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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09SANAA1929	YEMEN'S SOUTH: TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOCK TO PEACEFUL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Tens of thousands of southerners traveled to Lahj, the rebellious heartland of Yemen's south, for pro-independence demonstrations organized by the Southern Movement in commemoration of the 46th anniversary of South Yemen's revolution against the British. Despite the large crowd [...]	2009-10-19 09:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM

09SANAA1936	CHILD SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous credible sources report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are illegally recruiting and employing child soldiers to fight the war in northern Yemen. Although the ROYG military does not appear to be directly employing child soldiers, the tribal militias it has mobilized [...]	2009-10-20 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA1937	COULD A SA'ADA CEASEFIRE BE ON THE HORIZON? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Rumors of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi's arrest, a flurry of high-level ROYG visits to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Qirbi's sudden dispatch to Egypt, Syria, and Libya, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's postponed visit to Sana'a point to the possibility of significant developments [...]	2009-10-20 12:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1939	FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS [...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]	2009-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1963	AMBASSADOR APPRISES PRESIDENT SALEH OF WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1965	ROYG REPORTS SEIZURE OF IRANIAN-CREWED SHIP WITH [...] (S) ROYG officials and the Yemeni media report that ROYG maritime forces intecepted an Iranian-crewed ship transporting a large quantity of weapons on October 26. The ROYG Embassy in Washington issued a press statement on October 26 announcing that the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard "seized a fo [...]	2009-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1983	WHO'S THE BOSS IN ABYAN? SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, AQAP, [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the largely ungoverned spaces of Yemen's southern governorates, a complex political battle is taking place between the central government, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and members of the secessionist Southern Movement. This struggle is especially apparent in Abyan, where [...]	2009-10-28 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1998	MORE EVIDENCE THAT CHILD SOLDIERS USED BY "ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Credible NGO and media sources report that all three parties in the Sa'ada conflict )- the ROYG, the tribes, and the Houthis -- are using child soldiers. While the ROYG denies it uses child soldiers, local and international journalists and NGOs report that they interviewed child [...]	2009-11-02 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA2000	NEW PRESS COURT ISSUES FIRST CONVICTION AGAINST [...] (U) In the latest blow to Yemen's bludgeoned independent press, the Special Press and Publications Court issued its first conviction on October 31 in its second ruling. The court, established in May 2009, ruled that a 2008 article entitled "Weapon of Mass Destruction," critical of President S [...]	2009-11-03 07:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2002	SITREP: H1N1 PANDEMIC HAS THE POTENTIAL TO [...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 415 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza, and health officials suspect an additional 800 cases. The ROYG has a 50,000 supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to prevent the spread of the virus and 100,000 doses of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat H1N1 patients, but h [...]	2009-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA2014	BAD TO WORSE FOR YEMENI JOURNALISTS: PRESS COURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 31, Yemen's recently established Special Press and Publications Court issued its first guilty verdict. The court found Washington-based Yemeni-American writer Munir al-Mawri and Yemeni independent journalist Samir Jubran guilty of "the crime of criticizing the President [...]	2009-11-04 09:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2029	FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP [...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]	2009-11-04 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2030	SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]	2009-11-04 15:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA2040	SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]	2009-11-09 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2041	CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, TAIZ CITIZENRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The residents of Taiz, Yemen's most populous governorate and the country's cultural and educational capital, share the same frustrations expressed by citizens across the country: a water crisis, economic woes and a crackdown on human rights such as freedom of the press. Unlike [...]	2009-11-09 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA2042	65 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]	2009-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2043	57 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]	2009-11-10 04:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2052	SAâ€™ADA SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE THOUGHT, FEWER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ongoing, direct Saudi involvement in the Sa'ada war, which in and of itself risks expanding the regional and sectarian dimensions of the conflict, also seems to be encouraging other Sunni neighbors to provide material support to President Saleh's ill-conceived campaign to eradicate [...]	2009-11-11 09:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SA YM
09SANAA2058	WATER RESOURCES FALL AS WATER SCARCITY RISES ON [...] (C) Summary. Water remains a socially threatening, yet politically sensitive subject in Yemen; government action has stagnated as water resources continue to decline. The lack of regulation of drilling rigs and the cultivation of qat are largely responsible for the continuing decline of wate [...]	2009-11-14 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA2062	DEPUTY FM WANTS TO DISCUSS "HIDDEN AGENDAS" [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy FM Al-Dhabbi told Ambassador Seche in a meeting November 10 that he looks forward to a candid exchange to clarify our agendas and views in relation to the ROYG conflict with the Houthis which, he noted, the ROYG, considers as an immediate threat compared to that posed [...]	2009-11-15 15:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA2070	SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN -- [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]	2009-11-16 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2072	DONORS QUESTION ROYG COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Donors questioned the pace of Yemen's development in a meeting with visiting World Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Vice President Samshad Akhtar on November 7. Akhtar responded to donor concerns, emphasizing that the ROYG appears to understand its development issues, [...]	2009-11-17 07:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA2073	ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]	2009-11-17 08:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2074	YEMEN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftels. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam sent a diplomatic note advising the Embassy "that the Government of the Republic of Yemen will support the candidac [...]	2009-11-17 10:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK YM
09SANAA2077	YEMEN TO BE ABSENT DURING THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftel. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam confirmed that the Yemeni delegation will be absent during the November 19 UNGA third committee vote on Iran. SEC [...]	2009-11-17 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN YM
09SANAA2079	HIZBALLAH AND THE HOUTHIS: DIFFERENT GOALS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their ongoing pursuit of Western support for their struggle against the Houthis, ROYG officials have latched onto recent, unsubstantiated media claims of Hizballah cooperation with the Houthis in Sa'ada in order to bolster their argument that the Houthis are a terrorist organ [...]	2009-11-18 06:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER MOPS PGOV PROP YM
09SANAA208	YEMEN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETTC PHUM PTER YM
09SANAA2080	YEMEN: NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM YM
09SANAA2084	ROYG EFFORTS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT HAMPERED BY [...] (U) Summary. Responsibility for environmental preservation and protection in Yemen is divided between the Ministry of Water and Environment and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Due to budget shortages across the ROYG, environmentally affiliated agencies are suffering from a lac [...]	2009-11-18 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV PREL EAID PGOV YM
09SANAA2085	YEMEN WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE YES ON UNGA [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche November 18 to ROYG MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Indrees Al-Shammam. Al-Shammam, speaking frankly, stated that Yemen will continue to vote yes, along with the rest of the Arab countries, on all the resolutions with an anti-Israel [...]	2009-11-18 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS YM
09SANAA2114	THREE GUNMAN ARRESTED NEAR HOME OF YEMENI JEWISH [...] (C) Police officials reported that government security guards at Tourist City, an apartment complex where the ROYG houses and provides protection for 14 Yemeni Jewish families (65 people),detained on November 18 three men acting in a suspicious manner near the home of Rabbi Yahya Bin-Yusuf, [...]	2009-11-23 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF ASEC YM
09SANAA2116	SITREP: YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES IN BASATEEN AND [...] (U) Summary: Although still a minority segment of Yemen's vast and growing refugee population, the 15,000 residents of the UNHCR-run refugee camp in Kharaz and the 40,000 plus residents of the urban slum of Basateen are among the most vulnerable. During a November 16 - 18 visit to these areas, [...]	2009-11-23 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UNHCR YM
09SANAA2117	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]	2009-11-23 15:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2124	IDPS IN AMRAN ESCAPE WAR BUT STILL EXPOSED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The approximately 28,000 IDPs in Amran governorate may have escaped the conflict zone, but their survival remains precarious. Local authorities view them with suspicion and have attempted to restrict and manipulate aid delivery for political purposes. The camp established for [...]	2009-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UNHCR YM
09SANAA2128	SOUTH'S INDEPENDENCE DAY COULD TURN VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Against a backdrop of resurgent separatist sentiments in the south, large and potentially violent protests are expected on November 30, the day marking the south's independence from Britain. Signs of greater organization among the Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) and recent ant [...]	2009-11-28 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA215	LIFE ON THE BORDER: CHILD MIGRATION IN YEMEN'S [...] SUMMARY. Thousands of children in Yemen's northern governorates travel illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of work, despite the dangers inherent in this path. Children face physical and sexual abuse, as well as grinding poverty across the border. Increasing ROYG awareness and efforts by th [...]	2009-02-07 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2151	ROYG PREEMPTS SOUTHERN PROTESTS, ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. While widespread violence did not erupt during Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) demonstrations on November 30 in Aden (reftel),tens of thousands of protestors flooded the streets despite government warnings not to assemble days before and a preemptive scale-up in ROYG security [...]	2009-12-02 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA2155	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]	2009-12-02 12:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2170	MEPI'S LOCAL GRANTS PROGRAM: A YEMEN SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. With more than 7000 registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),but little to no indigenous funding for its nascent civil society, Yemen has benefited greatly from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)'s local grants program. The local grants program has made a particul [...]	2009-12-07 08:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM KPAO EAID PREL PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2171	YEMEN'S LEADING INDEPENDENT NEWS SITE HACKED; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 28, hackers attacked Yemen's leading independent news website NewsYemen, crashing the site and erasing its five-year news archive. Website editor Nabil al-Soufi blamed the Ministry of Telecommunications, citing evidence that the virus which destroyed the website or [...]	2009-12-07 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2176	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS "SHATTERED" [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A knowledgeable insider reported that the incipient Sa'ada ceasefire discussions have been "shattered." Just days earlier, presidential advisors Abdul Karim al-Iryani and Mohammed Azzan told EmbOffs that Saleh was willing to consider a political solution to the war in Sa'ada. [...]	2009-12-08 13:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2178	POPULATION PROJECTIONS OFF THE CHARTS IN YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Population projections in Yemen are among some of the highest in the world. According to the ROYG's National Population Council, the Yemeni population (approximately 23 million) will double within 23 years if current growth rates continue. With assistance from the United Nat [...]	2009-12-09 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EAID ECON
09SANAA2183	YEMEN: RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA2184	PREPARING FOR FM QIRBI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 8, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi at Qirbi's request to discuss the Ambassador's most recent consultations in Washington. Qirbi had been appraised of the invitation to visit Washington in January 2010 for meetings with Secretary Clinton a [...]	2009-12-09 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KVIP ECON YM
09SANAA2185	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2186	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART TWO: HOW ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Little is clear about the Houthi leadership, aside from the fact that Abdulmalik al-Houthi is the rebel group's current leader. Houthi field commanders do not seem to agree on key ideological and religious principles. The Houthis' numbers range from the hundreds to the thou [...]	2009-12-09 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2202	YEMENI POVERTY LEVELS HIGHEST IN WAR-AFFLICTED [...] Summary. The poorest country in the Middle East, Yemen is particularly affected by poverty. 34.8 of the population lives below the poverty line as defined by a UNDP index; 45 percent of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The real losers when it comes to poverty are the war [...]	2009-12-13 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA2205	IRANIAN-YEMENI RELATIONS STRAINED BY SA'ADA WAR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian-Yemeni relations have deteriorated as Yemeni officials and ROYG media have repeated their suspicions of Iranian support for the Houthi rebels, including, but not limited to, support for an alleged Hizballah presence in northern Yemen (REF A and B). Attempts by Iran t [...]	2009-12-13 14:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2208	ALLEGED ILLICIT SERBIAN ARMS SALE TO YEMENI [...] (S/NF) A front company for Serbian illicit arms dealer Slobodan Tesic (alt. Tezic),XXXXXXXXXXXX, signed a USD 78 million arms contract with the Yemeni Ministry of Defense in early October 2009, to be delivered by early January 2010, according to the Bulgarian Embassy in Sana'a. The 34-page contra [...]	2009-12-14 05:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC ECON MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV YI BU CY
09SANAA2209	YEMEN: 2010 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 10:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT YM
09SANAA2219	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 14 to Khalil Mohammed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Two Americas Department and Amani Ali Salih al-Wathai, assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhi al-Dhabbi. Mohammed and Wathai accepted the points of the dem [...]	2009-12-15 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09SANAA2225	YEMEN LNG PLANS SHIPMENTS TO CONUS, WORRIES ABOUT [...] (SBU) Yemen LNG, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) company operated by majority shareholder French Total Oil, is planning to ship LNG cargos from its plant in Belhaf, Yemen to Sabine Pass, Texas and Everett, Massachusetts beginning in early 2010 (REFTEL). Under the terms of YLNG's contracts wit [...]	2009-12-16 09:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EWWT ECON EPET PTER PINS PBTS FR KS YM
09SANAA2227	SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING [...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]	2009-12-16 15:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA223	YEMEN'S CTU SHOWS OFF VIDEO OF JANUARY RAID [...] (C) Saying that the CTU is "completely transparent" with its partners, Commander of the Counter-terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Central Security Forces Colonel AbdulRahman al-Miweeti invited British, French, and American security officers to view a video of the CTU's January 19 raid on a suspected [...]	2009-02-08 10:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS YM
09SANAA2230	YEMEN'S COUNTER TERRORISM UNIT STRETCHED THIN BY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. As the sixth war against the Houthis continues to squeeze Yemen's conventional military, the ROYG has looked to its U.S. and U.K.-funded and trained counterterrorism forces to provide some relief to battered army forces. The Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) - trained to detect small ter [...]	2009-12-17 12:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2249	YEMEN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY. The security situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate during 2009. Al-Qa'ida Yemen (AQY) announced its merger with al-Qa'ida elements in Saudi Arabia in January 2009, creating al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This strategy of consolidation and greater organization r [...]	2009-12-21 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS YE
09SANAA2250	YEMEN ABUZZ WITH TALK OF CT OPERATIONS; TTENTION SLOWLY TURNS TO U.S. ROLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemenis have talked of little else but the counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since news broke of the pre-dawn raids on December 17. Official media and ROYG officials have focused on the successful aspects of the operation, including an alleged 34 te [...]	2009-12-21 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS MASS YM
09SANAA2251	ROYG LOOKS AHEAD FOLLOWING CT OPERATIONS, BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The ROYG views the December 17 CT operations as a success and a benefit to Yemeni national interests, and appears not overly concerned about unauthorized leaks regarding the U.S. role and negative media attention to civilian deaths. ROYG officials continue to publicly maintain that [...]	2009-12-21 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS MASS PGOV PREL YE
09SANAA2259	ROYG MAKES THE ROUNDS IN EUROPE: ATTEMPTS TO STAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Muhi al-Dhabbi recently returned from a whirlwind trip to six European nations in which he attempted to explain ROYG policy on the Houthi conflict in Sa'ada and postpone rumored UN Security Council debate that the ROYG fears might lead to greater foreign i [...]	2009-12-22 10:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER YM
09SANAA227	YEMEN: OIL MINISTER (OVERLY?) OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the Minister of Oil and Minerals, Ameer Salem al-Aidaroos, on February 7. The Minister predicted that new discoveries, the eventual return of higher oil prices, and the start of natural gas exports would resolve the Republic of Yemen Government,s (ROYG's) [...]	2009-02-09 09:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV RU YM
09SANAA2274	ROYG ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN AQAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi for the first time publicly acknowledged U.S. intelligence assistance in the December 17 strikes during a presentation to Parliament on December 23. Preliminary reports from Post contacts indicate that Alimi's prese [...]	2009-12-27 12:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS PINR YM
09SANAA2279	YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...]	2009-12-28 10:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE
09SANAA2286	ROYG RESPONDS TO ILLICIT SERBIAN WEAPONS DEAL ALLEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 10:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTR MASS PGOV
09SANAA2287	YEMEN: HOUTHI HEAD POSSIBLY DEAD, BUT REBELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the ROYG and international community refocused on the long-running battle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the civil war against the Houthi rebels in northern Sa'ada governorate continues to rage, despite rumors that Houthi commander Abdulmalik al-Houthi is dead. [...]	2009-12-31 10:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF MOPS YM SA
09SANAA229	RESPONSE TO IRANIAN OVERFLIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MASS YM
09SANAA257	REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST [...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...]	2009-02-10 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA259	YEMEN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: ROYG institutions and Yemeni banks have made some progress on implementing Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) and Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force,s (MENAFATF) recommendations. A draft counter-terrorism finance (CTF) law remains lodged in the Finance Co [...]	2009-02-10 11:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA266	YEMEN: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO YM
09SANAA268	KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 13:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRA PREL KN YM
09SANAA270	IT'S (STILL) A MAN'S WORLD: WOMEN CANDIDATES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the electoral clock ticking and the parties locked in a political stalemate, the possibility of reaching an effective compromise on a quota for female candidates appears increasingly unlikely. Despite proposals from each side, insiders remain skeptical that the new Parliam [...]	2009-02-11 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA271	YEMENIS THINK SAUDI ARABIA COULD DO MORE TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ROYG officials and independent experts repeatedly express frustration with the lack of Saudi cooperation on trafficking-in-persons issues, including children smuggled to Saudi Arabia for work and Saudi "sex tourists" who frequent underage prostitutes in Yemen. They allege tha [...]	2009-02-11 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP YM
09SANAA273	BACKROOM DEAL REMOVES BARRIER TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayeb told the Ambassador and DCM on February 9 that President Saleh had struck a backroom deal with the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) that is expected to remove a major obstacle to YSP participation in Parliamentary elections. The YSP is not th [...]	2009-02-11 14:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA274	SANAA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE PLUMBS THE DEPTHS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Attendance was high at the February 10-11 UK-funded maritime security conference in Sana'a. Participants agreed to better information sharing and increased capacity building, but were unable to decide on the mechanisms to reach these goals. Although constrained by a lack of reso [...]	2009-02-11 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA28	YEMEN'S CIVIL SOCIETY URGED TO JOIN IN THE UN'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 11:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM YM
09SANAA291	INTERIOR MINISTER GIVES AMBASSADOR ASSURANCES ON [...] (C) The Minister of Interior gave the Ambassador on February 16 assurances on a number of issues ranging from reports of recently released al-Qaeda suspects to information sharing with the Embassy to the protection of Yemen's Jewish community. While Post is relatively confident that the issu [...]	2009-02-17 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF KIRF
09SANAA293	FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK, AL-AMAL BANK [...] SUMMARY: Al-Amal Bank has renewed its commitment to microfinance since November 2008. The bank is targeting micro-enterprises, low-income families, and women. It is basing its five-year business plan on reports from the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and International Finance Corporation [...]	2009-02-17 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA299	HAMID AL-AHMAR ON SALEH, OIL, AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and son of the late Speaker of Parliament Shaykh Abdullah al-Ahmar, told Econoff on February 15 that President Saleh personally was to blame for country's problems, especially widespread corruption, and suggested that MG Ali Muhsin al-A [...]	2009-02-18 11:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD YM
09SANAA30	YEMEN RESPONDS O THE PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 3 ) , Post delivered the reftel points to the Ministy of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation Yemen Coast Guard, and Ministry of Industry and rade. Other relevant individuals were also notiied. Overall, the ROYG defended its port securiy procedure [...]	2009-01-07 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWT KHLS PREL PTER YM
09SANAA306	HAS SALEH LOST THE SOUTH? BOLD TALK OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings in Aden attended by PolOff, independent figures and opposition leaders ) including members of the regime of the former People's Democratic Republic of South Yemen (PDRY) ) called openly for Southern independence, declaring that "unity was over." Describing an underg [...]	2009-02-18 13:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PNAT YM
09SANAA307	SALEH INSISTS ON RECEIVING GTMO DETAINEES, ASSURES [...] (C) The Ambassador told President Saleh that there are profound doubts in Washington about Yemen's ability to receive and properly manage detainees returned from Guantanamo. The Ambassador urged the President, in a February 18 meeting, to reconsider his objection to the possibility of sendin [...]	2009-02-18 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA314	A VICTORY FOR CHILD BRIDES: PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) [...] With strong opposition from Islah, Parliament voted on February 14 to approve a marriage law setting the minimum age of marriage at 17 for men and women. The law also stipulates that no woman of any age can be married without her consent. Parents violating the law face imprisonment for up to [...]	2009-02-21 08:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA319	SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT: OPPOSITION SEES LITTLE USE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Calling the elections "pointless" and expressing doubt that any political agreement would prove sufficient, southern opposition figures in Aden appeared even further from compromise than their party brethren in Sana'a. Meanwhile, in the capital, the GPC's Central Committee voted [...]	2009-02-21 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA322	FOOD SECURITY STILL AN ISSUE FOR HUNGRY YEMENIS [...] SUMMARY: Yemenis continue to suffer from high food prices and a lack of homegrown food items. The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has responded in a limited and ineffective way to issues of food security. The regional donor response is uncertain, while the international donor response i [...]	2009-02-22 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA324	SALEH PUSHES CONCESSIONS TO JMP [...] (C) A brief visit by National Democratic Institute Regional Director Les Campbell energized President Saleh to push his ruling GPC Party to implement concessions to the opposition. At the same time, key members of the opposition appear ready to move ahead based on six principles of agreement [...]	2009-02-23 09:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA326	EMBASSY SANAA'S NOMINATIONS FOR FDIC'S FINANCIAL [...] (U) Post would like to nominate six Yemeni government officials for the Counter Terrorism Financial Regulatory Training, to be held March 23-27. This course will increase their knowledge of how money laundering and terrorist financing transactions are perpetrated and the controls that should [...]	2009-02-23 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ECON EFIN PREL KCRM KTFN
09SANAA331	AGREEMENT TO DELAY ELECTIONS UP TO TWO YEARS [...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayyeb told the DCM on February 24 that a definitive agreement had been reached between the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) to delay the Parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27 for two years. Ha [...]	2009-02-24 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA334	YEMENI MILITARY COMMANDER DESCRIBES AL-QAEDA [...] (S) During a February 18 meeting with Embassy officers, MG Mohammed al-Maqdashi, Regional Commander of the Yemeni Armed Forces Middle District, described al-Qaeda's (AQ) presence in Marib as a diffuse, well-trained force of mostly Saudi recruits. Despite ample funding from sources in neighbori [...]	2009-02-25 12:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PTER ECON YM
09SANAA335	PARLIAMENT: TWO-YEAR ELECTORAL DELAY IS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Squeaking by the mandatory 60-day deadline, Parliament is expected to vote in a special session on February 26 to accept the President's request to delay the Parliamentary elections for two years and to amend the Constitution in order to change the Parliamentary term from six to [...]	2009-02-25 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA348	SUCCESS OF YEMEN'S FIRST MINE DEPENDENT ON [...] (SBU) Yemen's first mine is expected to export zinc starting in mid-2010, contributing up to USD 160 million of non-oil revenues to the ROYG after the end of a three-year tax holiday. The UK-Yemeni joint venture, Jabal Salab, is hoping that the price of zinc returns to its 2008 peak so that t [...]	2009-03-02 10:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG BTIO YM
09SANAA356	SANAA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Various ethnic, religious, and professional groups are capable and have been allowed to stage demonstrations in the past. T [...]	2009-03-02 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM
09SANAA397	UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 10:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANAA398	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 10:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA399	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL YM
09SANAA4	GAZA ISSUE STILL SIMMERS IN YEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-04 12:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PHUM YM
09SANAA400	KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL YM
09SANAA401	YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2009 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical med [...]	2009-03-04 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR YM
09SANAA402	EMBASSY SANAA 2009 SCIENCE FELLOW PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Sanaa proposes the following spring/summer position for a Science Fellow. 2. Topic: Geological Survey Capacity-Building in Yemen. -- Relevant host country organizations: Geological Survey and Mineral Resource Board, Ministry of Oil and Minerals, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, a [...]	2009-03-04 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENGR ECON AMGT APER EPA
09SANAA42	YEMEN RESPONSE TO OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF IR UN EAID YM
09SANAA427	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS A SMALL SPOTLIGHT ON [...] SUMMARY: The Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry has established a women,s unit on the heels of the first-ever national businesswomen,s conference. The women,s unit and the Yemen Business Women,s Council are initiating efforts to integrate women into the often male-dominate [...]	2009-03-08 13:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV KWMN YM

09SANAA43	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE YM
09SANAA430	A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Moving in an increasingly secessionist direction, the leaders of the Southern Movement continue to build organizational capacity while beginning to think about confrontational strategies, according to former southern General Mohamed Saleh Tammah. The movement, which looks to so [...]	2009-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PNAT PTER YM
09SANAA432	BILLION DOLLAR ARMS DEAL DENIED [...] (C) Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Economic Affairs and the Russian Ambassador to Sana'a both strongly denied press reports of a USD 1 billion arms sale negotiated during the February visit of President Saleh to Moscow. According to the DPM, the ROYG sought forgiveness of Yemen's USD [...]	2009-03-09 13:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD EFIN RU YM
09SANAA433	REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...]	2009-03-10 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA44	YEMEN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP ON [...] Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, confirmed on January 10 that Yemen's Permanent Representative to the United Nations will attend the January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy. 2. Poloff provided al-Eryani with reftel draft agenda and proposed meet [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
09SANAA441	YEMENI RESPONSE TO KOMID DEMARCHES [...] (C) On March 11 POL/E Chief received a response to ref A, B and C demarches from Nejwa al-Serri, First Secretary in the MFA's Office of the Two Americas. She said that the ROYG is committed to supporting all UNSC resolutions and does not believe that its relationship with North Korea violates [...]	2009-03-14 07:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA482	SANAA EAC DISCUSSES SECURITYPOSTURE DUE TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 03/18/2009, the Sana'aEAC convened to discuss Post's security posture ue to the terrorist attack on the South Korean mtorcade (ref A). The EAC decided that American stff will travel in armored vehicles and the Embasy shuttle will have an armed RSO security escort util furthe [...]	2009-03-18 15:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEM ASEC YM
09SANAA489	SALEH BIG WINNER IN YEMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) A February 26 decision by Yemen's Parliament is expected to lead to a two year delay of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27. This message examines what that delay will actually mean. The delay is seen by some as a chance for true reform of Yemen's political system. Judgin [...]	2009-03-22 10:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM YM
09SANAA493	YEMEN UNPREPARED FOR LONGTERM GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis has directly affected the public sector, while indirectly affecting the private sector in Yemen. While the ROYG has responded in the short-term by cutting disbursements to the budget, a long-term solution to the crisis remains elusive. The ROYG is [...]	2009-03-22 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SOCI USAID YM
09SANAA495	SALEH SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) President Saleh on March 16 rejected a proposal by visiting Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (APDNSA) John Brennan that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be sent to a Saudi rehabilitation center jointly run by Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saleh instead insisted that the [...]	2009-03-23 07:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	KDRG PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ SA YM
09SANAA500	YEMEN: DONOR COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen,s donor community is concerned about the long-term effectiveness of aid to Yemen. Donors worry about the lack of political commitment to development both at the presidential and the parliamentary levels. Donors remain committed to policy reform and supportive of private sector in [...]	2009-03-24 10:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EINV EAID ECON AORC YM
09SANAA501	MARITIME "LEGAL ARGUMENTS" USELESS SAYS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi expressed concern with the tactics of some of the naval vessels currently on anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden during a March 23 meeting with foreign ambassadors. He asserted that Yemeni fishermen are "starving" due to the presence of the Somali [...]	2009-03-24 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA502	ROYG DIGS IN ITS HEELS ON ISSUANCE OF JEWS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite U.S. pressure, the ROYG continues to stall on the issuance of passports to a group of Reyda Jews, citing discomfort over media attention surrounding the February emigration of a Jewish family to Israel. Families in Reyda reported incidents of rocks thrown at their homes [...]	2009-03-24 11:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA503	HOME-GROWN NGOS WORK FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY. Local NGOs are engaged in a three-pronged approach to promoting peaceful conflict resolution among Yemen's tribes: engaging tribal leaders, empowering youth, and training imams as mediators. These techniques often overlap efforts to curb the spread of extremist ideology. The program [...]	2009-03-24 12:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA504	AMISOM DEMARCHE: ROYG RESPONDS SOMALI FORCES NEED [...] (C) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Abdulhakim al-Iryani, Director of the Foreign Minister's Office. Iryani said that he was pleased that the USG was engaging countries in the region on Somalia. He asserted that the piracy, terrorism, and refugee flows coming out of that country are [...]	2009-03-24 15:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPKO SO YM
09SANAA529	ELECTION DELAY SHOWS SALEH'S CUNNING, OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) The agreement to delay Yemen's parliamentary elections gives the ruling party two more years of power without an election, while giving the opposition almost none of its demands. While poorly received in the donor community, in terms of internal Yemeni politics this was a solid victory. [...]	2009-03-25 10:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA530	MPS SCOLD SECURITY FORCES ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) On March 23, Yemen,s Parliament held a contentious five-hour closed session to discuss recent terrorist attacks and the overall lack of security in the country. Ranking ROYG officials in attendance included Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi and the Mi [...]	2009-03-25 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL YM
09SANAA550	YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7088(C) [...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 09 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...]	2009-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL EFIN YM
09SANAA554	ICJ ADVISORY OPINION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV YM
09SANAA555	DOHA SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 14:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KPKO WWBG MOPS PGOV YM
09SANAA560	SIXTH ROUND IN SAADA: WHERE'S THE TIPPING POINT? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The threat of a sixth round of fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and government forces in Saada looms large. Potential flashpoints include the issue of prisoners, tribal warfare in the northern governorates and the grim humanitarian situation. The constant drumbeat of viol [...]	2009-04-01 06:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
09SANAA569	ROYG FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 16 BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi called in Ambassador April 1 to express concern about the outcome of last month,s discussion between APDNSA John Brennan and President Saleh on GTMO detainees, and solicit the Ambassador,s views as to how we can move this issue forward. Dhabbi [...]	2009-04-01 14:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL KDRG YM
09SANAA571	PESSIMISTIC OBSERVERS FEAR TROUBLE AHEAD FOR YEMEN [...] (C) A trusted contact predicted to POL/E Chief serious trouble on the horizon for the ROYG stemming from its budgetary problems. Others are less pessimistic, but there are many who feel that the current Yemeni regime is in a precarious place both economically and politically. The ROYG needs to get [...]	2009-04-01 14:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV ECON YM
09SANAA579	ROYG OPERATION GRABS 55 SUSPECTED EXTREMISTS [...] (C) On April 4, Major General Ali al-Ashwal briefed EmbOff on the ten-day assault undertaken by the Yemeni Army and security forces against extremist armed gangs, including suspected terrorists in the town of Ja'ar in the governorate of Abyan. (Note: Al-Qaeda has long been known to maintain [...]	2009-04-05 12:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM
09SANAA593	YEMEN: TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN YM
09SANAA594	YEMEN: KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV YM
09SANAA595	YEMEN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA596	SOME MEMBERS OF REYDA JEWISH COMMUNITY RECEIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA597	VISIT TO REFUGEE AREAS IN YEMEN INDICATES NEED FOR [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: A continued increase in the flow of migrants and draw down in international funding of NGOs threatens an already vulnerable and underserved community in the Basateen urban area and Kharaz refugee camp in the south of Yemen. A reduction in the funding of programs will have a d [...]	2009-04-08 16:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA619	ROYG OFFENDED BY DOJ CLAIM OF CORRUPTION, SEEKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi called in the Ambassador in April 12 to express the concern of the ROYG regarding assertions made by the Department of Justice that senior government officials and other influential Yemen [...]	2009-04-13 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	JUS EFIN ETRD PGOV YM
09SANAA68	YEMEN ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY LEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) is expected to use a regional anti-piracy conference next month to announce its expanding operations and to solicit assistance from Yemen's deep-pocket Gulf neighbors. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Despite its lack of deep-water capabilities, the YCG is at [...]	2009-01-13 12:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA708	GOOD WORKS AND GOD: TRACING SALAFISM'S GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Salafism has spread rapidly in Yemen over the last two decades, fueled by wealthy Yemeni and Saudi benefactors, the judicious political use of Salafism by Yemen's leaders and an expansive network of charitable organizations. Increasingly, Yemen's Salafis are entering the public [...]	2009-04-21 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SCUL YM
09SANAA716	ROYG CLAIMS IT IS COMMITTED TO REFORM, REMOVING [...] SUMMARY: In a departure from the recent past, the ROYG has demonstrated a new commitment to economic reform by revealing plans to remove diesel subsidies and extending civil-service reform to the military and security services. The reform agenda is being considered at the highest levels of th [...]	2009-04-21 10:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
09SANAA784	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-25 13:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS YM
09SANAA785	EMBASSY SANAA'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-25 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER YM
09SANAA792	SOUTHERN MOVEMENT ATTRACTS PROMINENT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER YM
09SANAA810	SECURITY PUTS A DAMPER ON DEMOCRACY DAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although thousands demonstrated, the widespread violence anticipated across the south on Democracy Day (April 27) never materialized, in part due to the ROYG's heightened military presence in key cities. Looting and arrests occurred in Mukullah, while noted extremist, now south [...]	2009-04-29 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA813	YEMEN: WILD, BUT STILL NOT WET [...] SUMMARY. A water-scarcity crisis continues to loom over Yemen. Both urban and rural areas remain at risk from water scarcity, water contamination and untreated waste water, and a mismanaged water policy is generally to blame. Yet, recent increased coordination between the ROYG and donor com [...]	2009-04-29 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA831	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KV YM
09SANAA833	YEMENI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO SILENCE NEWSPAPERS IN [...] (C) In the wake of renewed violence fueled by calls for secession of Yemeni's southern governorates, the ROYG has taken action to limit the circulation of seven independent and opposition newspapers. The Ambassador cautioned President Saleh on May 5 that such action was unhelpful as the ROYG [...]	2009-05-05 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA84	OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR YEMEN [...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Yemen is a poor, developing country. The central government has control over the major cities and towns, while traditional tribal powers control the outlying areas. Tourists and expatriates run the greatest risk of encountering criminal elements in those [...]	2009-01-14 14:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER AMGT YM KCRM
09SANAA875	SITUATION REPORT: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although H1N1 influenza (informally known as swine flu) has not yet arrived in Yemen, the ROYG has mobilized resources in preparation for its arrival. The Ministry of Health has set up a 24-hour operations room and distributed Tamiflu to cities throughout Yemen. A quarantine [...]	2009-05-06 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA876	YEMEN: AMBITIOUS POWER GENERATION PLANS HAUNTED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Yemen's national electricity grid serves only a small fraction of the population and bypasses the industrial sector completely. Realizing that maintaining oil product-powered plants is fiscally unsustainable, the ROYG plans to build three natural gas-fired power plants. The [...]	2009-05-06 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IR YM
09SANAA898	LOUD CALLS FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE RATTLE THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Buoyed by the growth of a popular Southern Movement, a broader swath of those parts of southern society to which post has access has declared an end to unity and is openly advocating for separation from the former North Yemen. A worried ROYG has employed a number of tactics ) fr [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA899	PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ECON YM
