON RECIPROCITY [...] (C) Summary. Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister Temir Porras met with the Charge January 19 to "turn the page" on ongoing MFA-imposed administrative impediments to normal diplomatic relations, provided the USG reciprocates in the United States. Porras pledged to issue and renew visas for [...]	2009-01-20 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AMGT MCAP SNAR VE
09CARACAS791	ALBA SUMMIT: NEW MEMBERS, NEW NAME [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela hosted an extraordinary ALBA Summit on June 24, welcoming Ecuador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda to the organization. President Chavez proposed a new name for ALBA, changing the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas to the Bolivarian Allian [...]	2009-06-25 19:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS796	VENEZUELA: NO RESPONSE ON VIOLATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) The Venezuelan government has not responded to the March 19 EEB/TRA/OTP Memorandum on FAA Case Number 2008EA250055, the "Violation of Federal Aviation Regulations." The FAA documents detail the case against a pilot for Venezuelan government-owned petroleum company PDVSA. The violations [...]	2009-06-26 13:03:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAIR VE
09CARACAS80	PRESIDENTIAL TERM LIMITS REFERENDUM: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez is seeking to concentrate even more power in his hands via the February 15 referendum to eliminate term limits. Should he win, we expect Chavez will try to govern at least until 2019 and to steer his government in an even more authoritarian direction. Should he lose, C [...]	2009-01-20 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS800	VENEZUELA: 180 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, official Venezuelan news agency ABN announced the number of confirmed H1N1 cases in the country had risen to one hundred and eighty. One Consular Section Locally Engaged Staff is suspected to have had H1N1 but test results were inconclusive. Post has sufficient s [...]	2009-06-26 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFIU KSTH VE
09CARACAS801	PDVSA ANNOUNCES LONG-AWAITED BOND ISSUANCE [...] (U) After three months of rumors concerning various plans for emitting bonds, PDVSA announced on June 25 terms for a USD 3 billion issuance. The bond, called Petrobono 2011, is a dollar-denominated zero coupon bond maturing on July 8, 2011. It can be purchased in bolivars (Bs) by Venezuelan [...]	2009-06-26 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET VE
09CARACAS809	CHAVEZ BLASTS HONDURAN COUPSTERS, BLAMES UNITED [...] (C) Summary: In typical style, Chavez sought June 28 to claim his share of the limelight in the aftermath of the coup that overthrew fellow leftist leader Manuel Zelaya of Honduras. Chavez likened the situation to the unsuccessful Venezuelan coup attempt against him in 2002 and pledged that [...]	2009-06-29 16:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS817	VENEZUELA: RECENT EXPROPRIATIONS' IMPACT ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent oil service sector expropriations in Venezuela targeted two diverse groups: (1) water injection and natural gas compression operations related to crude oil production; and (2) launch operators on Lake Maracaibo that had organized and threatened to strike over PDVSA's arrears [...]	2009-07-01 12:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS819	VENEZUELA: THE REVOLUTION ACCELERATES AS THE [...] (C) Summary: As we approach the halfway point of 2009, two trends are clear in Venezuela's economy: state control is accelerating just as the economy enters a recession. Most analysts predict economic output to decline by 1.5 to three percent in 2009 as lower oil prices force the government [...]	2009-07-01 12:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS824	HIV/AIDS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) does not publish statistics on the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Venezuela. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and a local HIV/AIDS non-governmental organization (NGO) estimate that approximately 130,00 [...]	2009-07-01 16:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SOCI PREL PGOV TBIO VE
09CARACAS827	VENEZUELA: LOCAL HALLIBURTON OPERATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Halliburton is concerned that its perceived historical connection with the previous U.S. administration and the $300 million it is owed by PDVSA may provide ample rationale for the GBRV to expropriate the U.S. oil services company. Venezuelan courts have now ruled twice in favor o [...]	2009-07-01 17:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS828	PDVSA LAUNCHES BID ROUND FOR MARISCAL SUCRE [...] (C) Mitsubishi's Venezuela Projects Director, Yasuyuki Ozaki (strictly protect throughout),told Petroleum Attache that PDVSA launched a "Second Bid Round" for commercial development of the Mariscal Sucre natural gas blocks the morning of June 30. The Mariscal Sucre offshore blocks are locate [...]	2009-07-01 19:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS831	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE - JUNE [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezeula (GBRV) continues to intimidate, threaten and harass independent media outlets in Venezuela. President Chavez frequently calls for the closure of Globovision, the last free-to-air opposition-leaning TV station, and the GBRV ha [...]	2009-07-01 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS833	CHAVEZ: INDIRECTLY, US IS STILL TO BLAME [...] (C) Summary: At a military graduation ceremony on June 30, President Chavez continued to express strong support for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Chavez, while acknowledging the helpfulness of statements from President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton, also declared that the U [...]	2009-07-01 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS847	240 RADIO STATIONS THREATENED WITH CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: Diosdado Cabello, a top aide to President Hugo Chavez, announced July 4 the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) would potentially revoke the licenses of 240 radio stations across the country. Citing incomplete tax payments and improper regulatory filings [...]	2009-07-06 17:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS85	ATTACKS ON OPPOSITION BY PRO-GOVERNMENT GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. Pro-government gangs in Caracas threw tear gas canisters at the home of a prominent media director, the Holy See Mission, and student groups, as well as firebombed the car of a university student leader during the January 18-19 weekend. In addition, Chavista thugs carrying police [...]	2009-01-21 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC VE
09CARACAS850	LEDEZMA TRIES TO WIN OAS ATTENTION WITH A HUNGER [...] (C) Summary: Mayor of Greater Caracas Antonio Ledezma entered the offices of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Caracas July 3 and began a hunger strike to demand an OAS response to President Chavez's transgressions against the opposition in Venezuela. Ledezma has argued that the [...]	2009-07-07 16:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS851	CHAVEZ CALLS PRESIDENT OBAMA "A PRISONER OF THE [...] (C) Summary: In a media interview following the Venezuelan Independence Day celebration in Ciudad Bolivar on July 5, President Hugo Chavez said that while President Obama is not responsible for the events in Honduras, the United States tacitly supports the coup and the provisional government. [...]	2009-07-07 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS852	RESULTS ANNOUNCED FOR PETROBONO 2011 [...] (U) PDVSA announced on July 6 the results of the Petrobono 2011 bond auction. Interested buyers submitted offers for USD 7.9 billion worth of the bonds. PDVSA accepted all offers at or above 175 percent of face value. Of the total amount for which offers were placed, only offers for USD 1.4 [...]	2009-07-07 20:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN VE
09CARACAS853	GULF OF VENEZUELA OFFSHORE GAS EXPLORATION NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron completed drilling an exploratory offshore well in the Cardon III block in the Gulf of Venezuela but plans to plug and abandon the well. While gas was found, the amount was deemed non-commercial. After months of setbacks and technical challenges, Russia's Gazprom continu [...]	2009-07-07 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS854	VENEZUELA: AMERICAN OIL AND SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Executives representing U.S. companies involved in Venezuela's oil sector briefed the Ambassador on the status of the industry, highlighting problems all face in securing payments from PDVSA; difficulties maintaining positive relationships with PDVSA, the Ministry for Energy and P [...]	2009-07-07 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS858	CHAVISTAS FEELING BOXED IN BY THE SECRETARY'S [...] (C) Summary: Chavistas may be feeling that the calls for a stronger US response regarding the coup in Honduras may have backfired and diminished the possibility of a Venezuelan-led resolution to the current situation. The announcement by Secretary Clinton that Costa Rican President Oscar A [...]	2009-07-08 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS859	INSULZA INVITES LEDEZMA TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: After securing salary payments for his supporters and getting the OAS's attention to his plight, Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma lifted his six-day old hunger strike. After days with little movement, there was a flurry of activity on July 7, with OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel [...]	2009-07-09 10:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS86	CHAVEZ'S CAMPAIGN: I AM THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Chavez has kicked his "Yes" campaign for the February 15 referendum to remove term limits into high gear. His message, which has saturated media from all sides of the political spectrum, is that he is the only leader capable of safeguarding and continuing his "revolutionary" p [...]	2009-01-21 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS860	VENEZUELAN INTEREST IN RESURRECTING MOU WITH US [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: This is an action request. PDVSA board members have twice proposed reactivating the bilateral MOU on energy cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Post recommends that the DOE and other Washington agencies authorize the Ambassador to press for p [...]	2009-07-09 10:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS863	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY US [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) attended a breakfast July 9 hosted by the National Assembly (AN)'s Interparliamentary Friendship Group at the offices of AN First Vice President Saul Ortega. Francisco Torrealba, who is president of the group, and Calixto Ortega [...]	2009-07-09 18:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS864	MIXED SIGNALS AT RETURN OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Patrick Duddy returned to Venezuela July 1, following a nearly ten month expulsion and the 2008 recall of Hugo Chavez's Ambassador in Washington. On July 2, Ambassador Duddy hosted the annual Independence Day celebrations at the US Embassy in Caracas. Despite off [...]	2009-07-09 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE
09CARACAS867	MFA FINDS SECRETARY'S COMMENTS DISRESPECTFUL [...] (SBU) A communique late on July 8 from the Ministry of Foreign Relations criticized Secretary Clinton's comments on Venezuela during a July 7 interview with Globovision, Venezuela's last opposition television channel. Calling the interview "unfriendly," the MFA questioned the sincerity of t [...]	2009-07-10 13:53:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS87	VENEZUELA'S 2009 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: GRIM TO DIRE [...] (C) Summary: If oil prices remain at or near current levels, 2009 will be an extremely difficult year, perhaps even a crisis year, for the Venezuelan economy. Most independent analysts expect anemic economic growth or a slight contraction; inflation at 40 percent or above; a loss of real pu [...]	2009-01-22 13:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS887	NEW MEASURES PROPOSED TO ELIMINATE INDEPENDENT [...] (C) Summary: Pressure and attacks against the independent media have continued during the first-half of July. Government Minister Diasdado Cabello told lawmakers that any draft legislation on media social responsibility should include provisions to limit radio networks, restrict joint prog [...]	2009-07-13 20:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS888	CHAVEZ CHALLENGES PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PROVE USG [...] (C) Summary: In an eight-hour "Alo, Presidente" TV and radio broadcast July 12, President Chavez rained criticisms on the US Government, challenging President Obama to withdraw US troops from the joint US-Honduran Palmerola military base to "prove" the US was not involved in the Honduran cou [...]	2009-07-13 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS890	VISAS VIPER JUNE 2009 ACTIVITY REPORT [...] The CG chaired the Caracas Visas Viper Committee meeting on June 30, 2009. Post law enforcement agencies had no new Visas Viper names to submit to the Consular Section for June 2009. 2. Conoff requested that participants continue submitting names of suspected terrorists for the CLASS data [...]	2009-07-14 13:36:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT VE
09CARACAS891	PDVSA EXPROPRIATES REMAINING TIDEWATER VESSELS [...] (C) Tidewater's remaining assets in Venezuela were verbally expropriated the weekend of July 11-12. According to Tidewater Country Representative, Mikael Jacob (strictly protect throughout),the U.S. oil services company had four boats supporting PDVSA's PetroSucre project (formerly ConocoPhi [...]	2009-07-14 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS902	VENZUELA TO CHANGE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) is reportedly well along with plans to reform its principal industrial property law. According to press reports of remarks by Commerce Minister Eduardo Saman at a July 9 conference, however, this might only be the f [...]	2009-07-16 17:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ENIV ETRD ETTC KIDE
09CARACAS904	FROM BOLIVIA, CHAVEZ REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF USG [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez, while giving a speech July 16 in La Paz celebrating Bolivia's bicentennial, repeated accusations that the USG -- and the State Department and CIA specifically -- were behind the coup in Honduras. In a message he has been pushing for weeks, Chavez contended th [...]	2009-07-16 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS908	SELECTIVE VENEZUELAN PORT NATIONALIZATIONS BENEFIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan government has seized all port operators in Maracaibo and is threatening to do the same throughout the country. The seizures have further deprived an opposition state of tax revenue and sources indicate costs and opportunities for corruption have already increased at the [...]	2009-07-17 16:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR MARR EAIR VE
09CARACAS912	NATIONAL GUARD DRIVES OUT LOCAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: In the early hours of July 15, Venezuelan National Guard (GN) soldiers, using tear gas, took over a Miranda state police substation in the small town of Curiepe. Townsfolk who gathered to protest the takeover were driven off with plastic bullets and tear gas. The GN soldiers were [...]	2009-07-17 23:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR VE
09CARACAS918	ALLEGATIONS OF MINISTER DIOSDADO CABELLO'S [...] (C) In a lunch with EconCouns and Econoff on July 10, XXXXXXXXXXXX alleged Minister of Public Works and Housing Diosdado Cabello was expanding his network of corruption into the financial sector. According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Cabello and several other former military officers who participated with Cha [...]	2009-07-20 13:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
09CARACAS919	ENERGY MINISTER RAMIREZ IN NO MOOD TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14 Energy and Petroleum Minister Rafael Ramirez told oil and gas workers that he would not negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the enemies of the revolution. He also called on state-owned businesses to activate "socialist committees" in order to spread [...]	2009-07-20 13:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC
09CARACAS932	VENEZUELA: FIRST H1N1 DEATH [...] (SBU) On July 19 Health Minister Jesus Mantilla announced that an 11-month-old baby girl had died from complications associated with the H1N1 virus, including viral pneumonia and dehydration. The official cause of death was multiple organ failure, according to the Ministry of Health. A postmo [...]	2009-07-20 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
09CARACAS933	CHAVEZ CALLS FOR "SOCIALIST EDUCATION"; NEW LAW IN [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez, National Assembly leaders, and the Ministers of Education and Higher Education have declared that the controversial Education Law will be passed soon by the National Assembly, possibly within the next few weeks. No text of the draft law is available for review, [...]	2009-07-20 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO VE
09CARACAS934	VENEZUELAN TV BROADCASTS OUTRAGEOUS MONTAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: An altered "parody version" of Secretary of State Clinton's July 7 interview with the host of opposition oriented Globovision TV's "Hello Citizen" was broadcast on both the internet and Venezuelan Government television station VTV over the weekend. The doctored broadcast falsi [...]	2009-07-20 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS935	GBRV INCENSED OVER LEAKED GAO REPORT [...] (SBU) International media reports during the week of July 13 referred to a "congressional report", classifying Venezuela as "approaching a narco-state," have raised the ire of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV). (Note: A GAO report on U.S. - Venezuelan counter-dr [...]	2009-07-20 22:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS96	AS DICTATED BY CHAVEZ, CENTRAL BANK TRANSFERS 29 [...] (C) Summary: On January 21, Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) reserves dropped by USD 12.5 billion dollars (29 percent of total reserves),apparently reflecting a transfer of USD 12.3 billion dollars to the National Development Fund (Fonden). This transfer is unprecedented for its size. While [...]	2009-01-23 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
09CARACAS967	THREATS AGAINST INDEPENDENT MEDIA CONTINUE IN JULY [...] (C) Summary: As of the second half of July, pressure continues against independent media in Venezuela. New charges were brought against opposition-oriented Globovision station owner, Guillermo Zuloaga, for "conspiracy to commit a crime." A judge barred Zuloaga from leaving the country but [...]	2009-07-27 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS976	CADIVI RELEASES LIST OF COMPANY-SPECIFIC HARD [...] (U) CADIVI, the GBRV entity which rations hard currency at the official exchange rate under Venezuela's currency controls, released on its website a table with company-specific data on hard currency approvals from 2004 through April 20, 2009. Each company's total is broken down between impor [...]	2009-07-28 14:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS980	VENEZUELA CONDITIONS NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 press release from the Foreign Ministry the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) said that normalization of relations between Venezuela and the U.S. was conditional on the cessation of criticism, referring specifically to official reports releas [...]	2009-07-28 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS981	SMALL U.S. INVESTMENT IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION [...] (C) Acting through its European subsidiary, PSEG Global LLC, a New Jersey-based company, sent Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Energy and Petroleum (MEP),a letter July 22 requesting the reinitiation of negotiations over the GBRV's intended nationalization of Turboven, a group of companies with a [...]	2009-07-28 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG VE
09CARACAS982	CHAVEZ DETERMINED TO ACCELERATE HIS REVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Hugo Chavez appears determined to enact a series of controversial laws covering the electoral process, education, social property, and the criminal penal code that are vital tenets of his Bolivarian Revolution and would further consolidate his power. Many of the laws are repa [...]	2009-07-28 20:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS983	ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLOMBIAN FOLS PROMPTS CHAVEZ TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the announcement of U. S. Forward Operating Locations in Colombia, President Hugo Chavez openly labeled the United States as "the enemy" in a July 23 speech to military officers. In an attempt to intimidate Colombia, Chavez on July 20, ordered a "review" of relatio [...]	2009-07-28 22:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO VE
09CARACAS985	NEW ELECTORAL LAW ADVANTAGES MAJORITY (CHAVISTA) [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) is poised to pass the Organic Law of Electoral Processes (LOPE) by mid-August, at the height of the Venezuelan vacation season, amidst little public protest. The bill would institutionalize practices that tilt the electoral playing field to greatly a [...]	2009-07-29 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS987	BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING: CONTROVERSIAL CRIMINAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) is poised to pass yet another reform to Venezuela's criminal penal code (COPP) which would expand state control over criminal proceedings and, most controversially, require banks and telecommunications companies to record and make a [...]	2009-07-29 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS99	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE: MULTIPLE ATTACKS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continue to try to intimidate journalists who are critical of the GBRV and government officials. There have been numerous attacks on local journalists during the first three weeks of 2009, including what [...]	2009-01-23 22:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS990	AMBASSADOR'S FUTURE CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 19:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE
09CARACAS994	CHAVEZ FREEZES RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Chavez's July 28 announcement to "freeze" relations with Colombia, an Embassy contact within the Agriculture and Lands Ministry reported that she had been tasked to identify Colombian imports suitable for substitution and to compile a list of Colombian busine [...]	2009-07-30 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CASABLANCA10	MOROCCO, INDIA, PHOSPHATES AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco exports about 50 percent of its production of phosphoric acid to India, a dual-use item used extensively to produce fertilizer for the country's agricultural sector and a potential source for uranium. The value of Morocco's exports to India totaled USD 1.4 billion in the [...]	2009-01-14 15:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	AG AMCHAMS ECON EIND ETRD MNUC MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA108	MOROCCO'S CUMBERSOME INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rising inward investment trend in the last three years, discussions with government and diplomatic interlocutors, civic society, and more than 20 U.S. businesses operating in Morocco reveal that the country's bureaucratic red tape, compounded with shortcomings in the [...]	2009-06-03 13:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA109	MOROCCO'S CUMBERSOME INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rising inward investment trend in the last three years, discussions with government and diplomatic interlocutors, civic society, and more than 20 U.S. businesses operating in Morocco reveal that the country's bureaucratic red tape, compounded with shortcomings in the [...]	2009-06-03 13:45:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA11	MOROCCO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 13:17:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA112	VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following names o [...]	2009-06-08 17:15:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA113	MOROCCO - 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim by United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Morocco (GOM). a. Claimant A b. 2009 2. (SBU) Claimant A is a U.S. based, private real estate investment firm and is one of the largest American investo [...]	2009-06-10 09:15:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN KIDE PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA114	MOROCCAN LABOR ELECTIONS: ANYONE BUT THE UNIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent national elections held to determine union representation in the private sector resulted in a strong majority for non-union affiliated representatives and revealed a strong lack of confidence in Morocco's largest trade unions. Labor elections, which are held only once eve [...]	2009-06-11 16:32:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA116	NIP AND TUCK IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Lured by the country's geographic and linguistic proximity, Europeans are slowly taking notice of Morocco's low-cost, high-quality cosmetic and dental care. Treatment in Morocco can cost about 25 to 45 percent less than the same procedures in Europe. Several cosmetic and denta [...]	2009-06-19 15:48:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA12	2008 MOROCCO UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Morocco's commitment to combat and eliminate them. It updates information provided by Post in 2007 and years prior, concerning Morocco's child labor laws and regu [...]	2009-01-21 17:18:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA131	VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the arrest of five members of a [...]	2009-07-08 09:41:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA132	PIRACY STILL THRIVING IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by Econoff and Poloff to Morocco's largest informal market revealed that despite a strong legislative framework for combating counterfeit and pirated products, enforcement remains weak. According to Morocco's Commercial and Industry Property Office, only 19 intel [...]	2009-07-08 14:28:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA14	MOROCCO'S TEXTILE SECTOR IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economies of Morocco's principal textile trading partners - France, Spain, and the United Kingdom - slowing, the Moroccan Association of Textile and Industries (AMITH) has sounded the alarm about prospects for the sector, which typically constitutes a third of Moroccan [...]	2009-01-30 16:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMCHAMS EAID ECON EFIN ETRD MO

09CASABLANCA140	VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD (UPDATE) [...] As reported previously (Casablanca 0131),members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2000 and discussed the arrest of members of the terrorist cell Salafiya Jihadia. 2. Legatt office provided the following submissions. All are Moro [...]	2009-07-15 15:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA141	THE CASABLANCA EXCEPTION [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding the widely reported Palace machinations, the final composition of the City Council in Morocco's largest city Casablanca consists of a broad political alliance between the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM)and the Islamist-oriented Party of Jus [...]	2009-07-20 14:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MO PGOV PHUM PINS
09CASABLANCA144	DEAR MOROCCAN EXPATRIATES, PLEASE SEND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic contraction is having a direct effect on Morocco's economy through falling remittances. Based on discussions with government interlocutors and the banking community, the outlook for inflows of expatriate funds into Morocco is increasingly somber. Morocco's e [...]	2009-07-23 13:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA159	VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 3, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM/PD, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, RAO, POL, ECON, and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee had nothing to report for Jul [...]	2009-08-07 09:24:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA160	VIOLENCE AT UNHCR HIGHLIGHTS MOROCCO,S REFUGEE [...] (SBU) Moroccan police clashed with sub-Saharan refugees after a two-week long sit-in at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) headquarters in Rabat, resulting in five arrests and numerous injuries including a senior police officer. The five detained refugees were initially [...]	2009-08-07 12:29:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREF
09CASABLANCA163	BEYOND THE VEIL - WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: By codifying women's rights to equal participation in politics, society, and the economy, as well as recognizing their right to education, King Mohammed VI has positively altered the business climate for women in Morocco. According to the Moroccan Association of Women Entreprene [...]	2009-08-12 17:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA165	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Representative Mashall, Consulate Casablanca warmly welcomes you nd your delegation to Morocco. Politically and eonomically, Morocco is a country "on the move," eeply engaged in reform and development, albeit nevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent anual growth in r [...]	2009-08-14 16:58:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA166	ELIMINATING SLUMS THAT BREED EXTREMISM IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Morocco's efforts to manage the socio-economic conditions that indirectly contribute to the growth of extremism, close to 40 percent of the country's 70 urban slums have been eradicated over the past several years and its inhabitants re-housed in new government-subsid [...]	2009-08-17 14:22:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL KISL MO
09CASABLANCA168	PALACE PREVENTS ISLAMIST PARTY FROM TAKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 12:31:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM
09CASABLANCA169	Abortion and Family Planning in [...] SUMMARY: Despite significant advances to women's legal rights by the passage in 2003 of a new family code (Reftel),pregnant unmarried women in Morocco still face intense social alienation and economic hardships. Contraception is widely available and heavily subsidized by the government of M [...]	2009-08-19 15:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA175	THIS RAMADAN, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with Morocco's business community and civil society reveal that this year's global economic crisis and the country's rising food prices are having a sobering effect on celebrating the holiest month of the Islamic year, Ramadan. Governmental efforts to manage the im [...]	2009-09-02 16:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA177	VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM/PD with ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, ECON and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee does not have anything to report at [...]	2009-09-08 16:05:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA181	AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...]	2009-09-15 17:17:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG
09CASABLANCA182	AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...]	2009-09-15 18:51:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG
09CASABLANCA185	BANKING ON MOROCCO'S RURAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Official statistics do not accurately reflect the participation of rural women in Morocco's agricultural sector. As a result, women's contributions to the economy remain underreported and under-appreciated. According to the Moroccan Association for the Development of Rural Wom [...]	2009-09-18 16:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA188	SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 11:46:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA189	MOROCCO CRACKS DOWN ON ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the first half of September Moroccan security forces launched a campaign of arrests across the country against the banned Islamist group Al-Adl wal-Ihsan (AWI). The raids forcibly broke up AWI meetings at private residences in three cities and resulted in brief detentions [...]	2009-09-26 13:55:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM
09CASABLANCA19	VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for [...]	2009-02-05 14:22:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA192	CHINA, MOROCCO, AND THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: With a controlling stake in some of Africa's largest banks and solid 2010 earning projections, China is increasingly turning to Morocco's largest banks - Attijariwafa and Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE) - for its banking needs in Francophone Africa. To secure its [...]	2009-10-06 16:45:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV CH MO
