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08BUENOSAIRES439	ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT CFK OFF TO A ROUGH START [...] (C) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) had a rough first four months in office. Her administration has produced few new policy initiatives or concrete policy successes. CFK's term has been marked by two serious crises, one foreign and one domestic. Both were exacerbat [...]	2008-04-08 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON PREL AR

08BUENOSAIRES466	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes the U.S. delegation to the Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC),hosted this year by the G [...]	2008-04-10 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES48	ARGENTINA 2007-2008 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] The following is Embassy Buenos Aires' input for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part II -- Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Marked-up text sent separately via email. Post POC is EconOff Chris Landberg (LandbergCA@State.Gov). Begin Text: Argent [...]	2008-01-14 14:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES500	A CONSERVATIVE MEGACONFERENCE TAKES PLACE IN LEFT-LEANING [...] (U) Summary. Argentine think tank the Liberty Foundation celebrated its twentieth anniversary March 26-28 with an international seminar drawing over 300 participants from around the region and Spain. Participants included noted author Mario Vargas Llosa as well as five ex-Presidents of Lati [...]	2008-04-18 13:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ECON PHUM KJUS XM VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES575	ARGENTINA HIGH-LEVEL MEETING AGENDA [...] (SBU) Following up on WHA A/S Shannon's April 10-11 meetings with Argentine FM Taiana and their agreement in principle to hold in June in Buenos Aires a meeting under the auspices of the Special Process of Regular High-Level Bilateral Consultations, emboffs met with MFA officials April 17 to de [...]	2008-05-02 17:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM ETRD SENV SCUL PTER SNAR KJUS XM AR
08BUENOSAIRES58	Argentina: 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Five consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor interest in exploring opportunities in the Argentine market. The government of Argentina, in turn, has signaled its desire [...]	2008-01-16 11:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES615	FARM STRIKE RESUMES IN ARGENTINA [...] (U) Farm groups announced late on May 7 that they will resume the farm strike due to the GoA's refusal to discuss making any changes to the variable export tax regime. The farm groups will continue protests for the next 8 days (through May 15),when they will meet again to discuss their next [...]	2008-05-08 18:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES645	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENATE DEFENSE CHAIR MARIA [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met May 14 with National Victory Front Senator and President of the Senate Defense Commission Maria Cristina Perceval. Ambassador Wayne and Perceval discussed her recent trip to the United States to attend a conference on the role of civilians in the security sect [...]	2008-05-15 15:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AR
08BUENOSAIRES651	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARGENTINE POLITICS WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met May 12 with conservative politician Ricardo Lopez-Murphy, who came in third place in the 2003 presidential election but only in seventh, with one percent of the vote, in 2007. Lopez-Murphy shared his views on Argentina's current political and economic situation [...]	2008-05-15 21:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES665	ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE EXTENDED SIX MORE DAYS [...] (U) The farm groups leading the Argentine agricultural strike announced on May 15 that the strike will continue, despite a call for further dialogue from President Cristina Kirchner. The farm groups will meet again on May 21 to review the situation and decide whether to continue the strike. T [...]	2008-05-19 10:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES70	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, January 1-11, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 1-11, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts SIPDIS tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov [...]	2008-01-18 15:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB AR
08BUENOSAIRES708	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]	2008-05-23 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES710	ARGENTINA ON BRAZILIAN SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] (C) Informal discussions with military, MOD and MFA contacts on Brazil's South American Security Council proposal indicate the Brazilians have not consulted in any detail with the Argentines, who are not clear on what the Brazilians are proposing. GOA contacts discount that the proposed Counci [...]	2008-05-23 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES733	ARGENTINE FARMERS RESUME STRIKE - GRAINS AND BEEF TARGETED [...] (SBU) Argentine farm groups are back on strike, at least until June 2, and will block marketing of grains and oilseeds for exports, as well as sales of cattle for slaughter. The farm groups have called for protestors on the highways to allow free movement of all other transport, although there [...]	2008-05-28 22:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES743	ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE [...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...]	2008-05-29 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES753	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 6 - [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 6 - 23, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2008-05-30 21:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08BUENOSAIRES760	ARGENTINA: CODEL DODD DISCUSSES REGION WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a lunch with ambassadors and private sector employees in honor of Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra. The group discussed the region's efforts at integration, pointing to the benefits of closer relations that have developed and the c [...]	2008-06-03 18:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR MASS EAID EC
08BUENOSAIRES764	CODEL DODD MEETS ARGENTINE FM TAIANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chris Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra and the Ambassador called on Argentine FM Taiana May 29. On Bolivia, Taiana expressed his worry about the potential for violent conflict despite what he saw as Evo Morales's moderating influence on his radical MAS support bas [...]	2008-06-03 20:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AR BL