09SANAA9	JEWS BEGIN MOVE TO SANA'A AFTER STONINGS IN REYDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After anti-Israel demonstrations turned into a violent episode of stone-throwing on January 4, the Reyda Jews began moving to government housing in Sana'a on January 5. Several people were injured as a result of the violence and at least one man was hospitalized for his injuri [...]	2009-01-05 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA900	KOSOVO/IMF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL KVIR YM
09SANAA901	HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 12:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA YM
09SANAA925	YEMEN: TROUBLED BY SOUTHERN UNREST, BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nervously eyeing recent developments in the south, Aden- and Sanaa-based business contacts said that the situation in the south was at its worst since 1994. The business community supports unity, if only because southern secession would cut off market access to northern Yemen, a [...]	2009-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON YM
09SANAA934	YEMENI TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR: LOWEST [...] SUMMARY. The Yemeni telecommunications sector still suffers from the lowest penetration in the region. The lack of both mobile and internet coverage is largely due to government monopoly, policies that emphasize government revenue over encouraging investment, and an outdated infrastructure. [...]	2009-05-17 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA936	YEMEN STRIKES BACK AS PIRACY HURTS ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of piracy's negative economic impact on Yemen and its links to human and arms smuggling, the ROYG has stepped up its counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. Yemen would like to take on a regional leadership role in combating piracy, but its effort [...]	2009-05-17 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA939	SECURITY CONCERNS, BUREAUCRACY HINDER DELIVERY OF [...] Insecurity and bureaucratic foot-dragging are hindering efforts to provide assistance to Yemen's strife-torn Sa'ada province. A key needs assessment remains stalled awaiting ROYG approval, possibly as a result of the ROYG's hesitancy to allow outsiders to view the scope of the humanitarian cr [...]	2009-05-18 06:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREF YM
09SANAA941	IRAQ REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY REPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 09:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ YM
09SANAA942	SOUTHERN UNREST CASTS A SHADOW OVER PREPARATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen approaches the 19th anniversary of its unification facing challenges from the south that some observers have characterized as unprecedented since the civil war in 1994. Both the ROYG and the southern independence movement are likely to use this week's observance of Unity D [...]	2009-05-18 12:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA949	KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 12:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA950	SHOURA COUNCIL MEMBER ON SOUTHERN UNREST: SALEH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a well-connected Shoura Council member, President Saleh made some mistakes which helped escalate southern unrest. His current efforts to stop the situation from deteriorating will probably prevent a crisis during this weekend's Unity Day celebrations/demonstrations, [...]	2009-05-19 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA951	YEMEN'S RESTIVE SOUTH: IS SALEH (FINALLY) GETTING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although a nervous-seeming ROYG has employed numerous tactics to quell southern discontent in the weeks following Democracy Day (April 27),only recently did President Saleh hint at serious consideration of southern grievances. A May 17 public announcement of constitutional refo [...]	2009-05-19 13:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA957	ABDUL HAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 07:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID YM
09SANAA958	UNSC 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 07:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN YM
09SANAA977	UNITY, BUT NOT THIS UNITY [...] (U) Against the backdrop of growing secessionist sentiment in Yemen's south, some among those who support unity are voicing their frustration over centralization of power, lack of development and the weakening of the Saleh regime. The ROYG is focusing a lot of energy on secessionist feeling, b [...]	2009-05-20 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA981	YEMEN HARMONIZES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WITH [...] SUMMARY. In a departure from the past, the ROYG has announced that the unemployment rate reached 35 percent in 2008, which is in line with statistics from international organizations. The ROYG's report could symbolize a harmonization of government figures with internationally-recognized sta [...]	2009-05-24 10:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV YM
09SANAA996	ROYG WEATHERS UNITY DAY, BUT CHALLENGES PERSIST [...] (C) While the ROYG celebrated the 19th anniversary of Yemen's unification with a massive military parade, anti-unity and anti-ROYG demonstrators took to the streets across Yemen's restive southern governorates. In Aden, security forces fired on protesters, killing three and injuring 30. Form [...]	2009-05-26 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANJOSE10	MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE, COSTA RICA [...] AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY A MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE THAT OCCURRED AT 13:21 ON JANUARY 8, 2009, THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DISASTER IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO WARRANT USG ASSISTANCE, AND THAT PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE USG. THE SITUATION HAS E [...]	2009-01-09 18:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN KFLO CS
09SANJOSE1068	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 15:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF PK CS
09SANJOSE107	WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO COST RICA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior MFA official candidly discussed a wide range of regional issues with WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during the latter's February 9-11 visit to Costa Rica. Wolfe's interlocutor contrasted Costa Rica's frosty Nicaraguan relations with a warming trend with Panama, and [...]	2009-02-21 00:27:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS EFTA KSUM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE1086	Costa Rica's Judicial School Requests Curriculum Development [...] The director of Costa Rica's Judicial School, Marvin Carvajal, contacted Post on November 19 to request USG assistance in developing new curriculum for its year-long training for new judges. The USG's top priority in Costa Rica is helping the government improve public security, which is negati [...]	2009-12-03 17:37:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN SNAR KIPR PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE1098	COSTA RICA: POLICE EQUIPMENT DONATION TO QUEPOS MUNCIPALITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 23-24, we visited the city of Quepos on Costa Rica's Pacific coast to donate nearly $14,000 of police equipment as well as to conduct end-use monitoring of equipment previously donated to the coast guard station there. Although the police equipment was not purchased w [...]	2009-12-04 17:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR ASEC CASC CS
09SANJOSE11	COSTA RICA CREEPS INTO CAFTA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly six years after negotiations began, CAFTA-DR entered into force for Costa Rica on January 1, achieving a major policy objective of the USG, the Arias administration and the Embassy. Although the end-year holidays muted the headlines, there was some (characteristically) [...]	2009-01-09 22:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE1128	COSTA RICA SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] Embassy San Jose reports that the United States does not have an established security dialogue with Costa Rica. However, in the context of counter-narcotics and law enforcement cooperation, Post entities such as DEA and the Office of Defense Representative (ODR) work closely with their counte [...]	2009-12-11 17:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS SNAR CS
09SANJOSE1132	COSTA RICAN IPR EVENT LINKS PIRATED GOODS TO ORGANIZED CRIME [...] SUMMARY: On December 2, Embassy San Jose sponsored an intellectual property rights (IPR) event featuring the screening of National Geographic's Illicit, a film about the nefarious links between pirated consumer goods and transnational crime networks. We highly recommend screening the film Ill [...]	2009-12-11 22:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE1140	Costa Rica: National Trade Estimate [...] U.S. goods trade surplus with Costa Rica was $1.7 billion in 2008, an increase of $1.1 billion from $639 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $5.7 billion, up 24.0 percent. Corresponding U.S. imports from Costa Rica were $3.9 billion, down 0.1 percent. Costa Rica is currently the 38 [...]	2009-12-15 20:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE1156	Embassy San Jose: December 2009 Merida Report [...] Per Ref A, Post submits the following report detailing Embassy San Jose's Merida activities for November and December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. Post appreciates the support that we have received from NAS Mexico in their role as certifier of funds for all Merida Initiative-rel [...]	2009-12-17 21:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CS PGOV
09SANJOSE1166	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2009-2010 PART II MONEY LAUNDERING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 21:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN CS
09SANJOSE1174	Extradition: SCHULTZ, Stephen Douglas [...] (U) The extradition of American citizen Stephen Douglas Schultz was completed on December 3, 2009 AT 12:55 p.m. when he was transported to the U.S.in the custody of U.S. marshals on AMERICAN AIRLINES, flight number 988, from San Jose to Miami, Florida. 2. (U) The prisoner served 357 days in [...]	2009-12-21 16:13:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KJUS SNAR PREL CJAN CS KCRM
09SANJOSE1190	EMBASSY PRESENTS INTEL COSTA RICA WITH ACE FINALIST AWARD [...] On December 17, Charge d'Affaires Peter Brennan presented Intel Costa Rica with a plaque of recognition for achieving Finalist status in the Department of State's 2009 Award for Corporate Excellence program. Brennan highlighted Intel's achievements in the areas of good corporate citizenship, [...]	2009-12-21 23:23:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND CS PGOV PREL
09SANJOSE1194	COSTA RICA WILL NOT PASS THE LAST CAFTA-DR BILL BY DECEMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY The Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) informed us that Costa Rica will not meet the December 31 deadline for passing the 14th CAFTA-DR law regarding technical corrections to intellectual property rights (IPR) laws. COMEX pressed for a 5 to 6 month extension to avoid withholding a C [...]	2009-12-22 20:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON CS PREL PGOV
09SANJOSE1226	COSTA RICA: 14TH CAFTA-DR BILL PASSAGE LIKELY NOT UNTIL [...] Costa Rica's Legislative Assembly adjourned for the year on December 22 and plans to re-convene on January 18. The committee handling the 14th CAFTA-DR bill-addressing three technical intellectual property rights (IPR) corrections that USTR requires-closed the final round for accepting amendm [...]	2009-12-30 21:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR CS PREL PGOV
09SANJOSE123	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] For the record, we delivered reftel demarches to MFA Foreign Policy Director Alejandro Solano on February 18, following up during a meeting between the Ambassador and FM Bruno Stagno (on other issues) on February 19. To Stagno, we noted USG willingness to consider re-engaging in the WCAR proc [...]	2009-02-27 20:34:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC CS
09SANJOSE124	COSTA RICA: MFA STUDYING UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel on February 27 to the MFA's head of candidacies, Lilian Rodriguez. Rodriguez replied that the MFA was reviewing candidates at that moment for the Appeals Tribunal. She promised to pass Painter's bio and our demarche on to decision makers in the Foreign Policy section. [...]	2009-02-27 20:34:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANJOSE125	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] For the record, on February 18, we informed the MFA's head of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime of the U.S. designation under executive order, per Ref A. No substantive response was received. The GOCR's procedures for handling U.S. domestic designations are explained in Ref B. CIANC [...]	2009-02-27 20:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CS
09SANJOSE127	PART 1 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Part 2 of this report is being sent septel. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The most significant progress the GOCR made since the November 2008 TIP Interim Assessment (Ref A) - and during the reporting period in general - was its February 12, 2009, passage of a Victim and Witness Pro [...]	2009-02-27 22:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE128	PART 2 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable is Part 2 of 2 and continues section numbering from Part 1 (septel),in according with TIP reporting instructions. --------------------------------------------- - III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION - CONTINUED --------------------------------------------- - E. LAW ENFORCEME [...]	2009-02-27 23:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE137	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] (U) Since last year's report (Ref D),the GOCR enacted a number of laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),but the success in passing new IPR legislation highlighted the country's failure to enforce existing laws. [...]	2009-03-04 12:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR CS
09SANJOSE138	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - COSTA RICA [...] (U) Since last year's report (Ref D),the GOCR enacted a number of laws related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as required by the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR),but the success in passing new IPR legislation highlighted the country's failure to enforce existing laws. [...]	2009-03-04 15:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR CS
09SANJOSE146	EUROPEANS STEP UP WHA REGIONAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Europeans are lavishing greater attention on Costa Rica and other regional players with a view to shaping Latin America's engagement at the December 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on climate change. Through a Feb. 23-24 visit, France's climate envoy signed a joint statement with C [...]	2009-03-05 12:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KSUM PREL CS FR
09SANJOSE147	CENTRAL AMERICANS MAY SEEK "CONCAUSA III" WITH U.S. AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Enthused by the Obama Administration's early signals on climate change, Central American environment ministers have agreed to pitch the USG on the idea of launching a "CONCAUSA III" process, perhaps with a focus on climate change and with the inclusion of the Caribbean Community [...]	2009-03-05 12:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KSUM CS
09SANJOSE148	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche on March 3 to Adriana Murillo, the MFA's UNSC Desk Officer. On March 4, Murillo responded that Costa Rica had always been opposed to applying Article 16, especially in a case such as this, wherein the UNSC had referred the matter to the ICC. She told us that i [...]	2009-03-05 17:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PHUM CS
09SANJOSE149	GOCR PROPOSES EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR WHO AND IOM [...] In response to reftel demarche, the GOCR sent a diplomatic note, dated January 19, proposing an exchange of support for the U.S. candidacy to the World Health Organization's (WHO's) Executive Board and the Costa Rican candidate for Deputy Director General of the International Organization for [...]	2009-03-05 18:25:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA AORC CS
09SANJOSE151	GOCR DIP NOTE: SUPPORTED U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) On March 5, we received a diplomatic note dated March 2 stating that the GOCR had decided to vote for the U.S. candidate, Mark Painter, for the UN Appeals Tribunal, during elections that took place on March 2 in New York. We thanked the GOCR for its support. CIANCHETTE [...]	2009-03-05 19:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CS
09SANJOSE154	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSAL TO LIST CHINESE [...] (S) On March 4, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero in the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime. Cordero told us that Costa Rica would support the joint U.S.-Chinese 1267 listing but would be unlikely to cosponsor the listing because Costa Rica lacked str [...]	2009-03-06 17:44:00	Embassy San Jose	SECRET	EFIN ETRD ETTC PGOV KTFN CS
09SANJOSE156	Costa Rica Optimistic About New U.S. Administration [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 20, the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica voted unanimously to pass a resolution congratulating the U.S. Congress and the American people on the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The resolution and the comments in support thereof lauded the election as a reaff [...]	2009-03-06 18:28:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS PINR PGOV PREL
09SANJOSE166	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) On March 6, we delivered reftel points to Linyi Baidal, the MFA's new Deputy Director of Foreign Policy. Baidal "welcomed" the U.S. back as an observer to the UNHRC, and she repeated Costa Rica's view that it was better to work from within the Council (Refs B and C); if not, it left the [...]	2009-03-11 23:52:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE167	COSTA RICA: MFA PUBLICLY APPLAUDS ICC ARREST [...] (U) Further to reftel demarche and official response, on March 5, the MFA issued a press release "categorically supporting" the March 4 ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir for what the GOCR called "war crimes and crimes against humanity." The release went on to say [...]	2009-03-11 23:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PHUM CS
09SANJOSE168	COSTA RICA: STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING IPR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post leveraged the February 10-14 visit by Department of Justice OPDAT Program Director Robert Lipman and U.S. Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington to advance our three-point strategy on intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Our strategy seeks to (1) facilitate USPTO, D [...]	2009-03-12 18:58:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE18	HHS LEAVITT VISIT: PRESIDENT ARIAS MUSES ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 23:39:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CS CU PGOV PINR OVIP
09SANJOSE195	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY [...] (SBU) On March 17 we delivered Ref A demarche to Adriana Murillo of the MFA's UNSC team, and on March 16 to Antonio Alarcon, COS to FonMin Bruno Stagno, regarding Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and plans to base Russian military forces in those areas. Alarcon offered no im [...]	2009-03-18 17:55:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS
09SANJOSE198	COSTA RICA WILL SUBMIT HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS [...] (SBU) On March 16, we spoke with Carlos Cordero of the MFA's Department for Disarmament, Terrorism, and Crime regarding Costa Rica's submission of their Annual Declaration (AD) for the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. Cordero told us that they will work wi [...]	2009-03-18 20:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA
09SANJOSE199	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS AMISOM IN SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 20:07:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SO
09SANJOSE216	COSTA RICA MIGHT SEND OBSERVER TO MAY 2009 PSI [...] On March 19, we delivered reftel invitation on the May 2009 Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Outreach meeting to Carlos Cordero of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism, and Crime. Cordero appreciated the invitation and said that an observer from Costa Rica's consulate in Miami [...]	2009-03-23 15:46:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP
09SANJOSE217	SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Vice President and Dr. Biden and their delegation, and provides this broad overview as requested by the OVP. The Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably entering the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repub [...]	2009-03-23 16:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI

09SANJOSE219	COSTA RICA: VENEZUELAN DIP NOTE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR [...] On March 23, we received a circular diplomatic note from the Venezuelan Embassy in Costa Rica announcing that Freddy Castillo Castellanos would seek re-election to the OAS' Inter-American Juridical Committee for 2010-2014. Elections will be held at the 39th OAS General Assembly in San Pedro S [...]	2009-03-24 18:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CS VZ
09SANJOSE225	COSTA RICA: FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 18, Costa Rica re-established full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending 48 years of limited contact. In an open letter to the Costa Rican people and in his press conference announcing the change, President Oscar Arias said "the time had come" for "direct and open dialo [...]	2009-03-25 16:58:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS CU PGOV PINR PREL PREF
09SANJOSE23	MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES COSTA RICA, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 8, a localized but devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Costa Rica about 30 kilometers north of San Jose, near Poas volcano, a popular tourist destination. As of January 14, there were 23 known dead, nearly 100 injured and 11 still missing. The killer earthquak [...]	2009-01-16 14:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN
09SANJOSE25	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT TOUTS NEW ERA OF HHS/FDA COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's January 7, 2009, return visit to Costa Rica to open the new regional office of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a warm welcome from President Oscar Arias, relevant Government Ministries, the press, [...]	2009-01-16 18:25:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
09SANJOSE256	EU/CENTAM FTA MARKETED AS A "COOPERATION" ACCORD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 2, the Costa Rican Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Foreign Commerce (COMEX) hosted a seminar on the Agreement of Association between Central America and the European Union (Spanish acronym, AACUE). Cabinet ministers and other speakers touted the AACUE as a welc [...]	2009-03-31 13:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CS EUN
09SANJOSE257	GUIDANCE REQUESTED: BRITS SEEK U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Costa Rican MFA issued a press release on March 10 highlighting a GOCR proposal for UNSC reform. The MFA did not push anything new in terms of UNSC enlargement, its desire for greater access of non-permanent members, especially for small states, and its f [...]	2009-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UN CS
09SANJOSE264	COSTA RICA TO CONSIDER KOSOVO LEGAL BRIEF TO ICJ [...] (U) On March 31, we delivered Ref A demarche to Randolf Coto, head of the MFA's Office of International Organizations. Coto told us that the MFA developed a document outlining its support of Kosovar independence when the GOCR recognized Kosovo (Ref B). However, the MFA had not given any thou [...]	2009-04-02 23:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ KV CS
09SANJOSE265	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONCLUSIONS OF [...] On March 31, we delivered reftel to Linyi Baidal, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Foreign Policy. Baidal thanked us for the white paper and said that the MFA would read it with interest. Baidal stated that she would follow up with us if the GOCR had additional questions. CIANCHETTE [...]	2009-04-03 13:01:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS CS
09SANJOSE277	COSTA RICA: TREASURY CONDUCTS FINANCIAL ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) A three-person team from the Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with key GOCR officials on financial crimes and enforcement issues from March 23-27. The team arrived, at the request of the Central Bank President, to find an environment ripe for financial crim [...]	2009-04-05 19:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR CS
09SANJOSE279	COSTA RICAN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose continues to affirm the transparent fiscal management of Costa Rica's national budget. Minister of Finance Guillermo Zuniga leads a reform-minded ministry that is committed to advancing management and budgeting sophistication while providing public access to the Minis [...]	2009-04-06 14:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR CS
09SANJOSE28	NOVEMBER'S MASSIVE FLOODING IN LIMON PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. At the end of Costa Rica's rainy season late last November, a stationary storm caused massive flooding in Limon province. The Ambassador authorized his $50,000 disaster assistance authority (Ref B) and Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) helicopter assets were deployed to assist both [...]	2009-01-20 18:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI PHUM CS
09SANJOSE281	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: COSTA RICA TENTATIVELY [...] (C) We delivered reftel on April 3 to outgoing Costa Rican Deputy UN Permrep Jairo Hernandez, MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and MFA Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero. Murillo stated that the GOCR agreed that the launch of any North Korean rocket would indeed constitute a violation of UNSC [...]	2009-04-06 14:58:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL KNNP CS
09SANJOSE283	Reaction: Vice-President Biden in Costa Rica [...] Summary: Vice President Joseph R. Biden traveled to Costa Rica March 29-30 to meet with Central American leaders following a trip to Chile where he attended a Progressive Governance Summit in Via del Mar. There was an overwhelming interest in covering the Vice-Presidential trip to Costa Rica [...]	2009-04-06 17:46:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PAO KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANJOSE286	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) On April 6 we delivered Ref A to MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and MFA Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero. The GOCR had no immediate substantive response in addition to that expressed in Ref B. 2. (U) Post recommends that USUN continue to follow up with the GOCR Mission in New Yor [...]	2009-04-06 22:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM CS
09SANJOSE297	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 30 MULTILATERAL [...] (U) March 30, 2009; 1045 am; San Jose, Costa Rica. 2. (U) Participants: USG: The Vice President Ambassador Peter Cianchette Anthony Blinken, NSA to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy NSA to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSC Craig Kel [...]	2009-04-08 21:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PREL XK OVIP PGOV JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANJOSE298	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 30 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) March 30, 2009; 0955 am; San Jose, Costa Rica. 2. (U) Participants: USG: The Vice President Ambassador Peter Cianchette Anthony Blinken, NSA to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy NSA to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSC Craig Kelly [...]	2009-04-08 21:54:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS EDU OVIP PGOV PINR PREL SNAR JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANJOSE299	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] On April 3 we delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Director of Policy Linyi Baidal and Human Rights Officer Guisella Sanchez. On the eve of Costa Rica's Holy Week vacations, the MFA offered no immediate substantive response. We will continue to follow up with them the week of April 1 [...]	2009-04-13 18:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE301	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS UN PRST ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) After alerting our vacationing MFA counterparts on Easter Sunday, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero the morning of April 13. Murillo stated that Costa Rica initially would have preferred a stronger response, including [...]	2009-04-13 21:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC NK CS
09SANJOSE311	SICA MULTILAT - COSTA RICA DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 22:38:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CS KSUM PGOV PREL XK
09SANJOSE312	COSTA RICA WELCOMES QENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Costa Rican officials, including the Minister of Foreign Trade and the Minister of Environment, Energy, and Telecommunications (MINAET),welcomed President ObamaQs planned announcement of an QEnergy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) at the upcoming Summit of t [...]	2009-04-16 12:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KSUM KGHG PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE320	EMBASSY SAN JOSE: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] In response to ref A, Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate the individuals below for the posts of Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO: TFCO Mark E. Kissel Economic Officer 506 2519-2273 KisselME@state.sgov.gov KisselME@state.gov Deputy TFCO Robert B. And [...]	2009-04-17 18:59:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON PGOV PREL PTER
09SANJOSE321	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post delivered the demarche on Kosovo's membership bid (Reftel) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) to Finance Minister Guillermo Zuniga Chaves (WB Governor, IMF Alternate Governor) on April 15 and Central Bank President Franciso de Paula Gutierrez (WB [...]	2009-04-17 20:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KV
09SANJOSE322	COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT USG HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, and further to Ref B, the MFA informed us on April 16 by diplomatic note of the GOCR's intention to support the USG's candidacy for a seat on the Human Rights Council for the period of 2009-2012. 2. (SBU) COMMENT: GOCR officials have previously urged the USG to [...]	2009-04-17 20:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS PHUM PREL UN
09SANJOSE338	COSTA RICAN AIRPORTS: NO EVIDENCE OF A [...] Post confirms that there is no discernible evidence of discrimination confronting U.S. suppliers or bidders regarding airport construction projects. Currently, the GOCR is working with the Airport Development Corporation/Houston Airport Systems (ADC/HAS),an American, Canadian, and Brazilian [...]	2009-04-27 16:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - COSTA RICA [...] Costa Rica's investment climate is generally favorable and has been for many years. Consequently, foreign direct investment is high and has been a significant contributor to Costa Rica's economic growth. Nevertheless, the country continues to present stumbling blocks to investors. The Januar [...]	2009-01-21 19:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
09SANJOSE360	COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK/IMF [...] (SBU) On April 28, we pressed the MFA on Kosovo IMF and World Bank membership, further to Refs. Earlier, we had informally coordinated approaches with the German Ambassador, who reportedly demarched FM Bruno Stagno directly on the issue the week of April 20; this may have helped lay the ground [...]	2009-04-29 20:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KVIR GM CS
09SANJOSE364	COSTA RICAN PORTS: ANOTHER CAFTA SAGA IN THE MAKING? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Stakeholders in the operation of Costa Rica's major port, the Limon-Moin complex on the Caribbean, struggle to find a solution to the competing interests of delivering international port services, developing the impoverished Limon region, upgrading long-neglected port plant and [...]	2009-04-30 21:52:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EWWT ELAB PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE365	AMCHAM'S DISCONTENT: OECD BLACKLISTS COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) met with DCM and Emboffs on April 17 to make a strong case against the recent OECD listing of Costa Rica on the tax haven "blacklist". They argued that the OECD's decision, which seemed to ignore the transparency of the [...]	2009-04-30 22:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE370	MORE ON COSTA RICAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO IN [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, and further to Refs B-C, MFA Director of Foreign Policy (A/S-equivalent) Linyi Baidal assured us on April 30 that the MFA had instructed the GOCR's IMF and World Bank reps on April 29 to vote in favor of Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership, and to be sure to cast [...]	2009-05-04 23:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON EFIN KVIR PREL UK
09SANJOSE385	COSTA RICA'S TAFT REFUGEE FUND PROPOSAL 2009 [...] Embassy San Jose would like to submit the project "Promoting Refugee Self-Reliance Through Micro-Credit", in partnership with the Association of Professionals in Development for the Promotion of the Persons in Poverty (APRODE) and the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, to the Julia Ta [...]	2009-05-11 14:41:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL ELAB EAID CS
09SANJOSE389	COSTA RICA AND CHINA BUST "SNAKEHEAD" TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As reported in Refs, Costa Rican and Chinese authorities have broken up an apparent child-trafficking ring which was attempting to bring over three hundred Chinese children into Costa Rica. According to GOCR officials, Chinese authorities have arrested at least three suspects in [...]	2009-05-12 19:45:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP ASEC KCRM KFRD CH CS
09SANJOSE390	COSTA RICA DISAPPOINTED BY WATCH LIST STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, we delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) the news that Costa Rica would continue on the Special 301 Watch List (Reftel A). Disappointed COMEX staff listened patiently, then countered with a litany of reasons why the USG should elevate Costa Rica's IPR [...]	2009-05-12 22:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL
09SANJOSE40	COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR 2009 TIP HERO [...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros, founder and Executive Director of the Rahab Foundation (Fundacisn Rahab) as a 2009 TIP Hero, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution [...]	2009-01-26 15:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP CS
09SANJOSE409	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) We delivered Ref talking points on May 13 to MFA disarmament officer Carlos Cordero. He thanked us for the information and also stated that they had also received a report on the same subject from their mission in New York. 2. (SBU) Cordero stated that as far as they were aware, none [...]	2009-05-19 16:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM CS
09SANJOSE448	COSTA RICA AND CUBA: A SNAPSHOT OF RELATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica's March 18 re-establishment of full diplomatic relations with Cuba (Ref B) has made little impact thus far. In Costa Rica, the news generated more questions than kudos to President Oscar Arias. In Cuba, the Castro government hardly noticed. The GOCR has yet to design [...]	2009-05-29 20:29:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU CS
09SANJOSE464	COSTA RICA: OPIC LOAN TO IMPROSA SERVICIOS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) proposal for a USD 10 million loan to Improsa Servicios Internacionales (ISI). The Econ and FCS Sections reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed (ref [...]	2009-06-02 23:16:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE478	COSTA RICA AND PANAMA - COOPERATION AND COMPETITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its historically problematic relationship with Nicaragua, Costa Rica has deepening and positive political-economic ties with Panama. Both countries have abolished their militaries and are cooperating more closely on counternarcotics, law enforcement and disaster [...]	2009-06-05 14:19:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KDEM SNAR MASS PA CS
09SANJOSE481	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) On June 5, we delivered reftel talking points to the MFA's Chief of Candidacies Lilian Rodriguez. Rodriguez thanked us for the information and said that she would discuss the matter with the head of the External Policy office. 2. (SBU) Rodriguez told us that given Ms. Myers was the only [...]	2009-06-08 21:58:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA CS
09SANJOSE489	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE DPRK [...] (SBU) On June 12 we met with Costa Rican MFA Coordinator of U.N. Security Council issues Adriana Murillo and Disarmament Chief Carlos Cordero to discuss reftel talking points. In parallel we also contacted Elaine White, COS to FM Bruno Stagno. Murillo thanked us for the information, and expr [...]	2009-06-12 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM UNSC CS
09SANJOSE497	U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE LAUNCHES IN [...] From May 18-21, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with Costa Rican government leaders and private sector officials to consider how to meet Costa Rica's national infrastructure challenges. The meetings represented the first step of Treasury's and the [...]	2009-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI
09SANJOSE498	LULA'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA - PROMOTING TRADE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Costa Rica June 2-3 to advance cooperation between the Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (MERCOSUR) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA),of which Costa Rica will assume the Presidency in July, and to strengthen bil [...]	2009-06-17 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL BR CS
09SANJOSE499	COSTA RICA: SHIP VISITS IN A TIME OF INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USN and USCG ship visits to Costa Rica should now be able to resume, thanks to an agreement reached June 2 with the GOCR on the use of a health questionnaire introduced to track possible H1N1 cases. Starting in mid-May, the Health Ministry had insisted that disembarking crew mem [...]	2009-06-17 19:20:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS MARR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE517	COSTA RICAN GOVERNMENT PRACTICES-INFORMATION [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, the following are Post's responses to questions on Costa Rica's government practices on information collection, screening and sharing. Responses, cleared by all relevant Embassy sections, are keyed to reftel's questions: 5A. IMMIGRATION DATA BASES AND TRAVELER INFO [...]	2009-06-22 18:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS
09SANJOSE531	COSTA RICA MAKES A BET ON GAMBLING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. June 8-12, Rick Hector and Charles Klingman of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) advised Costa Rican Finance (Hacienda) Minister Guillermo Zuniga and Vice Minister Jenny Phillips on the pros and cons of legislating and regulating the gaming industry. Their week o [...]	2009-06-25 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE532	COSTA RICA IN PETROCARIBE LIMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the GOCR announced last July that Costa Rica would join Petrocaribe, the story has become murky. In recent months, speculation in the media suggested that Costa Rica had finally closed the deal and would soon move from an observer to a full member. Venezuelan description of [...]	2009-06-25 23:15:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CS ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL VE
09SANJOSE54	COSTA RICA: MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS PROTEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican reaction to the recent violence in Gaza was limited to small demonstrations in front of the Israeli embassy (on January 9) and the U.S. Chancery (on January 20). Although the fighting drew heavy (and mostly anti- Israeli) coverage in the local media, the NGO and [...]	2009-01-29 14:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CS KPAL PGOV PREL XF
09SANJOSE543	COSTA RICA: OPIC LOAN TO CSI LATINA FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) proposal for a USD 20 million credit facility to CSI Latina Financial, Inc. (CSI). The Econ and FCS Sections reviewed the proposal and concluded that there were no reasons that the loan should not proceed [...]	2009-06-28 20:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE544	HONDURAN PRESIDENT IS SURPRISE GUEST IN COSTA RICA [...] SUMMARY: President Manuel Zelaya, whisked out of Tegucigalpa early on June 28 under military guard, found himself a surprise guest in San Jose a few hours later. The GOCR evidently was not advised in advance, and both Zelaya and President Oscar Arias made clear that the Honduran was not seek [...]	2009-06-29 13:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS HO KDEM PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE55	COSTA RICA: 2008 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] The following is the 2008 worst forms of child labor report for Costa Rica in response to Ref A; it updates our 2007 report, Ref B. Answers are keyed to Ref A, and source documents will be emailed to DOL/ILAB TMcCarter per same. The Government of Costa Rica is committed to eliminate the worst [...]	2009-01-29 16:12:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI KTIP CS
09SANJOSE552	EMBASSY SAN JOSE REQUESTS MERIDA SUPPORT FOR 2009 [...] (U) This is an ACTION MESSAGE. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Costa Rica's unregulated and untaxed gaming industry, legal but unregulated prostitution, and growing narco-trafficking all contribute to an increase in criminal activity; this exposes Costa Rica to transnational cas [...]	2009-06-30 12:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE56	COSTA RICA SUPPORTS NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 16:24:00	Embassy San Jose	SECRET	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN CS
09SANJOSE565	PRESIDENT ARIAS' TOUGH WORDS BUT SOFTER ACTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is continuing calls for Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya's return, and says that his government will only recognize a democratically-elected government in Honduras. Costa Rica, who played host to Zelaya immediately after he was forced out o [...]	2009-07-07 21:45:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HO KDEM PGOV PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE566	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO [...] (U) On July 6 we delivered reftel to Linyi Baidal, Deputy Director of External Policy in the Costa Rican MFA. Baidal thanked us for the information, and confirmed that Costa Rica would be sending a small delegation to the meetings in Rome on July 8-9, headed by Vice-Minister of Telecommunicati [...]	2009-07-08 12:40:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA AORC ECON ECPS EFIN PREL TSPA
09SANJOSE570	HONDURAS: ARIAS READY TO MEDIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Arias publicly confirmed on July 8 that both President Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti will be personally attending mediation talks scheduled for July 9-10 in San Jose. Arias stated that he has been in contact with both parties, and expects Zelaya to arrive from W [...]	2009-07-08 16:40:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	HO KDEM PGOV PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE577	COSTA RICA 2009 SECTION 527 REPORT [...] Embassy San Jose provides its information for the 2009 Section 527 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims in paragraph 2. Information on each claimant appears in paragraph 3. Text in MS Word track changes format has been e-mailed to EEB/IFD/OIA and L/CID per reftel. 2. The [...]	2009-07-08 21:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV CS
09SANJOSE586	GREASE TO GAS: COSTA RICAN FAST FOOD FRANCHISOR DISTILLS [...] SUMMARY: A Costa Rican fast food franchisor firm, The Aizenman Group, has successfully converted the majority of its delivery fleet from diesel to 100 percent biodiesel fuel. The company internally transforms refuse cooking oil into biodiesel. The project started small, but demonstrated the [...]	2009-07-10 16:40:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR ECON SENV CS
09SANJOSE587	HONDURAS TALKS: ARIAS MEDIATION BEGINS BUT NO FACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, talks hosted by President Arias between the Zelaya delegation and the Micheletti delegation began, but no face to face meeting occurred between the principals and no substantive agreements were reached. Arias met separately with Zelaya and Micheletti but no details ha [...]	2009-07-10 21:41:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	HO PGOV PINR PREL CS KDEM
09SANJOSE59	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 16:26:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR CS
09SANJOSE590	A COMPLICATED CASE - TWO COSTA RICANS IN MEXICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 8, Mexican police conducted a prostitution/potential-TIP raid in the Yucatan region where they found two Costa Rican women who allegedly had been brought to Mexico for use in a prostitution ring. While both women initially claimed that they had been trafficked to Mexico [...]	2009-07-15 00:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS MX PHUM PREL KTIP PGOV
09SANJOSE591	COSTA RICA: MINISTER RODRIGO ARIAS VISITS SOUTHCOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 8, Rodrigo Arias, Minister of the Presidency and brother of President Oscar Arias, visited SOUTHCOM, focusing on high-level strategic security cooperation. Minister Arias told us the GOCR was grateful for the USG's (and in particular, SOUTHCOM's) strong bilateral securi [...]	2009-07-15 13:47:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS PINR OVIP CS
09SANJOSE597	RESPONSE FROM COSTA RICA: COCESNA THREATENS TO CUT [...] On July 14, we spoke with Jorge Fernandez Chacon, Director General of the Costa Rican Civil Aviation, regarding the dispute between American Airlines (AA) and Corporacion Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegacion Aerea (COCESNA). He clarified and/or reported the following to us: -- Costa R [...]	2009-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA KX HO CS ES GT NU PM
09SANJOSE602	TFHO1: HONDURAS TALKS ROUND TWO: PREVIEW OF ARIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Saturday, July 18, President Arias will host the second round of talks to mediate an acceptable solution to end the political crisis in Honduras. The first round of talks took place on July 9-10 with little progress made (Ref A). Minister of the Presidency, Rodrigo Arias, rel [...]	2009-07-17 21:59:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR AMGT PGOV PINR KDEM
09SANJOSE608	TFHO1: LITTLE PROGRESS WITH SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) The second round of talks to resolve Honduras' political crisis ended Sunday, July 19, with no agreement between the Zelaya and Micheletti delegations. The key issue and first point of President Arias' "Seven Points" is the return of Zelaya as President of Honduras. The Micheletti team [...]	2009-07-20 22:59:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR AMGT PGOV PINR KDEM
