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06KIEV1081	UKRAINE: MOROZ AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY: ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Most of the attention on the failure of the "Maidan" coalition to form a coherent, effective government team in office in 2005 justifiably focused on the bitter falling out of the two main Orange parties, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and Yuliya Tymoshenko's eponymous bloc ( [...]	2006-03-20 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ETRD PARM NATO

06KIEV1083	UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LVIV AT SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary: A return visit to the western city of Lviv March 17-18 indicated that campaigning in city and surrounding areas has moved into a higher gear the final week before the March 26 parliamentary and local elections, as politicians scramble to maintain their base and win over the dwi [...]	2006-03-21 09:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1107	UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND [...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...]	2006-03-22 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KIEV1108	UKRAINE: POSSIBLE ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION [...] (C) With Ukraine's pivotal March 26 parliamentary (and local) election day drawing closer, claims by all sides continue that their opponents are abusing or plan to abuse administrative resources to influence election results at various levels. NGOs and international election observation missi [...]	2006-03-22 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV1111	UKRAINE: IN FAR WESTERN ZAKARPATTYA, LOCAL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In March 9 meetings in the far western oblast capital Uzhhorod, local government, party and NGO representatives noted the relative peace between political factions in the oblast and attributed it to Zakarpattya's long history of political, cultural, and ethnic diversity. All se [...]	2006-03-23 04:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
06KIEV1128	UKRAINE: IN THIS CORNER! EX-CHAMPION KLYCHKO RUNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 22 meeting with TDY PolOff, Volodymyr Bondarenko, head of Kiev mayoral candidate (and recent world boxing champion) Vitaliy Klychko's campaign, described campaign impediments including incumbent Mayor Omelchenko's use of administrative resources and biased media cove [...]	2006-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI
06KIEV1154	UKRAINE: MARCH 26 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- CAN [...] (C) Summary: The March 26 parliamentary elections are lining up to be judged free and fair, despite flaws. The campaign was marred by none (or very, very few) of the Kuchma government behavior that seriously eroded confidence in how the fall 2004 presidential elections would be conducted. Ad [...]	2006-03-24 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD
06KIEV1157	MANAFORT ON ELECTION PROBLEMS [...] (SBU)Summary: Party of Regions (PoR) political consultant Paul Manafort (AmCit, please protect) called on the Ambassador March 21 to express his continuing concern about the possible disenfranchisement of "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainian voters unless President Yushchenko signed into law [...]	2006-03-24 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM
06KIEV1186	UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Party of Regions ran the best-organized campaigns and received the top vote shares March 26 in the central Ukrainian oblast of Poltava, where in recent years the Socialist Party had held sway. BYuT's success in the more recent campaign was bu [...]	2006-03-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1192	UKRAINE: IN ORANGE RIVNE OBLAST, TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) The March 26 elections in western Ukraine's Rivne Oblast were the cleanest in the region's post-independence history, according to NGO representatives, OSCE election monitors and local media reports. There were administrative glitches that lengthened both the voting and counting. The OSC [...]	2006-03-28 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV1241	UKRAINE: SOCIALIST MOROZ ON COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) leader Oleksandr Moroz told Ambassador and DCM March 29 that a reunited "Maidan" coalition of Our Ukraine, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT),and the Socialists was the only feasible option, and that he had told this to President Yushchenko during the [...]	2006-03-29 14:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM
06KIEV1261	UKRAINE ELECTION 2006: WINNERS, LOSERS, TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: While the results of Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary and local elections are not yet final, and negotiations to form a majority Rada coalition have not yet concluded, it is already clear that the elections highlighted a number of winners and losers, as well as trends in Ukraine's deve [...]	2006-03-30 14:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1282	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]	2006-03-31 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1481	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND CODEL FRIST DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko discussed Rada majority coalition possibilities, bilateral U.S.-Ukrainian issues, and his vision for Ukraine's future April 13 with a delegation led by Senator Majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and including Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC). [...]	2006-04-13 17:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1540	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S PARTY "ENDORSES" PREVIOUS [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko's Hamlet-like dance over whether or when to endorse ex-Premier Yuliya Tymoshenko's claim on returning to her old job in the "Coalition of Democratic Forces" continued April 14 when the Executive Council of the People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party's Politic [...]	2006-04-14 15:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1587	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO'S OUR UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary. For several weeks in the wake of the March 26 elections in which it was soundly defeated by Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU) bloc leaders offered primarily positive public commentary, with reservations, about the formation of an Orange Rada majority coalition a [...]	2006-04-20 14:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV1639	UKRAINE: DNSA CROUCH'S NATO-THEMED DINNER INCLUDES [...] (C) At an April 19 NATO-themed dinner in honor of Deputy National Security Adviser Crouch, Defense Minister Hrytsenko and Foreign Minister Tarasyuk politely disagreed over the attitudes toward NATO of PM-hopeful Yuliya Tymoshenko, the Socialist Party, and Party of Regions. They also disagreed [...]	2006-04-26 08:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1851	UKRAINE: UPDATES FROM BEZSMERTNY AND TYMOSHENKO - [...] (C) Summary: A downbeat and cynical Roman Bezsmertny and a more relaxed Yuliya Tymoshenko separately assessed the current stated of play in coalition negotiations with Charge May 11-12; their characterizations largely tracked, though not completely. Both said that Yushchenko's attitude toward [...]	2006-05-15 08:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1912	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: NO PROGRESS ON BLACK SEA FLEET [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko told Kiev-based diplomats May 12 that the May 4 second meeting of the Ukraine-Russia sub-commission on the Russian Black Sea Fleet made no progress. The Ukrainians have asked to conduct a joint inventory of real property occupied a [...]	2006-05-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR RS UP
06KIEV1994	UKRAINE: KRAMER-WOOD 5/22 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, and Ambassador, former State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko stressed that Ukraine's next prime minister should be a politically independent technocrat -- not a politician. Zinchenko had advised President Yu [...]	2006-05-24 15:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON PREL UP RS
06KIEV2039	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2065	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...]	2006-05-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP
06KIEV2123	UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT'S POINT MAN ON RELIGION OFFERS [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian government's point man on religious issues, the State Department for Religious Issues (SDRI) chief Ihor Bondarchuk, told us June 1 that, for a variety of reasons, he had tendered his resignation. Bondarchuk criticized the Yushchenko administration's "unprofessional" handli [...]	2006-06-01 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2190	UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]	2006-06-06 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2247	UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]	2006-06-08 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2278	UKRAINE: ENCOURAGING GREATER SUPPORT TO BELARUSAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting with DFM Khandohiy, U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Krol encouraged Ukraine to develop contacts with Belarus at a level below cabinet minister and suggested that Ukraine could use such contacts to promote more responsible Belarusan government behavior. He also [...]	2006-06-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV2296	UKRAINE: WHAT MAY HAPPEN AT WEDNESDAY'S (JUNE 14) [...] (C) With no Orange coalition formed as of 1800 local time, two aides to senior Orange politicians have told us that the Party of Regions may essentially take charge of the coalition formation process at the June 14 Rada session. According to our interlocutors, Communist MP Martynyuk, who is sl [...]	2006-06-13 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2329	UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, PARTY OF REGIONS UPBEAT [...] (C) The action at the June 15 Rada session was not at the rostrum, but on the floor and in the hallways, where Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych shook hands, slapped backs and assured reporters that Regions would sign a coalition agreement on June 20 -- when the Rada reconvenes. Our U [...]	2006-06-15 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2358	UKRAINE/ROMANIA/BLACK SEA FORUM: FRIENDLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and Romania have enjoyed markedly warmer relations post-Orange Revolution, according to Romanian Embassy counselor Stanciu, with Romanian President Basescu visiting Kiev three times. MFA Romania desk officer Popyk told us three areas continued to be irritants in the bi [...]	2006-06-16 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD SENV KDEM RO UP
06KIEV2359	UKRAINE: ORANGE-BLUE COALITION TALKS ALLEGEDLY [...] (C) A coalition agreement between the Party of Regions and Our Ukraine (OU) could be reached tonight (June 16),according to Regions MP and de facto shadow foreign minister Leonid Kozhara. In a conversation with DCM, Kozhara dismissed OU's public distinction between "consultations" and "negot [...]	2006-06-16 16:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2403	UKRAINE: ANOTHER RADA SESSION ENDS WITHOUT A [...] (C) The Rada (parliament) held two short sessions June 20 but adjourned until June 21 without forming a majority coalition. Before the morning session, Our Ukraine (OU) MP Roman Zvayrch claimed to us that talks with OU's Orange partners were deadlocked over Yuliya Tymoshenko's refusal to acce [...]	2006-06-20 15:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2477	UKRAINE: LAUNCH OF NATO PFP TRUST FUND PROJECT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The NATO PfP Trust Fund project to eliminate MANPADS, small arms/light weapons, and excess munitions began June 20 with the ceremonial destruction of two MANPADS before an audience of government officials and media. Actual operations are expected to begin at the Shostka site in [...]	2006-06-23 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR NATO PGOV UP
06KIEV2590	UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]	2006-07-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV2651	UKRAINE: MOROZ AS SPEAKER; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a maneuver which stunned Our Ukraine (OU) and Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) only hours after they had reached agreement with Party of Regions on a division of responsibilities between the majority and opposition forces in the Rada (parliament) to end Regions' 10-day blockade of the [...]	2006-07-07 15:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2900	UKRAINE: WAYS OUT OF THE POLITICAL IMPASSE: FOUR [...] (C) Summary: With the window for a Presidential decision to disband the Rada now open and the "Anti-Crisis Coalition" nomination of Viktor Yanukovych for PM on his desk, Yushchenko and Ukraine face four scenarios: accept Yanukovych as PM; reject Yanukovych's nomination but not dissolve the Rad [...]	2006-07-25 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV2932	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO-LED ROUNDTABLE POINTS TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko moderated an extraordinary six-hour marathon roundtable July 27 involving all Ukrainian political leaders and additional eminent figures to discuss a way out of the current political impasse. Yushchenko ended the session at 10 pm with a plea for the parti [...]	2006-07-28 08:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3029	UKRAINE: TALE OF TWO VIKTORS: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES [...] (C) Summary. In another last minute decision crucial to the political future of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko initiated the procedures required for dissolution of the Rada (parliament) August 2, only to agree in the middle of the night instead to endorse Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovyc [...]	2006-08-04 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV3129	UKRAINE: FIRST DEPUTY PM AZAROV COMMITTED TO WTO [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Azarov told the Ambassador that by the end of 2006, Ukraine would join the WTO. He pledged that the government would have a careful and well-balanced policy in place to deal with Ukraine's large negative trade balance. On the energy situati [...]	2006-08-11 13:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN MCC UP
06KIEV3130	UKRAINE: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE? "ORANGE" MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, who repeatedly vowed publicly in July that he would never serve under Viktor Yanukovych, revealed his continuing ambivalence in an August 11 press conference to explain why he had remained Interior Minister in Yanukovych's government, stating that [...]	2006-08-11 14:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV335	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH DISCUSSES GAS DEAL, RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting with opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Deputy Taras Chornovil, EUR A/S Fried told Yanukovych the U.S. supported Ukraine and would work with whatever democratically-elected government the people of Ukraine chose. The U.S. would [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ETRD ENRG EPET UP WTO
06KIEV336	UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO, [...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]	2006-01-26 08:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV346	UKRAINE: GOU TELLS A/S WAYNE OF CONTINUED IPR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne met on January 24 with Acting Minister of Education and Science Borys Zhebrovskiy and other GOU officials involved in intellectual property (IPR) rights protection. A/S Wayne told the officials that, [...]	2006-01-26 13:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR ETRD UP
06KIEV3464	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]	2006-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3532	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO [...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...]	2006-09-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV3553	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine-NATO relations was a primary theme in EUR Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings September 6-7 with FM Borys Tarasyuk, Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and PM Viktor Yanukovych. Holdover "orange" Ministers Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko have been the two staunchest advocates [...]	2006-09-18 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3569	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ADVANCES RELATIONS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: While media attention had focused on PM Yanukovych's comments regarding a NATO Membership Action Plan during his September 14 visit to Brussels, MFA European Union Department acting director Dir argued that Yanukovych had made significant statements and substantial progress on EU [...]	2006-09-18 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD EPET EUN UP
06KIEV3710	UKRAINE: OFFICIALS DENY THAT KOLCHUGAS SOLD TO IRAN [...] (U) The Jane's Defense Weekly, dated September 27, 2006, carried a story, strangely datelined Bangkok, reporting that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to Iran for an estimated price of USD25 million per system. As accur [...]	2006-09-26 14:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV384	UKRAINE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Below is text requested reftel of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Ukraine. Begin Text: Investment Climate Statement 2006 -- Ukraine A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT When President Yushchenko took office in January 2005, he [...]	2006-01-30 15:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV3865	UKRAINE: SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST PROPORTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Commercial Chamber of Ukraine's Supreme Court ruled on October 3 in favor of a lower court's finding that mobile phone operator KyivStar's shareholders are entitled to equal representation on the company's Board of Directors, regardless of how many company shares each share [...]	2006-10-05 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV RS UP
06KIEV3919	UKRAINE: OVERHAULING THE PRESIDENT'S MEN - [...] (C) Summary. With the appointment of Industrial Union of the Donbas (IUD) executive Vitaly Haiduk as National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary October 10, the overhaul of President Yushchenko's team which started September 16 with the appointment of Viktor Baloha as Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 15:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
06KIEV3933	UKRAINE: Rada Reviews Natural Gas Sector; Allows Price Rise [...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) reviewed on October 4 the preliminary results of its investigatory commission on NaftoHaz and the natural gas sector. The commission reported multiple instances of mismanagement, malfeasance, and possible criminal acts within state-owned oil and [...]	2006-10-13 11:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV SOCI RS UP
06KIEV408	UKRAINE: SHIFTING SANDS AND POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Conversations with Media watchdog-turned-PORA politician Serhiy Taran, website editor-turned-Tymoshenko Bloc PR director Oleh Medvedev, and independent-minded Regions MP Volodymyr Makeyenko January 25-27 provided three views on the shifting ground in Ukrainian politic [...]	2006-02-01 12:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KIEV461	UKRAINE: GONGADZE CASE AND ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C) Politicians and the judge associated with the Gongadze case, wielding both implied carrots and sticks, have sought the public silence of Myroslava Gongadze -- widow of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze -- in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March, according to Myroslava's lawyer Val [...]	2006-02-02 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV473	UKRAINE: EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR THE PARTY OF REGIONS? [...] (C) As part of an effort to transform itself its image into that of a democratic political force, Ukraine's Party of Regions -- long a haven for Donetsk-based mobsters and oligarchs -- is in the midst of an "extreme makeover." The effort enlists the help and advice of veteran K Street politic [...]	2006-02-03 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV477	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL ON OSCE REFORM, PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: MFA OSCE Department Counselor Volodymyr Tolkach expressed to us January 18 the Ukrainian government's support for OSCE reform. OSCE reform should include some provision that ensures a single country cannot block an OSCE decision. At the same time, Tolkach argued, there should be [...]	2006-02-03 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE
06KIEV481	UKRAINE: THIRD ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable discussion January 25, NGO representatives felt that the recent gas and government crises could hurt ex-PM Tymoshenko in the elections. One observer expressed doubt that a Rada majority coalition would be formed after the March 26 elections, [...]	2006-02-03 16:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV578	UKRAINE: ODESA CATHOLICS CONTEMPLATING HUNGER [...] (C) The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Odesa-Simferopol diocese, Bronislav Bernatsky, told us February 8 that "hundreds" of his parishioners will begin a hunger strike March 1 to protest what he described as "the strangulation of the Catholic Church" by the Odesa city government. The bishop cla [...]	2006-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV583	UKRAINE: IN THE MIDDLE OF ODESA, A PRESBYTERIAN [...] (C) Two leaders of Odesa's small Presbyterian community asserted to us February 8 that the local actors guild had enlisted political help in an effort to seize the city's historic Presbyterian church. The actors wanted to turn the church, which has just gone through a 1.2 million USD renovati [...]	2006-02-14 07:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV589	UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION PROVINCIAL SNAPSHOT: [...] (SBU) Summary: The north-central province of Chernihiv offers a snapshot of the changed Ukraine and of the fluid political dynamics between the 2004 Presidential contest and the upcoming March parliamentary (Rada) and local elections. In 2004, Chernihiv witnessed heavy administrative resource [...]	2006-02-14 13:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV604	UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL NATO
06KIEV656	UKRAINE: FOURTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable on the March 26 Rada (Parliament) and local government elections February 14, NGO representatives felt that while most voters were aware of the shift to elections based on party lists, this awareness dropped off significantly in rural areas. N [...]	2006-02-17 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM
06KIEV659	UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REFOULEMENT OF UZBEKS [...] (C) On February 17, Ambassador passed Foreign Minister Tarasyuk a non-paper on Ukraine's February 14 refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers. Tarasyuk said that he became aware of incident through media reports and had asked for an explanation from the Ukrainian law enforcement communi [...]	2006-02-17 16:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV
06KIEV738	UKRAINE: TALES OF SEVASTOPOL, A HERO CITY [...] (C) Summary: The presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet pervades the historic Crimean city of Sevastopol, which is one of two municipalities in Ukraine directly administered by the central government. Relations between President Yushchenko-appointed city administrator Serhiy Ivanov and the [...]	2006-02-23 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
06KIEV869	Ukraine: Submission for the 2006 TIP Report [...] (U) Embassy Kiev's responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire are presented below. Answers are keyed to questions in ref A. Overview (Ref A Para 21) ------------------------ 2. (SBU) (21A) Ukraine is a country of origin for internationally trafficked men, women and children. The p [...]	2006-03-06 15:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN
06KIEV936	UKRAINE: REGIONS' CONSULTANTS WARN DEFICIENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Party of Regions' U.S. campaign consultants Paul Manafort, Phil Griffin, and Catherine Barnes called on DCM and poloff March 10 to share Regions' concerns about election organizational problems that they feared could call the legitimacy of the March 26 election into question. M [...]	2006-03-10 17:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV947	Ukraine: International Anticorruption and [...] (SBU) In 2004, the Ukrainian people radically changed Ukraine's political landscape by standing up for their rights and successfully demanding that the results of the Presidential election reflect their will in what was known as the "Orange Revolution." In a watershed decision that demonstrate [...]	2006-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM
06KIEV957	UKRAINE: USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley visited Kiev February 28-March 2 and met with OSCE, Central Election Commission (CEC),and political party representatives to get a better sense of how the run-up to the March 26 elections was proceeding. She noted repeatedly that the U [...]	2006-03-13 18:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV986	UKRAINE: MFA ON MAUP-RELATED VISA CASE [...] (C) MFA Director General Borys Bazylevsky told Consul General March 14 that the Ukrainian Government was considering banning the entry into Ukraine of AMCIT David Duke. The move would be part of a broader GOU effort to rein in the activities of the anti-Semitic Inter-Regional Academy of Perso [...]	2006-03-14 15:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIGALI1074	ICTR PROSECUTOR ADDRESSES COMPLETION STRATEGY AND [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps November 9, following a two-day conference organized jointly by the ICTR and the University of Rwanda entitled "Challenging Impunity." Jallow outlined next steps fo [...]	2006-11-09 14:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1130	RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...]	2006-11-24 11:11:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1199	MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]	2006-12-15 10:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI1223	PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP [...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]	2006-12-22 11:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI180	MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS [...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...]	2006-02-23 15:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI183	2006 SECTOR-LEVEL ELECTIONS: ORDERLY, HIGH VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The second phase of 2006 Rwanda local elections, conducted February 20 at the sector level, proceeded smoothly. Polling sites were easy to find and easy to access, and local National Electoral Commission staff appeared to follow established guidelines and procedures. Voters w [...]	2006-02-24 07:44:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI193	DEMAND FOR RWANDAN SPECIALTY COFFEE ON THE RISE [...] Summary: Ambassador hosted an event February 24 for a visiting delegation from the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which represents the USD 20 billion U.S. coffee industry. This first annual coffee event showcased the exceptional quality of Rwandan specialty coffee and marked the b [...]	2006-02-27 18:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ETRD RW
06KIGALI281	PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]	2006-03-23 16:26:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI291	GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises [...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...]	2006-03-29 10:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI334	PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER [...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]	2006-04-12 10:25:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI365	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA [...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]	2006-04-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI381	RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...]	2006-04-24 14:27:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI411	Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...]	2006-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW
06KIGALI456	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...]	2006-05-12 06:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI480	THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA [...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]	2006-05-18 13:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI489	REACHING OUT TO THE RWANDAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] On May 13, Ambassador attended the opening ceremony of Al- Halaal Micro-Finance Institution, a new private financial credit company established consistent with Islamic banking principles. The Ambassador's participation was part of post's continuing effort to reach out to the Muslim community, [...]	2006-05-22 15:05:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ODIP SCUL RW
06KIGALI540	RWANDAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MEET WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 24 meeting with prominent local civil society leaders, Ambassador expressed U.S. support of the role of civil society in Rwanda, stressing the critical balance it brings to government decision- making. Civil society leaders discussed their goals, successes, and in [...]	2006-06-06 09:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM RW
06KIGALI579	TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION [...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]	2006-06-19 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KIGALI595	FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...]	2006-06-22 14:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI727	NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...]	2006-07-29 10:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW
06KIGALI740	RWANDA SELF HELP PROGRAM RECEIVES EXCITED RECEPTION [...] Post has obligated all of the Ambassador's Special-Help Program funds in fiscal year 2006. 2. U.S. Embassy Kigali hosted on July 20 a signing ceremony for the recipients of the FY2006 Self Help Fund. Charg d'Affaires signed 17 grants worth a total of $76 000. Democracy and Human Rights Fun [...]	2006-08-02 15:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON AFIN RW
06KIGALI790	'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...]	2006-08-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI842	PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND [...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...]	2006-08-30 15:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI847	NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REFORM [...] New Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama outlined his plans for a reformed Justice Ministry in a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28. A revamped administrative structure, strenuous efforts to reduce lagging caseloads, and a pledge to ensure "even-handed investigations" formed the co [...]	2006-08-31 14:38:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI848	GOR RENEWS VOA BROADCAST AGREEMENTS, AIRS ITS [...] On Thursday, August 31, Voice of America Director David Jackson renewed VOA's transmission agreement with Rwanda's public broadcaster, ORINFOR, and signed a licensing agreement with the Ministry of Information. The GOR took the opportunity of the signings to voice strong concerns about what i [...]	2006-08-31 14:45:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL RW
06KIGALI854	CHINESE DELEGATIONS VISIT KIGALI [...] (U) Two Chinese delegations visited Kigali the week of August 28. A Communist Party delegation, led by Wu Guanzheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, conducted closed-door discussions with the Secretary General Francois Ngarambe and other RPF [...]	2006-09-01 16:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID RW
06KIGALI879	EMBASSY KIGALI 9/11 COMMEMORATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 06:16:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL
06KIGALI880	RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]	2006-09-12 06:16:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI887	EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...]	2006-09-14 09:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RW
06KINGSTON1051	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 13 - May 30, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- BOJ Reduces Interest Rates -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Jamaican Company to Expand to the Caribbean -- Major Investment Project on the Horizon -- Cement Troubles Continue -- Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding (Finally) -------------- [...]	2006-05-30 14:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1199	CONTROVERSIAL POLICE OFFICER BACK ON THE FORCE [...] (U) Senior Superintendent Renato Adams, the controversial former head of the disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU),has been reinstated to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). Adams was taken off active duty in 2004 pending the outcome of the trial in which he and five other members of the CMU [...]	2006-06-16 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM CVIS JM

06KINGSTON1423	JAMAICAN FINANCE MINISTER NOT READY TO QUIT (YET) [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Planning Omar Davies will not/not resign just yet, despite widespread media reports last week indicating that Davies was preparing to leave the cabinet, his Parliamentary seat, and representational politics. Embassy contacts had confirmed that his rumored [...]	2006-07-21 15:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL JM
06KINGSTON1441	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: June 24 - July 24, 2006 [...] This month's topics: -- Chavez Visit Postponed -- West Indies Alumina Company Cutting Jobs -- More Competition in Mobile Market -- Finance Minister Heads Team to the UK -- Cement Imports Increase -- Airline Starts Service to Jamaica -- Prices Jump in June -- Opposition Spokesman Predicts [...]	2006-07-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINGSTON1592	VENEZUELA/JAMAICA: USD 563 MILLION ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On August 14, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accompanied by Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and Energy and Petroleum Minister Raphael Ramirez, made a one-day stop in Jamaica during which he signed agreements with the GOJ totaling USD 563.3 million. Of that figure, USD 290 million pur [...]	2006-08-15 19:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL JM VE
06KINGSTON1687	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: DEAL CLARIFIED AND IRRITATION [...] (C) Summary: Clear numbers that clarify the extent of Jamaica's deals with Venezuela (outlined ref. A.) have emerged. The Venezuelan government has purchased a 49 percent stake in the GOJ-owned PetroJam refinery for USD 64 million, according to Dr. Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry [...]	2006-08-25 18:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EPET KMCA PGOV PREL MOPS MARR UNSC
06KINGSTON1805	JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 20:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL
06KINGSTON1826	JAMAICA: POINTS DELIVERED OUTLINING KEY ELEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 17:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER KPAO JA
06KINGSTON1881	JAMAICA: POLICE SICK-OUT [...] (U) Hundreds of rank and file members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) called in sick to press for an improved wage offer from the Government on September 20-21, thus hampering Security operations across the island. Police are demanding a 75 percent increase in salary and additional be [...]	2006-09-22 12:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC EFIN ELAB SOCI IMF
06KINGSTON2151	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]	2006-10-31 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2189	JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]	2006-11-07 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON2251	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES [...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...]	2006-11-20 16:27:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2313	PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE [...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...]	2006-11-29 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JM XL
06KINGSTON2314	(C) AIR JAMAICA: REPORTS OF MY DEMISE ARE NOT [...] (C) The GOJ simply does not grasp the dire predicament faced by Air Jamaica. The carrier literally could cease operations at any time, much like the situation with Swissair in October 2001. A cocktail of enormous and growing debt, a lack of political will to make painful and expensive choices [...]	2006-11-29 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV JM XL
06KINGSTON294	RECENT ALLEGED HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE DEFIES EASY [...] (C) In November and December 2005, two murders in Jamaica were labeled by some gay activists as homophobic hate crimes, although senior police contacts described the killings as resulting from common robberies. On November 30, 2005, a leading HIV/AIDS activist, Lenford "Steve" Harvey, was fou [...]	2006-02-10 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI JM PHUM
06KINGSTON310	JAMAICA ADDS MUSCLE TO GUN LICENSING PROCESS [...] (SBU) On January 18, NAS Director met with Commissioner of Police Lucius Thomas to discuss the status of a 2004 investigation of widespread fraud in the issuance of gun licenses. In March 2004, due to intense media inquiries, a probe centered on the St. Andrew North Division revealed rampant [...]	2006-02-14 20:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM SNAR PGOV ASEC JM
06KINGSTON318	MURDER OF SPANISH TOWN CRIMINAL LEADER AGAIN CALLS [...] (C) The February 8 murder of Andrew "Bun Man" Hope, the leader of Spanish Town's One Order gang, while Hope sat in a vehicle registered to Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament Olivia "Babsy" Grange, again drew attention to the deceased man's ties to Grange. Witnesses alleged that it [...]	2006-02-15 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM
06KINGSTON330	WHA- TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR ESF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM
06KINGSTON633	JAMAICA BRACING FOR STORMY INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: Jamaica is bracing itself for one of its most tumultuous years regarding industrial relations. With approximately 48 unresolved wage disputes carrying over from 2005 and with many contracts expiring in March, work stoppages may prove common in 2006. Already seen in the bauxite s [...]	2006-03-30 16:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON644	BANK EXPLAINS CUBAN ACCOUNTS DECISION [...] (SBU) The Cuban Ambassador to Jamaica, Gisela Garcia Rivera, responded with outrage to recent media reports that the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited (BNS) would cease holding U.S.-dollar-denominated accounts maintained in Jamaica for the Cuban Embassy. Garcia announced that the Cuban Emba [...]	2006-04-03 14:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV JM
06KINGSTON758	THE NEW PRIME MINISTER'S CABINET [...] (C) Summary. This message provides biographic sketches on members of new Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and her Cabinet, which she announced at midnight on March 31. Apparently, in order to build party unity before the next general elections believed to be forthcoming by Fall 2006, the [...]	2006-04-19 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JM
06KINGSTON90	INVESTMENT CLIMATE SURVEY - JAMAICA 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-12 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD EIND ELAB KTDB PGOV JM OPIC USTR
06KINGSTON925	JAMAICA'S FY 2006/7 BUDGET DEBATES: MORE THAN [...] (C) In the just-concluded yearly Parliamentary sparring match that Jamaicans refer to as the "budget debates," the governing People's National Party (PNP) and the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) presented sharply divergent views on the best way to pull the country out of the economic dold [...]	2006-05-12 14:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN JM
06KINGSTON939	KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: May 3 - May 12, 2006 [...] This week's topics: -- Venezuelan Navy Ship Visits Kingston -- Prime Minister of Malaysia Visits -- Budget Debate Closes -- Motorola Deal Moving Forward -- Delta to Offer Atlanta-Kingston Route -- Cement Investigation Extended -- Bananas and Sugar: Help on the Way? -- Se [...]	2006-05-15 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB KHIV JM
06KINSHASA1019	ITURI UPDATE: STATUS OF EFFORTS TO RELEASE MONUC [...] (C) Summary: The June 27 release of two MONUC Nepalese peacekeepers held by militia leader Peter Karim (ref A) comes after a series of intense negotiations between the militia leader and GDRC officials. According to MONUC and Congolese military officials in Bunia, efforts are still underway to [...]	2006-06-28 09:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1032	ON CAMPAIGN EVE: INCONCLUSIVE ROUND 2 MEETING OF [...] (C) Summary: Key officials of the DRC Transition, including Vice Presidents, members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),the Independent Election Commission (CEI) President, and others gathered the afternoon of June 28 to continue last June 21's session (reftel) [...]	2006-06-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1058	ARS AND VOA SPEAKERS EMPOWER 200 MORE JOURNALISTS IN DRC [...] (U) Summary: Crisscrossing the Congo in April and June, ahead of historic elections July 30, VOA Chief Editor (Central Africa French service) Ferdinand Ferella, and ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue held seven workshops in five cities, for a total of 200 radio and television journalists. PAO accompanied [...]	2006-07-03 10:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1066	BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMES TO KINSHASA [...] (U) Summary: Belgian international FM radio now broadcasts to the world's second French-language city, Kinshasa. It competes with RFI, BBC, VOA and Africa No.1. Its success will likely depend upon its getting a reporter on the ground in the DRC. End Summary 2. (U) On June 26, Belgian Int [...]	2006-07-05 10:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECPS SCUL CG BE KPAO
06KINSHASA1067	MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S ELECTION OFFICIALLY BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The first, historic televised presidential debate, marking the June 29 opening of the official campaign, was a technical success, and it set an enviably moderate tone. Unfortunately, only two of the expected five candidates participated, and rather obscure ones at that. Elsewher [...]	2006-07-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA1082	ECONOMICS ALONG THE UGANDAN BORDER: ITURI [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and PolOff visited the major towns of the troubled Ituri District in Eastern DRC - Bunia, Aru and Mahagi - May 6 through 10. As in the Grand Nord region of neighboring North Kivu, legal and illegal cross-border trade, the absence of national government control and a st [...]	2006-07-06 13:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EMIN PGOV CG UG