08BUENOSAIRES781	Codel Dodd Meeting with Argentine President Fernandez de [...] (SBU) President Fernandez de Kircher met with Codel Dodd for over an hour May 29. On Bolivia, she called for a solution which respected democratic institutions and avoided "Balkanization." More broadly in Latin America, the President said she hoped for increasing regional integration in the [...]	2008-06-06 11:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES785	ARGENTINA: SCHEDULING THE NEXT POL/MIL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Regular bilateral Pol/Mil meetings have been an integral part of managing and advancing our broad security relationship with Argentina, from the classic Pol/Mil issues to counterterrorism and non-proliferation. The GoA hosted the last Pol/Mil bilaterals in December 2006. It is [...]	2008-06-06 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR
08BUENOSAIRES829	ROUND 4 - ARGENTINE FARM STRIKE RESUMES [...] (SBU) Argentina experienced an intense 3-day weekend of protests and counter demonstrations after the government sent federal highway and border police (gendarmerie) to clear a roadblock in Gualeguaychu on June 14, on the main highway to Brazil and Uruguay, and temporarily arrested prominent fa [...]	2008-06-17 21:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES894	ARGENTINA TO HOST 35TH MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LIGHT [...] (C) Argentina will host a July 1 Mercosur Summit of member and associate member leaders, preceded by a June 30 Minster-level Mercosur Council meeting. The Summit culminates a lackluster six-month Argentine presidency of Mercosur marked by national preoccupation with turmoil in the domestic ag [...]	2008-06-30 09:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR AR
08BUENOSAIRES990	ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]	2008-07-18 21:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08CANBERRA1207	AUSTRALIA SHARES CONCERNS ON PROTECTIONISM [...] (C) GOA shares US concerns about protectionism in some G20 members. Australia has already made approaches in several G20 capitals, and is ready to cooperate closely with US. DFAT said the UK should be added to the list of countries taking protectionist steps because of how it has raised i [...]	2008-12-02 07:05:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO AS
08CARACAS1060	INTERNATIONAL PRESSURES MOUNTS ON BRV TO DECIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is growing increasingly defensive as international bodies are calling for it to rule on the constitutionality of disqualifying 272 candidates from running for public office in the November state and local elections. The Inter-American Co [...]	2008-07-31 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS1099	BRV DEFENSIVE ABOUT MERCOSUR HUMAN RIGHTS VISIT [...] (SBU) Uruguayan congressional deputy and president of the MERCOSUR parliament's Human Rights Commission, Adriana Pena arrived on August 6 in Caracas. All local media covered her arrival at the airport. Members of the Venezuelan National Assembly (NA),Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and othe [...]	2008-08-07 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1114	INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...]	2008-08-08 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS118	NOT MUCH SUBSTANCE AT THE VI ALBA SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuela hosted the VI Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of our Americas (ALBA) summit January 24-26, 2008 in Caracas. While little substantive occurred at the summit, it provided Hugo Chavez a platform to rail against capitalism and the United States. Three of the four [...]	2008-01-30 18:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV VE
08CARACAS457	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] On April 2, local media reported that Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ruben Ramirez expressed Paraguay's support for Venezuela's full membership into the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR),during his recent trip to Caracas. According to ABN, the official BRV news agency, during the signing of [...]	2008-04-03 13:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PA VE
08CARACAS69	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...]	2008-01-17 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE
08DHAKA266	2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY BANGLADESH INPUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) does not effectively enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) protections. Piracy of optical disks, software and books is rampant in Bangladesh. The GOB is currently focused on higher prioritized projects, including ensuring a transition to a [...]	2008-02-28 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD BG
08EFTOBUENOSAIRES648	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 21-22 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]	2008-05-15 18:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08GENEVA836	UNAIDS: REPORT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE [...] Summary: The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) met in Extraordinary Session on October 2, 2008, to consider candidates for the position of UNAIDS Executive Director. The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Dybul, chaired the meeting. While the PCB noted that all four short [...]	2008-10-09 08:58:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV UNGA
08GENEVA977	The Seventeenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on [...] SUMMARY: The 17th meeting of the SCCR focused on establishing a future work plan for the committee. The SCCR agreed to continue discussion on limitations and exceptions to copyright, including the question of format accessibility to copyright protected content by visually impaired persons. T [...]	2008-11-18 14:59:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR
08GUATEMALA1370	CICIG'S CHALLENGES, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND MANDATE [...] (C) UN and CICIG officials acknowledge that CICIG needs to show more results before consideration is given to extending its mandate. CICIG is confident that it can successfully prosecute some important cases before its mandate ends in September 2009, while others it is investigating would re [...]	2008-11-03 14:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	SECRET	KCRM PREL SNAR ASEC PINR GT
08GUATEMALA621	CICIG COMMISSIONER PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) At luncheon hosted by Swiss Ambassador on May 14, CICIG Commissioner, Carlos Castresana provided overview to international community ambassadors involved with CICIG on activities to date. Of note were the following comments by Castresana: Relations between CICIG and the GOG - Castresa [...]	2008-05-16 13:19:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT ASEC
08GUATEMALA773	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has confirmed that the reftel arms purchase was ordered by the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for the purpose of establishing an internal security force capable of providing protection for CICIG staff and investigators. Due to the high profil [...]	2008-06-19 22:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS GT