09CASABLANCA193	VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the September arrest of 24 [...]	2009-10-08 12:05:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA194	WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN MOROCCO: A MODEL FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has implemented a wide variety of social and economic reforms with the aim of modernizing the country. One the areas where this has been the most apparent is in the advancement of women's rights. This prog [...]	2009-10-14 09:18:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA197	VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD UPDATE [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following na [...]	2009-10-20 16:56:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA198	THE KING, THE COURTS, AND THE RISE OF ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With only 150 judges in the entire commercial judiciary and close to 100,000 pending cases, Morocco's slow and often inept judicial system has made international firms increasingly skittish about investments and business transactions. In his major annual youth day address in lat [...]	2009-10-22 13:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA2	VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by [...]	2009-01-05 16:51:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA200	Disney World, Morocco, and Q-1 Visas [...] Summary: Overstays by Q-1 visa holders who serve as cultural representatives at Disney's EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida have long been a concern. Post conducted a validation study of Q-1 recipients issued visas between September 2006 and June 2008. The results confirmed that the overwhelmin [...]	2009-10-23 13:34:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS MO
09CASABLANCA21	MEETING WITH CASABLANCA POLICE PREFECT [...] (U) On February 5th, 2009 Consul General and RSO Casablanca met with Police Prefect Mustapha Mazouni at Casablanca's Prefecture to discuss the security situation in Casablanca. Prefect Mazouni, who requested the meeting, began by outlining his view of the current security climate in Casablan [...]	2009-02-06 17:00:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAGR KIRF MO PGOV SNAR
09CASABLANCA210	MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...]	2009-11-19 09:12:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA213	WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING AS ISLAMIST APPEAL WANES [...] SUMMARY: On November 22, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Melanne Verveer, met with Morocco's most prominent women policy makers, civil activists, journalists, and CEOs in Casablanca. Some of the country's leading women were highly critical of the Islamist-oriented Party of [...]	2009-11-30 09:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA216	WESTERN SAHARA: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN-administered Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in Western Sahara have thus far fallen short in achieving their underlying political goal of pushing the parties to interact regularly and build a relationship for future negotiations. The CBMs, however, have provided a vit [...]	2009-11-30 10:25:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV SMIG PREL PHUM MO AG
09CASABLANCA217	MOROCCAN JEWISH LEADER REPORTS ON LIVNI VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of Morocco's Jewish Community characterized the recent visit of Tzipi Livni to Morocco as a "positive development" and claimed that given the right circumstances, Morocco is ready to take additional steps to publicly engage with Israel in support of the peace process [...]	2009-11-30 18:14:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MO IS
09CASABLANCA224	VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, USAID and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the November 2009 reporting period. [...]	2009-12-08 09:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA225	MOROCCAN FM CRITICIZED FOR HAIDAR CASE [...] (C) At a small December 7 dinner XXXXXXXXXXXXX spontaneously raised the case of Aminatou Haidar (reftels). He harshly criticized FM Fassi Fihri for not having provided King Mohammed VI with better counsel regarding the likely consequences and world reaction. "At a number of levels, our dec [...]	2009-12-08 12:10:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL MO
09CASABLANCA226	PALACE COERCION PLAGUES MOROCCO'S REAL ESTATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a December 9 meeting, one of Morocco's leading business entrepreneurs XXXXXXXXXXXX, told EconOff that major institutions and processes of the Moroccan state are being used by the Palace to coerce and solicit bribes in the country's real estate sector. XXXXXXXXXXXX made clear t [...]	2009-12-11 17:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	SECRET	ECON EINV EFIN MO PGOV
09CASABLANCA228	EXPATRIATE CHRISTIANS EXPELLED FOR ALLEGED PROSELYTIZING [...] (C) Summary: On December 4 a group of Moroccan Christian converts and foreigners gathered in a home in the town of Saidia for a weekend of study and spiritual retreat. Moroccan police raided the house, confiscated personal items and religious material, and detained those present. The Morocc [...]	2009-12-23 12:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV ASCH MO
09CASABLANCA230	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES SOME OF MOROCCO'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead up to the White House Entrepreneurial Summit, the Ambassador met with some of Morocco's leading business entrepreneurs, academics and investors in Casablanca on December 17. The group highlighted three major constraints to the growth of entrepreneurship in Morocc [...]	2009-12-24 12:36:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL ETRD PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA26	MOROCCO-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS: ENERGY, [...] (SBU) Morocco's economic relationship with Russia, initially concentrated almost exclusively in the energy sector, has widened dramatically in recent years. Bilateral trade is flourishing in the agriculture and phosphate sectors, joining longstanding Moroccan reliance on Russia for petroleum [...]	2009-02-12 13:44:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	AG ECON EIND ETRD MO PGOV PREL RS
09CASABLANCA27	MOROCCO: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2008 to February 2009. ------------------------- OVERVIEW: Plus Ca Change... ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of M [...]	2009-02-13 14:57:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MO
09CASABLANCA34	FES MAYOR BECOMES NEW TRADE UNION LEADER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM),one of Morocco,s largest trade unions, elected a new secretary general at its annual congress on January 29th. The leadership of the trade unions, much like the political parties with which they are affiliated, rarely changes and oft [...]	2009-02-24 16:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA36	MOROCCO,S MIDDLE CLASS PART I: A STATE OF MIND [...] (SBU) King Mohammed VI's August 2008 directive that all public policies should seek to develop Morocco's middle class has prompted a spirited debate and discussion on the makeup of that middle class in Morocco today. For now, there is no consensus on the definition, even within the government. [...]	2009-03-03 09:47:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA40	VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, and ECON. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of February 2009. [...]	2009-03-10 13:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA42	PDAS KIRBY ADDRESSES FRUSTRATIONS OF MOROCCO'S BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan-American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (AmCham) hosted a business lunch March 2 for PDAS Michael Kirby of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The event was attended by 56 business men and women representing numerous industry sectors. AmCham Board Members, the Consul G [...]	2009-03-12 13:01:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT ASEC EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO
09CASABLANCA44	POLITICAL DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG MOROCCAN YOUTH [...] (SBU)Summary: A series of conversations with university-educated middle class Moroccan youth revealed negative and/or apathetic opinions towards their country's politicians and the political system in general. They reported that politicians were corrupt, indifferent to the needs of the people [...]	2009-03-18 09:46:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA47	MOROCCO/IRAN: THE PHANTOM SHIA MENACE [...] (C) Summary: One of Morocco's top experts on Islam discounted the government of Morocco's (GOM) explanation that the Iranian Shia menace was a proximate cause of the breakdown in relations between the two countries. Whatever Iran's alleged proselytizing activities may have borne, the penetra [...]	2009-03-23 19:46:00	Consulate Casablanca	SECRET	PREL PGOV KISL KTER MO AG IR
09CASABLANCA48	MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART II: THE STAGNATION OF [...] (SBU) While the bustling markets that line the streets of Casablanca might suggest that Morocco's middle class is thriving, many of our contacts note that growth within this segment of society has stagnated in part due to the rising cost of living and the country,s poor fiscal policies. Middle [...]	2009-03-24 10:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA63	MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART III: DISCONTENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Private and public sector efforts to strengthen Morocco's middle class have done little to quell the increasing discontent among the lower echelons of Morocco's middle class. Conversations with contacts in academia and civic society reveal that this segment of society is increa [...]	2009-04-03 15:30:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KISL MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA66	VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, PD and FCS. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of March 2009. [...]	2009-04-07 17:35:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA67	MOROCCO's GRAPES OF WRATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The city of Meknes is the center of Morocco's budding wine business, employing 6,000 people and producing 70 percent of the country's wine. Paradoxically, until early 2009 the city was governed by the Islamist-oriented Party of Justice and Development (PJD). The story of Mekne [...]	2009-04-10 16:16:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA74	MOROCCO: TRANSPORTATION STRIKE BRINGS COUNTRY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco's labor unions brought much of commerce to a halt and caused widespread shortages of fuel and a substantial increase in food prices after a nine day strike in protest against the government of Morocco's (GOM) proposed reform to the traffic code. The strike which began o [...]	2009-04-15 17:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD MO
09CASABLANCA78	WESTERN SAHARAN STUDENTS IN MOROCCO: BITING THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 10:27:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MO
09CASABLANCA79	WESTERN SAHARAN STUDENTS IN MOROCCO: BITING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Students from the Western Sahara seeking higher education have no choice but to attend university far from home in Morocco. These students, the future leaders of the Saharan political society, cut their teeth on politics in the radicalized and at times violent world of universit [...]	2009-04-23 10:27:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MO
09CASABLANCA83	MOROCCO'S NON-EMERGING ALTERNATIVE: ISLAMIC FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In late 2007, Morocco's central bank authorized Sharia-compliant products to be sold in the country's leading commercial banks. To date, the products have had limited success in penetrating the financial market due to two major constraints: the country's fiscal policy and a gove [...]	2009-04-30 16:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA85	VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the m [...]	2009-05-05 11:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
09CASABLANCA90	ISLAMISTS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH SALAFIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings the government of Morocco (GOM) detained and prosecuted thousands of suspected Islamic extremists. The creation of a concentrated Salafist population in the prisons has presented the GOM with new challenges including the b [...]	2009-05-11 18:12:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS KISL PHUM MO
09CASABLANCA93	MOROCCO'S EL DORADO - FRANCOPHONE AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: To fuel its expansion in Francophone Africa, Morocco's largest companies - Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Morocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE),and Maroc Telecom - are employing a calculated strategy, which entails buying controlling stakes in key sub-Saharan African firms, and pur [...]	2009-05-14 17:33:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SOCI MO
09CASABLANCA94	A NEW START FOR THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consul General in Casablanca met with the newly appointed U.S. trained managing director of the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE),Karim Hajii, on May 13th to discuss the loss of consumer confidence at CSE in the midst of widespread speculation of insider trading and mark [...]	2009-05-15 14:49:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINT PGOV MO
09CHENGDU101	SOUTHWEST CHINA: SICHUAN WORKER LAMENTS PARTY AND PLA [...] (C) Summary: A 55-year old worker in the southern Sichuan city of Xichang vented to us recently about how the Communist Party had ruined his life, chronic corruption in Xichang, bribery in the People's Liberation Army, and the arrogance of the Party/government elite that wastes resources on bi [...]	2009-06-10 04:07:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI MCAP CH
09CHENGDU102	SOUTHWEST CHINA: CONVERSATIONS WITH XICHANG CHRISTIANS [...] (C) Summary: According to Catholic and Protestant church members in the city of Xichang in southern Sichuan Province, urban and rural churches in the area operate relatively freely. The local Catholic community boasts nine priests and 25 nuns, regularly receives priests from South Korea and Ta [...]	2009-06-11 03:21:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU11	SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY: CONTRASTING TWO SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Eight months after the May Sichuan Earthquake, harder hit areas in Southwest China's Sichuan province face a long recovery process that may exceed the official targe [...]	2009-01-14 10:23:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU110	SOUTHWEST CHINA: PEASANTS, TITANIUM, AND HALTED DAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Displaced peasants, a new dam that will be second only to Three Gorges, China's largest titanium deposits, a sudden dam-halting order from the PRC Environment Ministry and the transformation of villages on Xichang's rural periphery are all linked to the construction of a va [...]	2009-06-24 03:42:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV SOCI ECON CH
09CHENGDU114	SOUTHWEST CHINA: SICHUAN OFFICIALS ON GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Sichuan has rich developed and potential hydro and biogas power resources, but far fewer solar and wind energy development opportunities, according to a recent pr [...]	2009-06-29 11:54:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SENV CH
09CHENGDU115	SOUTHWEST CHINA: TIBETAN NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local official media, ten thousand Tibetan middle school graduates students are to be given three-year government scholarships under the new "Sichuan Tibetan Areas Nine Plus Three Free Education Plan." The Tibetans will attend schools in Chinese-speaking parts of S [...]	2009-06-30 01:51:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU117	TIBETAN TEACHER ON PACIFYING KHAM BY JOBS AND EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: According to an ethnic Tibetan teacher from Aba Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, government job programs begun there over the past few years aim to give young people something to lose so they think twice about "stirring up trouble." A new program that will send ten thousa [...]	2009-07-01 01:59:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU122	SOUTHWEST CHINA: ENERGY EFFICIENCY UP AS OFFICIALS EMPHASIZE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrial energy efficiency progress was highlighted in a recent government-sponsored conference held in Chengdu, which drew little attention despite government emph [...]	2009-07-09 09:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON CH
09CHENGDU132	SW CHINA: CHENGDU RECYCLES THANKS TO MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Migrant worker entrepreneurs help Chengdu recycle by providing multiple filters for the city's waste, keeping recyclable material of all kinds out of landfills. Labo [...]	2009-07-24 06:31:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU141	SW CHINA: CHENGDU ENVIRONMENTALIST INDICTED FOR BLOOD DRIVE [...] (SBU) Chengdu environmentalist Tan Zuoren, who organized protests against a USD 5.5 billion petrochemical plant near Chengdu (ref A) and published online politically sensitive lists of the numbers of children killed when their schools collapsed in the May 12, 2008 earthquake (ref B),was i [...]	2009-08-04 09:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SENV
09CHENGDU147	SW CHINA: A TIBETAN PAP OFFICER SPEAKS POSITIVELY OF POLICE [...] (S/NF) Summary: A young Tibetan People's Armed Police (PAP) graduate of a nationalities university, leads a unit of 28 ethnic Han Chinese primary school graduates in Ngari (Ari) Prefecture in the western part of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Tibetans in this remote area commonly displa [...]	2009-08-06 08:16:00	Consulate Chengdu	SECRET	MCAP PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU149	US NGOS SUPPORT LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS AMONG ETHNIC TIBETANS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ethnic Tibetans and other minority communities benefit from income-boosting and cultural preservation projects in northwest Yunnan implemented by U.S. NGOs and fun [...]	2009-08-11 04:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU154	SW CHINA: A FALUNGONG ALERT, BUT ANNIVERSARY PASSED [...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Sichuan issued an internal order to be on high alert in the run-up to the 10th anniversary of the issuance on July 20, 1999, of the internal PRC government document ordering a nationwide crackdown on the spiritual movement known as the Falun Gong. A local off [...]	2009-08-17 06:55:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU155	NEW TELEMEDICINE CENTER AIMS TO EXPAND QUAKE ZONE HEALTHCARE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In the aftermath of the massive, May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, ConGen Chengdu has closely monitored disaster reconstruction and response efforts, [...]	2009-08-17 11:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU157	SW CHINA: JUNE FOURTH DISSIDENT, U.S. LPR ZHOU YONGJUN [...] (SBU) Summary: US LPR Zhou Yongjun, who was reportedly seized by PRC mainland authorities in Hong Kong in September 2008 and subsequently detained in Guangzhou and Sichuan, will go on trial in Suining, Sichuan on August 21. Zhou's lawyers at the Beijing "Mo Shaoping Law Firm" legal opinio [...]	2009-08-19 09:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU162	SW CHINA'S DIRTY WATER: WESTERN WATER GROUP BRIEFS CG [...] (U) This cable contains business confidential information, not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S.-based Western Water Group (WWG) confirmed to CG that China lags behind its own goals for wastewater treatment. While WWG has been quite successful in winning contract [...]	2009-08-24 09:12:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV TBIO PREL CH
09CHENGDU163	UK CG'S VIEWS ON CHONGQING ECONOMY, MARKET ACCESS, CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of the global financial crisis on domestically focused Chongqing has been relatively small, with China's stimulus package and auto-sector incentives boosting GDP by 12.1 percent in the first half of 2009, the UK's Chongqing-based Consul General told us. Chongqing's P [...]	2009-08-24 11:42:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV TBIO PREL CH
09CHENGDU165	HUMAN TRAFFICKING REMAINS SERIOUS IN YUNNAN PROVINCE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Yunnan faces more serious human trafficking issues than other Chinese provinces, particularly cross-border trafficking of women for forced marriages and children for ille [...]	2009-08-25 08:07:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM SMIG PGOV CH
09CHENGDU166	FORD PROSPERS IN CHINA AUTO MARKET; CHINESE FIRMS AS FUTURE [...] (U) This message contains business confidential information. Not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. China's 2009 car sales will be 12 million, a Ford executive told CG in Chongqing on August 7. Ford's China sales were up 21.5 percent in the first seven months of 2009 [...]	2009-08-25 08:56:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB ECON PREL CH
09CHENGDU168	SW CHINA: BLOGS, TWITTER ALERT PUBLIC TO DISSIDENT'S TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Supporters of Chengdu environmentalist Tan Zuoren, put on trial for incitement to overthrow state power on August 12, used blogs and twitter text messages to raise public awareness of the case. Tan's two lawyers, both active bloggers, and other supporters put the [...]	2009-08-26 05:05:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU169	YUNNAN: CHINA'S MAIN COUNTERNARCOTICS BATTLEFIELD SEES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Narcotics control is making progress in Yunnan Province, the heart of Chinese drug trafficking, a senior provincial official told Consul General, but interdicting imp [...]	2009-08-26 05:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL CH
09CHENGDU170	TIBETAN-HAN TENSIONS; LHASA TOURISM UP; HOTELS, HOSPITAL [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Conoffs traveled July 16-20 to Tibet to evaluate hotel options for a possible high-level U.S. delegation, as well as to evaluate emergency preparedness in Lhasa. The number of Chinese and foreign tourists in Lhasa is up from last year, when tourism halted for se [...]	2009-08-26 09:27:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU171	YUNNAN OFFICIALS ON EVOLVING ECONOMY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Yunnan Province lags behind other provinces in economic development, though its rich resources offer great potential. Its economy is slowly shifting from traditional sec [...]	2009-08-27 03:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD SENV PREL PHUM CH
09CHENGDU181	TIBETAN SURVIVAL IN SHANGRI-LA: TOURISM, BUDDHISM, AND [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit to Shangri-la by CG and ConGen staff found a booming tourism industry that some say threatens the local Tibetan Buddhist landscape, though the local Party Secretary asserts that it benefits religious life, bringing necessary financial support. New high-end, Tibetan- [...]	2009-09-03 01:25:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU182	AMBASSADOR HUNTSMAN MEETS SICHUAN GOVERNOR JIANG [...] (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting in Chengdu with Ambassador, Governor Jiang praised U.S. private and government assistance to Sichuan after the May 2008 earthquake and reported that good progress had been made in rebuilding homes, schools and hospitals. Ambassador recalled how, like oth [...]	2009-09-03 09:15:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM ECON
09CHENGDU184	TIBET: US NGO SAYS T.A.R. OFFICIALS WANT THEM OUT [...] (C) Summary: Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) officials want foreign residents, particularly those who speak Tibetan, out of the TAR, Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) Country Director Tony Gleason said. The situation of international NGOs (INGOs) in the TAR has steadily worsened since the [...]	2009-09-04 07:08:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU187	TIBET: NGO WORKING TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN NW YUNNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting USG-funded projects to support Tibetan livelihood in NW Yunnan run by the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF),CG and ConGen staff saw successful programs that teach engine repair and business skills and support craftspeople by connecting them with international marke [...]	2009-09-10 02:44:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU189	TIBET: MANY INTERNATIONAL NGOS FORCED OUT SINCE 3/08 [...] (U) This is the second of two reports on the current situation faced by international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),following Chengdu 184. This cable was coordinated with Embassy Beijing. 2. (SBU) Summary: Since March 2008, TAR officials [...]	2009-09-14 08:04:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU190	SW CHINA AEROSPACE COMPANIES CLAIM U.S. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Following up on issues raised by American business leaders during the Ambassador's August 28 meeting with members of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Southwest China, Consul General met separately with Lienjing Chen, Director of Manufacturing and Sourcing [...]	2009-09-15 03:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAIR EIND ETTC CH
09CHENGDU195	SW CHINA: TIBETAN HIGH SCHOOLERS ARRIVE IN SICHUAN HAN [...] (C) Summary: An Aba Prefecture plan to send many Tibetan middle school graduates to Sichuan high schools has been delayed a year, an ethnic Tibetan former middle school teacher from Aba Prefecture in western Sichuan Province said. The plan overall has more students than originally planned, wi [...]	2009-09-17 03:11:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU196	SW CHINA OFFICIALS SIGN MOU FOR MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTOR [...] (C) Summary: Chinese officials from the Future Nuclear Energy Technology Application Institute (FNETA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with U.S.-based NuScale Power to work toward an agreement to build modular light water nuclear reactors (LWR) in China. Chengdu officials p [...]	2009-09-18 02:06:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV KNNP CH
09CHENGDU198	GETTING TRADE FLOWING: A PHASED APPROACH TO BEEF [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. What's at "Steak": A Billion Dollars in U.S. Exports in Short Order --------------------------------------------- -------------- -------- 2. (U) At a recent meeting with Ambassador in Chengdu, AmCit Steven Allemang pleaded [...]	2009-09-21 07:28:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PREL CH
09CHENGDU203	PRC-BURMA BORDER: CHINESE ACADEMICS SAY PRC INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: Chinese officials from both the central government and Yunnan Province are directly involved in current negotiations between the Government of Burma (GOB) and the leadership of ethnic minority "ceasefire groups" in northern Burma, according to a Kunming-based scholar. Other Chines [...]	2009-09-25 08:40:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09CHENGDU206	BURMA: YUNNAN LOCALS ON THE BORDER SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A range of local Kunming residents, including jade sellers and travel agencies with ongoing business along the border, expressed uncertainty regarding long-term security in border areas following the August conflict in Kokang. A larger jade operation in Kunming, and local seller [...]	2009-09-28 08:56:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF BM CH
09CHENGDU208	SICHUAN SEES HUMAN TRAFFICKING INCREASE SINCE 2005 [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Sichuan Province has seen a dramatic increase in human trafficking cases since 2005, a Sichuan Public Security Bureau (PSB) official reported, though in the past five mont [...]	2009-09-29 06:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM SMIG PGOV CH
09CHENGDU210	CHONGQING LABOR LAWYER SEES LEGAL SYSTEM PROGRESS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: After 13 years of advocating for migrant workers' legal rights, Chongqing lawyer Zhou Litai says he has seen positive progress, especially in the PRC's legal system. Zhou [...]	2009-09-29 07:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU211	SW CHINA MINERAL RESOURCES FUELING NASDAQ-LISTED COMPANY'S [...] (C) Summary: Executives at NASDAQ-listed Sichuan Apollo Solar Science and Technology Company (SASST) say that access to Southwest China's mineral resources differentiates their company from many competitors in the solar power industry. The company aims to triple their output of high-purity ma [...]	2009-09-30 03:31:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV KNNP CH
09CHENGDU212	CHENGDU MINORITIES UNDER WATCH FOR OCTOBER HOLIDAY [...] (C) Summary: Uighur students studying in Chengdu are being closely monitored by security personnel in the run-up to the October 1 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and continue to worry about anti-Uighur sentiment from Han Chinese. Some Han continue to fear [...]	2009-09-30 08:43:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU213	TIBET: TIGHT SECURITY IN LHASA IN OCTOBER 1 LEAD UP [...] (C) Summary: An elderly Tibetan couple visiting Chengdu described to PolEconOff the environment in and around Lhasa in the weeks leading up to Chinese National Day on October 1 as "very tense" with "soldiers everywhere." The environment they described tracks closely with observations by ConOff [...]	2009-09-30 09:31:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU214	U.S. FIRM PLAYS CHONGQING CONNECTIONS AGAINST CENTRAL [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: TY Lin International China (TYLI China),a U.S. bridge and transportation consulting firm, has used its position of being headquartered in Chongqing to great advantage, u [...]	2009-09-30 11:05:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ELTN ETRD PGOV CH
09CHENGDU218	SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY: MANY RURAL RESIDENTS STILL LACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite official Sichuan Province statistics claiming 97 percent of rural home rebuilding following last year's earthquake has been completed, a trip to the area in mid-September revealed a significant proportion of rural residents remain in temporary housing. Banners proclaimin [...]	2009-10-07 09:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU220	TIBET EXPERT ON BREAKDOWN IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRC; BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: Both the Dalai Lama and the PRC leadership are to blame for the breakdown in Tibetan-China negotiations, the Director of the Mountain Institute's China Program told us. This Amcit Director, a seasoned Chinese and Tibetan-speaker, said irredentist Tibetans fail both to focus on the [...]	2009-10-08 09:54:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU222	CHONGQING'S AIR/RIVER FREE TRADE PORT TO BECOME AMONG [...] Summary: Chongqing's Lianglu/Cuntan Free Trade Port Area, China's first inland free trade port, is a huge airport/river bonded area with extensive highway and rail links, and will make Chongqing the logistics hub of China, local officials boldly predict. Chongqing Airport, the first in China t [...]	2009-10-09 04:25:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV ELTN ETRD PGOV CH
09CHENGDU223	FRAUD SUMMARY - CHENGDU (APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2009) [...] The Chengdu consular district covers Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces, the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),and the Chongqing Municipality. The majority of the Consulate's NIV applicants hail from Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming, followed by Guiyang and smaller cities and towns throughout th [...]	2009-10-09 04:55:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH
09CHENGDU228	TIBETAN MONKS SAY VOA BROADCASTS ARE INFORMATION LIFELINE [...] (S) Summary: Chengdu ethnic Tibetan LES (strictly protect) in early October spent a week at Labrang Monastery in Gansu Province, visiting family and senior monks -- including the chief religious tutor to the Beijing-recognized 11th Panchen Lama. The tutor did not have a picture of the young P [...]	2009-10-15 09:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	SECRET	PHUM SOCI VOA CH

09CHENGDU229	CHONGQING GOALS FOR BALANCED URBAN-RURAL DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: As one of only two pilot areas in China working to reduce the economic imbalance between urban and rural citizens (ref A),Chongqing Municipality -- where rural residents account for 70 percent of 33 million inhabitants -- is focusing inter alia on reforming the social security, land [...]	2009-10-15 09:43:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU23	SOUTHWEST CHINA: PARTY ORDER TO ENFORCE DISCIPLINE OF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Classified regulations issued in late 2007 by the Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan Province outline in detail sanctions to be taken against Communist Party members who participate in Dalai Lama teachings abroad or allow their children to study to [...]	2009-02-06 06:14:00	Consulate Chengdu	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR CH