06KINSHASA1102	FORMER UDPS OFFICIAL GEARING UP FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Former UDPS member Eve Bazaiba -- the only publicly-declared member of the opposition party running in the DRC's elections -- has officially begun her campaign for a seat in the National Assembly, despite threats being made against her. Bazaiba, running as an independent, said she [...]	2006-07-10 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1133	MONUC EFFORTS TO PREVENT TIP AND SEA SUCCESSFUL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel A, Embassy Kinshasa reports that incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse by MONUC peacekeepers in the DRC are much reduced over previous years. Local press articles decrying MONUC's TIP and SEA track records have dropped sharply, indicating that MONUC is percei [...]	2006-07-13 15:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1206	DRC ELECTIONS: SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces have long been political flashpoints in the DRC due largely to the influence of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). Rallies and demonstrations in both provinces have in the past often devolved into violent clashes between politic [...]	2006-07-28 09:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1208	DRC ELECTIONS: POLITICAL LEADERS URGE CALM AFTER [...] (C) The atmosphere in Kinshasa is largely calm two days before the scheduled July 30 presidential and legislative elections, despite several outbreaks of violence in the city July 27. As reported reftel, some security forces of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba (Movement for the Liberation of C [...]	2006-07-28 13:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1209	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 1 [...] (U) The Democratic Republic of Congo remains largely calm on the eve of the July 30 presidential and legislative elections. A few isolated security incidents have taken place in Kinshasa and Mbuji Mayi in the past day, but they have not kept election workers nationwide from completing last-minu [...]	2006-07-29 18:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1220	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER "HOPEFUL" ABOUT VOTE [...] (U) The Carter Center's election observation mission released a preliminary statement August 1 on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that polling stations were "well-organized" and that election officials "competently fulfilled" their duties. In a Kinshasa press conference, the Carter Center' [...]	2006-08-02 12:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1223	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA CLAIMING VICTORY ABSENT [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has already begun claiming victory in the DRC's July 30 presidential elections, broadcasting purported results via television and radio stations he owns. Before polls even closed, the Bemba-owned station CCTV began reporting "results" from polling sites thr [...]	2006-08-03 12:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1233	DRC ELECTIONS: EU MISSION DECLARES VOTE MANAGED [...] (U) The European Union's Election Observation Mission (MOEUE) released August 2 its preliminary statement on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) managed the vote "efficiently" despite political tension and certain inequalities observed during the [...]	2006-08-04 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1234	GOLD SECTOR UPDATE - FOCUS ON ANGLOGOLD [...] (C) Summary. Industrial gold mining plans are advancing in Ituri district, particularly on the concession of AngloGold Ashanti. Artisanal miners continue to operate illegally on Anglo's concession; the DRC's gold-mining parastatal profits from this mining and thus takes no action to remove the [...]	2006-08-04 10:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1236	DRC ELECTIONS: CEI PROMISES INVESTIGATION AFTER [...] (C) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu promised August 4 that the Commission will investigate the burning of an unknown number of marked ballots and vote tally sheets at an election liaison office in Kinshasa. In a meeting with the Ambassador and Repres [...]	2006-08-04 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1238	DRC ELECTIONS: CIAT DISMAYED BY POLITICIZATION OF [...] (U) The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a declaration August 3 expressing its "dismay" over the "flagrant politicization" of the vote counting process after the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. The CIAT statement comes after a similar comm [...]	2006-08-04 13:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1249	DRC ELECTIONS: AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS GIVE [...] (U) Summary: Several African election observation missions have released their preliminary statements regarding the DRC's July 30 president and legislative elections. While noting the logistical challenges poll workers faced, most African missions declared the vote to have been conducted succe [...]	2006-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1255	DRC ELECTIONS: MARKETING BEMBA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba on August 3. During the meeting, Bemba disingenuously said all the right things and gave all the right responses as he pretended to distance himself from the effo [...]	2006-08-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1261	DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The DRC banking sector is slowly increasing services, with the first ATM, Master Card and mobile phone banking capabilities becoming available in July. - The Energy Vice Minister ordered an audit of Cohydro, the DRC's petroleum parastatal. - National railway employees are [...]	2006-08-10 09:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG ELAB EAIR EMIN ETRD PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1278	DRC ELECTIONS: EMINENT PERSONS GROUP URGES CALM [...] (U) The International Committee of Wise Men ("Comite des Sages") issued August 12 a declaration congratulating the Congolese people and authorities for the calm and peaceful manner in which the country's July 30 elections were held. The Committee urged political candidates and the population t [...]	2006-08-14 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1302	THREE TV STATIONS SUSPENDED AFTER BROADCASTS RAISE TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three television stations were suspended from broadcasting August 17 by order of the High Media Authority (HAM). The three are state-owned RTNC1, the MLC-affiliated CCTV, and the religious station RTAE, all of which have been showing violent scenes, notably from the pillaging wh [...]	2006-08-18 10:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1307	DRC HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ISSUES REPORT ON [...] (U) Summary: The National Observatory for Human Rights (ONDH),one of the five "citizen institutions" of the DRC's transitional government, issued August 12 a report detailing its findings concerning campaign-related violence in the month leading up to the country's July 30 presidential and le [...]	2006-08-18 12:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1352	SITREP 30: LIFE IN KINSHASA PICKS UP ITS PACE, [...] (SBU) The security situation in Kinshasa remains tense but calm. Post received no additional reports of violence overnight. Neighborhoods were quiet city-wide during the evening of August 24, and people appeared to be staying close to home, although restaurants and nightspots were open for bu [...]	2006-08-25 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1357	THE UNNECESSARY DRC CRISIS, AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa military clashes from Aug 20 - 22 represented arguably the biggest threat to date in DRC's difficult Transition process, although by Aug 24 the capital began resuming more normal activity. This crisis was confined exclusively to Central Kinshasa, in essence a clash betw [...]	2006-08-28 17:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1388	Kinshasa Broadcast Media Pledge to Try to Avoid Turning [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of inflammatory broadcasts and counter-broadcasts pitting media allied with Jean-Pierre Bemba and Joseph Kabila against each other, the directors of Kinshasa television stations signed pledges of good conduct on August 26 and 30. There has already been one violation [...]	2006-08-31 16:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1390	IRANIAN EMBASSY RESPONDS TO SUNDAY TIMES ARTICLE [...] (U) On August 28, the Congolese newspaper Le Potentiel printed the Iranian Embassy's denial of the August 6 Sunday Times article (reftel),which alleged a DRC-Iran uranium smuggling link. The Times reported that in October 2005 Tanzanian authorities stopped a shipment of Uranium 238 ore from [...]	2006-09-05 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA1391	NO SIGNS OF MINING ACTIVITY AT SHINKOLOBWE [...] (C) Summary. In the course of investigating ongoing rumors and press reports of a DRC-Iranian enriched uranium link, EconOff visited DRC's Shinkolobwe uranium mine August 9, but found no evidence of any mining. Neither visual nor scientific evidence at or around Shinkolobwe indicates mining oc [...]	2006-09-05 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN KGIT ETRD PREL PGOV IAEA CG IR
06KINSHASA1401	Media Pledge Extends to Kabila and Bemba Camps [...] (SBU) Summary: High-level representatives of both President Kabila and VP Bemba on September 4 signed a pledge to rein in their respective media. The Ambassador has heard from representatives of President Kabila that pro-Bemba broadcast media will be restored by the end of this week. The pled [...]	2006-09-07 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA142	Nomination for FY06 Edward R. Murrow Program for [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 11:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL CG XA KPAO
06KINSHASA1434	BEMBA MEDIA IS BACK AND ALREADY SANCTIONED BY HAM [...] (U) Summary. One day after recommencing their broadcast operations, two television stations owned by Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba were sanctioned by the High Media Authority (HAM) for violating the media code of conduct. The two stations had broadcast scenes from Bemba's political [...]	2006-09-13 17:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1439	THREE DAYS IN KINSHASA: HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS AND A [...] (C) Summary. Two days of high-level visitors to Kinshasa September 11 and 12 were followed September 13 by the long-awaited face-to-face meeting between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the two protagonists in the Congolese presidential elections and August 20-22 [...]	2006-09-14 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG EUN UK SA
06KINSHASA1447	Media Authority Issues Ruling Against Pro-Kabila TV [...] (U) Following its decisions September 12 - when the High Media Authority (HAM) reprimanded or fined two Bemba-owned TV stations (for jumping the gun with campaign broadcasts) and issued a warning to the state-owned RTNC (for a show where Jean-Pierre Bemba was referred to as a treacherous snake) [...]	2006-09-15 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1458	RUBERWA AS STATESMAN: AUDITIONING FOR HIS NEXT [...] (C) Summary. Congolese Vice President and disappointed presidential candidate Azarias Ruberwa has positioned himself as a mediator and statesmen in the run-up to the second round of elections. His primary message now consists of three main points: reconciliation between Kabila and Bemba, act [...]	2006-09-18 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1462	TEACHER'S STRIKE PETERS OUT [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's public school teachers' strike has ended after just two weeks, and students are slowly returning to school as of September 18. Teachers were on strike in several parts of the DRC to press for increased salaries and benefits, but realized it is unlikely the current lame d [...]	2006-09-19 11:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV SOCI CG
06KINSHASA1472	BEMBA,S MEN FAN THE FLAMES IN THE WAKE OF [...] (U) Summary: Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party issued a strongly-worded statement September 19 charging that the fire that knocked his media outlets off the air the day before was a "criminal act" designed to prevent him from conducting campaigning. Bemba's political allian [...]	2006-09-20 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1478	BEMBA,S READOUT OF KABILA MEETING REINFORCES [...] (C) Summary. DR Congo VP Bemba gave a readout of his meeting last week with Presidet Kabila during a September 18 discussion with te Ambassador. His version focused on their exchnges of views, including charges and counter-chargs, on the August 20-22 armed confrontations between their troops. [...]	2006-09-21 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1481	SECOND ROUND DR CONGO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has set the dates for official campaigning in the October 29 second-round presidential and provincial assembly elections. CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced that the presidential campaign will last 15 days, from October 13 [...]	2006-09-22 09:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1484	SECOND ROUND DR CONGO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has set the dates for official campaigning in the October 29 second-round presidential and provincial assembly elections. CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced that the presidential campaign will last 15 days, from October 13 [...]	2006-09-22 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1518	Media Authority Issues Further Rulings; Bemba Media Resume [...] (U) Summary: Bemba-owned TV stations, which had nearly been destroyed by fire, have resumed broadcasting. A pro-Bemba radio station, whose signal was shut down in late August, is also back on the air. The High Media Authority (HAM) suspended or reprimanded two Kinshasa TV stations September 26 [...]	2006-09-29 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1523	KABILA AND BEMBA AGREE ON MOVES TO REDUCE ARMS ON [...] (U) Negotiators for President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba signed an agreement September 23 aimed at reducing arms on the streets of Kinshasa and the risk of further confrontations between their armed forces. The agreement aims to calm tensions in the wake of the August 2 [...]	2006-09-29 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KDEM MARR CG
06KINSHASA1555	HIGH MEDIA AUTHORITY SUSPENDS PRO-KABILA NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Summary: The High Media Authority suspended the pro-Kabila daily "L'Avenir" for impugning political adversaries. The HAM also reduced sanctions against those accused of inflammatory rhetoric during the official launching of the pro-Bemba political alliance. End summary. 2. (U) The High [...]	2006-10-10 18:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1557	POLITICAL FIGURE NGOY RUNS AFOUL OF MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, a minor opposition figure arrested in 2005 for offending the president, has made headlines again by violating the Code of Good Conduct for Political Parties and the Media. During an October 3 political broadcast on Canal Congo Television (CCTV),which is owned by V [...]	2006-10-11 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1558	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR MASSIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The influential National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) called upon all Congolese to vote in massive numbers in the upcoming October 29 presidential runoff and provincial assembly elections, but maintained that the Catholic Church (as well as CENCO itself) will remain neutral in the [...]	2006-10-11 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1575	DRC ELECTIONS: MEDIA AUTHORITY SETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The DRC's High Media Authority (HAM) has proposed for October 26 the one and only planned presidential debate between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Neither Kabila nor Bemba participated in the handful of televised debates held among the 32 candidates who ran [...]	2006-10-13 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1578	DRC ELECTIONS: SECOND-ROUND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Campaigning for the DRC's second-round presidential race officially begins at midnight local time October 13. President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the top two finishers among the 32 contenders in the first round on July 30, will have just fifteen days for their cam [...]	2006-10-13 19:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1622	DRC CAMPAIGN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have signed an agreement detailing the code of conduct for the presidential campaign. There is not yet agreement, however, regarding the adoption of a post-electoral accord providing certain guarantee [...]	2006-10-20 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1624	EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The extractive industries in the DRC have recently been rocked by legal actions, public denouncements and the deaths of several miners. Meanwhile, interest in exploring the DRC's petroleum reserve capacities continues. End summary. GOLD AND DIAMOND SECTORS --------------------- [...]	2006-10-20 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EMIN ENRG KJUS PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1654	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Plans for a debate between President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have been scrapped because neither camp could agree on the format for the encounter. Neither Kabila nor Bemba has personally campaigned as the official campaign period comes to a close, although Bemba [...]	2006-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1673	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 3, 10/29 1600 [...] (U) The heavy rain that began early this morning in Kinshasa stopped around 1400 local time. Embassy observers in the capital report that voter turnout since midday has slowly and steadily increased as the rain abated. The Ambassador and DAS Don Yamamoto are leading a 15-member team of Embassy [...]	2006-10-29 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1683	DRC ELECTIONS: BALLOT COMPILATION UNDERWAY WITH [...] (U) Summary: AF DAS Yamamoto emphasized to the Congolese press strong U.S. interest in working with a freely-elected Congolese government after heading the U.S. observer team for the October 29 DRC elections. One of two Kinshasa television stations owned by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba is a [...]	2006-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1686	SOUTH AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS CALLS DRC [...] (U) The South African Observer Mission (SAOM) characterized the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial elections as "democratic, peaceful, credible, and transparent." The 108-member observer mission was deployed in all eleven provinces, with an average of three teams in each. It was le [...]	2006-11-01 09:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SA CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1688	MINING SECTOR UPDATE - DIAMONDS, URANIUM, COPPER [...] (U) Summary. The diamond sector has experienced more mining accidents and a decrease in official export revenues and production figures. The DRC's Atomic Energy Commission has entered into an agreement with a foreign company to develop uranium projects, while yet another copper mining company [...]	2006-11-01 15:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON ETRD KGIT IAEA CG
06KINSHASA1689	BEMBA MEDIA STILL OFF THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Political and technical problems have kept media owned by presidential contender Jean-Pierre Bemba off the air for most of the last few days, both before and after the October 29 voting. MONUC is reportedly mediating this issue in an attempt to restore the signals. The High Media [...]	2006-11-01 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1692	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER COMMENDS "ORDERLY AND [...] (U) Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark released a preliminary statement by the Carter Center on the October 29 DRC elections at a press conference November 1 in Kinshasa. The Carter Center congratulated the Congolese people for an orderly and peaceful vote, and credited the Independent [...]	2006-11-02 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1693	KABILA ALLIES LOOK AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Kabila allies Kamitatu and Ghonda told the Ambassador November 1 they were optimistic about elections, with Kabila garnering a total percentage in the mid-50,s percentile. Kamitatu believes the new National Assembly organization is moving forward, and both the Congolese politicia [...]	2006-11-02 12:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1697	ELECTION RELATED DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Malu Malu provided a briefing to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) at the regular weekly CIAT meeting November 2. Among the highlights of his presentation: a) Work to tabulate results from the Octob [...]	2006-11-03 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA17	MEDIA PLACEMENT OF WASHINGTON FILE ARTICLES, [...] The December 27th edition of the pro-opposition "Le Palmares" carried the following articles: a) Page 7 - The article titled "U.S., U.N. Helping to Avert Famine in Southern Africa" (December 20th "Washington File"). b) Page 8 - The article titled "U.N. Establishes Commission To Help Count [...]	2006-01-03 13:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CG
06KINSHASA1701	DRC ELECTION AUTHORITIES SEEKS TO AVOID ABUSE OF PARTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of presidential candidates Kabila and Bemba signed an agreement November 1 not to publish partial election results. Two newspapers have been suspended by the High Media Authority (HAM) for abusive extrapolation of partial results. HAM President Mutinga has report [...]	2006-11-03 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1703	DRC ELECTIONS: EU PRAISES CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS [...] (U) The European Union Electoral Mission released a preliminary statement regarding the October 29 DRC election on November 1. It praised the elections as peaceful and orderly, and highlighted the organizational effectiveness of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). The EU mission depl [...]	2006-11-03 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1709	DRC ELECTIONS: EIGHT OBSERVER MISSIONS ISSUE [...] (U) On November 2, eight international observer missions issued a positive joint statement on the October 29 DRC provincial and second-round presidential elections. The missions collectively deployed teams in all eleven provinces, including the capital, Kinshasa. They represented the Carter [...]	2006-11-06 10:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1730	MEDIA REGULATORY BODY BARS POLITICIANS FROM THE AIR, [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, the High Media Authority (HAM) sanctioned or warned several politicians for proclaiming the victory of either presidential candidate, and for other provocative speech. Three newspapers were suspended for election-related infractions. A number of television and [...]	2006-11-09 14:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1735	TENSION OVER GECAMINES' ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THEFT [...] (C) Tension over efforts to stop natural resource theft nearly resulted in violence in Kolwezi, Katanga province, over the November 3 weekend. November 2, the CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, told Gecamines employees in Kolwezi that the ongoing theft of copper/coba [...]	2006-11-13 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON KCOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1754	CARTER CENTER ISSUES SECOND POST-ELECTION STATEMENT [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the incendiary claims in a November 13 statement from Cardinal Etsou attacking the integrity of the DRC elections (reftel),several international election observer groups are issuing statements of their own reasserting the positive assessments of the electoral proces [...]	2006-11-15 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1762	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA SAYS HE WILL CHALLENGE [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba said November 16 that he cannot accept the results of the DRC's October 29 presidential election and that he will use legal means to challenge the outcome. Bemba read a statement in both French and Lingala in a special broadcast on one of the Kinshasa-based [...]	2006-11-17 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1775	MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF [...] (U) Media and public reaction was generally positive to the October 27 Executive Order blocking the assets of seven international arms traffickers and warlords, including renegade Congolese general Laurent Nkunda and Ignace Murwanashyaka, the president of the Democratic Front for the Liberation [...]	2006-11-21 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PREL ETTC KPAO UNSC CG
06KINSHASA1779	MEDIA REPORT MISTAKES TRIBAL CONFLICT FOR [...] (U) Summary. A November 20 wire service report erred in describing a conflict in Bolobo, 175 miles north of Kinshasa, as fighting between Kabila and Bemba supporters. In fact, the violence was a flare-up of a longstanding inter-tribal dispute over land-use rights and had nothing to do with [...]	2006-11-22 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1786	POLL ON MEDIA USAGE IN KINSHASA SHOWS PUBLIC SOMEWHAT [...] (U) Summary: According to a recent poll, television ranks first in terms of overall audience in Kinshasa, radio second and newspapers third. Newscasts are the programs most watched and listened to overall in broadcast media. Politically-affiliated media, particularly pro-Kabila outlets, lost au [...]	2006-11-27 08:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1846	NORTH KIVU UPDATE: FARDC LAUNCHES FAILED OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary: Integrated units of the Congolese military (FARDC) attacked positions of non-integrated troops loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda near Runyoni and Sake in North Kivu province December 8 and 9. Neither offensive was successful. Divisions appear to be emerging in the FARDC's m [...]	2006-12-11 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1850	Kabila Lists Ways Toward Economic Growth [...] (U) Summary. In his inaugural address and in a list of "100 Proposals for the Reconstruction of the DRC" released the following day, President Joseph Kabila made a call to action and gave some idea of his priorities for promoting Congolese economic growth. End summary. -------------------- [...]	2006-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KCOR CG
06KINSHASA1871	BEMBA FLIES TO EUROPE TO TREAT BROKEN LEG [...] (SBU) Presidential runner-up and transitional vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba apparently broke his left leg on December 15, necessitating his evacuation to Europe for specialist treatment. The local media reported that Bemba stumbled during a regular "exercise session" at his home on Decemb [...]	2006-12-18 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1882	OPPOSITION LAWYER CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Marie-Therese Nlandu Mpolo-Mene, a senior official during the Mobutu regime and an ally of Jean-Pierre Bemba, was charged by a military court December 11 with incitement to overthrow the government and with possession of illegal firearms. Kinshasa Special Police had arrested Nl [...]	2006-12-20 14:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1895	ELECTIONS UPDATE: SUPREME COURT APPROVES NATIONAL [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court approved the Internal Rules for the National Assembly on December 21, two days ahead of the deadline (reftel). According to the Constitution, each parliamentary chamber's first duty is to draft internal rules which must be reviewed for constitutionality by the Supr [...]	2006-12-22 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1930	PRE-EMPTIVE ATTACK BY NKUNDA FORCES UNSUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Three relatively calm weeks between pro-Nkunda and FARDC forces in North Kivu ended December 27 with an early morning pre-emptive attack by the former. According to MONUC, pro-Nkunda forces began firing at 3am on FARDC soldiers of the 1st Reserve Brigade in the hills outside Runyoni, [...]	2006-12-28 13:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS DPKO CG
06KINSHASA1932	WAR CRIMES TRIAL AGAINST FARDC TROOPS BEGINS IN [...] (U) The trial of 14 FARDC soldiers implicated in the deaths of civilians found in mass graves began December 27 in Bunia, Ituri. The mass graves, containing the remains of 32 men, women, and children missing since August, were discovered at a FARDC camp in Bavi November 22 (reftel). The ac [...]	2006-12-28 13:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
06KINSHASA1933	2006 REPORT SHOWS MORE OBSTACLES TO PRESS FREEEDOM IN DR [...] (SBU) Summary: The raw statistics of JED's annual report for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) show a quantitative increase in violations of press freedom in 2006. Bitterly fought elections, the DRC's first in two generations, and corrupt practices by underpaid journalists could well acc [...]	2006-12-28 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO
06KINSHASA206	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: Proposal for ESF [...] In response to G/TIP's requests for proposals, post would like to put forward the project below for ESF funding. Although Republic of Congo has not been identified in the several most recent TIP reports, there is reason to be concerned that trafficking may exist in the country. For this reaso [...]	2006-02-07 14:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG CF
06KINSHASA222	PPRD NOMINATES KABILA FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) February 6 nominated President Joseph Kabila as its candidate for the DRC's presidential elections in 2006. During a disorganized party congress in Kinshasa, the PPRD lauded Kabila's efforts to bring peace and stability [...]	2006-02-09 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS

06KINSHASA225	ARS SPEAKER EDUARDO CUE: CORRUPTION OR [...] Summary: In a high-quality, versatile performance, ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue, the Paris-based U.S. News and World Report Correspondent, led two full-day workshops for 60 journalists and lectured to another 50 students of journalism in Kinshasa, February 1-3. With a studied mix of ethical, theor [...]	2006-02-09 18:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KPAO KDEM
06KINSHASA23	UDPS, TSHISEKEDI ASSERT CHANGE IN DIRECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an ostensible reversal of its political strategy, the Union for Democratic and Social Progress (UDPS) announced it will participate in the DRC's 2006 elections, with UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi running as a candidate for president. As with previous messages from Tshisekedi [...]	2006-01-05 13:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA239	DRC MEDIA TROUBLES IN JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: Some Congolese media were exposed to harassment during the second half of January. Adding together: 1) defamation as a criminal offense, 2) some irresponsible journalism, 3) lawlessness in some areas, and 4) coming elections, the free press will certainly face some added challeng [...]	2006-02-13 16:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CG KPAO
06KINSHASA240	CIAT COMMUNIQUE SUPPORTS MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Summary: State-owned television and radio (RTNC) devoted more than four hours to the PPRD party on February 6, when the PPRD nominated Joseph Kabila to be its presidential candidate. The following day, the High Media Authority (HAM) suspended for 48 hours political reporting on RTNC for v [...]	2006-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CG KDEM KPAO CIAT
06KINSHASA350	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: FEBRUARY EDITION, [...] (C) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso continued his shuttle diplomacy in February with visits to Tripoli, Libreville, Kinshasa and Paris to solidify his well-publicized image as the man of "peace and reconciliation" following election as Chairman of the African Union in late January. In turn, h [...]	2006-03-02 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON EAID AMGT ASEC CF
06KINSHASA38	DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING [...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel),PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...]	2006-01-09 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG
06KINSHASA383	RUBERWA MISSES THE POINT; NO PROGRESS ON MINEMBWE [...] (C) During a lengthy meeting March 3 PPRD officials (Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba, Presidential Chief of Staff Leonard She Okitundu, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba and Presidential Political Advisor Marcellin Shekembo) outlined for RCD Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and [...]	2006-03-07 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
06KINSHASA398	DRC'S NEW LEADING LABOR UNION [...] (SBU) Summary. The successor to the Mobutu-era's single trade union has lost its place as the nation's leading labor organization to a better-organized, savvier competitor, the Confederation Syndicale du Congo (CSC). During a meeting with EconOff March 6, the CSC's president, Symphorien Dunia, [...]	2006-03-09 13:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR CG
06KINSHASA404	KASAIAN ECONOMY LACKS ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. The two Kasai provinces offer a clear example of the economic tragedy of the Congo, with fertile, diamond-studded soil juxtaposed with an impoverished population unable to pull themselves out of their economic despair. Western Kasai seems slightly more prosperous than Eastern Kas [...]	2006-03-09 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EMIN ELAB EAGR CG
06KINSHASA461	DRC: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) The GDRC Avian Influenza Commission (reftel) met on March 16 at WHO headquarters in Kinshasa, chaired by Minister of Agriculture Constant Ndom Nda Ombel, and reviewed developments in the DRC since the last meeting. The commission reiterated its call for USD 66 million to combat Highly Pat [...]	2006-03-17 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO ECON EAID SENV CG
06KINSHASA549	FOOD SECURITY REPORT: USAID/FFP DEMOCRATIC [...] KAMPALA-BASED REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE (FFP) OFFICER TRAVELED FEBRUARY 5-22 TO KINSHASA, GOMA, BUNIA, BUKAVU, MOBA AND KALEMIE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO EVALUATE FOOD SECURITY CONDITIONS AND MONITOR PARTNERS' IMPLEMENTATION IN THE COUNTRY. 2. IN EASTERN DRC, THE SECURITY SITUATION [...]	2006-04-07 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF CG
06KINSHASA56	FARDC-MAI MAI FIGHTING FORCES 30,000 TO FLEE [...] (SBU) Despite recent media reports of up to 125,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Katanga province, the number of people who have fled their homes since mid-November is actually about 30,000. According to Anne Edgerton, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affa [...]	2006-01-11 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA586	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA587	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAY [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]	2006-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KINSHASA643	GDRC OFFICIAL: NO TO UGANDA'S CALL FOR HOT PURSUIT [...] (C) During an April 20 demarche, MFA Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli raised with PolOff Uganda's recent call for the right of "hot pursuit" into the DRC to chase elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park. Djoli said the GDRC would never agree to such a request, and aske [...]	2006-04-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CG UG
06KINSHASA702	CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BEMBA MILITIA AND [...] (C) There were some tense moments in Kinshasa April 29-May 1 as what began as a minor confrontation between elements of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC militia and President Kabila's "Presidential Guard," the GSSP, threatened to escalate. 2. (C) For the last several months Bemba has [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA932	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: JUNE EDITION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: ROC President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is expected to return to Brazzaville on June 13 following widely-publicized visits to New York for his June 2 address to the United Nations on HIV/AIDs, June 5 meeting in Washington with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and a brief visit with [...]	2006-06-13 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU PINR UNSC ASEC CF
06KINSHASA937	MANAGING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has reportedly agreed to fund a much-reduced budget, which would allow the High Media Authority (HAM) to provide for minimal fair media coverage to the 33 presidential candidates. The more than 9,700 legislative and 12,300 provincial candidates, however, will likely be [...]	2006-06-14 08:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA942	UNSC SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE: ELECTIONS MUST TAKE [...] (U) Summary: Following a three-day visit in the DRC, a delegation from the UN Security Council (UNSC) announced it was "encouraged" by the country's political progress and rebuffed calls for a "dialogue" that would delay July 30 elections or lead to a re-negotiation of transitional institution [...]	2006-06-14 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO KDEM UNSC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA963	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Congolese university students, particularly in the capital, have little faith in the elections or the transparency of the electoral process. Many say they see scant benefit in voting in an election when the outcome is assumed to be already set. Others say they have littl [...]	2006-06-19 10:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA976	SLOGGING TOWARD JULY 30 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila, the four GDRC Vice Presidents, other senior officials and members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met for four and a half hours June 21 to discuss election planning and the post-June 30 future. The Independent Election Committee [...]	2006-06-22 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA984	FINANCE MINISTER RESPONDS TO PRESSURES [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Banguli organized a lunch June 19 involving Budget Minister Mwamba, Central Bank Governor Masangu, and the German, British, French, Belgian, and U.S. Ambassadors to discuss the GDRC's rather dire fiscal problems. Banguli focused on three issues, the GDRC,s excess [...]	2006-06-23 11:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EADI PREL CG
06KIRKUK106	KIRKUK NGO PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CITY PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 18, Fathal Uthman Rasul, founder and director of the Rozh Foundation for Women's Rights, discussed the organization's work with IPAO. The Rozh Foundation is an NGO in Kirkuk that promotes women's liberties, civil society projects and educational opportunities. The Dir [...]	2006-04-30 18:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK119	OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...]	2006-06-20 14:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK124	(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK134	(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 12:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK136	(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...]	2006-08-02 17:27:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK137	(C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...]	2006-08-02 17:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK174	KIRKUK RULING COALITION AGAINST BAKER-HAMILTON REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10 key representatives of the ruling PUK/KDP-dominated local government demarched the REO, and on October 11 affiliated NGO's held a demonstration in front of our gate, about the Iraq Study Group (ISG) Report. In the PUK/KDP's view, the ISG report was biased in favor [...]	2006-12-14 09:55:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR IZ
06KIRKUK30	02/07/06 EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/07/06 acting Regional Coordinator (RC(A)) convened a meeting of post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at RSO's request. The following members were present: RC(A),PRT Leader (A),RSO, ARSO, MGTO. The purpose of this meeting was to assess the threat environment a [...]	2006-02-07 19:53:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	ASEC PTER IZ
06KIRKUK36	MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...]	2006-02-13 16:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK39	KRG-E JUSTICE MINISTRY FACES POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The RC(A) met February 16 with Hadi Ali, the Justice Minister in the Erbil Kurdistan Regional Government, and the ministry's Director General, Judge 'Abdulbassit 'Abdullah Farhad. Ali is from the Kurdistan Islamic Union and has been the KRG-E Justice Minister f [...]	2006-02-19 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PINR KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK4	(U) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO UNITE [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced January 7 that they had reached agreement on uniting the two Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) administrations in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. The announcement was made by KRG [...]	2006-01-09 14:56:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ KDP
06KIRKUK40	(U) BA'QUBAH CARTOON DEMONSTRATION LARGEST IN OVER A YEAR [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A February 19 demonstration in Ba'qubah protesting Danish cartoons and the alleged 2004 British beating of students in al-Amarah amassed one of the largest crowds Ba'qubah has seen in a demonstration to date. The numbers may imply a cons [...]	2006-02-22 09:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM PINS IZ
06KIRKUK49	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-01 19:13:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK50	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-02 05:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK53	GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KDP GRIPING ABOUT TALABANI [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. RC met separately on February 28 with Falah Bakir, a close aide to the KRG-E PM (and future unified KRG) PM Barzani, and with Fadil Mirani, Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Politburo. On Baghdad government formation, Bakir downplayed Talabani's rol [...]	2006-03-05 19:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ IR