09SANJOSE609	COSTA RICA: STRATEGY FOR ADVANCING IPR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Judicial School of Costa Rica hosted a three-day workshop in June for 17 Costa Rican judges, supported by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (OPDAT) and Embassy San Jose. Participants drafted a bench book that [...]	2009-07-21 14:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE615	COSTA RICA'S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. investors identify physical infrastructure challenges as the key hurdle for Costa Rica's development and modernization, according to the Costa Rican-U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Costa Rica provides a sometimes reliable electric power supply to over 97 percent of the country. Its [...]	2009-07-23 19:03:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD EIND SENV EFIN EINV PREL
09SANJOSE619	COSTA RICA SATISFIED WITH ICJ'S SAN JUAN RIVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref, on July 13 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Costa Rica and Nicaragua's long-running dispute over navigation rights on the San Juan River, which serves as part of the northern border between the two countries. The ICJ's balanced ruling essentially gave [...]	2009-07-24 16:29:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IO PREL NU CS
09SANJOSE62	TERRORISM FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 16:27:00	Embassy San Jose	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER CS IR
09SANJOSE622	TFHO1: ARIAS MAKES FINAL EFFORT FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 22, President Oscar Arias presented his final proposal, a carefully balanced mix of his original Seven Points and a Micheletti counterproposal, to end the ongoing constitutional crisis in Honduras. The "San Jose Accord (or Agreement)," as Arias called it (despite a lack [...]	2009-07-24 23:00:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE624	COSTA RICA'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT? SCENESETTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Costa Rica's presidential primary season now over, the stakes are set for the February 2010 national election. For the first time in Costa Rican history, a female candidate, Laura Chinchilla from the Partido Liberacion Nacional (PLN),has a strong chance to become President. [...]	2009-07-27 19:48:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE630	COSTA RICA WILL DO "WHATEVER NECESSARY" TO OPPOSE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points on July 29 to MFA Deputy Director of External Affairs Linyi Baidal. Baidal thanked us for the information, and said that Costa Rica's Mission in New York was prepared to do "whatever necessary to prevent the adoption of Libya's proposed language." 2 [...]	2009-07-29 21:20:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL IO CS
09SANJOSE651	GOCR'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES: SICA, UNSC AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, Costa Rican MFA Director of Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano gave a presentation to representatives of the diplomatic corps on Costa Rica's foreign policy priorities over the next six months. Solano focused on Costa Rica's six-month presidency of the Central America [...]	2009-07-31 14:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE656	TUXTLA SUMMIT FOCUSES ON HONDURAS SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Colombia, Honduras and the Dominican Republic met July 29 in northern Costa Rica at the 11th Tuxtla Summit. The summit focused in large part on the ongoing crisis in Honduras, with all present (including Ma [...]	2009-08-03 22:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE682	COSTA RICAN COURT'S DENIAL OF EXTRADITION RAISES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 26, a Costa Rican court denied a USG extradition request for Nicole Kater, an American citizen wanted in California on charges of parental child abduction. The court's lengthy and convoluted decision revolved around Costa Rica's need to ensure Kater's fundamental human r [...]	2009-08-11 17:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV KOCI CR
09SANJOSE686	U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE IDENTIFIES [...] SUMMARY. From July 13-16, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and a representative of Chile's Ministerio de Obras Publicas (GOC MOP) met with GOCR leaders and private sector officials to consider how to deliver infrastructure technical assistance (TA). Bot [...]	2009-08-13 12:36:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI
09SANJOSE688	RESPONSE FROM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE TO REQUEST FROM [...] Please see responses from AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE to action request (reftel). 2. Question: Are there possible negatives or risks of U.S. embarrassment that could result from the potential selection of your post's nominee (Intel Costa Rica)? Answer: No. 3. Question: Do you have any informatio [...]	2009-08-13 20:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSEP AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD SENV PREL PGOV
09SANJOSE692	A SNAPSHOT OF COSTA RICA'S REFUGEE COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 20:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG CS KWMN
09SANJOSE697	CENTRAL AMERICANS RENEW "CONCAUSA III" PUSH FOR CLIMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Central American environment ministers continue to seek greater U.S. cooperation with the region on climate change through a revival of the Central American-United States Joint Declaration ("CONCAUSA") process launched in 1994. As Costa Rica serves as Presiden [...]	2009-08-17 16:31:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG CS
09SANJOSE703	CAN COSTA RICA FINISH MODERNIZING ITS AIRPORT? [...] SUMMARY (U) Modernization of Costa Rica's main international airport, San Jose's Juan Santamaria, stalled for over five years as a result of contract disagreements between the GOCR and the operator/developer Alterra. Realizing that an acceptable solution would be impossible to reach, Alterra s [...]	2009-08-19 12:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE714	COSTA RICA: PAC PARTY PROFILE - CONTINUITY OR CHANGE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires Brennan met on August 18 with the main opposition contender for Costa Rica's presidency in the February 2010 elections, Otton Solis. Solis, from the Citizen Action Party (PAC),is now running for president for the third time, after a weak turnout for the party' [...]	2009-08-21 11:47:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CS
09SANJOSE715	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GETS BUSY - PASSES NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica's National Assembly capped off an uncharacteristically productive month-and-a-half on August 11 by approving the final version of an Electoral Reform bill. This came after the Assembly passed a new Anti-Organized Crime bill in early July, and an Immigration Reform bi [...]	2009-08-24 08:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR PREL ASEC CVIS PTER SNAR PREF
09SANJOSE727	THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica, which abolished its military over fifty years ago, considers itself a leader on non-proliferation and disarmament issues. President Oscar Arias recently wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post calling for the abolition of all Latin American militaries. Costa Ri [...]	2009-08-25 14:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09SANJOSE738	INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC SUMMIT DEMARCHE [...] (U) On August 26 we delivered reftel to Elaine White, MFA Chief of Staff, to pass on to President Oscar Arias. White thanked us for the invitation, and said that the GOCR is very pleased to be invited and that President Arias looks forward to making some brief remarks at the summit. Any furth [...]	2009-08-26 16:23:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM KNNP PREL PARM UNSC MNUC
09SANJOSE747	COSTA RICA: BALANCING SIEPAC PROGRESS AGAINST THE [...] SUMMARY. Costa Rica struggles to complete its portion of the Panama to Guatemala power grid interconnection project (SIEPAC). The negotiation and acquisition of land consumes most of the project's time )- much more so than actual construction -- such that only approximately 60 percent of th [...]	2009-08-28 13:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS ECON ENRG KIDE PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE75	COSTA RICA'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ILEA LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Pursuant to action request in reftel, Costa Rica has accepted the ILEA Law Enforcement Development training opportunity. Costa Rican officials are in the process of identifying appropriate officers to attend. Once selection and vetting are complete, Post will notify ILEA and the department [...]	2009-02-06 17:53:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM CS PHUM SNAR
09SANJOSE758	U.S. BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With Entry Into Force (EIF) of the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) on January 1st 2009, the reporting period 2007-2008 is the last in which the Caribbean Basin trade programs (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) figure among Costa Rica's trade benefits. Textile [...]	2009-09-02 15:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS
09SANJOSE76	COSTA RICA: SPAIN'S SECSTATE JIMENEZ ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 29-30 official visit to Costa Rica, Spanish Secretary of State Trinidad Jimenez announced USD 285,000 in earthquake assistance and donated 25 motorcycles to the GOCR's transit police. During meetings with President Arias and FonMin Stagno, Jimenez focused on topi [...]	2009-02-06 17:54:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ENVI ETRD CJAN CS SP
09SANJOSE772	COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #1: POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 26-28, Merida Information Technology (IT) Representative Frank Swain visited Post and host nation law enforcement authorities to validate Costa Rica's Merida Initiative-related communications/police equipment requests. We also validated the police equipment list tha [...]	2009-09-09 15:14:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE793	COSTA RICA AGREES ON IRAN, BUT SEES NO OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno told us on September 21 that while the GOCR agrees with our position regarding Iran's nuclear program (reftel),it does not anticipate any opportunity to communicate this message to Iran in the near future. The GOCR does not have diplomatic rela [...]	2009-09-17 22:17:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC CS
09SANJOSE794	COSTA RICA: WHA PDAS KELLY DISCUSSES HONDURAS AND PATHWAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Kelly discussed the situation in Honduras with President Oscar Arias, Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, and the American Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors during a September 14 visit to Costa Rica. Arias thanked PDAS Kelly for USG actions in support of the San Jose [...]	2009-09-18 16:24:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CS HO
09SANJOSE799	COSTA RICA - SAN JUAN RIVER DISPUTE DRAGS ON [...] (SBU) Costa Rica and Nicaragua continue to be locked in a long-standing dispute over the management of the San Juan River, despite a July 13 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling to settle the matter (Ref A). Though both countries claimed to accept the ruling, on August 25 the GON announ [...]	2009-09-18 22:34:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IO NU CS
09SANJOSE803	COSTA RICAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 14:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA PREL
09SANJOSE807	COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #2: FBI CAFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From September 1-3, an FBI fingerprint team evaluated Costa Rica's various fingerprint programs as part of the Merida Initiative's Central American Fingerprint Exchange (CAFE). While noting the diverse levels of sophistication of Costa Rica's fingerprint programs depending on [...]	2009-09-23 13:46:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE811	COSTA RICA: PRUDENT DEBT MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Arias administration has increased spending on infrastructure, education, health, support for workers, and the judiciary, not only in absolute terms, but also as a percentage of the total budget. As spending in these line items increased, they were offset by a decline in the [...]	2009-09-24 17:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE812	COSTA RICA'S CLOSE RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica has an expanding political and economic relationship with Colombia, which it currently sees as its second closest partner in Latin America, behind Panama. Politically, Presidents Arias and Uribe share a warm relationship, and the two countries coordinate closely on l [...]	2009-09-24 18:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SNAR PREF CO CS
09SANJOSE823	COSTA RICA: POSSIBLE PATHWAYS TO REGIONAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. In their September 16-17 trip to Costa Rica, the Pathways to Prosperity team of WHA/EPSC Director Matt Rooney, WHA/EPSC Trade Officer Susan Garro and EEB/TPP/BT Director Robert Manogue met with three energy-sector leaders: Pedro Pablo Quiros, executive President of the Costa Rican Ins [...]	2009-09-25 20:06:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE836	COSTA RICA: MEDRETE TREATS NEARLY 400 PATIENTS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 11-12, Honduran-based Joint Task Force-Bravo (JTF-B) and Costa Rican medical personnel conducted a Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE) in Costa Rica's remote, mountainous Turrialba region. Nearly 400 people received much-needed medical treatment. Three me [...]	2009-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS SOCI CS
09SANJOSE85	COSTA RICA AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: SO FAR, SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costa Rica's conservative financial system has served it reasonably well thus far during the current global financial crisis, but 2009 will likely be difficult. The GOCR knows it must act intelligently as some fundamentals begin to deteriorate; the Arias administration does not [...]	2009-02-10 12:59:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE852	FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT SENTENCED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (U) Former Costa Rican President Rafael Angel Calderon-Fournier was sentenced on October 5 to five years prison on corruption charges. The Second Circuit Court of San Jose found that he had accepted bribes to secure a contract for medical equipment between a Finnish firm and the Costa Rican go [...]	2009-10-06 21:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CS
09SANJOSE862	PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY: COSTA RICA PREPARES FOR [...] SUMMARY. Costa Rican officials are working diligently to prepare for a successful Pathways to Prosperity ministerial meeting in December, which they hope Secretary Clinton will attend. In a meeting with visiting State Department officials, they undertook to coordinate efforts to improve and [...]	2009-10-08 15:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON CS HO AMGT OPDC OVIP
09SANJOSE890	COSTA RICA: VISIT OF SOUTHCOM AMB. TRIVELLI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 6-7, SOUTHCOM Civilian Deputy Commander Ambassador Paul Trivelli visited Costa Rica and met with senior GOCR officials, including President Arias. The consistent theme throughout Amb. Trivelli's visit was GOCR requests for further security-related assistance via the M [...]	2009-10-16 23:12:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS SNAR CS HO

09SANJOSE895	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] Per Ref A request, on September 8, we met with Randall Gazel of El Hispano gunshop in San Jose, and established the bona fides of the company. As a result of this check, we consider El Hispano a legitimate recipient of United States Munition List (USML) items. Gazel is familiar with the regu [...]	2009-10-19 22:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CS
09SANJOSE917	COSTA RICA: OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR JUAN [...] Embassy San Jose fully supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) plan to provide a USD 55 million loan to Alterra Partners Costa Rica, S.A. (APCR),the operator of San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO). The loan -) in addition to a USD 45 million Inter-Am [...]	2009-10-27 01:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE918	COSTA RICA WILL SUPPORT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 14:57:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN CS
09SANJOSE921	COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON CBI- [...] The following is Post's response to reftel A. The text replies to specific keyed reftel questions and updates Post's 2007 submission (reftel C) to USTR's request regarding CBI beneficiary countries. Questions can be directed to Economics Specialist, Kevin Ludeke at +506 2519-22261, Fax +506 [...]	2009-10-27 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE929	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-SHIPMENT/POST LICENSE [...] Per Ref A, Post establishes the bona fides of the transaction by Koruma Lenex to purchase 349 Beretta Model 92FS pistols for the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Post's contacts within the MPS confirmed to us that they ordered these weapons as part of the GOCR's new anti-crime s [...]	2009-10-30 18:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CS
09SANJOSE93	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSCR 1540 PROGRAM OF WORK [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Costa Rica's UNSC team told us that it had not studied the 1540 Program of Work at the MFA level since recently relinquishing the chairmanship of the 1540 Committee. The MFA would review the U.S. draft edits with close attention to improving mechanisms for [...]	2009-02-13 19:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC CS
09SANJOSE930	COSTA RICA EXPRESSES "NO DIFFERENCES" ON WTO [...] Econoff and an official from the Japanese Embassy delivered reftel points to officials of the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Trade (COMEX) on October 30. Though the Costa Ricans did not commit to co-sponsor the negotiated text, COMEX officials had "no differences" with the U.S.-Japan-Switzer [...]	2009-10-30 22:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE937	COSTA RICA "MORE OR LESS" FAVORS US POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Costa Rica is "more or less" in agreement with USG views on the Goldstone Report, according to MFA officials. The GOCR believes that the international community should give Israel's justice system the opportunity to conclude its investigations before recommending any further action be ta [...]	2009-11-03 20:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER CS
09SANJOSE954	Costa Rica: National Trade Estimate Sections on SPS and [...] Under current regulations, the Ministry of Health must test and register domestically produced or imported pharmaceuticals, feeds, chemicals, and cosmetics before they can be sold in Costa Rica. As implemented, this system appears to be enforced more rigorously on imported goods than on domes [...]	2009-11-05 22:15:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE955	COSTA RICA WILL TRY TO SWAY GUATEMALA ON UN COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (SBU) Costa Rica will oppose no-action motions on, and support the resolutions against, Iran, Burma and the DPRK in the Third Committee meetings and the UNGA. The GOCR will also seek to influence the government of Guatemala regarding it's plans for the UNGA vote on the resolutions. 2. (SBU [...]	2009-11-13 20:05:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA
09SANJOSE959	COSTA RICA: VENEZUELA'S "PEACE BASE" CAUSES CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan government's establishment in late September of an anti-US "Peace Base" in San Jose is causing continuing controversy in Costa Rica, and proving to be a large public relations misstep for the GBRV. The "Peace Base", which is billed as Hugo Chavez's response to th [...]	2009-11-20 17:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL VE CS
09SANJOSE961	COSTA RICA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION FOR TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) Costa Rica's March 18 re-establishment of full diplomatic relations with Cuba (Ref B) has progressed slowly. Costa Rica has named JosC) MarC-a Penabad LC3pez as the new ambassador to Cuba and has converted its consulate into an embassy. The Castro government, however, has not yet named a [...]	2009-11-20 21:43:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL CU ETTC CS
09SANJOSE969	Costa Rica will request an extension of CAFTA-DR deadline [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) has informed Embassy that the GOCR most likely will not meet the December 31 deadline for the passage of the 14th CAFTA-DR bill and finalization of intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. On November 16, COMEX [...]	2009-11-24 16:18:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE973	Georgia seeks Latin American allies on territorial integrity [...] (SBU) As part of its campaign to prevent additional Latin American countries from recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a delegation from Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Costa Rica November 16-18. MFA Head of the Americas Department Otar Berdzenishvili told us that Georgia was [...]	2009-11-27 20:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CS GG
09SANJOSE977	COSTA RICA: NICARAGUAN ELECTION CHIEF IN $95K CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council president Roberto Rivas has caused a stir in Costa Rica for the second time in a month, after reports came out on November 26th that he and his family have been improperly using duty-free cars with diplomatic license plates. The cars (valued at a combin [...]	2009-12-02 16:21:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NU CS PINR
09SANJOSE978	COSTA RICA: MERIDA 2.0 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 22:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PINR MASS CS
09SANJOSE98	WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MERIDA AND CAFTA [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOCR officials and legislators asked for additional Merida assistance for Costa Rica, and echoed the region's positive hopes for the Obama Administration in meetings with visiting WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe February 9-11. Key legislators made clear that the domestic po [...]	2009-02-18 20:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CS ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE980	COSTA RICA: IICA MEETING FOR BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL LIABILITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 22:39:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD TBIO CS
09SANJOSE983	COSTA RICA TO ABSTAIN ON VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) Costa Rica will abstain from the upcoming vote at the United Nations on the "Defamation of Religions" resolution. Costa Rican MFA Director of Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano told us that the GOCR sees serious problems with the resolution, and believes it is much too restrictive. The GOC [...]	2009-12-04 22:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN UNGA CS
09SANJOSE985	COSTA RICA AND CHINA EXPLORE AN EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica and China continue to strengthen their marriage of convenience, increasing ties that are proving beneficial for both countries. Of late, this has focused on the negotiations surrounding a free trade agreement between the two countries, which both governments hope to c [...]	2009-12-09 18:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CH CS PREL PINR
09SANJOSE991	Costa Rica's Foreign Affairs "Accomplishments" in 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented its major accomplishments for the year to the public on December 15. Arias' foreign policy has focused on creating new political partnerships in Asia and the Middle East as well as strengthening relations with Latin American pa [...]	2009-12-18 21:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM CS
09SANSALVADOR1000	EXTRADITION HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: Salvadoran Julio Eduardo Villatoro Monteagudo was successfully extradited from the U.S. to El Salvador October 20 in an operation that displayed exceptional coordination among U.S. agencies and the GOES. DHS agents escorted Villatoro Monteagudo from Miami to San Salvador, where [...]	2009-10-22 21:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR ES
09SANSALVADOR1002	EL SALVADOR REQUESTS TREASURY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance has formally requested the placement of a U.S. Department of Treasury Resident Advisor in El Salvador to provide technical assistance in the areas of debt management, budgeting, and taxation following a Treasury assessment visit. The Central Bank likewise [...]	2009-10-23 20:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1006	EL SALVADOR'S IMPENDING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unless new electrical generation capacity is brought on-line in El Salvador, the country will begin to experience blackouts in the next 3 to 4 years. Two large privately funded projects currently in the planning stages are viewed as the key toward meeting the country's future e [...]	2009-10-26 19:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1008	RESTREPO ASSURES FUNES HIS SUCCESS MATTERS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Latin America Daniel Restrepo told President Funes October 23 his government's success was important to the White House and praised Funes' Honduras policy. Funes noted the challenge of deteriorating public security and said divisions in (conservative, oppo [...]	2009-10-26 21:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO ES
09SANSALVADOR1011	ARENA'S MELTDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 22, twelve dissident legislative deputies from the (conservative) National Republican Alliance (ARENA) formalized their break with the party and cast a symbolic vote with ARENA's rival party, the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). This move [...]	2009-10-27 15:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1013	EL SALVADOR ON VICTOR VILLALOBOS AS A CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 18:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1017	GOES TO SUPPORT MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) On October 23, MFA Director of Foreign Policy, Joaquin Maza, delivered to PolOffs a note confirming that the GOES will support the U.S. candidate to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),Lucretia Myers, in the upcoming ICSC elections (see reftel A). A translation of the [...]	2009-10-28 16:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PROG ES
09SANSALVADOR1019	VIOLENCE IN EL SALVADOR 1: THE STATISTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the first in a series addressing violent crime in El Salvador. Crime levels have risen sharply in 2009. Surveys rank public security as the top problem in El Salvador, even though the country is in the midst of its worst economic downturn in more than a decade. A [...]	2009-10-28 19:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR102	ELECTION UPDATE: ARENA GAINS MOMENTUM, BUT HAS A [...] (C) Summary: The (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA party's campaign has gained some momentum. The January 18 legislative and municipal elections resulted in the best-case scenario for ARENA, and the voter base has appeared increasingly energized in the ARENA events of the past week. Poll numbers [...]	2009-02-04 16:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR1021	EL SALVADOR: U.S. WTO REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 14:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO ES
09SANSALVADOR1024	CROSSED WIRES: NPR'S REPORT ON OUTSOURCING AIRLINE REPAIRS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the El Salvador-based Aeroman repair facility strongly refuted allegations raised in a recent National Public Radio report concerning the potential safety implications of the growing practice in the airline industry of outsourcing maintenance abroad. Aeroman clien [...]	2009-10-30 18:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1028	SALVADORAN FISCAL REFORMS RAISE CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador has unveiled a fiscal reform package intended to cover revenue shortfalls and meet International Monetary Fund (IMF) targets. The proposed tax on alcoholic beverages may have trade agreem [...]	2009-10-30 21:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR1032	NO WORD YET ON GOES GOLDSTONE VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 14:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL ES
09SANSALVADOR1033	FMLN, ARENA REBELS SEIZE ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) party teamed with 12 newly-independent former (conservative) National Republican Alliance (ARENA) legislative deputies to assume control of the Legislative Assembly,s leadership positions. The agreeme [...]	2009-11-04 15:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1039	ATF REGIONAL FIREARMS ADVISOR FAMILIARIZATION VISIT [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Mark D. Jones, ATF Regional Firearms Advisor (RFA) for Central America, proposes scheduling a familiarization visit to post the week of November 16, 2009. In addition to briefing interested parties on the role of the newly- [...]	2009-11-04 19:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES KCRM
09SANSALVADOR104	EL SALVADOR: U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (U) As requested, Post has begun initial discussions with GOES regarding U.S. assistance programs to combat illicit trafficking in arms. GOES has in the past expressed interest in assistance with both e-Trace and Integrated Ballistics Information System (IBIS) technology. Post will promptly [...]	2009-02-04 19:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ES ETTC KCRM MASS PREL
09SANSALVADOR1043	SALVADORAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE'S NOVEMBER 8-14 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With national polices promoting the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and biofuels stalled in the GOES, the Novemeber 8-14 visit of El Salvador's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG),Manuel Sevilla, to Iowa and Washington, will provide an excellent opportunity [...]	2009-11-05 16:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR ETRD ES
09SANSALVADOR1045	MILITARY ANTI-CRIME PLAN A GAMBLE FOR FUNES [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, President Funes signed an emergency decree to deploy 3,500 soldiers into 28 urban areas to combat a growing wave of violent crime. Politicians, the military and the public strongly support the plan, but critics fear human rights violations and damage to the Salvado [...]	2009-11-09 11:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL SOCI MOPS ES
09SANSALVADOR1053	PRESIDENT FUNES REQUESTS DISASTER ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Embassy received November 10 a request from President Funes for humanitarian assistance to respond to devastating floods that hit parts of El Salvador November 8. The GOES is requesting heavy-lift helicopter capabilities, an engineering battalion to help clear and rebuild the town of Ver [...]	2009-11-10 21:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR1055	GOES TO VOTE FOR BURMA, IRAN, DPRK UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 21:18:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR1057	SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO FLOODING DISASTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe flooding and landslides triggered by the passing of Hurricane Ida caused significant loss of life and economic damage in El Salvador. Heavy losses in the agricultural sector have many in the GOES concerned about short-term food security. USG relief supplies have arrived [...]	2009-11-13 11:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EAID ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1068	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 16:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA ES
09SANSALVADOR1069	Your Visit to El Salvador [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit reinforces the U.S. policy of active engagement with the GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has stated his desire to make the U.S. and Brazil [...]	2009-11-17 20:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1070	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE WORLD HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 16:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO ES
09SANSALVADOR1071	ARENA Rebels Hope to Return, Prepared to Go It Alone [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the group of twelve (conservative) ARENA breakaway Assembly Deputies, now called GANA, told PolCouns their preferred option was to return to ARENA after sufficient leadership changes (i.e., former President Cristiani relinquishes control) took place. They do not rule ou [...]	2009-11-18 16:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR1079	EL SALVADOR: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) Post recommends suspension of Title III of the Libertad Act for El Salvador. While the GOES has restored diplomatic relations with Cuba and the FMLN has strong historic ties, at this time the government does not have significant economic or political interests in Cuba. 2. (C) Speci [...]	2009-11-20 20:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU ES
09SANSALVADOR1080	Women Entrepreneurs Brief on Successful Washington [...] On November 16, the Charge hosted a working lunch for the participants in a series of State-funded exchange programs in support of the Pathways for Prosperity Conference for Women Entrepreneurs hosted by the Secretary of State. Mar????a Eugenia Brizuela de ????vila, former Foreign Minist [...]	2009-11-18 15:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KWMN KPAO ES
09SANSALVADOR1081	El Salvador: Building on Our Disaster Relief Successes [...] (U) Above all, I want this message to convey Embassy San Salvador's appreciation for AID/OFDA's and Southcom's swift, effective and professional response to El Salvador's flooding and mudslides, caused by Tropical Storm Ida. A quick chronology: * The storm's damage was inflic [...]	2009-11-23 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR1083	GOES TO VOTE FOR ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] (C) On November 20, Director General for Foreign Policy Joaquin Maza told PolCouns the GOES was almost certain to vote for at least seven (anti-Israel) resolutions in the spirit of "UN consensus." He said the GOES remains a strong supporter of Israel, and, as evidence of this support, their mis [...]	2009-11-23 22:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE ES
09SANSALVADOR1087	SALVADORN MFA ON THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff met with Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Nelson Amaya, Director of Middle East Affairs Milton MagaC1a, and Director of Bilateral Relations Wendy Acevedo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss talking points from Ref A. 2. (SBU) Amaya said he w [...]	2009-12-03 19:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK ES
09SANSALVADOR1093	DEMARCHE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff met with Deputy Director of Foreign Policy Nelson Amaya, Director of Middle East Affairs Milton MagaC1a, and Director of Bilateral Relations Wendy Acevedo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss talking points and to provide supplementary documents referenced [...]	2009-12-04 21:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA ES
09SANSALVADOR1097	GOES SUPPORTS USG'S IRAN NUKE STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 22:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR ES
09SANSALVADOR1098	EL SALVADOR: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 22:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA ES
09SANSALVADOR1099	Your Visits to El Salvador [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visits will reinforce the U.S. policy of active engagement with the left-of-center GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has an 80 pct approval rating; [...]	2009-12-07 22:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1101	Funes Makes Strong Pro-US Policy Statements [...] (SBU) At two separate events in a 24-hour period, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes made strong pro-U.S. remarks: C Addressing the Salvadorans Abroad diaspora association annual conference on Tuesday evening, December 8, Funes underscored the pragmatic, national-interest reasons why [...]	2009-12-10 00:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SMIG ES
09SANSALVADOR1103	ARENA Expels Former President Saca [...] (SBU) On December 14, (conservative) ARENA's Executive Council (COENA) expelled former President Antonio Saca (2004-2009) from the party, charging that he had misspent $219 million of unaccounted-for government funds, and citing improprieties in the 2008-2009 electoral process, claiming Saca h [...]	2009-12-15 18:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ARENA ES
09SANSALVADOR1105	FMLN Affirms Socialist Course; Leadership Acknowledges Need [...] (C) Summary: At its 25th annual convention December 13, the FMLN, without President Funes present, voiced solidarity with Cuba and Venezuela, repeated opposition to "the Empire," and voted to join the Fifth Socialist International. It decided to devolve authority to select candidates for local offi [...]	2009-12-15 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FMLN ES
09SANSALVADOR1107	EL SALVADOR: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] El Salvador Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin text. In 2009 the government of El Salvador cooperated closely with the United States on counterterrorism efforts, and took active steps to protect U.S. interests and citizens from terrorist attacks. [...]	2009-12-17 23:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER ES
09SANSALVADOR1108	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted reftel Blue Lantern pre-license check on November 23 at COSASE's principal San Salvador store, meeting with store manager Mario Serrano and general administrative manager Romero Hernandez. Responses to reftel questions follow: 2. (SBU) COSASE was established over [...]	2009-11-24 21:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC UY ES
09SANSALVADOR1109	President Funes Working Toward Honduras Solution, Fighting [...] Summary: President Funes told visiting WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso he is prepared to participate in an urgent regional diplomatic initiative to resolve the Honduran political crisis. Funes said Salvadoran recognition of President-elect Lobo depended on the joint resignations of Micheletti and [...]	2009-12-20 18:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO ES
09SANSALVADOR1111	Salvadoran Supreme Court Votes to Extradite Martinez [...] (SBU) After multiple tie votes over the course of two years, the Salvadoran Supreme Court voted 10-5 in an extraordinary session December 22 to find Jose Marvin Martinez extraditable to the U.S. on charges of statutory rape. Martinez has been in Salvadoran custody for over two years. He fled [...]	2009-12-22 20:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR1117	Mission Priorities for Disaster Relief Assistance [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy San Salvador sees it in the United States national interest to offer a robust package of disaster relief assistance to President Funes and the GOES. The GOES has requested, at the highest levels, USG assistance to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane/Tr [...]	2009-12-23 17:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR114	EL SALVADOR INL END USE MONITORING REPORT 2008 [...] As requested in ref. A, INL San Salvador forwards the following additional information for the 2008 End Use Monitoring Report. 2. Location and date of on-site inspections performed: PNC/DAN Headquarters: Scheduled inspections performed 2/22/08; 8/25/08; 09/30/08; unscheduled inspections p [...]	2009-02-05 20:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC ES SNAR
09SANSALVADOR1154	El Salvador's Fiscal Reform Moves to the National Assembly [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of El Salvador's fiscal reform package moved forward to the National Assembly and will likely pass before the Christmas holidays. While the Ministry of Finance made a number of minor changes to its October proposal (reftel) following lengthy consultations with th [...]	2009-12-04 20:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR1172	Disaster Relief Update - Focus on Partnerships for [...] Summary: According to a December 4 report prepared by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),El Salvador suffered nearly USD 240 million in damages and loss related to the November 7-8 rains caused by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Ida. 199 lives were lost as a re [...]	2009-12-08 21:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR1184	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORMS THREATEN PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY. Proposed regulatory reforms in the electricity sector will introduce a cost-based pricing system with publicly bid long-term contracts, designed to promote transparency in energy costs, reduce price volatility, and foster healthy competition in the sector. While both private sect [...]	2009-12-14 16:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1238	El Salavdor Passes Tax Reform Package [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12 and December 16, El Salvador's National Assembly approved the Government of El Salvador's fiscal/tax reform package, with tax changes expected to enter into force January 1. Only the alcoholic beverage tax changed substantially from the GOES's original proposal, t [...]	2009-12-22 20:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ETRD ES
09SANSALVADOR126	DEMARCHE: POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED RE-TRANSFER AND [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on possible unauthorized re-transfer/re-export to Jose Miguel Diaz Zelaya, Manager of the Arms Maintenance and Repair Unit (who also functions as a more general manager) and Captain Mario Uceda, General Sales Manager, of Centrum on January 22. Diaz sai [...]	2009-02-09 15:55:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ES
09SANSALVADOR134	SECTION 1377 TELECOM UPDATE [...] Per Ref A request, post asked Rene Salazar of the Ministry of Economy (MINEC)when MINEC would respond to the November 10 USTR letter about El Salvador's recent tax on incoming international calls. Salazar told Econoff that MINEC is still awaiting input from the telecommunications regulator, S [...]	2009-02-10 22:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ITU ES
09SANSALVADOR135	EL SALVADOR: NEAR-TERM KOSOVO RECOGNITION UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 21:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ES KV ICJ
09SANSALVADOR143	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: FEBRUARY 12 [...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report covers the economic debate between economic advisors from the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation Party (FMLN) and the (pro-U.S., center right) Nationalist Republi [...]	2009-02-13 21:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KPLS ES
09SANSALVADOR15	REPORTS OF ARMED GROUPS FORMING IN EL SALVADOR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Beginning on December 13, 2008, numerous articles have appeared in the local media claiming illegal armed groups are active in the countryside of El Salvador. The articles quote the highest levels of the Salvadoran security and political structures, who varyingly confirm they h [...]	2009-01-08 14:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR156	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is post's response to Reftel. The text directly tracks reftel Paragraph 23-27 and relevant subsections. 2. (SBU) Responses to checklist items follow. Note internal paragraph numbering. ------------------------------------------ Paragraph 23 - The Country's TIP Situation [...]	2009-02-20 16:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SANSALVADOR158	EL SALVADOR: 2009 SPECIAL 301 INPUT [...] Summary. El Salvador continues to comply with CAFTA-DR IPR obligations and improve IPR protection. In 2008 the government approved data exclusivity implementing regulations for pharmaceutical products and ratified two IPR-related treaties. While piracy remains an issue, enforcement actions have [...]	2009-02-20 21:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR ES
09SANSALVADOR159	EL SALVADOR WILL MISS MEXICO MEETING ON LIABILITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
09SANSALVADOR16	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 6 [...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes results of the two latest polls and details on recent reports of electoral violence. ------------ [...]	2009-01-08 14:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGIV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR163	ARENA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MARCH 15 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Former GOES Legal Advisor and (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA presidential hopeful Luis Mario Rodriguez believes ARENA's January 18 victory in the San Salvador municipal race has boosted Rodrigo Avila's chances of victory March 15. He contrasted Avila's newfound confidence and rec [...]	2009-02-23 18:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR164	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR FOR THE [...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy warmly welcomes your visit to El Salvador. Your presence here will demonstrate U.S. gratitude for Salvadoran support of OIF, as well as reinforce the importance the U.S. places on maintaining a close, cooperative bilateral relationship with El Salvador. --------------- [...]	2009-02-23 19:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PM PREL
09SANSALVADOR166	EL SALVADOR REQUESTS EXTRADITION OF ROBERTO CARLOS [...] (SBU) The Embassy received a request on November 28, 2007 for the extradition of Roberto Carlos Silva Pereira, an alternate deputy to the Legislative Assembly, on charges of bribery and money laundering. Silva was the subject of deportation procedures in the United States at the time the requ [...]	2009-02-24 20:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ES KCRM KJUS
09SANSALVADOR169	EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
09SANSALVADOR170	PROMINENT ECONOMISTS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following ARENA's come-from-behind victory in San Salvador in the January 18 legislative/municipal elections, prominent economists, including many former ministers, were optimistic about ARENA's chances in the March 15 presidential race, but concerned over inducements ARENA may h [...]	2009-02-25 00:42:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR171	FUNES' ADVISOR DISCUSSES STRATEGY, ECONOMIC & [...] (C) SUMMARY. Alexander Segovia, economic advisor to FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes, expressed confidence that Funes still maintained the advantage going into the March presidential election, but acknowledged legitimate doubts regarding whether Funes would actually control the party [...]	2009-02-25 00:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG ES
09SANSALVADOR179	EL SALVADOR'S PATHWAYS PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOES is pushing hard to make the next Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas (Pathways) ministerial meeting focus on concrete actions. In February 5 meetings with visiting State and USTR officials, the GOES proposed April 28-29 for the technical and ministerial meetings in [...]	2009-02-26 20:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR182	WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR WOLFE HIGHLIGHTS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 11-14 visit to El Salvador, WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe highlighted U.S. engagement under the Merida Initiative and discussed political and economic issues leading into the March presidential election. GOES officials reaffirmed their commitment to Pathwa [...]	2009-02-27 16:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR184	SALVADORANS HAVE A NEW, MORE OUTSPOKEN ARCHBISHOP [...] Summary: Monsignor Jose Luis Escobar was inaugurated as San Salvador's Archbishop in a packed mass on February 14 in San Salvador's Cathedral. In the short time that Escobar has occupied his influential position as the main representative of the Catholic Church in El Salvador, he has taken a [...]	2009-02-27 19:49:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR191	EL SALVADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 19:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANSALVADOR194	SUCCESSFUL TRADE EVENTS MARK CAFTA ANNIVERSARY [...] Summary. Over 200 entrepreneurs, mostly from small and medium enterprises, attended a February 25 Commercial Service trade promotion event that received national media coverage. The following day, President Saca and the Charge were two of the featured speakers at a GOES-organized event celebr [...]	2009-03-03 20:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR196	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-03 22:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