09CHENGDU230	TOP LAWYER USING YUNNAN ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS TO EXPAND [...] (C) Summary: An open-minded chief judge and new guidance for environmental courts make Yunnan Province the logical place to pursue public interest environmental litigation, one of China's top public interest lawyers said. Similar courts and early cases in Guizhou and Jiangsu have set new prece [...]	2009-10-16 05:06:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV PHUM CH
09CHENGDU231	U.S. VENTURE SEEKS FOR-PROFIT RURAL HEALTH CLINIC NETWORK IN [...] (U) This cable contains business confidential information, not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: To address the lack of adequate rural healthcare in SW China, a U.S. firm seeks to establish a for-profit network of clinics using a telemedicine and "barefoot doctor" model bo [...]	2009-10-16 06:44:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU232	CITIES OF CHONGQING AND CHENGDU: RIVALS AND BROTHERS [...] (U) Summary: Chongqing and Chengdu have a long history of rivalry, but are increasingly becoming part of a larger megalopolis. Chongqing's GDP growth was 12.5 percent in the first half of 2009, ranking it sixth among all provinces, and resulted from: construction of new economic and financial [...]	2009-10-16 09:31:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EAGR ELAB PGOV PINR CH
09CHENGDU236	CHEVRON'S SW CHINA GAS PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The first stage of Chevron's upstream gas development project on the Sichuan-Chongqing border is poised to take a significant step forward when it receives National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approval in the coming weeks. Chevron and PetroChina signed a multi-year p [...]	2009-10-27 03:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI KNNP CH
09CHENGDU237	WEN JIABAO ON DEVELOPING CHINA'S WESTERN PROVINCES: 10 YEARS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. Over the last 10 years, China's central government has made huge transfer payments and infrastructure investments that have helped 12 western provinces grow faster than its already booming coastal provinces, Premier Wen Jiabao said in an October 16 speech in Chengdu. [...]	2009-10-27 05:10:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ENRG EMIN PGOV PREL CH
09CHENGDU239	SW CHINA OFFICIALS SEEK GREATER CONTROL OF CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Even as Chinese officials in Beijing discuss national-level climate change initiatives in the run-up to the Copenhagen conference, Sichuan officials have been stymied [...]	2009-10-28 05:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV CH
09CHENGDU247	TIBET: CLIMATE CHANGE, GREEN ENERGY, MINING, POACHING, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Climate change is moving faster in Tibet than in other areas of China, and fastest at the highest elevations, leading the State Council to pass an ambitious plan for ecological protection earlier this year, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) officials told us October 22 in Lhasa. G [...]	2009-11-06 02:47:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EMIN EAGR CH
09CHENGDU248	TIBET PARTY OFFICIAL DERIDES DALAI LAMA, YET WELCOMES HIM [...] (C) Summary: The Dalai Lama bears exclusive responsibility for the breakdown in talks with PRC officials, which Beijing is open to resuming once the Dalai Lama abandons his "hidden agenda" for independence and accepts "history" that Tibet has always been a part of China, a Tibet Communist Party [...]	2009-11-06 07:33:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU249	CHINA ENLISTS U.S. AEROSPACE SUBCONTRACTOR IN BID TO BEAT [...] (C) Summary: China is seeking the assistance of foreign aerospace companies to increase the international competitiveness of its new C919 passenger jet, due to come to market in 2016, that will compete with Boeing and Airbus. The Chinese lead firm for the project, Commercial Aircraft Corporat [...]	2009-11-06 07:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR EINV ETTC PREL PGOV TRGY CH
09CHENGDU251	TIBET VICE GOVERNOR: SLAMS DALAI LAMA, DENIES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dalai Lama and his "clique" masterminded the "March 14" incident as part of a bid to take back feudal power in Tibet, Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Vice Governor Wu Yingjie told Consul General October 20. The many people praying at temples in Lhasa testify to the government [...]	2009-11-09 06:36:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EAGR SENV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU252	TIBET 15 YEARS LATER: CONGENOFF'S OBSERVATIONS OF CHANGING [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: ConGen Chengdu Officer visited Lhasa in mid-October for the first time since 1994, when he was a university student in religious studies (including Buddhism). This cable provides his informal vignettes of life in Lhasa. ConGenOff noted that Western tourists in Lhas [...]	2009-11-09 07:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09CHENGDU253	GUIZHOU COALMINE SAFETY MAKES PROGRESS, BUT REMAINS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Between 2003 and 2008, coalmine deaths in Guizhou - one of the poorest provinces in China - fell from 973 to 453, an industry regulator told Consul General November [...]	2009-11-09 09:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EMIN ECON PREL PGOV CH
09CHENGDU254	LHASA TECH COMPANY COMMERCIALIZES TIBETAN LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tibet Luozang Digital S&T Co., founded by an ethnically Tibetan computer science professor at Tibet University, produces two innovative Tibetan-Chinese-English electronic dictionary and language learning machines. Professor Luozang, who holds four PRC patents on his elect [...]	2009-11-10 02:08:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR CH
09CHENGDU257	LHASA STORIES: MONK, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WRITER, CAB [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with non-official Han and Tibetan residents of Lhasa reflect continuing tight government controls and the quiet determination of many Tibetans to remain loyal to their religious leader, the Dalai Lama. Young monks at Sera Monastery showed off a cell phone picture [...]	2009-11-13 02:00:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU259	SW CHINA SOLAR FIRM BUYS MAJORITY OF US COMPANY, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from Tianwei New Energy, a solar power company based in southwest China's Sichuan province, said that the recent acquisition of a controlling share of the U.S. firm Hoku Scientific was a sudden opportunistic move rather than a key part of the company's long-term develop [...]	2009-11-17 03:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV PGOV SENV KNNP CH
09CHENGDU262	SW CHINA ELECTRONICS GIANT SETS SIGHTS ON U.S. MARKET, SEEKS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Sichuan electronics giant Changhong recently told us success in the U.S. market, elusive up to now, would be a litmus test of its arrival as a major globa [...]	2009-11-18 07:48:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KNNP CH
09CHENGDU263	RED ALERT! U.S. DIPLOMATS VISIT (QUASI-) CLOSED CITY OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Consul General recently visited Mianyang, Sichuan Province's second largest city, and a "Science and Technology City" where Beijing carries out research for its nuclear weapons program. The city is also home to Changhong, a former military-industrial company that no [...]	2009-11-18 08:29:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU264	CLIMATE CHANGE: UK EFFORTS IN SOUTHWEST CHINA TO ENCOURAGE A [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Chongqing leads SW China in moving towards a low-carbon economy, with Guizhou lagging furthest behind, a UK official told Consul General. Chongqing owes its lead [...]	2009-11-18 09:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SENV KGHG
09CHENGDU266	CHENGDU B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Consulate Chengdu's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of all private Chinese passport holders who were issued B1/B2 visas in CY2008. Based on a review and analysis of 800 randomly-selected visa issuances, the illegal overstay rate was found to be 2.0 perc [...]	2009-11-19 09:09:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CH
09CHENGDU270	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DURING [...] (U) The message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for distribution on the internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Former President Jimmy Carter, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, and officials from the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity, traveled to Sichuan Province November [...]	2009-11-29 01:38:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID ECON PGOV SOCI OVIP KPAO CH
09CHENGDU271	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU272	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU273	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU274	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU275	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU276	WORLD BANK/IFC'S CHENGDU OFFICIALS ON STRUCTURAL IMPEDIMENTS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Small business access to credit in China is a long-term, structural problem that 'is not going away for the next 10-20 years", a Chengdu-based official of the World Bank's [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU277	GUIZHOU PROVINCE: GREEN INITIATIVES BELIE ITS CONSERVATIVE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Southwest China's Guizhou Province, an early adopter of Beijing's relatively new "Ecological Culture" policy, has become a leader on some environmental issues. Guiz [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL ECON EMIN SOCI CH
09CHENGDU279	GUIZHOU: POOR PROVINCE GROWS FASTER THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Guizhou, an ethnically diverse province 92 percent covered by mountains, remains one of China's poorest. In two recent meetings, officials from the [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV SENV CH
09CHENGDU280	A TIBETAN ENGLISH TEACHER TALKS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: A Tibetan English teacher, school principal, and amateur drama director discussed navigating Tibet's difficult political climate and introducing students to foreign cultures through English language instruction. Norbu once worked with foreign NGOs, but since friends in the Tibeta [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI VOA CH
09CHENGDU281	WORLD BANK/IFC ON RESURGENCE OF STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chengdu IFC officials recently shared their assessment that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have been on the resurgence since well before the financial crisis. They parti [...]	2009-12-01 09:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PGOV CH
09CHENGDU282	SW CHINA: BIG CITY GAY HIV PREVALENCE EXCEEDS TEN PERCENT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The HIV rate among gay men living in Chengdu, Guiyang, Kunming, and Chongqing exceeds 10 percent, according to a large nationwide survey conducted by the China Centers [...]	2009-12-02 07:21:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV KHIV CH
09CHENGDU283	TIBET: NEPAL SEEKS INCREASED PRC TRADE/AID/TRANSPORT LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal seeks to be a transit point between India and China and hopes to see increased development assistance and investment from the PRC, Nepalese Consul General in Lhasa told CG recently during a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Nepal seeks lower content requirement [...]	2009-12-02 07:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID EINV ELTN SOCI NP CH
09CHENGDU284	BURMA'S CG IN SOUTHWEST CHINA DISCUSSES RISING TRADE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Burma's Consul General in Kunming, July-August unrest on the border with China's Yunnan province did not significantly affect overall bilateral trade, which continues to increase. Trade between China and Burma increased annually by: 11-18 percent between 2005 and 2 [...]	2009-12-03 07:38:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL SNAR SENV KTIP CH BM
09CHENGDU285	GUIYANG HOPES ARE HIGH UNDER ENTHUSIASTIC LEADER; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Brimming with confidence, Guiyang Vice-Mayor Li Zhong told Consul General recently that his city -- long the isolated capital of one of China's poorest provinces -- wo [...]	2009-12-04 00:15:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ELTN SOCI CH
09CHENGDU288	TIBET: RELIGION MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS EXPLAIN THEIR SYSTEM [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information and is not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Tibetan Autonomous Region's (TAR) Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau recently presented to Consul General in Lhasa the strictly Chinese government, official view [...]	2009-12-07 07:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09CHENGDU289	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA: CASE STUDY OF RURAL JINTANG [...] (U) This message is contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Sichuan's rural Jintang County has a small Protestant community of 1000 persons organized under one "patriotic" church (a legally registered religious venue),with [...]	2009-12-07 08:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU293	GUIZHOU HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRENDS MIRROR THOSE OF YUNNAN, [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Human trafficking patterns in Guizhou are very similar to neighboring Yunnan province, and are dominated by forced marriages and illegal adoptions, Guizhou Public Secu [...]	2009-12-08 09:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KTIP KWMN CH
09CHENGDU294	KUNMING PHARMACEUTICAL CHIEF CLAIMS CHINESE IPR IS STRONG; [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Chinese intellectual property rights (IPR) have strengthened considerably in the last 10 years, the chairman of a New York AMEX-listed, Chinese pharmaceutical compan [...]	2009-12-09 00:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIPR CH
09CHENGDU295	MANY PANDA TWINS FLOURISH AT NEW YA'AN BREEDING CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixteen baby pandas were born this year at the Ya'an Panda Breeding Center, successor to the earthquake-devastated Wolong Panda Breeding Center, which will reopen in 2012. Deputy Chief Engineer Huang Yan of the China Panda Preservation Research Center, who is the science and [...]	2009-12-09 05:08:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO CH
09CHENGDU296	GUIZHOU: PORTRAIT OF A SELF-PROMOTING COMMUNIST YOUTH LEAGUE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: At 39 years old, Chen Cangxu has been the Secretary of the Guizhou Communist Youth League (GCYL) for the last two years. Over dinner, Chen told Consul General how he [...]	2009-12-09 08:26:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI CH
09CHENGDU3	GUIZHOU LOOKS TO CHINA COAST TO RE-EMPLOY PEASANT MIGRANT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Labor officials and researchers say an economic upturn in the more prosperous coastal region is the key to reducing the swelling number of unemployed migrant laborers [...]	2009-01-06 06:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU30	TRYING TO FIND NON-PIRATED MOVIES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pirated movies appear to remain readily on sale in Sichuan Province's capital city of Chengdu. Packaging is of such a high quality that the average consumer probably [...]	2009-02-13 05:34:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PGOV CH
09CHENGDU300	SW CHINA CONFERENCE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS ON [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Notwithstanding official optimism, serious doubts about PRC intellectual property rights protection progress were voiced by foreign-invested Chinese companies partic [...]	2009-12-12 22:55:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ETRD PGOV KIPR CH
09CHENGDU304	SICHUAN QUAKE DONATIONS DEMONSTRATE GREEN BUILDING [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Guangyuan, one of Sichuan's poorest prefectures, is the site for a demonstration of earthquake resistant, environmentally friendly bamboo shelters. The standards being [...]	2009-12-14 23:32:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU305	TIBET: TAR JUSTICE SERVES THE PARTY, SOCIALISM, AND UNITY [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Deputy Director of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Justice Bureau recently outlined to Consul General the TAR prison system, reeducation-through-labor system, and [...]	2009-12-15 06:04:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CH
09CHENGDU307	DRC PROVIDES SICHUAN DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the internet. 2. (U) Summary: Sichuan's Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) expects that the province will meet ambitious 2009 growth targets following a decade of 10 percent annual growth. O [...]	2009-12-15 07:06:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN SENV KGHG PGOV PINR CH
09CHENGDU309	VIETNAM CONSUL IN KUNMING FEARS HANOI MIGHT BE LEFT BEHIND [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The development of highway links between Yunnan province and Vietnam is moving slowly on the Vietnam side, a Vietnam Consul in Kunming told Consular Officer. This sl [...]	2009-12-16 02:06:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR PREL CH VM
09CHENGDU31	SOUTHWEST CHINA: VISITING GUIZHOU'S MIAO MINORITY [...] (C) Summary: A recent trip with an ethnic Miao anthropologist to his home in the Miao/Hmong heartland of Guizhou, China's poorest province, provided an interesting window on rapid changes currently underway in rural areas of the region. Large government and private investments in tourist dev [...]	2009-02-17 05:28:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CH
09CHENGDU310	SW CHINA CITY SEEKS TO BECOME MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUB -- [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. Leshan officials told Consul General that currently planned infrastructure projects would transform the city into a transportation and industrial hub for southwest C [...]	2009-12-17 04:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ELTN EAIR EWWT ETRD SENV PGOV CH
09CHENGDU311	TIBET: LOCAL AUTHORITIES MOVE TO RESTORE GRASSLANDS, BUT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Director General of the Animal Husbandry Bureau in Lhoka Prefecture said recently that suitable grasslands for grazing animals were becoming increasingly scarce. [...]	2009-12-17 22:32:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV PINR SENV CH
09CHENGDU313	SW CHINA: SELF-IMMOLATION CASE IN CHENGDU HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Three recent cases in southwest China -- including a high-profile case where a Chengdu citizen set fire to herself to protest a demolition of a property -- illustrate how Chinese citizens [...]	2009-12-18 09:17:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS ECON EFIN CH
09CHENGDU315	TIBET PARTY LINE PITFALL: "TIBET HAS BEEN PART OF CHINA [...] (U) This message contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The politically charged historical statement "Tibet has been part of China since ancient times" has been widely used in the PRC media and officials since 2008 and became [...]	2009-12-18 09:39:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAS VOA CH
09CHENGDU316	SICHUAN PERSPECTIVES: THE APPARATCHIK, THE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: A Sichuan People's Congress committee chairman, a professor of constitutional law at Sichuan University, and a Chinese blogger recently gave their differing takes on the outlook for Chinese reform: -- the Sichuan People's Congress committee chairman said that strong pres [...]	2009-12-18 10:09:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI CH
09CHENGDU319	SEMICONDUCTOR FIRM IN SW CHINA SEES RISING COMPETITION FOR [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Leshan-Phoenix Semiconductor (LPS),a joint venture between U.S. ON Semiconductor (ONS) and Leshan Radio Company, says that attracting and retaining the engineers nee [...]	2009-12-24 10:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV EIND ETRD PGOV CH
09CHENGDU320	SW CHINA MAYOR DISCUSSES IMPACT OF EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Leshan Mayor Jiang Fuyi told Consul General December 8 that demand for construction materials for earthquake reconstruction boosted the city's GDP to seventh place amo [...]	2009-12-24 11:43:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELTN EWWT ENRG SENV PGOV CH
09CHENGDU35	ECONOMIC DOWNTURN POTENTIALLY SPURRING SOUTHWEST CHINA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recently learned from local NGO and academic contacts that the economic downturn appears to be pushing Yunnan's provincial government to move forward with hydropower projects on the Nu River, previously put on hold by the central government, as a means to funnel government i [...]	2009-02-19 07:48:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV CH
09CHENGDU40	SOUTHWEST CHINA ENTREPRENEURS BUILD COUNTERFEIT STORE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Entrepreneurs in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu have, in at least one case, moved from selling copyright infringing products to copying a company's entire produc [...]	2009-03-05 02:07:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD KIPR PGOV CH
09CHENGDU41	SICHUAN SECURITY PREPARES FOR TIBETAN ANNIVERSARIES [...] (S) Summary: Although still well below last year's levels, the security presence in Chengdu's Tibet-town and some other areas of the city is steadily growing in lead-up to the March 10 fiftieth anniversary of the Lhasa uprising against Communist authorities. Groups of six People's Armed Polic [...]	2009-03-05 09:38:00	Consulate Chengdu	SECRET	PGOV PHUM CH
09CHENGDU62	SOUTHWEST CHINA: DONGFANG ELECTRIC RECOVERS FROM EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dongfang Electric Corporation, a company based in Sichuan province that produces and sells billions of dollars in power generation equipment worldwide, told us its production of electric power generating turbines is increasing. Despite the economic impact of the May 2008 earthqu [...]	2009-04-13 02:57:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENGR TRGY ETTC PGOV CH
09CHENGDU69	YUNNAN'S ROCKY INTERNATIONAL ROADS HAMPER ACCESS TO SE [...] (C) Summary: Road links from Southwest China's Sichuan province through Yunnan Province to Southeast Asia have not yet developed to the point where motorists can count on these highways for safe and reliable passage south. Problems of highway finance in Yunnan Province, corruption, poor work [...]	2009-04-21 06:23:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ASEC PGOV
09CHENGDU71	SICHUAN FACES RETURNING MIGRANT WORKER TIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 07:11:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SOCI CH
09CHENGDU81	CONNECTING THE SOUTHWEST: SICHUAN'S NEW ROADS PAVED WITH [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information -- not for distribution on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic stimulus and earthquake reconstruction money will fund rapid transportation network expansion in Southwest China's Sichuan province over the next thr [...]	2009-05-13 05:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV CH
09CHENGDU82	SW CHINA BROADBAND: GROWING RAPIDLY IN A LARGE POTENTIAL [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: The number of Internet users in Southwest China doubled to 27 million people between 2005 and 2008. The region's population of 200 million people leaves room for su [...]	2009-05-18 08:54:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON CH SOCI
09CHENGDU87	TIBETAN LANGUAGE INTERNET IN THE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The nascent growth of Tibetan language internet in China slowed with the closure of several websites and detention of Tibetan e-activists over the past year. Tibetan language email and websites are nevertheless becoming increasingly popular among students and intellectuals, low [...]	2009-05-22 04:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EINT CH
09CHENGDU88	SOUTHWEST CHINA ATTENTION TO GREENHOUSE GASES GROWS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental Protection Bureaus in the Southwest Chinese cities of Chengdu and Chongqing are studying local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Chengdu environmental of [...]	2009-05-22 06:45:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG CH
09CHENGDU90	SICHUAN QUAKE RECOVERY UPDATE: RAPID RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Spurred by the central government's goal of moving displaced quake victims into permanent housing by the end of 2009, reconstruction in the earthquake zone has signi [...]	2009-05-26 09:41:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV CH
09CHENGDU95	SOUTHWEST CHINA: WHAT'S GOING ON WITH AIR QUALITY DATA? [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Air quality in Southwest China's city of Chengdu, is probably worse than official statistics would suggest. The city records significantly fewer poor air quality [...]	2009-06-02 06:03:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CH ENRG PREL ECON
09CHENGDU99	SOUTHWEST CHINA: LOCAL SCHOLAR ON TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY AND [...] (C) Summary: Indicating that controls over media in Sichuan Province have notably increased over the past year, a senior-level Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) researcher described how Communist Party officials applied additional pressure on him and other independent website editors [...]	2009-06-04 06:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO SOCI CH
09CHENNAI100	BHARAT BALLOT 09: "FORCED CONVERSIONS" FUEL POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Political conversations in Karnataka are peppered with references to "forced" or "forcible" conversion. Although the term has been defined in various states' legal statutes and interpreted by the Indian Supreme Court, different religious communities in the state -- particularly H [...]	2009-04-02 06:29:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
09CHENNAI104	BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA CATHOLIC LEADERS URGE FLOCK TO [...] (SBU) Summary: During Sunday services Catholic priests across Kerala read a pastoral letter to their congregants that essentially told them to vote against the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and its allies in the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The pastoral letter was just the latest [...]	2009-04-06 05:33:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI107	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ALLIANCE ARITHMETIC IS A KEY FACTOR IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No single party is likely to win a majority of the seats in India's parliament in the upcoming elections. As a result, whichever party ultimately forms the next government will need to do so by building a coalition government. This cable outlines the broad features of allianc [...]	2009-04-08 06:53:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI109	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KERALA [...] (SBU) Summary: The 21.6 million voters in the state of Kerala will go to polls on April 16 in the first of five phases of India's national elections. During a road tour of Kerala, we found the Congress party in an upbeat mood expecting to win a majority of the 20 seats that are up for grabs, [...]	2009-04-15 03:54:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM IN
09CHENNAI11	KEY UPA ALLY WINS TAINTED TAMIL NADU BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a by-election projected by some as a preview of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK party, a key constituent of India's ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA),won by a huge margin. The opposition AIADMK party saw the by-election as an opportunity to e [...]	2009-01-13 07:14:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IN
09CHENNAI112	BHARAT BALLOT 09: ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN KERALA [...] (SBU) Summary: The 21.6 million voters in the state of Kerala will go to polls on April 16 in the first of five phases of India's national elections. During a road tour of Kerala, we found the Congress party in an upbeat mood expecting to win a majority of the 20 seats that are up for grabs, [...]	2009-04-16 00:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM IN
09CHENNAI116	BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP SITTING PRETTY IN KARNATAKA [...] Summary: On April 23 voters in seventeen districts of the southern state of Karnataka will cast their votes in the state's first phase of voting in India's national elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did exceptionally well in 2004, winning eighteen seats. Congress came in second with [...]	2009-04-23 21:46:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF OTRA IN
09CHENNAI126	HONEST POLITICIAN FACES UPHILL FIGHT IN BANGALORE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent trip to the south Indian state Karnataka, we followed a Congress party candidate as he campaigned through the streets of Bangalore. The candidate's campaign events were modest in size and the reception he received varied based on the location's political leanin [...]	2009-04-30 07:16:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF IN PREL KDEM
09CHENNAI13	Kerala Field Investigations Yield Low Fraud, but Good [...] Summary. While Post frequently reports on H-1B fraud trends in Hyderabad and Bangalore, the state of Kerala, on India's southwest coast, deserves attention as the primary source of immigrant visa applicants in South India. On a recent field investigation trip throughout the state, an FPU team [...]	2009-01-16 05:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS KFRD CMGT IN KOCI
09CHENNAI133	BHARAT BALLOT 09: POLITICAL SUCCESS REQUIRES GRASSROOTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Often lost in the coverage of India's elections are the details of how the process works on the local level. Local political figures in Kerala explained that direct contact with voters is critical. Political parties rely on "booth committees," pulled from extensive networks of [...]	2009-05-08 03:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM IN
09CHENNAI144	BHARAT BALLOT O9: CASH FOR VOTES IN SOUTH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Bribes from political parties to voters, in the form of cash, goods, or services, are a regular feature of elections in South India. Poor voters expect bribes from political candidates, and candidates find various ways to satisfy voter expectations. From paying to dig a community w [...]	2009-05-13 05:11:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI145	BHARAT BALLOT 09: UPA FACES SETBACK IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu has played a crucial role in the formation of India's recent coalition governments. In 2004, a DMK-led alliance swept the polls, contributing all of the state's parliamentary seats to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). But the tables have turned, with the DMK [...]	2009-05-13 07:08:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI149	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 05-050095903 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of Sudarrshan Technical Services told us by telephone that his company's only relationship with the Israel-based Scope Metals Group (ref B) was a one-time proposed sale in 2008 to purchase stud nuts for aircraft for the Indian Air Force (described in ref A). Sc [...]	2009-05-19 04:41:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IN IS
09CHENNAI150	SOUTH INDIAN VIEWS ON U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND THE FIRST [...] SUMMARY: As suggested reftel, PAS Chennai invited a diverse range of contacts to a "working reception" to solicit their ideas for increasing mutual understanding between India and the U.S. We also asked participants their opinions regarding the new Administration's first 100 days in office. [...]	2009-05-20 07:13:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL SCUL KPAO CVIS CASC IN
09CHENNAI151	TAMIL NADU QUIET AFTER PRABHAKARAN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Mixed but moderate responses in Tamil Nadu followed the news of the death of Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),from relief to indifference to occasional outright denial. Despite the efforts of political parties to turn concern over [...]	2009-05-22 05:22:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN ASEC CE
09CHENNAI157	Over Half of Tibetan Visitors from India Overstay Visas [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of the 496 B1/B2 tourist visas granted in CY-2007 and CY-2008 to stateless individuals carrying Indian-issued identity papers. All butQ of those applicants was Tibetan. Over half of these travelers appear to be potential overs [...]	2009-05-26 23:17:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS ASEC PHUM PREL PREF IN