06KIRKUK58	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...]	2006-03-09 17:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK62	(U) DIYALA REPRESENTATIVES' BIOS [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SET has collected background information on nine of the ten representatives elected from Diyala province in the December 2005 elections. These representatives-elect share virtually no common characteristics, but their backgrounds reveal a l [...]	2006-03-15 11:58:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK69	HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical weapons attack there. Locals believe the PUK has largely used the Halabjah museum to extract foreign assistance, but failed to spend the funds on Halabjah. [...]	2006-03-24 13:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK70	(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...]	2006-03-27 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK74	(C) PM BARZANI TO PARDON KAMAL QADR KARIM IN NEXT FEW DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that he would pardon Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim "in the next three to four days." We suspect they will deport him. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) While discussing human rights with RC(A) March 29 in relation to the riot in Halabja [...]	2006-03-31 10:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK76	HALABJAH: PM BARZANI BLAMES THE PUK [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. With RC(A) March 29, KRG-Erbil PM Barzani blamed the PUK for the heavy-handed response by the KRG-Sulaymaniyah to the Halabjah riot. Barzani said the PUK had known about the growing tension, but had done nothing to stem it. The PUK had undertaken many projects [...]	2006-03-31 15:30:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PINR IZ
06KIRKUK79	PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK85	DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CIVIL SOCIETY STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a visit by DRL to Northern Iraq, civil society funding recipients said they struggled to maintain independence against strong opposition, and in some cases persecution, from political parties. Media sources said they faced detainment and abuse from government authorities f [...]	2006-04-12 10:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ
06KUALALUMPUR1259	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...]	2006-07-07 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1466	OIC RELEASES STATEMENTS ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE [...] (C) Summary: The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) released two documents concerning Lebanon and Palestine following their August 3 meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia (reftel). While both documents reiterated old rhetoric condemning Israel and predictably called for an immediate ceasefire, [...]	2006-08-04 07:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NACB IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1516	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...]	2006-08-11 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1525	MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...]	2006-08-14 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY
06KUALALUMPUR1587	MALAYSIA REACTS TO CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian officials have welcomed the passage of United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1701, and the Malaysian media's preoccupation with the Middle East crisis has quickly diminished. GOM officials reaffirmed their commitment to a lasting peace in the Middle East [...]	2006-08-18 11:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1634	MALAYSIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA'S UNSC BID [...] (C) Polcouns met August 30 with Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division/UN Affairs at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, and reiterated ref B demarche regarding Venezuela's lobbying for a UNSC seat. We asked whether President Chavez's repeated publi [...]	2006-08-30 08:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNSC VE GT MY
06KUALALUMPUR1643	USTR SCHWAB MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN POLICYMAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Malaysian Cabinet ministers assured USTR Schwab that they understood U.S. objectives for the FTA and that the Malaysian government remains committed to the negotiations. MITI Minister Rafidah conceded no ground on the key substantive issues that have surfaced so far, but acknow [...]	2006-09-01 07:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN EINV MY WTO
06KUALALUMPUR1833	Not Too Sweet -- Malaysia Economic Update for September [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's inflation rate unexpectedly fell in August from a 7-year high in July, moving real interest rates back into the positive zone again. Bank Negara elected to keep interest rates unchanged and the Bank's governor signaled that the halt in interest rate hikes would likely [...]	2006-09-29 09:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
06KUALALUMPUR1834	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...]	2006-09-30 00:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR1835	HEART OF BORNEO: PROTECTING THE WORLD'S OLDEST [...] (U) Portions of this message are sensitive but unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (U) Summary: Malaysian support for the Heart of Borneo (HOB) conservation initiative is solidifying at all levels. WWF, which is actively promoting the initiative, expects the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bru [...]	2006-09-30 01:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO MY BX ID
06KUALALUMPUR1913	MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS SHARP ETHNIC DIVIDE [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll, funded by The Asia Foundation, of over 1,500 young Malaysian adults aged 18-32 showed sharp differences of views on religion and national identity and the relation between state and religion among the country's three largest ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and [...]	2006-10-13 02:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1935	SARAWAK: OPPOSITION ADRIFT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LACK SERVICES; POLICE REJECT CRITICISM [...] (C) We met with political opposition leaders, human rights advocates and police during an October 2 visit to Sarawak's state capitol of Kuching. While the nationally active ethnic Chinese opposition party DAP performed well in the May 20 state assembly election, we found the party has not yet [...]	2006-10-13 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1976	SURAYUD'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOCUSES ON SOUTHERN [...] (C) Thai interim Prime Minister Surayud's October 18 visit to Malaysia focused on unrest in Thailand's ethnic Malay/Muslim south. Surayud pledged Thailand would increasingly consult with Malaysia regarding efforts to end the southern conflict, according to a Thai diplomat, but Malaysian Prim [...]	2006-10-19 10:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH MY
06KUALALUMPUR1977	MALAYSIA RELEASES 11 DETAINEES WITH PAST TERRORIST [...] (S/NF) Malaysia unexpectedly released 11 people, originally held for terrorist links, from ISA (Internal Security Act) detention on October 18. The eleven represent Malaysian citizens previously tied to the Malaysia Militant Group (KMM) or the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group. Local med [...]	2006-10-19 10:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR2041	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...]	2006-11-01 08:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2089	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...]	2006-11-08 08:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY
06KUALALUMPUR2147	2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: ABDULLAH OVER MAHATHIR [...] (C) Summary: The United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) General Assembly marked Prime Minister's Abdullah consolidation of power within UMNO and the clear political defeat of his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad after months of public attacks by Mahathir. Mahathir did not attend the assembly due [...]	2006-11-21 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MY
06KUALALUMPUR2167	2006 UMNO GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EXTENDING (AND [...] (C) The defense of Malay rights, heated racial rhetoric, and Islamic themes dominated the 2006 UMNO General Assembly, with the often jolting Malay speak reaching Malaysians directly for the first time through unfiltered, live television coverage. Deputy Prime Minister Najib opened the 2006 U [...]	2006-11-27 08:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR2222	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Based on the information available to post, it appears no Malaysian entities would be subject to Title III sanctions against persons trafficking in confiscated properties in Cuba. Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with [...]	2006-12-06 06:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU MY
06KUALALUMPUR2266	2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. I. Summary 2. Malaysia is not a significant source country or transit point for U.S.-bound illegal drugs, though domestic abuse is on the rise [...]	2006-12-12 07:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM MY
06KUALALUMPUR2287	DAS JOHN EXPLORES STRONGER TIES WITH MALAYSIA, [...] (C) DAS John encouraged stronger ties with Malaysia during his December 6 meetings with Foreign Ministry officials Ambassador Ghazzali Khalid and the new Americas division chief Ramlan Ibrahim, with both sides concluding that good relations between President Bush and Prime Minister Abdullah p [...]	2006-12-15 00:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON KISL ASEAN MY
06KUALALUMPUR313	CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MALAYSIA'S PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new cartoon controversy erupted in Malaysia on February 20 when the country,s second-largest English-language newspaper, the New Straits Times (NST),published a syndicated cartoon poking fun at the global Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy. Muslim NGOs and the Islamic opposi [...]	2006-02-23 11:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR357	Fuel Prices, Interest Rates, FDI, and Inflation [...] U) Summary: The biggest news arrived at the end of the month when the government of Malaysia (GOM) announced a 23% hike in gasoline and diesel prices. Earlier in the month, Bank Negara - Malaysia's central bank - announced another overnight policy rate hike to help control inflation and disco [...]	2006-03-02 23:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL MY EPET PGOV
06KUALALUMPUR365	CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MORE MEDIA SOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the third time in a month, the Malaysian government has suspended publication of a daily newspaper that printed an image of a Prophet Muhammad cartoon. The government-controlled New Straits Times (NST) managed to avoid punishment, however, after it issued an "unreserved apolo [...]	2006-03-03 06:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ASEC PREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR372	MALAYSIA SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is a destination and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for men and women trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women from the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are trafficked to [...]	2006-03-03 08:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MY
06KUALALUMPUR705	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DR. RONALD SEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military cooper [...]	2006-04-18 08:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PTER ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR773	CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Based on our understanding of the bilateral trade and investment ties, it appears no Malaysian entities would be subject to Title III sanctions against persons trafficking in confiscated properties in Cuba. Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian [...]	2006-04-27 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU MY
06KUALALUMPUR794	U.S.-MALAYSIA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY [...] The U.S. and Malaysia held a long-anticipated IPR Roundtable on April 20 in Kuala Lumpur. Approximately seventy participants from the Malaysian and U.S. governments, as well as industry and civil society, gathered to discuss IPR enforcement efforts, industry views on combating piracy, IPR pr [...]	2006-05-02 04:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR MY
06KUALALUMPUR797	9TH MALAYSIA PLAN: AMBITIOUS AGENDA AND CHALLENGING IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Prime Minister Abdullah recently unveiled the Ninth Malaysia plan (9MP) which envisages spending RM 220 ($60 billion) of government and private development funds during 2006-2010 and targets an average economic growth rate of 6.0%. 9MP identifies five key areas, such as improving Malaysia [...]	2006-05-02 08:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL MY
06KUALALUMPUR832	SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...]	2006-05-08 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY
06KUALALUMPUR982	RHETORIC AND PREDICTABILITY MARK NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30 the Non-Aligned Movement's Coordinating Bureau (NAM-CoB) concluded its four-day ministerial conference in Malaysia's administrative capital, Putrajaya. The meeting was replete with the customary NAM rhetoric, and ended with the body of 116 nations issuing five statemen [...]	2006-05-31 22:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NACB IS IR MY
06KUWAIT101	WHO'S WHO OF WORLD LEADERS ARRIVES IN KUWAIT TO [...] A who's who of the Middle East and the world's most prominent leaders has been pouring into Kuwait since January 15 to mourn the death of Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (reftels),Amir of Kuwait since 1977, and to pay their respects to a "great leader and a great man" who led the cou [...]	2006-01-16 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT1021	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1041	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up with an unannounced visit to the DWA on March 22 to see how the GOK deals with domestic workers who have complaints. The DWA's role, as reported to Emboffs [...]	2006-03-25 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT1055	CODEL MCCAIN THANKS GOK FOR IRAQ SUPPORT; PM TELLS [...] (C) Summary: Senator McCain and a delegation of Senators, Congressmen, and Governors met March 24 with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, and other senior Kuwaiti officials to express U.S. gratitude for Kuwait's generous assistance to Operation Iraqi F [...]	2006-03-27 06:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT1057	MFA UNDERSECRETARY DESCRIBES VISIT OF HAMAS LEADER [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah provided the Ambassador with a brief read-out of the March 24-26 visit to Kuwait of the Hamas delegation led by Khalid Mishaal. Al-Jarallah reported that nothing really important came out of the meetings with the Amir, Prime M [...]	2006-03-27 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS KU
06KUWAIT1095	2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...]	2006-03-29 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT1206	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait April 5, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-08 04:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1214	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY RANDAL QUARLES MEETS WITH [...] (C) Begin Summary: During separate March 21 meetings with Treasury Undersecretary Randal Quarles, GOK and Kuwaiti banking officials expressed confidence in the U.S. economy's mid-term vitality, predicted sustained levels of investments in U.S. Treasuries, inquired about the impact on the U.S. [...]	2006-04-08 07:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU
06KUWAIT1224	KUWAIT MEPIC 4: ABOUT 500 YOUNG KUWAITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: This MEPI quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q2. During this period, INJAZ/Junior Achievement in Kuwait launched its activities targeting almost 300 students from public and private schools. CineMagic, a small grants recipient, trained six fi [...]	2006-04-08 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
06KUWAIT124	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: DEMISE OF THE AMIR [...] Summary: The death of the Amir dominated all daily newspapers in Kuwaiti today. The Embassy's message of condolence was reprinted in all English and Arabic dailies. Al-Qabas, one of the five major Arabic language newspapers distributed today's edition free of charge, with the trademark blue lo [...]	2006-01-17 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT1318	MEDIA REACTION: MUBARAK'S STATEMENTS ON SHIITES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1321	MEDIA REACTION: UNNEIGHBORLY IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1323	MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI WOMEN VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 04:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1391	MEDIA REACTION: Iran [...] Saturday, April 22, 2006 -- The moderate Arabic-language daily Al-Anbaa published "The nuclear scenario" by Mr. Mifrih Al-Noumis Al-Anzy in which he wrote: "There are four possible explanations for the current crisis in the Gulf: one, Iran's interference in Iraqi domestic matters to cause th [...]	2006-04-24 04:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1396	MEDIA REACTION: Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1416	U.S. SPEAKER EVALUATION: PROF. CALVIN MACKIE EDUCATES [...] GPRA FY06Q3: April 18-19, target-of-opportunity U.S. Speaker Dr. Calvin Mackie informed Kuwaiti officials and the public of the state of reconstruction efforts in New Orleans. During an intensive two-day visit, the award-winning engineering professor and Louisiana Recovery Authority member sou [...]	2006-04-25 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP KMPI SCUL XF KU
06KUWAIT1425	FY06Q3 PROGRAM EVALUATION: NEW ORLEANS ALL-STARS CAME [...] The New Orleans All-Star Brass Band made a glorious return visit to Kuwait April 17, 18, and 19, conducting performances and workshops reaching more than 5,600 Kuwaitis. Each of the group's five concerts stressed the unique cultural heritage and resilient spirit of the American people and the [...]	2006-04-25 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU
06KUWAIT147	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE DEMISE OF KUWAIT'S [...] Summary: All Arabic and English newspapers continued to dedicate the majority of each edition to the recent passing of the Amir. Some dailies published more photos of the Amir- designate, Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, during his calls on various sites in Kuwait or with visiting he [...]	2006-01-18 04:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT1513	EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TOP DAILY ATTACKED FOR PROVOCATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation: Jassem Boodai, the Editor-In-Chief of KuwaitQs leading Arabic daily, Al-Rai Al-Aam, is being attacked by Kuwaiti bloggers and at least one newspaper for remarks he made to a visiting Codel on January 20. Boodai himself is not facing charges. He may be called [...]	2006-05-02 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1514	FREEDOM AGENDA: USPTO IPR WORKSHOP SPURS LIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. From April 29 - May 1, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) IPR experts, accompanied by U.S. federal judges, delivered a MEPI "Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights." The three-day workshop drew participants responsible for IPR enforcement [...]	2006-05-02 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KIPR KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1570	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 2 meeting, the Cabinet failed to agree on whether to support a reduction in the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten or five. Parliamentary debate on the issue, scheduled for May 15, could be postponed if the Government's proposal is further delayed. Nation [...]	2006-05-05 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1599	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Saturday, 6 May, 2006 -- Ahmed Bu-Dostour wrote in the conservative Arabic-language daily Al-Watan under the title "Will Al-Maliki fix what Al-Jaafari ruined": "The first public statement made by Al-Maliki called for the dismantlement of armed militias and their integration into the army. Al [...]	2006-05-07 05:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1624	GCC CONSULTATIVE SUMMIT: KUWAIT PROPOSES [...] (U) Summary: Arabic Daily Al-Qabas printed in its May 8 edition the text of a paper reportedly presented by the GOK to GCC member states during the May 6 Consultative Summit in Riyadh. The paper outlines a two-part strategy to address issues facing the Gulf states, including Iran, Iraq, the [...]	2006-05-08 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU PTER

06KUWAIT1637	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (Al-Haraka Al-Dusturi Al-Islamiyya),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, is one of, if not the, largest and most influential political associations in Kuwait. (Note: The Government does not officially recognize [...]	2006-05-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1674	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Saturday, 6 May, 2006 -- Mohamed Zain wrote in the pro-government Arabic-language daily Al-Seyassah under the title "Iraq without a people ruled by wolves": "As Alawi has gone so did Al-Jaafari, and Al-Maliki will stay for a short while then go so that another person may come to the same set [...]	2006-05-11 03:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1741	KUWAIT PIONEERS ISLAMIC MODERATION MOVEMENT; [...] (U) PolOff met Naser Mohammad Al-Ajmi, Secretary General of the Higher Committee on Strengthening Moderation (known as the Committee for Creating Programs and Plans Responsible for Protecting Youth from the Phenomena of Deviant Behavior and Religious Extremism until early 2006),on May 9 to di [...]	2006-05-15 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF UK RS KU RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
06KUWAIT1745	HIGH-LEVEL VISITS FROM SYRIA, IRAQ, AND LEBANON TO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 15 meeting, MFA U/S Al-Jarallah said that leaders from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq who all visited Kuwait in the past two weeks came in search of investment and development funds. All pressed for government and private investment, and Kuwait believes there are invest [...]	2006-05-15 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1814	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-21 04:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT184	ONGOING INTRA-RULING FAMILY NEGOTIATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. Members of the ruling Al-Sabah family have been meeting continuously over the past three days to negotiate distribution of power after the death of Amir Shaykh Jaber on January 15. Constitutionally, Crown Prince Shaykh Saad automatically became Amir, though his very [...]	2006-01-21 15:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT1844	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elections for a new National Assembly will take place on June 29, almost certainly on the basis of the status quo 25 constituencies. Reformers who rejected a compromise offer of 10 constituencies in order to hold out for their proposed 5 constituency model, will now [...]	2006-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1852	FREEDOM AGENDA: REACTIONS TO PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION [...] (U) Summary: The Amir's May 21 decision to dissolve Parliament has Kuwaitis focused on the prospects for meaningful political reform and the impact of women voting in national elections for the first time. A number of public figures have already declared their intent to run for office, among [...]	2006-05-22 17:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1887	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 17:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1888	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFINING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Key elements of Embassy Kuwait's Freedom Agenda are promoting democratic reform through full political participation by Kuwaiti women and encouraging the formation of political parties to reduce tribal influence and religious ideology on domestic politics. The May 21 Amiri decisions to [...]	2006-05-23 17:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1889	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFINING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Key elements of Embassy Kuwait's Freedom Agenda are promoting democratic reform through full political participation by Kuwaiti women and encouraging the formation of political parties to reduce tribal influence and religious ideology on domestic politics. The May 21 Amiri decisions to [...]	2006-05-23 17:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1917	SPEAKER EVALUATION: BRENDA FLANAGAN BONDS WITH KUWAITIS VIA [...] GPRA FY06Q3: Dr. Brenda Flanagan, Davidson College literature professor and award-winning author, conducted an outstanding speaker program May 12-17, 2006, in Kuwait. An American of Trinidadian origin, Dr. Flanagan captivated Kuwaiti audiences with readings of timeless poetry by noted America [...]	2006-05-24 16:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KIRC OIIP XF KU
06KUWAIT1919	UNITED AIRLINES TO KUWAIT; OPEN SKIES STILL PENDING [...] (SBU) The Ambassador sent on May 24 a letter to the Minister of Communication, Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti, formally notifying the GOK of United Airlines' (UA) decision to launch nonstop service this winter between Kuwait City and Washington, D.C. Post helped ensure that UA's press release reached [...]	2006-05-24 17:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1940	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-29 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1986	FREEDOM AGENDA: MEPI, BMENA, AND EXCHANGES BASIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy has pursued a consistent, comprehensive plan in support of women's empowerment and full political participation in Kuwait. That support has involved more than 350 Kuwaiti women in professional development and exchange programs, public diplomacy activities, regional [...]	2006-05-30 16:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KMPI PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2035	KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Jarallah called the Ambassador the evening of May 31 to say that the Amir and Crown Prince had been briefed on our statement on Iran and welcomed the U.S. move. An official statement had been released to the media. 2. Kuwait News Agency is carrying the following official react [...]	2006-05-31 22:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR KU
06KUWAIT2065	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON PENDING TERROR FINANCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador, the Central Bank Governor pointed to GOK interagency progress in finalizing a draft TF law; cited inflation and rising import costs as factors prompting a revaluation of the Kuwaiti Dinar against the USD; and voiced a readiness to [...]	2006-06-03 17:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT208	PROPOSED JANUARY 24 VOTE ON AMIR-DESIGNATE'S [...] (C) Summary: The leadership situation in Kuwait is in continual flux with one National Assembly session scheduled for January 24 at 10am to vote on declaring Amir-designate Shaykh Saad Al-Salem medically unfit for office, and another session scheduled for 6:30pm the same day to allow Shaykh S [...]	2006-01-23 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION
06KUWAIT2081	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE MAY 25-31: A CLEAR SPLIT [...] Summary: A divide has emerged in how the Kuwait media are covering the upcoming parliamentary elections. Newspapers, which are privately owned, are delving with delight into controversial matters such as vote buying, women candidates and whether members of the ruling family should stand for el [...]	2006-06-05 07:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2087	AMERICAN COACHES SHOOT HOOPS WITH YOUNG KUWAITIS DURING [...] Summary: Twelve NCAA basketball coaches conducted a basketball clinic for 40 Kuwaiti boys and a separate clinic for 17 Kuwaiti coaches on May 25, 2006, as part of the Embassy's highly successful outreach program targeting Kuwaiti youth through sports programming. Embassy Public Affairs coordi [...]	2006-06-05 10:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL KU
06KUWAIT2093	PROGRAM EVALUATION: SAPPHIRE TRIO CHARMS KUWAITIS WITH [...] GPRA FY06Q3: Summary: The Sapphire Trio, an American chamber music group, conducted its first tour of Kuwait on May 20 and 21, where the musicians conducted a number of performances and teaching workshops. The trio demonstrated their virtuoso musical skills and unique repertoire of classical [...]	2006-06-05 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OEXC XF KU
06KUWAIT2116	FACE OFF--AMERICAN AND KUWAITI WOMEN MEET ON THE BASKETBALL [...] Summary: Embassy Kuwait arranged a rematch between Camp Arifjan's American military women's basketball team and Kuwait's Al-Fatat Sports Club women's team on Thursday, April 27, 2006. The American team defeated the Kuwaiti team on its home court in this second in a series of friendship games, [...]	2006-06-06 16:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL KISL PHUM KMDR ZP KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT2149	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2152	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE 1-6: KEY ISSUES [...] Summary: With registration for candidates closed, the media in Kuwait has switched focus from announcing entrants into the race for Parliament to reporting on candidate platforms and those withdrawing their candidacies. Among the news coverage, several key issues have crystallized and are recei [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2154	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 20:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2155	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION ON VOTING, ETHICS AND CENSORSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 20:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT216	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOURNING THE AMIR SHIFTS TO THE [...] Sunday, January 22, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Two parallel lines: Activating article 3 and opening door for settlement"; "Council of Ministers keeps its sessions open"; "Speaker Al-Khrafi: Matters are in wise hands"; "Royal family meeting Al-Shaab Palace cancelled"; "Informed Sources: Med [...]	2006-01-24 07:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT217	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SUCCESSION IN KUWAIT [...] Monday, January 23, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front-page "Oath-taking session on Tuesday; The Government 'activation' letter was handed over to the National Assembly"; "Goodwill endeavors without any result"; "Al-Khorafi optimistic that wisdom will ultimately prevail"; "Amir received Speaker Al-Khora [...]	2006-01-24 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2173	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PROMISES, WOMEN, AND NEW FACES IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 10:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2190	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN, HOPES FOR REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2191	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PARM KU
06KUWAIT2193	NEW KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER AIMS TO CUT PUBLIC MEDIA [...] Summary: Charg d'Affaires paid a courtesy call on Kuwait's new Minister of Information Mohammed Nasser Al-Sanousi on June 7, 2006. The Minister, who was sworn in by the Amir on May 16, is a U.S.-educated businessman with extensive prior media experience in both the public and private sectors. [...]	2006-06-10 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KU PINR FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2194	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 17:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2214	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN TAKE ON THE ELECTORAL CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-11 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2220	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI, MAN OR MYTH? [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-11 17:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER PREL IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2231	CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian expatriate labor community is Kuwait's second largest, surpassed only by the Indians. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Egyptian workers do not suffer as badly as workers from other expatriate communities. Post consulted with Egyptian Embassy officials as well as E [...]	2006-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PREL EG KU TIP
06KUWAIT2235	(C) LABOR MINISTRY GIVES APPROVAL FOR UN-SPONSORED [...] (C) Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, informed the labor-sending countries' labor officers in a June 10 meeting that the GOK has provided written approval of an international labor conference to be sponsored by the UN and held in Kuwait at the end of 2006. (Note: Post in [...]	2006-06-12 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB XD XF
06KUWAIT2238	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND THE LESSONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2239	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTORAL SLOGANS, ALLIANCES, AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2264	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, CORRUPTION, AND VOTE BUYING [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2295	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND THE GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 16:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2296	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, REFORM, AND CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 16:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2300	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE 8-14: NEWSPAPER JOINS [...] Summary: Corruption and alleged vote-buying held sway in the media this week as the June 29 elections draw nearer. One Arabic-language daily joined the fray by launching its own anti-vote-buying campaign with front-page banners and by setting up a hotline for the public to report corruption. R [...]	2006-06-15 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2301	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION AND THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2302	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTERMATH OF ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2322	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - CANDIDATES, REFORM, AND CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 10:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2323	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AFTER ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND HIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2333	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE, FREEDOM, REFORM, AND FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2334	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2366	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS, CENSORSHIP, REFORM AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2391	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER PGOV IR KU
06KUWAIT2392	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN'S ELECTION PARTICIPATION [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The participation of women in the June 29 parliamentary elections is having a profound impact on Kuwaiti society. Issues of equality and social import have taken a prominent place in the local media, and candidates have been forced to address issues important to w [...]	2006-06-19 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWMN KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2393	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: ISLAMISTS WELCOME YOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2396	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 16:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL PTER KCRM KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2420	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2442	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (U) Summary and comment: Government censorship and the fight against corruption stole the headlines as media coverage of the June 29 elections hits its stride. The Information Minister was the object of sharp criticism in the press from candidates and among the public over his role in blocki [...]	2006-06-21 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KMPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2443	KUWAITI OFFICIAL: WATER CRISIS OVERBLOWN, NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting with Econoff, Kuwaiti water official Suhaila Marafi said that news reports, campaign propaganda, and rumor have exaggerated the extent of Kuwait's water shortage, and that the planned July 21 opening of a new desalination plant in Subiya will solve supply [...]	2006-06-21 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EPET PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2446	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: CORRUPTION EMERGES AS THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Corruption has emerged as the central issue in the June 29 parliamentary elections. Allegations of vote-buying are common and often politically-motivated, but there is no doubt that some candidates attempt to influence voters with bribes. Nonetheless, the intensity of the ca [...]	2006-06-21 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EIND KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2447	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: REDISTRICTING, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2448	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 18:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2449	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: POLITICAL CORRUPTION, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2478	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS [...] Secretary General of Kuwait's Journalists Association, Mr. Faisal Al-Qanai suggested a new election strategy, "Let's take it back to what it used to be." In his daily column in pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah that carried the same headline Mr. Qanai proposed, "The election campaign slo [...]	2006-06-24 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU IR MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT25	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Tuesday, January 03, 2006 -- Al-Anbaa front page "Washington: The militias are loyal to their sects and there are fears of Iraq becoming a sectarian state" -- Al-Anbaa p. 23 "Bush's military advisor points to reducing the number of troops to 100,000 by the end of the year"; "Washington wi [...]	2006-01-04 04:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2509	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS [...] An op-ed headlined "And a Purse Too," by Ahmed Mohammed Al-Fahd in the conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan stated, "If we were to calculate roughly the cost of gifts allegedly given to prospective women voters, we would deduce that buying purses for women is cheaper and better than paying money [...]	2006-06-25 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU IR MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2532	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2561	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION; SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 11:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2588	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2590	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 100 foreign media, mostly from the Middle East and the Gulf Region, will be in Kuwait to cover the June 29 elections. Few U.S. or major international media outlets are present; however a CNN reporter is planning to arrive June 28. The Ministry of Information opened a forei [...]	2006-06-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2598	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION DAY AND WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 15:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2599	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2601	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION DAY COVERAGE - JUNE 30 [...] (U) Summary and comment: International broadcast coverage of the June 29 Kuwait National Assembly elections ran the gamut from near full-time coverage on Al-Arabiya to a brief mention late in the evening on BBC World. CNN, France 2, the New York Times and the Washington Post were among the m [...]	2006-06-30 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2634	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: RESULTS AND PREDICTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT266	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RESOLUTION OF SUCCESSION ISSUE [...] Tuesday, 24 January 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Salem Al-Ali to Kuwaitis: Sabah Al-Ahmad is our Amir"; "Shaykh Saad steps down today in a statement to the nation"; "Government withdraws request for 'stepping down' session"; "Council of Ministers nominates Shaykh Sabah as Amir in 8 days"; "At [...]	2006-01-26 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2671	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2695	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 19:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2726	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND THE ENEMIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2749	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2764	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ AND GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2774	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwaiti news media reported that only 35% of eligible women voted in the June 29 Parliamentary elections. Post's statistical analysis puts the number at approximately 60%. Although Islamists made gains in the National Assembly, a close look at the voting number [...]	2006-07-10 12:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2799	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GAZA INCURSION AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 09:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM IZ KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2824	KUWAIT MEPIC 5: MEPI MEETS CHANGE, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: This quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q3. The Amir's dissolution of the National Assembly on May 21 and the ensuing elections held on June 29 compelled a change in the scope of the Mission's MEPI programming for the quarter as well as for the c [...]	2006-07-13 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV KU KDEM MEPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2831	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-15 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT285	FREEDOM AGENDA AND THE KUWAITI SUCCESSION: [...] (C) The Freedom Agenda took a step forward this week as Kuwait's parliament played a vital role in the constitutional removal of one Amir and the appointment, scheduled for confirmation on January 29, of another. In the flurry of commentary about the Hamas electoral gains, the significance o [...]	2006-01-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2854	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2856	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2857	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - BOMBARDMENT OF BEIRUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-16 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2867	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 09:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2878	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2881	TFLE01: KUWAIT BLOGGERS RANT ABOUT CASUALTIES IN LEBANON [...] Summary and comment: Kuwaiti bloggers are filling cyberspace with thoughts and analysis of the violence in Lebanon and Gaza. A review of several blog sites shows much sympathy for civilian casualties and regret for damage to infrastructure in Lebanon. "Just one picture of a dead little girl d [...]	2006-07-18 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2884	KUWAIT MEDIA COVERAGE OF STUDENT DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. [...] Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press devoted significant space to coverage of a student-organized demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy on July 15. The rally, called to protest the American veto of the U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza, was a "photo opportunity" of which the pre [...]	2006-07-18 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2921	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, ISRAEL, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-22 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2929	IT PAYS TO BE AN MP: PARLIAMENTARIANS' ATTRACTIVE [...] In addition to a monthly salary of 2,300 KD ($7,950),the fifty elected Members of Kuwait's Parliament receive a number of other lucrative benefits. Each MP is provided with a new Ford or Lincoln to drive while serving in Parliament; the Speaker and Deputy Speaker receive a new vehicle worth [...]	2006-07-22 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2938	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-23 08:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2952	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ DISCUSSES TIFA, IRAQ, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez met with new Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Al-Hajeri to discuss bi-lateral trade issues and to congratulate Al-Hajeri on his appointment as Minister. The meeting focused on moving forward the stalled Trade and Investment Framew [...]	2006-07-23 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EINV KIPR OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2963	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 09:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2989	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3007	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN AND LEBANON, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3027	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-29 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3044	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-30 10:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION

06KUWAIT3055	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - ATTACK ON QANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 10:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3072	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3095	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON - QANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 10:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3099	TFLE01: A PRESS WAR OF WORDS ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press printed August 1 virulent and anti-U.S. comments made by MPs. One Arabic daily headlined its front page with a paraphrase of one statement: "Americans and Israelis are SOBs and Bastards." While previously relatively balanced in its news covera [...]	2006-08-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPRC PREL PGOC KMDR KPAO KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3135	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-05 11:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3158	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE ARABS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-06 09:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3167	KUWAIT ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY VISITS U.S. TO [...] (C/NF) PolOff met Saad Al-Hajji, Director of the Family Development Department at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) as well as the Barirah program to raise awareness about domestic labor (ref B),on August 6 to discuss FALCon, Post's anti-TIP ESF project (ref E). Al-Hajji ment [...]	2006-08-07 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KIRF PTER KU
06KUWAIT3171	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3187	TFLE01: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 08:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3205	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 08:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3227	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3241	KUWAIT: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (C/NF) CDA delivered reftel demarche points and copy of Secretary Rice's EOV to MFA Chief of Staff Shaykh Ahmad SIPDIS Nasser Al-Sabah on August 12. Shaykh Ahmad said the GOK was pleased that the vote had been unanimous and that the resolution provided support to PM Siniora and the GOL's Se [...]	2006-08-12 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS UNSC LE KU IS
06KUWAIT3269	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-13 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3283	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH, AMERICA, AND THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 07:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3293	GOK INFORMED OF ARB DETERMINATION; FM DISAPPOINTED [...] (C/NF) During an August 14 meeting, the Ambassador informed Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah of the recent Administrative Review Board (ARB) determination that detainee Fouzi Al-Awda continues to pose a threat to the interests o [...]	2006-08-14 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KAWC KU
06KUWAIT3306	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON AFTER THE WAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3320	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - INTERPRETING LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3360	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - Debating the Lebanon War [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-19 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3379	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON FALLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-20 10:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3383	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH'S RESISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3387	KUWAITI COMMENTATORS CONDEMN "ISLAMIC FASCIST" [...] (U) A number of Kuwaiti media figures broadly criticized President Bush's use of the phrase "Islamic fascists." They contended that the characterization was aimed at all Muslims rather than a small segment of the population. A few examples from the Kuwaiti op-ed pages: - "I was not surpris [...]	2006-08-21 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KU
06KUWAIT3418	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTER THE WAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3444	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 11:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT346	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAIT'S NEW AMIR [...] Summary: All major Arabic-language newspapers printed photographs of the new Amir, spanning the entirety of his political career. Both Al-Seyassah and Al-Rai Al-Aam included special appendices focusing on the same topic. In general, the Kuwaiti media celebrated the constitutional transfer of po [...]	2006-01-31 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT3469	AZN POWER PLANT TO BE RETENDERED IN SMALLER PIECES [...] (U) Summary: On 20 August, the GOK announced that the USD 2.9 billion Al-Zour North (AZN) power plant will be re-tendered because only one consortium out of seven pre-qualified groups bid for the project due to the tender's unfavorable terms and conditions. The project was opened to interna [...]	2006-08-27 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV FCS KU
06KUWAIT3474	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 09:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3501	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRANIAN HANDS IN LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3528	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3535	KUWAIT BASED ARAB-IRANIAN ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: During an August 27 meeting with Poloff, Khalil Delavi, an Iranian Ahwazi (Arab) activist and member of the Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz (DSPA),outlined the basic characteristics of a number of Ahwazi opposition groups operating outside of Iran. (Note: [...]	2006-08-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3550	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SYRIA, ISRAEL, AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-03 08:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3558	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICA AND ISRAEL IN THE MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-04 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3561	SOCIAL REFORM SOCIETY CHAIRMAN ABDULLAH AL-MUTAWA [...] (SBU) Abdullah Al-Mutawa, one of the founding members of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood (KMB) and the Chairman of the Social Reform Society (SRS),the KMB's charity branch, passed away September 3. Al-Mutawa also served as Editor-in-Chief of the SRS's weekly publication, Al-Mujtima, and Chair [...]	2006-09-04 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KTFN KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT3582	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, LEBANON, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 10:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3595	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ISLAM, IRAN, PALESTINE, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 10:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3618	ON IRAN, KUWAIT PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a September 5 meeting, National Security Bureau (NSB) Iran analyst Ghanim Al-Otaibi told PolOff that the Kuwaiti government's (GOK) strategy for dealing with Iran covered three main areas: political, military, and internal security. According to Al-Otaibi, all governme [...]	2006-09-09 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3635	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11, IRAN, LEBANON, AND DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-10 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3645	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND DETAINEE POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3666	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11 AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 09:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3687	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AL-ZAWAHIRI'S THREATS, SYRIA, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 11:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3720	SYSTEMIC ELECTRICITY AND WATER SHORTAGES REQUIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait experienced unprecedented rolling blackouts from 19-24 August. The direct cause was a coincidence of mechanical failures at power plants. However, these blackouts unmasked a more systemic problem, Kuwait's razor-thin spare electrical capacity. On the su [...]	2006-09-16 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON EPET KU
06KUWAIT3727	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - POPE'S COMMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT373	MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS EAGER TO RESOLVE AT&T [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Econ Officer met February 1 with Ministry of Communications (MoC) Acting Undersecretary Abdulmohsen Al-Mazaidi and Director of the Tariffs & International Accounts Department Mr. Adel Al-Dashti to discuss ways forward in resolving the long-standing billing dispute bet [...]	2006-02-03 14:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS BEXP KU
06KUWAIT3787	CONTINUED ANGER OVER POPE'S COMMENTS; ISLAMISTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The furor over the Pope's comments has continued unabated in Kuwait, fanned by some conservative Islamists' depiction of the comments as further evidence of a Judeo-Christian conspiracy against Islam. The subject has dominated editorials over the past week with almost all aut [...]	2006-09-20 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL VT KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT3817	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-24 07:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3830	FORMER GCC SECRETARY GENERAL: "NO COMMON GCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told PolOff September 19 the GCC had "no common strategy on Iran," a problem he attributed largely to friction between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He believed an effective GCC strategy should sup [...]	2006-09-24 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3831	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ AND HEZBOLLAH [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 08:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3878	FREEDOM AGENDA: MINISTER ANTICIPATES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Abdul Hadi Al-Saleh said the Government is expending "maximum efforts" to repair its "tense" relations with Parliament. Despite these efforts, the Minister predicted Parliament w [...]	2006-09-28 06:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT39	KUWAIT IPR: CUSTOMS DRAMATICALLY INCREASES [...] (SBU) In 2005, Kuwait Customs boasted a 57% increase in seizures over 2004, with 328 siezures versus 187 the previous year. The bulk of these seizures were of counterfeit auto parts, followed by pharmaceuticals and optical media. Among the seizures were several large shipments of counterfeit [...]	2006-01-04 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KIPR KU
06KUWAIT3920	AMBASSADOR RAISES TRADE, TERROR FINANCING, AND [...] (C) During a September 30 meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem, the Ambassador raised the following issues: -- Amir's Visit to Washington: Al-Ebraheem told the Ambassador the Amir was very pleased with his early September visit to Washington and with his warm wel [...]	2006-10-01 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EPET KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
06KUWAIT3923	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - VATICAN AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3937	MFA READ OUT OF PM SINIORA AND PRESIDENT ABBAS' [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an October 2 meeting with PolChief, the Director of the Arab World Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jassem Al-Mubaraki, provided a read out on the recent visits of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait. Al-Muba [...]	2006-10-02 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EFIN KPAL LE KU
06KUWAIT3983	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 08:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT399	KUWAIT FUND ON IRAQ, LEBANON, PA AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, the Kuwait Fund's (KFAED) Regional Manager for Arab Countries outlined details of an informal December 2005 agreement with the Iraqi Planning Ministry on allocation of the GOK's $560M assistance package for Iraq; pointed to renewed [...]	2006-02-05 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KU GZ WE IZ XF
06KUWAIT3993	GOK CONFIRMS THAT STANDARDIZED DOMESTIC LABOR [...] (C/NF) PolCounselor and PolOff visited Abdullah Al-Ruwaih, the Director of Immigration at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),on October 3 to inquire about the Ministry's plans to begin enforcing the standardized, three-party domestic labor contract on October 1. Al-Ruwaih confirmed that as of [...]	2006-10-04 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT4024	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-09 07:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4027	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) PolCouns delivered on October 8 points from reftels regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test to MFA Director for Asian and African Affairs Ambassador Mohammed Saud Al-Badr and Director for International Organizations Affairs Ambassador Mansour Al-Awadi. Both assured PolCouns that t [...]	2006-10-09 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN KNNP KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT4071	GCC ADVISOR: VISIT TO ISFAHAN NUCLEAR FACILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an October 9 meeting with PolChief, Advisor to the GCC Secretary General Dr. Sami Al-Faraj shared his impressions of a two-day conference sponsored by the Expediency Council he attended in April that included a visit to the Isfahan nuclear facility. Al-Faraj, who regularly [...]	2006-10-11 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4102	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-15 08:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4113	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 08:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4235	KUWAIT MEPIC 6 - FY06Q4: New Exchange Participants, [...] (SBU) Summary: This MEPI quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q4 and responds to questions posed in State 147848 (see paragraph 5). In addition to addressing the progress made by Kuwaiti NGOs toward fulfillment of FY05 and FY06 Small Grants projects, the report i [...]	2006-10-28 12:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI KPAO KU MEPI
06KUWAIT4252	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, WAR ON TERROR, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-29 09:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4258	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - DEMOCRACY, CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-30 08:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4265	KUWAIT CANCELS PARTICIPATION IN PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Post learned October 30 that Kuwait has withdrawn from observer participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise Leading Edge in Bahrain. The decision was not announced publicly. The GOK had previously committed to send three observers to the exercise, two from the [...]	2006-10-30 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4290	UNITED AIRLINES INAUGURATES NON-STOP FLIGHTS TO [...] (U) On October 29, United Airlines (UAL) launched non-stop flights between Washington Dulles and Kuwait International Airport (KIA). The maiden flight, a Boeing 777, arrived just after 4:00pm local time, well ahead of schedule. UAL officials said 75% of the seats were sold, with First and B [...]	2006-10-31 16:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR FAA BEXP KU
06KUWAIT4307	IRANIAN MEDIA ATTACH ACCUSES KUWAITI COLUMNISTS [...] (SBU) During an October 28 interview with Al-Rai Al-Aam (local Arabic daily),Ridha Mustafaei, the Media Attach at the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, sharply attacked some Kuwaiti columnists for writing articles critical of Iran, specifically Iran's nuclear program and its role in Iraq. "We have [...]	2006-11-01 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4330	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TENSION IN THE GULF [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-04 09:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT434	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: HAMAS VICTORY [...] Monday, January 30 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 69 "Ambassador Kurtzer: Palestinian elections were fair, however, we have to distinguish between democratic option and government's policy" 2. Tuesday, January 31 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 33 "Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi: 'Is Hamas' victory an imp [...]	2006-02-07 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT4358	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-05 07:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT436	FY 2007 ESF PROPOSAL: "PROJECT RESPECT" TO RAISE [...] Embassy Kuwait requests ESF funding for an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign targeted primarily at increasing protection for East and South Asian workers, the most vulnerable labor communities in Kuwait. Project RESPECT (Reaching Employers and Sponsors to Prevent and End Crimes of T [...]	2006-02-07 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID KU TIP
06KUWAIT4384	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM'S TRIAL AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4389	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY'S AWQAF CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) continues preparations for its conference on Islamic moderation, to be held in Washington, DC from November 17 - 19 (ref B). Post has been in daily contact with the Ministry to try to facilitate the visas of 25 Kuwaiti participants as [...]	2006-11-06 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CVIS KIRF SU KU
06KUWAIT439	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DANISH CARTOONS [...] Sunday, 5 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas page 11 "Regional offices of cooperative organizations boycott Danish products" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 5 "Saleh Jowhar: America and Europe should discipline their Danish children before they are disciplined by children of Mohammed"; "Islamic Heritage Reviva [...]	2006-02-08 04:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT4425	NSB PRESIDENT SHAYKH AHMED AL-FAHD WELCOMES GSD [...] (C/NF) Summary: NSB President Shaykh Ahmed welcomed the GSD initiatives paper and said his staff is studying the specific proposals. He noted that on some items, such as critical infrastructure protection, we can and should begin moving quickly. He looks forward to discussing some of these [...]	2006-11-09 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KU IR GCC
06KUWAIT4443	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - MIDTERM ELECTIONS, IRAQ, AND ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4454	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAQ, AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 08:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4460	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, MIDTERM ELECTIONS, AND U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 09:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4469	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-18 06:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4475	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-19 07:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4509	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]	2006-11-25 10:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4512	APHSCT TOWNSEND'S 11/14 MEETINGS WITH THE AMIR AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: APHSCT Frances Fragos Townsend met November 14 with the Amir and Foreign Minister of Kuwait to discuss counterterrorism cooperation, energy security, and other regional issues. Townsend reassured them that the President was committed to seeing a democratic, stable Iraq and wa [...]	2006-11-25 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN YM KU
06KUWAIT4517	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AMERICAN MEDIA AND FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-26 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4518	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON'S ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-26 08:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4541	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE REGION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-02 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4549	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-03 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4558	KUWAIT LICENSES FIRST NEW NEWSPAPERS IN 30 YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fifteen Kuwaiti companies have received licenses to date to begin publishing daily newspapers, the first new such licenses granted in Kuwait in more than 30 years. They result from the coming into effect in October 2006 of a press and publications law that paved the [...]	2006-12-04 04:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM KU
06KUWAIT4561	AMIRI ADVISOR DISCUSSES AMIR'S PRIORITIES AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 2 December, Ambassador met with Khaled Al-Fulaij, advisor to the Amir and former chairman of Kuwait Oil Company, to discuss the Amir's economic agenda and to solicit Al-Fulaij's perspective on current economic and political issues. Al-Fulaij explained that three of the Am [...]	2006-12-04 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV EPET KU
06KUWAIT4564	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 10:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4574	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN, IRAQ, AND LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 06:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4583	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER WARNS OF IMPACT OF IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Secretary General of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),Dr. Bader Al-Nashi, told Poloff December 6 that sectarian violence in Iraq was contributing to rising Shi'a-Sunni tensions in Kuwait. While he did not believe violence between the two communities was likely, [...]	2006-12-06 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL IR IZ KU ISLAMISTS SHI
06KUWAIT4609	FINANCE MINISTRY TALKS TAXES, AID, AND DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary. On December 9, Econcouns met with acting Assistant Undersecretary of Finance Khalid Al-Rubeian to discuss Kuwait's new draft tax law, the December 7 designations by the United States of three Kuwaitis for support to Al-Qaida, and assistance to the Palestinians. Al-Rubeian said t [...]	2006-12-10 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ KU
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4617	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - TERROR FUNDING, IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 09:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4625	KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]	2006-12-11 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4628	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 09:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4632	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 10:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4633	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4634	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE, BAKER-HAMILTON [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4640	PROGRAM EVALUATION: SSI SPEAKER IMAM SOHAIB SULTAN VISIT TO [...] FY06Q4 GPRA SUMMARY: Trinity College's Imam Sohaib Sultan visited Kuwait as a Strategic Speaker Initiative spokesperson conducting a four-day tour from September 16 - 20, 2006. Imam Sultan discussed the status and history of Muslims in America, with diverse audiences, including more than 250 [...]	2006-12-13 08:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL XF KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4649	FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...]	2006-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT4652	NATO ICI MEETING: KUWAIT SEEKS "STRATEGIC [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a briefing for NATO resident ambassadors, NATO Secretary General Scheffer praised the atmosphere surrounding NATO-GOK meetings, and noted Kuwait's interest in expanding NATO's relationship with Kuwait and the GCC as a "political-military alliance." Scheffer believes Kuwait [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IR IZ KU

06KUWAIT4654	WINNING MASS AUDIENCES - THE U.S. PRESENCE AT THE 2006 [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the Ambassador participated in the opening ceremony of Kuwait's 31st International Book Fair. Embassy Kuwait was the sole Western presence during the 10-day exhibition that attracted tens of thousands of Kuwaiti visitors. Public Affairs offered more than 120 RBO, IIP [...]	2006-12-16 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
06KUWAIT4665	FEELING THE HEAT, INFORMATION MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) According to local media, Minister of Information Mohammed Al-Sanousi has submitted his resignation rather than subject himself to an intense parliamentary questioning session, commonly referred to in Kuwait as a "grilling," which was scheduled to take place on December 18. The grillin [...]	2006-12-17 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4677	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - NATO CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4680	KUWAIT MFA OFFICIAL ON SYRIA ENGAGEMENT, HANIYEH [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA Arab Affairs Director Al-Mubaraki, Bashar al-Asad has signaled to Kuwait and others his readiness for a deal with the U.S. Kuwait has no plans to meet with the Syrians at a senior level. Palestinian PM Haniyeh could visit Kuwait in the near future, though deta [...]	2006-12-20 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL KU SY
06KUWAIT4682	PARLIAMENT VOTES 39-20 AGAINST WRITING OFF PRIVATE [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti Parliament voted December 19 against a controversial proposal to write off citizens' private loans at an estimated cost to the government of $27 billion. The proposal was strongly supported by tribal parliamentarians, dividing the three opposition bloc [...]	2006-12-20 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID ECON KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4698	ARTISTIC AMBASSADOR LINDA TOUBY DAZZLES KUWAIT, NOVEMBER [...] SUMMARY: Stunning New York abstract expressionist artist Linda Touby landed in Kuwait on her first trip to the Middle East on November 30, opening a whirlwind week of dynamic cultural interaction with a range of Kuwaiti audiences. Ms. Touby splashed onto the Kuwait art scene with a welcoming [...]	2006-12-24 06:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO XF KU
06KUWAIT484	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: THE NEW GOVERNMENT EMERGES [...] Saturday, 11 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Amir presides over first meeting of the new government today"; "New government adopts the program of its predecessor"; "Parliamentary blocs begin meetings to crystallize their positions" -- Al-Qabas p. 6 "New ministers in their offices tod [...]	2006-02-11 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT508	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies continued to improve their enforcement performance in 2005, and demonstrated that IPR protection has become a routine priority for them. The Ministry of Information (MOI),which is legally charged with IPR protection and has long been the weakest performer in [...]	2006-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
06KUWAIT527	CABINET MINISTER OUTLINES GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES AS [...] (C) The Ambassador met on February 14 with Mohammed Dhaifallah Sharar to congratulate him on his re-appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs. Confirming what local media and post contacts have reported, S [...]	2006-02-14 09:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT586	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB PHOTOS [...] Thursday, 16 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "A new version of torture photos taken at Abu Ghraib" -- Al-Qabas p. 35 "Australian television shows new photos of the Abu Ghraib scandal"; "The American used children to pressure the fathers" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 24 "Australian Televisio [...]	2006-02-21 05:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT608	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: OIL, DEMOCRACY, AND U.S. [...] Monday, 20 February 2006 -- Dr. Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqaba former Minister of Energy wrote in the moderate daily Al-Watan under the title "The American President George Bush's Statements": "The American President George Bush said a few days ago that by the year 2020 the United States of Americ [...]	2006-02-21 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT638	KUWAITI YOUTH SURVEYS ON EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS [...] Summary: Al-Qabas, the most prominent Arabic-language daily newspaper in Kuwait, regularly prints polling results reflecting youth opinions on a variety of topics, including early marriage, the Iranian nuclear program, the Danish cartoons, and political awareness. Recent polling exhibited stron [...]	2006-02-25 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT658	MUSLIM FSO'S REFLECT ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Note from Ambassador: At my request, two members of my staff, both of them Muslims on their first overseas tours with the State Department, provided below their reflections on the Danish cartoon controversy. I asked them to share their personal reactions as well as attempt some analysis [...]	2006-02-27 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER KISL XF KU
06KUWAIT659	UN TEAM'S FIRST KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER ASSESSMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: United Nations (UN) Iraq Desk Officer Eliza Kimball and UN cartographer Vladimir Bessarabov, part of a four person UN border team, discussed the UN team's first assessment of the Kuwait-Iraq border demarcation with pol/mil officer on February 22. The team's February 10-24 visit t [...]	2006-02-27 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV MOPS IZ UN KU
06KUWAIT698	KUWAIT: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. 2. (SBU) 21A: Kuwait is a destination country for internationally trafficked men and women. There is no trafficking in areas outside of GOK con [...]	2006-03-01 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF KU
06KUWAIT702	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] Thursday, 23 February 2006 -- Arab Times Front page "Urgent pleas against civil war" -- Al-Qabas Front page "Iraq races against sectarian violence" -- Al-Qabas p. 3 "The Amir denounces the explosion at the Imam Al-Hadi mausoleum: terrorist acts far from the teachings of our religion" [...]	2006-03-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT703	FREEDOM AGENDA: INFORMATION MINISTER REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 1, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador, the newly re-appointed Minister of Information commented optimistically about progress made on the draft press law and reduction in the number of political constituencies in Kuwait, two key Freedom Agenda elements. The Minister e [...]	2006-03-04 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU PREL IZ KMPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT724	NEW NGO LOBBIES GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT ON EXPAT [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on March 1st with the Social Work Society (SWS) of Kuwait, a new NGO devoted to advocating for expatriate labor rights. The NGO claims it has found corruption in the GOK's dealings with foreign laborers, but it is optimistic about the new government's declared focus on [...]	2006-03-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM ELAB KU
06KUWAIT73	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Sharon's healthSHARON'S [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic daily newspapers' coverage of the developments surrounding the Israeli Prime Minister's health mostly focused on the reporting on his conditions and the possibilities of recovery or death. The two analysis pieces found below provide an outlook into the possible scenarios [...]	2006-01-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT746	FREEDOM AGENDA: WIVES OF STATELESS MEN FOCUS ON [...] Summary and Comment: A March 4 meeting of Kuwaiti women married to "bidoon" (stateless Arabs) serves as a positive indicator that MEPI programs are reaching and influencing targeted audiences in Kuwait. Echoing themes researched by a recent MEPI small grant recipient for a project on how Kuw [...]	2006-03-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KU
06KUWAIT768	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES [...] Summary: Kuwait's National Assembly ratified on March 6 a new Press and Publications law. It will now be sent to the Cabinet which has one month to approve or reject. If they do not respond, the law will be considered to be in force. The National Assembly approved amendments that the Governm [...]	2006-03-06 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT786	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RATIFICATION OF NEW PRESS [...] Tuesday, 7 March 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam front page "Press and Publications Law, the first sign of reform"; "Press and Publications Law was unanimously ratified after superficial amendments"; "Most prominent amendments tackled prohibition of encroachment on the Lord, prophets or companions"; " [...]	2006-03-08 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT804	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSING REACTIONS TO THE NEW [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reactions to the newly-passed Press and Publications law (reftel) have varied widely and at times tended to hyperbole. One knowledgeable post contact sees it as a great step forward while another fears it will lead to the end of quality journalism in Kuwait. Liberal [...]	2006-03-08 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KHUM IR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT882	MINISTRY OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS LAUNCHES [...] In a March 11 press conference, Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah announced the March 14 launch of the Ministry's strategic plan for the period 2006-2011. He explained that the plan is based on seven overriding themes: -- "The consideration that develo [...]	2006-03-15 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KISL KU
06KUWAIT894	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 04:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT96	IMMEDIATE REACTION TO DEATH OF THE AMIR: KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary. Following the return of the Prime Minister from an official trip to Oman, the Council of Ministers announced the accession to Amir of Crown Prince Shaykh Saad. Kuwaiti officials and political analysts have been giving interviews on the subject of the January 15 death of the Amir o [...]	2006-01-15 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KU
06KUWAIT999	DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR TELEVISION, THE LEBANESE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER ASEC ETTC KU
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4063	UKRAINE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With just a week to go, the EU and Ukraine are still working to finalize a key document to be initialed at the October 27 Ukraine-EU summit in Helsinki -- a visa facilitation agreement and an associated readmission agreement. Ukrainians are insisting that the provisions of the r [...]	2006-10-20 16:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD CVIS EUN UP
06KYIV4285	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH MAKE ONE MORE TRY [...] (C) Summary. The Rada's November 15 decision not to vote for now on dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko following an 8-hour marathon meeting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych November 13 suggests the two sides are still making a [...]	2006-11-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4299	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]	2006-11-17 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4313	UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4383	UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...]	2006-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4414	UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of moving commemorations November 25 of the 73rd anniversary of the holodomor ("Great Famine"),Stalin's man-made famine 1932-33 that led to the death of an estimated 5-10 million Ukrainians in Ukraine and the Russian Kuban region, the Rada passed in a single rea [...]	2006-11-30 16:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4415	11/30 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament continued its progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, adopting five additional laws, four of which related to the agricultural sector. Parliament has now adopted 17 out of the 21 required laws. On the eve of PM Yanukovych's [...]	2006-11-30 16:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4576	12/15 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) this week adopted another WTO-related law, on scrap metal and steel, bringing the total number of adopted laws to 19 out of the 21 considered necessary for accession. Local media, however, fueled by some GOU officials, are erroneously reporting th [...]	2006-12-15 12:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4647	UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]	2006-12-22 10:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06LAGOS101	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #16 [...] (C) Press reports of additional hostages are false. Bayelsa state officials' assurances of the hostages' release were proven wrong, and the negotiators are delaying further talks regarding the crisis. Delta State officials have not been any more in touch or informed about the situation than [...]	2006-01-26 19:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1025	A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF GOVERNOR DUKE [...] (C) Cross River State Governor Donald Duke is intelligent, young and charismatic. The Nigerian media is overwhelmingly favorable, portraying him as one of Nigeria's ablest governors, a bona-fide economic and political reformer capable of higher office in 2007. However, opposition figures in [...]	2006-07-25 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1033	TRANSCORP BEGINS TO LOOM ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. In being selected by the Government of Nigeria to purchase the controlling interest in NITEL, the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN) has bagged the biggest catch thus far in Nigeria's privatization exercise. Fueled by NITEL and their other acquisitions, TCN is rapidly bec [...]	2006-07-27 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