08GUATEMALA796	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CICIG COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Carlos Castresana, Commissioner of the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG),told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte that criminal penetration of the Guatemalan state was substantially worse than he had anticipated. Castresana described the Police and A [...]	2008-06-26 16:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC GT
08HAVANA462	HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS HAVANA: DEATH WATCH OR PROOF OF [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid an unannounced (in Cuba) visit to Havana on June 16. His arrival scrambled air traffic at Jose Marti airport, resulting in several arriving USINT personnel being diverted briefly to Varadero. 2. (U) According to press reports, Chavez met for three [...]	2008-06-17 21:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU VN
08HAVANA470	URUGUAYAN PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ MEETS WITH FIDEL CASTRO [...] (U) According to Cuban press reports, visiting Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez met for more than 2 hours with Fidel Castro on June 19. Unlike the visit of Venezuelan President Chavez earlier in the week (reftels),there were no visual images of the meeting made public. 2. (U) Meeting [...]	2008-06-21 17:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CU UR
08HAVANA812	SWEDEN'S NEW DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY MAY BE [...] (SBU) COM spoke with Swedish Ambassador Caroline Fleetwood on October 15 following her presentation of credentials, and asked about her plans to implement Sweden's new democracy assistance policy. Reftel described the new policy focused on support for civil and political rights, and highlighte [...]	2008-10-15 21:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU
08KABUL770	AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...]	2008-03-26 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF
08KATHMANDU313	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KINGSTON1039	JAMAICA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and markets itself to companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean region. [...]	2008-12-10 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08KINSHASA1064	EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC contacts in Go [...]	2008-12-02 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1096	KIWANJA MASSACRES: UNHRO PREVIEWS REPORT [...] (C) United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) Director Todd Howland recently shared with post initial findings from UNHRO's investigation into the mass killings committed November 4-6 in Kiwanja (reftels). Eye witness testimony, as well as reports from MONUC troops in the area, indicate CNDP [...]	2008-12-11 20:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA246	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-03-12 07:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
08KINSHASA560	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]	2008-06-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA706	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (SBU) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of Central Africa and beyond [...]	2008-08-27 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA843	RENEWED FIGHTING IN ITURI PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been renewed fighting in Ituri Province, as LRA rebels attacked DRC villages September 17-26 and the previously dormant Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FPRI-Force Patriotique de Resistance in Ituri) attacked FARDC positions and villages south of Bunia beginnin [...]	2008-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG
08KINSHASA864	Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...]	2008-10-09 16:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA922	GOMA UPDATE: OPENING FOR POLITICAL TALKS? [...] (SBU) Summary: Alpha Sow of MONUC reported to the International Facilitation (IF) October 23 that FARDC's Admiral Etumba had told him that the GDRC would like to start serious operations against the FDLR. Etumba also reportedly said the GDRC was open to political talks with the CNDP. Colonel [...]	2008-10-24 06:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
08LAPAZ1851	MIL-MIL RELATIONS: MOD OPTIMISTIC, DESPITE SIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel told EmbOffs August 22 that mil-mil relations are "good" and poised to improve following President Evo Morales' lead to improve relations generally. San Miguel said "misunderstandings" are at the root of mutual suspicions of USG and Bolivian [...]	2008-08-29 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC BL
08LAPAZ2202	OPPOSITION CONGRESSMAN'S DIALOGUE REALITY CHECK [...] (C) Summary: Despite public comments to the contrary, opposition Congressman Peter Maldonado told PolOff October 10 that a latest round of congressional talks regarding the draft constitution had "no chance of success." Although Maldonado backpedaled a bit, confirming that sectors of all pol [...]	2008-10-10 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BL
08LAPAZ2245	OPPOSITION GEARS UP LAST RESORT "NO" CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Opposition strategist Javier Flores told PolOff October 15 that ongoing congressional negotiations to change the draft constitution are a "show." He asserted that both sides had agreed to engage in another round of negotiations for tactical reasons, but that both were turning the [...]	2008-10-16 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2255	MFA TO MISSIONS: SIEGE ON CONGRESS JUST A PARADE [...] (C) Summary: MFA representatives explained the government's position on recent political developments to Ambassadors from the Americas October 16. The MFA representatives thanked Ambassadors for UNASUR's September 15 declaration, which "forced the opposition to the negotiating table." The MF [...]	2008-10-17 19:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC KDEM BL
08LAPAZ2543	UNASUR ENDORSES EVO'S VERSION OF PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and Unasur representative Rodolfo Mattarollo held a joint-conference to present Unasur's Pando Commission Report December 3. The report endorses the government's version of a "massacre" of government-aligned peasant farmers in the Pando Department t [...]	2008-12-05 23:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDEM VE BL
08LAPAZ2581	"LITERACY ACCOMPLISHED:" LIBERTAD ACT AND [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a vi [...]	2008-12-16 15:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD KDEM BL CU
08LAPAZ2614	BOLIVIA: GAS COMPANIES CAN WAIT MORALES OUT [...] (C) Headaches, frustrations, and uncertainty are constant for the private hydrocarbon companies that remain in Bolivia, but profits and potential are also a reality. As a result, the companies are generally taking a long-term perspective which assumes that the policies of the Morales admini [...]	2008-12-19 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