09CHENNAI158	Mission India FY08 Visa Referral Validation Study [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of all 1,408 approved non-immigrant visa applicants who utilized the visa referral program in FY2008 in New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. The study showed that 99.4 percent of the visa recipients have entered and depart [...]	2009-05-27 02:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI161	ANDHRA POLICE KILL KEY MAOIST LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Andhra Pradesh (AP) killed two top members of a violent Maoist group ("Naxalite") in an encounter on May 24. They also recovered several firearms. The police link one of those killed to several high-profile terrorist attacks, including assassination attempts against [...]	2009-05-28 06:37:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC PHUM IN
09CHENNAI163	BHARAT BALLOT '09: MAY 28 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS: ELECTION [...] (U) This report is part of a periodic series covering items of interest in South India not featured in our other reporting. This edition of "Southern Snapshots" covers: -- Tamil Nadu: Parties unable to leverage the plight of Sri Lanka's Tamils for political gain -- Andhra Pradesh: Sops tr [...]	2009-05-29 02:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI168	ANDHRA PRADESH CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, SCORES OTHER [...] Summary: The state of Andhra Pradesh (one of India's largest, with a population exceeding 80 million) continues to be one of India's most active states in combating trafficking in persons (TIP),as highlighted by a recent series of arrests, convictions, and lengthy prison sentences handed out [...]	2009-06-03 02:55:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI KCRM IN
09CHENNAI173	Chennai P-3 Performers: Well Scrutinized and Well Behaved [...] SUMMARY. Consulate General Chennai adjudicated 577 P-3 cultural performance non-immigrant visas in FY08. Despite this relatively low number, to rule out concerns about possible alien smuggling and misuse of P-3 visas, ConGen Chennai instituted a vetting system to screen for potential fraud ind [...]	2009-06-05 00:46:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI174	Applying in Chennai: No English? No problem. [...] Summary. Consulate Chennai conducted a validation study for the first three months of calendar year 2008 of its non-English speaking B1/B2 applicants and found the visa holders had a 97.6 percent compliance rate. Post adjudicated approximately 84,000 visas during this time, including 11,253 n [...]	2009-06-05 02:51:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI185	BHARAT BALLOT 09: TAMIL NADU ANALYSIS: CONGRESS-DMK [...] (SBU) Summary: The alliance between the Congress Party and the regional DMK party surprised nearly all observers by winning a thumping victory in Tamil Nadu in the recent parliamentary elections. Most commentators expected an opposition led by an alliance of regional and communist parties to [...]	2009-06-15 00:16:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI213	DEADLY HINDU-MUSLIM RIOTS HIT MYSORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the town of Mysore (in the state of Karnataka, 150 km west of Bangalore) left three dead on July 2. The immediate cause of the riots was the discovery of two pig heads in a building housing a mosque and madrassa (a type of Islamic school). [...]	2009-07-07 03:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR IN
09CHENNAI22	SUSPECT ARRESTED IN BANGALORE AND GUJARAT BOMBINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 07:58:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ASEC IN
09CHENNAI223	THE SONS ALSO RISE: KARUNANIDHI KEEPS POWER IN THE FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi consolidated his family's hold over the DMK party in the wake of its surprisingly strong performance in the national elections. Karunanidhi signaled that his son Stalin is his heir apparent by naming him Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nad [...]	2009-07-09 04:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KBIO IN
09CHENNAI226	GREENPEACE DISRUPTS BIOTECH RICE TRIALS IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: Activists from the environmental group Greenpeace on June 22 raided a field in Andhra Pradesh's Medak district (45 km north of Hyderabad) to protest against crop trials involving biotech rice conducted by Bayer CropScience (headquartered in Germany). The activists scaled the fenc [...]	2009-07-13 04:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN GM
09CHENNAI248	CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN SOME PARTS OF FORMAL FIREWORKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three children died in an explosion at a licensed fireworks factory near Madurai in southern Tamil Nadu. The factory was in violation of a number of regulations at the time of the accident, including India's prohibition against employing children in the manufacture of explosiv [...]	2009-07-30 23:38:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON ELAB IN
09CHENNAI25	HINDU EXTREMISTS ATTACK WOMEN IN MANGALORE PUB [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 40 male Hindu extremists on January 24 forced their way into a pub in Mangalore, Karnataka (300 km west of Bangalore) and attacked several women customers for "drinking in public and acting in an obscene manner." Local police took action only two days later, arrestin [...]	2009-01-30 08:35:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF IN
09CHENNAI269	PROSECUTIONS ON THE RISE, BUT CORRUPTION STILL PLAGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Tamil Nadu has seen a series of arrests of bureaucrats for official corruption in the recent months. The cases have included several high-profile arrests of senior officers of the Indian Administrative Service, as well as lower level officials. Consulate contacts report that t [...]	2009-08-21 09:08:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ETRD IN

09CHENNAI27	KERALA COMMUNISTS ROCKED BY CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An investigation implicating Pinarayi Vijayan, the Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM),in a corruption case has rocked the leftist party. Although the state and national party have closed ranks behind Vijayan, his arch-rival Kerala's CPM Chief [...]	2009-02-02 08:29:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EIND EINV IN
09CHENNAI278	BY-ELECTIONS SEND MIXED POLITICAL SIGNALS IN SOUTH INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka held by-elections on August 18 to fill five legislative assembly seats in each state. Tamil Nadu's ruling alliance of the DMK and Congress parties stomped the opposition, winning all five seats handily. In Karnataka, the BJP increased its [...]	2009-08-27 05:32:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09CHENNAI284	INDIA'S FIRST LUNAR ORBITER MISSION SUFFERS PREMATURE [...] (U) The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) experienced abrupt loss of radio contact with its Chandrayaan-1 (C-1) lunar orbiter at 0130 local on August 29. ISRO Director Madhavan Nair told the press later that day that ISRO had terminated the mission. The spacecraft had completed 312 day [...]	2009-09-02 09:19:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA PREL EIND SENV IN
09CHENNAI289	ENGAGING WITH THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT ON RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) The Consul General (CG) met with Karnataka's Chief Minister and Governor separately on August 31. Chief Minister Yediyurappa spent most of the meeting reiterating his state's plea for a U.S. Consulate in Bangalore. He also sought the CG's support for an "investor's summit" that will be [...]	2009-09-09 07:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR IN
09CHENNAI294	RAHUL TOURS TAMIL NADU, WATERING THE GRASSROOTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Party's leader of the future, toured Tamil Nadu cities and towns September 8-10, calling on youth, entrepreneurs, farmers, weavers, fishermen, and Dalits to support his party in the state. He urged these potential supporters to bring Congress to power [...]	2009-09-14 11:45:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI IN
09CHENNAI306	India Biannual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. While the majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants, the volume of frau [...]	2009-10-13 01:10:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI317	SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA UNLIKELY TO RETURN ANYTIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to return to their homeland anytime soon. Release of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from confinement in IDP camps is a [...]	2009-10-30 05:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE
09CHENNAI319	COCHIN PORT SEEKS TO EAT COLOMBO'S LUNCH [...] (U) Summary: The Port of Cochin, located on India's southwest coast, is expanding in an ambitious attempt to alter shipping patterns in the region. Seventy-five percent of the containers that reach India's ports are trans-shipped via other (non-Indian) ports, and the Port of Cochin is hoping t [...]	2009-11-06 05:11:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV PREL IN CE
09CHENNAI327	SOUTH INDIA'S FIRST BJP GOVERNMENT MUDDLES THROUGH A [...] (SBU) Summary: South India's first state government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) teetered on the verge of collapse for nearly two weeks as Karnataka's Chief Minister fought off attempts by the Tourism Minister to unseat him. National-level BJP authorities brokered a truce on Novemb [...]	2009-11-12 07:57:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF IN
09CHENNAI341	LABOR PROBLEMS NEAR CHENNAI HAMPER U.S. FIRM'S OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor problems severely hampered a U.S. firm's operations in late November. A local politician gathered an unruly mob to prevent the firm's contractors from entering its premises, ostensibly because some of the contractors were not local. Police eventually helped broker an agr [...]	2009-12-01 06:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI ELAB EINV PGOV IN
09CHENNAI343	DESPITE NATIONAL APPROVAL, BIOTECH EGGPLANT GENERATES [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) approved on October 14, 2009 the use of a biotech eggplant ("brinjal" to most Indians) variety as safe for environmental release. The GEAC has forwarded its recommendation to the Central government for a final determination. [...]	2009-12-09 04:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV PGOV EINV IN
09CHENNAI349	INDIAN COPS BUST NETWORK TRAFFICKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO [...] Summary: India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has made three arrests in South India as a part of a wider effort to prevent illegal export of controlled pharmaceuticals, primarily to the United States, by so-called "net pharmacies." The NCB's investigation has revealed a network comprised o [...]	2009-12-15 02:52:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ETRD PTER IN
09CHENNAI363	TAINTED TEA AND DILUTED DIESEL: CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFERS [...] (U) Summary: The concept of consumer protection in India is often little more than "buyer beware," but there are private and public efforts afoot to create a more helpful climate for consumers. The Government of India (GOI) is considering a new Consumer Protection Act, crafted similarly to U.S [...]	2009-12-31 08:20:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV ETRD PGOV IN
09CHENNAI38	SRI LANKAN WAR HEATS UP TAMIL NADU POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dramatic self-immolation by a young man in Chennai protesting Tamil civilian casualties in Sri Lanka gave opportunistic fringe parties a political opening. Their efforts to whip up more widespread protests through the call for a statewide general strike, however, fell flat d [...]	2009-02-06 08:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL IN CE
09CHENNAI53	MAOISTS SUFFER FURTHER BLOW IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) Konapuri Ilaiah ,former Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee (APSC) of India's indigenous Maoist insurgency (also known as Naxalites),surrendered to police on February 15, allegedly because of his ill health. Deputy Inspector General of the Special Intelligence Branch B. Shiv [...]	2009-02-24 06:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHENNAI57	SRI LANKA PERMEATES VISIT TO CHENNAI [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues related to the war in Sri Lanka dominated SCA/INS Acting Director Diane Kelly's February 3 to 5 visit to Chennai. Local concern for the civilians trapped in the fighting was a constant theme as she visited an NGO that supports refugees from the war and had lunch with Sri [...]	2009-02-26 02:10:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON IN CE
09CHENNAI59	BHARAT BALLOT O9: SRI LANKA BECOMES AN ELECTION ISSUE, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Increasingly harsh coverage of the war in Sri Lanka in the Tamil Nadu press has shifted public opinion in the state. Expressions of support for the LTTE, once limited to the fringe of the state's politics, are becoming more commonplace. Representatives of an umbrella organizatio [...]	2009-02-27 01:48:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE IN
09CHENNAI66	BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA CPM STILL FLOUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Kerala are increasingly dissatisfied with the state's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) in the run-up to the national election. The Kerala CPM has been gripped by a personal dispute between its two senior-most members, the Chief Minister and the party chief [...]	2009-03-06 00:20:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHENNAI7	INDIAN COMPUTER GIANT ADMITS COOKING THE BOOKS [...] (U) Summary: The chairman and founder of Satyam Computers Limited, one of India's premier information technology (IT) firms, admitted in a resignation letter on January 7 to committing large-scale fraud. The admission was the most recent in a series of blows that has seen the company's stock [...]	2009-01-09 05:53:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV KCRM IN
09CHENNAI70	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SETTING THE SCENE FOR SOUTH INDIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the Election Commission's announcement of national election dates (April 16 - May 13),we have composed brief political scenesetters for the four South Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. These four states, with a combined population of r [...]	2009-03-09 08:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN
09CHENNAI71	SOUTH INDIA'S STATES BORROW TO OFFSET ECONOMIC WOES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 07:09:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD IN
09CHENNAI76	BHARAT BALLOT 09: MARCH 12 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of election highlights from Consulate General Chennai that did not feature in our other reporting on India's upcoming elections: -- Tamil Nadu: Congress/DMK partnership set to reprise 2004's grand alliance? -- Tamil Nadu: a brief fast for Sri Lankan Tamils [...]	2009-03-12 07:47:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI77	India Semi-Annual Fraud Update [...] India-wide consular operations are among the busiest in the world. In FY-2008, Mission India processed more than 756,000 non-immigrant visa applications and 27,000 immigrant visa applications. The majority of applicants from India are bona fide travelers and migrants. Despite a relatively lo [...]	2009-03-13 07:37:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN
09CHENNAI81	WOMEN IN INDIA: TAMIL NADU'S IRON LADY J. JAYALALITHAA [...] (SBU) Summary: Movie-star turned politician J. Jayalalithaa's political career embodies many of the contradictions inherent in the history of successful female politicians in India's otherwise patriarchical society. A man brought her into politics but she rose to the height of power on her own [...]	2009-03-19 03:44:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09CHENNAI83	WOMEN IN INDIA: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT THROUGH [...] Summary: Self-help groups are at the vanguard of women's empowerment in South India. Small groups of women organized by government and non-governmental organizations encourage poor women to pool funds and allow them to access loans from the formal banking sector. In so doing, the groups aff [...]	2009-03-20 00:39:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09CHENNAI86	BHARAT BALLOT 09: MARCH 24 SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS, VOLUME 2 [...] (U) This report is the second in a periodic series of election-related items in South India that highlight important information not featured in our other reporting. This edition of "Southern Snapshots" covers: -- Tamil Nadu: BJP searching in vain for alliance partners in Tamil Nadu -- Ta [...]	2009-03-24 07:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN
09CHENNAI9	ANDHRA PRADESH PLANS COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR FALL 2009 [...] Andhra Pradesh plans to set up the South Indian state's first community colleges in time for the 2009-2010 academic year. K.C. Reddy, Chairman of the state's Department of Higher Education, confirmed media reports that Andhra Pradesh will establish U.S.-style community colleges. The state wi [...]	2009-01-12 04:32:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV IN
09CHENNAI94	BHARAT BALLOT 09: KERALA COMMUNISTS TURN TO CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerala's ruling party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM),has made a tactical alliance with a controversial Islamic leader, Abdul Nasser Madhani. Beset by internal problems -- both within the party and its coalition -- the CPM is featuring Madhani on the campaign tra [...]	2009-03-31 04:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM IN
09CHENNAI97	TAMIL NADU EGG EXPORTERS PUSH FOR REGIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The South India state of Tamil Nadu produces the bulk of India's egg exports and has not experienced a single case of avian influenza (AI). AI outbreaks in other parts of India, however, have caused the state's main export markets in the Arabian Gulf and elsewhere to close peri [...]	2009-04-01 03:01:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV KFLU IN
09CHENNAI98	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIX MONTHS LATER, RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly six months after the anti-Christian violence that drew international media attention (refs C-E),Christian groups in the seaside town of Mangalore, Karnataka are still nervous. While the media attention has died down and large-scale violence like what transpired in Septe [...]	2009-04-02 06:21:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
09CHIANGMAI10	IN NORTH, PRO-THAKSIN VOTE DROPS SHARPLY AS VOTES FOR [...] (U) In January 11 by-elections in two northern constituencies, the Democrat Party (DP),the largest party in the new governing coalition, garnered over 40,000 more votes than it did in the 2007 national elections in the same two districts. Despite this increase, the pro-Thaksin Puea Thai Par [...]	2009-01-15 09:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
09CHIANGMAI100	RUBBER GROWS INTO NEW CASH CROP IN THAILAND'S NORTH [...] As southern China's appetite for raw materials continues to grow, northern Thailand's agricultural sector is adapting by expanding rubber production, which is a traditional sector of southern Thailand. After a significant effort to expand the area of rubber-producing land in the north under fo [...]	2009-07-14 10:11:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV PTER TH
09CHIANGMAI101	EXPERT ON BURMESE ECONOMY SPEAKS ON MICROFINANCE [...] Dr. Sean Turnell, a leading expert on Burmese economics, spoke at Payap University, Chiang Mai on July 2, providing attendees a basic foundation for understanding Burma's current economic situation. Dr. Turnell briefly explained Burma's chaotic past, the evolution of its financial system, a [...]	2009-07-15 05:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON EFIN EINV ETTC PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09CHIANGMAI103	HMONG IN NORTHERN THAILAND ARE ASSIMILATING AND NETWORKING [...] (U) Over the past twenty years, the Hmong in northern Thailand have accepted a sedentary lifestyle and continue to assimilate into Thai society. Today, there are many agricultural Hmong communities in northern Thailand where trade in handicrafts and other products is growing. These Thai-Hm [...]	2009-07-17 01:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECIN ECPS EINT EIND ELAB ETRD EINV PHUM
09CHIANGMAI106	REDSHIRTS PROTEST AT CONSULATE [...] (SBU) On July 20, representatives of a local anti-government redshirt group displayed placards peacefully expressing their disapproval of Thailand's current governing coalition and its chairmanship of the on-going ASEAN/ASEAN Regional Forum meetings in front of the Consulate. They also hand- [...]	2009-07-20 10:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL TH
09CHIANGMAI107	BURMA: FIGHTERS DEFECT TO KNU; OFFENSIVE UNLIKELY FOR NOW [...] (C) Contrary to what the Karen National Union (KNU -- an armed resistance group operating along the Thai-Burma border) reported last week, Thai authorities assert that a renewed offensive by the Burmese regime and its proxy -- the DKBA (Democratic Karen Buddhist Army) is unlikely in the immedi [...]	2009-07-22 06:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS BM TH
09CHIANGMAI109	IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: HILL TRIBES, ENVIRONMENTALISM, [...] (SBU) In northern Thailand, differing opinions of environmental cause and effect have led to highly charged debates about forest management policies, often pitting "conservationists" against agriculturally-dependent ethnic hill tribe minorities and their supporters. The Royal Forest Departm [...]	2009-07-24 09:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09CHIANGMAI11	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STALLED PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, has expressed cautious optimism that the peace dialogue might be resumed under the new Democrat Party-led government. He told CG January 14 that PM Abhisit has asked if he would be willing to resume his former r [...]	2009-01-22 05:35:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY ID
09CHIANGMAI114	GOING "GREEN" TO EARN GREEN: CONSERVATION POLICIES USED TO [...] (SBU) In the past, the Thai Royal Forest Department (RFD) has encouraged and, sometimes forced, upland dwellers to resettle outside of highly valued national parks and protected forests. Recently, NGOs have begun to worry that carbon trading initiatives designed to slow climate change will [...]	2009-07-30 02:48:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09CHIANGMAI115	LAND CRUNCH AND AGRIBUSINESSES HURT HIGHLAND AGRICULTURE AND [...] (SBU) Agriculturally-dependent hill tribe people, as well as other upland farmers, face increasing pressures stemming from a general shortage of available agricultural land, problematic development policies, and the growth of agribusinesses in northern Thailand. In recent years, development p [...]	2009-08-03 02:23:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR EAID ELAB SENV TH
09CHIANGMAI118	NORTHERN REDSHIRTS, MPS MARK THAKSIN'S BIRTHDAY [...] (U) At well-attended events in three northern provinces organized by several different redshirt groups on July 26, supporters of fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin celebrated his 60th birthday flanked by leading MPs of the opposition Phuea Thai Party - the successor to Thaksin's Thai Rak T [...]	2009-08-03 08:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI125	BURMA: SHAN VILLAGES BURNED, FORCIBLY RELOCATED [...] (SBU)Burmese troops operating in Shan State burned 10 villages and forcibly relocated an additional 30 in late July, according to Shan contacts in Thailand and Burma. Shan groups also accuse the troops of other grave human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest, torture, gang rape, and arb [...]	2009-08-20 10:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS BM TH
09CHIANGMAI130	SHAN STATE UPDATE: BURMA ARMY COULD TARGET SHAN FIGHTERS [...] (C) Several ethnic Wa troops reportedly supported the Kokang in the latter's fighting against the Burma Army (BA) August 27-29, according to a knowledgeable expatriate source based in Chiang Mai. The fighting displaced approximately 50,000 people, according to his sources. Our contact also sa [...]	2009-09-09 08:04:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PREF BM CH TH
09CHIANGMAI132	REDSHIRTS, YELLOWSHIRTS DOWNPLAY RECONCILIATION CALL [...] (SBU) According to both anti-government redshirt and anti-Thaksin yellowshirt groups based in Chiang Mai, the joint private sector-academic community's call for political reconciliation to facilitate economic recovery issued in August was "misdirected" and does not carry any weight. While bot [...]	2009-09-18 07:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM TH
09CHIANGMAI136	BURMA: A KNU PERSPECTIVE ON ETHNICS, PEACE TALKS [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion on September 17, Ner Da Mya, the son of late Karen National Union (KNU) Chairman General Bo Mya, told us that despite the KNU's militarily weakened state, conflict in Karen State could go on for years. He added that the prospect of peace talks between the Burm [...]	2009-09-25 09:06:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI138	RED-SHIRTS, YELLOW-SHIRTS BEGIN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Spurred on by a U.S. speaker program that focused on the role of opposition political parties and non-party actors (Ref B),members of red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups in Chiang Mai held an initial meeting on September 23 to iron out some differences and search for common ground. Though [...]	2009-09-29 09:51:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM PROP TH
09CHIANGMAI141	BURMESE EXILES APPLAUD USG POLICY REVIEW, URGE SKEPTICISM [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CG and P/E Chief, three prominent Chiang Mai-based Burmese exiles warmly welcomed the outcome of the USG's Burma policy review, but urged us to proceed cautiously and with a healthy dose of skepticism. They expressed concern that the U.S. might take big s [...]	2009-10-02 07:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI145	SOUTHERN THAILAND: PM PUSHES SECRET DIALOGUE, BUT IT WON'T [...] (S) The recently renewed secret peace dialogue between the RTG and southern insurgents is - despite strong support from PM Abhisit - making little progress, according to sources involved in the talks. The two biggest confidence-building measures on the table - investigation of the June 8 mosq [...]	2009-10-07 04:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER TH
09CHIANGMAI151	BURMA: MORE REACTION TO USG POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Former Thai Ambassador to Burma Poksak Nilibul told P/E Chief on October 5 he welcomed U.S. engagement, but opined that regardless of what policy the U.S. adopted, the Burmese regime would always have the upper hand. The U.S. should work collectively with ASEAN and other interested player [...]	2009-10-13 09:48:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09CHIANGMAI152	G/TIP VISIT HIGHLIGHTS STRENGHTS AND WEAKNESSES OF ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) A G/TIP fact-finding mission to Northern Thailand reaffirmed that NGO's and Thai Government Agencies are working to stem the flow of trafficking in persons cases, though a number of problems remain. Burmese migrants are wary of the consequences of a newly developed migrant worker regist [...]	2009-10-14 05:20:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KTIP KWMN PGOV TH
09CHIANGMAI160	RED-SHIRTS, YELLOW-SHIRTS CONTINUE DIALOGUE AT A SLOWER [...] (C) In separate meetings with red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups, leaders told CG they want to move ahead with their fledgling reconciliation efforts, though they are afraid of a backlash from extreme elements on both sides. Nonetheless, they have met repeatedly, established a plan of work, an [...]	2009-10-22 09:23:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ECON TH
09CHIANGMAI166	BURMA: NATIONALITY VERIFICATION ON-GOING AT NORTHERN-MOST [...] (SBU) Thai Government and business contacts in Chiang Rai Province told us during an October 19-20 visit that the nationality verification process for Burmese workers is proceeding smoothly at the Mae Sai-Tachilek center, although at a slow pace. Problems they cited that are keeping the proc [...]	2009-11-06 09:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG KTIP BM TH
09CHIANGMAI167	THAI INTELLIGENCE KEEPS WARY EYE ON BURMA BORDER [...] (C) Thai intelligence service "Burma Watchers" in northern Thailand do not believe conflict is imminent between the Burma Army and United Wa State Army (UWSA). In their view, the Wa's military and economic strength, the degree of support the Wa enjoy from China, and the regime's hope that it [...]	2009-11-06 10:50:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PINR PREF BM
09CHIANGMAI170	IF WE BUILD IT WILL THEY COME? NORTHERN THAILAND AND THE [...] (SBU) Projects in northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province to improve the Greater Mekong Subregion's (GMS) north/south economic trade corridor between southern China and central Thailand continue to move forward. A new bridge over the Mekong River at Chiang Khong, the last link for the Kunm [...]	2009-11-12 03:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EINV PREL BTIO CH LA TH
09CHIANGMAI171	SOUTHERN THAILAND: SKEPTICAL ARMY LEADERSHIP STEPPING [...] (S) PM Abhisit appears to be bringing a skeptical Thai military leadership more fully on board with his policy to resume a secret dialogue with insurgents as a means to resolve the long-running ethnic Malay Muslim insurgency in the country's deep south. At an Abhisit-chaired November 2 meetin [...]	2009-11-13 07:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PTER TH MY
09CHIANGMAI172	RED-SHIRTS CALL FOR U.S. TO BOYCOTT RTG [...] (SBU) Capitalizing on the on-going visit to Chiang Mai of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, over 50 members of red-shirt groups protested in front of Consulate Chiang Mai on November 16, strongly criticizing the current Royal Thai Government (RTG),and asking the U.S. to "boycott and not sup [...]	2009-11-16 09:50:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC TH
09CHIANGMAI173	NORTHERN RED-YELLOW DIALOGUE EXPANDS TO INCLUDE GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) The low-key dialogue launched in recent months by local red-shirt and yellow-shirt groups, aimed at lowering the political temperature in Chiang Mai, continues to gain legs. Spurred on by positive media coverage and the constructive roles in the process played by academics and business [...]	2009-11-19 08:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
09CHIANGMAI177	THOUGH PESSIMISTIC ABOUT OUTCOMES, IRRAWADDY STAFF PRAISE [...] (C) In a discussion with The Ambassador on November 18, staff at the Irrawaddy Magazine - the most widely-read Burmese exile media outfit - praised the conclusions of the U.S. policy review on Burma, while simultaneously expressing skepticism the GoB would take steps to address core U.S. conce [...]	2009-11-25 07:17:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09CHIANGMAI178	PM'S PLANNED NOV. 29 VISIT GALVANIZES RED-SHIRTS TO ACT IN [...] (C) In the wake of anti-government red-shirt rhetoric tantamount to death threats against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, red-shirts and supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin are gearing up for a potential showdown with security forces in Chiang Mai during Prime Minister Abhisit's plan [...]	2009-11-25 11:10:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CASC ASEC TH
09CHIANGMAI179	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES U.S.-THAI BUSINESS RELATIONS IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador promoted U.S.-Thai economic relations during a November 18 visit to Chiang Mai. His program included meetings with local government, press, and private industry. At his call on the Provincial Governor, the topics discussed included the need to further IPR protection i [...]	2009-12-01 07:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL TH
09CHIANGMAI18	TOUGHER TIMES AHEAD FOR PRO-THAKSIN FORCES IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Despite reports from multiple sources of a decline in their support base, pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in northern Thailand continue to intimidate officials and supporters of the present government, even when they travel to northern Thailand on personal business. In the latest spate of [...]	2009-02-02 08:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP TH
09CHIANGMAI184	SOUTHERN THAILAND: READOUT ON ABHISIT-NAJIB, LOCAL [...] (S) During a joint visit to southern Thailand by the Thai and Malaysian Prime Ministers, PM Abhisit reportedly raised with PM Najib - indirectly - RTG concern over official Malaysian pressure on Malaysia-based insurgent leaders involved in secret peace talks with the RTG. In a post-Najib-visi [...]	2009-12-21 06:24:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER TH MY
09CHIANGMAI2	CITIZENSHIP MANUAL OUTLINES LEGAL MAZE FACING STATELESS HILL [...] UNESCO has collaborated with the Thai Government (RTG) and an NGO to publish a Citizenship Manual that will serve as a "how to" guide for government officials and civil society on citizenship procedures among stateless hill tribe minorities. Broadly speaking, a highlander who is born in Thaila [...]	2009-01-06 02:01:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG ELAB PREF PGOV PREL SNAR KWMN TH BM
09CHIANGMAI23	SOUTHERN INSURGENCY: SECRET DIALOGUE INCHES FORWARD IN FACE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, is nervously ambivalent about the recent renewal of the discussion channel. He told CG February 10 that the resumption lacks a formal mandate from the RTG Cabinet, and instead proceeds unofficially under encoura [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH PTER