09SANSALVADOR198	EL SALVADOR: HIGH-LEVEL USG REPRESENTATION AT OIF [...] (C) Summary: A high-level USG delegation, headed by VCJCS Gen. Cartwright and OSD A/S Benkert, traveled to El Salvador Feb.27-28 to participate in a ceremony commemorating El Salvador's participation in OIF. In addition to expressing gratitude for El Salvador's contributions in Iraq, USG re [...]	2009-03-05 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR2	ELECTION PRIMER 2: AN UPDATE OF LEGISLATIVE AND [...] (C) Summary: The January 18, 2009 Salvadoran legislative and municipal elections promise to have profound effects on the balance of power in the country. The (left-wing) FMLN party is likely poised to gain between three and five seats in the 84-member Legislative Assembly, positioning it to s [...]	2009-01-05 14:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR200	DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, EXTRADITION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson visited El Salvador February 25-28, participated in the VIP delegation to honor Salvadoran troops that served in Iraq, and discussed the upcoming March 15 elections, public security, and Pathways to Prosperity with key Embassy contacts. [...]	2009-03-06 20:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR205	EL SALVADOR ELECTION CABLE: MARCH 9 [...] Summary: This is an update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report covers reports of electoral-violence and a scuffle that injured two journalists. Embassy will send analytical election scene-setter septel. The race remains close and hard-fought. End Summar [...]	2009-03-11 13:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR206	MARCH 15 SALVADORAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 24. 2. (C) Summary and action request: March 15 marks the culmination of El Salvador's hotly-contested presidential campaign. (Left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate Mauricio Funes has held a significant le [...]	2009-03-11 14:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR210	POLLS VARY WIDELY BUT MOST SHOW SLIGHT LEAD FOR [...] (C) Summary: The majority of polls released before the 15-day ban on poll publication prior to the March 15 election show (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate Mauricio Funes leading (conservative, pro-U.S.) Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA [...]	2009-03-12 14:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR219	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: MARCH 12 [...] (C) Summary: This is the final update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes an Attorney General investigation of the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) presidential candidate, the FMLN and the (center-right, pro-U.S.) Natio [...]	2009-03-13 16:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR229	FUNES TAKES PRESIDENCY IN SMOOTH, EFFICIENT [...] (C) Summary: (Left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate Mauricio Funes has won the presidency of El Salvador. Funes claimed victory at approximately 9:30 PM local time, after 90 percent of the votes had been counted. As of the morning of March 16, the Supreme Elec [...]	2009-03-16 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR230	EL SALVADOR: 2008 EXPORTS UP BUT SHOW SIGNS OF WEAKNESS [...] El Salvador's total exports and imports increased by 14.2 percent and 12 percent respectively during 2008. Exports to the United States increased by 7.7 percent, while exports to other Central American countries increased by 21.3 percent. Traditional exports of coffee, sugar, and shrimp incre [...]	2009-03-16 23:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR234	FUNES AND SACA TAKE THE HIGH ROAD [...] Summary: President Saca and President-elect Mauricio Funes publicly took the high road one day after the FMLN candidate was chosen to be the next president of El Salvador. President Saca announced that he would establish a transition team and would meet with President-elect Funes to discuss the [...]	2009-03-17 20:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR244	EL SALVADOR: ENGAGING PRESIDENT-ELECT FUNES [...] (S) Tom, your visit here had great impact, building upon President Obama's congratulatory call to President-Elect Funes, and Embassy's aggressive engagement of Funes and the FMLN for the past year. For most of that time, and even now, everyone has been speculating over whether a Funes-led GOES [...]	2009-03-20 16:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR ES

09SANSALVADOR249	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIA RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS ES MOPS PBTS
09SANSALVADOR250	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 15:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA ES
09SANSALVADOR256	EL SALVADOR'S SHORT-TERM DEBT MARKET RETURNING TO NORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Salvadoran banks have rolled over short-term government debt due in February and March and committed to doing the same with debt due in May and June. However, with tax revenue falling and an international loan falling through, the government will also likely need to issue additi [...]	2009-03-24 16:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR260	ARENA'S RODRIGUEZ SEES CONSTRUCTIVE OPPOSITION [...] (S) Summary: Polcouns met March 23 with Luis Mario Rodriguez, ARENA member and one of the party's final five pre-candidates for the 2009 presidential campaign. Rodriguez was optimistic about the future of ARENA, suggesting that now was a good time for the party to undergo an overhaul. He tal [...]	2009-03-24 22:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR27	ARENA SEES ELECTION OPPORTUNITIES, BUT HAS [...] (C) Summary: (Conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA Vice President for the 2009 Campaign Cesar Funes (no relation to (left-wing) FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes) tried to demonstrate optimism to Poloffs about the upcoming Salvadoran legislative, municipal, and presidential elections. He pr [...]	2009-01-12 19:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR272	FMLN AND PCN: INTERNAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER [...] (C) Summary: FMLN President-elect Mauricio Funes exerted his authority March 21, declaring in paid, full-page advertisements in all four major newspapers that he will be the only person authorized to speak publicly about his administration's policies during the transition period. The pronounc [...]	2009-03-26 20:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR278	SALVADORAN ECONOMIC INDICATORS SHOW CONTRACTION, LIKELY [...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) cut its official projection for 2009 GDP growth to less than 1 percent. The GOES's GDP proxy has fallen for the last five months, and the Central Bank President expects 2008 GDP growth figures of about 2.5 percent, far below the original projection of 4.5-5 [...]	2009-03-30 20:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR301	GOES AGREES TO FIVE-YEAR COMALAPA CSL EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Marisol Argueta publicly presented Charge a note April 2 in reply to the Embassy's note of July 2, 2008 agreeing to a five-year extension of the agreement governing counter-narcotics activities at the Cooperative Security Location at Comalapa Internatio [...]	2009-04-02 21:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ES
09SANSALVADOR314	DEMARCHE FOR USG CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 21:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR315	DEMARCHE FOR US CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 21:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGIV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC ES
09SANSALVADOR316	2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (S/NF) Summary: (Center-right, pro-U.S.) Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) President Elias Antonio (Tony) Saca and (left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) President-elect Mauricio Funes both plan to attend the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas (SOA) in Trinidad and [...]	2009-04-03 21:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR317	ELECTRICITY SUBSIDIES END BUT PROBLEMS CONTINUE [...] SUMMARY: The GOES announced on March 23 that electricity subsidies will be discontinued. This change is expected to raise energy costs by 60% for industrial and 30% for residential customers. Industry groups have criticized the government's failure to honor an agreement to phase out the sub [...]	2009-04-03 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR320	El SALVADOR: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] The following is Embassy San Salvador's response to reftel A questions on fiscal transparency. 2. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. USAID works with various Ministries (e.g., Health, Education) as well as the judicial branc [...]	2009-04-07 17:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR321	GOES DISCUSSES TRANSITION AND PATHWAYS WITH A/S [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held separate meetings March 18 with President Saca, Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta, President-elect Mauricio Funes and ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila. He also attended several press conferences and a reception with private business sec [...]	2009-04-07 19:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP SHANNON ES
09SANSALVADOR322	A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES TRANSITION WITH FUNES AND [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held separate meetings March 18 with President Saca, Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta, President-elect Mauricio Funes and ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila. He also attended several press conferences and a reception with private business sec [...]	2009-04-07 20:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP SHANNON ES
09SANSALVADOR333	SICA MULTILAT [...] (SBU) Elmer Charlaix, Private Secretary to Salvadoran President Antonio Saca, told PolCouns April 15 both the President and President-elect Funes would attend the SICA meeting with President Obama Sunday, April 19 on the margins of the Summit of the Americas. Charlaix said when the Nicaraguan [...]	2009-04-15 21:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES XL XM XS
09SANSALVADOR335	EL SALVADOR INTERESTED IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Economy energy advisor Salvador Rivas and Felix Ulloa, who is coordinating Ministry of Foreign Affairs' preparations for the Summit of the Americas. Rivas expressed strong interest in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) [...]	2009-04-15 22:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM ECON ENRG SENV
09SANSALVADOR351	GOES LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 22:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR359	WILSON CENTER DELEGATION VISITS EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Woodrow Wilson Center's Wilson Center on the Hill program sponsored a non-official Congressional delegation to El Salvador, April 13-15, to explore security and trade in Central America. During their visit, Congressmen Sensenbrenner, Roskam, and Nunes met with President-elect [...]	2009-04-23 14:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR363	FMLN CHIEF SEEKS ELECTORAL REFORM, COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: (Left-wing) FMLN Coordinator General and incoming leader of that party's legislative bloc, Medardo Gonzalez, is pleased with that party's electoral performance and has proposed to (conservative) ARENA that those parties share the Presidency of the Legislative Assembly. Gonzalez [...]	2009-04-23 22:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR37	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 9 [...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes results of the December 21 Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) test of the electronic data system, an o [...]	2009-01-13 18:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KPEM ES
09SANSALVADOR386	SPECIAL 301 - EL SALVADOR 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 22:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD ES
09SANSALVADOR39	FINANCIAL CRISIS ACCELERATES REDUCTION OF LENDING TO [...] SUMMARY: The construction industry has raised alarms over the impact of the global financial crisis on El Salvador's construction sector. While public funding for infrastructure and low-income housing continue, credit shortages have delayed commercial building projects. Salvadoran banks wer [...]	2009-01-13 21:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR390	EL SALVADOR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTS ONE [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's outgoing Legislative Assembly approved unanimously April 29 the first reading of a constitutional amendment needed to allow interception of telecommunications, which are currently prohibited by the constitution. The incoming Assembly, which will be seated May 1, mu [...]	2009-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR391	MGSF01: EAC MEETING: H1N1 FLU UPDATE [...] Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) held a follow-up meeting on April 29, 2009 to review the Mission's preparedness as the USG had upgraded the level health emergency for H1N1 Flu. (Note: per reftel, EAC had an initial meeting on this same subject on 4/26. End note.) Charge Blau chaired t [...]	2009-04-30 21:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR ASEC CASC
09SANSALVADOR410	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: There have been two major developments since LT. Gen. Spears' last visit to El Salvador: left-wing FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes won the March 15 Presidential election, and the government of El Salvador (GOES),via exchange of diplomatic notes, extended U.S. access to the Comalap [...]	2009-05-08 19:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	ES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR423	TFFLU01 EL SALVADOR H1N1 UPDATE [...] The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has extended its emergency decree in response to the H1N1 Influenza Outbreak to May 18. The country reports four confirmed cases, two probable cases and five suspected cases. 2. USAID and SOUTHCOM coordinated the delivery of 5,100 Personal Protective [...]	2009-05-13 22:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR433	SERVIR PROJECT SUPPORTS DISASTER RELIEF AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] SUMMARY: The SERVIR project has closed a successful two-year global development alliance with USAID that created innovative geographic imaging tools to help manage disaster relief operations, monitor environmental trends and study the effects of climate change in Central America. In its next p [...]	2009-05-18 13:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV EAGR SV
09SANSALVADOR445	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador welcomes you to El Salvador and considers your visit a timely and necessary exertion of U.S. influence over a new Salvadoran government that is still seeking its own identity. President-Elect Mauricio Funes, who ran as a U.S.-friendly moderate, has stated hi [...]	2009-05-21 15:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR446	EL SALVADOR: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) Post recommends suspension of Title III of the Libertad Act for El Salvador. At this time, El Salvador does not have diplomatic relations with Cuba and does not have significant economic or political interests in Cuba. 2. (C) Specific responses to reftel section 5 are provided below: [...]	2009-05-21 22:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU ES
09SANSALVADOR462	FUNES MEETS WITH CHAVEZ, RELATIONSHIP WILL IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Salvadoran Foreign Minister-designate Hugo Martinez told PolCouns May 21 that he and President-elect Mauricio Funes approached their May 20 meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with trepidation, but Chavez was welcoming and respectful, and the meeting went smoothly. Marti [...]	2009-05-22 23:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR463	LA UNION PORT: A WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE MAKING? [...] (U) Summary. Four months after its inauguration, El Salvador's $187 million La Union port project remains in limbo due to a political deadlock over who will manage the port. The ruling ARENA party was unable to secure approval for a proposed port concession due to opposition from parties favo [...]	2009-05-26 18:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EWWT ES
09SANSALVADOR47	EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous [...]	2009-01-15 22:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES
09SANSALVADOR470	MCC ACTING CEO BENT INAUGURATES TRANSNATIONAL HIGHWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an April 27-28 visit to El Salvador, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rodney Bent participated in the formal groundbreaking for the Northern Transnational Highway. Bent met with President Saca to express his appreciation for Saca' [...]	2009-05-26 22:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR472	ARENA PARTY PREPARES FOR OPPOSITION AND [...] (C) Summary: Center-right, pro-U.S. ARENA party on May 23 announced the composition of the new political commission (COENA in Spanish) that will direct the party as it transitions from governing to opposition. The shakeup was precipitated by the left-wing FMLN's defeat of ARENA Party candida [...]	2009-05-26 23:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR481	PRESIDENT-ELECT FUNES ANNOUNCES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary. President-Elect Mauricio Funes named his economic cabinet on May 26. The following positions were announced: Technical Secretary to the President (Chief of Staff),Minister of Finance, Minister of Economy, President of the Central Bank, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Min [...]	2009-05-28 22:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR485	TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel designation of Abdul Haq via letter to Jose Rolando Monroy Sintigo, Director of El Salvador's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),on May 19. Copies were also provided to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Civil Police, Superintendent of the Financial System, a [...]	2009-05-29 18:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR486	CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION ON ELECTRONIC [...] (SBU) In a major step forward for law enforcement, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly unanimously approved May 27 the second reading of a constitutional amendment on electronic surveillance, paving the way for the Assembly to adopt implementing legislation. The previous Assembly, whose term [...]	2009-05-29 18:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR487	PENDING ENERGY SECTOR DISPUTES IN EL SALVADOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The new Funes administration is inheriting several commercial disputes in the energy sector that raise questions about the enforceability of contracts and may discourage new investment in generation projects. Two U.S. firms have contested decisions by a majority-state-owned gener [...]	2009-05-29 19:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR494	FUNES INAUGURAL ADDRESS PROMISES RELIEF FOR POOR, [...] (U) Summary: Mauricio Funes, of the left-wing FMLN, was sworn in as President of El Salvador on Monday, June 1. Addressing a full house of invited heads of state and government, foreign ministers, diplomats, local dignitaries, and the public, Funes announced plans for an ambitious program of " [...]	2009-06-03 15:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR50	DEMARCHE REQUEST: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW IMPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 19:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ES
09SANSALVADOR501	LITTLE GOES ASSISTANCE FOR ADULT TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: LabOff visited a temporary shelter for child victims of trafficking on May 12. While at the shelter, children receive educational instruction, psychological services, and some vocational training. However, it is unclear what happens to adult trafficking victims. There is no sh [...]	2009-06-04 14:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR503	EL SALVADOR/MCC: POSITIVE FIRST MEETING WITH NEW [...] (C) Charge and MCC Country Director met on June 3 with Alex Segovia, President Funes's Chief of Cabinet, at his request to discuss his new role as Chairman of the Board of Fomilenio, the local MCC accountable entity. Segovia discussed the composition of the board of directors and the responsi [...]	2009-06-04 16:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR507	FUNES GOVERNMENT'S SPLIT PERSONALITY [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8 below. ------- SUMMARY: ------- 2. (S/NF) President Mauricio Funes has assembled a cabinet that combines individuals from the leftist FMLN, some of whom have a violent, radical past; with others from an organization that coalesced around hi [...]	2009-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	ES PINR PREL PTER
09SANSALVADOR513	EL SALVADOR REALLOCATES LOANS, APPROVES DEBT TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 22, the Legislative Assembly unanimously approved the reallocation of $950 million in international loans and the issuance of $1.8 billion in new medium and long term debt to replace short-term debt in order to face the effects of the international financial crisis in El S [...]	2009-06-08 17:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SOCI PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR53	SALVADORAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM READY FOR JANUARY ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Salvadoran financial system is prepared for possible significant capital flight and/or bank runs following the January 18 legislative elections, according to the executive director of the private banking association ABANSA. Reserves stand at 29 percent of deposits and the Ce [...]	2009-01-16 21:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR530	EL SALVADOR MOVES BACKWARDS ON PRISON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed Director of the Salvadoran prison system (DGCP in Spanish) Douglas Moreno has instituted several controversial changes since taking office June 2. The tenor of the changes, coupled with an apparent unwillingness to meet with Embassy officials, creates problems for [...]	2009-06-11 20:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR531	GOES TO WAIT BEFORE DECIDING ON SUPPORT FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 21:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA ES
09SANSALVADOR54	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 15 [...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes public and private statements by the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation [...]	2009-01-16 21:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR548	NEW MOD SEEKS TO CONTINUE MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: On June 11, Charge, MILGROUP, and Defense Attache (DAO) met with the newly-appointed Minister of Defense (MOD),Colonel (retired) David Munguia Payes, and the new Salvadoran High Command. The newly-appointed Minister, who was not previously associated with the ruling left-wing FM [...]	2009-06-16 19:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR55	EL SALVADOR ELECTION UPDATE: JANUARY 16 [...] (U) Summary: This is an update regarding the Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections scheduled for January 18, and the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report includes criticism of (pro-U.S., center-right) Nationalist Republican Alliance Party (ARENA) campaign by inf [...]	2009-01-16 22:04:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPLS KDEM ES
09SANSALVADOR550	CALL ON NEW SALVADORAN DIRECTOR OF MIGRATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 21:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD SMIG ES
09SANSALVADOR552	ARENA UNVEILS NEW EXEC COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The (center-right, pro-U.S.) ARENA party publicly unveiled its new Executive Committee (COENA) June 14 in front of an enthusiastic crowd of supporters. Former Salvadoran President and new COENA head Alfredo Cristiani addressed the ARENA faithful, calling for party unity as ARENA s [...]	2009-06-17 19:12:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR556	MFA CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA; KOSOVO TBD [...] (U) DPRK: Poloffs met June 16 with new Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Castaneda on a courtesy call and to deliver reftel details about Resolution 1874. Castaneda raised the issue of the North Korean nuclear tests before we did. He called it a very delicate and complex subject, but s [...]	2009-06-17 20:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC KN KV ES
09SANSALVADOR557	FMLN ACTIVELY COURTING OPPOSITION DEPUTIES [...] (C) Summary: PDC and PCN (small swing parties) Assembly Deputies told us June 16 they have been approached by the (left-wing) FMLN with monetary offers to switch parties and the FMLN is targeting (conservative) ARENA Deputies with inducements to form a new parliamentary grouping though not joi [...]	2009-06-17 22:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR558	EL SALVADOR REMAINS A NON-SIGNATORY TO IRENA [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Salvador Rivas, Acting Energy Director at the Ministry of Economy, on June 15. Rivas confirmed that the GOES has not signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). However, he noted that the Salvadoran Ambassador to Germany [...]	2009-06-17 23:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV KGHG ES
09SANSALVADOR56	EL SALVADOR ON A.Q. KHAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	KNNP MNUC GM PREL PARM EFIN ES
09SANSALVADOR562	MFA STUDYING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) PolCouns raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez June 17, noting that then VP-elect Salvador Sanchez Ceren and PARLACEN Deputy Jose Luis Merino had reportedly told former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Walker the GOES would recognize Kosovo after President Funes' inaugurat [...]	2009-06-19 14:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES KV
09SANSALVADOR563	ARENA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON OPPOSITION PLANS [...] (C) Summary: (Conservative) ARENA's new Political Affairs Director believes the party must be willing to support intelligent (left-wing) FMLN proposals and oppose dangerous ones in order to mount a credible opposition to the Funes Government and position itself for 2012 legislative elections. [...]	2009-06-19 14:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR564	FUNES MENTOR ON APPOINTMENTS, SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Funes advisor and confidant Hato Hasbun, now Secretary for Strategic Issues in the Presidency, sees his role in part as preventing bureaucracy from stalling needed reforms and policy initiatives. He sees the value added of Salvadoran Intelligence as analysis more than collection, [...]	2009-06-19 18:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR566	EL SALVADOR'S ANTI-CRISIS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 18, the Funes Administration announced its $587.5 million "Anti-Crisis" plan intended to ameliorate the effects of the international financial crisis on El Salvador. The plan's economic and social components include creating a "temporary worker" program, providing ferti [...]	2009-06-19 20:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV KCRN ES
09SANSALVADOR57	EL SALVADOR ON U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09SANSALVADOR597	GOES REACHES OUT ON HONDURAS, PLOTS MODERATE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: President Funes and FM Martinez reached out to us early June 28 to coordinate on action at the OAS in response to that morning's expulsion and exile of Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. Going into the Managua SICA Summit, the GOES position was aligned with Guatemala and Cos [...]	2009-06-29 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO ES
09SANSALVADOR599	GOES RECEPTIVE TO CONCERNS OVER DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 22:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN ES
09SANSALVADOR6	OAS AND IOA HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The OAS and the Institute of the Americas (IOA) organized two USG-funded regional conferences on renewable energy in San Salvador on December 11-12. At the December 11 OAS conference, delegates from Central and North America discussed their current energy matrices and policies to imp [...]	2009-01-06 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EPET ES
09SANSALVADOR60	SALVADORAN ELECTIONS: STRONG FMLN PERFORMANCE; [...] Summary: While (conservative, pro-U.S.) ARENA won the Sunday's headline race for San Salvador city hall, taking it from the FMLN after 12 years, it was otherwise a good day for the (left-wing) FMLN. Based on current returns (75 percent) that may fluctuate significantly before final numbers ar [...]	2009-01-20 22:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR604	EL SALVADOR IMPOSES "COMMERCIAL EMBARGO" ON HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) instituted a "commercial embargo" on Honduras and closed the border to trade the evening of June 29. The border remains open to non-commercial traffic. The initial embargo is expected to last 48 hours, but could be extended if the situation [...]	2009-06-30 22:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV ECON HO ES
09SANSALVADOR623	ASSEMBLY FAILS TO ELECT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] Summary: The Salvadoran Legislative Assembly failed to elect Supreme Court Justices by the June 30 deadline mandated by law. Every three years, the Legislative Assembly is required to elect (or re-elect) five of the 15 Supreme Court justices and some alternate justices. While the full impli [...]	2009-07-02 17:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ES PGOV PREL KJUS
09SANSALVADOR63	EL SALVADOR: CHILD LABOR REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Pursuant to ref A, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP),the Government of El Salvador (GOES) supports efforts to eliminate the worst forms of [...]	2009-01-21 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR631	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 18:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR636	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 18:59:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL TSPA ES
09SANSALVADOR637	NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY MOVES TO BAN MINING, SENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A proposed mining moratorium and statements about hydroelectric projects suggest that the new Ministry of Environment may be adopting an "anti-development" stance. The Ministry has proposed a moratorium on mining, while the FMLN delegation in the Legislative Assembly is pushing [...]	2009-07-07 19:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN SENV EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR64	NO PROBLEMS COVERING EL SALVADOR'S JANUARY SHORT-TERM DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador will cover its short-term debt due in January with money from its recently approved Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and funds from public institutions. Debt payments for February and March depend on El Salvador's proposed World Bank loan, which officials re [...]	2009-01-22 16:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR642	ECONOMISTS DISCUSS GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-CRISIS PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Two prominent economists offered similar views of the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) $587 million anti-crisis plan. Luis Membreno and Claudio DeRosa separately said the plan largely consisted of increased spending on existing programs. As an economic stimulus, the plan was [...]	2009-07-07 21:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV KCRN ES
09SANSALVADOR647	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OUTLINES VISION FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Minister of Agriculture Manuel Sevilla discussed his Ministry's role in the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) "anti-crisis" plan and his views on agricultural assistance during a June 25 courtesy call. The Ministry of Agriculture's anti-crisis program will focus on a combina [...]	2009-07-08 21:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EFIN ES
09SANSALVADOR655	GOES NONCOMMITTAL ON UN NGOS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 20:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR659	ES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED Q CIVAIR CENTRAL AMERICA: COCESNA THREA [...] A/Econcouns delivered reftel demarche on American Airlines (AA) and 2. Rodriguez called A/Econcouns after speaking with Bayardo Pagoada, Ex 3. El Salvador's letter to COCESNA has been sent to EEB and WHA via e-m Blau [...]	2009-07-14 22:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA ES
09SANSALVADOR660	ES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - CIVAIR CENTRAL AMERICA: COCESNA [...] A/Econcouns delivered reftel demarche on American Airlines (AA) and the Central American Corporation for Air Navigation Services (COCESNA) to Rene Rodriguez, Director of El Salvador's Civil Aviation Authority, on July 14. Rodriguez advised that El Salvador had sent COCESNA a formal request the [...]	2009-07-14 22:17:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA ES
09SANSALVADOR680	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA SUMMIT, PLUS KOSOVO [...] PolCouns delivered reftel nonpaper July 16 regarding the results of the U.S.)Russia Presidential Summit to MFA Director General of Foreign Policy Werner Romero. He said that he would review the information and consult with the MFA's European desk officer. 2. When asked if the GOES had giv [...]	2009-07-17 22:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS KV ES
09SANSALVADOR683	ASSEMBLY ELECTS NEW SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: The Legislative Assembly unanimously elected five Supreme Court justices July 16. The Assembly failed to elect a new Attorney General or a new Public Defender; those elections are expected to be postponed until August. End Summary. 2. On July 16, the Legislative Assembly unani [...]	2009-07-20 14:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR686	NEW GOES UNDECIDED ON FUTURE OF BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to new Minister of Economy Hector Dada, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) is undecided about its biofuels policy but appreciates the assistance provided under the U.S. - Brazil Biofuels Initiative. The National Energy Council (CNE) will be developing an overall ene [...]	2009-07-20 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR PREL EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR689	NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSES REFORMS, US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to his regulatory duties, new Superintendent of the Financial System Victor Ramirez is actively involved in an ambitious reform agenda for the financial system, including a consolidated supervision law and a new credit card law. The slow pace of financial laws in the [...]	2009-07-22 19:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN ES
09SANSALVADOR702	BUS SUBSIDY EXTENDED FOR ANOTHER 18 MONTHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of El Salvador (GOES) reached an agreement with public transportation representatives on a restructured bus subsidy following two months of negotiations. The new agreement extends the subsidy program for 18 months, reduces the monthly payment, and secures a guara [...]	2009-07-28 18:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON EFIN PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR705	INFORMATION REQUEST REGARDING VILLATORO EXTRADITION [...] (U) Post received a copy of a letter from Jose Herbert Romero, the President of the Committee of People Affected by the OBC Stockbroker Firm, on July 9. OBC is an investment and brokerage firm located in El Salvador that has been accused of defrauding clients of USD 8.9 million. The letter, [...]	2009-07-28 19:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR708	EARLY IMPRESSIONS OF FUNES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Some eight weeks into the Funes Administration, we are beginning to see more clearly the trends and factions inside the GOES. President Mauricio Funes' non-FMLN campaign support group, the Friends of Mauricio, is largely in control of the economic apparatus of El Salvador. Similar [...]	2009-07-28 20:39:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR71	SALVADORAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] This in an action cable. Please see paragraph four. 2. On Wednesday, January 21, the office of Salvadoran Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas contacted the embassy and requested a meeting with Secretary Clinton on the morning of Tuesday, January 27. Minister Argueta will be in Wa [...]	2009-01-22 22:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PGOV PREF
09SANSALVADOR712	COMMUNITY ACTIVIST MURDERED: POLITICS OR RANDOM [...] Summary: Community activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno disappeared on June 18; police discovered his body in a well June 30. The initial police investigation has led to the arrest of seven purported gang members. The police have made public statements that Rivera was likely murdered as a r [...]	2009-07-30 15:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR713	NEW PORT AUTHORITY DIRECTOR PUSHING FOR LA UNION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Port Authority (CEPA) Director Guillermo Lopez-Suarez, President Funes and key FMLN legislators have dropped their insistence upon maintaining state control of the Port of La Union and are now open to a full private concession. Once a concession is granted, however, [...]	2009-07-30 16:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EINV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR733	LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTS TSE MAGISTRATES [...] Summary: The Legislative Assembly elected five Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) magistrates June 30. Eugenio Chicas of the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation (FMLN) assumed the TSE presidency for a three-year term. Other magistrates are Walter Araujo, Julio Moreno [...]	2009-07-31 21:51:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS ES
09SANSALVADOR747	GOES FAVORS ECUADOR IN UNESCO DG ELECTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Officers Felix Ulloa and Egriselda Gonzalez on August 11. Gonzalez said the MFA has not yet decided its vote for UNESCO Director General, but that it is leaning toward support for the Ecuadoran candidate, [...]	2009-08-13 21:56:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO ES
09SANSALVADOR748	GOES SANGUINE ON COLOMBIA DCA; FM TO HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Salvadoran FM Martinez welcomed reftel points on the proposed U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. Separately, he has been asked by OAS SG Insulza to join the planned mission of Foreign Ministers to Honduras o/a August 21, partly as a counter-balance to Panama. End Summary [...]	2009-08-13 22:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ES CO HO
09SANSALVADOR780	NEW WATER WORKS PRESIDENT LAYS OUT GOALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The newly appointed National Water and Sewage Administration (ANDA) President Francisco Gomez described to Econoffs August 18 the multitude of challenges facing the new GOES. These challenges include ineffective subsidies, waste and inefficient production, and extending services [...]	2009-08-21 20:48:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES
09SANSALVADOR789	FRIENDS OF MAURICIO: FUNES NEEDS YOUR HELP [...] (S) Summary: Leaders of the Friends of Mauricio movement, XXXXXXXXXXXX, told us August 21 the movement is formalizing itself and changing its name to the Citizen Movement for Change. They said Funes is concerned about his personal security, physical security at the Presidential offices, [...]	2009-08-21 22:11:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR790	RIVERA INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The investigation into the killing of community activist Marcelo Rivera continues as new claims of death threats and attacks emerge. Archbishop Escobar Alas tells us that he doubts links between mining and Rivera's murder. Ombudsman for Human Rights Oscar Luna said that the inve [...]	2009-08-21 22:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR802	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit reinforces the U.S. policy of active engagement with the GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has stated his desire to make the U.S. and Brazil [...]	2009-08-26 16:22:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV MARR ES
09SANSALVADOR811	IMF LIKELY TO ASSIST EL SALVADOR WITH NEW STAND-BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador is likely to receive a new Stand-By Arrangement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF),according to a visiting IMF assessment team. The IMF also expects to issue letters supporting the release of $300 million in Inter-American Development Bank loans and the issu [...]	2009-08-27 21:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON IMF ES
09SANSALVADOR813	ARMS DEALER SAYS POLICE MOVING AWAY FROM US WEAPONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one of El Salvador's largest arms dealers, the National Civil Police (PNC) is moving away from US-made weaponry and shifting suppliers to a prominent backer of President Funes. The Salvadoran military, however, remains committed to purchasing US-made equipment. Nei [...]	2009-08-28 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ASEC MCAP PARM ES
09SANSALVADOR816	EL SALVADOR STILL UNDECIDED ON JOINING PETROCARIBE [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister for External Cooperation Jaime Miranda told Econcouns August 28 that President Funes remained undecided on whether to join Petrocaribe. The Salvadoran press had reported in early August that Miranda would be starting negotiations with the Government of Venezuela, but [...]	2009-08-28 21:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EAID ENRG PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR817	WAVE OF PROTESTS MAY SIGNAL FMLN EFFORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent wave of protests organized by a so-called environmental group, "La Coordinadora Nacional de Medio Ambiente (CNMA)", are likely part of a movement by hard-line elements of the FMLN to undermine President Funes. Over the past several weeks, the CNMA has carried out large-scale, [...]	2009-08-28 22:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG EAGR SENV SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR864	SALVADORAN MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The newly appointed Salvadoran Minister of the Environment, Herman Rosa Chavez, will be in Washington on September 21 to meet with OES A/S Jones and EPA officials. USAID is sponsoring this trip to discuss El Salvador's interest in pollution control and prevention and to further [...]	2009-09-17 12:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR ETRD ES

09SANSALVADOR866	FRASER VISIT HIGHLIGHTS STRONG US-GOES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: SOUTHCOM Commander General Fraser and Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes met September 3 to discuss military cooperation between the Salvadoran Armed Forces (ESAF) and the U.S. military. They discussed the historically strong U.S. - GOES relationship; General Fraser and Preside [...]	2009-09-17 15:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR ES
09SANSALVADOR877	GOES ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) GOES plans attendance at UNGA as follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State/Head of Government -- President Mauricio Funes -- Will arrive in New York on September 22 and will depart on September 24. President Funes has no plans to visit other U.S. locations. He is scheduled to add [...]	2009-09-18 19:30:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ES
09SANSALVADOR878	SICA WANTS CLOSER COOPERATION ON PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA in Spanish),Jose Aleman Gurdian, is seeking closer cooperation with the U.S., particularly on public security. Aleman also inquired about the possibility of U.S. technical and financial assistance to his organiza [...]	2009-09-18 20:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES KCRM PREL XK
09SANSALVADOR88	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS SPECIALIZED 1206-FUNDED CT [...] (S) American Embassy El Salvador fully endorses the referenced FY09 funding proposals in support of Operation Enduring Friendship Caribbean-Central America (OEF-CCA) under Section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 2. (S) SOCSOUTH submits FY09 funding proposal for equi [...]	2009-01-30 16:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	MARR PTER HO
09SANSALVADOR880	LAUNCHING OF VITAL VOICES EL SALVADOR [...] Summary: On September 17, Salvadorans launched their Vital Voices Global Network Affiliate Chapter, with the goal of identifying, mentoring and developing the next generation of women leaders in business, politics, civic society and the media. The president and vice president of the Salvadora [...]	2009-09-21 20:25:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PGOV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR885	EL SALVADOR ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN [...] (C) PolCouns met with Joaquin Maza Martelli, Director General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),September 17 to discuss Iran and Missile Defense. Maza was not aware of the U.S. announcement regarding the change in missile defense policy, but was familiar with the sub [...]	2009-09-21 22:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL ES IR
09SANSALVADOR887	EL SALVADOR TO ISSUE $800 MILLION IN EUROBONDS IN OCTOBER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) announced plans to sell $800 million in Eurobonds in the international market in October. Proceeds from the Eurobonds will be used to improve the liquidity of public finances and provide funding for new social programs. While a new bond off [...]	2009-09-22 15:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR888	GOES BACKS USG HONDURAS STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 15-16 visit to San Salvador, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Bisa Williams met with Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez; President Funes' Private Secretary, Francisco Caceres; and Armando Arias, President of the American Chamber of Commerce, to gauge support for [...]	2009-09-22 15:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HO ES
09SANSALVADOR889	EL SALVADOR'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly chose Romeo Benjamin Barahona Melendez as its new Attorney General (AG) September 18 following a long power lacuna in the office. The AG has significant influence on law enforcement and security policy in El Salvador. Barahona promises a rene [...]	2009-09-22 17:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR898	ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: El SALVADOR [...] (U) Post's responses to reftel queries are below. Certain topics have been combined to minimize redundancy. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Summary. An estimated three million Salvadorans reside abroad, with approximately 90 percent of them in the U.S. Salvadorans are a readily [...]	2009-09-25 17:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG TSPL
09SANSALVADOR900	FOREIGN MINISTER HUGO MARTINEZ TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-25 19:03:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA ES
09SANSALVADOR901	ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES: El SALVADOR [...] (U) Post's responses to reftel queries are below. Certain topics have been combined to minimize redundancy. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) Summary. An estimated three million Salvadorans reside abroad, with approximately 90 percent of them in the U.S. Salvadorans are a readily [...]	2009-09-25 19:13:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG TSPL