08LIMA114	FORE VISIT: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore offered U.S. assistance for PTPA implementation and thanked Peru for its support in the UN Security Council. Belaunde lauded the state of bil [...]	2008-01-22 13:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LIMA1169	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JUNE 2008 [...] (U) Summary: - Recent economic analysis confirms considerable diminution of coca in San Martin, the first clear and measurable result of the Eradication/Alternative Development nexus. - NAS Deputy Director traveled to Quito, Bogota, and La Paz to identify areas of regional collaboration. - [...]	2008-07-09 12:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA1183	JUNE TRADE, INVESTMENT & AVIATION BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade, investment and aviation news from Peru: Trade -- Peru Pursuing Trade Negotiations in Asia -- Trade Agreement with China Moves Forward -- Bilateral Trade Between Peru and India Exceeds $450 million -- Imports Reach Record Level in May -- Wal-Mart a [...]	2008-07-11 17:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EAIR USTR PE
08LIMA1864	NOVEMBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru and China Close Trade Negotiations -- Peru and Mexico Trade Agreement - Issues Remain -- Peru and Japan Advance towards FTA Investment -- Koreans Visit Peru Looking for Business Opportunities -- P [...]	2008-12-03 19:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1898	PERU RESPONSE TO CUBA: COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. PERUVIAN INVESTMENTS IN CUBA ---------------------------- 2. (U) Post has not found any reliable data on Peruvian investments in Cuba. The vast majority of Peru's limited foreign direct investment is in Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Cent [...]	2008-12-10 20:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU PE
08LIMA395	Peru: 2008 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government continues to demonstrate a commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person sentenced to 12 years in prison for commercial se [...]	2008-03-05 12:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
08LIMA745	GOVERNMENT PREPARING FOR PROTESTS DURING EU-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: New reporting suggests that radical groups may be planning unspecified violence during upcoming protests against the European Union-Latin America and Caribbean Lima Summit (May 13th-17th). According to Congressman Gustavo Espinoza, political strategist for jailed nationalist lead [...]	2008-04-30 18:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR PE
08LJUBLJANA81	SLOVENIA - 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - [...] (SBU) Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights (IPR) and data protection is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS, WIPO, and other ratified international treaties. In practice, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have access to the Slovene market. Recent efforts by the Government o [...]	2008-02-21 13:24:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SI
08MADRID676	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post conducted inquiries into the development and end-use relating to electronic components referenced in application 05-050100474. Representatives from Indra confirmed to post on June 16 that the company is using reftel components to develop both civilian and milita [...]	2008-06-17 06:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SP
08MANAGUA1093	NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: USMLGP, PKO-SOUTH TRAINING IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY [...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals, who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the PKO-South training in Montevideo, Uruguay from September 9 [...]	2008-08-22 21:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
08MANILA1887	MANILA RESPONSE TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post offers pros and cons for including the Philippines as pilot area for the APEC Food Defense Projects. The Philippines is a willing partner with a great deal of bilateral trade in food and food products, but at times has issues with program follow-through. 2. (U) The Ph [...]	2008-08-08 06:23:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO APECO EAGR RP
08MEXICO152	MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MEXICO768	MEXICO ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] Acting PolCouns stressed with Minister Jose Antonio Zabulguitia, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of the Office of Regional Organizations and Mechanisms in the Americas, the importance the U.S. attached to using the 3/17 OAS Consultations to focus on the future and better address tr [...]	2008-03-14 21:39:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PGOV CO EC MX
08MONTEVIDEO101	NO GOU COMMENT ON CASTRO CONFIRMATION [...] (U) While Raul Castro's confirmation as President of Cuba was reported prominently in the media, as of February 26, the GOU had not made an official statement. Major dailies El Observador, El Pais, and Ultimas Noticias ran columns critical of the Castro "dynasty," and the lack of any move to [...]	2008-02-26 19:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CU UY
08MONTEVIDEO103	MAJOR DRUG SEIZURE NETS INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKERS AND 142 [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The Uruguayan National Police arrested 11 alleged drug traffickers and seized 142 kilos of cocaine in the third significant bust since 2006. The plane used to transport the cocaine was also seized. DEA Buenos Aires-Southern Cone was actively involved in the investigation an [...]	2008-02-28 15:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM UY MX BL BR PA XM XR
08MONTEVIDEO130	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but the problem still exists. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts have met some of these shortfalls. In [...]	2008-03-07 14:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY
08MONTEVIDEO132	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - URUGUAY 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Uruguay made robust efforts to combat trafficking in persons, but still needs help in strengthening its enforcement capabilities. A lack of resources continues to impede existing and new programs against trafficking, but international and USG-funded efforts h [...]	2008-03-10 14:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB UY
08MONTEVIDEO134	URUGUAYAN REACTIONS TO FARC COMMANDER'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOU's balanced response to the killing of FARC secretariat member Raul Reyes by Colombian forces inside Ecuadorian territory was remarkable given the internal and external pressures to side with Ecuador and Venezuela. On March 3, the GOU issued a measured statement calling for [...]	2008-03-10 16:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CO VE EC UY