06LAGOS1036	SENATE PRESIDENT FORESEES DELAYED ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a July 13 conversation with the Consul General, Senate President Ken Nnamani claimed he diplomatically resisted pressure to facilitate President Obasanjo's push for a third-term. Considering President Obasanjo's tenure extension diathesis, the Independent National Electoral Commissio [...]	2006-07-27 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1080	POLITICAL VIEWS, SURPRISING OFFER FROM DELTA [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 10:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1087	KADUNA GOVERNOR BULLISH ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a late July conversation with the Consul General, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi predicted the presidency would return to the north. Among the Northern governors, Makarfi thought he had the inside track to getting President Obasanjo's approval and clinching the PDP nominatio [...]	2006-08-09 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1103	DELTA SITREP #2: AMCIT HOSTAGE CONFIRMED, TWO [...] (SBU) We have confirmed that Amcit Royce Anthony Parfait of Houma, Louisiana, was among those kidnapped over the weekend. Details remain fuzzy, but the greater weight of the information suggests Parfait was abducted August 13 from the Goodfella's nightclub along with the other five expatriate [...]	2006-08-15 16:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1105	DELTA SITREP #3 [...] (C) Consulate General personnel communicated with GON, state government, NGOs, and other Niger Delta contacts to try and learn more about the Goodfellas kidnapping and avenues for contact and negotiation. Halliburton Nigeria Country Manager Steve Segota reported the Nigerian State Security S [...]	2006-08-16 14:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1127	DELTA SITREP #8 [...] (C) After days of our prodding, SSS negotiators finally have begun passing proof of life (POL) questions to the kidnappers. Yesterday, the captives provided a correct proof of life answer for British hostage John Guyan. SSS told the security consultants of the affected companies that they e [...]	2006-08-23 16:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1237	STATE OF THE UNIONS [...] (U) This is a summary of labor activities. On July 21 the Federal Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Public Service Negotiating Council, agreeing to suspend and further negotiate the planned retrenchment of 33,000 civil service employees. June showcased [...]	2006-09-29 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS124	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #19 [...] (C) We have received several explanations for the breakdown of last night's hostage release. In addition to the presence of military patrol boats that allegedly frightened the kidnappers from leaving their hide-out (reftel A),Bayelsa Secretary of the State Government (SSG) Dr. Igali said a [...]	2006-01-28 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1276	U.S. COMPANY FIRES 1,200 NIGERIANS, PREPARES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. oil and gas service contractor Willbros International will lay off 1,200 employees at its largest Niger Delta site. Insecurity in the Niger Delta has caused oil companies to shut down operations in the area. As a consequence, Willbros' work, which is all derivative of the [...]	2006-10-12 12:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS1288	IMPEACHMENT FEVER HITS EKITI [...] (U) Summary: Embattled Governor Ayo Fayose has gone underground and may have left Ekiti State following his removal after a lightning-quick impeachment proceeding by the Ekiti State Assembly on October 16. A panel convened by the Chief Justice of Ekiti State had earlier acquitted the Governo [...]	2006-10-17 16:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1305	IJAW CHIEF: WARRI IS A POWDER KEG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 18, national Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Clark told the Consul General that, due to the eruptive mixture of poverty, ethnic rivalry and imminent electoral politics, Warri, Delta State, has become a powder keg waiting to ignite. Clark strongly advocated Nigeria,s next pr [...]	2006-10-26 17:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS131	NIGERIA OUTREACH AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Nigeria appears to support the development and use of agricultural biotechnology. In meetings such as the June 2005 Science and Technology Forum in Burkina Faso, Nigerian representatives spoke positively about agricultural biotechnology. Despite this receptiv [...]	2006-01-31 09:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO
06LAGOS1313	STATE INECS PREPARE FITFULLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Before the announcement by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that nationwide registration would be postponed until October 25, Poloff took a swing through Nigeria's six Southwestern States to assess the status of voter registration. State INEC officials told Poloff [...]	2006-10-30 13:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1340	DELTA SITREP 4: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE, PROOF OF [...] (C) Summary. American citizen James Brazel and Briton Martin Maddieson remain hostages. Digital photographs verifying proof of life were received by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS),the hostages' employer. We have met daily with Tim Branch, Operations Manager PGS Onshore, other PGS officials, [...]	2006-11-06 16:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS1369	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR OCTOBER 2006 [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo tells Speakers to stop further gubernatorial impeachments. Police in Rivers State captured six men alleged to have kidnapped expatriates in Port Harcourt and Eket. Bayelsa Governor Jonathon touts bridges, housing, and orphanages on the gubernatorial campaign [...]	2006-11-22 09:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS137	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...]	2006-01-31 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1376	BRITON KILLED, ITALIAN INJURED IN [...] (C) The British hostage kidnapped from AGIP's FPSO Mystras vessel November 22 was killed during a fusillade between the hostage-takers and a military patrol boat the day of the kidnapping. The six other hostages were freed as a result of this encounter. AGIP's Deputy Managing Director, Akin [...]	2006-11-24 15:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS138	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #22 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The four hostages left Lagos late last night bound for London aboard a British Airways flight. AmCit Pat Landry will leave London today for Houston. (Note: Post received confirmation that Mr. Landry's flight is now on the way to Houston. End note.) Harry Ebanks will fly to Miami with [...]	2006-01-31 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS1412	GROUP TO BRING US-STYLE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early November meeting with the Consul General, U.S. experts in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) outlined their plans to launch a new program in ADR and conflict resolution (CR) in partnership with Nigerian Law School and the Negotiation Conflict Management Group. E [...]	2006-12-08 06:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1417	DHRF GRANT ENCOURAGES WOMEN CANDIDATES IN NIGER DELTA [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-eight women candidates, campaign coordinators, and aspiring political and party leaders attended the October 24-25 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) workshop, QMainstreaming Women Leaders into the Political Process in NigeriaQs Niger Delta States of Rivers, Bayelsa, D [...]	2006-12-12 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NI
06LAGOS1430	ELECTION 2007: SOUTHERN PDP WARD CONGRESSES AND [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has completed the process for choosing candidates to contest the April 2007 State Assembly and Federal House and Senate elections in southern Nigeria. Throughout the south, candidates from established factions supported by the governor generall [...]	2006-12-18 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1432	SHELL, AGIP CONFIRM CAR BOMBS DETONATED; NO [...] (C) Mike Achu, Corporate Security Coordinator for Shell Petroleum and Development Corporation, confirmed that a car bomb was detonated on the Shell compound in Port Harcourt on December 18. The car in which the bomb was planted, as well as several other cars parked nearby, were damaged in th [...]	2006-12-18 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1445	AC PICKS ATIKU IN UNANIMOUS VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The Action Congress (AC) National Convention nominated Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for President in the 2007 presidential elections. Nine other political parties joined the AC in supporting Abubakar, who lambasted the PDP and said Nigeria needs a leader committ [...]	2006-12-22 12:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1446	AC PICKS ATIKU IN UNANIMOUS VOTE [...] (C) Summary: The Action Congress (AC) National Convention nominated Vice President Atiku Abubakar as its candidate for President in the 2007 presidential elections. Nine other political parties joined the AC in supporting Abubakar, who lambasted the PDP and said Nigeria needs a leader committ [...]	2006-12-22 12:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS1447	ARMED ATTACKS ON TWO NIGER DELTA OIL FACILITIES [...] (C) Summary: In separate incidents, armed men attacked Agip's Tebidaba flow station in Bayelsa State, and a Total base camp for workers at Total's Obagi field in Rivers State. A Shell spokesperson indicated that reports of an attack on a facility in the Egbema council area of Rivers State we [...]	2006-12-27 06:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS1449	FUEL SHORTAGES, POVERTY ARE BACKDROP TO PIPELINE [...] (C) Fuel leaking from a pipeline breached by vandals in the early hours of December 26 exploded, killing 269 people and injuring an additional 160 persons in the blast and ensuing fire, according to the Nigerian Red Cross. Early press reports put the number of deaths at 700, and some report [...]	2006-12-27 16:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG SOCI ASEC PTER NI
06LAGOS159	TV CO-OP PROPOSAL [...] Summary: This cable is in response to the Department's FY06 TV Co-op recruitment efforts. PAS Lagos would like to propose a TV co-op on "Youth Development as a Cornerstone to Sustainable National Development." This co-op would be led by one of Nigeria's most respected, independent producers, [...]	2006-02-06 07:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP CVIS
06LAGOS172	24,900 Blank Passports Missing; Nigeria Immigration [...] SUMMARY: Nigeria Immigration Service has approached Amconsul Lagos with information regarding 24,900 blank passports that have recently been discovered missing, and are now cancelled. This comes at the same time that local media outlets are reporting 200 passport adjudicators being fired due t [...]	2006-02-07 08:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD PGOV NI
06LAGOS177	NIGERIA: FY 2006 PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR ESF [...] Mission Nigeria submits the following proposals to help Nigeria increase its capacity, raise community awareness, build anti-trafficking outreach networks and support a local NGO with anti-trafficking capacity-building focused on trafficking in women. These proposals focus on states with sig [...]	2006-02-08 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB SMIG NI
06LAGOS233	NIGERIAN MILITARY ATTACKS ALLEGED BUNKERERS / EAC [...] (U) On February 15, a Nigerian military helicopter overflew the Nkerekoko area near Warri, Delta State, reportedly firing on 8 barges the GON alleges were being used for illegal oil bunkering activity. Giving a different version of the incident, Nkerekoko community leaders told the press 8 [...]	2006-02-16 15:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS235	AN NGO HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR'S TALE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Poloff, Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),described his role in the recent Delta hostage crisis involving four oil service company workers, including one Amcit. Mitee described the kidnappers as well-armed and su [...]	2006-02-16 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS249	NIGERIA: NINE HOSTAGES SEIZED, INCLUDING AMCITS, [...] (C) Nine expatriate hostages were taken from a Willbros construction barge around 7:15am. The barge was working on a Shell platform in Forcados, Delta State. The hostage-takers boarded the vessel, and afterward selected the nine from the 45 expatriate and 55 Nigerian workers on the barge at [...]	2006-02-18 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS250	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #2 [...] (SBU) Willbros will contact the next-of-kin for all of their employees, and have already made contact with the family of AmCit Macon Hawkins. Shell reports Hawkins has hypertension, as does Russell Spell. 2. (U) Aside from the three Americans reported reftel B, the other captives have [...]	2006-02-18 17:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS257	LAGOS LAND TITLING REFORM MISSES MARK [...] (SBU) A cumbersome legal superstructure continues to hamper the real estate and mortgage market in Lagos. Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu's recent attempts at land reform are cosmetic in nature and do not alleviate the fundamental problems associated with land titling and conveyance in Lagos [...]	2006-02-21 09:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
06LAGOS274	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6 [...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...]	2006-02-22 18:52:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS279	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7 [...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...]	2006-02-23 19:08:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS286	ONITSHA RIOTS UPDATE:POLICE KEPT ON ALERT [...] (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nnewi and other cities in Anambra State has subsided following the February 21-22 riots. But police in Anambra and several other southeastern states remain on high alert. Anambra State government media spokesman said he expected police to remain deployed in various c [...]	2006-02-24 17:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS287	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...]	2006-02-24 17:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS288	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9 [...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...]	2006-02-25 16:34:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS289	VIOLENT CLASHES IN ENUGU, KONTAGORA, AND MINA [...] (SBU) In continuing sectarian violence in the south of Nigeria, Nigerian Red Cross Disaster Management Officer Adeyemo Andronitus told us his volunteers reported two Hausa Muslims killed and several injured in Abakpa settlement in Enugu, Enugu State at 7:30 am February 25. Muslim traders in l [...]	2006-02-25 16:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS290	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #10 [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. ---------------------- Hostage Welfare Update ---------------------- 2. (C) Several sources continue to tell us the hostages are in good condition and will be released imminently. (Note: Post notes the history of government interlocuto [...]	2006-02-26 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS291	ONITSHA UNREST: RED CROSS REPORTING THOUSANDS [...] (SBU) Following three days with no reports of violence in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigerian Red Cross reported three Hausa Muslims and one Igbo man were killed in a skirmish outside a hotel on February 25. A police officer escorting Hausas from the hotel allegedly shot and killed an Igbo man a [...]	2006-02-26 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS297	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #11 [...] (C) Chief Edwin Clark, a member of the Delta State negotiating committee, told Econoff more medicine was dispatched for the hostages on Saturday. ------------------- Negotiations Update ------------------- 2. (C) Clark and other sources around Warri told Econoff some of the hostages [...]	2006-02-27 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS298	NO NEW REPORTS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Violence in Onitsha, Nwei and other cities in Anambra has subsided. However, police in Anambra remain on high alert and a curfew remains in place. The Nigerian Red Cross reported 8,600 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) remain in an army barracks in Onitsha, the most populous city in [...]	2006-02-27 16:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS306	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #12 [...] (C) Shell, GON and other sources report the anticipated release of some of the hostages this morning was delayed because Delta State Governor Ibori announced the release and publicly claimed credit before the deal was sealed. Governor Ibori told Econoff additional medicine and Willbros letter [...]	2006-02-28 16:42:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS317	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #13 [...] (C) AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins was released this evening to two foreign journalists and is currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's mansion. Econoffs are accompanying Hawkins and plan to remain with him overnight at the Shell medical clinic in Warri. Shell will bring him to Lagos tomorrow b [...]	2006-03-01 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS318	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 14 [...] (C) Five other hostages were released this evening to foreign journalists, and are currently at Delta State Governor Ibori's Warri lodge. AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt, along with Briton John Hudspith have not been released. Shell has made arrangements for them to stay overnight at th [...]	2006-03-01 20:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS324	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #15 [...] (C) The six hostages released last night are on their way back to their respective home countries. AmCit Macon Hawkins is scheduled to fly back to Texas on an evening Air France flight via Paris. All hostages were examined and cleared by Shell physicians last night, and they have had USG acc [...]	2006-03-02 17:10:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS327	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 16 [...] (C) AmCit Macon Hawkins safely departed Nigeria for Houston, Texas. There has been no additional information about the condition of the remaining hostages, except for reports yesterday confirming they were well-fed and well-treated. 2. (C) Willbros requested Delta State Governor Ibori deli [...]	2006-03-03 16:04:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS333	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 17 [...] (C) There has been no additional confirmed information about the condition of the remaining hostages. Delta State Governor Ibori is obtaining new photographs to demonstrate proof of life. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (S/NF) Delta State Governor Ibor [...]	2006-03-06 18:05:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS339	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 18 [...] (C) Academic Associates Peaceworks Director Judy Assuni provided confirmed proof of life answers for Briton John Hudspith to the British Mission, but no additional information was provided for AmCits Russell Spell and Cody Oswalt. Willbros is contacting Oswalt's colleagues to ascertain his ab [...]	2006-03-07 18:41:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS346	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19 [...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...]	2006-03-08 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS363	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 20 [...] (C) Delta State Government officials had no updates on hostage welfare except to say that they are in good health. Conoff in Warri continues to ask for recent proof of life. Shell reports there will be another visit to the camp by journalists with a good track record of access to the Movemen [...]	2006-03-09 16:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS366	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 21 [...] (C) There is no new information regarding the welfare of the hostages. Family letters were given to the journalists scheduled to tour the militant camps this weekend, and Conoff reported he saw a Reuters journalist arriving in Warri this morning. The Shell crisis group agreed to ask release [...]	2006-03-10 16:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS367	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 22 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from AmCit hostage Cody Oswalt last night. Oswalt's identity was confirmed through his correct identification of the last statement he made to AmCit Macon Hawkins before his release last week. Oswalt said he and the two other hostages were in good health and were [...]	2006-03-11 11:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI

06LAGOS376	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 23 [...] (C) There was very little substantive activity for the second weekend in a row, with few confirmed reports following the Cody Oswalt call to Conoff Friday night. Ijaw leaders and elders held a meeting Friday and released a communiqu calling for the hostages' release. NGO Director Judy Asuni [...]	2006-03-13 16:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS383	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 24 [...] (C) Conoff received a phone call from the hostage takers, and had a highly scripted exchange with Amcit Cody Oswalt. Ijaw youth leaders have been meeting in Warri since yesterday, and one of them tells us he expects a release of the hostages tomorrow night. There were no additional attack [...]	2006-03-14 19:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS387	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 25 [...] (C) Shell provided a statement from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) e-mailed to their journalist contact, which indicated that the hostages were split for strategic reasons, and their condition was no longer a concern for the hostage-takers. The statement promise [...]	2006-03-15 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS391	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 26 [...] (C) Shell sources, including NGO lead Judy Asuni, reiterated earlier messages of the militants' distrust of Delta State Governor Ibori, and the disagreement among the militants about releasing the remaining three hostages, with some willing to release now and others arguing against their rel [...]	2006-03-16 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS4	GROUPS MOVE UNSUCCESSFULLY FOR OYO STATE [...] (C) Despite intervention by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Afenifere, and the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE),the political standoff in Oyo State remains. The eighteen assemblymen who initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Rasheed Ladoja remain firm in their resolve to see t [...]	2006-01-03 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS401	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 27 [...] (C) Shell sources said NGO leader Judy Asuni confirmed family letters were sent to the hostage-takers. Willbros and Shell are gathering another package of medicines and will contact Asuni to facilitate their delivery. Shell and Willbros are also sending in colorful t-shirts and hats, to bo [...]	2006-03-17 16:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS405	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 28 [...] (C) NGO Director Judy Asuni said the package of medicine, the t-shirts and other morale boosters picked up from Shell's Warri clinic on Saturday were delivered as of 10:00 a.m. 2. (C) Willbros representatives reported the Oswalt family has arranged a 14:00 CST press conference with three [...]	2006-03-20 16:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS417	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 29 [...] (C) Speaking behalf of the Oswalt family, Cody Oswalt's uncle Rickey Oswalt delivered a public plea for his release: "These men were taken so that your situation and demands (can) be heard by the world. Now that the world is aware of your situation, we ask that you release Cody, Russell, and [...]	2006-03-21 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS427	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 30 [...] (C) Conoff received a call from a hostage-taker at the militant camp this afternoon, who allowed Conoff to speak to Cody Oswalt. Oswalt said he was fine, but he is still separated from the other two hostages. Oswalt asked Conoff to relay his wellbeing to his family, and also seemed in bette [...]	2006-03-22 15:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS431	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 31 [...] (C) There have been no additional reports on the hostages' wellbeing. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) NGO lead Judy Asuni claims her sources in contact with the hostage-takers said the hostages will be released in 24 to 36 hours. Other Warri sour [...]	2006-03-23 16:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS432	NIGERIA:BANK UPDATE AND THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began post-integration verification of assets on all 25 newly emerged bank groups on February 22. Insiders expect the verification process to reveal some of the banks did not actually meet the CBN's naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) capitalization requir [...]	2006-03-24 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS438	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 32 [...] (C) Wilbros arranged for video tapes of appeals from Russel Spell and Cody Oswalt's families. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C) Shell sources reported the GON was growing impatient with the negotiation process and the lack of clarity on the ground, an [...]	2006-03-24 16:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS476	EXXONMOBIL CONCERNS WITH MILITANTS BROADENING THE [...] (C) In a recent meeting with ExxonMobil (EM) Nigeria, a senior executive explained EM's concern with the deteriorating Nigerian security situation, the company's low-profile public affairs strategy, and its strategy to maintain harmonious relations with communities in Akwa Ibom State, its pr [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PTER NI
06LAGOS478	CHEVRON NIGERIA SEEKS LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO DELTA [...] (C) Chevron Nigeria security consultant Hamish MacDonald shared concerns that a large amount of money was paid for the release of the Delta hostages and an industry of hostage-taking may be in the offing. Chevron has managed thus far to stay out of harm's way, but MacDonald feels the urgent [...]	2006-04-03 06:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC EAID NI
06LAGOS589	STICKY PICKETS: ORGANIZED LABOR MAY BECOME A [...] Nigerian organized labor is still having problems gathering the consensus necessary to initiate action on a national-scale. Since mid-March, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has routinely postponed plans for a national picketing campaign to protest unfair labor practices. Possible reasons [...]	2006-05-03 10:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL NI
06LAGOS595	EXXONMOBIL TERMINAL ATTACKED; TWO YOUTHS KILLED [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil Nigeria's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT),Akwa Ibom State, was occupied by a group of youths armed with machetes on 2 May, due to a labor dispute. Government security forces (GSF) killed two youths and wounded two others. GSF have arrested ten of the youths. The attackers briefl [...]	2006-05-03 19:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER ELAB NI
06LAGOS628	ONE RELUCTANT MILITANT SPOKESMAN SPEAKS [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Consul General, former Bayelsa Information Minister Oronto Douglas downplayed his role as a spokesman for Niger Delta militants. Douglas is pessimistic the Delta commission recently established by President Obasanjo will yield viable solutions and has refused [...]	2006-05-11 08:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET CASC NI
06LAGOS743	THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...]	2006-06-02 13:20:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI
06LAGOS787	JUNE 9 NIGER DELTA INCIDENT SUMMARY [...] This is the initial edition of what will be a biweekly roundup of security incidents in the Niger Delta. This roundup excludes "normal" street crime and concentrates on particularly serious incidents with a possible militant or political element. These incidents have not been reported in ot [...]	2006-06-09 11:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
06LAGOS80	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...]	2006-01-21 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS81	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #12 [...] (C) Econoff, Tidex operations manager, and an HMG official met five representatives allegedly acting for the kidnappers and negotiating with Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan. Four of the representatives willingly spoke with Econoff. They said the captives were healthy, and they hop [...]	2006-01-22 15:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS873	ONITSHA VIOLENCE;CURFEW IMPOSED [...] (SBU) Violent clashes during the past few days in Onitsha involving the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign Sate of Biafra (MASSOB),the police, the Anambra Vigilante Service (AVS),and the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) left at least 12 confirmed deaths, many [...]	2006-06-20 15:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06LAGOS880	TWO PHILIPPINE EXPATRIATES KIDNAPPED IN PORT [...] (SBU) Two Philippine expatriate oil workers were kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on June 20. Vice Consul Randy Arquiza of the Philippine Embassy confirmed the incident, identifying the hostages as Pacifico Gajo and Joseph Docdolero. Both are employees of Beaufort International, a [...]	2006-06-21 15:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06LAGOS9	LAND TENURE REFORM NEEDED FOR REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nigerian housing/real estate sector is cumbersome, costly, and has not been the catalyst for growth and private sector activity that it should be. Primary reasons for the inefficiency of this sector are that the laws and regulations governing conveyance and registration of [...]	2006-01-04 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EIND KCOR EAID PGOV NI
06LAGOS98	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #15 [...] (C) Ecodrill Country Manager Peter Quiatkowski's intermediaries provided photos and audio of Nigel Watson-Clarke from their visit to the kidnappers' camp. Morale of their young yet heavily-armed captors may be waning in the face of the arrest of their two leaders and fear that a big payoff ma [...]	2006-01-25 20:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS991	AGIP PIPELINE BLOWN, BUT EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Press reported two Nigerian AGIP Oil Company (NAOC) pipelines in different locations in Bayelsa State were damaged by explosions on July 12. One is at the Clough Creek flow station, Tebidaba, and the other in Lagosgbene, Brass Local Governent. A senior AGIP executive told us the inci [...]	2006-07-14 16:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER PINR NI
06LAPAZ1062	BOLIVIA: MORALES AND JUDICIARY FACE OFF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales has accused key actors in the judicial sector of protecting "sacred cows" and resisting the process of political change. In response, key representatives of the justice sector have accused the President of interfering with and politicizing justice. Although l [...]	2006-04-19 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM USAID BL
06LAPAZ1114	GOVERNMENT FACES RISING SOCIAL SECTOR TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid accusations that the government has failed to keep its promises, social sector frustration, including among the MAS's highland support base, is rising. Civil sector leaders in Santa Cruz and Tarija have also stepped up their anti-government pressures. The Government has m [...]	2006-04-24 18:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ELAB PHUM PGOV BL
06LAPAZ1159	NATIONALIZATION AS GRAND POLITICAL GESTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: By announcing the nationalization of Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector, President Evo Morales has again proven himself a master of the grand political gesture. Timed to coincide with the kick off the campaign for the Constituent Assembly and accompanied by the symbolic taking of g [...]	2006-05-02 17:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EINV ENRG ECON PGOV SOCI PREL BL
06LAPAZ1317	OPPOSITION PROSPECTS ARE WEAK FOR THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition to President Evo Morales, Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party enters the campaign for the Constituent Assembly elections on July 2 even weaker than before the general elections in December 2006. The best-known opposition leaders--Podemos, Jorge Quiroga and UN,s S [...]	2006-05-16 17:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL SOCI
06LAPAZ1322	MAS HAS STRONG ADVANTAGE ENTERING THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will launch their campaign for the 2 July Constituent Assembly election on May 26 riding a wave of popular support for the President's hydrocarbons nationalization decree. The MAS remains the most powerful party [...]	2006-05-17 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI BL
06LAPAZ1414	DEJA VU--IS MORALES FOLLOWING THE CHAVEZ MODEL? [...] (C) Summary: As the Morales government hits the four month mark and further strengthens its relationships with Cuba and Venezuela, there is increasing speculation about the extent to which Morales is following the Chavista model of governance. Three Venezuelan USAID contractors working on dem [...]	2006-05-26 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1418	BOLIVIA IN CHAVEZ' EMBRACE [...] (C) Summary: The MAS party's May 26 Chapare-based campaign kick-off for the Constituent Assembly -- featuring President Evo Morales and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez in the shared leading role -- revealed a Bolivian government fallen openly into Venezuela's embrace. Venezuelan offici [...]	2006-05-30 14:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI ELAB BL
06LAPAZ1597	COUNTDOWN TO CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: With three weeks to go before the July 2 Constituent Assembly elections, polls in La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, together representing 70 percent of the population, indicate Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will win approximately 45 percent of the vote, with Pode [...]	2006-06-13 15:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ167	MORALES INAUGURATION SPEECH: A MIXED BAG [...] (SBU) Summary. Evo Morales' January 22 inauguration speech was many things: long, rambling and inconsistent, but also direct, passionate and heartfelt. He celebrated international support for his government from the United States, Venezuela and Cuba. But in a less-than-presidential manner, [...]	2006-01-23 21:00:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ169	CHILE'S LAGOS HOPEFUL ABOUT BOLIVIA'S MORALES [...] (C) Summary: During their January 22 meeting in La Paz, President of Chile Ricardo Lagos told WHA A/S Shannon that the U.S. should keep the doors open with Evo Morales to prevent Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez from gaining disproportionate influence. Lagos said he had explained Chile's his [...]	2006-01-23 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI ELAB CI BL
06LAPAZ179	MORALES GOVERNMENT GENERATES HOPE, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held a series of meetings on January 22 with Santa Cruz business leaders, media and political analysts, opposition leader Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, and Spanish Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon on the margins of the Morales inauguratio [...]	2006-01-24 19:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1808	PRELIMINARY CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Although preliminary election results show that the majority of Bolivians voted against departmental autonomy, four eastern departments solidly voted in its favor. Early results also indicate that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party won around 52 percent of Co [...]	2006-07-03 13:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ1891	FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: "MAS" OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Final July 2 Constituent Assembly election results gave the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party 137 of 255 seats and ensured several opposition parties, including Podemos and National Unity (UN),a significant presence in the Assembly. In the week following the election, politic [...]	2006-07-11 14:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ1952	SCENESETTER FOR VP GARCIA LINERA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will arrive in Washington late July 19 to push for an extension of ATPDEA benefits. In its first six months in office, the Morales administration has maintained popularity ratings of 70 to 80 percent by nationalizing hydrocarbons, ann [...]	2006-07-19 16:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL MCC BL
06LAPAZ196	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST NAMED BOLIVIA'S AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Morales will reportedly appoint human rights activist Sacha Llorenti as Bolivia's next Ambassador to the U.S., tasking the new envoy with securing the extradition of former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. It is tempting to read an "anti-U.S." message into [...]	2006-01-26 20:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI BL
06LAPAZ205	EARLY WARNING SIGNS? [...] (C) Summary: President Morales' first week in office has brought public and private reassurances that his government will cooperate with the USG and respect democracy and the rule of law, but there are also some early warning signs that the new government may undermine democratic institutions. [...]	2006-01-27 19:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2393	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly is at a crossroads after political disagreements over its rules of order escalated into violence September 1, resulting in MAS delegates approving their own proposal for a majority vote on constitutional changes after opposition parties abandoned the sess [...]	2006-09-05 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2406	BUSINESS AS USUAL, DESPITE RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: La Paz businessmen reacted with relative calm to the September 1 violence in the constituent assembly (reftel),declaring that business would continue as usual. While not necessarily thriving, businesses appear to have survived the uncertainty of the last few months, and most ex [...]	2006-09-06 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ2415	THE MEDIA LUNA STRIKE: WHICH SIDE WILL BLINK [...] (C) Summary: In response to growing ruling party intransigence in the Constituent Assembly charged with writing Bolivia's new constitution, the largely "media luna" (Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando) based opposition has called a regional general strike for September 8th (reftel 02393). [...]	2006-09-07 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2452	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY STALEMATE CONTINUES [...] (U) Most political and media analysts describe the regional September 8 strike as a success (see September 8 ASDAR),but the Constituent Assembly remains deadlocked, at least for the moment, over whether delegates should use a simple majority or two-thirds vote to approve constitutional change [...]	2006-09-11 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ2698	DEADLY MINER CLASH IN ORURO [...] (U) On October 5, armed clashes broke out in the mining town of Huanuni, in the Department of Oruro; they are continuing now. Firefights erupted after independent miners overran the state owned Posokoni mine, demanding jobs that they alleged had been promised to them. The independent miner [...]	2006-10-05 21:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2717	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: PLENIPOTENTIARY DEBATE [...] (C) Nationwide debate continues over the Constituent Assembly's declared "plenipotentiary" nature, with Supreme Court President Hector Sandoval and President Morales exchanging public barbs about the other's "interference" in Assembly matters. Following MAS party leader Ramon Loayza's return [...]	2006-10-06 21:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ2743	A WORRIED MORALES ATTEMPTS TO WOO THE MIDDLE CLASS [...] (U) President Morales spoke October 12 at a rally intended to "defend Bolivian democracy," as well as to close the international indigenous meeting held in La Paz October 8-12. Speaking for forty minutes to a bussed in and largely passive crowd we estimate at approximately 6,000 (but which p [...]	2006-10-12 19:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ2840	MAS SPLITS KEY UNION IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) This is the third in a series of three cables reporting on Emboff's meetings with Santa Cruz social movements. On October 13 Emboff met with Edwin Fernandes, leader of the Santa Cruz Departmental Labor Union, known by its Spanish initials COD. Each of the country's nine departments has [...]	2006-10-20 15:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3061	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY- VOTING ON VOTING [...] (SBU) After months of stalemate, the Constituent Assembly (CA) will take up its final pending rule of order-- its voting mechanism-- November 14-15. Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has publicly declared that if it cannot reach consensus with the opposition on its "mixed proposal [...]	2006-11-14 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3071	BOLIVIA'S TITLE II ASSISTANCE HELPS SLASH [...] (U) Tens of thousands of Bolivian children, many in isolated rural areas, suffer from chronic malnutrition. Many simply lack appropriate food, while others suffer from parasites and infectious diseases that hamper the body's ability to retain nutrients. With PL 480 Title II support, administ [...]	2006-11-15 18:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ3085	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S VISIT TO TARIJA [...] (U) Ambassador Goldberg made his first official visit to the city of Tarija November 6-7. During the two-day trip the Ambassador met with national and local Tarijeno politicians, the Tarija city council, businessmen, academics, Fulbright alumni, Peace Corp volunteers, and farmers. The city [...]	2006-11-16 12:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3128	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG NOVEMBER 9 COCHABAMBA VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Goldberg traveled November 9 to Cochabamba to meet with the mayor, social sector leaders, business leaders, the local American population, and local media and political analysts. The trip received extensive press coverage and provided an opportunity to publicly highlight ou [...]	2006-11-20 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3131	SIX OF NINE GOVERNORS "BREAK TIES" WITH GOB [...] (SBU) On November 17, the GOB announced a new plan, comprised of a law and supreme decree, which would permit the Bolivian congress to supervise and censure department prefects (governors). The GOB argues the plan is meant to provide assurances to the public that local authorities spend funds [...]	2006-11-20 21:00:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3258	THE MEDIA LUNA DECEMBER 1 CIVIC STRIKE [...] (U) On December 1 the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, and Tarija began a one day civic strike in response to frustration with recent GOB moves on a variety of fronts. The strike is also being partially observed in Pando, Cochabamba, and parts of Chuquisaca. The strike is due to end at 6 p.m. [...]	2006-12-01 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3295	AMBASSADOR CHARLES SHAPIRO NOVEMBER 28-29 LA PAZ [...] (SBU) During November 28-29 travel to La Paz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro and WHA Senior Advisor Maria Tamburri met with USG and GOB officials on counter narcotics issues, spoke with local indigenous leaders, met with Bolivian Vice President Garcia Linera, and reviewed [...]	2006-12-06 14:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3314	MORALES: A POTENT FORCE DESPITE SHRINKING SUPPORT [...] (C) While President Morales' popularity has dropped from a May high of 81 percent, his current 67 percent approval demonstrates he remains a potent force. To maintain his standing, Morales has engaged in a propaganda strategy of ads espousing his accomplishments, rhetorical attacks aimed at u [...]	2006-12-07 19:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ3355	SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: ALL HYPE NO SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) On December 8-9, Cochabamba played host to the Second Summit of the South American Community of Nations (CSN). Despite Bolivia's current political turmoil (reftel),nine presidents attended the conference. Cochabamba's lack of experience hosting such a high-profile event was obvious, [...]	2006-12-12 21:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL
06LAPAZ336	SIGNS OF EVO'S AUTOCRATIC BENT [...] (C) Summary: The MAS government has moved to control a range of institutions, including nominally independent ones, and many observers believe President Morales plans to use the Constituent Assembly (CA) to consolidate this control. Other worrying signs include the substantial halting of forc [...]	2006-02-09 21:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ELAB BL
06LAPAZ3400	WILL THE REAL OPPOSITION LEADER PLEASE STAND UP? [...] (C) Evo Morales' election in December 2005 was a political earthquake in Bolivia, sweeping aside political expectations that have defined Bolivian politics for generations and at the same time breaking open fissures and offering up new possibilities. While President Morales' popularity has rise [...]	2006-12-18 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ3408	BOLIVIAN AUTONOMOUS DEMOCRATIC BOARD MEETS IN [...] (U) The prefects and civic organizations of the departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando convened the first meeting of the Bolivian Autonomous Democratic Board (reftel) in the city of Tarija on December 18. La Paz Prefect Jose Luis Paredes also participated. During the meeting th [...]	2006-12-19 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
06LAPAZ417	MINISTER OF PRESIDENCY ON COCA, ERADICATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramos de la Quintana told the Ambassador February 15 that the GOB wanted USG agencies to continue their programs in the Chapare, though implementation methods may need to be modified. He acknowledged that the GOB's counternarcotics policies were sti [...]	2006-02-16 23:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PHUM EAID BL
06LAPAZ6	INITIAL MEETING WITH EVO MORALES: BRASS TACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 2 "breaking the ice" meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Evo Morales claimed he had not publicly maligned President Bush (at least not in the post-election period) and expressed deep resentment about being branded a "narco-terrorist" by U.S. officials. Moral [...]	2006-01-03 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL SIPDIS
06LAPAZ615	FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...]	2006-03-07 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL
06LAPAZ626	MNR CONFIDENT ABOUT THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy officials on March 8, MNR Senator Miguel Majluf and MNR deputy Michiaki Nagatani expressed confidence about their party's prospects for the Constituent Assembly (CA) and satisfaction with the opposition's efforts to limit MAS power in the CA. They said [...]	2006-03-08 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR BL
06LAPAZ712	URIBE TELLS MORALES "NO" ON SOY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Evo Morales' March 14 meeting with his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, appears not to have gone Bolivia's way. Uribe reportedly told Morales he could not guarantee continued access to Colombia's market for Bolivian soy because the free trade agreement (FTA) with [...]	2006-03-15 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PGOV PREL USTR BL
06LAPAZ726	MORALES VOWS NEVER TO NEGOTIATE AN FTA [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales vowed March 15 never to negotiate a "free trade agreement," proposing instead a People's Trade Agreement to benefit Bolivian small producers (ref A). Business representatives reacted strongly, declaring Morales' announcement "a shame" and reiterating demands [...]	2006-03-17 13:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
06LAPAZ734	MORALES SEARCHING FOR WAY FORWARD ON TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 16 President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera told the Ambassador that the GOB was distressed about the loss of the Colombian soy market for Bolivian producers and they wished to press this concern in Washington. The Ambassador explained that the Colombi [...]	2006-03-17 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR SNAR BL
06LAPAZ831	TUTO QUIROGA TRYING TO ACTIVATE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 22, former president Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga was nonchalant about the possible criminal case against him for signing hydrocarbons contracts without congressional approval, but worried about the far-reaching consequences of the politically-mo [...]	2006-03-24 14:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET ENRG BL
06LAPAZ913	POLICE AND MILITARY CLEAR RUNWAYS, GUARANTEE [...] (U) Summary: Bolivian police and military cleared airport runways in La Paz, Cochabamba, and Santa Cruz late yesterday, March 30, and ended day-long protests organized by Lloyd Aero Boliviano employees demanding that the GOB resume the intervention it suspended March 24 (reftel). The flight d [...]	2006-03-31 17:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
06LAPAZ938	BOLIVIA: A CONCILIATORY MORALES RETRACTS [...] (C) During a private dinner President Evo Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera hosted for the Ambassador, DCM and the Embassy's declared intelligence chief late April 1, Morales backtracked on accusations of U.S. involvement in recent hotel bombings in La Paz, denied targeting the judici [...]	2006-04-03 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR BL
06LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...]	2006-01-17 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL
06LIBREVILLE109	ALLIES OF PRESIDENT'S SON GAIN KEY POSTS IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: The new cabinet announced by Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong on January 23 rewarded all the factions which had contributed to President Bongo's reelection. The faction most favored appears to be that associated with Minister of Defense Ali Bongo, whose allies now control the natio [...]	2006-02-13 12:26:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
06LIBREVILLE191	GOG EXPLAINS RAIDS THAT LED OPPOSITION LEADER TO [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 the GoG explained to the diplomatic corps the circumstances of its March 21 raid on the headquarters of an opposition political party, which resulted in party leader Mamboundou's flight to the South African Embassy (reftels). The GoG told diplomats it had intelligence [...]	2006-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GB
06LIBREVILLE192	GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY 16-22 MARCH [...] (C) GOG Boosts Fuel Prices. Gabon announced an increase in retail fuel prices of 5.5 percent May 15, satisfying demands from fuel distributors but angering taxi drivers. Distributors were concerned their margins were being squeezed because of price caps at the pump; taxi drivers for their [...]	2006-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB TP
06LIBREVILLE222	GOG EXPERT ON EG-GABON BOUNDARY NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Advisor Michel Biang reports the GoG and GREG will renew ministerial level maritime boundary negotiations May 2 in New York. The GoG is no longer optimistic about an expeditious resolution. Biang fears that declining Gabonese oil production will [...]	2006-04-06 14:29:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE228	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION DELEGATION [...] (C) The Ambassador met six opposition leaders at the Residence April 4 to discuss their grievances against the GoG. The delegation included Zacharie Myboto, Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD),Jules Aristide Bourdes Ogoulinguende, Congress for Democracy and Justice (CDJ),Dr [...]	2006-04-10 09:25:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
06LIBREVILLE300	GABON AND SAO TOME MISCELLANY APRIL 2006 [...] (U) Mamboundou's Stay in South African Embassy Ended UPG (Union of Gabonese People) President and opposition leader Pierre Mamboundou, in the South African Embassy since March 21, left his refuge the morning of April 19. A South African diplomat reported that the South African Ambassador [...]	2006-05-04 15:57:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB TP
06LIBREVILLE513	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION TO MEET AUGUST 25 [...] (U) Foreign Ministers from Gulf of Guinea Commission states met in Libreville August 3 as a first step toward head of state summit in Libreville August 25 that will establish the commission. The summit will follow expert meetings on August 22 and 23 and a further Foreign Ministers meeting on [...]	2006-08-07 10:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT GB
06LIBREVILLE515	COMMENTS ON GABON-EG BORDER DISPUTE MEDIATION [...] (C) On August 2, MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang gave DCM his perspective on the status of efforts to resolve the Gabon-Equatorial Guinea border dispute before UNSG Annan's mandate concludes. He said that the Geneva meeting of heads of state in June was to convene under joint French and Spanis [...]	2006-08-07 14:26:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE580	SECRET EG-GABON BOUNDARY MEDIATION FAILS [...] (C) According to MFA Legal Advisor Michel Biang, the draft schedule for EG President Obiang's September 8 visit to Libreville included the surprise signing of a maritime boundary agreement. Biang said the deal, which he did not see until a short time before Obiang's arrival, gave EG most of t [...]	2006-09-11 12:36:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE598	PRESS ACCUSES INTERIOR MINISTER OF TREASON AFTER [...] (U) Gabonese Minister of State for the Interior Andre Mba Obame has been under heavy attack by Libreville media since the failure of his effort to promote a Gabon-EG boundary agreement (reftel). On September 13 the government-controlled daily newspaper Union carried a rare front-page editoria [...]	2006-09-19 13:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OIIP OPRC GB EK
06LIBREVILLE626	AGOA ELIGIBILTY REVIEW - GABON [...] Market-based Economy: a. Major Strengths Identified - - Almost all parastatals have been privatized, including companies in the oil, wood, minerals, water, electricity, and agricultural sectors. - The GoG's revenue increased, primarily due to high oil prices. It used some of this windf [...]	2006-10-12 09:35:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ECON ETRD GB
06LIBREVILLE627	MBANIE-GATE KEEPS GABON-EQUATORIAL GUINEA BORDER [...] (U) The failed effort to conclude a Gabon-EG maritime boundary agreement in early September (Ref A) continues to dominate the headlines in Gabon; it is now known as the "Mbanie-gate" scandal. Foreign Minister Ping held a press conference on September 29 to explain the history of the border di [...]	2006-10-12 11:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET GB EK
06LIBREVILLE688	GABONESE PUBLIC BORED, POLITICIANS FASCINATED, BY [...] (C) Summary: Most of the 877 candidates competing for 120 seats during Gabon's December 17 legislative elections have no chance of success, regardless of whether the elections are free and fair. The large majority of the winners will likely come from President Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party [...]	2006-11-28 15:41:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GB
06LIBREVILLE691	PRESIDENT BONGO TWISTS ARMS, ENDS STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: The imminence of legislative elections has contributed to a rash of strikes, since workers expect the government to act to resolve strikes quickly at election time. Following a three-day strike by oil workers, President Bongo instructed Mobil Oil Gabon to grant a wage increase and [...]	2006-11-29 14:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV GB
06LILONGWE104	MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZED--FOR REAL [...] (U) After last-minute delays in December and January, the privatization of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. is finally going through. The buyer, Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., put down a $1 million earnest-money deposit last week and has followed that with $10 million more this week. The tot [...]	2006-02-03 07:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ECON MI
06LILONGWE1095	VICE-PRESIDENT'S TREASON CASE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight months after his arrest for allegedly conspiring to assassinate President Mutharika, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha still awaits the start of his trial. The GOM has only allowed the defense limited access to evidence, and the very long delays in the case have provoked lit [...]	2006-12-20 14:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE163	GOVERNMENT DEFIES COURT ORDER TO REINSTATE VP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government continues to ignore a court injunction against the dismissal of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, and has withdrawn his security detail, staff and vehicles. For his part, Chilumpha announced on February 15 he plans to sue the Attorney General for contempt of court. Th [...]	2006-02-16 17:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE167	ACOTA VIP DAY A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 13:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE204	MALAWIAN MUSLIMS PROTEST CARTOONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 16:29:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ASEDC MI
06LILONGWE258	VICE-PRESIDENT'S POSITION STILL IN LIMBO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE384	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MORE ALLEGED TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: The government has arrested ten more alleged accomplices of Vice President Chilumpha, claiming that they are all linked to the VP's alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. Those arrested include senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former ambass [...]	2006-05-04 15:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR MI
06LILONGWE391	MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his honor and publicly condemning the West. Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika played the part of amiable host, asking donors to resume support to Zimbabwe and [...]	2006-05-08 15:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE420	VICE PRESIDENT GRANTED BAIL, BUT KEPT UNDER HOUSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Court granted Vice President Cassim Chilumpha bail in his treason case on May 15, under the condition that he would remain under house arrest. Chilumpha's two alleged accomplices were released on bail outright after surrendering their passports and putting up just over [...]	2006-05-17 08:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE442	MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...]	2006-05-25 09:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE612	PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS MALAWI [...] (U) Summary: Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton made a four-hour visit to Malawi on July 14, meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika and other cabinet officials. Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative and the GOM. The [...]	2006-07-17 15:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM OVIP MI
06LILONGWE66	MALAWI LAWMAKERS CAUTIOUS ABOUT ANTI-MONEY [...] MALAWI'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL HAS LANGUISHED ON THE EDGES OF PARLIAMENT FOR OVER THREE YEARS. EMBASSY RECENTLY HOSTED AN INFORMAL BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION FOR KEY PARLIAMENTARIANS TO SENSITIZE THEM ON THIS ISSUE, TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS, AND TO GAUGE THE BILL'S CHANCES OF PASSING AT THE [...]	2006-01-25 10:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL MI
06LILONGWE68	TWO NEW PRO GOVERNMENT TABLOIDS LAUNCHED [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-25 14:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OPRC MI

06LILONGWE715	PRESIDENT DEMANDS TOP PROSECUTOR'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE848	REFORMS MOVE AHEAD AS MCA THRESHOLD PROGRAM GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Summary: Since the official launch of Millennium Challenge Threshold Program activities in April of this year, Malawi has made important gains in addressing corruption and improving public finance management, the two focus areas for the program. The advances have included legislative actio [...]	2006-09-25 15:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI
06LILONGWE889	MALAWI: THE CASE FOR MCA COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two years, Malawi has embarked on a process of positive reform, led by the government of President Mutharika, that has effectively reversed many years of corruption and misrule. The GOM has decisively taken control of its own development agenda, and has embraced th [...]	2006-10-10 11:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN KMCA PGOV MI
06LILONGWE914	The Shire-Zambezi Waterway: God's Highway or Bingu's [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika is strongly pushing the idea of re-opening the Shire and Zambezi rivers to commercial navigation, to help address Malawi's serious problem of limited and expensive transportation links to global markets. A recent EU-funded pre-feasibility study offers [...]	2006-10-19 09:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EWWT ELTN KMCA PGOV MI
06LIMA1126	OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...]	2006-03-22 20:40:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL EU PE
06LIMA1154	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: AREQUIPA IS HUMALA [...] (SBU) In traditionally idiosyncratic, independent-minded Arequipa, business, media, and University leaders told Poloff, during a 3/16-19 visit, that Ultra-nationalist, "outsider," Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would decisively win in Arequipa Department as well [...]	2006-03-23 22:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1184	GOP STILL SORTING ITSELF OUT ON FTA SIGNING DATE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Kuczynski on March 22 to discuss possible dates for an FTA signing. Kuczynski had been briefed by President Toledo on the Ambassador's private meeting with him a week earlier (ref A). Kuczynski said that Toledo has moved from determination to sign on [...]	2006-03-24 18:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA1233	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...]	2006-03-29 20:47:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1258	PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS OF HUMALA: THE MAN WITH NO [...] (C) Summary: Spanish investors in Peru are taking a wait-and-see attitude to leading Presidential Candidate Ollanta Humala, but most believe they can live with what he might do, according to the Spanish Ambassador. Private sector representatives in the mining, oil, and gas sectors, including [...]	2006-03-31 18:31:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA1286	BUSINESS COMMUNITY LINED UP ON FTA CAMPAIGN [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Private sector leaders are ready to begin the FTA public ad campaign beginning on April 10, the day after national elections. Focus groups are already identifying themes and attitudes in provinces to better target audiences about the benefits of a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement [...]	2006-04-04 18:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA1326	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: JUNIN DIVIDED, BUT [...] (SBU) In Junin Department and its capital Huancayo, the commercial hub of the central sierra, community leaders told Polofff during a 3/27-29 visit that ultra-nationalist, "outsider", Union por el Peru (UPP) party presidential candidate Ollanta Humala would likely win a plurality of votes, but [...]	2006-04-06 15:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1344	OAS OBSERVER MISSION AND ELECTORAL AUTHORITIES [...] (U) The heads of the National Electoral Board (JNE) and the Office of National Electoral Processes (ONPE) told Polcouns 4/6 that they were confident the 4/9 general elections will proceed in a free, fair and secure manner. OAS Observer Mission director Lloyd Axworthy concurred with this asse [...]	2006-04-07 18:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1346	ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGNS HOLD FINAL RALLIES; [...] (U) Presidential hopefuls ended their campaigns with a flourish, holding massive closing rallies on 4/6, the final day for campaigning before the 4/9 general elections. Two of the three leading candidates, Unidad Nacional's Lourdes Flores and APRA's Alan Garcia, addressed their supporters in [...]	2006-04-07 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1365	ELECTION RESULTS (64 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] (U) With 64 of voting tables reporting, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reports the following results in the presidential race: Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala 24.9 percent, Unidad Nacional's (UN) Lourdes Flores 23.4 percent, APRA's Alan Garcia 22.3 percent. Humal [...]	2006-04-10 17:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1373	ELECTION RESULTS (64 PERCENT REPORTING): HUMALA [...] (U) With 64 of voting tables reporting, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reports the following results in the presidential race: Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala 24.9 percent, Unidad Nacional's (UN) Lourdes Flores 23.4 percent, APRA's Alan Garcia 22.3 percent. Humal [...]	2006-04-10 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1451	Embassy Science Fellows Program (PERU) [...] Summary: Embassy Lima would like to host an Embassy Science Fellow, and proposes USGS scientist William Earl Brooks for a project lasting approximately six weeks in January and February 2007. Dr. Brooks would study the distribution and effects of mercury in connection with gold mining and ot [...]	2006-04-12 22:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV PE
06LIMA1509	U.S. VOLUNTEERS TO OAS ELECTION OBSERVATION [...] Thirty-eight Embassy officers and family members volunteered to be observers for the Organization of American States (OAS) Election Observation Mission on 4/9. The U.S. volunteers were dispatched to polling sites in ten departments: Ancash, Arequipa, Cajamarca, Cusco, Ica, La Libertad, Lambay [...]	2006-04-19 23:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PE
06LIMA1534	ILLEGAL LOGGING THRIVES IN PERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Peru exports the most broad leaf mahogany in the world, a majority of it to the U.S. Much of the exports are likely from illegal logging, violating Peruvian law and the CITES international convention against trafficking in endangered species. The GOP, NGO community and Peruv [...]	2006-04-21 14:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA158	LIMA MAYOR LUIS CASTANEDA ON OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lima Mayor Luis Castaneda, in a 1/10 meeting with the Ambassador and Polcouns, characterized Ollanta Humala's appeal to Peru's marginalized voters as one of "sentiment," not reasoning. He cautioned that frontal attacks on Humala will backfire and mused that the best way to und [...]	2006-01-13 14:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA1718	PERU CELEBRATES ANTI-PIRACY WEEK [...] (U) Summary. The Peruvian Government, promoting the protection of intellectual property rights, celebrated Anti- Piracy week from April 23-30. Indecopi, the Government's IPR Administrative Agency, commemorated its second annual Destruction Day, destroying more than 300,000 confiscated pirat [...]	2006-05-04 18:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD PE
06LIMA176	EMBASSY LIMA AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] Summary: (SBU) Embassy Lima's EAC approved tripwires and Embassy responses prepared by its Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG). Post has taken or has in process the Department's recommended immediate preparedness measures. The AIWG has agreed that efficient and sustained human-to- human tra [...]	2006-01-17 12:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR TBIO PE
06LIMA1809	COBALT-60 STORY FROM THE LIMA END [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, NAS Director and DepEconCouns met with Alfonso Paredes, manager of Caddin, operator of Rapiscan's GaRDS system in Peru. Paredes described an accidental transfer, by a Caddin engineer (supposedly trained by Rapiscan),of the Cobalt-60 capsule from its storage canister to [...]	2006-05-10 16:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KSAF TRGY ENRG TSPL ASEC KNNP VE PE
06LIMA1852	HUMALA VISA ISSUE FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HIS ROLE IN [...] (U) Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala and his campaign spokesmen continue to characterize the January 2005 revocation of Humala's U.S. visa as an attempt by the U.S. to destabilize his campaign. About 150 Humala supporters staged a protest demonstration outside the [...]	2006-05-12 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA1974	VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: ALL EYES ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The excitement of the first round of voting in the Peruvian presidential election campaign has lessened now that the run-off has come down to Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala and APRA's Alan Garcia. While the two candidates continue to preside over rallies of their f [...]	2006-05-19 20:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2015	EX-CANDIDATE PANIAGUA ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Ambassador met with former presidential candidate for the Frente del Centro Valentin Paniagua on 5/10/06. Paniagua waxed pessimistic about the final choice of candidates (between Garcia and Humala) and spoke ardently of the need for "concertacion," i.e. broad alliance building, a process [...]	2006-05-23 13:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2066	HUMALA'S IMAGE CONSULTANT ON DEBATE, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alejandro Pucci, recently re-appointed image consultant for Union por el Peru (UPP) presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, told Polcouns 5/24 that: -- The Humalistas were delighted with their candidate's performance during the debate, as he held his own against the vastly mo [...]	2006-05-25 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2069	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH CARDINAL CIPRIANI [...] (C) APRA's Alan Garcia will almost surely win the presidential race, Peru's Cardinal Cipriani told visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro during their 5/17 meeting. While Garcia's election prospects are encouraging, Cipriani warned that Peru needed to address social inequality. He scored wealthy busines [...]	2006-05-25 18:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2070	WHA PDAS SHAPIRO MEETS WITH COMMENTATORS/MEDIA [...] Summary: (C) Visiting WHA PDAS Shapiro met with Peruvian news media figures in an off-the-record encounter at the Ambassador's Residence on 5/16. Participants described the appeal that Union Por el Peru (UPP) candidate Ollanta Humala's plainspoken authoritarian style had for rural inhabitant [...]	2006-05-25 18:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA2075	ANTI-FTA MARCH HAS LITTLE TURN-OUT, LOW IMPACT [...] (U) Labor union leaders, farmers, students, and members of left-wing political groups participated in a march in Lima against the Peru-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the afternoon of 5/24. Organizers had talked about bringing masses of cocaleros and other malcontents into town, and wanted [...]	2006-05-25 20:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PE
06LIMA2230	GOP APPROVES DEFERMENT DOE RUN/LA OROYA CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) granted final approval, but with conditions, to Doe Run Peru's extension request for its sulfur dioxide (SO2) environmental cleanup plan at the La Oroya smelter. Doe Run will have three more years to complete three SO2 treatmen [...]	2006-06-05 21:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE
06LIMA2315	WHY GARCIA WON AND HUMALA LOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As recently as April of this year, polls showed that APRA's Alan Garcia had the highest negatives of any politician in Peru. Garcia achieved his 52.6 percent victory over Union por el Peru's (UPP) Ollanta Humala by appealing to metropolitan voters' fears that Humala would be [...]	2006-06-09 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PE
06LIMA2323	PRESIDENT-ELECT GARCIA WANTS THE US-PERU FTA [...] (C) Summary: Media reports of President-elect Garcia imply that he wants to "revise" the Free Trade Agreement. In fact, Garcia wants and needs the FTA fully ratified before he takes office July 28. End Summary. 2. (SBU) A number of US newspapers have reported remarks by Peruvian President- [...]	2006-06-09 21:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
06LIMA248	OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...]	2006-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA2733	TAXES AND CANON FUNDING STILL ISSUES FOR CERRO [...] (C) Summary. Cerro Verde Officials continue to engage in dialogue with the coalition of 14 Arequipa regional mayors to find resolution to tax and canon funding issues. The Arequipa Mayors are incensed that Cerro Verde, which reinvested a percentage of its profits in expansion and social deve [...]	2006-07-13 15:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG PGOV ECON PE
06LIMA2885	HUMALA A HAS-BEEN, SAYS FORMER ADVISOR, NOW [...] (C) Former radical, anti-system presidential candidate for the Union por el Peru (UPP) and Peruvian Nationalist (PNP) parties Ollanta Humala will neither be able to control the 43-person Congressional bloc elected with him nor will he succeed in electing political allies in November's regional [...]	2006-07-25 19:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA30	CHAVEZ, EVO MORALES BACK HUMALA AT CARACAS MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala made a surprise appearance in Caracas on 1/3, attending a televised ceremony held by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to honor Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales. Both Chavez and Morales had high praise for Ollanta, who [...]	2006-01-04 20:26:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE VE BL
06LIMA3015	PERU ON CUBA: OFFICIALS/JOURNALISTS SEE CHANGE [...] (C) Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde maintains that Fidel Castro's condition is more serious than reported and foresees change in Cuba as a result of the Cuban dictator's illness. Well-connected Peruvian journalists agree that Raul Castro could not maintain the communist regime [...]	2006-08-02 22:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
06LIMA3109	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS PERU TRADE MINISTERS [...] (C) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez warned both the outgoing and incoming Peruvian Trade Ministers that the vote on the U.S.-Peru FTA would be close. Ambassador Struble said that the Peruvians needed to prepare "a game plan" to obtain support in the U.S. Congress. Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz [...]	2006-08-08 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PE
06LIMA3316	PERU TRADE ENVOY DE SOTO: GOP WON'T MODIFY PTPA [...] Summary: President Garcia's personal representative for the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),Hernando de Soto (see REFTEL),made the press rounds over the weekend to better explain his new role and to correct the false impression that the GOP would seek to renegotiate the PTPA. De [...]	2006-08-22 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA3384	PERU SIGNS TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE [...] (U) Summary. Overcoming decades of distrust, Peru and Chile signed a trade agreement on August 22. The agreement "amplifies" the 1998 Chile-Peru Economic Complementation Agreement (ECA),and provides for national treatment of Peruvian investors in Chile, most favored nation treatment by Chile [...]	2006-08-25 15:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG ELAB ECON EAID SENV CI PE
06LIMA3426	ASSISTANT USTR EISSENSTAT'S VISIT TO PERU - SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) I welcome your August 30-September 1 visit to Peru to discuss the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) with the Peruvian government, the local American and Peruvian business communities and members of civil society. The agreement is an important element of newly-elected President Al [...]	2006-08-29 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV OTRA PE
06LIMA3446	YANACOCHA MINE CLOSES, REOPENING AFTER PROTESTS [...] Summary: After months of demonstrations and a recent five-day road block, Peru's largest gold mining company Yanacocha (operated by Denver-based Newmont Corporation) closed its operations August, with an estimated loss of $2 million per day. After Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo personally [...]	2006-08-31 18:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EINV ENRG ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA3489	APEC: PERU SUPPORTS CTTF EXTENSION, OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: The GOP supports an extension of APEC's Counter-Terrorism Task Force, and suggests Thailand as a possible new chair. The GOP generally agrees with the USG's priorities for APEC 2006, with one notable exception: the GOP strongly opposes the creation of a professional Executive D [...]	2006-09-01 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON APECO ETRD PTER PE
06LIMA3677	GOP TEMPORARILY HALTS ERADICATION AFTER COCALERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/11 some 300 cocaleros attacked police officers protecting coca eradicators in San Martin. Two police officers were injured in the scuffle, one with shotgun wounds, as were a number of protesters. A group of doctors, a prosecutor, and cocalero Congresswoman Nancy Obregon fl [...]	2006-09-15 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PE
06LIMA3686	CAMISEA SCORECARD: TOLEDO'S GREAT LEGACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Camisea natural gas project has been a qualified success. Peru is increasingly using Camisea gas (cleaner, cheaper than diesel) in power generation, industry, homes and vehicles, with Peruvians benefiting from lower electricity rates -- even before construction of the project [...]	2006-09-15 19:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA3876	PERU TO FARC WEAPONS SMUGGLING RING BROKEN-UP [...] (U) Summary: Peruvian police have busted an arms smuggling ring that planned to ship weapons and munitions to the FARC in Colombia. During the operation, authorities confiscated over 3,500 rounds of ammunition and five air-to-surface missiles reportedly diverted from Peruvian military stockpi [...]	2006-09-28 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER CO PE
06LIMA3887	GOP MEDIATES END OF SIX-DAY PORT STRIKE [...] (SBU) A late-night deal on September 25, mediated by the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Labor and Trade, ended a strike that had closed Callao, Peru's largest port, for six days. Under the deal, the daily minimum wage for longshoremen was increased from USD 9.26 to USD 12.35, with special [...]	2006-09-29 16:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ELAB PGOV PE
06LIMA3896	PERU LNG: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: The Peru Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project is proceeding apace, bringing gas from the Camisea gas fields through to pipeline to LNG plant and marine terminal on Peru's coastline. A 2010 export target should deliver $200 million in GOP revenues and community projects per year, with [...]	2006-09-29 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA396	ENGELHARD LOSES IN FINAL COURT RULING [...] (U) Summary: By a decision of 5-1, the Constitutional Court ruled against gold trading firm Engelhard of New Jersey, holding that the company's rights had not been violated by the Tax Court. With this negative decision, the company has exhausted all its legal options in Peru. The company is [...]	2006-02-01 11:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PREL PE
06LIMA4066	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in September 2006: As of September 30, CORAH eradicated 9,039 hectares of coca. Cocalero confrontation with PNP eradication security in Sion caused a halt in eradication while GOP investigated. CORAH is now working in areas away from populated areas to avoi [...]	2006-10-13 15:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
06LIMA4248	PERU'S VIEWS ON APEC 2006 AND HOSTING APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP sees eye-to-eye with the USG on priorities for the November APEC Leaders' and Ministers' meetings. Having passed the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (PTPA) in its Congress in June, Peru has already signed on to many of the USG's trade priorities. It is likely that Pre [...]	2006-10-31 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON APECO ETRD PTER PARM TSPL PE
06LIMA4287	PERUVIANS POSITIVE ON FM/MOD TALKS WITH CHILE [...] (U) FM Garcia and MOD Wagner,s October meeting with their Chilean counterparts in Santiago received favorable press coverage from leading media outlets in Peru. In particular, the press reacted positively to the announcement that Peru and Chile would create a joint peace-keeping force. The [...]	2006-11-06 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
06LIMA4321	PLUSPETROL, ACHUAR AND GOP END AMAZON CONFLICT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Argentina's oil company Pluspetrol, the GOP and the regional government of Loreto signed an agreement October 22 with the Achuar indigenous communities of Peru's Amazon to end a three-week environmental and social conflict. The Achuars, supported by local and international NGOs, h [...]	2006-11-09 14:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV SENV PE
06LIMA453	ELECTION UPDATE: CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE LOURDES [...] (U) Center-right presidential candidate Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) has opened up an eight point lead (30-22 percent) over ultra-nationalist anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala (Union por el Peru - UPP) in the latest Apoyo consultancy poll. Ex-President Alan Garcia (APRA) is a [...]	2006-02-03 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL ECON PE
06LIMA4621	ELECTORAL BOARD EXPOSES NARCO-CANDIDATES [...] (U) Summary: The National Electoral Board (JNE) on November 14 identified more than 200 candidates in local elections who had lied on their resumes, including some who had hidden ties to narcotrafficking. Most of the publicized narco-candidates did not win. Despite evidence of narco-influenc [...]	2006-12-07 22:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PE
06LIMA466	CONGRESSMAN LEVIN'S FACT FINDING MISSION ON U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Sandy Levin (D-Michigan) discussed the impact of a future Trade Promotion Agreement in Peru with a broad spectrum of government, private sector, NGO, labor, academic and Catholic Church leaders. The Congressman met twice with President Toledo, the second time to di [...]	2006-02-05 13:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV KIPR PREL PE
06LIMA4773	PERU OIL BOOM CONTINUES; EXPLORATION SPREADS TO HEAVY OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOP signed oil exploration deals with three foreign firms on December 12, resulting in a record 16 oil exploration deals signed this year. One of the firms, Texas-based Barrett Resources, also announced its intention to produce oil in another block, with plans to produce 10 [...]	2006-12-22 19:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV SENV PE
06LIMA55	PERU RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR FROM VENEZUELA IN [...] The Peruvian Government recalled its Ambassador to Caracas, Carlos Urrutia, for consultations in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's virtual endorsement of Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala at an event honoring visiting Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on 1/3 (Reft [...]	2006-01-05 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PE VE
06LIMA658	HUMALA DOWN BUT STILL AHEAD IN PUNO [...] A recent trip to Puno provided insights into ultra-nationalist, radical, anti-system candidate Ollanta Humala's support in this rural and traditionally more radical region of Peru (Ref C). Humala's popularity in Puno has been dented but not fatally damaged by political problems within his pa [...]	2006-02-16 21:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA699	PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary. Post recommends that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2006. Peru continued to face high levels of copyright piracy in all sectors, including media, books, toys, apparel and other merchandise, in 2005, including a slight increase in optical disc piracy. Indecopi, the [...]	2006-02-22 15:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PE
06LIMA811	PERU VIEWS COLOMBIA FTA AS VIRTUALLY THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. The Peruvian Government has gone on record supporting the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact, emphasizing that neither Peru nor Colombia obtained a better deal. Initial information about the U.S.-Colombia trade agreement has allayed GOP fears that concluding negotiations first with t [...]	2006-03-01 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EINV ECON PE
06LIMA826	Peru: 2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Much of the work in Peru on TIP has been the result of the initiatives of the GOP's Multisectoral Committee (MSC) for TIP. The MSC consists of 10 ministries, 4 national NGOs, and 3 international organizations. Other government agencies, international organizations, and NGOs can [...]	2006-03-02 18:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