09SANSALVADOR905	BORDER CLOSURES WITH HONDURAS ORDERLY [...] (C) Summary: Official Salvadoran border closures due to the Honduran curfew have been orderly. Protesters from both sides did block traffic for a few hours each mid-day from September 20-23, in demonstrations coordinated with the local authorities. There are reports of increased AmCit traffic [...]	2009-09-25 20:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR906	EL SALVADOR ANNOUNCES NEW $800 MILLION PRECAUTIONARY FUND [...] SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced September 24 a preliminary agreement for a new, three-year $800 million Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The GOES intends to treat the SBA as a precautionary credit line to strengthen overall fiscal a [...]	2009-09-25 21:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PGOV IMF ES
09SANSALVADOR908	CLOSER TIES TO BRAZIL MAY SPUR APPROVAL OF ETHANOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Funes' recent trip to Brazil has placed biofuels prominently on El Salvador's national economic agenda. Taking advantage of the renewed GOES interest in crafting a biofuels policy, including mandating a 10 percent ethanol mix for domestic gasoline supplies, Post hosted [...]	2009-09-25 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR PREL EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR924	EL SALVADOR ON NEW IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITE [...] (C) PolCouns met with Joaquin Maza Martelli, Director General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),September 28 to discuss Iran's continued development of its nuclear program. Maza was familiar with the issue and expressed concern with Iran's recent missile tests. Maza [...]	2009-09-30 15:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL HO IR ES
09SANSALVADOR928	(S/NF) FUNES'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FMLN [...] (SBU) Embassy San Salvador provides the following responses to Reftel queries. 2. (S/NF) DOES MINISTER OF DEFENSE PAYES HAVE CLOSE RELATIONS WITH FMLN HARDLINERS? IF SO, WITH WHOM? No. Munguia Payes, both during the campaign and since becoming Minister of Defense, has been quick to point out [...]	2009-09-30 21:02:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR939	FUNES DISAVOWS VP'S ANTI-US COMMENTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Martinez relayed September 30 a message from President Funes that anti-U.S. comments made by VP Sanchez Ceren September 26 did not reflect the views of either Funes or the GOES. Martinez welcomed Charge's public reaction that Sanchez Ceren's comments were "inconsistent" with t [...]	2009-10-01 21:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR947	REORGANIZING ARENA: THE PARTYS FUTURE AFTER [...] S/NF) Summary: On October 11, the The National Rpublican Alliance (ARENA) party will hold its annul convention, marking the first time in 20 years that it has held the convention as an opposition arty. The party emerged from its March 15 presidential election defeat in chaos. In June, long-b [...]	2009-10-06 21:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR955	ADIDAS: GOES WILL CONSIDER HERMOSA CLAIMS, LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Adidas representatives, GOES officials said they would review compensation claims of Hermosa Manufacturing workers who lost their jobs in 2005 when the Salvadoran-owned garment factory closed, and to consider pursuing legal action against the owner. They also [...]	2009-10-07 17:20:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM ES
09SANSALVADOR958	EL SALVADOR FRAUD SEMI-ANNUAL SUMMARY FY09 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 19:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
09SANSALVADOR960	EL SALVADOR SUPPORTIVE OF P5+1 PROCESS; NO [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for Foreign Policy welcomed our briefing on the outcome of October 1 P5 1 talks with Iran. El Salvador is supportive of the process. The Israeli Ambassador reported separately that FM Martinez told the American Jewish Committee in New York that El Salvador would not establ [...]	2009-10-07 21:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR ES
09SANSALVADOR961	ALBAPETROLEOS STRATEGY: FAIR PRICES OR DESTROYING [...] (SBU) During an October 2 courtesy call by Econoff, Albapetroleo Vice President Luz Estella Rodriguez said her company's primary goal is to increase the availability of affordable gasoline to the public and create a social development fund for municipalities participating in the Albapetroleo jo [...]	2009-10-08 15:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR966	GOES APPROVES REGISTRATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION [...] (C) Summary: Telecommunications union representatives from SITCOM, SITRAVX, and SUTTEL reported that the Ministry of Labor granted official recognition to SITCOM and SITRAVX, on September 17 and August 28, respectively, after protracted legal battles. The SITCOM group also alleged that vario [...]	2009-10-08 21:50:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ES PHUM LAB AFL CIO ILO
09SANSALVADOR970	EL SALVADOR: COUNTRY CONDITIONS AS THEY RELATE TO [...] (C) Summary: Current infrastructure, economic, and political conditions in El Salvador would not allow the country to absorb, in an orderly manner, the return of the 258,000 Salvadoran beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) living in the United States. El Salvador has not finished [...]	2009-10-09 15:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREF SMIG ES
09SANSALVADOR971	EL SALVADOR ALERT TO HAITI-BOUND PRC TRAVELERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBOFFS delivered reftel demarche to the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration Authorities, and airline representatives. The Government of El Salvador (GOES) was receptive and all parties expressed a desire to prevent mala fide travel between Haiti and El Salvador. The GO [...]	2009-10-09 16:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KFRD ASEC ES HA
09SANSALVADOR978	ARENA CONVENTION: UNITY OR MUTINY? [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, the center-right National Republican Alliance (ARENA) party held its annual national convention. Former Salvadoran presidents, including Tony Saca, emphasized party unity in their addresses. However, the day after the convention, twelve ARENA legislative deputies [...]	2009-10-13 21:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ES
09SANSALVADOR980	TACA AND AVIANCA AGREE TO MERGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, El Salvador's Grupo TACA announced a merger with Colombia's Avianca Airlines to form Latin America's second-largest carrier. TACA's primary short-term benefit is new long-haul routes to Europe and North America. The local American Airlines representative does not [...]	2009-10-14 19:24:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SOCI ES
09SANSALVADOR987	EL SALVADOR'S NATIONAL STATISTICS SYSTEM UNDER REVISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Director of El Salvador's statistics and census bureau (DIGESTYC) detailed past government interference in government statistics and the major changes the Funes Administration is considering for El Salvador's National Statistics System. First, the GOES is investigating ways [...]	2009-10-16 17:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR989	FUNES ABSENT FROM FMLN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION [...] (C) Summary: On October 10th, El Salvador's leftist FMLN party (Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional) celebrated the 29th anniversary of its founding, notably without the participation of either President Funes or the "Friends of Mauricio." The absence of Funes and Friends ind [...]	2009-10-16 21:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR996	FUNES ADVISORS SEE PERILS, OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Three leaders of the former Friends of Mauricio movement, now the Citizen Movement for Change, shared with us October 20 their concerns over the tense relationship between President and the FMLN, ongoing turmoil in ARENA, and the deteriorating public security situation. They belie [...]	2009-10-22 13:14:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANTIAGO1	Fifth Annual Meeting of U.S. - Chile Free Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fifth annual U.S.-Chile Free Trade Commission (FTC) met December 12 in Santiago, Chile. The FTC discussed: 1) the effects of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and investment between the two countries, 2) the FTA institutional framework, 3) FTA implementati [...]	2009-01-02 11:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI
09SANTIAGO10	INSULZA WITHDRAWS FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Socialist party leader Jose Miguel Insulza formally announced January 5 that he would not run for president, ending months of indecision and vague, and at times contradictory, statements concerning his political aspirations. During a January 4 conversation with the Ambassador, [...]	2009-01-05 19:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO1002	Santiago Oct. 22 Media Report [...] The National Teachers Association will go on an indefinite national strike tomorrow that will affect public schools. Teachers claim the government owes them a special bonus to pay for the paychecks and jobs lost when the administration of public schools was moved from the Ministry o [...]	2009-10-22 18:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1014	Santiago Oct. 23 Media Report [...] Public school teachers began an indefinite strike today. In this context, the government instructed schools to remain open and deliver lunches, the Ministry of Education said it would deduct from teacher's paychecks those days they are on strike, and mayors said they would request l [...]	2009-10-23 17:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1016	Santiago Oct. 26 Media Report [...] The public school teachers' strike forced the government to postpone the national assessment test for fourth and eighth graders (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/24). U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Brazilian daily "O Globo" said yesterday that Pr [...]	2009-10-26 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1018	Santiago Oct. 27 Media Report [...] After three months of negotiation, the Ministers of the Environment and Finance signed an agreement with the heads of the political alliances in Congress to speed up the project that creates a ministry and regulatory agency for the environment. Senator Pablo Longueira (USI) labeled t [...]	2009-10-27 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO102	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SOUTHERN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Army unit and its commanding officer which have been nomin [...]	2009-02-03 19:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO1022	FRAUD SUMMARY - CHILE [...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. Compared to other countr [...]	2009-10-29 18:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC CI
09SANTIAGO1028	Santiago Oct. 30 Media Report [...] The Ministry of Education warned public teachers who are on strike that it could be forced to extend classes until December 29 to complete the days required for any given academic year (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 10/30). Chile-U.S. 2. President Obama invi [...]	2009-10-30 20:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1032	CHILE: INCSR 1 Submission [...] Per reftel, please find below Embassy Santiago's INCSR 1 submission. Post will also submit via email. 2. Chile I. Summary Chile is a transit country for Andean cocaine shipments destined for Europe and has a domestic marijuana consumption problem. In a new development that surfaced [...]	2009-11-02 18:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO1034	Santiago Nov. 2 Media Report [...] Undersecretary of the Interior Patricio Rosende denounced the use of children as shields in illegal land occupations and demonstrations by Mapuche indigenous communities. Video material confirming his remarks was shown to the Senate's Constitutional Committee last week (Conservative, [...]	2009-11-02 20:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1044	Santiago, November 3 Media Report [...] Public Teachers' strike puts at risk completion of school year in 530 schools (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 11/3) Chile-U.S 2. In his visit to Iquique, U.S. Ambassador to Chile Paul Simons placed a courtesy call on Acting Mayor Maria Angelica Vega. At the m [...]	2009-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1046	CHILE CONSIDERING WTO REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO CI
09SANTIAGO1058	Santiago Nov. 4 Media Report [...] An explosive device detonated at the Marriott Hotel's parking lot on Ave. Kennedy at 1:57 p.m. yesterday. The device was left in the hotel's bathroom but was taken outside by a hotel guard. One guard was injured and five other people suffered hearing trauma. No organization has c [...]	2009-11-04 17:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO106	CHILEANS, HUNGRY FOR CHANGE, EYE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progressive Chilean leaders admit that their Concertacion coalition's nearly twenty year rule has left the Chilean public largely uninspired by the prospect of another Concertacion president and has led to stale party politics. Concertacion has been hurt by a series of relative [...]	2009-02-04 10:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO1062	Santiago Nov. 5 Media Report [...] The director of the Foreign Ministry's International Economic Relations Bureau, Carlos Furche, will file next Tuesday with the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Administrator a complaint on behalf of local wood producers over the tax exemptions that U.S. cellulose producers will start rece [...]	2009-11-05 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1064	Santiago Nov. 6 Media Report [...] Extensive coverage of the rampage at Fort Hood that left 12 dead (All dailies, 11/6). U.S.-Related News 2. Republican Senator Jim DeMint said he would lift the block on Arturo Valenzuela and Tom Shannon's nominations now that the Obama administration had ag [...]	2009-11-06 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO107	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 4 [...] Dailies highlight that former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is free on bail in the Mirage aircraft case. Dailies also highlight the death of an 18-year-old woman who presumably fell off the balcony of a ninth-floor apartment owned by a promising young soccer player during an early mo [...]	2009-02-04 14:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1070	Santiago Nov. 9 Media Report [...] The national scholastic test for fourth graders shows that only 24% have the level of language skills required for that grade. The test also confirms that the gap that exists between private and public education remains unchanged; only 12% of low-income school students achieved adva [...]	2009-11-09 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1074	CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER [...] SUMMARY: Despite recent positive signs, Chile's economy is still working through the negative effects of its recession. Economic activity contracted again in August and September. The unemployment rate in Chile decreased to 10.2% for the first time after nine increases in a row. Although in [...]	2009-11-10 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN CI
09SANTIAGO1076	Santiago Nov. 10 Media Report [...] Television station Channel 13 aired its presidential debate last night. Unlike previous ones, this debate allowed the candidates to challenge each other and to respond. This brought to the forefront the most sensitive issues in this campaign. 2. Sebastian Pinera a [...]	2009-11-10 20:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1080	Santiago Nov. 12 Media Report [...] Centro de Estudios Publicos poll for the presidential election: Sebastian Pinera 36 percent, Eduardo Frei 26, Marco Enriquez Ominami 19, and Jorge Arrate 5 percent (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/12). U.S.-Related News 2. Arturo Valenzuela was sworn in yest [...]	2009-11-12 20:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1088	Santiago Nov. 13 Media Report [...] Today is the beginning of the electoral propaganda period for the December 13 presidential and parliamentary election (All dailies 11/13). U.S.-Related News 2. With a notification to Congress, the USG authorized the sale of 100 AMRAAM missiles to Chile. With the autho [...]	2009-11-13 17:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO109	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted figures released by the Central Banks that economic growth for the last quarter of 2008 amounted to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest in six years. Coverage included another case of a falsely-identified disappearance victim from the Military government era. U.S.-Related News --- [...]	2009-02-06 15:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1098	Slow Progress for Chile's TIP Legislation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A draft law on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) that would bring Chile into compliance with international standards remains pending in the Chilean Senate. Post's efforts, including outreach to key Senators and meetings with several Ministers, have succeeded in raising awareness am [...]	2009-11-16 20:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP CI
09SANTIAGO11	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 3-5 [...] Dailies highlighted OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's final decision not to run for the presidency of Chile; Israel's offensive in the Palestinian territories; and the case of relatives of detained and disappeared people who erroneously received increased government pension payments [...]	2009-01-06 12:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1102	Santiago Nov. 16 Media Report [...] Headline: "Bachelet and Obama Push Transpacific Trade" Sub-headline: U.S. President supports initiative to expand (commercial) trade in the Pacific Rim. If there was one topic that President Bachelet highlighted at APEC it was President Obama's support for developing a transpacific agreeme [...]	2009-11-17 15:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1108	Santiago Nov. 18 Media Report [...] President Bachelet said that Alan Garcia's remarks over the alleged espionage case are "offensive and bombastic and do not contribute at all to the integration and cooperation that should exist among neighbor countries" (El Mercurio, 11/18). Chile-Peru 2. In answ [...]	2009-11-18 18:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO111	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 6, copper prices showed a steady rise, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Inflation fell to [...]	2009-02-09 10:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO1114	STAFFDEL MEACHAM - CHILE'S ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham traveled to Chile October 26-28 to review the state of the economy, the history of Chile's development, and the work of international financial institutions (IFIs) in country. The Chilean economy suffered a rece [...]	2009-11-18 20:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO1116	Santiago Nov. 19 Media Report [...] The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate expressed their support to President Bachelet in the impasse with Peru and expressed concern over Lima's "communications offensive to portray Chile as an aggressive and bellicose country" (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 11/ [...]	2009-11-19 19:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1118	CHILE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY WEEK INCLUDES U.S. EXPERTS IN SOLAR [...] SUMMARY: Chile, which is looking to boost its use of renewable energy as a means to improve energy security and combat the effects of climate change, hosted a week of renewable energy events October 5-9 focused on two areas where Chile appears to have comparative natural advantages: solar an [...]	2009-11-20 16:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINT TRGY DOE CI
09SANTIAGO1120	Santiago Nov. 20 Media Report [...] The Chilean Ministry began reviewing the dossier delivered by Peru on the alleged espionage case and said it would answer to Lima's verbal note of protest next week. Peru is assessing whether to recall its ambassador, which is a step prior to suspending diplomatic relations (Conserva [...]	2009-11-20 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1122	AES-GENER: Chilean Minister of Housing Promises to Resolve [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Housing assured the Ambassador that by year's-end she will resolve the regulatory confusion that has undermined a large investment by AES-Gener, a U.S. electric company. In delivering a letter from Commerce Secretary Locke to President Bachelet on AES, the Amba [...]	2009-11-20 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ENRG PGOV SENV CI
09SANTIAGO1128	Santiago Nov. 21-23 Media Report [...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said that the government of Peru was not responsible for leaking the information to the press about the alleged espionage. He added that his government does not agree with reviewing the FTA with Chile over this incident as proposed by [...]	2009-11-23 19:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1132	U.S. Support for Chile's OECD Accession [...] (U) Summary. Chile is ideally qualified to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as its first South American member. U.S. support for Chile's accession this December will recognize Chile's remarkable economic, social, and political achievements over the past [...]	2009-11-23 21:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OECD EFIN ECIN KIPR PREL PGOV AORC CI
09SANTIAGO1136	Santiago Nov. 24 Media Report [...] The dollar exchange rate dropped to 492 pesos, the lowest in the last 16 months. Meanwhile, copper reached a new record of 3.15????, the highest since September 2008 (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/24). 2. U.S.-Related News 2. In his debut before the OAS Permanent Co [...]	2009-11-24 19:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1142	Santiago Nov. 25 Media Report [...] Chile provided an answer yesterday to Peru's diplomatic note on the alleged espionage case (All dailies, 11/25). Chile-Peru 2. Chile handed Peru yesterday a diplomatic note responding to Lima's note over allegations of espionage. In its note, Chile objects to the tone of Pe [...]	2009-11-25 16:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1154	Santiago Nov. 30 Media Report [...] Just two weeks after the Fulbright commission questioned the method used by "Becas Chile" to issue scholarships, the German Academic Exchange Service has asked the Chilean organization to change its application system (Conservative, independent La Tercera 11/29). 2. The U.S [...]	2009-11-30 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1156	Ambassador's Trip to Iquique: Positive Engagement on Drug [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Chile's 1st region October 28-29 to meet local leaders and strengthen ties to an important economic area of the country. Iquique, a city in far northern Chile built on the once-booming nitrate industry, is now home to one of Chile's two free trade zones. I [...]	2009-12-01 15:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR TRGY DEA CI BL
09SANTIAGO1158	CHILE SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO CI
09SANTIAGO116	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 7-9 [...] Dailies had extensive coverage of Bachelet's trip to Cuba, of a possible meeting with Fidel Castro, and the disappointment of Cuban dissident organizations with whom the President will not meet. Dailies also reported on the demonstrations of the people of Chaiten in opposition to the governmen [...]	2009-02-09 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1162	Santiago Dec 2 Media Report [...] All Santiago major news dailies covered President Obama's announcement on Afghanistan. While both conservative, influential El Mercurio and conservative, independent La Tercera ran front-page headlines on the announcement, El Mercurio headline highlighted the withdrawal of troops starting [...]	2009-12-02 13:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1164	CHILE STILL CONSIDERING PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING TRANSPARENCY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 18:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO CI
09SANTIAGO1166	Chile: Demarche on President's Announcement on the Way [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CI AF PK
09SANTIAGO1170	Visit to Arica: Strong Bilateral Cooperation on the [...] Summary: The Ambassador got a close-up view of the close ties Chile has with southern Peru during his November 14-17 visit to Arica. Local leaders noted the close integration between people and business and excellent law enforcement cooperation. The Ambassador met with local officials, u [...]	2009-12-03 11:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAGR ECON EINT ETRD ENRG OPRC SCUL SENV CI PE
09SANTIAGO1174	Santiago Dec. 3-4 Media Report [...] A Gallup poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries shows that in Chile 72% of those polled have a positive image of President Obama and 59% approve of the U.S. government. This is 30% higher than the same poll in 2008 when George W. Bush was in office. The positive perception of the US [...]	2009-12-04 18:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1176	Embassy Santiago Nomination for International Woman of [...] Post nominates Maria Antonieta Saa Diaz, Chilean parliamentarian, for the Secretary's International Woman of Courage Award for 2010. Deputy Saa has been a fierce advocate for women's issues throughout her political career, spanning from her clandestine activism during the Pinochet dictatorshi [...]	2009-12-04 18:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO118	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 10 [...] La Moneda spokesman Francisco Vidal criticized the banking sector for conducting massive layoffs and urged the private sector to do its share in helping lower the effects of the financial crisis. Vidal also urged the Central Bank to lower interest rates. Dailies continued to report on the dema [...]	2009-02-10 16:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1180	CHILE: SUPPORTIVE OF POLITICAL OUTCOME AT COP-15 IF IT SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Uriarte told the Ambassador that Chile expects the outcome of the COP-15 in Copenhagen to be a political agreement, but that she hopes it will have some substance. As an emerging economy, Chile expects to be a bridge between the developed and developing cou [...]	2009-12-04 20:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV PGOV KGHG UN CI
09SANTIAGO1188	Elections in Chile: Media Impact on Public Opinion [...] SUMMARY: Despite extensive and well-developed media in Chile, there is little evidence that it has played a large role in shaping public opinion in the national elections of 2009. While even-handed coverage of the main presidential candidates is indicative of a healthy and free press in demo [...]	2009-12-07 16:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KMDR KPAO CI
09SANTIAGO1190	Santiago Dec. 7 Media Report [...] President Bachelet will meet with Governor Pawlenty next week in Santiago. Pawlenty is "the most probable Republican contender against Obama in 2012" (Conservative, afternoon daily La Segunda, 12/4). 2. Interview with Mary Wilson, president of the League of Women Voters entit [...]	2009-12-07 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1194	Santiago Dec. 9 Media Report [...] Governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty will meet with President Michelle Bachelet, Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman, and Santiago Mayor Pablo Zalaquett on Thursday. Governor Pawlenty is heading a trade delegation of 30 businessmen and government officials. (Diario Financiero 12/7) Hond [...]	2009-12-09 20:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1198	CHILEAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON TPP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rodrigo Contreras, Director for Bilateral Relations at Chile's trade ministry equivalent (DIRECON) welcomed President Obama's announcement on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). He though TPP could bring order to the mix of trade agreements in the Pacific reg [...]	2009-12-10 18:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CI
09SANTIAGO12	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted President Michelle Bachelet's announcement of a USD 4 billion program to reactivate the economy; and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's official statement declining to run for the presidency of Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. OAS Secretary [...]	2009-01-06 18:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1200	SUBJECT: CHILE: Presidential Candidates' Energy Platforms - [...] SUMMARY: The energy platforms of Chile's three leading presidential candidates aim to improve Chile's energy security while supporting economic growth and, to a lesser extent, include environmental protection and social welfare components. There are significant shared elements: diversificat [...]	2009-12-10 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO1204	Santiago Dec. 10 Media Report [...] President Bachelet will celebrate the International Human Rights Day today with a visit to Talagante, the location where the first victims of the military regime were found in 1978. Bachelet and presidential candidate Eduardo Frei have been highlighting human rights in the final portion o [...]	2009-12-10 20:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1206	Santiago Dec. 11 Media Report [...] All presidential campaigns concluded last night with rallies in different parts of the city (All dailies, 12/11). U.S. and Latin America 2. The United States is fully aware of the "distancing" from Venezuela, but wants to establish a "positive" and "constructive" dialogue with [...]	2009-12-11 19:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1208	Chile's Presidential Elections: Pinera Easily Comes Out on [...] (U) Summary: Preliminary results of Chile's December 18 election show opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera firmly leading Chile's presidential election, but without the greater than 50% support necessary to avoid a runoff election. According to the early results, Pinera will face Concertaci [...]	2009-12-14 00:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO1210	Santiago Dec. 12-14 Media Report [...] Results of Sunday's presidential election: Right-wing Sebastian Pinera 44.03%; center-left ruling coalition candidate Eduardo Frei 29.62%; independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami 20.12%, and Socialist Party candidate Jorge Arrate 6.21%. This means that Pinera and Frei will go to a runoff on Janu [...]	2009-12-15 11:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1216	Santiago Dec. 15 Media Report [...] Minister Carolina Toha, the government's spokesperson, resigned yesterday to head Eduardo Frei's campaign for the January runoff election (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/15). U.S.-Related News 2. Excerpts of an interview with U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons: "One of Presi [...]	2009-12-15 20:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1224	Santiago Dec. 16 Media Report [...] The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) officially invited Chile to join (All dailies, 12/16). OECD 2. After over two years of work and six million Euros spent on missions and reports, the Bachelet administration achieved one of its major goals: Chile [...]	2009-12-17 11:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1226	Santiago Dec. 17 Media Report [...] Paul Fontaine, chief economist of independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami, joined Sebastian Pinera's campaign team. Cristian Larroulet, of Pinera's Economic Council, underscored similarities with Enriquez-Ominami's economic program, adding that some of those proposals cou [...]	2009-12-17 18:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1234	Chile's Election Results: Conservatives Win Symbolic [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in 20 years, the Chile's center-right coalition, Alianza, won more seats in Congress than did the governing center-left coalition, Concertacion. Despite this symbolic loss, the overall balance in Congress did not change dramatically. The Concertacion regain [...]	2009-12-18 12:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO1238	Santiago Dec. 18 Media Report [...] "Why didn't the FBI detect mustard gas in 2005, when Justice Madrid claims there are (traces of it)?" At the end of 2004, the judge investigating the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva, Alejandro Madrid, requested the FBI's assistance to confirm if the exhumed remains belong [...]	2009-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO124	CHILE'S AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR DEFENSE REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it has received only periodic attention in the press, President Bachelet has encouraged a far-reaching series of defense reforms which, if approved, would dramatically restructure the Ministry of Defense, usher in significant changes to military procurement, and create [...]	2009-02-10 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO1246	Santiago Dec. 22 Media Report [...] The results o the National College Admissions Tests confirm once again the gap that exists between private and public schools (Conservative, afternoon La Tercera, 12/22). U.S.-Related News 2. Forensic expert Laura Borgel, owner of the Servitox laboratory, explained how it was t [...]	2009-12-22 17:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO125	KOSOVO DEMARCHE TO CHILE WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 14:43:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV CI
09SANTIAGO1250	Santiago Dec. 24 media report [...] Christmas sales are up 10% compared to 2008 and reached levels prior to the fall of Lehman Brothers, according to the National Chamber of Commerce (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/24). Former President Frei's Death 2. The Supreme Court's second Room has asked to see t [...]	2009-12-24 14:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI

09SANTIAGO1252	CHILEAN FM RESPONDS TO FOLLOW-UP LETTER ON U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] On December 22, Post received Diplomatic Note number 016054 dated December 18, from the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitting the following letter from Foreign Minister Fernandez to Secretaries Clinton and Gates. Paragraph two is Post's informal translation of the letter. Original [...]	2009-12-28 15:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KTIA US CO CI
09SANTIAGO1254	Media Report December 25-28, 2009 [...] The FBI's report has gained unexpected prominence in the probe on the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva. While the plaintiffs lack its validity, the defendants cite it as a proof to delegitimize the thesis about his poisoning. The confusion rests on the confidentiality with w [...]	2009-12-28 16:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1256	Media Report December 29 [...] For the first time in 13 years, the workers at Chile's state-owned copper mine Chuquicamata voted to go on strike and rejected a final wage and benefit offer. Work stoppage will start on December 31. (12/29) Chile-U.S. 2. Chile's Foreign Ministry released its pub [...]	2009-12-29 15:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1262	Media Report December 30 [...] Chile's state-owned copper mine Codelco dismissed raising its final wage and benefit offer to avoid a workers' strike in Chuquicamata. The company is activating a contingency plan to face the work stoppage that will start on January 4. Arms Race 2. Minister of De [...]	2009-12-30 13:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1268	Media Report December 31 December [...] The presidents of political parties PPD (Parties for Democracy) and PRSD (Radical Social Democratic Party) -both prominent members in the Concertacion government coalition-resigned their posts, triggering a controversy and division within the coalition. U.S.-Terrorist Threat [...]	2009-12-31 13:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO127	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 11 [...] Dailies highlighted that President Bachelet now has a scheduled meeting with Fidel Castro on Friday. Front page news included President Obama's rescue package, noting "disappointment" in the plan triggered a drop in stock markets worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In inter [...]	2009-02-11 16:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1270	Chile Working Avidly to Comply with TSA Security Directives [...] Summary: Since Saturday, December 26, Post has been in regular contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Chile's General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) and the three airlines (LAN Chile, Delta, and American) that operate non-stop flights to the United States. Although legal c [...]	2009-12-31 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAIR PTER PINS CI
09SANTIAGO128	CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2009-02-11 18:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO13	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6 [...] Dailies highlighted the December inflation rate of minus 1.2%, and the total 7.1% attained in Chile during 2008; the Paris-Dakar automobile race that this year is taking place in Argentina and Chile; and the Israeli military attacks in Gaza. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. W [...]	2009-01-07 17:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO130	WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR- CHILE'S DIGITAL TV DELAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite lengthy studies and a draft law on the regulatory framework of digital TV, Chile does not/not appear close to selecting a digital TV standard in 2009. Government and industry contacts agree the Bachelet administration will put off the decision, leaving it for a future go [...]	2009-02-11 21:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL ECPS ITU OVIP TSPL TINT CI
09SANTIAGO131	FUNDING CABLE TO COVER TRAVEL COSTS FOR U.S. FUNDED [...] Post received funds $16,000 for appropriation 70X0540 allottment 193309BCSSVJ602 to cover logistics for the Bulk Cash Smuggling Seminar held in Manila from December 3 to 5, 2008. Participants were not able to travel. Closure of the program indicates that Post has the remaining balance of $16,0 [...]	2009-02-12 15:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ABUD EFIN SNAR ID
09SANTIAGO132	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 12 [...] Dailies report that the Central Bank is likely to lower the interest rates today. Other front-page news highlighted the U.S. dollar exchange rate, which dropped below 600 pesos for the first time since late last year. Dailies also ran front-page photographs of Bachelet with Cuban President R [...]	2009-02-12 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO135	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 13 [...] Front-page news highlighted the Central Bank's decision to lower the interest rate to 4.75% (lowest in three years) and President Bachelet's meeting with Fidel Castro yesterday afternoon. Dailies also reported that private clinics failed to notify the central health authority of 104 HIV/AIDs [...]	2009-02-13 17:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO137	HOW CHILE'S RIGHT SEES THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Conservative political leaders and analysts see both their own presidential candidate, Sebastian Pinera, and the rival Concertacion candidate, Eduardo Frei, as ho-hum choices who are unlikely to arouse much voter enthusiasm. Frei benefited greatly from his father's legacy when he [...]	2009-02-17 19:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO138	CHILE'S COMPETING ECOMOMIC VISIONS: A POSSIBLE PREVIEW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chile 21 Foundation (a think tank affiliated with Chile's Socialist party) organized a seminar late last month to discuss the current global economic situation and its impact on Chile. Minister of Finance Andres Velasco reviewed the GOC's economic policy designed to combat [...]	2009-02-17 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO14	CHILE: NGOS PARTICIPATE IN UNHRC PERIODIC REVIEW [...] Per reftel, EPolOff surveyed NGO and civil society contacts and learned that several organizations participated in the UN Universal Periodic Review process for Chile. Amnesty International, the Corporation for the Promotion and Defense of People's Rights (CODEPU),and the Humanas Foundation s [...]	2009-01-07 18:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO141	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 14-17 [...] Chilean dailies ran extensive coverage of reactions to Fidel Castro's column published after he met with President Bachelet, in which he endorsed Bolivia's maritime demand for access to the sea. Front-page news also highlighted a helicopter crash that killed 12 fire fighters who were being tra [...]	2009-02-17 20:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CU CI
09SANTIAGO142	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 18 [...] Stock markets worldwide fall due to doubts in the effectiveness of the bailout plan for the automobile industry in the United States. Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter accidentally fell into a swimming pool yesterday, and is on an induced comma to prevent further neurolo [...]	2009-02-18 14:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO145	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 19 [...] Chile and Bolivia scheduled a meeting of Foreign Affairs officials to lower the tension over the impasse created by Fidel Castro's endorsement of Bolivia's sea access claim and Evo Morales' subsequent remarks that he would like the international community to become involved. Dailies also repo [...]	2009-02-19 15:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO149	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 20 [...] The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile erupted again yesterday. The town was evacuated, except for several individuals who have refused to leave. Dailies also report that after a meeting with his Chilean counterpart in Santiago, the Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary of Bolivia said his country [...]	2009-02-20 14:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO156	CHILE: 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following information is Post's submission per ref A. Post will continue to gather information on TIP and submit relevant updates prior to April 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC made progress during the reporting period in its efforts to confront TIP. Individual agencies, most notably [...]	2009-02-20 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP ELAB KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO157	PRESIDENT BACHELET IN CUBA -- A FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fidel Castro's statement bashing Chile following a private meeting with President Bachelet has generated unusually heated debate in Santiago. Critics -- including the Concertacion's Christian Democrats -- call the visit an "embarrassing" policy setback, some contending the sole [...]	2009-02-20 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CU CI
09SANTIAGO16	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA BCBP RISK [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of January 6, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting E/Pol Counselor Alexander Kasanof certifies the above statement. SIMO [...]	2009-01-08 12:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
09SANTIAGO160	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 23 [...] Volcanologists warn that the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile could collapse, burying the town of Chaiten under ashes, volcanic material, and mud slides. The Minister of Interior underscores that that it is not possible at this stage to rebuild Chaiten and local government authorities starte [...]	2009-02-23 17:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO161	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By February 20, copper prices slid backward as copper production fell, the Peso remained stable against the Dollar, and the stock market closed lower. [...]	2009-02-23 19:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO162	CHILE: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER'S TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political instability in Paraguay, an improving Chilean relationship with Bolivia, cooperation with Ecuador, and normal bilateral relations with Peru were among the highlights of Acting Foreign Minister Van Klaveren's February 13 tour d'horizon meeting with DAS Christopher McMullen. [...]	2009-02-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON OVIP KPAO XM
09SANTIAGO164	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 24 [...] Dailies highlighted an investigation in Uruguay that revealed an Argentine agent, Ivan Velazquez, had hacked into e-mails of at least eight Chilean government officials in 2007, including that of former Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet. The GOC has asked Uruguay for additional information. Ano [...]	2009-02-24 18:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO166	CHILE SUPPORTS U.S. ON DURBAN, STRATEGIZES ON [...] (U) This is an action request for IO/RHS and DRL/MLGA. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Chile supports U.S. positions at the Durban Conference, but does not consider anti-Israeli language to be a key issue. MFA Human Rights official Eduardo Chihuailaf said Chile is eager to work [...]	2009-02-24 18:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO167	CHILE SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Santiago welcomes your visit to Chile on March 2-3. Your presence is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise greater regional leadership. We have had several successful high-level defense and security-r [...]	2009-02-24 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO170	DAS MCMULLEN MEETS WITH ECONOMIC, ENERGY, AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DAS Christopher McMullen met with officials at the Ministry of Finance, the National Energy Commission, business leaders, and the Central Bank Governor during his visit to Chile February 12-13. Senior Finance Ministry staff told DAS McMullen that Chile's process to accede to th [...]	2009-02-25 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENVR ENRG EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO174	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 25 [...] A U.S. Federal court sentenced Chilean Felipe Moreno to 25 years in prison on charges of terrorism in connection to arms deals carried out by Monzer al Kassar. Dailies also reported on remarks by the FED President that the recession will end in 2009 and the economy will recover in 2010 if the [...]	2009-02-25 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO176	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 26 [...] Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter has come out of an induced coma and is interacting normally with her parents. Dailies also report the government's announcement to rebuild the town of Chaiten 12 kilometers from the volcano. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. T [...]	2009-02-26 16:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO177	CHILE PREDICTS SUCCESS FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 21:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANTIAGO178	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 27 [...] Two Chilean students were murdered and three others injured in a shooting spree by an emotionally disturbed man in Florida. Dailies also report on the GOC's reaction to the Department of State human rights report. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two students from Chile in the Uni [...]	2009-02-27 16:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO181	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 26, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Timothy Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-03-02 11:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