09CHIANGMAI24	BY-ELECTIONS, REDS AND MIGRANTS TAKE CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) The past few days have seen a flurry of political activity in Chiang Mai, kicking off with a protest by pro-Thaksin redshirts on February 8. Separately, the Election Commission certified the results of January by-elections in two Northern provinces, and election officials here told us m [...]	2009-02-13 07:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM SMIG ELAB ASEC TH BM
09CHIANGMAI28	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS U.S. "SOFT POWER" IN VISIT TO NORTHERN [...] (U) The Ambassador's February 17-20 visit to four northern provinces highlighted the array of "soft power" tools the USG brings to bear in its 175-year-old relationship with Thailand. After opening the visit by participating in the closing ceremony of the 28th annual Cobra Gold military exerci [...]	2009-02-26 07:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM ECON SCUL KPAO TH
09CHIANGMAI3	REDSHIRTS FLEX THEIR MUSCLE IN NORTH AHEAD OF BY-ELECTIONS [...] Over the past few weeks, pro-Thaksin (redshirt) protestors in northern Thailand have come out in force to show their opposition to the current Democrat Party-led coalition government, and intimidate its officials and supporters. Though not violent in nature, these protests have included block [...]	2009-01-07 06:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PROP TH
09CHIANGMAI30	PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (C) According to Chiang Mai's Vice Governor, the strict enforcement of rules governing migrant workers that he initiated in the Province in the wake of the February 7 rape and murder of a local university student (Reftel),which aims to ensure that all migrant workers are "in the system," will [...]	2009-02-27 09:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB SMIG KJUS TH BM
09CHIANGMAI32	REDS SPOIL TWO RALLIES, CANCEL ONE OF THEIR OWN [...] (SBU) The last two weeks of February saw a flurry of activity by pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in two northern provinces. The leading Rak Chiang Mai 51 (RCM51) group disrupted the rallies of two apolitical groups (corn farmers and gay activists),and redshirts cancelled a rally due to infigh [...]	2009-03-05 06:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
09CHIANGMAI33	FRANCE KEEPS CLOSE DIPLOMATIC LINKS WITH MEKONG REGION [...] (U) Summary: Public and non-profit links between France and member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) underscore the close diplomatic links that France maintains on the Indochina peninsula. The GOF supports research projects that raise awareness about key Mekong regional issues i [...]	2009-03-05 09:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN ELTN ETRD SENV TSPL PREL CH LA BM CB
09CHIANGMAI34	DESPITE FTA, LITTLE GOOD NEWS IN THAI-JAPAN ECON RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Thai-Japanese free trade agreement in place since 2007, and with 2009 designated as the Japan-Mekong Exchange Year, hopes have been high in northern Thailand for a strengthening of the Thai-Japanese bilateral economic relationship. However, a variety of factors includi [...]	2009-03-10 08:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV JA TH
09CHIANGMAI37	KNU UNDER INCREASED PRESSURE AS INFLUENCE WANES [...] (C) According to multiple sources, both inside and outside the Thai Government, Thai pressure on the Karen National Union (KNU) to lay low and for its army commanders to relocate to Burma has intensified in recent weeks. Several KNU commanders have departed Thailand's Tak Province for Karen S [...]	2009-03-13 09:14:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS BM TH
09CHIANGMAI38	DOCTORS RAISE CONCERNS OVER SEASONAL AIR POLLUTION [...] Summary: With the crop-burning season in full swing, Chiang Mai and many other cities in Thailand's mountainous upper north are again shrouded in annual hazardous smog, raising recurring concerns about the health consequences of pollution and what government agencies are doing to address it. [...]	2009-03-18 10:00:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR AMED CH BM LA TH
09CHIANGMAI39	HOLLYWOOD, BOLLYWOOD...CNX-WOOD? U.S. FIRM LAYS PLANS FOR [...] U.S.-based Creative Kingdom International (CKI) has announced unofficial plans to establish a "movie city" near Chiang Mai, with the aim of developing the area as a filmmaking and entertainment production center in Asia. After five years of slowly and quietly expanding its investment in Chiang [...]	2009-03-19 02:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EINT BTIO SCUL TH
09CHIANGMAI4	UPPER NORTH: THAKSIN'S HEARTLAND MAY MOBILIZE IF ECONOMY [...] (C) Local political leaders and experts from Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces say that a deeper polarization of "yellow shirts" and "red shirts" in the upper north may result if the new Democrat-led government is short-lived, Thaksin remains active politically from overseas, and economic con [...]	2009-01-07 09:20:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR KDEM TH
09CHIANGMAI42	RAIDS NET FIVE SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS; TWO VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Coordinated raids at two Chiang Mai karaoke bars on February 18 led to the arrest of five suspected traffickers and the rescue of two victims -- minors who were allegedly forced into prostitution. The suspects remain in custody while the police collect evidence and assemble witnesses. [...]	2009-03-24 11:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP SMIG KWMN KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL TH BM CH
09CHIANGMAI45	BURMA-KNU: THAI MEDIATION EFFORTS STARTING IN EARNEST [...] (C) Thailand's offer to serve as an intermediary between the Burmese regime and the Karen National Union (KNU),which have been waging low-level conflict for over 50 years, will start in earnest on April 6 with a meeting between Thai FM Kasit and top KNU leaders. According to our contact, in [...]	2009-04-03 08:47:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM TH
09CHIANGMAI49	BURMA-KNU: KNU SEEKS PRECONDITIONS FOR TALKS [...] (C) Despite the Burmese regime's offer reported in Ref A for unconditional talks with the Karen National Union (KNU),which has been waging a conflict against the regime for over 50 years, the KNU placed several conditions on its participation in future talks with the regime during its April 6 [...]	2009-04-10 07:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI57	GMS: POOR INFRASTRUCTURE, BORDER INEFFICIENCIES FORM ROAD [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) issued by Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane. Econ staff of both posts traveled together by road from the China-Lao border to the Lao-Thai border to collect the information reported in these ca [...]	2009-04-23 07:39:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ECON ECIN ETTC EWWT ETRD CH LA TH
09CHIANGMAI58	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSURGENT LEADERS PRESS AHEAD ON PLAN TO [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, reports that militant leaders continue to meet among themselves to flesh out a proposal they aim to present as a basis for resuming direct dialogue with the RTG. He told CG April 28 that this effort, now broadene [...]	2009-04-29 02:42:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09CHIANGMAI59	COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS REMAIN OPEN; REDSHIRT LEADERS TURN [...] (SBU) Though raided on April 17 and ordered to cease politically-charged broadcasts that could incite violence by the Provincial Government, pro-redshirt community radio stations in Chiang Mai continue to broadcast under the terms of an MOU negotiated with Provincial authorities. In a separat [...]	2009-04-30 03:34:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SCUL PROP ECPS SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI60	STATE DEPT GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS RISKS OF TRAFFICKING TO [...] (SBU) Consulate staff spent the night in a hill tribe village April 7-8 to monitor an NGO's implementation of a $20,000 grant it had received from the Department's Women's Issues Fund to conduct anti-trafficking-in-persons campaigns. Village authorities and the NGO have different views of the [...]	2009-04-30 09:45:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM TH
09CHIANGMAI61	BURMA: KNU ON PEACE TALKS, POLITICAL GOALS, BORDER [...] (C) The Karen National Union (KNU),which has been in a protracted military conflict with the Burmese regime, has two preconditions for peace talks with the GoB: the talks must be held in a third country, and the KNU must negotiate with a regime leader. The KNU wants to see the establishment [...]	2009-05-01 03:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI67	GMS: SOUTHEAST ASIA'S BACKDOORS TO TRADE WITH CHINA [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables from Consulate General Chiang Mai and Embassy Vientiane on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). These cables have been coordinated with Consulate General Chengdu. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (C) S [...]	2009-05-19 10:06:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECIN ELTN ETTC PREL CH LA BM VM TH
09CHIANGMAI70	GAO TEAM TOLD THAT MOST BURMESE STONES SMUGGLED [...] (SBU) Most Thai gem traders do not buy from the Burmese Government auction; the number of Burmese rubies sold in Thailand is declining; the highest value Burmese gems are smuggled out of Burma illegally; small Burmese traders and Thai cutting/polishing/finishing operations are suffering the mo [...]	2009-06-03 06:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BM CH XA TH
09CHIANGMAI71	BURMA: ETHNIC ARMED GROUPS RETHINKING STRATEGY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) In the wake of a rumored GoB plan for armed ethnic ceasefire groups to integrate into Burma's security forces as border guards or hand in their weapons altogether, several groups are reportedly contemplating whether to comply. The United Wa State Army is reportedly exploring the option of [...]	2009-06-04 01:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR PINR PINS SNAR BM TH
09CHIANGMAI73	GOVERNMENT MUM ON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS DURING BURNING [...] (U) Despite seasonal air pollution in northern Thailand reaching hazardous levels well above last year's, local Thai government bodies remained quiet, issuing no public announcements during the peak periods of the burning season. The highest daily PM10 measurements for the burning season (Febr [...]	2009-06-04 07:38:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR CH LA BM TH
09CHIANGMAI74	WHILE THAILAND BEGS FOR FDI, NORTHERN INVESTORS VOICE [...] Amid a downward trend of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand and the northern region in particular, the Board of Investment (BOI) expressed Thailand's thirst for a new wave of foreign capital by highlighting a range of incentives for new investment to an audience of foreign business own [...]	2009-06-04 07:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BTIO EIND ECON TH
09CHIANGMAI75	NGOS ASSIST HILL TRIBES IN DIVERSE WAYS, BUT CAPACITY [...] (U) Although the Royal Thai Government (RTG) passed two laws in 2008 that improved citizenship eligibility, stateless persons living in northern Thailand still face a host of legal, administrative, and practical obstacles to citizenship. Recognizing the many disadvantages confronting statele [...]	2009-06-04 09:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SMIG PREF PREL KWMN BM TH
09CHIANGMAI76	JUNTA-LED OFFENSIVE DRIVES ETHNIC KAREN INTO THAILAND [...] (C) An offensive launched by the Burma Army in early June against the anti-regime Karen National Union (KNU) has driven at least 3,000 ethnic Karen across the border into Thailand. The attack, led by the Burma Army and the pro-junta Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA, a KNU rival),is repor [...]	2009-06-08 10:20:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS TH BM
09CHIANGMAI77	FIVE RELIGIONS, ONE VOICE: CHIANG MAI INTER-FAITH GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 09:38:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI78	PUBLIC-PRIVATE EFFORTS BUILD NORTH'S CREATIVE ECONOMY AND [...] A wave of public and private sponsored initiatives is seeking to empower the northern Thailand labor market with the skills needed to support and develop high-tech and creative industries in the region. This strategy aims not only to address complaints by foreign and domestic firms about a ski [...]	2009-06-15 01:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EINV ETRD ECON BTIO TH
09CHIANGMAI80	FIGHTING WANING; DISPLACES 4,000 [...] (C) As fighting between the anti-Burmese regime Karen National Union (KNU) and combined forces of its rival Karen Democratic Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Burma Army wanes, the humanitarian consequences are becoming clearer. Approximately 4,000 displaced persons have fled into Thailand, and are in [...]	2009-06-18 09:42:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF MOPS BM TH
09CHIANGMAI84	JADE ACT: SMUGGLING OF BURMESE GEMS REMAINS HIGH AT MAE SAI [...] (SBU) In contrast to other gem markets in Thailand such as Mae Sot and Chantaburi, where African gems make up the bulk of the merchandise, smuggled Burmese gems (mainly rubies and jade) continue to dominate the local Mae Sai market. While Mae Sai gem traders and jewelry producers complain that [...]	2009-06-24 01:36:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECPS ECON PREL PGOV BM TH
09CHIANGMAI89	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF SECRET DIALOGUE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, former RTG point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, sees a potential silver lining in the recent surge in violence in southern Thailand following the June 8 mosque killings and subsequent reprisals. He told CG June 24 that the uptick in violence and the military' [...]	2009-06-25 09:06:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09CHIANGMAI90	SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHT MIGRANT WORKER POLICY, NEW TECHNOLOGY IN [...] (U) As Thailand grapples with its policy towards migrant workers and in the wake of media getting caught in the crosshairs of Thai domestic politics, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted two PA speakers funded by Embassy Bangkok on migrant labor and citizen journalism June 19-20. Both programs were w [...]	2009-06-26 10:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG SOCI ECON ELAB SCUL ECPS PROP TH BM
09CHIANGMAI91	ASEAN MPS HEADLINE ASSK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Four members of the ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) called for tougher action against Burma by Thailand and other ASEAN nations at a June 19 event jointly hosted by Chiang Mai University to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's 64th birthday. Atypically for Burma events here, a large p [...]	2009-07-02 06:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM RP MY SN
09CHIANGMAI93	U.S. ACADEMIC DISCUSSES OPPOSITION PARTY POLITICS WITH RED [...] (U) As redshirt, yellowshirt, and other politically active groups struggle to define their roles in Thai society, Consulate Chiang Mai hosted a U.S. speaker, who discussed with them the role of opposition parties in the U.S. system. An expert on the American political system, Dr. Larry Berman [...]	2009-07-02 09:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SCUL SOCI TH
09CHIANGMAI94	BURMA: KNU REPORTS BURMA ARMY MAY RESUME ATTACKS IN KAREN [...] (C) The Burma Army (BA) and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA -- a pro-Burmese regime splinter group) may be preparing to renew their offensive against the KNU (Karen National Union -- a group engaged in armed resistance against the Burmese regime),according to KNU contacts. The sources s [...]	2009-07-08 10:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PREF PHUM BM TH
09CHIANGMAI96	REDSHIRTS TARGET PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTER, REGIONAL POLICE [...] (SBU) In their latest wave of protests July 6 and 9, redshirts in northern Thailand confronted Public Health Minister Wittaya Kaewparadai, the Chiang Mai Regional Police Commissioner and the seat of the Provincial Government. The Minister is the latest in a string of visitors supportive of th [...]	2009-07-10 08:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PROP ECPS TH

09CHIANGMAI98	LOWER NORTH ECONOMIES CONTRACTING; POLITICAL DIVIDES [...] (SBU) The economy in Phitsanulok remains stable, providing a solid economic foundation for the region, despite the global economic crisis causing many workers to return to the lower north. Although the agricultural sector in the region's economic hub of Phitsanulok is reportedly accommodating [...]	2009-07-13 09:47:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ECIN EFIN ELAB PGOV SNAR SMIG SOCI TH
09CHISINAU1000	DASD WALLANDER DISCUSSES TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Wallander and the Ambassador met with former Minister of Reintegration Vitalie Sova on December 11 to discuss the current situation in Transnistria. Sova stressed U.S. and Russian engagement are the key to a solution to the conflict, noting [...]	2009-12-30 05:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU1001	DASD WALLANDER AND MOLDOVAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Wallander, accompanied by the Defense Attache, met with Moldovan Minister of Defense Vitalie Marinuta on December 11. The DASD and Minister discussed ways to enhance bilateral defense cooperation and reviewed upcoming Bilateral Defe [...]	2009-12-30 06:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU1002	DASD Wallander Discusses Defense Reform [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with DASD Celeste Wallander, Acting President Ghimpu welcomed continued U.S. defense-reform assistance, and blamed the Russians and the previous Communist government for a number of problems facing Moldova. In particular, he mentioned the presence of Ru [...]	2009-12-30 06:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MD
09CHISINAU1003	ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CRISES NECESSITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The previous Party of Communists (PCRM)-dominated Parliament adopted Moldova's initial state budget for 2009 with positive forecasts for GDP growth and receipts. However, the new government of Moldova (GOM) inherited a GDP drop of minus nine percent for 2009, falling revenues, [...]	2009-12-30 12:20:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU1012	MOLDOVA: OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Chisinau nominates the following individuals to attend the 11-12 February 2010 OSCE counterterrorism workshop in Vienna. Both candidates would contribute to the discussions at the workshop and are in a position to influence policy. 2. (SBU) Government [...]	2009-12-31 09:00:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OSCE MD
09CHISINAU103	PRESIDENT OF ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 10 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Dr. Gheorghe Duca, President of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, discussed the need for further reform and the upcoming parliamentary elections in Moldova. Duca underlined that voters were demanding liberalization in the eco [...]	2009-02-17 07:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU107	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 05:50:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MD
09CHISINAU108	MOLDOVA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 06:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM SMIG
09CHISINAU120	FRIED - ANTONOV CFE DISCUSSION [...] (C) Reftel talking points were delivered to Vlad Chirinciuc of the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 23, 2009. Chirinciuc, Head of the American Desk at the MFA, stated that the fact that Antonov did not reject the idea that Moldova also belonged in the CFE package was a positiv [...]	2009-02-24 06:24:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS GG MD
09CHISINAU121	KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE REPLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 06:24:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV MD
09CHISINAU123	Judge Pantiru-in Romania since 2001 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel request for information on Tudor Pantiru, candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, is given below. 2. (SBU) Judge Pantiru left his position with the European Court of Human Rights in 2001, when the present Party of Communists government took office, and now live [...]	2009-02-24 09:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ACABQ AORC APER KUNR PREL UNGA MD RO
09CHISINAU125	MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE REGARDING USG NOMINATION FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 13:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG KSCA SENV AORC MD
09CHISINAU132	SMIRNOV IN A SNIT AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: It appears that EU and U.S. relations with Transnistria are now going to take a turn for the worse. In a February 19 meeting, Ukrainian Ambassador Pirozhkov briefed us on his meeting the previous day with Transnistrian leader Smirnov. Apparently angered by the EU's recent anno [...]	2009-02-26 13:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD
09CHISINAU136	MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:02:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MD IZ
09CHISINAU137	MOLDOVA RECEIVES TALKING POINTS ON USG PARTICIPATION IN HRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU139	MOLDOVA 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of Moldova continues to introduce legislation to harmonize its intellectual property rights (IPR) with EU and WTO standards. Moldova has an adequate legal framework for the protection of IPR, but struggles with implementation. According to the Business Software All [...]	2009-02-27 13:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MD
09CHISINAU140	MOLDOVA 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of Moldova continues to introduce legislation to harmonize its intellectual property rights (IPR) with EU and WTO standards. Moldova has an adequate legal framework for the protection of IPR, but struggles with implementation. According to the Business Software Al [...]	2009-02-27 13:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MD
09CHISINAU142	SOVA DESCRIBES LAVROV'S VISIT TO CHISINAU [...] (C) Summary: In a February 25 meeting, Minister for Reintegration Sova briefed Ambassador on the outcomes of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 23-24 visit to Chisinau. He said that Lavrov's visit had taken place in a positive, calm atmosphere, with no difficult issues pressed. Sova [...]	2009-02-27 14:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RU MD
09CHISINAU15	CHISINAU HEADS OF MISSION QUESTION [...] (C) Summary: Western heads of mission met President Voronin on December 22 to raise concerns about pre-electoral media freedoms; Ambassador Chaudhry raised the residence-permit issue of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) country director. Voronin replied disappointingly in public on th [...]	2009-01-12 14:21:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MD
09CHISINAU20	Ambassador Presses Senior Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a January 13 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry once again pressed senior presidential advisor Sergiu Stati to renew the work and residence permit of National Democratic Institute (NDI) Country Director Alex Grigorievs. Repeating his December 8 reply (ref B),Stati said the issue w [...]	2009-01-14 07:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU212	VORONIN SUGGESTS RUSSIA READY FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 private meeting with the Ambassador, President Voronin said he believed that the Russians wanted to be rid of the Transnistria frozen conflict. If Secretary Clinton or President Obama raised Transnistria with Russia as part of "reset" bilateral relations, Voronin [...]	2009-03-19 15:33:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RS MD
09CHISINAU216	VORONIN BELIEVES NDI IS FOMENTING PRO- [...] (C) Summary: Following discussions of 2-plus-1 and Transnistria, the Ambassador raised the issue of NDI in his March 19 meeting with President Voronin (ref A). Anticipating that NDI would be raised, Voronin took from his desk a "fresh" intel report dated March 19 and read it to us. The rep [...]	2009-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU217	PRIME MINISTER INFORMED OF MCC THRESHOLD [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, Ambassador Chaudhry discussed the status of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Compact and Threshold Country programs. The Ambassador outlined the impact that FY09 budget limitations would have on MCC and the time [...]	2009-03-20 15:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU221	MFA ASKS AMBASSASDOR NOT TO GO TO [...] (C) Summary: On March 23 MFA Americas Desk Officer Mariana Roibo called on Pol/Econ Section Chief to deliver points on two issues. The MFA requested that the Ambassador not travel to Iasi, Romania, to attend the Moldova's Black Sea Conference on March 27. Participation on that date (which [...]	2009-03-23 15:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RO MD
09CHISINAU227	MOLDOVA SUCCUMBS TO ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: After the GOM's initial confidence that Moldova might ride out the global financial storm (backed by positive economic figures for 2008),more recent news about a slowdown in imports, exports and remittances forebodes gloom for 2009. The International Monetary Fund now projec [...]	2009-03-25 13:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD
09CHISINAU264	Fraud Summary - Chisinau: September 2008 -February 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 07:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD
09CHISINAU268	MOLDOVA 2009 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the April 5 at-large parliamentary elections rapidly approaching, the electoral campaign is at its final stage. The most recent poll shows a relatively high 26.4 percent of voters as still undecided, and likely to make up their minds in the very last days. At this point [...]	2009-04-02 13:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU270	TRANSNISTRIAN PARTICIPATION IN MOLDOVAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten polling stations will be opened on the right bank for residents of Transnistria, and at least several thousand Transnistrians are expected to attempt to vote on April 5. Additionally, a polling station will be opened in the village of Corjova, which is physically located [...]	2009-04-03 15:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS MD
09CHISINAU271	WHY COMMUNISTS AND LIBERALS SHARE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Domestic social problems have been the main focus of campaign discussions. The global economic crisis and its impact on the Moldovan economy has proven a largely irrelevant issue on the parties' electoral agenda. Since almost all parties share the same position on foreign po [...]	2009-04-03 15:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU272	WHY COMMUNISTS AND LIBERALS SHARE THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 15:21:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU273	Post Meets Disaffected Politicians in All [...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the April 5 parliamentary elections in Moldova, Pol/Econ officers visited all 32 raions to meet members of political parties and to assess the overall conduct of the campaign. The political parties all reported that they had been actively engaged in reaching o [...]	2009-04-03 15:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU281	MOLDOVA ELECTIONS GIVE PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliamentary elections in Moldova have yielded a bare majority nationwide for the Party of Communists (PCRM). Depending upon the methodology used for calculating the distribution of parliamentary seats, it appears that the PCRM has won 60-61 seats of 101 in Parliament. With 61 [...]	2009-04-06 15:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU283	JOINT DECLARATION 2-PLUS-1: MISTAKES WERE [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova and former Presidential Advisor Marc Tkaciuk called on Ambassador on March 24, upon instructions from President Voronin, to provide further explanation about the March 18 2-plus-1 meeting and the Joint Declaration. It is not patently clear [...]	2009-04-07 14:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RO MD
09CHISINAU287	Election Protests Turn Violent - President and Parliament Buildings Trashed [...] (SBU) Summary: After unoffiial April 5 election results gave a majority t the ruling Party of Communists (PCRM),thousand of Moldovans took to the streets on Monday, Aprl 6. A candle-lit vigil of some thousands on te evening of April 6 remained peaceful with calls for democracy and electio [...]	2009-04-08 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU288	PROTESTS PEACEFUL, FOCUS TURNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Political protest continued April 8, but the crowd remained peaceful, and was much smaller than the previous day. Speeches and slogans continued, but to a much smaller crowd in a relaxed atmosphere. The focus has now turned from the streets to political accusations. Both R [...]	2009-04-08 16:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD RO
09CHISINAU290	SPEAKER LUPU DISINFORMS AMBASSADOR ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In a public pull-aside, Moldovan Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu informed Ambassador Chaudhry that Coalition 2009, Moldova's election- watching NGO coalition, had its own vote figures, which agreed with Central Election Commission (CEC)figures showing a win for the Party of Commu [...]	2009-04-10 14:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MD
09CHISINAU293	President Calls for Full Vote Recount, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-10 15:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU MD
09CHISINAU294	NO DEMONSTRATIONS JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations abated on April 9, with no more than a few hundred gathered in front of the main government building. However, the city continued to be tense with anticipation, as further demonstrations are being planned for April 10 and April 12. The government has been imp [...]	2009-04-10 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU295	President Calls for Full Vote Recount, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on April 10 with President Vladimir Voronin, Ambassador Chaudhry stated USG concerns about arrests of protestors, beatings of journalists, threats to expel students from school for participating in anti-government demonstrations earlier in the week and pressure on t [...]	2009-04-10 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU MD
09CHISINAU296	GOVERNMENT USING INTIMIDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Voronin's crackdown on student rioters, journalists, and other outspoken critics of the government over the last two days has created a sense of fear among potential demonstrators. Cyberspace messages cautioned demonstrators not to go downtown because they risked a [...]	2009-04-10 15:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU301	SOME 10,000 GATHER FOR PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday April 12 an estimated 7-10,000 people gathered for a peaceful demonstration in support of the opposition. The demands have largely shifted from the initial elections-related demands to concerns for the well-being of those arrested in connection with the violent Apri [...]	2009-04-13 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU302	MOLDOVA FACING CHALLENGES TO INSTALLING A [...] (SBU) Summary: With the immediate threat of street violence diminished, Moldova continues to face a political crisis which will preserve a state of uncertainty until the vote recount is finished, the Parliament meets and a new President and Cabinet is put in place. Parliament faces signific [...]	2009-04-14 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU305	AMBASSADOR RAISES TORTURE CONCERNS WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting Ambassador Chaudhry raised his concerns with Prime Minister Greceanii about the reports of harsh treatment of those participants in the April 7 demonstrations who had been arrested. The Ambassador stressed USG abhorrence of violence and underlined that any [...]	2009-04-14 15:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RO MD
09CHISINAU316	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE ON USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 15:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MD
09CHISINAU317	ELECTION RECOUNT, VOTER LIST [...] (C) Summary: A comprehensive recount of ballots cast in Moldova's parliamentary elections began on April 15. As of late afternoon April 16 results were still being tallied, and final results may be announced either on April 17 or after the (Easter) weekend. Leaders of the three opposition [...]	2009-04-16 16:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU330	MOLDOVAN 2008 MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic growth continued to be strong in Moldova in 2008, according to recently released official statistics, with GDP growing 7.2 percent. However, economic trends were not uniform during the year and fourth quarter data reflected the increasing impact of the world economi [...]	2009-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU331	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MEDIA REPS TO HEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with a group of journalists and representatives of independent media outlets on April 17 at their request to hear their concerns regarding recent actions of law enforcement bodies against independent media, such as intimidation, detention and beatings of jour [...]	2009-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO MD