08MONTEVIDEO14	URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO FORMAL INVITATION FROM SECRETARY RICE [...] (U) Ambassador Baxter delivered reftel invitation to Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining Jorge Lepra and Undersecretary for Industry, Energy and Mining Martin Ponce de Leon via e-mail, with hard copy following via embassy courier, on Tuesday, 8 January. 2. (U) On 9 January, embassy recei [...]	2008-01-10 13:43:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA
08MONTEVIDEO144	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros and Director for the Americas, Laura Dupuy on March 13 and mentioned that the WHA Front Office was intending to reach out directly to Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez in t [...]	2008-03-13 20:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CO EC VE UY
08MONTEVIDEO154	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DPRK [...] On March 24, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Julio Moreira, the MFA's new Deputy Director General for Political Affairs and to Laura Dupuy, the MFA's Americas Desk Director. The officials acknowledged the poor human rights record in North Korea (DPRK) and implied that U [...]	2008-03-24 20:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO155	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RETAINING THE MANDATE OF THE [...] (C) On March 24, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's acting Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and to the MFA's Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. The officials acknowledged that Uruguay had once voted for the UNGA defamation but then abstained [...]	2008-03-25 21:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNHRC UY
08MONTEVIDEO169	URUGUAY LIKELY TO BACK SWING FOR IOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Swing was well-received by the Foreign Minister, Gonzalo Fernandez, and other key GOU officials during his March 27-28 visit. Fernandez confirmed that Uruguay would give the utmost consideration to Ambassador Swing's candidacy. Other key MFA officials were very ple [...]	2008-04-02 19:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM SMIG MARR MOPS UY
08MONTEVIDEO18	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S STATUS IN [...] (C) A/DCM urged Uruguay to recognize Kosovo's independence once it is declared, per reftel instructions. The demarche was delivered on January 15 to the MFA's Director for Multilateral Affairs, Carlos Barros and his Chief of the International Organizations Department, Daniel Pareja. 2. (C) [...]	2008-01-16 13:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU UY
08MONTEVIDEO190	U/S PADILLA "SETS THE TABLE" WITH URUGUAYAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 30-31, Commerce U/S Chris Padilla led the U.S. delegation (along with Commerce, State, USDA and TDA reps) attending the Americas Innovation Forum (AIF) in Punta del Este, Uruguay, the GOU's follow-up to the June 2007 Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta. Over 1,100 [...]	2008-04-09 13:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD UY
08MONTEVIDEO195	URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND [...] (C) On April 4, 2008, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Carlos Barros, following up with a telephone call on April 8. Barros said that the MFA is undergoing a major internal restructuring as the result of the change in Foreign [...]	2008-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC UY
08MONTEVIDEO197	PRESIDENT ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE FILES ON POISON [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Foreign Minister delivered to the Ambassador on April 2 a letter from President Vazquez to President Bush requesting his assistance in the further declassification of USG documents related to the poisoning death of Cecilia Fontana de Heber in September 1978, duri [...]	2008-04-11 13:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO220	URUGUAY DEMARCHED FOR ENDORSEMENT OF STATEMENT OF [...] (U) Polcouns joined representatives from the Embassies of Spain (Charge Maria Teresa Daurella) and the Russian Federation (DCM Dimitri Belov) to deliver subject troika demarche on April 18. The demarche was delivered to the MFA's Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Julio [...]	2008-04-21 20:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PARM PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO223	JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS CONFIRMS COMPROMISE CANDIDATE [...] (U) On April 22, a joint session of the Uruguayan Congress unanimously confirmed Judge Jorge Larrieux as a compromise candidate for the Supreme Court, thereby putting an end to the political turmoil generated by this vacancy (reftel). The vacancy occurred when a Supreme Court Justice reached m [...]	2008-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS KDEM UY
08MONTEVIDEO232	OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY (BLANCOS) POISED FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political observers consider the opposition National Party (Blancos) well-positioned to compete against the governing in the 2009 national elections. The Blancos are polling a close second to the governing Frente Amplio, with 35% and 42% respectively in March. The poll result [...]	2008-04-30 15:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO249	REPORT ON OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS AND [...] (U) Per reftels, please find below a summary of Embassy's outreach and activities over the last year on the President's Freedom Agenda. Context ------- 2. (U) Uruguay is a free and democratic country. A 2007 survey by "the Economist" magazine rated Uruguay as the only country in South Ame [...]	2008-05-05 19:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO266	BANCO DEL SUR: MINISTERS AGREE ON DRAFT CHARTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministers of finance from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela met in Montevideo on April 25 for the fourth Banco del Sur (Bank of the South) ministerial meeting. Argentina did not participate in the meeting following the resignation of its Minister of Economy [...]	2008-05-07 20:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY
08MONTEVIDEO27	VAZQUEZ REELECTION: TARGET OF PROPOSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Talk of President Tabare Vazquez seeking reelection in 2009 has been a central theme in media and political circles in recent weeks. While whispers could be heard as far back as early 2007, the cacophony of voices has increased notably since the start of the New Year. The Urug [...]	2008-01-23 18:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UY
08MONTEVIDEO274	URUGUAY: CUBA SOLIDARITY DAY PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 16:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL CU UY