09SANTIAGO182	CHILE: PRESS, GOC SPOKESMAN CRITICIZE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) This year's human rights report garnered much more press coverage than the 2007 report. The media characterized the report as "criticizing" and "questioning" Chile on human rights issues. This was largely prompted by Government spokesman Vidal, who referred to Guantanamo when he comment [...]	2009-03-02 11:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO183	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA TRAFFICKING [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 26, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Timothy Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-03-02 13:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
09SANTIAGO187	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2 [...] Weekend dailies ran extensive coverage on the murder of two Chilean students in Florida last week. Dailies also highlighted that the two-year old daughter of Finance Minister has no apparent neurological damage and was discharged from the hospital. Human Rights Report ------------------- [...]	2009-03-02 19:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO188	CHILE - INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recommends Chile remain on the 2009 Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) for a third year. There was less progress on intellectual property rights (IPR) than hoped for in 2008. Post has identified four priority areas for GOC action: anti-piracy and counterfeiting, data [...]	2009-03-02 19:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR PREL CI
09SANTIAGO189	CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during February 2009. Chile's Energy Minister met with Secretary of Energy Chu in Washington to discuss collaboration on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Supported by recent profits and regulatory imp [...]	2009-03-02 19:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO191	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 3 [...] Dow Jones industrial average dropped to its lowest level in twelve years, affecting stock markets worldwide. Chile's Central Bank anticipates lowering interest rate for a third consecutive time. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs [...]	2009-03-03 13:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO196	U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE CI
09SANTIAGO197	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CI
09SANTIAGO199	AMBASSADOR VISITS VALDIVIA, SPEAKS AT CONSERVATION FINANCE [...] Summary: The Ambassador recently visited Valdivia -- a forestry and scientific research hub in southern Chile -- to deliver remarks at the closing session of a Harvard-affiliated conference, "Conservation Capital in the Americas," at the Universidad Austral. In his first visit to the recently- [...]	2009-03-04 18:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG PGOV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO200	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 4 [...] The opposition in Peru claims the FTA signed by that country and Chile is unconstitutional because it was not approved by Congress. Several Deans criticize private universities that issue law degrees after just three years. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with the Chairm [...]	2009-03-04 18:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO202	CHILE: READY FOR AN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP, PLANS RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Tokman has outlined Chile's desire to be a strong partner under the proposed Energy Partnership of the Americas and its interest in increasing U.S.-Chile collaboration on energy efficiency and renewable energy. Tokman [...]	2009-03-04 19:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO207	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 5 [...] Former government official Patricio Rojas testified in the framework of a long-lasting investigation regarding the autopsy of former President Frei (father of the current candidate) in 1982. The recent stabbing of a teacher by a student has prompted reports on violence against teachers. U.S [...]	2009-03-05 18:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO213	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 6 [...] The government is open to implementing yet another economic reactivation plan given the most recent economic statistics, which show the lowest growth rates in the last ten years. Adimark survey shows a 58% rate of approval for President Bachelet, the highest since 2006. U.S.-Related News [...]	2009-03-06 15:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO214	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM IN CHILE [...] (U) Embassy Santiago would like to submit the following two proposals for Embassy Science Fellows (ref a). The requests are separate and independent of each other. 2. (U) The point of contact for the proposals is ESTH officer Mary Brett Rogers-Springs; rogers-springsmb@state.gov; telephone: [...]	2009-03-06 18:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO215	CHILE'S NATIONAL PARKS LACK INFRASTRUCTURE, AMERICAN HELPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently met with Chile's National Tourism Service (SERNATUR) and National Forestry Commission (CONAF) to provide feedback on his January trip to Chilean Patagonia. He inquired about resources for improving the infrastructure in Torres del Paine National Park, on [...]	2009-03-06 18:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENVR EAID EAGR ETRD TBIO CI
09SANTIAGO217	CHILE: BIWEEKLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. President Bachelet said publicly that Chile's economic growth will slow in 2009, but remain positive. Chile's economy contracted by 1.4%. The unemploymen [...]	2009-03-09 10:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO22	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 8-9 [...] Dailies highlighted the Central Bank's announcement of a historic interest rate reduction from 8.25% to 7.25%; the reprimand issued by the Senate Ethics Commission on PPD Senator Guido Girardi for his misconduct in a case involving a highway patrol officer; and the gathering of President Bush a [...]	2009-01-09 16:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO220	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 9 [...] One major Santiago daily reported that the Vice President Biden plans to attend the Progressive Leaders' summit in Chile, March 27-28. Consumer habits in Chile have changed drastically in view of the economic crisis. Lowering the consumer tax (IVA) is among the proposals in the government's [...]	2009-03-09 19:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO221	JCS MULLEN IN CHILE: LATIN AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen emphasized the priority of U.S. engagement with Latin America during his March 3 visit to Chile. In meetings with President Bachelet, Minister of Defense Goni, and Chief of National Defense Ewing, Chairman Mullen praised th [...]	2009-03-09 19:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO227	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 10 [...] The government is requesting Congress approve US$1.47 billion to finance Santiago's public transportation system through 2014. The Central Bank's economic growth estimates for 2009 dropped to 0.2%, down from 2-3% estimates. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial "Poisoned Grape [...]	2009-03-10 18:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO228	BACHELET'S TRIP TO CUBA: TOP OFFICIALS PUT ON A [...] (C) Summary: Two key foreign policy makers--presidential advisor Marcos Robledo and the MFA's #3 ranked official, Juan Pablo Lira--maintain that President Bachelet's February trip to Cuba was very successful, a contrast to the negative press coverage it received. Bachelet raised human rights [...]	2009-03-11 16:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON PGOV CI CU
09SANTIAGO23	CHILE'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, President Bachelet announced a $4 billion economic stimulus plan designed to create 100,000 jobs and maintain a GDP growth rate of 2-3% in 2009. The plan calls for increased public infrastructure spending, temporary tax cuts for businesses, direct payments to low- [...]	2009-01-09 17:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO230	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POST BOMB BLAST [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 10, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Timothy Stater certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-03-11 18:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINR CI
09SANTIAGO233	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 11 [...] Following yesterday's global market gains, Chile's stock market registered its most significant rise in the last five months. Dailies also report that according to a University of Lima survey, 59% of Peruvians approve of the free trade agreement between Peru and Chile. U.S.-Related News -- [...]	2009-03-11 19:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO238	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION: CHILE PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT, SUBSTANTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR PREPCOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA Special Policy Director Alfredo Labbe, Chile will continue to cooperate with the U.S. and EU partners on nuclear nonproliferation issues. Labbe insisted that the U.S. and western partners need to take concrete actions, such as ""de-alerting"" nuclear arsenals and red [...]	2009-03-12 18:55:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09SANTIAGO241	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 12 [...] All dailies reported on UDI Senator Jovino Novoa's election as Senate President. Dailies also report that the government's announcement to hand out 15,000 computers to municipal schools triggered accusation of "electoral intervention" by the opposition alliance. U.S.-Related News -------- [...]	2009-03-12 19:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO243	CHILE PROPOSES JOINT CHILE-U.S. FUND FOR SOLAR ENERGY; [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent conversation with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman proposed a joint "U.S.-Chile Fund for the Development of Solar Energy," financed by US$15 million from each country, to be announced at the Summit [...]	2009-03-13 10:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO245	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 13 [...] Late morning on-line dailies report that La Moneda confirmed Vice President Joe Biden's participation at the Progressive Governance Summit, March 27-28 in Chile. Dailies also ran extensive coverage on Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's departure and the subsequent cabinet shuffle. Dailies al [...]	2009-03-13 15:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO248	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 16 [...] Dailies highlighted that Wall Street is beginning to show signs of economic recovery. Dailies also reported on the plebiscite held in the Municipality of Vitacura to vote on the community's urban development projects. This is the first ever such plebiscite held in Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]	2009-03-16 20:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO250	CHILEANS HOPE TO ATTEND NUCLEAR TERRORISM MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 21:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC CI KS
09SANTIAGO251	FOREIGN MINISTER'S SURPRISE DEPARTURE LEADS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley stepped down on March 12 after three years in office in a move that took the public, political insiders, and even his successor by surprise. His departure led to a small wave of other changes as the Chilean Ambassador to the U.S., Mariano [...]	2009-03-16 22:31:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS KPAO CI
09SANTIAGO252	CHILE'S LITHIUM: WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER EXPANDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile is the leading lithium chemical producer in the world. Two companies, Sociedad Qumica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) -- the world's biggest producer of iodine and lithium -- and Chemetall of Germany, dominate the production of lithium carbonate, largely by exploiting brine [...]	2009-03-17 12:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENVR EAID EAGR ETRD TBIO CI
09SANTIAGO253	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17 [...] Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a non-elected PPD official to fill the Chamber of Deputy seat vacated by Congresswoman Toha, who joined the Bachelet cabinet as press spokesperson. This has triggered debate about the replacement process and calls for it to be reviewed. Daili [...]	2009-03-17 15:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO254	BRAZIL, CHILE LED EFFORT TO CREATE NEW UNASUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazil and Chile played leading roles in creating the new South American Defense Council (SADC),which was inaugurated last week at a meeting of all 12 UNASUR Defense Ministers in Santiago. The new body, which is not/not a military alliance, aims to develop relationships and bu [...]	2009-03-17 18:04:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL XR CI
09SANTIAGO255	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 18 [...] All dailies report on President Bachelet's trip to India and announcements that negotiations are underway for the signature of a Chile-India FTA. Dailies also reported on the increase in the construction of homes in the United States, which has "injected optimism" into global markets. U.S.- [...]	2009-03-18 17:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO26	FREI FRIENDSHIP MAIN FACTOR BEHIND INSULZA [...] (C) Insulza's close personal friendship with Eduardo Frei was the main reason behind his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, Insulza confidante and Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. Mariano Fernandez told Ambassador on January 6. Fernandez confirmed Insulza's earlier comments to the [...]	2009-01-09 18:24:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO262	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 19 [...] Dailies highlighted that Chile has 90 days to rebut Peru's claim at the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding their maritime borders. Dailies also noted that on April 20, twenty state companies will publish the salaries of their CEOs, complying with a law on access to public i [...]	2009-03-19 17:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO264	CONCERTACION AIMS FOR COMPREHENSIVE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Concertacion has proposed an extensive re-organization of Chile's Defense Ministry, transforming civilian contractors into direct-hire employees, moving from a service branch-based structure to a joint structure, and developing a position similar to the Chairman of the Joint [...]	2009-03-19 20:45:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO269	CHILE: FREI RUNS TO REFORM THE CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential candidate Eduardo Frei (DC) has announced an ambitious proposal to overhaul the 1980 constitution and cultivate a new "constitutional patriotism" in Chile. The proposed "Bicentennial Constitution" offers specific recommendations designed to re-energize politics, dec [...]	2009-03-20 12:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO270	CHILE: FREI RUNS TO REFORM THE CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential candidate Eduardo Frei (DC) has announced an ambitious proposal to overhaul the 1980 constitution and cultivate a new "constitutional patriotism" in Chile. The proposed "Bicentennial Constitution" offers specific recommendations designed to re-energize politics, dec [...]	2009-03-20 12:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO272	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20 [...] As anticipated, Peru filed with the International Court of The Hague a claim to change maritime and land borders with Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Tercera published a letter to the editor by acting Minister of Interior Patricio Rosende, saying the daily had misquoted h [...]	2009-03-20 21:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO276	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20 [...] The opposition alliance is pressuring Bachelet to meet with presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera to discuss Peru's maritime claim with The Hague. Lima made the content of its claim public. Progressive Governance Summit ----------------------------- 2. Interview with U.S. Ambassador Pa [...]	2009-03-23 19:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO279	CHILE LOOKS TOWARD SUMMIT WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Chilean officials see President Obama's participation in the Summit of the Americas as a critical chance for the president to signal his re-engagement with Latin America, a region that feels jettisoned by conflicts and emerging powers in other regions. The financial crisis and [...]	2009-03-23 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KSUM PGOV ETRD ECON XL XM XS
09SANTIAGO281	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 24 [...] Stock markets worldwide reacted positively to President Obama's new financial plan. Dailies also reported on the seizure of more than a ton of the chemical ephedrine in an operation to dismantle a narcotics operation tied to Mexico. Chile's Rating Upgraded ----------------------- 2. Moo [...]	2009-03-24 17:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO282	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (C) Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes you to Chile -- the first visit to Latin America by a senior Obama White House representative. Your participation in the Progressive Governance Summit and subsequent bilateral meeting with President Bachelet will bolster our relationship with a close ally whos [...]	2009-03-24 19:37:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO287	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER: PROUD OF REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: Former Defense Minister Goni was pleasantly surprised by his assignment as the Chilean Ambassador to Washington, and plans to continue to play an active role in U.S.-Chilean defense relations. He is proud of the defense reforms passed under his watch, and hopeful that another ke [...]	2009-03-25 19:08:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS CI BL PE
09SANTIAGO297	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 31 [...] There was extensive coverage on the scandal caused by the revelation that Chile's most prominent pharmacy chains Ahumada, Salcobrand, and Cruz Verde, colluded to hike prices on more than 200 products since 2005. The National Economic Attorneys' Office is investigating the alleged collusion. [...]	2009-03-31 18:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO299	MEDIA REPORT: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHILE [...] Summary: Vice President Biden's participation at the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Vina del Mar and his bilateral with President Bachelet in Santiago produced extremely positive media coverage in Chile. Articles and TV news highlighted Biden's stature as the "second man in the [...]	2009-03-31 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO3	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: PINERA STILL LEADING, FREI [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest poll on possible presidential candidates shows that former president Eduardo Frei is very competitive with OAS SecGen Jose Miguel Insulza to receive the nod as the Concertacion candidate. But both trail opposition leader Sebastian Pinera by a sizeable margin, althoug [...]	2009-01-02 16:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON CI
09SANTIAGO30	CHILE: RECENT ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 22, 2008, and January 9, 2009, copper prices recovered from their lows in early December 2008, the Peso rose modestly against the Dollar, a [...]	2009-01-12 10:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO304	CONCERTACION CHALLENGER GOMEZ MAKES A NAME FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Through tireless old-fashioned campaigning and an extensive internet effort, upstart presidential contender Jose Antonio Gomez has emerged as a persistent progressive leader and irritant to Concertacion front runner Eduardo Frei. Gomez, who is a senator and president of the [...]	2009-04-01 20:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO306	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 1 [...] The national unemployment rate for the December-February period reached 8.5 percent, which is 1.2 percent higher than in 2008. Chile plays Uruguay this evening and could qualify for the 2010 World Soccer Cup if it wins. U.S.-Related Articles --------------------- 2. Minister Counselor Ca [...]	2009-04-01 21:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO309	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH [...] (U) March 27, 2009; 6:30 pm ) 7:05 pm; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Dire [...]	2009-04-02 15:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UY JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO310	CHILE: CONCERTACION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 5, the center-left Concertacion coalition will hold primaries in Chile's O'Higgins (VI) and Maule (VII) regions between former President and current Senator Eduardo Frei and upstart challenger Senator Jose Antonio Gomez. The Concertacion has no set process for choosi [...]	2009-04-02 15:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO311	U.S.-CHILE MARCH 28 BILATERAL DURING VICE [...] (U) March 28, 2009; 7:45 pm; La Moneda, Santiago, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Antony Blinken, National Security Advisory to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Paul Simons, U.S. Ambassador to Chile Dan Restrepo, Senio [...]	2009-04-02 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ENRG PGOV ECON CI JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO312	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (U) March 27, 2009; 7:15 pm ) 7:55 pm; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Dire [...]	2009-04-02 19:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI ETRD AR JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO313	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 2 [...] Chile tied 0-0 with Uruguay yesterday in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Soccer Cup. Dailies continue to report extensively on the status of the collusion investigation of pharmacy chains that allegedly hiked prices beginning in 2005. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editoria [...]	2009-04-02 20:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO316	GOC LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO STIMULATE CREDIT [...] SUMMARY: On March 29, the GOC announced a new "Pro-Credit Initiative" designed to stimulate bank and non-bank credit by generating an extra US$3.6 billion in private loans. The Initiative comes in the face of worsening unemployment and industrial output and places an emphasis on increasing co [...]	2009-04-03 22:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO319	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SMALL UNIT LEADER [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 30, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-03 22:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO321	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 3 [...] Dailies noted the G-20 Summit agreement produced "euphoria" in global stock markets. Other stories highlighted that large agricultural producers in southern Chile are concerned with the appearance of bands of thieves in the region. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy [...]	2009-04-03 22:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO322	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE TECHNOLOGY FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 30, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-03 22:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO323	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PERSPECTIVE ON [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 30, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-03 22:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO324	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN [...] (U) March 28, 2009; 8:30 am; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian Harris (notetaker),Political/Economic Officer, U. [...]	2009-04-03 22:17:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UK PK JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO326	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 6 [...] The death of an 11-year old boy who was waiting for a heart transplant has brought to the forefront the problems with organ donations and transplants in Chile. The Llaima volcano has become active again and the Region of Araucania is on red alert. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. [...]	2009-04-06 21:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO327	MAJOR EDUCATION REFORM LAW APPROVED BY CHILEAN CONGRESS; [...] (SBU) Summary: Both houses of Chile's Congress on April 1 passed a new General Law for Education (LGE) that aims to broadly reform primary and secondary public education. The LGE is based on a widely-applauded bipartisan agreement signed between the Concertacion government and opposition lea [...]	2009-04-06 21:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI SCUL CI

09SANTIAGO328	POST REPORT ON CHILE'S REGIONAL CONCEPCION TV CO-OP: [...] Summary: A team from Chile's TV network "Canal 9 Regional" in Concepcion spent two weeks in the United States learning about the importance of climate change, it effects on people's lives, and the growing demand for renewable energies. The team met with government officers, NGOs, utility com [...]	2009-04-07 15:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ENRG ENVR PGOV ECON EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO330	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 7 [...] Economic activity in February declined 3.9%, the worst drop since 1999. The Llaima volcano continues to spew ashes and lava. One-hundred people have been evacuated from the surrounding areas. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. U.S. Royal Gold will buy the Andacollo gold mine in the [...]	2009-04-07 20:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO331	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 28 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO [...] (U) March 28, 2009; 9:20 am; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, [...]	2009-04-07 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI EU JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO332	FREI WINS CONCERTACION PRIMARY, AS EXPECTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle on April 5 won the Concertacion regional primary in the Maule and O'Higgins regions with a difference of nearly 30 percentage points, meeting the conditions to cancel further regional pri [...]	2009-04-08 11:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO333	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 8 [...] Opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera is setting up a blind trust to administer the holdings he has in several companies. All dailies report on the 25-year sentencing of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "Obama di [...]	2009-04-08 16:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO334	ECONOMY MINISTER LAVADOS DISCUSSES AMERICAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Economy Minister Hugo Lavados, the Ambassador praised Chile's ongoing preparations to host the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) in late September and discussed continuing IPR concerns. Minister Lavados indicated he very much wants Commerce Secretary Locke [...]	2009-04-08 20:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO337	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 10 [...] The Central Bank's consistent decrease of interest rates since January has significantly lowered the costs of mortgage loans and increased real estate sales by up to 50 percent. U.S. - Related News ------------------- 2. Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez has requested to meet wi [...]	2009-04-09 17:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO339	CHILE PREPARES ITS CASE IN MARITIME DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Now that Peru has presented its case about the disputed maritime border with Chile, Chile has a year to study Peru's arguments and make their own case at the International Court of Justice. According to Chile's Director for Border Affairs, Chile plans to point to treaties and a [...]	2009-04-09 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ECON PREL PGOV CI PE
09SANTIAGO34	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 10-12 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detection of a new corruption network operating within Chilean courts; information identifying 10 Chileans with FARC ties provided by Colombia; and the Paris-Dakar automobile rally that is taking place in Argentina and Chile this year. U.S.-Related News ---- [...]	2009-01-12 17:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO342	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 13 [...] Final figures are not yet in, but Holy Week holiday is expected to leave close to US$200 million in profits for the tourism industry. Market analysts say that Chile's forestry and retailing sectors are most vulnerable to the economic crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editor [...]	2009-04-13 21:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO344	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 14 [...] As part of an agreement with the Economic Prosecutor's Office, pharmacy chain FASA will be fined US$1 million for collusion with other pharmaceutical chains to hike prices. The agreement excludes FASA from further charges. Dailies also highlighted that the Health Ministry traced the recent o [...]	2009-04-14 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO346	FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTIAGO (SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY 2009) [...] Chile is a democratic country with a developing free-market economy. Chile is a key U.S. partner in promoting democracy, human rights, and free trade in the region and beyond. The United States and Chile have a Free Trade agreement that took effect January 1, 2004. There is relatively littl [...]	2009-04-14 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CI
09SANTIAGO347	CHAVEZ CRITICISM BOLSTERS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chileans united behind President Bachelet following Hugo Chavez,s criticism of her invitation to Vice President Joseph Biden to join the Progressive Governance Leadership Summit. Chavez,s statements provoked wide-spread public support across political parties for President Ba [...]	2009-04-15 17:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VE CI
09SANTIAGO349	CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during March 2009. Energy Minister Tokman discussed potential collaboration on renewable energy with Vice President Biden's delegation. Expert teams from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Asia [...]	2009-04-15 19:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO352	CHILE: RESPONSE TO STATE 28885 [...] Per STATE 28885, this cable provides information on Chile's budget and U.S. foreign assistance. 2. The government of Chile is expected to receive U.S foreign assistance using FY09 funds. Yes, Chile's budget is publicly available. Yes, incomes and expenditures are included in the publicl [...]	2009-04-15 20:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL CI
09SANTIAGO353	CHILE WILL VOTE NO OR ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL CI KV
09SANTIAGO354	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 15 [...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, who sought to console the family of a 16-year old girl who died from a gunshot wound, was told to leave a wake by the girl's relatives; they accused the candidate of using the event for political gain. Dailies also reported Congressmen contend the US$1 [...]	2009-04-15 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO358	CHILE HOSTS APEC ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile recently hosted two energy-related visits by international organizations engaged in comprehensive reviews of the country's energy sector. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) energy efficiency peer review took place March 16-20 and the results will be presen [...]	2009-04-16 16:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO361	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 16 [...] An elder woman died from bacteria a few days after the Health Ministry warned of an outbreak in Santiago. Dailies also reported on yet another corruption scandal involving Investigations Police (PDI); former PDI official denounced the presence of official cars outside a well-known and expensiv [...]	2009-04-16 21:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO364	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 17 [...] FASA pharmacy chain announced it would compensate consumers who bought any of the 220 products listed in the collusion suit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Moneda views President Obama's meeting with UNASUR tomorrow as a validation of the bloc. However, it is concerned with th [...]	2009-04-17 19:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO367	FREI ADVISORS PREDICT A SECOND ROUND VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two key advisors to Eduardo Frei recently told the Ambassador that they expect the Concertacion candidate will win the upcoming Presidential election in a second round run-off against Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera. The advisors agreed that third party candidates will stay in [...]	2009-04-20 11:42:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO368	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 6-APRIL 17 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy. Economic activity fell for the second straight month, contracting by 3.9%. The unemployment rate increased for the third time in a row to 8.5%. Annual inflation fell to 5%, despite a small increase in Mar [...]	2009-04-20 12:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO374	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - POSITIVE COVERAGE OF SUMMIT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: Chilean dailies gave front-page coverage to the interaction between Presidents Obama and Bachelet at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Commentary about U.S. policy toward Cuba and Venezuela also figured prominently, including the photograph of President Obama extending his han [...]	2009-04-20 22:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL CI
09SANTIAGO377	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21 [...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...]	2009-04-21 19:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO378	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21 [...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...]	2009-04-21 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO379	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TERRORIST CRIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 7, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-22 15:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO380	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TERRORIST CRIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 7, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-22 16:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO381	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NONCOMMISSIONED [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 7, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-22 16:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO382	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TERRORIST CRIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 8, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-22 16:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO383	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 22 [...] Information revealed under the new Transparency Law has ignited debate on how the government spends it funds. The information also revealed the practice among some agencies of hiring more contract workers than salaried employees, which is in violation of the law. U.S.-Related News -------- [...]	2009-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO385	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Per reftel, Embassy Santiago's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer is: Patrick Fischer, EPOL Officer, x3394, FischerPJ@state.gov, FischerPJ@state.sgov.gov URBAN [...]	2009-04-23 12:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CI
09SANTIAGO390	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 23 [...] The IDB has frozen loans to Chile until the government reimburses the bank for a loan issued to finance the public transportation system, Transantiago. Dailies also reported that the new Transparency Law revealed that the government issued -- without a bidding process -- half a million dollar [...]	2009-04-23 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO391	CHILE'S STEADY TIP PROGRESS WARRANTS TIER 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the GOC is making significant progress in eliminating trafficking in persons, Post strongly recommends that Chile remain a Tier 2 country. GOC prosecution and prevention efforts are substantial and noteworthy, with the number of new cases opened up 10 percent and large-scale [...]	2009-04-23 18:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO393	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 24 [...] Unemployment figures in the Metropolitan Region reached a record high of 12.8% in March. Peak unemployment is expected between June and August during Chile's winter months. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chile's Wood Corporation (CORMA),which encompasses about 200 private forest [...]	2009-04-24 16:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PTER ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO395	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TERRORIST CRIME [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 8, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Jennifer Spande certifies the above statement. [...]	2009-04-24 23:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO398	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 27 [...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera placed all his assets into a blind trust, with the exception of television station Chilevision. Pinera did, however, resign from the TV station's board of directors. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. President Bachelet invited Governor Arnold [...]	2009-04-27 21:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO401	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 28 [...] Chile's Health Ministry has implemented nationwide measures, equivalent to the World Health Organization's (WHO) level 4 alert, to identify and contain any outbreak of swine flu in the country. Thus far, suspicious cases have all tested negative. Dailies also reported extensively on the impact [...]	2009-04-28 20:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO402	CHILE'S SWINE FLU RESPONSE -- AIRPORT SCREENING AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: No human cases of swine flu have been reported in Chile. The Chilean government on April 24 began scanning passengers arriving from Mexico and the U.S. at Santiago's International Airport, for fevers using non-invasive fever detectors. Consul General observed the screening pro [...]	2009-04-28 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO404	CHILE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: Chile's presidential elections will take place in December 2009. While the two main coalitions have their candidates -- Eduardo Frei for the ruling Concertacion coalition and Sebastian Pinera for the opposition coalition Alianza -- a number of other contenders remain in the game. [...]	2009-04-29 11:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO409	TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS FROM SANTIAGO, CHILE [...] SUMMARY: Following are two PAS Santiago proposals for TV CO-OPs during FY 2010. In priority order the topics are: (a) renewable energy: the generation of fuels from forest residual, such as sawdust, tree trunks, and other organic materials; and (b) volcanic eruptions and natural disasters. [...]	2009-04-29 18:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ENRG ENVR PGOV ECON EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO410	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 29 [...] Chile has no confirmed cases of swine flu. Dailies also report that Chile's Air Force bought 18 F16s from Holland, making Chile's fleet the largest in Latin America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The President of industrial holding COPEC, Roberto Angelini, commented on the subsi [...]	2009-04-29 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO411	CHILE'S HEALTH MINISTRY -- NO CASES OF SWINE FLU; REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Health Jeanette Vega confirmed to Emboffs there are no cases of swine flu in Chile. During the meeting, USDA Attache encouraged Chile not to restrict U.S. pork imports; Health Ministry officials responded they have no intention to limit entry of such products [...]	2009-04-30 11:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO414	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 30 [...] Peru has confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu in a woman who recently traveled to Mexico. Dailies also report that Ecuador has aligned with Chile concerning Peru's maritime border claim. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two weeks ago Foreign Affairs and Intellectual Property Institut [...]	2009-04-30 19:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO415	SCENESETTER FOR CAPSTONE COURSE [...] (SBU) The Embassy looks forward to your visit to Santiago, which comes as Chile's presidential campaign begins to heat up. President Michelle Bachelet -- who is currently enjoying the highest approval ratings of her presidency -- is constitutionally precluded from seeking a second term. The e [...]	2009-04-30 21:10:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL ENRG CI
09SANTIAGO422	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 4 [...] Colombia has confirmed a case of AH1N1 influenza, the first in South America. Chile has no cases of the disease and high risk groups have been vaccinated for seasonal influenza. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The USTR placed Chile on its Priority Watch List for lack of IPR prote [...]	2009-05-04 21:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO425	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 5 [...] Polls show that PS Congressman Marco Enriquez-Ominami is just 14 points behind the Concertacion's presidential candidate Eduardo Frei. Dailies also report that a Mapuche organization has claimed responsibility for the arsonist attack on a building owned by the Association of Chilean Farmed Sa [...]	2009-05-05 17:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO432	CHILEAN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS 101 [...] (SBU) Summary: All 120 Chamber of Deputy seats and 18 of the 38 Senate seats are in play in Chile's congressional elections, which will occur in December together with the presidential election. Chile's "binomial" system, designed by the Pinochet military government, favors the right. The Co [...]	2009-05-06 18:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO433	ACTION REQUEST: CHILE REQUESTS USG ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In an April 20 meeting, Jorge Chocair, Director of the Public Prosecutor's International Cooperation and Extradition Division, requested that the USG become more involved in international fora for public prosecutors. He identi [...]	2009-05-06 20:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KSUM IR GT VE CI
09SANTIAGO434	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 6 [...] The government will announce a package of measures to help lower unemployment that would include a solidarity fund and a subsidy for low-income non-working women. Dailies also report that there are signs of economic recovery, as Chile's monthly economic growth rate for March declined significa [...]	2009-05-06 21:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO435	CHILE GIVES THUMBS UP TO OBAMA'S SUMMIT MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Top MFA officials described the Summit of the Americas as a success notable for its positive atmosphere and frank exchange of views, and were relieved that their fears of possible outbursts by Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, or others never came to pass. Even these polemical president [...]	2009-05-06 21:48:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XM XL XS CI
09SANTIAGO436	CHILE: DEMARCHE ON IMO SHIP RECYCLING [...] (SBU) Epoloff delivered reftel demarche with Australian DCM Maree Ringland to MFA Counselor for Environmental Affairs Jose Fernandez and Chief of Sustainable Development and Trade Edda Rossi on May 6. Both officials expressed support for Australia's proposed paper and noted that many multilater [...]	2009-05-07 13:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV CI
09SANTIAGO438	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 7 [...] The National Scholastic Test for fourth graders shows an overall increase in language skills, but not in math. Dailies continue to report on the decision of Senator Fernando Flores -- a former Allende government official and military regime political prisoner -- to join the campaign of right- [...]	2009-05-07 18:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO44	PRESIDENT BACHELET'S TRIP TO CUBA SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Michelle Bachelet's visit to Cuba, scheduled for February 11 to 13, has been the subject of heated debate. Bachelet will attend the opening of the Havana Book Festival, which will feature Chile this year, but could also be perceived as a celebration of the fiftieth a [...]	2009-01-15 11:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI CU
09SANTIAGO441	COMPLETED BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CHECK: POST-LICENSE PRE- [...] (SBU) EPOL staff verified the legitimacy of the sale of A-37B aircraft parts to the Logistic Command of the Chilean Air Force. EPOL called Logistic Command and spoke to Lt. Col. Alexis Rivas, who confirmed the receipt of the aircraft parts on March 24 of this year. However, Post notes that whi [...]	2009-05-08 17:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CL
09SANTIAGO442	Chile Wants Free Trade Commission Meeting To Review Pulp [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's wood and pulp industry association (CORMA),one of the nation's leading export industries, is pressuring the GOC to address a tax credit received by U.S. pulp and paper companies for use of alternative fuels. In response, the GOC on April 29 sent a letter to USTR reques [...]	2009-05-08 17:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD KIPR EFTA CI
09SANTIAGO443	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 8 [...] The Saieh family holding bought 20% of the Ripley department store for an estimated US$170 million. The Saieh holding already owns a supermarket chain (Unimark) and six malls. The Central Bank lowered the interest rate to 1.25%. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Ambassador Simons s [...]	2009-05-08 17:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO447	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 17 - MAY 8 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy. Economic activity fell for the fifth straight month, contracting by a less than expected 0.7%. The unemployment rate increased for the third period in a row to 9.2%. Annual inflation fell to 4.5%, resumi [...]	2009-05-08 21:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO448	CHILE'S LEFTIST PARTIES HAVE CONGRESSIONAL DREAMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several minor leftist political parties without seats in either the Senate or the Chamber of Deputies continue to seek their own path to greater representation in the upcoming national elections. A coalition of three leftist parties have joined together under the banner of a s [...]	2009-05-12 11:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO45	BACHELET'S CUBA TRIP TO EMPHASIZE CULTURAL TIES, [...] (C) During a farewell call January 12, departing E/Pol Counselor raised with Ambassador Carlos Appelgren, Director of the MFA's Office for North American and Caribbean Affairs, the upcoming February 2009 visit to Cuba of President Bachelet (reftel). E/Pol Counselor noted press reports that Ba [...]	2009-01-15 13:50:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI CU