06LIMA86	HUMALA PERFORMS AT POST-CARACAS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala held a sometimes-raucous press conference on 1/5/06 to explain his recent trip to Caracas. The event showcased Humala's ability to project a plainspoken "country boy" image and to use effective folksy sound bites to answer often- [...]	2006-01-09 22:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA952	GOP INVESTIGATING CAMISEA PIPELINE RUPTURES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOP suspended Camisea's gas liquids piping amid uproar over pipeline ruptures. Two recent reports allege that substandard pipeline and construction procedures used to build the Camisea natural gas line are responsible for four pipeline breaks in the past year. A fifth ruptu [...]	2006-03-10 17:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
06LIMA953	ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PLAN FOR LA OROYA SMELTER [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. firm Doe Run requested in December to extend timetable for implementing its Environmental Compliance Plan (PAMA) sulfur dioxide (SO2) treatment project at the La Oroya copper smelter. Heavy metal and sulfur dioxide emissions have plagued La Oroya since its 1922 startup, [...]	2006-03-10 17:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EMIN EINV ETRD SOCI PGOV PE
06LIMA997	Peruvian Export Association Launches Forestry Plan [...] SUMMARY: The Peruvian Association of Exporters, ADEX, announced on March 8 its initiative to revolutionize Peru's forestry program. The ADEX plan, which received supporting speeches from the Ministry of Production and other government representatives, has multiple goals: increase forestry exp [...]	2006-03-14 15:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EINV EAID ECON PGOV SNAR PE
06LISBON1341	PORTUGAL - ECONOMY ON UPWARD TRAJECTORY [...] (U) Despite muted warnings over the last few months, the European Commission (EC) for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia recently gave Portugal passing marks for its efforts to reduce its huge budget deficit and undertake structural reforms, in accordance with Growth and Stability P [...]	2006-07-06 15:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PO
06LISBON1527	TFLE01: PORTUGAL REQUESTS EU AND UN RESPONSE TO [...] (U) Summary: Until July 20, the Portuguese government had remained relatively quiet on its views of the Middle East conflict, other than lamenting the humanitarian crisis and following the EU's message (reftel). On July 20 and July 23, however, the GOP offered to participate in a future UN pe [...]	2006-07-25 10:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
06LISBON1565	TFLE01: PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado told the Ambassador on July 27 that the extraordinary EU meeting on the Middle East planned for August 1 must devise a common EU position and avoid divisions with the United States. He said Hezbollah must be disarmed and an international force deplo [...]	2006-07-27 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
06LISBON1572	PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES HUGO CHAVEZ [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Luis Amado to get a readout of Prime Minister Socrates's July 23 meeting with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, which occurred during the latter's refueling stopover at the Lisbon Airport. The Ambassador expressed strong concern about Venezuela's mil [...]	2006-07-28 16:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PO VE
06LISBON1593	CHAVEZ PLANS OFFICIAL VISIT TO PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, local daily "Diario de Noticias" reported Venezuelan Ambassador to Portugal, Lucas Rincon Romero's comments that President Hugo Chavez is making plans to travel to Portugal on an official visit sometime before the end of October. Pol/Econ Officer paid a call MFA Latin [...]	2006-08-02 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE PO
06LISBON1672	PORTUGUESE EDUCATION: FROM SALAZAR TO SOCRATES [...] (U) Even more than thirty years after the Salazar dictatorship, Portugal's education system lags so far behind other EU countries that its economic progress has been significantly affected. High dropout rates and lack of resulting qualifications have meant lost growth potential for the Portug [...]	2006-08-09 13:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PGOV PO
06LISBON1921	AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...]	2006-09-08 16:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER PO US VE
06LISBON1937	PORTUGUESE DISCUSS COCAINE TRENDS WITH STAFFDEL [...] (U) Summary: Staffdel Brennan, a delegation made up of House International Relations Committee (HIRC) and House Judiciary Committee staffers, visited Portugal from August 30 - September 2 to meet with local law enforcement and politicians to discuss narcotrafficking trends from Latin America t [...]	2006-09-11 14:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP SNAR ASEC PO
06LISBON2162	PORTUGAL: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE [...] At the September 21 Bilateral Commission Science and Technology (S&T) Subcommittee Meeting, Embassy officials reviewed the Embassy Science Fellow program, NASA/C3P activities, forest fire cooperation, and fuel conversion at the nuclear research reactor. The Portuguese delegation focused on t [...]	2006-09-28 16:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL TBIO TSPA PO
06LISBON2365	PORTUGUESE FM OFFERS TO RESIGN IF CIA FLIGHT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Portugal's Foreign Minister offered to resign if opposition forces can demonstrate any complicity on the part of the government regarding alleged illegal CIA rendition flights through Portuguese territory. While a government investigation has refuted these allegations, the saga [...]	2006-10-20 16:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PO
06LISBON2366	SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...]	2006-10-20 17:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PO
06LJUBLJANA101	SLOVENIA: DARFUR, KOSOVO, A NEW MOVEMENT: WHAT IS PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK UP TO? [...] (C) Summary: In the past four months Slovenian President Drnovsek has dramatically increased his activities on both the international and domestic scenes. He has put forward an initiative on resolving the status of Kosovo, publicly called for the EU to drop cap subsidies in WTO trade negotiat [...]	2006-02-15 03:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DARFR EAID SI PGOV
06LJUBLJANA129	SLOVENIA: ROUNDTABLE ON ISLAM AND THE WEST FOSTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 21, the Embassy and the University of Primorska co-organized a roundtable on "Islam and the West" at the newly open American Corner in Koper. With excellent organization provided by the University and exceptional attendance by Slovenian citizens, students, and the med [...]	2006-02-24 07:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA141	SLOVENIA: VISIT OF MADELYN SPIRNAK HELPS MOVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor for Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak's 22-23 February visit was a significant step in moving forward Slovenia's ongoing ag-biotech coexistence debate. Spirnak met with members of the Parliamentary Agriculture Council, Senior Agriculture Ministry officials and staff wh [...]	2006-03-03 07:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA173	SLOVENIA: REACTIONS TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Reaction to the 2005 Human Rights Report was varied. The GOS reaction contrasted with last year, as MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar called in COM to complain about passages in the Report on trafficking in persons, rape, and the government's relations with Slovenia's Muslim minori [...]	2006-03-21 08:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO SI
06LJUBLJANA272	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR ROBERT LOFTIS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Loftis: We welcome your visit to Slovenia to hold bilateral Pol-Mil talks. These talks will provide an excellent opportunity to: - Thank Slovenia for its robust contributions to ongoing NATO operations such as NTM-I, ISAF, and KFOR, as well as the completed Hurricane Katrin [...]	2006-05-05 05:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA346	SLOVENIA: LTG ALBIN GUTMAN NAMED NEW CHOD [...] (U) On June 1, Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec named Lieutenant General Albin Gutman as the new Chief of Defense, to replace Major General Ladislav Lipic. The appointment officially became effective on June 2. 2. (U) Gutman,s military career began in Slovenia,s Territorial Defense Force, [...]	2006-06-02 05:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA386	SLOVENIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING? [...] (C) Summary: Following a visit in May to Moscow by Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa and several members of his cabinet and a large commercial contingent (ref E),and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller's visit last week to Slovenia, Slovene media reports a flurry of meetings, discussions, and rumors of [...]	2006-06-22 04:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA388	SLOVENIA: FINNISH PATRIA WINS 300 MILLION USD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 12, the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria Vehicles had won the GOS's 330 million USD (63 billion tolar) defense contract to supply 136 8x8 armored wheeled vehicles by 2012. The only other bidder on the tender was Slov [...]	2006-06-22 05:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EIND MARR MCAP PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA402	SLOVENIA: PM JANSA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Janez Jansa is nearly half-way through his first term in office. In that time we have enjoyed a much closer bilateral relationship with the Government of Slovenia (GOS) than with the previous, center-left government. He is a true believer in NATO and strong promo [...]	2006-06-28 03:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA42	Government of Slovenia Publicly Defends Decision to [...] Summary: Media reaction to Slovenia's decision to contribute four soldiers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has been intense, dominating headlines since the January 12 announcement by Foreign Minister Rupel and Defense Minister Erjavec. The opposition and its media sympathizers h [...]	2006-01-20 07:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM PREL KPAO PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA522	SLOVENIA: DESPITE OPPOSITION PROTESTS, NEW IRAQ [...] (U) SUMMARY. Last week leaders from the opposition parties Liberal Democracy (LDS) and Social Democrats (SD) hoped to take advantage of the slow news cycle as well as this week's scheduled deployment of Slovenia's second rotation of instructors to NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I) for a quic [...]	2006-08-14 15:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR NATO SI
06LJUBLJANA553	SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...]	2006-08-24 14:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	NATO PGOV PINR SI
06LJUBLJANA608	SLOVENIA: THE BRUISED AND BATTERED REPUTATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of Defense Karl Erjavec has had a rocky few months battling for respect and support from the media, fellow ministers, and the general public. A series of MoD missteps, from the controversial tender for purchase of 8x8 armored vehicles, to a budget fight, and sexual ha [...]	2006-09-21 09:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA611	SCENESETTER: SECDEF'S SEPTEMBER 27-29 TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mr. Secretary, we welcome your visit to Slovenia for the NATO Defense Ministerial in Portoroz, September 27-29, 2006. Since your November 2002 visit, Slovenia has assumed greater responsibility for the projection of security and promotion of democracy abroad and has emerged as [...]	2006-09-21 12:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER SI
06LJUBLJANA63	SLOVENIA'S DIVERGENT VIEWS ON NATO/EU COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public debate in Slovenia over the government's January 12 decision to send four trainers to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) has led to the crystallization of two distinct views on the relationship between NATO and EU security policy. The first sees NATO as a criti [...]	2006-01-31 03:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA675	AMBASSADOR GREG SCHULTE TALKS NONPROLIFERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. During a public diplomacy visit to Slovenia October 16 US Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte met with leaders and policymakers from government, media, and academia to talk about nuclear nonproliferation, US policy towards Iran and North Korea, and Slovenia's role as the Chairman of [...]	2006-10-23 05:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM SI
06LJUBLJANA747	GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR DISPLACED ROMA MET WITH FIERCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Tensions continue to rise in Slovenia as the GoS's proposal to relocate the displaced Roma family of Ambrus (reftel) was met with immediate opposition from the local community. Residents frame the dispute as a problem with law and order, not discrimination. But images of angry [...]	2006-11-17 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA763	SLOVENIAN GOVERNMENT WORKING TO RESOLVE DIFFICULT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Slovenia continues to struggle to resolve the issue of relocating 30 members of a Roma family displaced from their home in late October by protests from neighboring villagers (reftel a). Government missteps in the search for a resolution have caused several pro [...]	2006-11-30 05:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA795	ROMA SITUATION CALMS DESPITE THE RETURN OF SOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Week six of the Roma family Strojan story saw Minister of Environment Janez Podobnik named as the new government lead on Roma issues, the Environmental Inspectorate condemn the Strojans, home and recommend its demolition, and the Slovenian people giving their government mixed r [...]	2006-12-08 13:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
06LJUBLJANA822	SLOVENIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BOARD WITH U.S.ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A SHORT ONE HOUR LUNCH DECEMBER 19 WITH COM ONE-ON-ONE, SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI'S WAY FORWARD ON KOSOVO, SAYING HE HAD ARGUED AT THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS NO REASON TO DELAY INTRODUCING THE PLAN ONCE SER [...]	2006-12-20 15:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LOME353	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SOKODE, TOGO'S MUSLIM [...] (U) Summary. During a visit to Sokode in north-central Togo, Ambassador inaugurated veral small projects, met with local officials, opposition leaders, and the Muslim community, and gave an interview to the main VOA affiliate in Togo, which is based in Sokode. Opposition representatives in [...]	2006-03-28 10:55:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID SCUL TO
06LOME447	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE UNDERWAY -- ALL PARTIES ON BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a prelimary launch last November, the Togolese national dialogue resumed in earnest on April 21. The opening came after much controversy concerning the venue and need for an outside mediator/facilitator, including a boycott threat by the principal opposition party. All [...]	2006-04-21 15:11:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME474	GILCHRIST OLYMPIO IN TOGO, TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Gilchrist Olympio, the absentee head of the principal Togolese opposition party, the Union des Forces de Changement (UFC) called on the Ambassador on April 28 during a rare visit to Togo. Olympio was in Togo to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Togolese independence April 27. [...]	2006-05-03 15:16:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO

06LOME558	SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH VISITS TOGO [...] (U) Charge met May 26 with Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah along with French Ambassador Alain Hohleville, German Ambassador Klaus-Guenther Grohmann, EU Delegation Charge Gilles Desesquelles and UNDP Resident Representative Rosine Sori-Coulibaly to discuss the political situation in Togo. Ould-Abdallah i [...]	2006-06-01 16:42:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME737	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ROUSES FROM SOJOURN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an extended break in discussions caused by the contentious adoption of an interim agreement, the national dialogue process is suddenly back on track with the nomination of Burkinabe president Compaore as facilitator. The nine delegations unanimously agreed to cast [...]	2006-07-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LONDON2203	(SBU) "LOANS FOR PEERAGES": MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British media are making much of the revelation that Prime Minister Blair nominated some wealthy individuals for peerages after they had made unpublicized loans to his Labour party. Those loans were not public knowledge, because transparency rules (introduced by Blair) appl [...]	2006-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR UK
06LONDON4184	IRANIAN EXILE GROUP DEDICATED TO REGIME OVERTHROW [...] (C) Summary. The Iranian Solidarity Congress (ISC),an umbrella organization designed to unite disparate Iranian exile groups, held the third in a series of meetings June 3-5 in London. The ISC's stated goal is to develop a common strategy to bring about the nonviolent overthrow of the curr [...]	2006-06-12 15:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM IR UK
06LONDON5958	(U) TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN BRITISH MUSLIMS AND HMG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the bruising that their community has taken after 24 UK-born Muslims were arrested in connection with the recently-thwarted air terrorist plot (reftels),prominent British Muslims sent an open letter to PM Tony Blair August 12 blaming his policy on Iraq and the Middle Eas [...]	2006-08-14 17:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL UK
06LONDON6761	UK TRADE UNIONS ALTERNATELY PURSUE ENLIGHTENED AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The British trades union movement's annual convention was an exposition of both the broad and narrow visions of its members. At times it pursued the lofty goals of workplace equality, better conditions, skills training and opportunity. At others, its members called for the p [...]	2006-09-19 11:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV UK
06LONDON7078	(SBU) BLAIR, BROWN BOTH STRONGER AFTER LABOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown both emerged stronger from the Labour Party's annual conference (September 24-28) in Manchester. It was Blair's last as Prime Minister and party leader and his speech was a "magnificent valedictory," as guest-speaker form [...]	2006-10-02 16:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UK
06LONDON7225	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh session of the International Maritime Organization's Subcommittee (S/C) on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) met in London from 11 - 15 September 2006, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations [...]	2006-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC EWWT UK
06LONDON7287	ALL QUIET IN TEHRAN AS ARRESTED DISSIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office and London-based expat sources confirm media reports that hundreds of security personnel in central Tehran clashed violently on October 7 and 8 with as many as a thousand supporters of dissident Ayatollah Boroujerdi. Iranian security forces managed in the early [...]	2006-10-12 18:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MNUC PGOV PREL IR
06LONDON7308	(C) DRC: OKITUNDU ASSAULTED IN LONDON; FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonard She Okitundu, chief of staff to DRC President Kabila, was assaulted in London October 11 by Congolese expatriates whose affiliation is not yet clear. He was beaten, stripped and robbed, and photos of his possessions were posted on the internet. He and his companions ha [...]	2006-10-13 14:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CG UK
06LONDON7623	(C) CENTRAL ASIA: SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met in London October 23 with officials of the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID),to exchange views on policy and programs in Central Asia. Key policy points: - Both countries seek to bol [...]	2006-10-26 16:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID ZK KZ KG TI TX UZ
06LONDON7856	TERRORISM FINANCE: UK REQUESTS URGENT US SUPPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) The UK has urgently requested U.S. support for a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK is seeking the earliest possible UN designation of Al Ghabra. [...]	2006-11-07 17:12:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK
06LONDON7974	TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE ON AL GHABRA 1267 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) The UK intends to prenotify P-5 partners November 24 of its intent to request a UN 1267 designation of UK citizen Mohammed Al Ghabra. According to Giles Cutler of the FCO Sanctions Unit, the UK plans to submit the request to [...]	2006-11-16 16:35:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK
06LONDON8361	(U) BLAIR INTERVIEWED BY POLICE IN "LOANS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Blair was interviewed by the Police December 14 as part of the investigation into the so-called "loans for peerages" or "cash for honors" affair (reftel). This had been widely expected - indeed it was all but inevitable given Blair's personal involvement both in approving [...]	2006-12-15 12:58:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UK
06LONDON8441	INITIAL UK REACTION TO NIYAZOV'S DEATH [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office intends a "correct, but very restrained" response to the death of Turkmen President Niyazov: No senior FCO official will travel to Sunday's planned funeral; the UK will likely be represented by the UK Ambassador and a short condolence message [...]	2006-12-21 11:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CASC PHUM PREL TX UK
06LUANDA1233	GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...]	2006-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AO
06LUANDA1235	ANGOLA - ELECTORAL PROCESS NOVEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- --Registration Process Drawing Crowds --Observers Slowly Becoming Accredited --Some Minor Glitches --Too Many Political Parties in Angola? --National Council for Social Communication Constituted ------------------------------------- Registration Process Contin [...]	2006-11-28 06:11:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KMDR AO
06LUANDA1236	ANGOLA - NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---Voter Registration Campaign Update ---Supreme Court Host Conference on Penal System ---Independence Day Inaugurations, Honors and Celebrations ---Ambrosio de Lemos Appointed as New Chief of Police ----------------------------------- Voter Registration Campaign [...]	2006-11-29 17:05:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR AO
06LUANDA1257	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very [...]	2006-12-08 11:56:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA1261	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATES INCREASED WILLINGNESS TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. The GRA has indicated to the IMF more interest about entering into a Standby Agreement (SBA) than at any other time in the recent past. IMF reps described meetings with high level government and party officials were very posi [...]	2006-12-11 11:16:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
06LUANDA1305	ANGOLA: UPDATE ON PADEPA - FIGHTING ITS SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary. As noted in reftel, 27 members of PADEPA (Democratic Support and Progress Party) were arrested and then heavily fined for their roles in a protest march. A leading local NGO, Maos Livres, has appealed the fines and petitioned the Supreme Court to remove the judge in question fo [...]	2006-12-28 16:04:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO
06LUANDA1316	ANGOLA - DECEMBER POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered ---------------------- -- MPLA Promotes National Plan -- Muslims Allowed To Reopen Mosques -- Workshop on "Human Rights and Poverty" -- GRA Launches "www.angola-portal.ao" MPLA Promotes National Plan During 50th Anniversary ------------------------------------------- [...]	2006-12-29 10:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR TINT AO KISL
06LUANDA160	ANGOLA - UNITA THREATENS TO PULL OUT OF THE [...] (U) On February 15, 2006, the President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA),Isaias Samakuva, announced that if the substitution of UNITA's sixteen parliamentarians is not allowed (detailed reftel),UNITA, Angola's largest opposition party, may pull out of the An [...]	2006-02-17 11:33:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
06LUANDA342	AMBASSADOR EFIRD MEETS WITH NEW ANGOLAN MINISTER [...] (SBU) New Angolan Interior Minister Ngongo told Ambassador Efird that he supports human rights and free elections, and accountability and transparency in police actions. He hopes to continue close cooperation with the USG in ILEA training programs, and engage in the newly funded civilian small [...]	2006-04-06 16:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PARM AO
06LUANDA464	ANGOLA: A REALITY CHECK ON THE CHINESE CREDIT LINE [...] (SBU) Since the announcement of a USD 2 billion credit line from the PRC to GRA in March 2004, reports of increases to the credit line, ranging from USD 1 billion to USD 10 billion, have proliferated. Regardless of the promised value, actual implementation of the credit line is gradual and un [...]	2006-05-03 11:53:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PREL CH AO
06LUANDA577	PDAS Pittman in Angola: Elections and the Press [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with international and Angola NGOs working in democracy building and election support PDAS Pittman heard of the challenges faced in preparing for the upcoming Angolan elections; namely maintaining the momentum and enthusiasm for elections when there is no announc [...]	2006-06-06 15:41:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM EAID AO
06LUANDA676	ANGOLA - CABINDAN CEASE-FIRE SIGNED [...] (U) As noted reftel, a cease-fire between the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) was signed on June 30, 2006. A small signing ceremony was held in Massabi, a frontier town in northern Cabinda province, between the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Angola (FAA),General [...]	2006-07-03 16:32:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUANDA812	ANGOLA - CABINDAN PEACE ACCORD SIGNED [...] (C) On August 1, 2006, the GRA and the Cabindan Forum for Dialogue (FCD) officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding for Peace in Cabinda. In attendance at this event were the highest officials of all three branches of the GRA, including the acting President Roberto de Almeida. The FCD [...]	2006-08-04 08:42:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER AO
06LUSAKA1183	Zambia Pre-election Roundup [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to the September 28 general elections, Zambia's presidential and parliamentary candidates are working hard to get their messages to voters. Although there is widespread criticism that the election campaigns are not issue-based, in campaign speeches and interviews [...]	2006-08-30 05:26:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1188	Election Preparations Proceeding Smoothly [...] (SBU) Summary: The Electoral Commission of Zambia continues to respond thoroughly to concerns of stakeholders as it proceeds with ballot printing oversight, organizes distribution of ballots and other materials to polling stations, establishes conflict management mechanisms, and handles accredi [...]	2006-08-31 12:45:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1264	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS--MWANAWASA LEADS, BUT SATA GAINS [...] (C) Summary: With less than two weeks until September 28 national elections, the second-runner, Michael Sata, appears to be gaining ground on President Levy Mwanawasa, who nonetheless still enjoys a comfortable lead. Results from voter opinion polls vary, and one poll that gives Sata a deci [...]	2006-09-18 08:54:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1269	Electoral Commission Says It Is Prepared for National [...] (SBU) The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) is confident that it will be fully prepared to conduct Zambia's tripartite elections on September 28, according to ECZ Chairperson Justice Irene Mambilima. The ECZ is in the process of packing ballots for distribution and expects all polling stati [...]	2006-09-19 04:53:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1302	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS - INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction. Zambia's only independent daily newspaper, The Post, whose editor Fred M'membe has been jailed for his editorial criticism of President Mwanawasa (Ref B),has taken an increasingly harder line against presidential candidate Michael Sata as election day nears. [...]	2006-09-25 12:32:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1303	Zambian Election Polls: Mwanawasa's Lead Slims, Opposition [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: In the final days before national elections, a third Pangolin Consulting poll gives ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy President Levy Mwanawasa the lead, with 43 percent, against 24 percent for Patriotic Front candidate Michael Sata and 23 percent for Unit [...]	2006-09-26 11:13:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1334	ZAMBIA'S 2006 ELECTION ATTRACTS MANY INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 2006 Zambian presidential, parliamentary and local government elections to be held on September 28 will be viewed by over 400 international observers, who will be joined by as many as 10,000 local election monitors. The strong presence of observers and monitors will hope [...]	2006-09-27 12:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1340	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: MINOR GLITCHES, BUT GENERALLY ORDERLY, [...] (U) Voting in the September 28 Zambian national tripartite (presidential, parliamentary, municipal) elections has been for the most part orderly, peaceful, and transparent throughout the first three-quarters of the balloting. Some voting stations, especially in rural areas, opened an average [...]	2006-09-28 14:51:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC ZA
06LUSAKA1350	MWANAWASA LEADS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE, BUT SLOW AND [...] (C) Summary: Based on results reported from 80 percent of the constituencies around the country, President Mwanawasa of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) enjoys a healthy lead over Patriotic Front (PF) and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) opponents. The Electoral Commission o [...]	2006-10-02 07:29:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC ZA
06LUSAKA1357	FIRST GLANCE AT 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) and local media have announced the results of 107 of the 150 parliamentary races that were held on September 28, in conjunction with presidential and local government elections. As expected, the results show strong rural support for the ru [...]	2006-10-03 04:53:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1591	Proposed Development Riles Conservationists [...] (SBU) Summary: A controversial, recently-published Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) recommends approval of plans to develop a 550 acre site in Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park. The project developer, Legacy Holdings Zambia Limited (Legacy Holdings, funded the EIA, which must be approved by the [...]	2006-11-17 07:29:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV ZA
06LUSAKA1647	MINES 2006 PROMOTES INVESTMENTS IN SADC MINING PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary and introduction: Mines 2006, a regional mining conference held in Lusaka, highlighted project opportunities and matched potential investors and partners with capital and technical know-how with projects in Southern African Development Community member countries. In opening present [...]	2006-12-05 11:07:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EINV ZA
06LUSAKA1694	ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- United Party for National Development VP Quits -- Liuwa Constituency By-elections -- Charges Against PF Leader Sata Dismissed -- Threat to Ban Political Rallies -- EU Election Observation Mission Final Report Chisanga Quits UPND ------------------- 2. (U) Patri [...]	2006-12-20 08:53:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06LUSAKA1721	ZAMBIA-DECEMBER ECONOMIC NEWS ROUNDUP [...] SUMMARY OF TOPICS -- Legacy Holdings project proposal gets partial OK -- SME market on Lusaka Stock Exchange? -- MOFNP releases Medium Term Expenditure Framework -- Lilayi Housing construction to begin in early 2007 -- Credit reference agency to open in 2007 -- ECZ finds KCM liable for poll [...]	2006-12-28 12:44:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV SENV PGOV ZA
06LUXEMBOURG582	LUXEMBOURG'S CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (U) Luxembourg will soon send its eleventh small contingent of soldiers to Afghanistan in support of the NATO-led International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF). The nine soldiers - all volunteers - will serve a four-month stint with the Belgian troops guarding the airport in Kabul. Thei [...]	2006-11-03 15:57:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV MOPS PREL LU
06LUXEMBOURG613	JUNCKER TELLS TURKEY TO ADMIT GREEK CYPRIOT SHIPPING [...] (C/NF) During their November 14 private meeting Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker told Turkish Economy Minister Ali Babacan that Turkey should remove a major obstacle to its EU accession woes by admitting Greek Cypriot ships and aircraft to a designated port of entry under a plan pr [...]	2006-11-21 14:04:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN LU TU
06MADRID1075	LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM SPANISH FM MORATINOS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 16:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL SP
06MADRID1260	SPAIN ON EU-LAC SUMMIT: "IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a broad discussion on May 17 that included Spain,s plans for the EU review of Cuba policy in June, MFA DG for Latin America Javier Sandomingo told Polcouns that Spain was satisfied with the outcome of the recent EU-Latin America/Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit in Vienna. He said tha [...]	2006-05-19 14:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID1262	MUSLIMS IN SPAIN: FINDING A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary. Spain's diverse and rapidly growing Muslim community is new to the country and does not yet identify itself as Spanish. The community's national representation has recently been experienced significant upheaval, prompting many to question the structure of a Muslim religious leader [...]	2006-05-19 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SP
06MADRID1558	SPAIN/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF IRANIAN FM VISIT [...] (C) MFA Subdirector General for Middle East Affairs Alberto Moreno contacted poloff on June 15 to respond to the Embassy's request for a readout of the June 14 visit to Madrid of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. (NOTE: Originally, Iranian Secretary of the Supreme National Security [...]	2006-06-15 16:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR SP
06MADRID1564	SPAIN ON IRAN, SYRIA, HAMAS, NATO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During meetings at MFA, MOD, and the presidency on June 1, top GOS policymakers told EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and NEA DAS Scott Carpenter that Spain strongly supports the recent US announcement on Iran and will continue its significant commitment to Afghanistan. They said that th [...]	2006-06-16 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO SP AF VZ IR IZ WI IS MO GG RS
06MADRID1788	SPAIN: STATEMENT ON ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER STRIFE [...] (C) The MFA issued a statement July 12 condemning the Hizballah cross-border raid and kidnapping of two Israel soldiers and calling upon Israel to act with restraint. MFA contacts told us that the Spanish statement would likely have been more critical of Israel had it been released today, aft [...]	2006-07-13 11:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID1914	COURT FREES "SPANISH TALIBAN" [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Supreme Court announced July 24 that it had annulled the six-year prison sentence handed down in September by Spain's National Court against accused terrorist Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmed, known in the media as the "Spanish Taliban." Abderrahaman, a Spanish national capture [...]	2006-07-28 11:05:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID1940	SPAIN ON SUPPORT FOR BASRAH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. Summary. FM Moratinos reaffirmed to the Ambassador on July 27 that Spain will provide the requested funds to support construction of the Basrah Children's Hospital. Moratinos said Spain would provide the funds as quickly as possible, but co [...]	2006-07-31 16:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ AORC KCOM SP
06MADRID1960	SPAIN ON CASTRO SUCCESSION [...] (C) Summary. Responding to REF A points on the situation in Cuba, MFA Director General Javier Sandomingo told the Ambassador that Spain believes Fidel Castro is suffering from a serious illness and may not resume full control over the Cuban state. Sandomingo cautioned, however, that significa [...]	2006-08-03 07:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID205	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Spanish interlocutors are very much looking forward to your visit, which they see as the next step in our bilateral high-level effort to spur cooperation in Latin America and an opportunity to hear USG perspectives in anticipation of key regional elections. On the USG denial of authorizati [...]	2006-01-25 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2495	SPAIN: VISIT OF CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR CALEB [...] (C) Summary. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry visited Madrid September 26-27 for meetings with Spanish MFA officials, political figures (including former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar),and opinion leaders, as well as radio and print interviews on Spanish media. In his meeting [...]	2006-10-02 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
06MADRID2583	SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]	2006-10-13 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2584	SPAIN: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with representatives of the Spanish Foreign Ministry and National Security Council on October 4 to discuss U.S. policy on Venezuela and Latin America. McCarthy also conducted interviews with two Spanish media outlets and on [...]	2006-10-13 15:21:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR UNSC SP VE
06MADRID2624	SPAIN: IN ADVANCE OF OCT. 16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on October 13 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the October 16 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement on most topics with the United States, but he singled out Kosovo [...]	2006-10-17 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN EU YI SR BO MK SU CG IS LE IR IZ UP
06MADRID2630	SPAIN: MORATINOS MEETINGS IN DAMASCUS [...] (C) A senior member of Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos' staff called in Political Counselor on 10/17 to provide a written readout for the Secretary of Moratinos' 10/14-15 visit to Damascus. A scanned copy of this document was e-mailed on the classified system to EUR/WE. We have made [...]	2006-10-18 07:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2657	SPAIN: UPDATE ON KEY TERRORISM-RELATED CASES [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the October 24 visit to Madrid of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, Post presents a brief update on several of the most important pending or recently completed terrorism or criminal cases in the Spanish judicial system. Spain has made great strides in disrupting terro [...]	2006-10-20 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER SP
06MADRID2771	SPAIN: VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (SBU) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales visited Madrid on October 23-24 to meet with the Spanish Minister of Justice, the Minister of Interior, and the Spanish Prosecutor General. AG Gonzales also participated in the fourth meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counter Terrorism Expert [...]	2006-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID2776	SPAIN PUSHING FOR MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials confirmed reports in the Spanish media that Spain is promoting the idea of a new Middle East peace conference, with the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute as its center-piece. Press reports hinted that this Spanish project enjoyed the support of the USG a [...]	2006-10-31 08:01:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2809	SPANISH SEEK INCLUSION IN WESTERN SAHARA STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: One month after the UNGA meeting between Assistant Secretary Welch and MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo, Iranzo paid a call on the Ambassador October 26, saying he had sought the meeting at FM Moratinos' request, to reiterate that Spain wishes to play a role in U.S. strategi [...]	2006-11-02 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID2853	SPAIN AND U.S. COOPERATING TO REMEDIATE RADIATION [...] (SBU) The U.S., through the Department of Energy (DOE),is closely cooperating with Spanish counterparts to address radiation contamination left in southern Spain after a U.S. Air Force (USAF) nuclear accident 40 years ago. What could have turned into a public relations nightmare has actuall [...]	2006-11-07 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC SENV
06MADRID2893	SPAIN: DEPUTY FM LEON ON MIDEAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging November 14 meeting with MFA Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Bernardino Leon, DCM reviewed the state of bilateral relations, relayed USG concerns regarding Spain's call for a new major Middle East conference, and discussed U.S. interest in stronger U.S.-Sp [...]	2006-11-15 17:20:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE SY CU SP
06MADRID2909	SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON SPAIN,S NEW MIDDLE EAST [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a brief but wide-ranging meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos November 17, Ambassador Aguirre discussed he Middle East initiative proposed by Presidents Zapatero and Chirac at their Nov. 16 meeting in Girona Spain. Ambassdor also took a call from Spanish Nati [...]	2006-11-17 17:52:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SP
06MADRID2942	SPAIN ON MEPP: WE SUPPORT QUARTET, NEED TO PUSH [...] (C) Summary. DCM called Javier Sancho Velazquez, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Moratinos, on November 22 to discuss reftel points and Spain's proposed Middle East initiative in advance of the November 24 Quintet meeting in Rome. DCM went over the demarche with Velazquez point by point [...]	2006-11-22 18:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP IS SY