08MONTEVIDEO275	URUGUAYAN AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA IS UNUSUALLY [...] (U) On May 8, reputed Uruguayan business weekly "Busqueda" reported on remarks, unusually critical of President Chavez, made by Uruguay's Ambassador to Venezuela Geronimo Cardozo to a group of visiting Uruguayan legislators during a gathering at his residence. The group, in Caracas for a sessi [...]	2008-05-09 16:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AR VE UY
08MONTEVIDEO289	URUGUAY: FOLLOW-UP ON PROGRAM FOR DAY OF [...] Embassy Montevideo has arranged for Amherst College Professor and Cuban Affairs expert Javier Corrales to discuss the situation on the island live via telephone in a ten-minute radio interview with Radio Monte Carlo. The program is scheduled for the afternoon of May 21st. Radio Monte Carlo re [...]	2008-05-16 17:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU UY
08MONTEVIDEO300	GOU REPEALS CONTROVERSIAL INCOME TAX ON [...] On May 19, President Vazquez announced that the GOU would repeal the controversial income tax on pensions (reftel),and replace it with an ?Assistance Tax to Social Security? (IASS in Spanish) that will cut taxes for all but the highest levels of pensions. The unexpected decision to repeal t [...]	2008-05-21 16:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI UY
08MONTEVIDEO303	URUGUAY RESERVED ON SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] (C) This telegram responds to reftel action request for information on insights into the views of host government officials on Brazil's proposed South American Defense Council (CSD) initiative prior to the May 23 South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) Summit in Brasilia. 2. (U) Local medi [...]	2008-05-22 17:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO306	URUGUAY'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT'S FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref demarches to Ricardo Nario, MFA Director for International Economic Affairs, on May 22. Nario commented that the GOU is in full agreement on the need for a robust agriculture agreement through Doha. He praised U.S. flexibility in agricultural talks and saw the EU a [...]	2008-05-23 12:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO UY
08MONTEVIDEO308	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 14:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV UY

08MONTEVIDEO313	SAO PAOLO FORUM: ANTI-AMERICAN ASSEMBLY AT IT AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: 844 participants from 35 countries gathered on May 22-25 for the Fourteenth Meeting of the Forum of Sao Paulo (FSP) in Montevideo. The Government of Uruguay (GOU) tried to distance itself. Paraguayan president elect Fernando Lugo was in town but did not attend. The final declar [...]	2008-05-28 19:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO314	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS RESPONSE ON POISONED WINE CASE [...] (C) On May 14, the Ambassador delivered a letter on behalf of President Bush to the Foreign Minister which responds to President Vazquez' earlier request (reftel) for USG cooperation in the release of pertinent documents related to the death of Mrs. Cecilia Fontana de Heber in Uruguay in 1978. Fou [...]	2008-05-28 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO327	URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED [...] Per reftel request, post provides the following information regarding forced and child labor in the production of goods for mandatory congressional reporting requirements. 2. Uruguay has no significant incidence of forced or child labor. Uruguay exports primarily agricultural/raw materials, [...]	2008-05-30 14:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI UY
08MONTEVIDEO34	BOTNIA OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY; ENCE PREPARES TO [...] (SBU) After a turbulent start, Finnish Botnia - the largest foreign investor in Uruguay - celebrated its second month of smooth operations on January 9. The firm is operating at 70% of its capacity and has already exported 148,000 ton of cellulose, worth $112 million, to China and Europe. Th [...]	2008-01-25 14:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL SOCI SENV AR UY
08MONTEVIDEO345	URUGUAY TAKES TIP REPORT IN STRIDE; WANTS TO DO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs provided a copy of the 2008 report and discussed trafficking in persons in separate meetings with the MFA Office of Human Rights, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Education and the Director of Immigration. GOU officials were ready for positive dialog about the report, [...]	2008-06-09 11:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UY
08MONTEVIDEO349	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URUGUAY AGREES THAT HRC NEEDS [...] (SBU) On June 10, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Alejandra de Bellis. She said the GOU was disappointed in the USG decision not to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),and that it preferred to pursue reform and improve human rights from w [...]	2008-06-11 17:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UY
08MONTEVIDEO356	URUGUAY CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE STRONG ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: Uruguay continued to experience exceptional economic growth in the first quarter of 2008, fostered by robust consumer spending, high commodity prices and the start-up of operations by Botnia's giant paper pulp mill. Over the past couple of months, Economy Minister Danilo Astori and Ce [...]	2008-06-16 19:17:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD UY
08MONTEVIDEO365	SECURITY PLANNING FOR MONTEVIDEO JULY 4 [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC to discuss the security for our planned 4th of July events. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL, and RAO. There is no known country-specific or regional terrorist threat in Uruguay at this time. 2. (SBU) Both of our July 4th functions [...]	2008-06-24 19:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER CASC
08MONTEVIDEO393	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MAJOR ISSUES AT UNIVERSAL [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (MFA) Maria del Carmen Menoni Ocampo, and Uruguayan Communication Services Regulatory Unit's (URSEC) Dr. Carol Dolinkas, on July 3. 2. (U) The MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs accepted the diplomatic note and m [...]	2008-07-11 14:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO UY
08MONTEVIDEO394	BACHELET'S VISIT TO URUGUAY MARKS CLOSER [...] (SBU) Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's visit to Uruguay on July 7-8 highlighted Chile and Uruguay's shared trade interests and vision for South America. The short visit was well-received by the Uruguayan media and public, and underscored the countries' like-mindedness in politics and trad [...]	2008-07-11 19:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD CI UY