09SANTIAGO450	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 12 [...] Former cabinet member, Ambassador, and strong opponent to the military regime -- Claudio Huepe (DC party) -- died yesterday from a heart attack in Venezuela. U.S.-Related News ------------------- 2. PA release: Ambassador Paul Simons will attend the 50th anniversary commemoration of the [...]	2009-05-12 18:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO451	CHILEAN MILITARY LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE [...] Summary: Anxious to maintain its reputation as the most professional military in the region, the Chilean armed forces engage in continual modernization. Current initiatives include investing in more efficient technologies and training programs, closing loopholes in the pension system, creat [...]	2009-05-12 20:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PGOV PREL ELAB CI
09SANTIAGO452	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 11 [...] The National Scholastic Test (SIMCE) shows a significant gap between private and public school students, which increases largely during the sophomore year. Dailies also report that pharmacy chains will have to stock 255 generic products, making them available to the public at all times. U.S [...]	2009-05-12 21:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO455	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 13 [...] Health authorities are facing criticism for decreeing only a "preventive smog alert" in Santiago when the levels of pollution recorded was "critical" in the community of Cerro Navia and "poor" in fou others. As in previous years, the poorest areas of the city had the worst levels of air pollu [...]	2009-05-13 20:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO456	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 14 [...] The Central Bank projects an economic recession for 2009, with an estimated growth rate that ranges between -0.75 to 0.25%. Dailies also reported that all undersecretaries and 600 other high-ranking government offices will be drug tested regularly for use of illegal substances. Those who tes [...]	2009-05-14 19:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO47	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STRATEGY AND [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of January 9, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-01-15 17:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO470	TFFLU01: CHILE CONFIRMS FOUR H1N1 CASES; GOC MAINTAIN [...] According to Chilean press reports and the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 18, Chile has four confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. THREE CASES ON SAME VACATION TOUR, FLIGHT ----------------------------------------- 2. Three of the cases are women who arrived in San [...]	2009-05-18 20:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO48	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ADVANCED SECURITY [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of January 9, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-01-15 17:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO480	COUNTRY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT -- CHILE [...] (U) Post provides the following information in response to Ref A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref A. Refs B-E are Post's reporting covering the preceding six-month period. Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights ------------------------------------- [...]	2009-05-20 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETCC PREL CU CI
09SANTIAGO482	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 20 [...] Health authorities confirmed 16 cases of AH1N1, which makes Chile the leader in South America for the number of cases. Dailies also report that Prison Guards are on strike, confining themselves in the prisons and refusing to take prisoners to the courts for their hearings. The government is [...]	2009-05-20 20:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO483	CHILE: UNSC 1718 DESIGNATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EPoloff delivered Reftel information to Rodrigo Toledo at the Ministry of Foreign Affair's International Security Bureau and to Tamara Agnic at the Treasury Ministry. Post will report any substantive response regarding the information. SIMONS [...]	2009-05-20 22:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN CI
09SANTIAGO484	BATTLE FOR CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS FEATURES OLD FACES, STOKES COALITION TENSIONS [...] (U) Summary: In Chile's unusual congressional voting system, the two major coalitions are virtually guaranteed to each receive one of the two seats in each voting district. Because of this structure, decisions within coalitions about which candidates to run in which districts are contentious [...]	2009-05-22 12:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CI KWMN
09SANTIAGO486	GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE EFFORTS TO REMOVE [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA),Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI),met with the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) from April 21-23 to begin planning for the removal of the British- and French-origin highly enriched ur [...]	2009-05-22 15:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO487	TFFLU01: CHILE HAS 29 CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES; THE MOST IN [...] According to the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 21, Chile has twenty-nine confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. There have been no H1N1-related deaths. Many of the cases are school children with mild symptoms, who are being treated at home. 29 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1 [...]	2009-05-22 16:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO489	CHILE: CENTRAL BANK CONFIRMS ECONOMY HIT HARDER THAN [...] SUMMARY: Chile's Central Bank announced it had sharply downgraded projections for economic growth in 2009, due to the stronger than expected impact of the international financial crisis. The Central Bank predicts GDP growth in 2009 will be between 0.25% and negative growth of -0.75%. In the [...]	2009-05-22 18:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO49	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMBINED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Navy officer who has been nominated to participate in U.S. [...]	2009-01-15 17:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO491	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 22 [...] All dailies highlighted the annual May 21 Presidential address to the nation, which Bachelet gave at the Congress in Vina del Mar. Dailies also noted health authorities confirmed 29 AH1N1 cases in Chile, the most in South America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Captioned photograp [...]	2009-05-22 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO492	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 26 [...] A 27-year old anarchist died when an explosive device in his backpack detonated. Dailies ran extensive coverage of the incident itself, the funeral, and the investigation opened by the police on the possible ties with terrorist organizations abroad. Dailies also report that Health Authorities [...]	2009-05-26 19:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO493	AMBASSADOR'S OUTREACH IN PUNTA ARENAS AND TORRES DEL PAINE [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador visited Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine National Park, May 12-13, to celebrate the Park's 50th anniversary and to give a speech about the first 100 days of the Obama administration at the University of Magallanes (UMAG). In Punta Arenas, the Ambassador also stop [...]	2009-05-26 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO495	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 27 [...] Health Authorities have confirmed 119 cases of AH1N1 nationwide, which ranks Chile number seven worldwide for the number of confirmations. Dailies also report the confession of a now-retired soldier who witnessed the assassination of singer Victor Jara in 1973 and who revealed the name of a l [...]	2009-05-27 17:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO496	CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS -- APRIL 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean Energy sector during April 2009. Ambassador Simons gave a keynote address in California at a GOC-hosted solar energy seminar, at which Chile's Minister of Energy announced bid solicitations for two solar power plants. Chi [...]	2009-05-27 21:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO498	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 28 [...] Health Authorities have confirmed 168 cases of AH1N1 nationwide and has moved to a new strategy. The disease is showing a very fast pace of contagion and except for two cases, mild symptoms. Dailies also report that former UDI presidential candidate Joaquin Lavin traveled to Caracas to attend [...]	2009-05-28 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO499	CHILE HAS 168 CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES; ALL BUT ONE IS MILD [...] According to the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 27, Chile has 168 cases of H1N1 influenza. There have been no H1N1-related deaths. Although H1N1 has spread outside the metropolitan Santiago region, many of the cases are mild. 168 CONFIRMED CASES OF H1N1; ONLY ONE I [...]	2009-05-28 18:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO5	CHILE HOSTS IBERIAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: Approximately 150 public prosecutors, NGO leaders, and other government officials from 21 Latin American countries gathered at the recent Iberian-American Public Prosecutor's summit to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP) investigations, prosecutions, victims' assistance, and preventi [...]	2009-01-02 20:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTIP XM XL CI
09SANTIAGO50	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR F-16 ENGINE [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of January 9, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. E/Pol Counselor Juan Alsace certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-01-15 17:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO514	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 1 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 276 cases of AH1N1. Given the spread of the disease, the authorities are no longer screening at the airport and have instructed that now all cases of influenza as should be treated as if it were AH1N1. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chilea [...]	2009-06-02 18:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO515	BACHELET'S FINAL PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS HAILS SOCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21 State of the Union speech, President Bachelet hailed her government's achievements in promoting social protection, focusing on improvements in healthcare, housing, and education. She took credit for Chile's deft handling of the global financial crisis and said the c [...]	2009-06-03 12:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PHUM ELAB KTIA CI
09SANTIAGO516	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]	2009-06-03 13:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO517	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2 [...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]	2009-06-03 13:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO519	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR POLICE LEADERS [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 2, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Patrick Fischer certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-06-04 13:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO521	ALARM BELLS RING IN CHILE OVER EPHEDRINE LINKED TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarmed by recent events that culminated with the March 23 seizure of 1100 kgs of ephedrine linked to Mexico, the GOC is taking steps to strengthen precursor chemical controls. Ephedrine-based drugs now require a docto [...]	2009-06-04 13:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO522	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 3 [...] A 37 year-old man suffering from heart problems died from the AH1N1[JLV1] virus. This makes Chile the first South American country to have a victim of the virus and the fifth worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The New York Times reports that President Obama has authorized [...]	2009-06-04 14:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO523	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - REACTION TO OAS RESOLUTION ON CUBA -- [...] The OAS resolution on reincorporating Cuba received front-page coverage. The media also reported on Chile's 369 cases of AH1N1. Of the seven patients in serious condition, six are from Puerto Montt, in Chile's far south. The Ministry of Health sent a team of experts to determine why the viru [...]	2009-06-04 22:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO524	CHILE'S SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: HERE TO [...] (C) Summary: Marco Enriquez-Ominami, a 35-year old Socialist parliamentarian and former filmmaker, has burst onto Chile's presidential scene in recent weeks. Known as one of the "unruly" parliamentarians from the ruling Concertacion coalition, Enriquez-Ominami is running against his party (and the [...]	2009-06-05 13:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON SNAR CI BO
09SANTIAGO53	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 16 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the death of a Hamas leader in Gaza, and the emergency water-landing of a U.S. Airways aircraft in New York's Hudson River. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Article on Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco's advisors in the United States. Taking into [...]	2009-01-16 14:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO530	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 5 [...] Chile has a total of 393 cases of AH1N1 influenza; 53% of them are 5-14 year olds. Dailies continue to report on a TVN special report that denounced an array of bad practices among congressmen in the Chamber of Deputies, such as leaving immediately after arriving, voting for others, surfing t [...]	2009-06-05 20:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO532	CHILE WILL CONSIDER PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 22:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD CI
09SANTIAGO533	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 8 - JUNE 5 [...] SUMMARY: Chile has officially entered a recession, as the Central Bank reported June 5 that economic activity fell for the sixth straight month. President Bachelet stated publicly that the news demonstrated the size of the challenge facing Chile. She clarified that it also demonstrated that [...]	2009-06-08 11:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO535	CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS -- MAY 2009 [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during May 2009. The Ambassador participated as a panel speaker at the 8th annual ElecGas conference in Santiago. At the event, experts noted new generation projects may create transmission bottlenecks for Chil [...]	2009-06-08 19:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO537	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 8 [...] A 56-year old man died from AH1N1, marking Chile's second casualty. He suffered from an array of heart and respiratory conditions due to his obesity. Chile now leads South America for AH1N1-related deaths. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary [...]	2009-06-08 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO538	FOREVER SUMMER - SANTIAGO'S J1 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL [...] Santiago's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of its FY 2008 and FY 2009 Summer Work Travel (SWT) J1 visa program. The results show a steady increase in issuances, but a slight decrease in overstay rates. While FY08 saw an overstay rate of about 4.4%, FY09 results show a [...]	2009-06-08 20:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT CI

09SANTIAGO54	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 13 [...] Chilean Dailies highlighted: 1) dramatic losses affecting the Chilean Private Social Security System (AFP) during 2008; 2) Chilean physicians outranking their foreign counterparts in a national exam; and 3) Paris-Dakar automobile rally taking place in Argentina and Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]	2009-01-16 16:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO540	CHILE SUPPORTS EXTENDING SUDAN RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 21:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC CI SU XA
09SANTIAGO543	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 9 [...] President Hugo Chavez postponed an official visit to Chile in June. He rescheduled the event for July, coinciding with the next UNASUR summit. Dailies also report that Chile has 890 cases of AH1N1, 10 are considered to be in serious condition. Venezuela --------- 2. President Hugo Chav [...]	2009-06-09 16:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO546	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 10 [...] Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1. Only 2 people have died from the virus, which is expected to reach its peak next week. While most have recovered (63%),less than 2% have needed hospitalization. Dailies report that health services are "collapsing" given the demands to address the AH [...]	2009-06-10 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO547	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 11 [...] Chile is on the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup (soccer) with its 4-0 victory over Bolivia in Santiago last night. Dailies also reported Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1, and an expert from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta arrived in Santiago to analyze the [...]	2009-06-11 18:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO548	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate and business leader Sebastian Pinera believes that successive Concertacion governments have been complacent in managing Chile's economy, missing opportunities for structural change and modernization, and creating an extensive and pricey social s [...]	2009-06-11 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI KIPR CI
09SANTIAGO55	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 14 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the 41% drop in car sales in Chile last December; the participation of the Chairman of Chile's Production and Trade Confederation in the official delegation to Cuba; and the accidents and suspension of the last leg of the Dakar automobile Rally in Chile due to weath [...]	2009-01-16 16:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO557	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 12 [...] The Health Ministry issued a decree as a result of the WHO's declaration of a pandemic, placing human influenza as the first priority in terms of resources, allocation of medical personnel and medications. Dailies also report that the Investigations Police suspended six of its detectives in [...]	2009-06-12 17:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO558	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 15 [...] Chile has 2,335 confirmed cases of AH1N1, but only two deaths. The Health Ministry informed that it will stop the daily count of cases and will now issue reports only on Tuesdays and Fridays. President Bachelet signed the Health Emergency Decree that empowers the Ministry of Health special mea [...]	2009-06-15 19:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO56	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 15 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted an audit on Chile's National Registry Service that revealed repeated mismanagement and embezzlement during former Director Guillermo Arenas' administration; Chile's Central Bank's predictions of a 2% to 3% economic growth in 2009; and the latest developments in the [...]	2009-01-16 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO560	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 16 [...] Santiago dailies noted that the Government Coalition and the Communist Party (PC) signed an agreement to collaborate in the upcoming presidential campaign. Front pages also reported on President Michelle Bachelet's announcement to allocate approximately $34 million dollars to fully renovate th [...]	2009-06-16 16:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO563	CHILEAN ENERGY MINISTER TOKMAN ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador personally relayed ref points to Chilean Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman June 11. Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered the demarche to Carlos Pina, head of international affairs at the Chilean National Energy Commission (CNE). Tokman told the Ambassador that [...]	2009-06-16 21:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KGHG KNNP SENV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO564	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 17 [...] Front-page headlines: The Central Bank lowered the benchmark interest rate to 0.75 percent; sources in the salmon industry estimate the Chilean salmon industry's bulky debt to be USD 4 billion dollars, which could open a new flank in the financial crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...]	2009-06-17 15:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO565	PINERA ADVISORS: A FREE MARKET APPROACH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A strong belief in free markets and the importance of the private sector is a consistent thread in economic, social, energy, and political policies articulated by advisors to opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera. In describing plans to fight poverty, improve edu [...]	2009-06-17 19:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI ELAB SENV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO566	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BACHELET'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's June 23-24 visit to Washington represents an opportunity to broaden and deepen the "equal partnership" we enjoy with one of the hemisphere,s most successful democracies. Chile is off to a strong start with the Obama Administration. The Vice President,s Marc [...]	2009-06-17 19:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MARR CI ENRG SOCI
09SANTIAGO570	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 18 [...] Front-page headlines: Chile's Investigative Police discharged two high-ranking officials for their involvement in a prostitution ring; the Chamber of Deputies is considering the dismissal of a legislator accused of mishandling funds assigned for office-space rental; President Obama launched the [...]	2009-06-18 16:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO573	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 19 [...] A Center for Public Studies (CEP) poll showed a tie in a runoff between opposition, conservative candidate Sebastian Piera (41%) and the current government coalition's nominee Eduardo Frei (39%). U.S.-Related News ---------------- 2. Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Barack Obama's meeting i [...]	2009-06-19 18:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO575	STAFFDEL MEACHAM - CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER, AND U.S. [...] SUMMARY: Senior Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Carl Meacham on May 27-June 3 met with Chilean officials, NGOs, as well as academics to review the effects of climate change. He also conducted a site visit to the El Maule region, which has been impacted by climate change. All [...]	2009-06-19 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENVR ETRD PGOV PREL OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO579	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Eduardo Frei, Concertacion presidential candidate, received the Ambassador at his home June 17, hours before re-launching his campaign at a massive rally. The Senator predicted that he would win against Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera in a second-round run-off. He cr [...]	2009-06-19 22:40:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO584	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 22 [...] The media highlighted President Michelle Bachelet plan to call for an early retirement of Investigative Police Director Arturo Herrera as a result of his undistinguished performance in removing high-ranking officials involved in a prostitution ring. Newspapers also noted the Chamber of Deputi [...]	2009-06-22 16:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO589	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 23 [...] The World Bank's forecast of a cut in global growth affected stock markets worldwide and in Chile. In addition, the dramatic drop in the rate exchange in Chile has caused exporters to react and claim for the Ministry of Finance's intervention. The Government of Chile will submit a draft bill to [...]	2009-06-23 19:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO592	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 24 [...] All dailies highlighted the first official visit to the United States by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, and focused on her meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. Also widely reported were stories on the dramatic increase in the number of patients with respiratory diseases, incl [...]	2009-06-24 20:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO594	CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CRITICAL INCIDENT [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 25, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Political Officer Patrick Fischer certifies the above statement. SIMONS [...]	2009-06-25 18:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO607	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 26 [...] The director of Chile's Investigations Police (PDI),Arturo Herrera, resigned yesterday amid a series of scandals involving PDI detectives since March. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "The President with Obama": President Obama gave Bachelet a warm welcome. We saw appr [...]	2009-06-30 13:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO61	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 17-20 [...] Chilean dailies gave extensive coverage to inauguration preparations in Washington and President-elect Obama's activities. Newspapers also highlighted Israel's cease fire in Gaza and the arrest of Chile's Air Force (FACH) retired General Ramon Vega for allegedly receiving illegal payments duri [...]	2009-01-21 11:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO610	CHILE: Over 5,100 Confirmed A/H1N1 CASES; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of June 23, Chile's Ministry of Health (MINSAL) reported 5,186 cases of A/H1N1 confirmed by laboratory testing and related 7 deaths. If clinically diagnosed cases are included, the total number of infected people is significantly higher. According to MINSAL, emergency measur [...]	2009-06-30 15:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO611	SANTIAGO B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY CONFIRMS LOW OVERSTAY RATE [...] Santiago's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) conducted a validation study of all 46,705 B1/B2 tourist/business visa applicants from CY 2008. The results confirm a low overstay rate of 1%, despite an 11% increase in applications over the previous year. Post's average refusal rate of 9% and an activ [...]	2009-06-30 20:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CMGT CI
09SANTIAGO612	CHILE'S CONGRESS: PRIORITIES AND HOPES FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The new leaders of both houses of Chile's Congress are interested in strengthening ties with the U.S., and hope to visit Washington in September and re-invigorate the moribund U.S.-Chile Senate Caucus. Electoral reform; transparency and anti-bribery legislation required for OE [...]	2009-07-02 11:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIA KTIP ELAB CI
09SANTIAGO614	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 1 [...] National unemployment rate was 10.2% for March-May, the highest for this period since 2004. Six of the fifteen regions have two-digit unemployment rates and highest is in the 15-24 age bracket (23.4%). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Chilean and U.S. government sources say that the bilateral m [...]	2009-07-02 13:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO615	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE: POLL POINTS TO A PHOTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the well-respected Center for Public Studies (CEP) poll released on June 18, Chile's presidential race is headed for a run-off between the opposition Alianza coalition's Sebastian Pinera and the governing Concertacion coalition's Eduardo Frei. Analysts agree that t [...]	2009-07-02 13:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO618	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 2 [...] The prosecutor's office has made public an array of e-mails which reveal that pharmaceutical chains not only colluded amongst themselves to hike prices of medical products, but also with pharmaceutical laboratories, who suggested on their part to raise "base" prices of an array of medications. [...]	2009-07-02 21:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO62	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 21 [...] Chilean dailies prominently featured the Inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. All newspapers highlighted the event with front-page headlines, photos, and excerpts of the President's inaugural address. U.S. -Related News ------------------ 2. The front-page headlines read: "T [...]	2009-01-21 16:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO623	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 6 [...] All dailies ran front-page stories on the latest development in Honduras, highlighting that demonstrations left at least two dead. Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Photo coverage of the July 4 reception at Ambassador Paul Simons' residence: "Hundreds of guests arrived at the residence for the r [...]	2009-07-06 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO625	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 7 [...] The monthly Economic Activity Index, IMACEC, shows an economic contraction of 4.4% in May compared to the same period in 2008. Dailies also report there are 8,160 cases of AH1N1 in Chile, but only 22 deaths. A team of experts from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta will arrive [...]	2009-07-07 15:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO629	CHILE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 20:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KNNP KN CI
09SANTIAGO632	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 8 [...] President BacheletQed a second dQree in a month related to AH1N1. The decree instructs clinics and hospitals to give priority to individuals with respiratory diseases and regulates the indiscriminate sale and distribution of antiviral medication. It also grants regional health officials the au [...]	2009-07-08 18:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO639	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 9 [...] The Health Ministry has instructed public hospitals to postpone 5,000 surgeries so that the respective physicians and resources can be used to treat the high number of patients with respiratory emergencies related to the outbreak of AH1N1. Chile-U.S. Military Sales ------------------------- [...]	2009-07-09 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO641	CHILE'S ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides highlights of activity in the Chilean energy sector during June 2009. Chile and the U.S. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on alternative clean power development, a new renewable energy center (REC),and solar power plants, all in Chi [...]	2009-07-10 15:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO643	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 10 [...] The Central Bank lowered the interest rate from 0.75 to 0.5%, which will also lower the cost of consumer loans and mortgages. The bank will maintain this rate for at least six months. Chile-Russia Military --------------------- 2. Defense Minister Francis Vidal confirmed there have been t [...]	2009-07-10 18:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO648	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JUNE 6 - JULY 10 [...] SUMMARY: Chile's economy contracted for the seventh straight month by 4.4%, the Central Bank reported July 3. The Finance Minister claimed Chile's economy has stabilized, but a noted economist associated with the opposition disagreed. The unemployment rate increased for the sixth period in [...]	2009-07-13 14:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO652	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 13 [...] Secretary Hillary Clinton informed the Bachelet government that the United States would not support Jose Miguel Insulza's reelection to the OAS. The United States reiterated its position just before Bachelet's visit to Washington. Sources in Washington and of the GOC confirmed on Friday (7/1 [...]	2009-07-13 20:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO654	CHILE'S SEMI-ANNUAL INL UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chile demonstrated its commitment to anti-narcotics efforts in the first half of 2009, but several high-profile seizures revealed the difficult challenges facing Chilean law enforcement agencies. Chile's National Drug Control Commission (CONACE) assumed a lead [...]	2009-07-14 15:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AFIN KCRIM SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO656	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 14 [...] Several Investigations Police detectives under investigation for their participation in a children's prostitution network have been reincorporated into the force, igniting controversy. Chile-U.S. and Insulza ---------------------- 2. In answer to a request for an interview with Secretary C [...]	2009-07-14 18:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO664	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 15 [...] The government and the opposition reached an agreement to provide US$3.4 billion to finance the public transportation system (Transantiago) in the capital city until 2014. Insulza and the OAS ------------------- 2. Conservative sectors in the region are lobbying to discredit OAS Secretary [...]	2009-07-15 19:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO665	NORTHERN EXPOSURE: COCAINE TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Law enforcement contacts in northern Chile report that cocaine trafficking from Bolivia to Chile has increased in the past six to eight months -- a development that some officials link to the departure of DEA agents from Bolivia. Chilean police complain that they lack sufficient [...]	2009-07-15 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO666	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EFIN ETRD CI
09SANTIAGO672	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JULY 16-17, 2009 [...] 1. Secretary Hillary Clinton's letter to Chile's Foreign Minister regarding OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's candidacy for reelection garnered front-page headlines in Chilean dailies. High importance was also given to the agreement reached by the opposition and the government coaliti [...]	2009-07-17 15:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO680	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 20 [...] Last week President Bachelet said she was willing to "review" the possibility of extending her authority to pardon convicted individuals to military officers sentenced for human rights violation, setting off a controversy that she tried to conclude yesterday by saying that she had had "never co [...]	2009-07-20 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO682	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 21 [...] The recent murder of a youth by a teenager promoted a group of congressmen to submit a draft bill that would extend the civil responsibility of individuals 16 years or younger to their parents (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/21). Honduras -------- 2. The d [...]	2009-07-21 17:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO686	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 22 [...] Health authorities report that Chile has 11,293 cases of AH1N1, and only 68 deaths. The number of cases is beginning to decline in all regions, except two: Arica-Parinacota and Vaparaiso (La Nacion, 7/22). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Russian-American mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeare [...]	2009-07-22 14:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO689	DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 9-12, 2009 - USAGE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 21:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV
09SANTIAGO69	CHILE'S O'HIGGINS REGION: ABUNDANT IN COPPER, [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On January 14, the Ambassador visited Chile's 6th region to meet local leaders and strengthen ties with an important economic and cultural area. The 6th region, also called the O'Higgins Region after Chilean liberator Bernard O'Higgins, is located approximately 90 km south of S [...]	2009-01-22 11:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO690	CHILE'S NORTHERN FREE TRADE ZONE: A PLATFORM FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Free Trade Zone of Iquique (ZOFRI) is an essential part of Chile's northern economy, providing 25 percent of jobs in the city of Iquique. Already Chile's largest free trade zone, officials are extremely upbeat about the ZOFRI's future because of its strategic location, infr [...]	2009-07-23 13:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO697	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 23 [...] Eduardo Frei's campaign advisors want National Television Network TVN to review anchorwoman Karen Doggenweiler's contract. The anchor, "a station symbol," is married to presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami and "can be influential," they argue. The station backed Doggenweiler: "Karen h [...]	2009-07-23 19:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO703	CHILE'S DECISION TO BUY RUSSIAN HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's decision to buy five Russian MI17 helicopters generated controversy, especially after a letter from Commerce Secretary Locke to Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni was leaked. Congressional members of the Defense Committee reacted strongly to the news, calling the [...]	2009-07-24 19:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL CI PE RS
09SANTIAGO707	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 24 [...] Unemployment in the Metropolitan Region is 11.9%, which is 0.9% lower than in March. This is the first drop since the end of 2008, and means that 30,800 people are no longer without a job (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/24). Survey ------- 2. The Market Res [...]	2009-07-24 20:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO714	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 27 [...] "La Tercera" telephone survey on 800 registered voters shows that in an eventual presidential election, Sebastian Pinera would receive 30%, Eduardo Frei 25%, and Marco Enriquez-Ominami 21% Frei (La Tercera, 7/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Last week, former military regime Jus [...]	2009-07-27 19:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO715	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 28 [...] The government has instructed the Undersecretary of Interior to travel to the Region of Araucania to review in person the actions taken by the police and local government authorities to confront the illegal land occupations and other acts of violence headed by radical indigenous Mapuche organi [...]	2009-07-28 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO72	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 22 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted President Barack Obama's first day in office. Front-page coverage also included the case of Chile's retired Air Force (FACH) General Ramon Vega, who was arrested for allegedly receiving illegal payments during the purchase of Belgian fighter jets in 1994. U.S.-R [...]	2009-01-22 16:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO720	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 29 [...] Fifteen hooded individuals ambushed an inter-urban bus in Temuco. They stopped the driver and passengers at gunpoint and spray-painted the exterior of the bus with insults against President Bachelet. The indigenous organization "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility (La Te [...]	2009-07-29 17:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO726	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 30 [...] The Digital Country Foundation, the Ministry of Education and U.S.-based cable company VTR launched the free on-line computer program "Mingoville," which has proven to be a successful tool in other parts of the world to teach English to school children. The game is part of the government's "Ch [...]	2009-07-30 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO733	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 31 [...] The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the national unemployment rate for April-June was 10.7%. This is 2.3% more than for the same period last year. The port of Valparaiso has a 17.9% unemployment rate, one of the highest in the country. The workforce is defined as those who [...]	2009-07-31 20:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO734	CONCERTACION INSIDER REVEALS INTEREST IN [...] (C) Summary: Concertacion insider and former government minister Enrique Correa reported that Chile's Foreign Minister would like to work quietly with Peru to resolve the maritime border dispute before the Garcia administration leaves office. Cuba is keenly interested in increasing the abil [...]	2009-07-31 21:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV CI BR CU PE
09SANTIAGO736	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 3 [...] A Peruvian daily reported that four Chilean Air Force officers were victims of espionage in Lima. The man allegedly responsible is retired Navy officer Elias Ponce Feijo. Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Pareja informed the Chilean Foreign Ministry that Lima would investigate and sanction those res [...]	2009-08-03 20:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO74	AMBASSADOR AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DISCUSS U.S.-CHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 21 meeting, Environment Minister Ana Lya Uriarte and Ambassador Simons discussed the timing of the formation of the Ministry of Environment, priorities for Chile's National Action Plan on Climate Change and the Minister's specific interest in collaboration on techni [...]	2009-01-22 19:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV ENRG PGOV TRGY CI
09SANTIAGO742	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 4 [...] Two high-ranking army officers were indicted for receiving half a million dollars in bribes for Chile's acquisition of Leopard tanks from Holland in 1998. They were charged for illegal use of state funds in an investigation that began in 2005, related to finding the origin of General Pinochet' [...]	2009-08-04 20:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO75	CHILEAN STIMULUS PACKAGE DESIGNED FOR QUICK [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's recently announced stimulus plan was specifically developed to have a quick impact, Finance Minister Andres Velasco recently told the Ambassador. Half of the public infrastructure spending will be completed by July 2009 and tax incentives are structured to encourage i [...]	2009-01-22 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PROG CI
09SANTIAGO751	CHILE A DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY 2018: FREI'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Advisors to presidential candidate Eduardo Frei advocate pushing Chile into the ranks of developed countries within 10 years via pro-business reforms, pro-labor measures, and support for entrepreneurs. The advisors, part of a progressive policy network known as "Oceanos Azule [...]	2009-08-05 20:27:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO753	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 6 [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales wrote a note apologizing for his criticism of right-wing presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera. The Foreign Ministry had issued on Tuesday a statement rejecting Morales' "intervention in Chile's internal affairs." Yesterday, after reading the apology, Foreign [...]	2009-08-06 19:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO754	CHILE: HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 13:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO755	INTRODUCING SEBASTIAN PINERA: CHILE'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In his second serious run for the presidency, colorful billionaire and centrist Sebastian Pinera is attempting to end two decades of rule by the center-left Concertacion coalition. A savvy, Harvard-educated investor and former senator known to work seven days a week, Pinera r [...]	2009-08-07 17:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL CI
09SANTIAGO757	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 7 [...] "Concertacion" presidential candidate Eduardo Frei outlined his political program to an exclusive group of entrepreneurs. One of the issues he emphasized was the need to assure a diversified energy matrix that must include nuclear energy, which he said is a "strategic" and "national security" [...]	2009-08-07 19:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO760	CHILE: OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND MAY BE BETTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has no objection to OPIC's proposed investment funds program outlined in ref A. The objectives of the Paladin Realty Latin America Investors III, L.P. fund are compatible with Chile's economic development programs. However, OPIC may find that the program is better targete [...]	2009-08-10 18:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV CI
09SANTIAGO761	BRISTLING AT THE "BOLIVARIAN PROJECT": REMARKS BY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Concertacion presidential candidate Eduardo Frei and Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez publicly criticized populist leaders in the region during a seminar on Latin America held in Santiago August 4-5. Frei warned that the "Bolivarian project" could threaten political and socia [...]	2009-08-10 19:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV VZ CI PE BO
09SANTIAGO763	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 10 [...] Indigenous radical Mapuche groups set fire to a crane and a summer cabin in the Region of Araucania on the same day. The "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility for the first incident and pamphlets alluding to the Mapuche cause were found in both locations (El Mercurio, cons [...]	2009-08-10 20:39:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO766	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 11 [...] The Public Ministry contradicted remarks made by Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende who said that the radical indigenous Mapuche organizations Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) was no longer operative now that its leaders were in prison (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspape [...]	2009-08-11 20:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO768	SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DOUGLAS [...] (C) I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on August 16-20. Coming shortly after President Bachelet's meeting with President Obama in Washington on June 23-24, your visit is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise g [...]	2009-08-12 17:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO769	FM FERNANDEZ ON UNASUR -- GREATER COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary. On August 11, Foreign Minister Fernandez suggested to the Ambassador that UNASUR moderates can balance out the populists and hold UNASUR together in spite of tension over Colombia. However, Colombia needs to participate in UNASUR at a senior level to effectively explain its pos [...]	2009-08-12 20:31:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO770	CHILE SUPPORTS EGYPTIAN CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jorge Ossa, Deputy Director of Elections in the Bureau of Multilateral Affairs. Ossa told Poloff that Chile has already declared its support for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. Ossa added that Chile's decision to support Hosni is based entirely on t [...]	2009-08-12 21:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO CI