09CHISINAU337	POST-ELECTION HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Numerous reports have documented human rights concerns about arrests in connection with the violent April 7 demonstrations and beatings of those detained. The Ministry of Interior confirmed 317 arrests in connection with this demonstration, and reported on April 22 that all bu [...]	2009-04-28 14:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU34	AMBASSADOR MEETS UNCOMPROMISING LIBERAL [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Party (PL) leader Mihai Ghimpu responded with guarded hope to the Ambassador's encouragement of democracy in Moldova. He calmly described the "imposed dictatorship" of the Party of Communists (PCRM) and his disappointment with betrayers of democracy. Ghimpu touted his [...]	2009-01-16 13:26:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU348	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE ON VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 13:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL MD
09CHISINAU35	AMBASSADOR CHAUDHRY MEETS "PIVOT PARTY" [...] (C) Summary: In a January 13 meeting with Democratic Party (PD) leader Dumitru Diacov, Ambassador Chaudhry questioned Diacov on pre- election conditions and stressed that the world was watching Moldova. Diacov acknowledged the importance of the elections, thanked the USG for its democratizat [...]	2009-01-16 13:30:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU355	NATO PULLOUT PART OF LARGER PICTURE: [...] (C) Summary: In a May 6 meeting Acting Foreign Minister Valeriu Ostalep acknowledged Russian pressure on Moldova to pull out of the NATO exercises in Georgia, but claimed that this decision did not represent a larger change in Moldova's ongoing interactions with NATO. Ostalep said that Mold [...]	2009-05-08 13:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NATO EU RS MD
09CHISINAU375	VORONIN TO INTRODUCE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with President Voronin to discuss the current political situation, the Ambassador also raised the importance of taking action to turn around the damage done to Moldova's world image by human rights violations following the April 7 events. Voronin and the Amba [...]	2009-05-19 15:30:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU377	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR MARK TKACIUK PREFERS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Advisor Mark Tkaciuk argued that Moldova has emerged from each of its previous political crises as a stronger state. He believed that cutting a deal to find the "golden vote" would be possible, but would leave the country di [...]	2009-05-20 14:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU378	EAC Meeting Notes -- No Impact from Detainee Photographs [...] (SBU) Following reftel instructions, Embassy Chisinau's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the impact on mission and AMCIT security of media attention to the issue of unreleased detainee photographs. 2. (SBU) EAC members noted that the issue had not been raised in Moldovan media [...]	2009-05-21 06:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MD
09CHISINAU392	US RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 09:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN MD
09CHISINAU393	HCOC INREACH - ENCOURAGING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 09:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09CHISINAU394	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 09:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS MD
09CHISINAU395	MOLDOVA WILL CHECK FOR NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 14:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN MD
09CHISINAU397	PRESIDENTIAL VOTE POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 3; [...] (C) Summary: On May 28 the Parliament gathered for the anticipated presidential voting. The Communists proposed a postponement until June 3, which passed. The time between the Parliament's initial failure to elect a president on May 20, and the May 28 session has been filled with meetings [...]	2009-05-29 07:49:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU41	PRIVATIZATION PROCEEDS FOR THE CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008 the Government of Moldova (GOM) decided to amend the 2008 state budget by increasing revenues, expenditures and the deficit. This followed an announcement in November that revenues from privatization had exceeded expectations and that the GOM would sell addi [...]	2009-01-22 06:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL MD
09CHISINAU419	MOLDOVAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (C) Ambassador Chaudhry met Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Stratan on May 28 to deliver reftel demarche on Moldova's non- acceptance of travel documents issued by the Government of Kosovo (GOK),thus preventing GOK delegates from participating in the June 4 Annual Meeting of the Re [...]	2009-06-02 09:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV MD
09CHISINAU42	AMBASSADOR CHAUDHRY HEARS ALL THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 15 meeting with Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) leader Vlad Filat, Ambassador Chaudhry questioned Filat on pre- and post-election conditions, and received positive responses on freedoms and democratization in Moldova. Filat described his plans for an energetic, coun [...]	2009-01-22 10:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU423	MOLDOVA UNABLE TO RELEASE HELICOPTERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 10:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM PK MD
09CHISINAU425	Romania-Moldova Spats Burnish Nationalist [...] (SBU) Summary: After disputed parliamentary elections in Moldova followed by violent street demonstrations on April 7, the presidents of Romania and Moldova have engaged in tit-for-tat accusations and counter-measures that benefit both domestically, but have seriously harmed bilateral relati [...]	2009-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MD
09CHISINAU43	MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take small steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corrupti [...]	2009-01-22 10:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU430	Embassy Enhances Continuing Legal [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April seminar, the Embassy, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and the Government of Moldova's (GOM) National Justice Institute trained 57 judges and prosecutors to understand Moldovan law and relevant UN conventions; taught them how to seek evidence from countries su [...]	2009-06-05 14:24:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MD
09CHISINAU431	MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 07:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MD
09CHISINAU44	MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Russia 154.08 2. United States 102.16 3. Italy 91.30 4. Spain 82.57 5. Netherlands 80.12 6. France 79.00 7. Romania 60.14 8. Germany 50.64 9. Austria 35.20 10. Cyprus 27.54 92. Based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, FDI since 1992 by sectors was as a perce [...]	2009-01-22 10:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09CHISINAU449	AMBASSADOR TO FM STRATAN: MOLDOVA HURTING [...] (C) Summary: In a June 12 meeting with Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan, Ambassador delivered tough points on IRI/NDI and media freedoms. Ambassador told Stratan that GOM actions were creating an increasingly negative impression of Moldova. He pointed to the GOM's recent failure to find a wa [...]	2009-06-12 13:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU450	Parliament Approves New Government - Lupu Quits Communist [...] (SBU) Summary: At its June 10 session, the Parliament approved Prime Minister Zinaida Grecanii's list for interim cabinet. The new cabinet is almost the same as the previous one. Ex-Speaker Marian Lupu announced his departure from the Party of Communists (PCRM),which has the potential to we [...]	2009-06-12 14:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU451	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 06:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV MD
09CHISINAU457	MOLDOVA RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 06:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA MD
09CHISINAU465	PM CALM ABOUT TIP DEMARCHE, DEFENSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a June 16 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii responded with thanks for the advance warning on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (reftel),and promised that a Government of Moldova (GOM) coordinator for TIP would be named soon. When the A [...]	2009-06-17 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU485	CRITICAL ECONOMIC TIMES: IMF MISSION PACKS UP AND GOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An IMF mission visited Moldova from May 28 to June 8 to negotiate a new agreement. Following unproductive discussions with Government of Moldova (GOM) officials, the mission departed without a new arrangement. The IMF projected that Moldova's GDP would decrease nine percent or [...]	2009-06-22 13:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU487	DEMARCHE REPLY ON EUROPEAN [...] (C) Reftel talking points were delivered to Anatol Urecheanu, Head of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation, at the Moldovan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration on June 16, 2009. Urecheanu stated that the MFA's delegation was in the process of preparing for the Minister [...]	2009-06-22 14:36:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EU NATO
09CHISINAU49	MOLDOVA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] Conditions for children in Moldova are difficult. Child poverty is widespread in families in both rural and urban areas. Children living in households without one or both of their parents (generally as a result of parents' out- migration to find work) make up about one-third of children in [...]	2009-01-23 10:36:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI MD
09CHISINAU492	VORONIN HEARS POINTS ON ELECTIONS, TIP [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting, the Ambassador informed President Voronin about the MCC Board of Directors' discussions on Moldova at their June 10 meeting. The Ambassador explained that instead of going ahead with approving the Investment Memo at their next meeting, the MCC Board had ask [...]	2009-06-25 14:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KTIP RO MD
09CHISINAU493	VORONIN VISITS MOSCOW AND RETURNS WITH USD 500 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Vladimir Voronin traveled to Moscow on June 22, and held bilateral meetings with both President Dmitrii Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Following his talks with Voronin, Putin announced a USD 500 million credit to Moldova. Some media reports quoted Putin [...]	2009-06-25 14:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU496	WORSENING ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In October 2008, the outlook for Moldova's economy was still positive for 2009. Since that forecast the economic situation for the entire region has deteriorated dramatically. The Moldovan National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published numbers for the first quarter, underscori [...]	2009-06-26 11:00:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU497	MOLDOVAN INVESTPRIVATBANK FALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Moldova, the country's central bank, withdrew the license of Investprivatbank (IPB) on Friday, June 19. The central bank issued a statement citing banking law violations and added that it had appointed an administrator to liquidate the bank. Moldovan aut [...]	2009-06-26 11:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU5	GRINCH STEALS CHRISTMAS AGAIN IN MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Once again, the central government has interfered with Chisinau Christmas celebrations in an attempt to thwart Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca and assert its control over public space in the capital. Like last year, the confrontation began with a wandering Christmas tree; this y [...]	2009-01-06 13:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU525	NEW DEPUTY PM ROSCA PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Ambassador Chaudhry, June 24 and 26, newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister Iurie Rosca promised to use his new authority to correct human rights abuses in Moldova and rejuvenate the country's efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP). He noted that bette [...]	2009-07-06 15:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN CASC MARR MD
09CHISINAU530	IMF AND WORLD BANK REPS SEE BLEAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a donors' meeting on June 25, IMF Resident Representative, Johan Mathisen, and World Bank Country Manager, Melanie Marlett, assessed the current status of the Moldovan economy as bleak and reviewed possible measures to assist Moldova. The IMF projects a GDP contraction of [...]	2009-07-07 13:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EREL ETRD MD
09CHISINAU542	MIXED ASSESSMENT SO FAR FOR NEW [...] (C) After the Charge described President Obama's recent visit to Russia (septel),Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Valeriu Ostalep asked about the U.S.'s current assessment of the election campaign. The Charge noted we had heard indications that the Central Electio [...]	2009-07-14 14:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS MD
09CHISINAU543	CHARGE DELIVERS MESSAGE ON U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) On July 13, 2009, the Charge delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Valeriu Ostalep. After noting U.S. support for the territorial integrity of Georgia and Ukraine and rejecting the idea of privileged spheres of influence (reftel pa [...]	2009-07-14 15:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RS MD
09CHISINAU545	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 08:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK MD
09CHISINAU556	NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAILROAD TUNNEL IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to other, more successful working groups between Chisinau and Transnistrian authorities, the newly created Working Group on Railroads, which met for the first time on July 7, has revealed the greatest difficulties: Transnistria wants the railroads to resume service, [...]	2009-07-17 06:00:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS ELTN ETRD RS UP MD
09CHISINAU561	DEMARCHE REPLY: SUPPORTING NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE UNITED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 14:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MD
09CHISINAU575	LUPU DEFECTION FROM COMMUNISTS CREATES [...] (C) Summary: The departure of former Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu from the Party of Communists (PCRM) on June 10 has transformed the deeply-divided Moldovan political map by introducing a new political center. Immediately following Lupu's announcement, the Ambassador met with key polit [...]	2009-07-24 15:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU576	DEPUTY PM ROSCA PROMISES RETRACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a July 23 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Deputy Prime Minister Iurie Rosca expressed shock at a defamatory anti-IRI and NDI article that appeared in his party's newspaper, and promised a retraction. The retraction appeared the next day, on the front page. Rosca also desc [...]	2009-07-24 15:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU577	MINISTER OF FINANCE ON BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's July 8 meeting with Minister of Finance Mariana Durlesteanu, the Minister explained that Moldova's finances were in serious trouble. Durlesteanu discussed a planned USD 500 million loan from Russia and the impact it would have on Moldova's relations [...]	2009-07-24 15:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EAID RS MD
09CHISINAU581	All-Party Mud Wrestling as Campaign [...] (SBU) Summary: As Moldova's July 29 repeat parliamentary election nears, the political parties have been using this campaign period to try to exploit the controversies which followed April 5 elections and the violent demonstrations of April 7. The ruling Communists have extensively used cam [...]	2009-07-27 14:38:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU582	FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN [...] (C) Summary: In a July 27 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan promised, without much certainty or enthusiasm, that he would fix the problems created when the Government of Moldova (GOM) refused accreditation to the majo [...]	2009-07-27 14:51:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU586	Mud Wrestling Ends; Voting Proceeds [...] (SBU) Summary: After a mud-slinging polarized campaign, peaceful voting has begun on July 29. Procedures are in place, and nearly 2,000 polling stations (PEBs) are reporting high turnout. Problems are predominantly minor, such as errors on voting lists and occasional high-handed pronouncemen [...]	2009-07-29 13:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU587	POLLING RESULTS SHOW CONCERN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polling by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on the eve of July 29 repeat parliamentary elections, shows that Moldovans' concerns are overwhelmingly economic and that most people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. A separate recent poll by [...]	2009-07-30 08:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU588	EMBASSY OBSERVERS NOTE BOTH GOOD AND BAD [...] (SBU) Summary: On voting day, fourteen teams of Embassy election monitors noted wide discrepancies in polling station management, quality of voter lists, quality of local-observer participation, and vote counting and posting at the precinct and district levels. In many polling stations elec [...]	2009-07-30 15:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU589	ELECTING A PRESIDENT ONLY POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With 98.3 percent of the vote counted, it is already clear that Moldova will have a five-party parliament. With 48 seats reported thus far out of a total of 101, the Party of Communists (PCRM) will be unable to elect a President, or even a Speaker, on its own. It is still po [...]	2009-07-30 15:57:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MD
09CHISINAU595	OPPOSITION HAS BIG PLANS TO LEAD MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: The opposition plans to work within its narrow parliamentary majority of 53 seats to elect the Speaker and then attempt to use their legislative mandate to try to form a government. Although Voronin would continue on as Acting President, with the speaker in place (possibly Fil [...]	2009-07-31 15:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MD

09CHISINAU603	MOLDOVA CIVICS 101: WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH 53 MPs [...] (SBU) Summary: While there is a great deal of speculation about who might form a government in Moldova following repeat parliamentary elections on July 29, facts, in the form of numbers, remain stubborn things. Acting President Voronin will remain in office until 61 (out of 101) MPs vote to [...]	2009-08-03 14:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU604	MOLDOVA CIVICS 101: WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH 53 MPs [...] (SBU) Summary: While there is a great deal of speculation about who might form a government in Moldova following repeat parliamentary elections on July 29, facts, in the form of numbers, remain stubborn things. Acting President Voronin will remain in office until 61 (out of 101) MPs vote to r [...]	2009-08-03 15:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU608	What Comes Next: Expert Views [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldovan experts agree that the July 29 elections offer a chance for opposition parties to exercise power, although the constitutional provisions for establishing a government will make the process complicated. The current ruling Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova (PCR [...]	2009-08-04 13:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU61	HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR THINKS LIKELY [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting, Hungarian Ambassador to Moldova Gyorgy Varga shared Ambassador Chaudhry's concerns that the Government of Moldova (GOM) was backsliding on media, political, and economic freedoms in the run up to elections. Varga told the Ambassador that President Voroni [...]	2009-01-30 13:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU611	DEMARCHE REPLY: 64th UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH LEVEL [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Anatol Urecheanu, Director of the Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA&EI),Republic of Moldova on July 21, 2009. Sergiu Mihov, the new Head of the UN and Specialized Agencies Division, responded on [...]	2009-08-05 08:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA MD
09CHISINAU613	USD 1 BILLION CHINESE LOAN FOR MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, Moldova's Minister of Construction and Territorial Development and the president of Covec signed a memorandum of understanding for a USD 1 billion loan. Some news about this loan had circulated earlier, as Moldovan press noted in early February that China's largest [...]	2009-08-05 13:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD
09CHISINAU614	PRESIDENT VORONIN ACCEPTS THE IDEA OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 meeting, a tired- looking and somber President Voronin did not appear to have a clear vision for how the PCRM would move forward in thepost-elections political environment. On the on hand he told the Ambassador that he was ready fo the PCRM to go into opposition, [...]	2009-08-05 16:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MD
09CHISINAU620	FY2009 Project Proposals for INL Law Enforcement [...] Summary: Post believes the best use of FSA/INL funds for law enforcement in Moldova will combine technical and training assistance to strengthen institutional as well as individual capacities. This cable outlines a program for using FY2009 funds to provide an array of projects for the Go [...]	2009-08-07 07:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID MD
09CHISINAU623	OPPOSITION WORKING TO FORM RULING [...] (C) Summary: In the first full week since the July 29 elections, the four non-communist party leaders have met almost daily to work on reaching a coalition agreement. Though they immediately agreed in principle on the need to work together, one week later they were still hashing out the de [...]	2009-08-07 13:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MD
09CHISINAU626	COMMUNISTS CONSIDERING PLAN TO LET [...] (C) Summary: The Party of Communists has been discussing its strategy which will be formalized in a meeting of the Party Plenum, likely to take place o/a August 17. Though the decision has not yet been finalized, the PCRM will likely give the 53-member coalition of four non-Communist parties [...]	2009-08-10 15:30:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MD
09CHISINAU627	Non-Communist Parties Unite; Now the [...] (SBU) Summary: The four non-Communist parties, who were elected to a combined parliamentary majority of 53 out of 101 seats on July 29, formed an official Alliance for European Integration on August 8. If, as is increasingly being predicted, the Party of Communists (PCRM) "designates" eight [...]	2009-08-10 15:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU629	Possible Alliance Government Signals Desire to Lift [...] (SBU) Summary: The four-party non-Communist coalition, which likely will form Moldova's next Government, has stated its intent to reverse a foreign-policy blunder made in April, when the present Government imposed a visa regime on Romanian citizens. Removing these sharply criticized visa req [...]	2009-08-11 14:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MD RO
09CHISINAU634	NON-COMMUNIST COALITION MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Since the public announcement August 8 of the formation of the four-party non- Communist coalition, the group's leaders have been focusing their efforts on putting together a new government. They have agreed to nominate Filat for Speaker, Lupu for President and to let the Liber [...]	2009-08-13 14:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID MD
09CHISINAU636	DEMARCHE REPLY: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 11:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MD
09CHISINAU643	POSSIBILITY OF COMMUNIST PARTY SPLIT [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Igor Dodon (strictly protect) confided to Ambassador that a group of younger, reform-minded members of the Party of Communists (PCRM) were considering breaking with PCRM to establish a new center-left party. This new party, which would focus on economic r [...]	2009-08-14 16:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MD
09CHISINAU644	DID LUPU GO TO MOSCOW? IF SO, WHY? [...] (S) Summary: On August 12 Marian Lupu publicly denied a news item claiming that he had traveled to Moscow the previous day, saying he had been in Budapest. However, in an August 13 meeting, Marian Lupu (strictly protect) confided to the Ambassador that he had indeed been in Moscow. He clai [...]	2009-08-14 16:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU659	WHO WANTS ION STURZA TO BE PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: In response to a question at an August 4 press conference, Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM) leader Vlad Filat said that former PM Ion Sturza had all the qualities needed to be a good President, thus launching a Sturza-for- President rumor that has rapidly gained traction. Filat i [...]	2009-08-19 15:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU67	ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's January 21 meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Trade, Igor Dodon, the Minister reviewed the energy security situation in Moldova and possible measures to secure gas and electricity supplies. Dodon discussed a propose [...]	2009-02-03 13:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG EAID RS MD
09CHISINAU670	Alliance Candidate Ghimpu Elected Speaker [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first session of the Parliament elected on July 29 convened on August 28. After the Party of Communists (PRCM) temporary chair adjourned the session and the 48 PCRM deputies departed the hall, the 53 MPs of the Alliance for European Integration (AIE) reconvened and elect [...]	2009-08-28 15:45:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
09CHISINAU671	ALLIANCE ELECTS SPEAKER, BUT WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In decisive move that stunned many observers, on August 28 the four-party Alliance for European Integration (AIE) elected Liberal Party (PL) leader Mihai Ghimpu as Speaker in a rump session that continued after the Communist Party (PCRM) adjourned the Parliament's opening meetin [...]	2009-08-28 15:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU675	Voronin Announces Intention to Resign as [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the "rump" Parliament of 53 Alliance for European Integration (AIE) MPs was meeting at the National Palace, President Voronin told a PCRM Party Plenum that he would renounce his position as Acting President and continue as Member of Parliament and head of PCRM faction. His [...]	2009-09-02 15:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU685	LUPU FEELS "WINDS OF CHANGE" IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential hopeful Marian Lupu expressed skepticism about Acting President Voronin's recent announcement that he would vacate his Presidential position for his seat in Parliament. Lupu also described recent meetings with the Russi [...]	2009-09-04 15:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU694	MONGOLIAâ€™S CONSULTATIONS WITH DPRK VICE FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On August 12, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director for Asian Affairs J. Sukhee briefed poloff on the annual Mongolia-DPRK consultations that concluded on August 11. MFAT State Secretary Tsogtbaatar led the Mongolian side, and the North Koreans met with [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KNNP MG
09CHISINAU696	Request to Change Home Leave Dates (Michael J. Mates, [...] Embassy Chisinau requests approval of requested change of home leave dates (for Political Officer Michael J. Mates) to the period January 25 to February 19, 2010, as requested in the itinerary submitted on July 21, 2009. That request was denied in referenced Workflow Report because the employe [...]	2009-09-09 13:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
09CHISINAU70	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:32:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MD
09CHISINAU700	DPM DODON BELIEVES COMMUNISTS SHOULD [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Dodon told the Ambassador that he believes the Communist Party (PCRM) should give the eight votes necessary to elect Alliance for European Integration (AIE) candidate Marian Lupu as President. However, he said, President Voronin r [...]	2009-09-10 14:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU704	It's Official Q President Voronin has [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the morning of September 11, President Vladimir Voronin formally resigned. His Message to the People of Moldova was headlined in the morning newspapers and also broadcast on national television. Following Voronin's announcement, Parliament met on the afternoon of Septem [...]	2009-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU705	ENGAGING MOLDOVA'S DIASPORA [...] Summary: Defining and identifying a "Moldovan Diaspora" according to the definitions of reftel is difficult. Moldovan communities abroad, which are as ethnically and linguistically mixed as at home, are still in the process of formation. These communities share largely economic links with t [...]	2009-09-14 13:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC OIIP PGOV
09CHISINAU71	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOLDOVA RECEIVED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE MD
09CHISINAU711	EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Ex-President Vladimir Voronin said that his Communist Party (PCRM) would participate in Parliamentary committees, and would support issues related to European integration and neutrality, while eschewing extremism and separatism and [...]	2009-09-16 14:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU713	Ghimpu Confirmed As Acting President, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 17, the Constitutional Court confirmed the legality of Parliamentary Speaker Ghimpu's assumption of the position of Acting President. Ghimpu promptly nominated Liberal Democratic Party leader Vlad Filat as his candidate for Prime Minister. Filat will have up to [...]	2009-09-17 15:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU714	DPM DODON STILL CONSIDERING SPLIT WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, outgoing First Deputy Prime Minister Dodon spent an hour talking of his current indecision about whether to split with the Communist Party. he claimed that a group of 4-5 MPs could leave with him, including the former Prime Mi [...]	2009-09-18 15:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU72	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOLDOVA RECEIVED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE MD
09CHISINAU721	MOLDOVA ELDERLY TRAVELERS B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 14:02:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC MD
09CHISINAU729	POLISH AMBASSADOR UPSET BY USG [...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with several third country diplomats and Moldovan Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials, Polish Ambassador to Moldova Krzysztof Suprowicz told Defense Attach that Poland did not understand the logic or the mentality of the recent U.S. decision concerning the change [...]	2009-09-24 14:51:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINR PL MD
09CHISINAU73	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP PARM IR MD
09CHISINAU74	MOLDOVA RECEIVED DEMARCHE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 12:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY
09CHISINAU742	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER LEANCA SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador's September 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca was the very first the minister had held in his new capacity. Commenting on the historic appropriateness of holding his very first official meeting with the American Ambassador, Leanca affirmed his government's [...]	2009-09-29 15:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KTIP EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU750	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. CONCERNS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly- appointed Prime Minister Vlad Filat on September 28. The central focus of the meeting was the recent developments surrounding the MCC Compact. The Ambassador informed Filat that MCC had submitted a Congressional Notification on the intent to nego [...]	2009-09-30 15:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KTIP EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU755	NEW GOM QUICKLY REGISTERS IRI AND NDI [...] (SBU) In one of its first official actions, the Moldovan Ministry of Justice issued registration certificates to IRI and NDI on September 29. (Note: the previous Communist-led GoM had denied registration over the past year to IRI and NDI.) This was one day after Prime Minister Vlad Filat had [...]	2009-10-01 14:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU769	Fraud Summary - Chisinau: March 2009 - [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 09:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KTIP MD
09CHISINAU770	DEMARCHE REPLY: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would duly consider this request and that he would pass the [...]	2009-10-07 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MD
09CHISINAU771	DEMARCHE REPLY: EXISTENCE OF A COVERT URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Dorin Panfil, Head of NATO and Politico-Military Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA),on September 28, 2009. Panfil responded that the Government of Moldova would support the U.S. without question on this issue as the [...]	2009-10-07 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IR KNNP MNUC PARM MD
09CHISINAU792	LOOKING AHEAD TO OCTOBER 23 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (S) Summary: The Alliance has nominated Marian Lupu as their unified candidate for the Presidential vote now scheduled to take place in the Parliament on October 23. With October 17 as the deadline for registration of candidates, it is not clear yet if the PCRM will nominate an alternative [...]	2009-10-13 14:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU80	GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR [...] (C) Action request in para. 4 2. (C) We were concerned that our new embassy would sit out in the sunflower fields, resplendent but lonely, far from the center of Chisinau. Then the President suggested a centrally located military site that might work for the new U.S. Embassy. For a year [...]	2009-02-06 13:26:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT MD
09CHISINAU801	GRENADE EXPLOSION DURING CHISINAU [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of October 14, while some 50-100,000 people were in the town center celebrating the Chisinau Day holiday, a grenade exploded, injuring over 40 persons. No lives were lost. Minister of Interior Catan told the Ambassador October 15 that he believed that this incid [...]	2009-10-15 15:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PBTS EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU806	AMBASSADOR AND MCC VP DISCUSS MCC [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and MCC Vice President Darius Teter met with Prime Minister Vlad Filat on October 28. The meeting focused on the way forward in concluding a Compact agreement by the end of the calendar year. VP Teter informed Filat of the conditions Moldova must fulfill in a Com [...]	2009-10-19 07:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KTIP MD
09CHISINAU81	MOLDOVA'S 2009 PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 29 meeting, Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova outlined Moldova's program of Transnistrian reintegration priorities for 2009 and reviewed the results of recent consultations with the Russians and Ukrainians. Moldova's four priorities are: resumption of the 5-plu [...]	2009-02-06 13:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RU UP MD
09CHISINAU819	ROMAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ILINOIU [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, U.S. Ambassador to Romania and U.S. Ambassador to Moldova (who was visiting Bucharest) met with Anca Ilinoiu, Foreign Policy Counselor to President Basescu. Ilinoiu explained that Moldova was a very important foreign policy priority for Romania. She noted that R [...]	2009-10-19 14:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EAID PINR MD RO
09CHISINAU826	NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINSTER FOR [...] (C) Summary: Despite initial doubts about his inexperience and the GoM decision to abolish the Ministry of Reintegration, new Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Victor Osipov has won over many of the initial skeptics. In a meeting with the Ambassador on October 9, Osipov, who kept all [...]	2009-10-21 13:50:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU829	TRANSNISTRIANS CALL FOR RUSSIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the October 14 grenade blast in Chisinau (reftel),on October 15 the Transnistrians issued a call for the Russians to make a fivefold increase to the size of its peacekeeping contingent, enlarging the group from 400 to 2,400. The Transnistrians cited the recent events [...]	2009-10-21 14:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS MARR PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU833	EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN PREPARES FOR REPEAT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, a very tired-looking ex-President Vladimir Voronin remained stubborn in his opposition to the candidacy of Democratic Party presidential-hopeful Marian Lupu, who Voronin said had "betrayed" the Communist Party. Voronin said he was f [...]	2009-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU84	EX-PRESIDENT LUCINSCHI THINKS COMMUNISTS [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Ambassador focused predominantly on Moldova's upcoming elections (Nov 14 and Feb 3),former President Petru Lucinschi was highly critical of President Voronin's regime (which he termed a "police state") and skeptical about the Party of Communists'(PCRM) prosp [...]	2009-02-10 05:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU840	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the Ambassador, Defense Attache, and Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation paid an introductory call on Minister of Defense Vitalie Marinuta. The new Minister outlined his plan to reform the Moldovan military along NATO PfP lines and requested continued assi [...]	2009-10-28 13:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MD
09CHISINAU842	DEMARCHE REPLY: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Alexei Iatco, First Secretary, OSCE and International Security Directorate, Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (MFA&EI),Republic of Moldova, on October 27, 2009. Mr. Iatco noted that he would forward [...]	2009-10-29 05:51:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN MD
09CHISINAU848	COMMUNIST MP TURCAN READY TO VOTE FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 20 meeting, Communist Party (PCRM) Member of Parliament Vladimir Turcan told the Ambassador that he hoped to avoid repeat elections by getting his fellow PCRM MPs to vote for Alliance for European Integration presidential candidate Marian Lupu. Turcan said he had r [...]	2009-10-30 12:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU865	AH1N1 INFLUENZA IN MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) Summary: The level of concern about H1N1 influenza is rising in Moldova. Though so far Moldova has only been hit by two deaths and 113 confirmed cases, new cases are reported daily, (36 on November 6),and both government and population are starting to feel jittery, particularly as the [...]	2009-11-06 14:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV AMED MD
09CHISINAU875	Prime Minister Demands Action on TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, for the first time ever, a Moldovan Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons. Moreover, PM Vlad Filat did so in the presence of five cabinet members, and other high officials, to whom he gave very clear mar [...]	2009-11-12 11:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KTIP MD
09CHISINAU877	Prime Minister Demands Action on TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, for the first time ever, a Moldovan Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Persons. Moreover, PM Vlad Filat did so in the presence of five cabinet members, and other high officials, to whom he gave very clear mar [...]	2009-11-13 09:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KTIP MD
09CHISINAU878	VORONIN AND LUPU TO MOSCOW YET ONCE [...] (S) In a November 16 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca said that he had learned that Russian President Medvedev had invited both ex-President Vladimir Voronin and Presidential candidate Marian Lupu to Moscow "within the next three days" in order to try to persuade the Par [...]	2009-11-16 15:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU895	FM LEANCA DESCRIBES MOLDOVAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Speaking to DAS Dan Russell on November 19, Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca discussed Moldova's need for a total U-turn in Moldova's foreign policy, from firing "useless" ambassadors, to normalizing relations with Romania, [...]	2009-11-20 14:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MD
09CHISINAU896	ACTING PRESIDENT GHIMPU DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 19 meeting with DAS Dan Russell, Acting President (and Speaker of Parliament) Mihai Ghimpu criticized Russian actions in Transnistria and the Caucasus, made recommendations about the Moldova-NATO relationship and the five-plus-two, and described plans for a nationa [...]	2009-11-20 14:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MD
09CHISINAU897	PRIME MINISTER AND EUR DAS RUSSELL [...] (C) Summary: During a November 19 meeting with EUR DAS Russell, Prime Minister Filat underlined the work of the new government and its priorities. He noted the importance his government placed on the USG's role in the 5 plus 2 negotiations and outlined his plans to promote communication and [...]	2009-11-20 14:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID KDEM MD
09CHISINAU898	MOLDOVA INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova's new government (GOM),in place only since late September, has moved quickly to push reforms and address the problem of trafficking in persons (TIP). Per ref B, Prime Minister Vlad Filat chaired the GOM's first meeting of the National Committee for Combating Traffick [...]	2009-11-23 12:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG MD
09CHISINAU900	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LUPU DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In a November 19 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Russell, presidential candidate Marian Lupu articulated his philosophy that Moldova could serve as a bridge between East and West. With regard to his electoral prospects, he said he "could not rule out" the possibility that he woul [...]	2009-11-25 12:49:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS ECON RS MD
09CHISINAU926	EX-PRESIDENT VORONIN SPECULATES ON [...] (C) Summary: In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador, ex-President Vladimir Voronin reaffirmed his position that the Party of Communists (PCRM) would not participate in the December 7 presidential vote. He conceded that a group of PCRM MPs led by Vladimir Turcan and Victor Stepaniuc app [...]	2009-12-04 14:20:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU927	COMMUNIST MP TURCAN READY TO LEAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, PCRM MP Vladimir Turcan said that he was ready to leave the Communist party faction and claimed to have a group of at least six MPs who would leave with him to establish a new political party. He described a meeting of the PCRM inn [...]	2009-12-04 14:25:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU928	AMN LEADER URECHEAN BELIEVES LUPU WILL [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 meeting, AMN leader Serafim Urechean told the Ambassador that he believed that Alliance candidate Lupu would be elected as President. He said that the process of cutting a deal was well underway, but still needed a few more days. Urechean suggested that a lot d [...]	2009-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU929	CRACKS IN THE ALLIANCE -- HOW STRONG IS [...] (C) Summary: Since the July 29 elections, the Alliance for European Integration (AIE) has overcome numerous hurdles to elect a Speaker, form a government, and launch reforms. But while the AIE's four leaders have made numerous compromises, each compromise has revealed the differences within [...]	2009-12-04 14:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU93	PM UPDATED ON TIP QUESTIONS, REFERS NEC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Greceanii responded positively to USG requests for information on Government of Moldova (GOM) actions against trafficking in persons; reacted sharply to allegations of GOM human rights violations as "provocations"; promi [...]	2009-02-12 10:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ABLD MD
09CHISINAU939	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRANSNISTRIA TANKS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by the Defense Attache, met with Speaker and Acting President Mihai Ghimpu on November 17 to respond to a request from Ghimpu to ascertain whether reports regarding the mobilization of Transnistrian tanks and the distribution of Russian arms and am [...]	2009-12-07 11:23:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS MD
09CHISINAU944	PARLIAMENT FAILS TO ELECT PRESIDENT: [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, the Moldovan parliament failed to elect Marian Lupu as president, since the Communists boycotted the vote, and Lupu fell eight ballots short. This moves Moldova into the next phase of the democratic process required to elect a president. Under Moldovan legislat [...]	2009-12-08 15:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MD
09CHISINAU945	ODC LETTER OF REQUEST (LOR) [...] THE OFFICE OF DEFENSE COOPERATION (ODC) RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL LETTER OF REQUEST FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA DATED 28 OCTOBER 2009. 2. REQUEST OVERVIEW TYPE OF REQUEST: REQUEST TO AMEND THE FMF CASE MD- R-DTL BY INCREASING FUNDING WITH $100,000 AND INCLUDE [...]	2009-12-09 13:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MARR MASS EAID MCAP PM MD
09CHISINAU958	Religious Extremists Desecrate Chanukah [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of Sunday December 13, followers of a small, radical Christian Orthodox religious group desecrated the menorah erected by the Jewish community in celebration of Chanukah in Chisinau's central square. After the incident, representatives of the Jewish community t [...]	2009-12-16 13:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MD
09CHISINAU988	CHISINAU: INCSR 2009-2010 PART 1 [...] (SBU) Embassy Chisinau's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR Part I follows: Â [...]	2009-12-24 06:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR MD
09CHISINAU989	CHISINAU: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Moldova is not a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist groups. No acts of international terrorism of major significance have occurred in Moldova. One significant act of possible politically motivated domestic terrorism, however, did occur. Moldova is not designated as a state sponsor of terr [...]	2009-12-24 09:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR MD
09CIUDADJUAREZ21	NAFTA, ELECTORAL POLITICS AND ALLEGATIONS OF PROTECTIONISM: [...] Summary: On January 1, 2009, Mexico eliminated tariffs for imports of used cars ten years and older from the United States and Canada. The implementation of the new tariff structure brings Mexico into technical compliance with North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rules that went into [...]	2009-01-23 00:11:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV MX
09CIUDADJUAREZ22	2008 - THE YEAR IN NUMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The incidence of violent crime in Ciudad Juarez this past year was high by any standard. There were 1,633 murders in and around Juarez, a figure that represented more than one quarter of all homicides registered in Mexico during 2008, and five times the number recorded in the [...]	2009-01-23 01:24:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV CASC SNAR MX
09CIUDADJUAREZ228	BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING: FRANCISCO BARRIO TERRAZAS - MEXICO'S [...] On February 26, 2009, Francisco Barrio Terrazas presented his credentials in Ottawa as Mexico's new Ambassador to Canada. Barrio's appointment has resulted in protests and calls for his resignation from Mexican and Canadian women's groups and human rights organizations. The groups assert that [...]	2009-05-22 23:08:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR MX CA
09CIUDADJUAREZ27	2009 CIUDAD JUAREZ OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT [...] Remain on constant alert for street crime (i.e. armed robbery, pocket-picking, purse-snatching, ATM robbery, etc.). 2. Maintain a low profile. Dress casually and keep valuables out of sight. Do not draw attention to yourself. 3. Vary your routine. Be unpredictable in your movements. V [...]	2009-01-27 22:58:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC MX
09CIUDADJUAREZ516	FRAUD SUMMARY - CIUDAD JUAREZ - MARCH THROUGH AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Ciudad Juarez, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, forms the larger half of the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso metropolitan area with the largest population center on any international border in the world. The Ciudad Juarez/El Paso area is one contiguous community separated by a visible lin [...]	2009-10-01 15:15:00	Consulate Ciudad Juarez	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09COLOMBO100	Sri Lankans Welcome Inauguration of Barack Obama [...] Summary. Sri Lankans welcomed the inauguration of President Barack Obama with widespread enthusiasm. Ambassador hosted a viewing of the occasion with high level contacts and attended services at two Buddhist temples where monks blessed the President. Sri Lankan media carried a congratulator [...]	2009-01-28 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KMDR CE
09COLOMBO1001	FROM AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS TO UNDERSECRETARY OF [...] We appreciate your willingness to reconsider the decision not to purchase the former British High Commission property for a New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Colombo. We know a re-examination of the decision will entail lots of work, and we will accept your final decision. 2. OBO has approve [...]	2009-10-30 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ASEC CE
09COLOMBO1002	IMF PRESSURING THE MALDIVES TO IMMEDIATELY REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) and the IMF agree that the GOM must drastically cut its government payroll expenses, but they disagree how to do it. The GOM has substantially increased its government salaries over the last two years, which, in combination with reduced [...]	2009-11-01 06:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MV PGOV
09COLOMBO1003	FROM AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS TO UNDERSECRETARY OF [...] We appreciate your willingness to reconsider the decision not to purchase the former British High Commission property for a New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Colombo. We know a re-examination of the decision will entail lots of work, and we will accept your final decision. 2. OBO has approve [...]	2009-11-02 02:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD ASEC CE
09COLOMBO1006	MFA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER DHS QUESTIONING OF [...] (C) On November 2, Foreign Minister Bogollagama called in Ambassador regarding reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had requested that Sri Lankan Chief of Defense (CHOD) Sarath Fonseka come in for a "voluntary" interview with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office [...]	2009-11-02 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1007	SRI LANKA'S VERY AMBITIOUS PLANS TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of Sri Lanka's overall plan to boost tourist arrivals from nearly 500,000 currently to 2.5 million by 2016, Sri Lanka has embarked on a very ambitious plan to expand its airport facilities. Sri Lanka's only international airport in Colombo, Bandaranaike International [...]	2009-11-03 06:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN
09COLOMBO1009	SRI LANKA: 2010 NTE: REPORT ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 02:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN CE
09COLOMBO1010	ETILSALAT: THE NEWEST PLAYER IN THE SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Competition within Sri Lanka's mobile telecommunications sector is poised to increase further with the recent entry of Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (Etilsalat). In October 2009, Etilsalat purchased TIGO, one of five mobile service providers in Sri Lanka. Etilsalat's [...]	2009-11-04 02:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV ECPS EINV
09COLOMBO1011	MODIFIED CABLE: SRI LANKA - 2010 NTE REPORT ON SANITARY AND [...] (U) This cable corrects an earlier version by replacing paragraphs 10 and 11 with paragraph 10 here. The following is in response to reftel's request on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standards Related Foreign Barriers to trade in Sri Lanka. STANDARDS 2. (U) The Sri Lanka Standards I [...]	2009-11-04 07:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN CE
09COLOMBO1012	THE MALDIVES AGREES TO ACCEPT FIVE UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 27, Ambassador Daniel Fried, Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, held meetings with senior officials from the Government of the Republic of the Maldives (GORM) to discuss the possibility of the GORM accepting five ethnic Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay. Followi [...]	2009-11-04 09:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS MV
09COLOMBO1015	LOSS OF EU GSP-PLUS TRADE BENEFITS WOULD BE A [...] (U) SUMMARY: The European Union granted Sri Lanka GSP-Plus trade benefits after the 2004 tsunami, and Sri Lanka has substantially increased its EU-bound exports. However, an EU Commission recommended on October 19 the withdrawal of the GSP-Plus benefits because its investigation found that the [...]	2009-11-05 05:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV KTEX CE
09COLOMBO1016	JVP: PLAYING IT CLOSE TO THE CHEST--FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with PolOff, MP Vijitha Herath of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP, the People's Liberation Front) offered guarded comments indicated the leftist-nationalist party was probably waiting for a more certain political climate to declare publicly its political intention [...]	2009-11-06 06:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1017	SIGNIFICANT IDP RELEASES CONTINUE IN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Significant numbers of IDPs continue to be released from camps in Manik Farm and elsewhere. Exact figures differ on just how many have been released, depending on whether the source of the information is the UN or the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). The bottom line is that in dramatic cont [...]	2009-11-06 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1018	FONSEKA'S U.S. VISIT AND RECALL MAKE WAVES IN SRI [...] (C) News of CHOD General Sarath Fonseka's visit to the U.S. and subsequent interaction with DHS dominated the local headlines in Colombo during the week of November 1. Many news outlets and political actors strongly criticized the U.S. for this apparent attempt to question Fonseka and possib [...]	2009-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1019	MUSLIM CONGRESS LEADER ON ELECTIONS, FONSEKA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with PolOff, Chairman of Sri Lanka Muslim Council (SLMC) and Eastern Provincial opposition leader Basheer Segudawood spoke of his party's strategy to defeat President Rajapaksa at the upcoming elections. The strategy included forming a broad coalition with the UNP and [...]	2009-11-06 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1021	BUDGET TRANSPARENCY DEMARCHE FOR THE MALDIVES [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Government of the Maldives (GOM) through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance and Treasury. Minister of Finance and Treasury Ali Hashim responded that the GOM plans to increase its budget transparency. The GOM has conducted a P [...]	2009-11-09 02:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MV PGOV
09COLOMBO1030	HANGING CHOD? GENERAL SARATH FONSEKA SUBMITS HIS [...] (C) Chief of Defense (CHOD) General Sarath Fonseka submitted his resignation to President Rajapaksa on November 12. Senior military officials in the Office of Chief of Defense Staff (OCDS),a Ministry of Defense official, United National Party (UNP) insiders and a retired military general wit [...]	2009-11-12 14:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1031	TAMIL LEADER SAMPANTHAN FORESEES "HOT" ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 10 meeting with PolChief, Tamil National Alliance Chairman Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan said President Rajapaksa told him there would be early presidential elections. He affirmed General Fonseka's intention to run but noted that a Rajapaksa/Fonseka contest would "spli [...]	2009-11-13 10:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1032	MISSION ANNOUNCES RE-DIRECTION OF ASSISTANCE AWAY [...] (C) On November 11, Ambassador met with Basil Rajapaksa, senior advisor to the president and chief of the Sri Lankan Government's relief and reconstruction efforts, to announce the U.S. decision to redirect aid from closed camps to returnees, host families, and open camps by March 2010. Rajapa [...]	2009-11-13 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE

09COLOMBO1033	Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change Press for Action at [...] (U) SUMMARY: Government leaders from eleven countries participated in the Climate Vulnerable Forum November 9-10 in the Maldives. The participants and observers heard from experts on special challenges the most vulnerable countries are facing, scientific aspects of global climate goals, and [...]	2009-11-14 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN CE
09COLOMBO1037	LABOR SLOWDOWNS BEGIN POLITICAL SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary. Labor unions affiliated with the opposition political parties UNP and JVP held a three day labor slowdown Nov 11-13 in the government run electricity, petrol, water and port companies. The labor action had a limited impact, but post expects continued labor actions in advan [...]	2009-11-16 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON ELAB PGOV
09COLOMBO1038	PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA GETS COLD FEET ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a much-anticipated nationwide speech on Sunday night failed to announce either a presidential or general election. Rajapaksa instead largely gave a speech that extolled the virtues of his Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and took thinly-veiled swi [...]	2009-11-16 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1040	SRI LANKA,S PERSONALIZED SYSTEM OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The real power to make economic policy appears to transcend the formal government policy channels and focus on the influence of President Rajapaksa and his circle. According to our contacts, the new Secretary to the Treasury, P.B. Jayasundera, is the policymaker with the mos [...]	2009-11-17 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON EFIN PGOV
09COLOMBO1043	MALDIVES OPPOSES IRAN'S NO-ACTION MOTION ON UNGA [...] (C) On November 16, Vice President Ahmed Shaheed assured Ambassador of the support of the government of the Maldives (GOM) and of the Maldives intention to oppose the &no-action8 motion on the human rights resolution on Iran. Shaheed instructed their mission in New York not to participate in t [...]	2009-11-17 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV
09COLOMBO1044	SRI LANKA REMAINS OPPOSED TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 17, Ambassador delivered reftel points urging Sri Lanka to vote against "no-action" motions and for substantive resolutions on human rights abuses in Iran, Burma, and the DPRK to MFA Foreign Secretary Romesh Jayasinghe. Jayasinghe promised to convey our concerns to his princip [...]	2009-11-17 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1045	FRAUD SUMMARY - SRI LANKA [...] Political insecurity and socioeconomic conditions put pressure on Sri Lankans of all ages and societal classes to migrate legally and illegally to the United States. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),an armed insurgent g [...]	2009-11-18 07:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CE
09COLOMBO1046	MALDIVES POISED TO CHANGE POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered reftel points urging non-support of Anti-Israel UN Resolutions to the Maldives High Commissioner Ali Hussain Didi. While he could not commit to a definitive response, Didi assured Pol Chief of government of the Maldives (GOM) serious consideration of the [...]	2009-11-18 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA MV
09COLOMBO1047	SRI LANKA WILL NOT OPPOSE UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) On November 18, PolChief delivered ref A points urging Sri Lanka to oppose UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias to Sri Lankan MFA U.N. and Multilateral Affairs Director General (DG) Ambassador Aruni Wijewardene. Wijewardene informed us that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) would continu [...]	2009-11-18 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER UNGA CE
09COLOMBO1048	MALDIVES SEEKS ASSISTANCE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE [...] ESTHOff met with Maldivian government officials on the margins of the Climate Vulnerable Forum November 9-10 (reftel) and in Male November 15 to discuss a range of climate change and other environmental issues. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) has called climate change its number one nati [...]	2009-11-19 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV PGOV TSPL KGHG TPHY KICR IO CE
09COLOMBO1049	SRI LANKA CONSIDERING INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK CE
09COLOMBO1050	Committee to Monitor Investigations into Abductions and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister P. Radhakrishnan, a member of parliament who also serves as the Deputy Minister of Vocational and Technical Training and as the Convener of the Committee to Monitor Investigations into Abductions and Disappearances. Although P [...]	2009-11-20 01:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1051	PRM PDAS WITTEN EXAMINES IDP ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 12-16 visit of PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Samuel Witten came during a critical period in the ongoing humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. The Government is accelerating releases from closed camps, a move welcomed by the international community but on [...]	2009-11-20 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1053	SRI LANKA MEETS IMF TARGETS IN SEPTEMBER; CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary. An IMF team has found that Sri Lanka is meeting its foreign reserve and government deficit targets for September, although the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) will need to restrain expenditures to meet the December deficit targets. The GSL has submitted a Vote on Account in [...]	2009-11-23 02:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON EFIN PGOV
09COLOMBO1054	SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE (SFRC) FACT FINDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2-8, Senate Foreign Relations staff members Nilmini Rubin and Fatema Sumar visited Sri Lanka and held meetings with senior government officials, international organizations, political leaders, civil-society activists, and journalists to discuss post war reconciliation [...]	2009-11-23 02:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1056	FOOD SECURITY IN SRI LANKA: A "GROWING" PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka continues to focus attention on food security and is taking some actions to increase production on the island. Post-harvest losses remain a particular problem. The government is encouraging farmers to modernize production and transport techniques, but is hindered by [...]	2009-11-23 04:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON IO AID CE
09COLOMBO1059	SRI LANKA: ICRC ROLE INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 12-16 visit to Sri Lanka on a range of post-conflict humanitarian issues, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Sam Witten discussed the situation of LTTE ex-combatants (including rehabilitation programs) in separate meetings with Minister of Justice Milin [...]	2009-11-23 08:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO106	INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing on the January 27 visit to Sri Lanka of External Affairs Minister Mukherjee, Indian Deputy High Commissioner stressed that Mukherjee registered deep concern over the current humanitarian crisis in the Vanni, where Tamil civilians are caught in the crossfire between milit [...]	2009-01-29 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM IN CE