08MONTEVIDEO395	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Director general for Political Affairs Enrique Fischer told Ambassador that the situation in Kosovo today was the result of many historical decisions in which Uruguay did not participate, and that Uruguay preferred the issue of recognition of Kosovo be h [...]	2008-07-11 20:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV UY
08MONTEVIDEO400	MAJOR PDVSA PROJECTS FALL APART, BUT VENEZUELA COMMERCIALLY [...] (SBU) German Riet, Vice President of Uruguay's state-owned oil company ANCAP, updated emboffs on the status of ANCAP4s business with Venezuelan oil company PDVSA on July 8. His comments, on the margins of a meeting with U/S Dobriansky to discuss bio fuels, emphasized that while some high profi [...]	2008-07-15 12:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ARG VZ UY
08MONTEVIDEO404	VERY LITTLE ANTI-SEMITISM IN URUGUAY, BUT NEED FOR [...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...]	2008-07-15 16:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UY
08MONTEVIDEO417	DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 FARM BILL FOOD [...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Leonardo de Leon, President of Uruguay's state-owned sugar producer (ALUR) to inquire about Uruguay's plans to use its TRQ by September 30, per request in ref A. 2. (SBU) De Leon explained that the TRQ remains very important to ALUR but that during recent years they h [...]	2008-07-22 17:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR UY
08MONTEVIDEO422	PRESS ALLEGES "CIA" TIES WITH URUGUAYAN-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) On July 24, the leftist weekly Brecha published an investigative article asserting that former Uruguayan police photographer, Nelson Bardesio Marzoa, was now living in Argentina and had entered the country in June 2006 with a U.S. passport. The article asserts that Bardesio was abducted [...]	2008-07-24 22:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PREL CASC AR UY
08MONTEVIDEO43	URUGUAY RESPONSE: S/CT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 15:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ASEC PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN UY
08MONTEVIDEO432	DEMARCHE ON KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE FARC DELIVERED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Nelson Fernandez, Secretary General of the MFA on July 23. Fernandez did not offer an immediate response (preferring to discuss the issue with FM Gonzalo Fernandez) but confirmed that the GOU was interested in avoiding a situation in Colombia whe [...]	2008-07-29 17:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PREL CO UY
08MONTEVIDEO436	REQUEST FOR WAIVER FOR NEW SURVEILLANCE DETECTION [...] (S) The new SD command post is 1.5 kilometers from the Chancery. It is a one-story row house with a two-car garage and office space. It is being renovated, but the landlord is installing grillwork, privacy screening, emergency exit, and substantial doors/locks. The RSO has inspected the pr [...]	2008-07-31 17:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC ABLD
08MONTEVIDEO438	URUGUAY'S ATTENDANCE PLANS FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 15 and 24, poloff contacted the MFA's Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Elsa Borges, and Third Secretary in the Department of International Organizations, Maria Fernanda Garcia regarding reftel. The MFA was unable to officially confirm the attendance or travel pla [...]	2008-08-01 19:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MONTEVIDEO444	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS - AUG 7-9 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit on August 7-9 comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government, which won elections for the first time at the end of 2004. President Vazquez steers a moderate course which includes act [...]	2008-08-05 19:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON UY
08MONTEVIDEO445	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS (OR MEMBERS) OF THE [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records and local agency records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following personnel of the Uruguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assista [...]	2008-08-06 14:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS UY
08MONTEVIDEO449	URUGUAY,S ANTI-DRUG CHIEF RECOUNTS SUCCESSES, [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Ambassador Baxter met August 6 with Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and President of the Counter-narcotics commission Jorge Luis Vazquez to discuss options for a [...]	2008-08-08 10:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PINR PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO454	URUGUAY AT THE VIII DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE [...] (C) Reftel asked WHA posts to report on host country attendees, objectives, and relevant issues for the VIII Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA),scheduled for September 2-6 in Alberta, Canada. The following information was obtained by Embassy's DAO, which is forwarding a more detailed [...]	2008-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO46	URUGUAY REPORTER FOR TRIPWIRE REPORTING AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 18:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR
08MONTEVIDEO463	DUE DILIGENCE FOR URUGUAY'S NOMINATION FOR THE [...] Post has reviewed its May 2008 nomination for the Secretary,s Corporate Excellence Award and is confident that Weyerhaeuser remains an ideal candidate (ref A). Weyerhaeuser has created a strong and consistent reputation in Uruguay for economic transformation, social responsibility and best pra [...]	2008-08-15 19:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ELAB UY
08MONTEVIDEO469	MERCOSUR'S PARLIAMENT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Rosinha, President of the MERCOSUR Parliament, wrote to Ambassador Baxter on July 30 to convey the text of the declaration of the MERCOSUR Parliament voicing disapproval of the reactivation of the Fourth Fleet. As in this case, the Uruguayan delegates to the Mercosur Parliam [...]	2008-08-18 18:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP UY
08MONTEVIDEO470	VENEZUELAN FM PLEDGES IMMEDIATE TARIFF CUTS FOR [...] (U) During a brief visit to Uruguay, Venezuelan FM Maduro announced August 18 that 214 Uruguayan products -- representing around 60 percent of Uruguayan exports to Venezuela -- would be granted duty-free entry into Venezuela effective immediately. Uruguay's trade with Venezuela has increased [...]	2008-08-19 17:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD VZ UY