09SANTIAGO775	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 13 [...] Three different polls -- CERC, Imaginaccion, and Direct Media -- show that Sebastian Pinera is ahead in the presidential race in either a first round or a runoff election with Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marcos Enriquez-Ominami (El Mercurio, conservative, influential, 8/ [...]	2009-08-13 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO776	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 12 [...] The holding company responsible for HidroAysen, the largest electricity generation project in the country, will launch a nationwide campaign on television, Internet, and radio to inform the public of the project (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/13). Honduras -------- 2. The USG [...]	2009-08-13 20:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO78	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 23 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detention of the former National Registry Service Director for mismanagement and embezzlement; the more than 40% rate reduction for calls to cell phones; and the violent attack of an estate in the indigenous Mapuche area in southern Chile. U.S.-Related News - [...]	2009-01-23 15:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO781	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 14 [...] The death of an indigenous Mapuche when the police evicted him and others from a private estate in southern Chile has triggered violent incidents in the Region of Araucania. Eight policemen have been injured by shotgun pellets (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/14). Honduras -------- [...]	2009-08-14 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO782	CHILEAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR: ZELAYA'S VISIT "VERY [...] (C) Bachelet Presidential Advisor Marcos Robledo told the Ambassador that Manuel Zelaya's August 13 visit to Santiago was "very productive." According to Robledo, President Bachelet and several members of the Chilean Congress emphasized the Obama Administration's desire to play a constructive [...]	2009-08-14 21:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM HO VE BR CI
09SANTIAGO783	GOC Seeks Solution after Supreme Court Invalidated [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Chilean officials have told the Ambassador that the Chilean Supreme Court's invalidation of an environmental permit for AES Gener's power plant is a serious problem that could undermine Chile's image as a stable investment environment, and that the Bachelet administration [...]	2009-08-17 15:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO786	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 17 [...] After three years, President Bachelet will enact the General Education Law this week. The new law answers some of the demands of the 2006 student revolt (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/16) Honduras -------- 2. Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez said that in his meeting [...]	2009-08-17 20:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO787	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 18 [...] Chile's Police Force officially supported the special unit agent indicted for the death of an indigenous activist in last week's clashes; new drop in stocks prices shakes global financial markets; President Obama's healthcare reform faces strong criticism in the United States. U.S.-Chile -- [...]	2009-08-18 13:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO788	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 19 [...] Opposition Deputy Gonzalo Arenas reacted aggressively against Minister of the Interior Edmundo Perez Yoma during his testimony at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Minister Perez Yoma was testifying on the violent events in Region Nine involving Mapuche indigenous, but his explanations did not [...]	2009-08-19 13:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO790	CHILEAN INVESTMENTS IN VENEZUELA UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: The restrictions on Chilean companies, ability to repatriate funds from Venezuela has become a major irritant between the two countries. Blocked returns exceed $80 million, and the Chilean Congress and companies have pressed the Bachelet Administration to defend Chilean companie [...]	2009-08-19 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI VE
09SANTIAGO792	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20 [...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...]	2009-08-20 13:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO793	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20 [...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...]	2009-08-20 14:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO800	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 24 [...] Tests show that the virus affecting two turkey breeding farms in the Fifth Region is the AH1N1 virus that affected humans this winter. This makes Chile the first country to detect the virus in turkeys. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also monitoring the two farms (Conservative afternoo [...]	2009-08-24 20:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO801	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 25 [...] Over the weekend Peruvian President Alan Garcia suggested in an interview that Chile and Bolivia had some type of secret agreement to provide the latter with access to the sea. In this context, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez denied the existence of [...]	2009-08-25 15:36:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO806	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 26 [...] The sale of retail products increased 8.8 per cent in July. The sale of clothing shot up 26.1 and shoes 17.4 per cent, spreading optimism in the business sector (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 8/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Kennedy Amendment was the one issue tha [...]	2009-08-26 19:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO809	FM FERNANDEZ ON UNASUR: CHILE TO BACK DCA, AVOID [...] (C) The Ambassador verbally delivered reftel demarche in an August 27 conversation with Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez. Fernandez stated that the Chilean government was focused on two objectives surrounding tomorrow's UNASUR meeting. First, Chile wants to ensure that the Chilean-Bolivia [...]	2009-08-27 18:09:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OPDC XR
09SANTIAGO81	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS JANUARY 12-23 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between January 12 and January 23, copper prices slipped, the Peso remained relatively stable against the Dollar, and there was little movement in the stock [...]	2009-01-26 10:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO810	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 27 [...] The government is considering a constitutional reform to restrict residence visas for Easter Island, based on environmental sustainability. Island leaders, however, want an immediate solution to the problem (Conservative, independent La TErcera, 8/27). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2 [...]	2009-08-27 19:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO811	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 28 [...] President Alvaro Uribe will confront at a UNASUR meeting today Hugo Chavez' criticism of Colombia's agreement with the United States (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, El Mercurio, 8/28). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy in Santiago opened a condolence [...]	2009-08-28 18:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO812	CHILE: MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS SAYS TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar told the Ambassador August 26 that cooperation with the U.S. Treasury on an infrastructure project in Costa Rica will continue. Bitar underlined that this type of trilateral cooperation is "very important" to the GOC. The Minister n [...]	2009-08-28 20:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI CR
09SANTIAGO817	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 31 [...] The UNASUR summit was aired live and showed us a disorganized and seven-hour debate that concluded with upset presidents and a final declaration that made no reference to the U.S.-Colombia agreement. The declaration, however, states that "foreign military forces cannot threaten the sovereignty [...]	2009-08-31 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI

09SANTIAGO818	CHILE: DIGITAL TV DECISION LIKELY SOON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chilean Minister for Telecommunications told the Ambassador that Chile would decide soon on a digital TV standard and would base its decision on careful technical analysis. His comments suggested that Chile was weighing both the U.S. and Japanese standards, but he did not i [...]	2009-08-31 20:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON PREL TSPL CI
09SANTIAGO823	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 1 [...] The National unemployment rate is up to 10.8 percent for May-July. Valparaiso has the highest rate (18.5 percent),followed by Angol and Vina del Mar (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 9/1). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Austral Capital investment fund wi [...]	2009-09-01 17:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO825	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2 [...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera launched his candidacy yesterday in an "Obama style" proclamation event in Santiago (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/2). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The National Economic Prosecutor's office, FNE, said it would go ahead and review [...]	2009-09-02 19:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO826	MYTH VS. REALITY IN CHILE'S MAPUCHE CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: Despite sensationalist press coverage and a popular image of bloody conflict in Chile's southern Mapuche heartland, poloffs found that relations between indigenous and non-indigenous communities were largely non-violent, if often tense and distrustful. Three people -- all Mapuche activ [...]	2009-09-03 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SOCI CI CO SP
09SANTIAGO829	Chile's Foreign Minister Outlines Honduras, UNASUR Challenge [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Fernandez suggested that Honduran President Zelaya needed to adopt a more conciliatory public tone to ease his return to power, and that it was important for the sake of hemispheric unity that he return to Ho [...]	2009-09-03 21:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO83	COMPLETED BLUE LANTERN CHECK--APPLICATION 050135240 [...] (SBU) Embassy Santiago recommends that JL Commercial Services' application for USD 3 million of UH-1H helicopter parts be denied. Subsequent paragraphs describe site visit to JL Commercial Services and additional information about the end-user, Flight Services. Site Visit to JL Commercial [...]	2009-01-26 18:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CI
09SANTIAGO831	Lagos on Honduras, Chilean elections [...] (C) Former President Lagos met with the Ambassador on September 4 for a brief tour d'horizon of the regional situation and the Chilean elections. 2. (C) On Honduras, Lagos was pessimistic that it would be possible to restore Zelaya to power before the scheduled elections. He s [...]	2009-09-04 20:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO833	CHILEAN MFA DG IBARRA ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Roberto Ibarra, new MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, affirmed to the Ambassador September 3 that U.S. - Chile relations are excellent. He qualified the results of the UNASUR Bariloche summit as "better than expected" and underlined Chile's commitment to working with the o [...]	2009-09-04 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XR CI
09SANTIAGO835	CHILE: Opposition Candidate Pinera Continues to Lead in [...] (U) Summary: Chile's opposition coalition, Alianza, has its best chance ever to win the presidency. For the first time in twenty years, the nation's most respected poll shows an opposition candidate leading the first round of voting in the presidential race 100 days before the election. None [...]	2009-09-04 21:09:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO839	ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE: NEGOTIATIONS OVER A BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 18:00:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD CI EFIN EINV
09SANTIAGO84	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 24-26 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the cancelling or postponing of investment projects worth US$18 billion dollars, primarily in Chile's mining and real estate sectors, because of the economic crisis. Front-page coverage continued about the Obama administration's first week in office. U.S.-Relate [...]	2009-01-26 19:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO840	Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report [...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...]	2009-09-08 21:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO843	CHILE: Indigenous Conflict Tops Domestic Political Agenda [...] (SBU) Summary: Indigenous conflict -- particularly between Mapuche and non-indigenous land owners in southern Chile -- has forced itself prominently on to President Bachelet's political agenda following the August 12 police killing of a Mapuche activist. Over the past 20 years, relations between th [...]	2009-09-10 21:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO844	Sept. 9 Santiago Media Report [...] Colombia displaced Chile as the best country in which to do business in Latin America, according to the Doing Business 2010 World Bank ranking. Colombia moved up 12 positions and Chile down 9 (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 9/9). U.S.-Related News ------------ [...]	2009-09-09 20:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO845	INSULZA: U.S. SHOULD TALK TO HONDURAN CANDIDATES ABOUT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 7 meeting with the Ambassador, OAS Secretary General Insulza suggested that the United States inform leading Honduran presidential candidates of U.S. views of the upcoming election. Insulza said the United States has done everything possible to sanction the [...]	2009-09-11 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS HO VE WEU CI
09SANTIAGO847	CHILE: RESPONSE TO NPT REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below please find Embassy Santiago's response to reftel, which requested information on current arms control and nonproliferation policymaking processes in key countries in preparation for the 2010 NPT Review Conference. 2. (C) Alvaro Guzman, in the Bureau of International and Human Sec [...]	2009-09-15 21:58:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM PGOV PREL IAEA CI
09SANTIAGO848	Santiago Sept. 10 Media Report [...] A former Air Force officer stated that his brigade had paid approximately US$3 million to purchase spare parts for helicopters that were never received and for maintenance services that were never conducted. An investigation was opened for misuse of state funds (La Tercera, 9/10). [...]	2009-09-10 17:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO849	Ecuador UNASUR meeting [...] (C) On September 16, Ambassador spoke briefly with Foreign Minister Fernandez, Defense Minister Vidal, and Defense Undersecretary Garcia about the September 15 UNASUR ministerial in Quito. 2. (C) According to Fernandez, the meeting was extremely difficult and produced no conse [...]	2009-09-16 20:47:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO850	CHILE's UNGA 64 Goals and Objectives [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on UNGA 64 goals and objectives to Ambassador Juan Eguiguren, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Poloffs emphasized the Obama Administration's commitment to re-engagement with the international community and highlighted the following issues: non-prolife [...]	2009-09-10 22:02:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO851	Chile unlikely to accept Kosovo delegation meeting [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 21:33:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC CI KV
09SANTIAGO853	Chile attendance at UNGA Haiti meeting not yet decided [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 21:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO AORC UNSC UNGA HA CI
09SANTIAGO855	Chilean Senate President on Honduras [...] (C) Ambassador spoke on September 16 with Jovino Novoa, President of the Chilean Senate, about Honduras. Novoa indicated that he was watching developments in Honduras very closely and enjoys close ties with the Honduran National Party and Presidential candidate Porfirio Lobo. Ambassador [...]	2009-09-16 21:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO856	CHILE: TRILATERAL COOPERATION BEGINS WITH CAFTA-DR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDA sponsored 18 delegates from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in a study tour of Chilean agricultural inspection and quarantine facilities August 31-September 4. Post proposed the visit, in keeping with the commitment made by Preside [...]	2009-09-11 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD ECIN PREL CI
09SANTIAGO859	Scenesetter for Secretary of Commerce Locke's September [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Simons, I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on September 27-29. In hosting the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) for the first time outside of the United States, Chile has worked closely with us to strengthen the ACF because it shares with us an awaren [...]	2009-09-23 20:45:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO86	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 27 [...] Headlines noted Minister of Interior Edmundo Perez-Yoma will testify over the 1994 Belgium sale of Mirage aircraft to Chile. Former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is one of several officers arrested on suspicion of embezzlement in this case. Dailies also highlighted that Eduardo Frei [...]	2009-01-27 20:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO860	CHILE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 21:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO865	Chilean FM on Honduras, Salitre Military Exercises, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Fernandez told PDAS Kelly that Chile strongly supports the San Jose Accord to resolve the crisis in Honduras, but noted disagreements in the international community about the most constructive way forward. Chile is trying to ease tensions with Peru, in particula [...]	2009-10-06 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	PREL PHUM MOPS UNESCO UNHRC CI HO
09SANTIAGO867	CHILE: Conservatives Beat Back Skeleton in Pinera's Closet [...] (SBU) Summary: Eduardo Frei attempted to taint presidential challenger Sebastian Pinera with renewed allegations of insider trading. Pinera's skilled campaign team flipped the issue into a referendum on the NGO that reported the incident. A competitive businessman and politician prone to taking ris [...]	2009-10-09 15:43:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR CI
09SANTIAGO868	CHILE: MONTHLY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JULY AND AUGUST [...] SUMMARY: Chile's economy may have passed through the worst of the recession, as some macroeconomic indicators show positive signs. The Chilean economy contracted by 4.5% in the second quarter of 2009, and economic activity fell again in July and August. However, August's seasonally adjusted [...]	2009-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO869	CHILE, PERU SQUABBLE OVER MULTINATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent flap between Chile and Peru over a multinational military exercise illustrates both countries' tendency to spar publicly over border-related issues. After Peruvian Defense Minister Rey publicly called for the multinational exercise to be cancelled, Chile invited Peru [...]	2009-10-09 21:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PE CI
09SANTIAGO870	Santiago Sept. 16 Media Report [...] Presidential candidates are preparing for their first television debate that will be aired by National Television TVN on September 23, at 10:40 p.m.. The debate will last 90 minutes and will be conducted by one journalist. One part of it will be for the candidates to answer a few questions [...]	2009-09-16 19:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO874	CHILE SELECTS JAPANESE DIGITAL TV STANDARD [...] (U) On September 14, Chile announced its decision to adopt the Japanese digital TV standard (ISDB-T). Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Rene Cortazar cited the quantity of channels, signal quality, and mobile features as the key factors in the decision. 2. (U) Chile j [...]	2009-09-16 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON PREL TSPL CI
09SANTIAGO877	Chile's Presidential Election: Frei Falters, [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Frei's bid to return to the presidential palace is faltering as a disorganized campaign, fractious Concertacion coalition, and competing progressive candidates drain support away from the former president. Frei -- long seen as steady, dependable, and frankly, a bit borin [...]	2009-10-16 15:28:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO879	Chile's Quick Regional Review: UNASUR, Rio Group, Argentina [...] (C) Summary. Roberto Ibarra, the third-ranking Foreign Ministry official, told the Ambassador that UNASUR can play a constructive role in South America by focusing on concrete efforts, notably combating narcotrafficking. Chile will assume leadership of Rio Group in 2010 and will focus on inc [...]	2009-10-16 20:42:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO88	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 28 [...] Dailies continue to cover as front page news the 1994 Mirage purchase scandal and the economic crisis, highlighting that unemployment in Santiago is up to 9.7%. President Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya is also highlighted. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Headline: "Obama gives [...]	2009-01-28 15:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO881	Behind the Scenes in Chile's Presidential Campaigns: Frei [...] (C) Summary: While the Eduardo Frei presidential campaign focuses its public attacks on Alianza candidate Sebastian Pinera, private conversations reveal that Frei's team is increasingly worried about upstart leftist challenger Marco Enriquez-Ominami. Both the energized Pinera team and the t [...]	2009-10-20 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO883	Chile's Presidential Race: Political Elite See Isolated [...] (C) Summary: Well-connected politicians and observers describe President Bachelet and some Concertacion congressional candidates as maintaining a distance from Eduardo Frei's lagging presidential campaign. Opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera is reportedly testing his talking points against [...]	2009-10-23 17:28:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO885	LOW LEVEL VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN CHILE'S INDIGENOUS SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three recent attacks in Chile's Araucania region, the heart of indigenous Mapuche territory, have riveted attention once again on continuing disputes between indigenous groups and the state in southern Chile. The Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM),a violent Mapuche group with a history [...]	2009-10-23 19:04:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI CI PHUM
09SANTIAGO886	Santiago Sept. 17 Meda Report [...] All dailies report on the array of events that the municipalities and the government are preparing in different parts of Santiago for the September 18-19 Independence Day holiday. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After inaugurating the Bicentennial and [...]	2009-09-17 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO887	Chile Pleased with Trilateral Cooperation, Pursues Regional [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fernandez reaffirmed Chile's outstanding relationship with the United States during an October 27 meeting with the Ambassador. Fernandez is especially pleased with U.S.-Chile trilateral cooperation. Chile is pursuing a policy of regional integration through bila [...]	2009-10-30 17:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PE CI
09SANTIAGO89	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 29 [...] The Cencosud conglomerate stopped the construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project (located near the Embassy). The construction project employed thousands of workers who were building the highest tower in South America. Dailies also highlighted a 40-peso increase [...]	2009-01-29 15:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO890	Sept. 21 Media Report [...] Twenty-three people died in car accidents over the "Dieciocho" long holiday. All of them were related to alcohol consumption (Conservative, independent,La Tercera, 9/21). Salitre Exercise ------------------- 2. Background: At Unasur, Peru's President proposed that South American [...]	2009-09-21 21:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO893	Chile Lauds Honduran Agreement, Low Key on DCA Signing, [...] (C) Summary. On October 30, FM Fernandez and presidential foreign policy advisor Robledo strongly welcomed the U.S.-brokered agreement in Honduras, calling it an historical moment that would have positive consequences for the region. Those officials, when informed of the signing of the Defen [...]	2009-11-03 19:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ENRG PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO894	CHILE: TRILATERAL COOPERATION BEGINS WITH CAFTA-DR COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDA and USAID sponsored 18 delegates from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua in a study tour of Chilean agricultural inspection and quarantine facilities August 31-September 4. Post proposed the visit, in keeping with the commitment made [...]	2009-09-22 18:24:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD ECIN PREL CI
09SANTIAGO895	Chilean Response to USG UNGA Third Committee and Goldstone [...] (SBU) Poloff and Canadian Second Secretary Meghan Pelton jointly delivered Ref A demarche on UNGA Third Committee priorities to MFA Human Rights Deputy Director Gerardo Ateaga on November 4. Ateaga made the following observations about Chile's priorities and positions in the Third Committee: [...]	2009-11-04 19:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER IS CI KPAL
09SANTIAGO896	Santiago Sept. 22 Media Report [...] Tension increases with Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras and his request for refuge in the Brazilian embassy (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/22). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. The poverty rate in the United States in 2008 was 13.2%, due to the [...]	2009-09-22 21:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO897	Chile's Counterintuitive Presidential Race: Why a [...] (SBU) Summary. Chile's presidential election will likely be decided in a run-off election on January 17 pitting opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera against either former president Eduardo Frei or young parliamentarian Marco Enriquez-Ominami. While Frei currently looks more likely to make [...]	2009-11-13 19:21:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI
09SANTIAGO899	Introducing Eduardo Frei: Chile's Center-Left Presidential [...] (C) Summary: Smart, dependable, honest, and dull, Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle is attempting to regain the presidency that he held from 1994-2000 and that his legendary father, Eduardo Frei Montalva, held from 1964-1970. Despite many successes during his first four years as presid [...]	2009-11-16 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI
09SANTIAGO901	COM Concurrence/Vetting Assurance for FY 2010 Santiago [...] (C) Ambassador Paul E. Simons formally concurs, per reftel guidance, with Embassy Santiago's proposal for FY2010 Section 1206 funding. The proposal is designed to strengthen Chile's capacity to conduct counter-terrorism activities and deepen the already outstanding relationship between the Un [...]	2009-11-16 16:41:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PTER ASEC CI
09SANTIAGO902	Santiago Sept. 23 Media Report [...] The rape of a 14-year old girl and the inability of her parents to find the morning-after pill in local pharmacies prompted the government to open an investigation. Drug stores claim they have no stock of the product, but the state Central Distribution Center says there are 14,000 doses o [...]	2009-09-23 21:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO905	Chile Tries to Tamp Down Peru's Reaction to Potential FMS [...] (C) Summary. Chile has responded in measured tones to increasingly harsh comments from President Garcia of Peru after Peru reported that a Peruvian military official was arrested for spying for Chile. After Garcia said the alleged spying was something for a banana republic and not a democrac [...]	2009-11-18 20:18:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS CI PE
09SANTIAGO907	CHILE: DOMESTIC REACTION TO SPY STORY SUBDUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The domestic reaction in Chile to the Peruvian spy story has been subdued due to careful management by the Bachelet administration. Congress and the three leading Presidential candidates support President Bachelet's handling of the situation. Potential U.S. military sales cur [...]	2009-11-23 20:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI PE
09SANTIAGO908	Santiago Sept. 24 Media Report [...] All dailies ran extensive coverage of the first presidential debate aired last night on National Television TVN. American Competitiveness Forum ----------------------------------------- 2. In a video conference from Washington organized by the U.S. Embassy , Department of [...]	2009-09-24 21:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO91	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 30 [...] Dailies continued with extensive reporting on the effects of the Cencosud conglomerate's decision to stop construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project. The media is portraying this development as representative of Chile's economic crisis. Dailies also continue to [...]	2009-01-30 16:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO911	Chile--Demarche Delivered on NPT Review Conference [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO912	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHILE ON U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ/poloff delivered ref demarche on September 25, 2009 to Waldemar Coutts, Deputy Director, and Mauricio Hurtado, Counselor, at Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Environment, Antarctic, and Maritime Affairs (MFA/DIMA). Hurtado explained MFA/DIMA needs to coordinate wit [...]	2009-09-25 19:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC KGHG CI
09SANTIAGO913	CHILE SHARES US CONCERNS ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Guzman of the MFA's International and Human Security Office on November 25. Guzman said that Chile was in agreement with US concerns and that, in general, Chile adheres closely to the positions of the IAEA and UNSC. Chile feels that Iran has not [...]	2009-11-27 18:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR CI BR AR CU
09SANTIAGO916	Santiago Sept. 25 Media Report [...] On Wednesday's presidential debate, Eduardo Frei cited a Transparency International (TI) report released the day before which mentions a fine levied by Chile's Securities and Stocks Regulator against Pinera for the use of privileged information to buy LanChile shares in 2006. Yesterday, [...]	2009-09-25 21:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO919	Introducing Marco Enriquez-Ominami: Chile's Surprise [...] (C) Summary: Thirty-six year old filmmaker and presidential candidate Marco Enriquez-Ominami has a cinematic life story: father martyred, raised in exile, young Marco returns to home full of resentment, marries a TV star, and gets the backing of a pro-Castro revolutionary-turned-millionaire to beco [...]	2009-12-02 17:10:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR CI CU
09SANTIAGO92	CHILE: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] PROCEDURES Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator Patrick Fischer, 56-2-330-3394, FischerPJ@state.gov Inventory System Post is able to take advantage of official travel for spot-checking on an ad hoc basis. However, on-site inspections are infrequent given the small size of the [...]	2009-01-30 18:54:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO925	Chile Reports on Divisive UNASUR Meeting [...] (C) Summary. Acting FM Flisfisch told the Ambassador that the November 27 UNASUR meeting in Quito was "super tense" because of a "very disagreeable" conflict between Venezuela and Colombia on the use of military bases and counterterrorism. UNASUR finally was able to reach agreement on a reso [...]	2009-12-03 20:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CI
09SANTIAGO927	CHILE: SCENESCETTER FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chile's presidential and congressional elections are scheduled to take place December 13. The presidential race will likely result in a run-off election, to be held January 17, while congressional elections will not produce a working majority for either major coalition. Alia [...]	2009-12-09 21:19:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO928	CHILE AGREES TO DEFER RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) According to Director of International and Human Security Alfredo Labbe, Chile will not introduce the de-alerting resolution in the UNGA First Committee in 2009. Labbe told Pol/Econ Counselor that Chile will [...]	2009-09-29 14:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC PREL CI
09SANTIAGO929	CHILE DEMARCHED ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Office of Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 4, and followed up by telephone with office Deputy Director Gerardo Ateaga on December 9. (Ateaga had just returned to the office after more than two weeks away.) 2. (SBU [...]	2009-12-09 21:20:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNGA UN CI
09SANTIAGO93	CHILE: ENERGY HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY 2009 [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of developments in the Chilean energy sector during January 2009. Thanks to a recent vote in the Chamber of Deputies, Chile moved closer to creating a new Ministry of Energy, which may pass into law by the end of March. Seeking to increase the flow of re [...]	2009-01-30 20:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG KNNP SENV TRGY PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO931	Chile's Presidential Election: Dec. 13 Vote Pits Sputtering [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera is almost certain to emerge from the December 13 presidential election in first place but falling short of the absolute majority required to be elected outright. The real question to be answered is whom he will face in a second round--Concerta [...]	2009-12-10 15:12:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO932	Santiago Sept. 28 Media Report [...] U.S. Secretary of Commerce to visit Chile for the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum that starts on Sept. 27 and will conclude on the 29th. Other key participants are President Bachelet and her Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom (Mercurio on line, 9/28). 2. The governor of Califor [...]	2009-09-29 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO933	Countdown to Chile's Congressional Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: Individual races in this year's congressional elections are more competitive and uncertain than ever, although the elections may not produce much change in the overall makeup of the Chilean Congress. The governing Concertacion coalition will most likely regain its majority in the Se [...]	2009-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO935	Former President Lagos, FM Fernandez Urge that De Facto [...] (C) Summary. Two senior Chilean statesmen said that it is critical that the de facto president of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, step down to facilitate regional recognition of the Honduran election. Former Chilean President Lagos also urged that incoming president Porfirio Lobo appoint a uni [...]	2009-12-10 20:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CI HO
09SANTIAGO936	Santiago Sept. 29 Media Report [...] At the opening of the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF),Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said the United States is "committed to resisting the temptation" of applying protectionist policies. "These kinds of policies might be well-intended, but inevitably fail," said Locke. The Sec [...]	2009-09-29 21:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO937	CHILE: Six Charged in Death of Former Chilean President [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Judge Alejandro Madrid charged six individuals with assassinating former President Eduardo Frei Montalva in 1982. Frei, who is the father of the current presidential candidate Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, died ostensibly of a bacterial infection after undergoing routine su [...]	2009-12-11 20:22:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO938	Santiago Sept. 30 Media Report [...] The Executive Office submitted a bill to Congress that creates a ministry for indigenous affairs and a new agency to implement indigenous policies (Government-owned La Nacion, 9/30). Secretary Locke -------------------- 2. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Loc [...]	2009-09-30 16:25:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO94	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF JANUARY 26 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By January 30, copper prices rose slightly, the Peso gained some ground against the Dollar, and the stock market closed higher. Retail sales dropped by 9% [...]	2009-01-30 21:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
09SANTIAGO943	CHILE'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ALL BETS ON PINERA [...] (C) Summary: Days after the December 13 first round presidential election, the picture for center-left presidential candidate Eduardo Frei is bleak. The former president, who in 1993 was elected to his first term by the largest margin in Chilean history, this time received 29.6% of the vote- [...]	2009-12-17 19:54:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO945	CHILEAN OAS TEAM MEMBER ON HONDURAS CRISIS [...] (C) On December 17, the Ambassador met with Enrique Correa, a political consultant and former minister who has been working with the OAS to resolve the political crisis in Honduras. Correa, who had been in Honduras November 3 - December 5, praised the strong relationship A/S Valenzuela has d [...]	2009-12-17 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI HO PA GT
09SANTIAGO946	Chile - Proposed OPIC Financing for Microfinance Growth Fund [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 21:23:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO947	Frei's Long Odds: Why the Numbers Point to a Pinera Victory [...] (C) Summary: At first glance, former president and Concertacion candidate Frei seems to be heading in to the final stage of the presidential election with a strong advantage: three progressive presidential candidates split 56% of the vote, while the only conservative candidate, Sebastian Pin [...]	2009-12-18 17:36:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO948	Santiago Oct. 1 Media Report [...] Jorge Navarrete, director of the local chapter of Transparency International (TI),"Chile, Transparente," resigned amid a controversy regarding the local organization's lack of thoroughness and impartiality (All dailies, 10/2). "Salitre" Military Exercise ------------------- [...]	2009-10-02 12:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO949	Embassy Santiago Suggestions for Defamation of Religions [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A query on engaging Chile on the question of defamation of religion, Embassy Santiago advises that Chile has already voted "no" along with the United States on the defamation of religion issue in the UNGA (Ref B). We believe that Washington has already found an effec [...]	2009-12-21 19:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO95	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SQUADRON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Air Force officer who has been nominated to participate in [...]	2009-02-02 10:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO950	Santiago Oct. 2 Media Report [...] The Antofagasta Regional Environmental Commission (Corema) ordered gas company "Geotermica del Norte" to cease exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile. On September 8 operations resulted in a leak that sent water shooting 197 feet into the air, cau [...]	2009-10-05 12:38:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO958	Santiago October 5 Media Report [...] Gas company "Geotermica del Norte" was able to close the leak caused by its exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile on September 8 (All dailies, 10/5). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Women's National Service (Sernam) Ministe [...]	2009-10-05 21:50:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO962	Santiago October 6 Media Report [...] Chile ranked first in Latin America and 44th globally in the United Nations Development Program index on human development. The ranking includes variables such as life expectancy (78.5 years),per capita GDP, and access to health and education. Social and gender inequity were two var [...]	2009-10-06 18:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO968	CHILE-CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP CELEBRATES ACHIEVEMENTS, LOOKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A California delegation traveled to Chile September 27-29 to recognize the achievements of the Chile-California Partnership and explore more opportunities for engagement. Led by Secretaries of State Dale Bonner and Mike Chrisman, the delegation met with Chilean counterparts to d [...]	2009-10-07 20:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV ENRG EAGR OEXC CI
09SANTIAGO97	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 2 [...] Dailies continue to highlight different aspects of the investigation of the 1994 Mirage aircraft purchases from Belgium. Dailies also highlighted the FARC's release of four hostages and President Obama's call to Bachelet, inviting her for a state visit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...]	2009-02-03 12:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO970	Santiago Oct. 7 Media Report [...] Congress passed a draft bill that creates a new corporative government for Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco. This is "the most significant" change the company has undergone since its creation in 1976 (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/7). U.S. Related News [...]	2009-10-07 21:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO972	Santiago Oct. 8 Media Report [...] The Distortions Committee, formed by Central Bank and finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, and economy ministry officials decreed a 15% temporary special duty on powdered milk and gouda cheese imports from Uruguay and Argentina (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/8). Salitre [...]	2009-10-08 17:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO974	Oct. 9 Media Report [...] Chile ranked fourth on the World Economic Forum financial stability index for 2009. The report included 55 countries, where the UK ranked first (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 10/9). Salitre Exercise ------------------ 2. Chile changed the hypothetical backg [...]	2009-10-09 19:40:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO978	Santiago Oct. 10-13 Media Report [...] Chile played Colombia in Medellin and won 4-2, therefore qualifying for the World Cup (All dailies, 10/11). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After almost a month and a half of controversy over the "Salitre" exercise, the U.S. Embassy in Santiago commended [...]	2009-10-13 20:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO980	Santiago Oct. 14 Media Report [...] Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende said the government will invoke the Anti-Terrorist Law to prosecute those responsible for burning two trucks, attacking a toll booth, and firiQt private vehicles in the community of Victoria, in southern Chile, over the weekend. The indiv [...]	2009-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO986	ACTION REQUEST: CHILE WELCOMES UNODC, ASKS FOR MONEY TO [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. Poloff delivered reftel update to Rodrigo Toledo from the Bureau of International and Human Security at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Toledo welcomed the addition of the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime as [...]	2009-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC CI
09SANTIAGO99	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -FEBRUARY 3 [...] Dailies highlighted that Chile will host the Summit of the Progressive Governance Network in Vina del Mar in late March, and the leaders of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Argentina, and Brazil are expected to attend. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. 14-year old Marcos Ro [...]	2009-02-03 15:22:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO996	Santiago Oct. 20 Media Report [...] A protected witness revealed that the five individuals implicated in last week's attack in the Region of Araucania, where a toll booth was destroyed and several trucks were set on fire, were planning to attack trucks transporting gas and oil from Argentina (Conservative, influential [...]	2009-10-20 19:32:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO998	Santiago Oct. 21 Media Report [...] Hooded individuals carrying shotguns intercepted and burned two trucks in the Region of Araucania, where indigenous communities are reclaiming ancestral lands (All dailies, 10/21). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Chilean ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni [...]	2009-10-21 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1001	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG G3 PKO (54 NAMES, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 54 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for G3 PKO training, scheduled to start 17 September 2009. Post has no disqualifying infor [...]	2009-09-02 17:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
09SANTODOMINGO1002	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DHS-CBP (IACIT) INTL. A.P. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 15 DHS-CBP sponsored individuals who have been selected for (IACIT) International Airport Cargo Interdiction Training, scheduled to start 21 Sep [...]	2009-09-02 18:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
09SANTODOMINGO1003	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG SPANISH UH1 RPR (1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individual who has been selected for Spanish UH1 RPR training, scheduled to start 16 September 2009. Post has no disqualifying i [...]	2009-09-02 18:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1004	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG G3 PKO (42 NAMES, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 42 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for G3 PKO training, scheduled to start 17 September 2009. Post has no disqualifying inform [...]	2009-09-02 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM
09SANTODOMINGO1005	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG STRTGY. AND DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individual who has been selected for Strategy and Defense Policy training, scheduled to start 15 October 2009. Post has no disqua [...]	2009-09-02 18:48:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO1006	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG G3 PKO (60 NAMES, M-Z),D.R., 09.17.2009 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 60 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for G3 PKO training, scheduled to start 17 September 2009. Post has no disqualifying infor [...]	2009-09-02 18:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR MARR PGOV PHUM

09SANTODOMINGO101	DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL DELIVERED [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit us at http://ww [...]	2009-01-27 17:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IAEA ENRG NPT KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM

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