09COLOMBO1060	COLOMBO PLAN NOVEMBER SESSION READOUT: USA TAKES [...] SUMMARY: At the 266th session of the Colombo Plan Council held November 19, the United States took over the one-year rotating Presidency held most recently by Thailand. The minutes from the 265th session were adopted and council members focused on the upcoming 42nd Consultative Committee Meet [...]	2009-11-23 08:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE
09COLOMBO1061	TAMIL PARTIES CONFUSED AND UNDECIDED ON WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's main Tamil parties remain disorganized and unsure of their strategy for the upcoming election season. Faced with the possible role of kingmaker in the upcoming presidential election, the Tamil parties generally are uncomfortable with the prospect of supporting the ree [...]	2009-11-23 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1062	TRUST BUT VERIFY: SRI LANKA ANNOUNCES IDP FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 21, 2009, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced its intention to increase freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in northern Sri Lanka. While specifics are unclear, it appears that as of December 1, IDPs will be able to leav [...]	2009-11-23 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1066	BATTLE OF THE TITANS BEGINS [...] (U) Late on November 23, President Mahinda Rajapaksa began the process to hold an early presidential election and instructed the Elections Commission to begin preparations for the election. Rajapaksa issued the instructions at a meeting with leaders of political parties constituting the ruling [...]	2009-11-24 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1067	SRI LANKA,S ECONOMIC POLICY FOCUSES ON GOVERNMENT [...] (C ) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has adopted a hybrid economic model based on government led development, private sector exports, agricultural self sufficiency, large infrastructure projects and focusing on Asia instead of the United States or Europe. Sri Lanka has an his [...]	2009-11-25 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV
09COLOMBO1068	POST DELIVERED EID AL-ADHA MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT [...] (U) Post has faxed a copy of the Eid Al-Adha message from President Obama (reftel) to the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Male'. Post has also mailed a copy of the message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Male'. FOWLER [...]	2009-11-25 08:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MV
09COLOMBO1069	EMBASSY COLOMBO P-1 REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request for PRM,s Admissions Office. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Post requests access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for a Sri Lankan national well-known to the Embassy Public Affairs Section who is planning to flee the country within day [...]	2009-11-25 08:24:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PHUM PREF SCUL CE
09COLOMBO1070	COLOMBO ACTIVITY FOR ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] On November 25, 2009, to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Post coordinated with the Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka to organize a ceremony in recognition of the Commission's efforts to support women and end gender-based violence in Sri Lanka. 2. [...]	2009-11-25 10:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE
09COLOMBO1072	HINI VIRUS IN SRI LANKA [...] As of November 24, there are a total of 254 confirmed H1N1 cases in Sri Lanka, and six deaths have been reported since the first suspected case of H1N1 on the island was reported in June 2009. The Epidemiology Unit now describes the situation in the country as a pandemic. The deaths reported [...]	2009-11-25 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU ECON CE
09COLOMBO1073	RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE: UNP LEADERS BELIEVE THEY ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) are upbeat about the party's electoral prospects and are confident that UNF alliance candidate General Sarath Fonseka can beat President Rajapaksa in the upcoming presidential election. UNP party members noted that the U [...]	2009-11-25 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1074	MALDIVES: OVERVIEW OF RECENT LEGISLATION PASSED BY [...] SUMMARY: The Maldivian parliament recently passed the Child Sexual Abuse Act and an amendment to the penal code that decriminalizes defamation. President Nasheed has signed the former into law and is expected shortly to sign the latter. While local journalists and international press freedom [...]	2009-11-27 02:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MV
09COLOMBO1075	SRI LANKA'S TEA SECTOR: "A GIFT FROM GOD" [...] (U) SUMMARY: Long Sri Lanka's top export, tea remains one of the country's most valuable foreign currency earners despite being supplanted by the textile sector in the top slot. The country's highly sought-after "orthodox" teas remain global favorites, particularly in the Middle East and the [...]	2009-11-27 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD CE
09COLOMBO1076	SRI LANKA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] The following is in response to Ref A's request for information on the National Trade Estimate in Sri Lanka. Ref B includes information for the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standards Related Foreign Barriers to trade in Sri Lanka, submitted November 4, 2009 (and also included here). [...]	2009-11-27 07:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN CE
09COLOMBO1077	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR [...] Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Sri Lanka. The INCSR for the Maldives will be transmitted septel. SUMMARY -- 2. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug [...]	2009-11-27 07:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CE
09COLOMBO1078	IPR IN THE MALDIVES: LOTS TO DO IN LITTLE TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives does not currently have legislation on the books protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The Maldives is expected to graduate from the list of least developed nations by 2011, necessitating passage of WTO-compatible intellectual property legislation. Since 2 [...]	2009-11-27 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1091	SRI LANKA: NON-COMMITTAL ON PRESSING TRADITIONAL [...] (C) On November 30, PolOff delivered reftel points to Sri Lankan MFA Additional Director General for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Ranjith Gunaratna urging Sri Lanka's support for engaging Burmese authorities to offer a dialogue with National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Gunar [...]	2009-12-01 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1092	PANDEMIC FLU PREPARATIONS IN THE MALDIVES - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: To date, there have been only 32 confirmed cases of H1N1 (Swine flu) in the Maldives with one reported death. Maldivians are increasingly concerned with the country's ability to cope with a full-blown outbreak. The Ma [...]	2009-12-02 07:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV TBIO KFLU SOCI CASC MV
09COLOMBO1094	SHOW ME THE MONEY: KEY TAMIL LEADER DELAYS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 13:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1095	HUAWEI SRI LANKA: A MAJOR PLAYER WITH AN IRON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese firms continue to make inroads into the Sri Lankan market, including into areas such as telecommunications infrastructure. The Sri Lankan telecommunications market has expanded rapidly, and telephone companies plan to expand into the newly freed conflict areas of the N [...]	2009-12-03 03:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAID CH
09COLOMBO1109	USAID Support for Reconstruction of Eastern Sri Lanka [...] Summary. On November 8-11, Foreign Assistance Coordinator for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs/Office of Regional Affairs (SCA/RA) Aisha Sabar visited USAID funded projects in the Eastern Province. USAID has focused on fostering economic growth, good governance, and reconcili [...]	2009-12-03 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1110	IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1111	SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1112	IDP UPDATE: SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WITH CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Large numbers of returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the past several months and recent advances in freedom of movement policy are very encouraging. The returns process will continue to be complex, however, and long-term reintegration may present new challenges [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA ABUZZ OVER FONSEKA CANDIDACY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The announcements of an early presidential election January 26 and of General Fonseka's candidacy have dramatically altered the political landscape in Sri Lanka and created a palpable sense of new possibilities. But the general is likely to face an uphill battle in his attempt to [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1114	HUAWEI SRI LANKA: A MAJOR PLAYER WITH AN IRON [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese firms continue to make inroads into the Sri Lankan market, including into areas such as telecommunications infrastructure. The Sri Lankan telecommunications market has expanded rapidly, and telephone companies plan to expand into the newly freed conflict areas of the N [...]	2009-12-04 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAID CH
09COLOMBO1117	Re-declaration of Disaster for the Complex Emergency in Sri [...] (U) Background: Continued civil strife in the North of Sri Lanka has displaced upwards of hundreds of thousand people from their homes creating a complex emergency for the region. A disaster was initially declared in August of 2006 when almost 50,000 people had been displaced. In 2007 and 200 [...]	2009-12-04 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1118	ELECTION SEASON MAY BRING INCREASED RISK TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunday Leader newspaper editor-in-chief Frederica Jansz, and chairman of Leader Publications Lal Wickramatunge reported feeling increasingly at risk as election season took off and expected that conditions would worsen after presidential nominations on December 17. The pair wer [...]	2009-12-04 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1120	IPR IN THE MALDIVES: LOTS TO DO IN LITTLE TIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives does not currently have legislation on the books protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The Maldives is expected to graduate from the list of least developed nations by 2011, necessitating passage of WTO-compatible intellectual property legislation. Since 2 [...]	2009-12-07 06:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1121	SRI LANKA: 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT (Resubmit) [...] The following is in response to Ref A's request for information on the National Trade Estimate in Sri Lanka. Ref B includes information for the Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standards Related Foreign Barriers to trade in Sri Lanka, submitted November 4, 2009 (and also included here). [...]	2009-12-07 07:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN CE
09COLOMBO1125	HAMBANTOTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of China is constructing an international airport in conjunction with the large Hambantota port. Hambantota is located in the rural South of Sri Lanka, which also happens to be President Rajapaksa,s home region and political base. China Harbor Ltd. is engaged [...]	2009-12-09 02:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CE ECON ETRD EINV EAIR ELTN CH
09COLOMBO1126	SRI LANKA'S AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary. An official of Sri Lanka,s Ministry of Nation Building provided Econoff with the Government of Sri Lanka,s (GSL) plans to rebuild the Northern region of Sri Lanka. The document outlines how the economy and infrastructure were destroyed by the war, the GSL,s 180 day plan to [...]	2009-12-09 02:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE ECON PGOV
09COLOMBO1129	RED ROVER: PARTY MEMBERS START CROSSING OVER [...] (C) On December 7, senior UNP leader S.B. Dissanayake resigned from his position as National Organizer for the UNP and his position as opposition leader of the Central Province provincial council. Local observers have noted in the past that Dissanayake was a possible presidential candidate ( [...]	2009-12-09 12:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1130	Maldives Budget Reduces Government Deficit [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) proposed an austere 2010 budget to its Parliament. The budget projects both reduced spending and growing tax collection that would reduce the government budget deficit from 29% of GDP in 2009 to 16% of GDP in 2010 and reaching a mere 3% of G [...]	2009-12-10 08:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV MV
09COLOMBO1135	SRI LANKA: A/S BLAKE FINDS SITUATION IMPROVED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a December 8-10 visit, Assistant Secretary Blake found progress on humanitarian issues but also much that remained to be done. The IDP situation had greatly improved, with about three-fifths of the IDPs returned home or resettled, freedom of movement allowed f [...]	2009-12-14 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1136	Business Leaders See Progress in Eastern Reconstruction; [...] Summary: A/S Robert Blake met with a group of business leaders to discuss reconstruction of the conflict regions of the North and East. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) defeated the LTTE in 2007 in the East, and there has been great progress in that region, with fewer checkpoints, improved r [...]	2009-12-14 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV CE
09COLOMBO1139	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO. 1 [...] (SBU) Introduction: As an air of anticipation builds in Sri Lanka in advance of the upcoming Sri Lankan elections, including a presidential election scheduled for January 26 and a parliamentary election anticipated for later in the spring, post will provide update reports as events dictate, [...]	2009-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1140	UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1142	SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS: MALDIVIAN PARTIES LEARNING ABOUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 7 and 8, PolOffs traveled to Maldives to meet with political parties tomee Party (DQP),a member of the coalition party that recently broke away from government. As expected, there were dissenting opinions on the current state of the country but also several points of a [...]	2009-12-15 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL MV
09COLOMBO1144	Request for Economic Support Funds for the Maldives [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD MV
09COLOMBO1145	SRI LANKA: ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.2 [...] (C) Former Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva spoke at an event organized by UNF member Mangala Samaraweera on December 15, criticizing the concentration of powers developed through the executive presidency under Mahinda Rajapaksa. Fonseka was a "surprise" guest at the event, and local media publis [...]	2009-12-16 12:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1146	A/S Blake Views IDP Freedom of Movement at Menik Farm [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, one week after the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced freedom of movement for internally displaced persons (IDPs),Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake visited the Menik Farms IDP camp complex and several communities to which Tamil-speaking civilians were [...]	2009-12-17 04:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CE
09COLOMBO1147	A/S Blake Views IDP Freedom of Movement at Menik Farm [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 04:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CE
09COLOMBO1148	UPDATE ON KEY IDP PROTECTION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civilian population displacement issues in Sri Lanka have evolved rapidly over the last several months. Key protection issues identified most recently by the humanitarian community in Colombo include freedom of movement, transferred displacement, de-mining and demarcation, singl [...]	2009-12-17 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1150	FORMER PRESIDENT NOTES DESTRUCTIVE INFLUENCE OF [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with Ambassador, former President Chandrika Kumaratunga discussed President Rajapaksa's abuse of power and said that under his leadership, the economy, the political climate, health care, education and international relations had spiraled down reaching a new low in [...]	2009-12-17 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1152	SRI LANKA ELECTIONS UPDATE NO.3 [...] (C) With official nominations registered between 9:00 and 11:00 this morning, 23 candidates will be vying in the January 26 presidential election. Both President Rajapaksa from the UPFA and his main challenger former General Fonseka of the UNF and JVP handed in their nominations while hundreds [...]	2009-12-17 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1155	PUTTALAM'S "OLD" IDPS: A STABLE, IF LEAN, EXISTENCE [...] (SBU) On December 10-11, Embassy officials visited the Puttalam district and held meetings with senior government officials, international organizations, civil-society, and NGOs to assess the post-war humanitarian conditions and resettlement options of Muslim internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]	2009-12-18 09:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1156	TRUTH AND RECONCIALIATION COMMISSION PROPOSED FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Maldivian media reported December 18 that a South African-style Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) had been proposed following President Mohamed Nasheed's radio address last week, where he called on the Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM) to look into past injustices [...]	2009-12-19 09:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL MV
09COLOMBO1159	DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SRI LANKAN POLICIES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 8 meeting with A/S Blake, Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa discussed accountability and reconciliation; the State of Emergency; disarmament of ex-combatants and paramilitary groups; reconstruction in the North; rehabilitation of Liberation Tigers of [...]	2009-12-22 04:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1165	EASTERN PROVINCE: RETURNS NEARLY COMPLETE BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with local authorities, community leaders, United Nations (UN) officials, and returnees in Batticaloa and Trincomalee districts in the Eastern Province. Returns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to these districts are nearly complete but land issues, livelihoods, [...]	2009-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1166	ELECTIONS IN THE EAST: TAMILS UNCONVINCED [...] (S) SUMMARY: A visit to the Eastern Province by Embassy officers found that Tamils in the East do not strongly support either President Rajapaksa or General Fonseka in the upcoming election and that many would spoil their votes. Only Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities expressed strong c [...]	2009-12-22 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1177	SRI LANKAN ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER: FAQS FOR AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The following provides Post assessment of key issues related to the Sri Lankan Elections Commissioner and the upcoming presidential election scheduled for January 26. The message is organized in frequently-asked-question (FAQ) format and draws on Ambassador's Dec [...]	2009-12-22 12:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO1179	Action Request for FY 2010 Funds for Northern Sri Lanka [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 7-13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coming months offer a unique window of opportunity for the United States and other donors to assist the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in supporting peace and reconciliation through development and assistance p [...]	2009-12-23 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM PREF ECON CE
09COLOMBO118	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/02/2009 RE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 2, 2009. The EAC discussed post's security posture and guidance to the expatriate American community in light of the upcoming Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations and the possibility [...]	2009-02-03 03:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
09COLOMBO1180	ACCOUNTABILITY: FONSEKA STIRS UP HORNETS' NEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The committee appointed by the president to look into allegations raised in the Department's October 21 incidents report to Congress will not issue a public report but rather a recommendation memo for President Rajapaksa's consideration. Although Sarath Fonseka was quoted as accu [...]	2009-12-23 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO12	GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA LIKELY SOON TO BAN LTTE [...] (C) A senior Government Minister confirmed to Ambassador on January 5 that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) is likely to ban the LTTE as early as Wednesday, January 7. Although he was one of the Ministers involved in lifting the ban in 2002 so the Government could open peace talks with the LT [...]	2009-01-06 02:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
09COLOMBO127	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 4 Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa, after expressing concerns over the description of India's role, privately welcomed the Co-Chairs statement, as did Foreign Minister Bogollagama. On February 5, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa blasted the statement, calling [...]	2009-02-05 09:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM PINS CE
09COLOMBO128	President Mahinda Rajapaksa's Independence Day Speech [...] (U) In his February 4th speech to the nation, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said that for thirty years, Sri Lankans have lived in the midst of an illegal, armed, terrorist movement which prevented the country from celebrating 'true' freedom. President Rajapaksa reminded the people of his 2005 Pre [...]	2009-02-05 09:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CE
09COLOMBO133	CO-CHAIR MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: Co-Chair Ambassadors briefed UN Special Envoy Tamrat Samuel on the short- and longer-term issues he should focus on during his February 5-8 visit. Short term issues include the need for both sides to do much more to protect civilians in the conflict zone, and provide them food [...]	2009-02-05 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL AORC PGOV CE
09COLOMBO139	MALDIVES DECLARES INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed contacted Ambassador on February 6 to share with him the text of a Maldivian Foreign Ministry announcement that the Government of Maldives is committed to extending diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Kosovo at an early date. The statement n [...]	2009-02-06 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MV KV
09COLOMBO143	SRI LANKA: CHRISTIAN GROUPS CONCERNED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 20 and February 2, separate evangelical Christian groups met Ambassador to discuss their concerns regarding the likely passage of "anti-conversion legislation." The legislation's vague language and harsh punishments would infringe on their rights of thought, conscience [...]	2009-02-10 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF CE
09COLOMBO146	SRI LANKA: GSL CENSORSHIP PROMPTS BBC TO PULL FM [...] (C) The BBC announced on February 9 that it was suspending its FM programming in Sinhala, Tamil and English from the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) due to "deliberate interference" by the government. According to a local BBC employee the suspension would affect 60-70% of the BBC's [...]	2009-02-10 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PREL CE
09COLOMBO155	MALDIVES: THE NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Post's submission for the ninth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for the Maldives follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Post point of contact is ConOff Joel T. Wiegert, telephone +94-11-249-8635, fax +94-11-249-8590. One officer, FS-04, spent 24 hours in the [...]	2009-02-16 06:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG MV
09COLOMBO166	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 14: ICRC to Ship Food Aid into [...] (SBU) On Monday, the ICRC evacuated by sea 400 wounded persons, who are now receiving medical treatment in Trincomalee. This brings the total number of medical evacuations by sea to 1145. ICRC Country Director Paul Castella told Ambassador that an ICRC-flagged ship carrying 30 tons of food pl [...]	2009-02-17 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO167	SRI LANKA: SINHALESE VOTE CARRIES PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sinhalese voters delivered resounding victories to President Rajapaksa's UPFA coalition in the Northwestern (NWP) and Central (CP) Provincial elections on February 14. The results reflected the Sinhalese majority's strong endorsement of Rajapaksa's military focus in combating t [...]	2009-02-17 12:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS CE
09COLOMBO173	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 15: Heavy Fighting Continues; UN [...] (SBU) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa informed Ambassador and DATT on February 17 that the military has now occupied almost all the former safe zone and is now engaged in house to house combat with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Puthukkuduyiruppu (PTK) town. LTTE continue [...]	2009-02-18 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO174	Sri Lanka Humanitarian Update, 02/18/09 [...] The U.N. reports 30,000 internally displaced people from Sri Lanka's northern Vanni Region are receiving humanitarian assistance at 17 locations in the Vavuniya District. International organizations report they are responding to the food and non- food emergency needs of the displaced and that a [...]	2009-02-18 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO180	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes began his visit to Sri Lanka, which will likely bring renewed international attention to the Sri Lankan conflict. Ambassador stressed to Holmes and Foreign Minister Bogollagama that Sri Lankan forces would likely con [...]	2009-02-19 13:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO186	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, the Defense Secretary told the Ambassador that the army expects to push the remaining LTTE back to the safe zone within the next week (February 21-27). He assured the Ambassador that the Government would at that point enter "passive mode" to permit civilians to f [...]	2009-02-20 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO193	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL AORC CE
09COLOMBO199	SRI LANKA: UN LAUNCHES 2009 COMMON HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: On February 18, 2009, the United Nations launched its 2009 Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for Sri Lanka. The 2009 CHAP requests US$ 155 million for 103 projects proposed by 42 organizations. Priority activities for immediate requirements are estimated at $75.7 million. The [...]	2009-02-23 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO200	SRI LANKA: AIR TIGERS RAID COLOMBO; SUSPECTED LTTE [...] (SBU) On February 20 at about 21:45 local time, two LTTE aircraft attacked Colombo. The government of Sri Lanka reacted quickly to activate the air defense system in Colombo, cutting electric power while high-intensity spotlights searched the sky. Shortly thereafter, the security forces act [...]	2009-02-23 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CE
09COLOMBO201	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, Sri Lankan Air Defenses shot down two light planes sent by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on suicide missions to attack targets in the Colombo area. The planes narrowly missed their targets. The visit by UN U/SYG John Holmes made clear to both the [...]	2009-02-23 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO204	SRI LANKA: NEW IDPS ARRIVE IN JAFFNA; HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On a February 10-11 trip to Jaffna, DCM and RSO discussed conditions for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and the human rights situation on the peninsula with government, military, and civil society representatives and the UN. They also participated in the launch of a prog [...]	2009-02-24 10:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ECON EAID MOPS CE
09COLOMBO208	CORRECTED COPY (NEW SUBJECT) SRI LANKA: IDP ARRIVALS AT [...] SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has transported 1,611 people from the Mullaitivu conflict area to a reception center at the Trincomalee Hospital in northern Sri Lanka. USAID Office of Foreign Disaster regional advisor (OFDA R/A) was given access to the hospital, wh [...]	2009-02-24 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: MORE STIMULUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In addition to a Rs 16 billion (USD 140 million) stimulus package announced in December 2008 (ref a),the GSL recently announced several steps to provide support to its economy, introducing a Rs 4.2 billion (USD 36 million) stimulus package for finance and leasing companies, inter [...]	2009-02-26 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KMCA CE
09COLOMBO218	SRI LANKA: TAMIL NEWSPAPER EDITOR'S "WHITE VAN" ARREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eyewitnesses reported that several men, some in plain clothes and some in police uniforms took Tamil newspaper editor M. Vidyatharan at gunpoint at about 9:45 am local time on February 26 and bundled him into a white van. Vidyatharan was taken as he came out of a funeral parlor [...]	2009-02-26 13:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL CE
09COLOMBO22	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UNVEILS ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, the government announced a 16 billion rupee (USD 140 million) economic stimulus package intended to aid various ailing economic sectors and ensure 6% GDP growth in 2009. Actual implementation mechanisms for the plan remain unclear, and certain components of the [...]	2009-01-07 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KMCA CE
09COLOMBO229	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT LAUNCHES ANTI-CHILD SOLDIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26 Charge attended the launch of the GSL campaign against child soldiers. In his remarks at the event President Rajapaksa focused on the LTTE's use of children in combat but pointedly singled out Eastern Province Chief Minister Pillaiyan in an oblique reference to the [...]	2009-02-27 08:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS CE
09COLOMBO231	SRI LANKA: ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES IN ADVANCE OF [...] Per ref A request, the following information concerning Sri Lanka's regulations governing access to genetic resources and benefit sharing is keyed below to ref A, para 20. Additional questions raised by AmEmb New Delhi (ref B) are not relevant at present as Sri Lanka's patent law does not pro [...]	2009-03-02 02:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV TBIO CE
09COLOMBO236	English Language Programs to Support Reconciliation in Sri [...] Summary: Limited access to quality English instruction has left successive generations of Sri Lankan youth without the language skills to interact across ethnic or international boundaries, curbing their chances for professional employment and social reconciliation. After 25 years of civil co [...]	2009-03-03 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CE
09COLOMBO244	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO REQUEST IMF ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL appears ready to request IMF assistance to help cope with its otherwise looming economic crisis. IMF officials report that a formal invitation to begin negotiations could come from the government "within a couple of weeks." END SUMMARY It's bad... ------------- 2 [...]	2009-03-04 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV CE
09COLOMBO252	SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS WAYS TO [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador hosted a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors on March 5 to take stock of actions since the February 3 Co-Chair statement and consider what further actions we should recommend to capitals. Ambassadors agreed not to recommend an additional Co-Chair statement at this time [...]	2009-03-05 13:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE

09COLOMBO26	GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA BANS LTTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 7, the Government of Sri Lanka banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Under the ban's regulations, anyone found guilty of promoting, encouraging or aiding and abetting the LTTE would be sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. On January 8, Ambassador attended [...]	2009-01-08 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER PREF CE

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