06MADRID3008	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, af [...]	2006-12-07 10:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID3014	SPAIN/VENEZUELA: ETA ISSUES SPARK SPANISH ANGER [...] (U) Only hours after Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero and Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos had called to congratulate Hugo Chavez on winning his second presidential term on December 4, all major Spanish media outlets seized on a report from Basque news agency Vasco Press [...]	2006-12-07 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
06MADRID3081	SPAIN/CUBA: DOMESTIC POLITICS SCUTTLE UNITY ON [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Popular Party (PP) presented a Parliamentary motion December 19 calling for unity among Spanish political parties in supporting a democratic transition in Cuba. Foreign Minister Moratinos had signaled to PP Parliamentarians that a common position on Cuba could be n [...]	2006-12-21 11:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP
06MADRID3093	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] ECON: Spanish economic growth 2. EAGR: Ethanol production 3. EAID: Spain sends aid to Phillippines 4. ECON: Spain to stop subsidizing energy prices 5. EAIR: New direct flight to Gibraltar 6. EAID: 700 million USD to UNDP 7. KIPR: Anti-pirating campaign Spanish Economic Growth in 2006 [...]	2006-12-27 14:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EAGR TBIO SP EINV EWWT PREL
06MADRID3095	SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH DOCTOR CONSULTS ON CASTRO [...] (U) Spanish media reported that Doctor Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, Chief Surgeon of the Community of Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital, had examined Fidel Castro for 90 minutes on December 21. Garcia Sabrido asserted on December 26 that "as far as I know, Castro does not have cancer." Garcia S [...]	2006-12-27 15:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID3096	SPAIN ON SAHRAWI REFUGEE CENSUS; ALGERIA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AG SP
06MADRID568	FM MORATINOS ON SYRIA, VENEZUELA, MAGHREB [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on March 2 for discussion of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat, developments in Iran and Syria, Spain's reported plans to sell arms to Libya, and Spain's desire for deeper USG engagement in North Africa. Moratinos indi [...]	2006-03-07 17:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID596	ETA VIOLENCE AMID RUMORS OF IMPENDING TRUCE [...] ETA carried out its second series of bombings in the last two days with two attacks the morning of of March 9, the latest in a string of 14 ETA attacks since the beginning of the year. The attacks, one along a highway in the Cantabria Region in the north of Spain near the Basque Region and a s [...]	2006-03-09 17:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER SP
06MADRID611	MADRID TRAIN BOMBING INVESTIGATION NEARING [...] Examining Judge Juan del Olmo is nearing the close of his 23-month investigation of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, as the second anniversary of the attacks approaches. He recently issued orders to extend the pre-trial detention of nine key suspects being held in connection with the [...]	2006-03-10 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
06MADRID76	SPAIN/VENEZUELA: REACTION TO DENIAL OF LICENSE FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on January 12 to advise him of the USG decision to deny the Spanish technology transfer license request related to the sale of Spanish aircraft to the Venezuelan government. Moratinos expressed frustration, saying it would [...]	2006-01-12 17:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
06MADRID766	ETA CEASEFIRE: MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY FOR ZAPATERO [...] (U) Summary. The recent announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Basque separatist terror group ETA was met with cautious optimism by a public that recalls ETA's abandonment of previous truces. However, there is a sense that ETA's declining military fortunes and Zapatero's readiness to e [...]	2006-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID787	ETA CEASE FIRE: HOW IT HAPPENED [...] The small group of advisers who have guided the Zapatero government's contacts with ETA remain tightlipped about their activities due to the extreme political sensitivity and domestic controversy surrounding the issue. Spanish officials have maintained this silence even as they discussed othe [...]	2006-03-31 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
06MADRID857	SPAIN: ZAPATERO ANNOUNCES SURPRISE CHANGES TO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement April 7, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero named new Defense, Interior and Education Ministers. Jose Bono is out as Defense Minister, to be replaced by Jose Antonio Alonso who moves over from his post as Interior Minister. Current Socialist spokesman i [...]	2006-04-07 15:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID916	SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 29 FOR MARCH 11 ATTACKS [...] (U) On April 11, National Court Judge Juan del Olmo released a 1460-page indictment of 29 people for their involvement in the March 11,2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people. Press reports say that after two years of investigation, the judge found that the local terrorist cell cons [...]	2006-04-12 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
06MAILA1222	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S EETINGS IN MANILA: [...] (BU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambasado Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teveshighlighted fiscal reform measures such as the expnded value added tax and increased tax revenue collection. Teves, noting that the Philippines's GDP growth rate is lower than other countries in the [...]	2006-03-17 10:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETT EINV KIPR RP
06MANAGUA1002	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]	2006-05-05 15:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1004	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...]	2006-05-05 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1043	IP ENFORCEMENT FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with a broad range of Nicaraguan partners, Post has developed a proposal for the intellectual property (IP) enforcement funding outlined in REFTEL A. While the Government of Nicaragua (GON) has recently taken several encouraging actions related to strengthening IP protec [...]	2006-05-11 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR KCRM ABUD AFIN SNAR ECON ETRD
06MANAGUA1079	VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO NICARAGUA,S FSLN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY/BACKGROUND: Although Post possesses no specific numbers on the level of support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is providing to Sandinista (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega, we are certain that Chavez' direct and indirect assistance to Ortega is substantial, could well reach the [...]	2006-05-17 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE EPET EAGR
06MANAGUA1098	CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...]	2006-05-18 21:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1184	MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...]	2006-06-02 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU
06MANAGUA119	CPDH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO REVIEWS EFFORTS TO HOLD FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH),a prominent human rights NGO, have informed the Ambassador that they are moving forward with two projects to hold Sandinista (FSLN) leaders accountable for abuses of power committed in the 1980s. They are also i [...]	2006-01-23 15:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA1209	UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1220	MARTINEZ CUENCA: ORTEGA MUST GO -- QUESTION IS HOW [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on June 6 his decision to continue his efforts to reform the Sandinista party (FSLN) and to challenge the FSLN "messianic" caudillo Daniel Ortega from within the party. According to Martinez Cuenca, Ortega has deluded hi [...]	2006-06-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1251	2006 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: NICARAGUA [...] This cable provides proposed language for the Nicaragua chapter of the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. Embassy will send comprehensive annex with details of confiscated property claims by June 10, as requested in Ref A. ---------------------------- Property Co [...]	2006-06-08 21:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE ECON USTR NU
06MANAGUA1370	NUNCIO: CARDINAL OBANDO Y BRAVO WILL EXERT LITTLE [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel shares our concerns over Cardinal Obando y Bravo's apparent support for Sandinista (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, but he believes Obando y Bravo will hold little sway over Nicaraguan voters. Gobel, who on June 20 advised Ambassador he is perplexed over [...]	2006-06-22 16:05:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1423	EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...]	2006-06-29 18:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU
06MANAGUA1482	HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...]	2006-07-06 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1565	MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...]	2006-07-18 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU

06MANAGUA1571	BOAQUENOS TALK ELECTIONS WITH AMBASSADOR, FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's recent trip to Boaco, interlocutors fretted that Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may win the November election by excluding large numbers of potential voters and committing fraud on Election Day. While Boaco is a predominately Liberal department, the [...]	2006-07-18 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1572	MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...]	2006-07-18 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1717	CEDULA APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) and other civil society groups (reftel),Nicaragua's National Assembly voted on August 4 to extend the deadline for soliciting the national voter/ID card from August 6 to August 21. The media reported and CSE officials confirmed a [...]	2006-08-08 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1894	OAS EOM CHIEF FERNANDEZ AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA193	GOVERNMENT DECLARES MEDICAL STRIKE ILLEGAL, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A widespread strike of medical workers, led by a Sandinista (FSLN)-affiliated union, has paralyzed most Nicaraguan public hospitals for the last week. On January 20, the Minister of Labor declared the strike illegal, allowing the Ministry of Health to fire striking union leade [...]	2006-01-27 15:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1977	MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...]	2006-09-08 17:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2044	NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]	2006-09-18 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2051	NICARAGUA: THE OTHER POWER CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: For the past four weeks the power sector in Nicaragua has been locked in crisis. At the center of the maelstrom is the electricity distributor,s inability to pay its power producers. With national elections only months away, resultant blackouts have taken on an important politic [...]	2006-09-18 21:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV NU
06MANAGUA2065	UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]	2006-09-19 23:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2077	MARTINEZ CUENCA WORRIED ABOUT AN ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Polcouns and emboffs on 11 September, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca voiced his concern that savvy Sandinista campaigning and a weak and distracted center-right have strengthened Daniel Ortega's campaign. Th [...]	2006-09-21 15:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA2116	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]	2006-09-26 18:49:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2161	NICARAGUAN POLITICAL PARTIES PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of four political parties contesting Nicaragua's November 5 national elections pledged to support (more or less) the Nicaraguan Defense White Paper should their party come to power. Enthusiasm for White Paper policy goals varied, however, between officials of the [...]	2006-09-29 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS MARR NU
06MANAGUA2186	NICARAGUA: GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM RESPONSE [...] (U) In fiscal years 2005 and 2006, USAID Nicaragua granted more than $800,000 to 14 programs that supported the objectives of the Secretary's Global Internet Freedom Task Force (GIFT). The following provides a brief description of the recipient, project, information technology (IT) component, [...]	2006-10-03 23:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECPS EINT PHUM NU
06MANAGUA2248	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...]	2006-10-11 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2338	UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]	2006-10-20 21:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2343	CSE PRESIDENT CLAIMS ELECTIONS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and the magistrates of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) exchanged concerns regarding the November 5 national elections during a recent meeting at CSE headquarters. Ambassador urged the magistrates to assure that eligible voters can obtain the necessary voting [...]	2006-10-23 18:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2442	OAS EOM EXPECTS VOTE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The OAS issued a communique factoring in the Ambassador's recent observations to OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief Gustavo Fernandez. The OAS EOM is coordinating closely with other observation groups and will meet with the White House delegation. Fernandez believes [...]	2006-11-02 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2459	SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...]	2006-11-06 18:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2474	NICARAGUA: POST'S INPUT FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL [...] This cable transmits post's input for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Nicaragua. Per reftel instructions, post transmitted this information via e-mail on November 7 to USTR/Gereffi and Blue, STATE/WHA/CEN/Schiffer and Kopolow, and STATE/EB/TPP/Clarkson and Lampron. TRADE SUMMARY [...]	2006-11-08 23:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NU
06MANAGUA2499	NICARAGUA: NGO ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the Nicaraguan-based environmental NGO, Centro Humboldt, has stepped up its campaign against the distribution of "biotech food" by the World Food Program (WFP) and Project Concern International (PCI). While the campaign failed to elicit public support, it was l [...]	2006-11-13 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID ECON ETRD EAGR KIPR NU
06MANAGUA2531	SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]	2006-11-17 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2537	SIT REP 7 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the deadline to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count fast approaching at midnight on November 17, the political parties are rushing to check the official numbers against the results provided by their poll watchers -- a task made especially arduous because the Sup [...]	2006-11-17 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA256	CLOCK TICKING ON CAFTA IPR REFORMS IN NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Trade Alejandro Arguello told Econoffs on February 1 that he expects a tough fight on the IPR portion of a legislative package that must be approved in the National Assembly before CAFTA-DR enters into force. Arguello indicated that the IPR reforms will likely motiva [...]	2006-02-02 21:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2611	ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]	2006-12-01 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2624	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B),Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...]	2006-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2652	ALN BLOCKS SOME PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) partially succeeded in minimizing the effects of a ways and means law supported by "pacted" Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) caucuses (Reftel). Vigorous ALN lobbying efforts prompted the re [...]	2006-12-06 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2673	FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...]	2006-12-11 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2701	APRE RENEGOTIATING ALLIANCE WITH ALN [...] (C) Summary: Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon claims that his party's formal agreement with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) expired following Nicaragua's November national elections, but he is negotiating a new alliance with the A [...]	2006-12-15 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2717	NICARAGUA KICKS OFF "CALL AND LIVE" ANTI-TRAFFICKING CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Inter American Development Bank (IDB),the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the Ricky Martin Foundation, and UNICEF launched the Nicaraguan "Llama y Vive" (Call and Live) anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) campaign December 6 with the participation of the Minist [...]	2006-12-19 19:02:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL
06MANAGUA281	"BOILING THE FROG": HOW THE SANDINISTAS HAVE [...] (C) Summary: A former top official in Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) recently described to Emboffs the seamier side of the CSE -- an organization he claims is riddled with corruption and fraudulent partisan influence from top to bottom. In addition to blatant financial fraud and [...]	2006-02-06 19:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA394	OIL PROFITS TAX: GON HAVING IT BOTH WAYS [...] (C) Summary: The February 13 political &deal8 that ended the week-long Managua bus strike over rate increases continues to reverberate in the political sphere and the business community. Representatives of the FSLN, Alternativa Cristiana, and Camino Cristiano signed a document with the FSLN [...]	2006-02-17 23:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PREL PGOV NU
06MANAGUA411	INFORMATION FOR NICARAGUA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Nicaragua is not currently placed on any Special 301 list, and post recommends maintaining this status. This recommendation is offered in spite of the fact that there remains room for improvement on legal structure and judicial attitudes, and that the Dole Food Company has wri [...]	2006-02-22 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD NU
06MANAGUA417	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIVAS [...] (C) Summary: With the November national elections still distant in the minds of the citizens of the southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, none of the major candidates seems to have made a significant impact on the views of the voting public. That stated, most contacts indicate that Nicarag [...]	2006-02-22 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA418	NICARAGUA 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the 2005-2006 reporting period, Nicaraguan government has made important progress in all areas of its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP),including prevention and detection, victim assistance, and prosecution of traffickers. Nicaraguan police dismantled two major traffick [...]	2006-02-23 14:28:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NU
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA511	NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS),the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...]	2006-03-07 23:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA519	INVESTIGATION OF FSLN ABUSES HAS ORTEGA ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The CPDH human rights organization has completed its initial trip to the Atlantic coast to investigate and document 1980s Sandinista human rights abuses in the region. The group's initial findings received widespread media attention immediately prior to the March 5 Atlantic coa [...]	2006-03-08 20:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: ESTELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and economic leaders in the department of Esteli suggest that the Sandinistas (FSLN) continue to dominate the city of Esteli and that this strength, combined with a solid organization, will be enough to ensure an FSLN victory in the department in November [...]	2006-03-14 16:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA576	NICARAGUA'S CAFTA ENVIRONMENTAL & LABOR PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 22:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD SENV
06MANAGUA578	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...]	2006-03-14 22:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA645	PUTTING IPR TO MUSIC IN NICARAGUA HELPED PASS [...] (SBU) Summary: Between March 16 and March 21, the Nicaraguan National Assembly passed several IPR and penal code reforms, and ratified the Budapest Treaty, which was required for entry into force of DR-CAFTA by April 1. Despite concerns presented by Ministry of Trade (MIFIC) officials and mem [...]	2006-03-22 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NU
06MANAGUA708	ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]	2006-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA710	CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...]	2006-03-29 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA733	NICARAGUAN MEDIA TRUMPETS FIRST HEARING IN PANAMA MONEY LAUNDERING CASE AGAINST ALEMAN [...] (U) The March 30 preliminary hearing in the Panamanian money laundering case against ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, ex-Director of Taxation Byron Jerez and several of their family members and associates made banner headlines in the national media on March 31. Through elaborate money laundering [...]	2006-04-03 16:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NU
06MANAGUA803	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States by Roberto Erasmo Cedeno Borgen, born in Nicaragua on November 25, 1938 and by Aminta Or [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA806	VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United States of Tomas Eduardo Cortez Mendoza, born in Nicaragua on November 30, 1971. Cortez is curre [...]	2006-04-10 20:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU
06MANAGUA841	VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...]	2006-04-17 21:26:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET
06MANAGUA85	CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...]	2006-01-18 00:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA851	NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Nicaragua (GON) remains responsive to U.S. efforts in favor of a democratic transition in Cuba and maintains frank communication with the Embassy on Cuba-related policies and issues. Nicaraguan-Cuban trade and mutual investment are statistically insignificant. [...]	2006-04-18 21:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VE NU
06MANAGUA854	PLC EAGER FOR GOOD RELATIONS WITH USG, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) have informed Ambassador that the party is willing to "negotiate and make sacrifices" to achieve Liberal unity and defeat the Sandinista Front (FSLN),but are adamant that Jose Rizo is the chosen presidential [...]	2006-04-18 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAMA1101	GOB FEELS PRESSURE ON REMAINING GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Activity in support of the remaining three Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo Bay increased following the recent suicides. Anti-U.S. MP Mohamed Khalid said he holds the U.S. Administration responsible for the deaths and called Guantanamo a "U.S. Nazi prison." Former detainee Abdulla Majid [...]	2006-06-19 14:40:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BA BILAT CTR POL
06MANAMA1116	GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES WARN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT [...] (C) Several Embassy media contacts have told Emboffs that the government recently formed two committees designed to monitor the content of print and broadcast media in Bahrain. The chairman of the board of the independent daily Al Wasat received a letter from one of the committees complaini [...]	2006-06-21 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM BA POL REFORM HUMRIT
06MANAMA1192	FLURRY OF SPRING STRIKES NETS WORKER BENEFITS [...] (C) There have been several incidents of labor actions, strikes and near-strikes, involving both Bahraini and expatriate workers over the past several months. These actions have ranged from unauthorized strikes by non-union South Asian and Southeast Asian expatriate workers to, from a Wester [...]	2006-07-03 12:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL BA HUMRIT POL REFORM
06MANAMA1288	TFLE01: ISRAEL-LEBANON: KING'S STATEMENT AND [...] (C) Developments in Lebanon dominate the news in Bahrain, with focus on Bahrainis in Lebanon, statements by Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, and high-level diplomacy with the visit of Jordan's King Abdullah. King Hamad issued a statement July 14 urging an avoidance of risks and actions that affect [...]	2006-07-15 13:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BA REGION
06MANAMA1391	TFLE01: GOB CONDEMNS QANA BOMBING, PUBLIC ACTIVE [...] (C) The PM's Cabinet expressed July 30 its strong condemnation of the Qana bombing and urged the international community to intervene to stop the bloodshed of innocent civilians. While still relatively low-key and orderly, the number of public events has increased, including plans by leading [...]	2006-07-31 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1414	TFLE01: ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF LEBANON INCREASE [...] (U) King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa reiterated July 31 his call for an immediate cease-fire and reaffirmed Bahrain's support for the Lebanese government and the Lebanese people. Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa issued a similar statement August 1. Demonstrations and fund-rais [...]	2006-08-02 14:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PTER BA REGION POL
06MANAMA1418	BY THE NUMBERS: BAHRAIN'S 2007-08 BUDGET [...] (C) The King July 20 signed the GOB's biannual 2007-08 budget. The two-year budget was the subject of significant controversy because it was introduced to both councils of parliament on a "fast-track" basis (Ref. A). Buoyed by rising oil prices, it provides for sizable increases in urban dev [...]	2006-08-02 16:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV BA POL ECTRD
06MANAMA1473	TFLE01: BAHRAINIS RALLY, RAISE MONEY IN SUPPORT [...] (C) The conflict in Lebanon continues to move Bahraini citizens and political, religious, and civil society organizations into action in support of the people of Lebanon and Hizballah. With the notable exception of some hard-line Salafis, most segments of Bahraini society are united in their [...]	2006-08-09 09:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EAID BA LE REGION POL
06MANAMA1559	BAHRAINIS RAISE FUNDS FOR LEBANON; HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Bahrain's media have been filled with stories about efforts to deliver financial and material assistance to the Lebanese people in the aftermath of implementation of the cessation of hostilities. The government has donated $5 million to the local Lebanon Fund and $1 million to UNICEF. Th [...]	2006-08-23 14:31:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN PTER BA LE IS REGION POL
06MANAMA1596	CROWN PRINCE STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS IN WAR [...] (C) Crown Prince Shaikh Salman told the Ambassador August 29 that he was pleased with the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA). He proposed that the Bahrain Navy join one of the coalition task forces coordinated out of Bahrain, in particular CTF-150, which o [...]	2006-08-30 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS ETRD BA REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1691	MINISTER OF STATE FOR CABINET AFFAIRS EXPLAINS [...] (C) The Ambassador September 19 met with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah, who is responsible for carrying out many aspects of the upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad would soon officially announce the dates of the t [...]	2006-09-21 15:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1700	BAHRAINIS TELL COMMERCE DELEGATION THEY ARE [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Vineyard's September 12-14 visit to Bahrain served to celebrate the August 1 implementation of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA),the first with a Gulf country. Vineyard stated that the agreement enables the bilateral commercial relationsh [...]	2006-09-25 14:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV PREL BEXP BA BILAT ECTRD
06MANAMA1785	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 2: KING AND CLERICS MEET, [...] (SBU) KING HAMAD MEETS WITH SHI'A CLERICS: King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa met October 8 with members of the Islamic Scholars Council (Shi'a),made up of many of Bahrain's most influential Shi'a clerics, to discuss issues of concern, including the elections. King Hamad reportedly reassured the [...]	2006-10-12 16:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1799	ELECTION MONITORING: GOB MOVES TOWARD GREATER [...] (C) The High Commission for Elections announced October 16 that any registered Bahraini civil society group will be allowed to monitor the November 25 elections. Most societies welcomed the announcement, but Bahrain Human Rights Society continued to push the GOB to allow international monitor [...]	2006-10-18 11:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1827	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY HUGHES' OCTOBER [...] (C) We warmly welcome your October 31-November 1 visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at an important moment in promotion of the freedom agenda in Bahrain, with parliamentary and municipal elections to be held November 25 and December 2. Of the 221 candidates standing for election to parliament, [...]	2006-10-22 15:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PGOV OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA183	Bahrain Guantanamo Media Update: "They promised us [...] Summary: Bahrain's newest Arabic daily recently completed a six-part series of exclusive interviews with former Guantanamo detainee Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Haji, who was returned from Guantanamo along with two other detainees in November. The exposes have given the greatest space and detail so [...]	2006-02-09 07:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA1832	IRAN SIGNALS UNEASE WITH BAHRAIN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 12:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA IR KNNP PARM PREL CTR REGION
06MANAMA1849	KING HAMAD SUPPORTS GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S) King Hamad October 18 told the interagency Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) delegation that he wants to work with the U.S. on creating a new comprehensive defense strategy for the region in light of recent developments. He commended the U.S.'s bilateral approach to each of the GCC states and [...]	2006-11-01 07:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1870	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 5: SHAIKH ISA QASSEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassem continued to actively endorse participation in the elections, including in a district in the Central Governorate known to support a continued Shi'a boycott of the political system. Al Wifaq president Shaikh Ali Salman November 2 assured lib [...]	2006-11-03 07:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1887	FIRST ARAB WOMAN PARLIAMENTARIAN IN THE GULF: [...] (C) With the close of parliamentary candidate registration October 16, Latifa Al Qa'oud became the first woman member of an elected parliamentary body from any of the Arab Gulf states when no other candidates registered to run against her. Al Qa'oud is no newcomer to parliamentary politics, [...]	2006-11-06 14:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1890	CROWN PRINCE, U/S HUGHES DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C)Crown Prince Salman told Under Secretary of State Hughes November 1 that Bahrain stands ready to enance the bilateral relationship and will support ny initiative that furthers both countries' natinal interests. The phenomenon of "death cult" etremists presents a challenge to moderates in [...]	2006-11-07 06:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PGO OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA192	BAHRAINIS CALL FOR BOYCOTT, NOT VIOLENCE, IN [...] (SBU) Despite being angry and bewildered by the Danish newspaper's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, Bahrainis have reacted in a relatively restrained manner compared with others in the region and Muslim world. Both Sunni and Shia Bahrainis have participated in entirely peacef [...]	2006-02-13 12:19:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KPAO BA POL ROW
06MANAMA1942	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 7: GENERAL POLLING STATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassem encouraged candidates and the public November 10 to lobby the government to eliminate the ten general polling centers. Members of the three-person High Commission for Elections said that it would be impossible to do away with the general ce [...]	2006-11-16 15:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1953	CANDIDATES FOCUS ON LOCAL ISSUES WHILE SPECTER OF [...] (C) Two hundred seven candidates are contesting Bahrain's parliamentary elections to be held November 25 and December 2. In the run-up to the elections, campaign tents, posters and billboards have blossomed around the country and candidates host events nightly for constituents to get to kno [...]	2006-11-22 13:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA20	NATIONAL JOB PROJECT KICKS OFF REGISTRATION [...] (C) The long-awaited $80 million National Employment and Training Project began registering Bahrain's estimated 20,000 unemployed January 2 at 20 centers around the country. Minister of Labor Dr. Majeed Al-Alawi has stated publicly that the project will end unemployment in the Kingdom. Dr. A [...]	2006-01-04 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ECON BA POL HUMRIT
06MANAMA2004	BAHRAIN'S ELECTIONS: DESPITE ALLEGED FLAWS, A [...] (C) Bahrain's parliamentary elections, held in two rounds November 25 and December 2, represent a major step forward in the King's democratic reform program. In a significant improvement over the 2002 parliamentary elections, which were marred by a boycott by leading Shia opposition political [...]	2006-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL
06MANAMA264	ASHURA PROCEEDS SMOOTHLY; CONTROVERSY ERUPTS IN [...] (SBU) An estimated 150,000 people participated in Ashura events in downtown Manama on February 8, the climax of the ten-day period during which Shia commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein in Kerbala in 680 AD. By all accounts, activities went very quietly and smoothly with no reports of v [...]	2006-02-22 12:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KIRF BA POL
06MANAMA378	MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTIONS TO FTA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The February 27 conference on "Free Trade in the Middle East," attended by Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Bahraini Minister of Industry and Commerce Fakhro, and Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade Zubi, publicized the benefits of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA) and broug [...]	2006-03-11 13:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BEXP PREL KPAO BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA389	BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]	2006-03-14 04:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA434	SUGGESTED BAHRAINI EDITS AND REVISIONS TO CWC HOST [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho told Pol/Econ Chief March 15 that in preparing the final text of the Chemical Weapons Convention Host Country Agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),the Bahraini side had uncovered several areas that it would like t [...]	2006-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR BA BILAT
06MANAMA442	DEPUTY PM, FOREIGN MINISTER AGREE TO COUNSELOR [...] (S) State Department Counselor Zelikow met separately with Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa and Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa March 12 to initiate a strategic dialogue on regional security, including concerns about Iran. They agreed with the [...]	2006-03-20 05:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PARM PTER MARR EFIN KISL KNNP BA IR REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA568	BAHRAIN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-08 12:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
06MANAMA583	MEPI/GOB REGIONAL ARAB WOMEN'S CONFERENCE A [...] (U) Summary: MEPI and the Bahraini MFA joined forces to co-host a MENA regional conference March 27-28 to celebrate the "Successes of Women as Leaders of Change". More than 120 women leaders from 16 Arab countries shared their recent unprecedented achievements of reform in the legal, economic [...]	2006-04-11 12:54:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KWMN KDEM PGOV PREL BA REGION HUMRIT
06MANAMA89	DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO [...] (S) The Ambassador January 21 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the health, treatment, and status of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in a meeting covering several issues (septels). Shaikh Khalid asked about [...]	2006-01-23 11:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	KAWC PREL PTER ASEC OPDC BA OFFICIALS CTR BILAT
06MANAMA891	BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART I: GOVERNMENT [...] (S) The forced departure of NDI's project director on May 12 is just one example of actions taken by elements within the government and ruling family to exert increased control over the political environment in the run-up to parliamentary and municipal council elections later this year. Accor [...]	2006-05-22 14:03:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA987	BAHRAIN: NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Econoff June 5 delivered Ref. B demarche concerning the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) statement on Iran's nuclear program to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho replied that he had been present at the drafting of the NAM statement and said he wished t [...]	2006-06-05 15:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP USNC IR BA REGION ROW
06MANAMA989	"The Sapphire Trio: American Women in the Arts" [...] The all-women American chamber ensemble The Sapphire Trio performed American and classical music in Bahrain from May 15th through May 17th, providing Bahraini audiences with a glimpse of the diversity of expression and talent in the American musical arts community. Partially funded by a Perf [...]	2006-06-06 07:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OEXC SCUL KPAO PREL BA BILAT
06MANILA1040	EAP DAS JOHN MEETINGS EXPLORE EMERGENCY RULE, FREE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 2, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed President Arroyo's declaration SIPDIS of a State of Emergency with Ricardo Saludo, Secretary of the Cabinet and member of the Presidential Management Staff. They also discussed the Arroyo administration's strateg [...]	2006-03-07 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ASEC PREL KPAO RP
06MANILA1047	SENATE PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSURE FROM WITHIN HIS [...] (C) Summary: Opponents of Senate President Drilon took action on March 2 to strip him of his leadership position in the Liberal Party (LP). Drilon is contesting the move. Contacts are also reporting that Drilon is under pressure in the Senate from elements who want to see him removed from hi [...]	2006-03-07 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR RP
06MANILA1074	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) On February 27, 2006, representatives of USAID and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),a USAID/Philippines grantee, met with former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. to discuss opportunities to collaborate on electoral reforms. President A [...]	2006-03-08 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL RP
06MANILA1075	"NO CNN CAMERA CREWS!" -- CHILD PRISONERS IN THE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A recent visit by emboffs to a jail in a town near Manila highlighted in a microcosm the problem of incarcerated children in the Philippines. On the national level, the GRP is trying to address [...]	2006-03-08 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI SOCI OPRC RP
06MANILA1222	DEPUTY USTR BHATIA'S MEETINGS IN MANILA: [...] (SBU) In a March 16 meeting with Deputy USTR Ambassador Karan Bhatia, Finance Secretary Gary Teves highlighted fiscal reform measures such as the expanded value added tax and increased tax revenue collection. Teves, noting that the Philippines's GDP growth rate is lower than other countries [...]	2006-03-17 10:30:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ETTC EINV KIPR RP
06MANILA1230	POSITIVE REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON [...] (U) Summary: Mission's efforts to alert the Philippine public of the Country Reports on Human Rights 2005, including a chat on the Virtual Consulate Davao website, paid off with generally positive and constructive responses from the media and from key contacts. Mission will continue to devel [...]	2006-03-20 06:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI RP
06MANILA1366	JUDGE IN ALLEGED RAPE CASE RECUSES HIMSELF ON EVE [...] (U) Summary. The judge in the case of four Marines accused of raping a Filipina has recused himself in reaction to a motion from the complainant's lawyers. The arraignment of the Marines, scheduled for March 24, has been postponed. A new judge may be assigned to the case on March 28; the co [...]	2006-03-24 07:29:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
06MANILA1569	LITTLE CHANCE ARROYO WILL FOLLOW THE THAKSIN ROUTE [...] (SBU) The Philippine public -- or at least the political elites in Manila, opposition groups, and the media -- have followed with great interest the recent political developments in Thailand that led to snap elections and the decision by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to resign. The oppo [...]	2006-04-07 04:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV TH RP

06MANILA1576	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SENATE PRESIDENT DRILON [...] (U) Ambassador Kenney, accompanied by Pol/C, called on Senate President Franklin Drilon on April 6. The meeting received prominent coverage in the media on April 7. 2. (C) Counterterrorism legislation: Drilon admitted that passage of proposed CT legislation by the Senate had become "m [...]	2006-04-07 06:21:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER RP

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