08MONTEVIDEO479	URUGUAY'S MILITARY ENHANCES ITS INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) There has been a significant increase in Uruguay-U.S. military cooperation since the Cabinet shake up on March 1. The Uruguayan Navy is participating for the second year running in the PANAMAX exercise August 11-22, 2008. U.S. SOUTHCOM provided critical support by providing USD 573,000 to [...]	2008-08-22 18:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MASS PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO486	ILEA LATIN AMERICA - STUDENT SELECTION: SENIOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 17:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08MONTEVIDEO488	URUGUAY: NO RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Emboff passed Ref A & B points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca on August 22 and 26, respectively. Malmierca noted that Uruguay had issued a public statement August 14 deploring the use of violence in Georgia and calling for a peaceful solution that respects the principles [...]	2008-08-27 17:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UY
08MONTEVIDEO489	URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON'S SEPT 6-8 [...] This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit on September 6-8 comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay. President Vazquez steers a moderate course that includes active e [...]	2008-08-27 18:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UY
08MONTEVIDEO49	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The spring 2008 Security Environmental Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and EAC concern over a very porous border. The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between Uruguay and the U.S., and the visit of POTUS/SECSTATE in March 200 [...]	2008-02-01 13:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER UY
08MONTEVIDEO494	URUGUAY: NO DECISION YET ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca told Emboff September 2 that Uruguay has not yet decided how it will respond to Serbia's proposal to refer the question of the lawfulness of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion. Ur [...]	2008-09-02 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNGA KV UY
08MONTEVIDEO504	URUGUAY ON U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES IN UNGA'S [...] (C) Emboff raised reftel points with MFA Director of Human Rights Alejandra de Bellis September 4. De Bellis said that Uruguay would oppose any "no-action motions" raised in the Third Committee; would likely support country specific resolutions against Burma, the DPRK, Zimbabwe, Sudan, but wo [...]	2008-09-04 19:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UY
08MONTEVIDEO505	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH URUGUAYAN FM FERNANDEZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 16:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CJAN TBIO GG UY
08MONTEVIDEO512	URUGUAY'S PARTICIPATION AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] Uruguay's Head of State, President Dr. Tabare Vazquez, will not attend. 2. Attendance of the Foreign Minister: Uruguay's Foreign Minister, Gonzalo Fernandez, will lead the Uruguayan delegation to the 63rd UNGA. He will be traveling without his wife, and will require interpretation in Spa [...]	2008-09-10 14:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA UY
08MONTEVIDEO515	SUCCESSFUL EXTRADITION TO URUGUAY OF JUAN PEIRANO [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) The extradition from the U.S. of Uruguayan fugitive Juan Peirano Basso was successfully concluded September 10. The financial implosion of businesses controlled by Juan [...]	2008-09-11 18:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CFED SOCI KCRM UY
08MONTEVIDEO534	URUGUAY'S TAKE ON PNG DECLARATIONS OF U.S. [...] (C) DCM made reftel points to MFA Secretary General Ambassador Nelson Fernandez September 17. Fernandez acknowledged the U.S.'s positive regional agenda, and expressed regret over the persona non grata designations of our ambassadors to Bolivia and Venezuela. Looking for a bright side, Ferna [...]	2008-09-18 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC UY
08MONTEVIDEO535	BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEFS MERCOSUR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (U) Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim outlined Brazil's vision for a South American Defense Council (CODESUR) for Mercosur's parliament September 16 in Montevideo. CODE [...]	2008-09-18 18:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MCAP PINS UY
08MONTEVIDEO539	SOLID ECONOMIC TEAM TAKES OVER MINISTRY OF ECONOMY [...] (U) On September 18, Alvaro Garcia replaced Danilo Astori as Uruguay's Minister of Economy and Finance, allowing Astori to begin in earnest his campaign for the Presidency. In his market-friendly inaugural speech, Garcia committed to continue sound macro policies and fight inflationary pressur [...]	2008-09-19 16:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PINR UY
08MONTEVIDEO543	URUGUAYAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 24 HAITI KEY [...] Uruguay will be represented at the September 24 Haiti Key Players meeting by MFA Director General for Political Affairs Ambassador Enrique Fischer. The Uruguayan MFA has been made aware of the shift in timing to 16:00 from 16:40. 2. MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Juli [...]	2008-09-22 15:24:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL UNGA HA UY
08MONTEVIDEO561	URUGUAY INCLINED TO SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Emboff made Ref (A) points October 6 to MFA Europe director Minister Alvaro Malmierca, who said Uruguay is inclined to support Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice. Malmierca noted that Uruguay has no real i [...]	2008-10-07 16:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNGA KV UY
08MONTEVIDEO569	EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO BRIEFS URUGUAY'S [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Following up the September 25th signing of a bilateral Letter of Agreement, Embassy Montevideo's interagency counter-narcotics team met October 7 with Uruguay's Counter- [...]	2008-10-10 10:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PINR PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO583	GOU CONCERNS ABOUT GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS; WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Remembering well their own devastating economic crisis of 2002, the GOU is anxiously watching how the current worldwide financial crisis will affect the previously booming Uruguayan economy. The country is in a better position than before, but vulnerabilities remain. In the fir [...]	2008-10-17 13:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV UY
08MONTEVIDEO586	SCENESETTER FOR TRIP TO URUGUAY OF DASD STEPHEN JOHNSON AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government. Our areas of focus include trade, [...]	2008-10-23 08:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON UY
08MONTEVIDEO587	SCENESETTER FOR TRIP TO URUGUAY OF DASD STEPHEN JOHNSON AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government. Our areas of focus include trade, [...]	2008-10-23 09:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON UY
08MONTEVIDEO595	SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE 233RD USMC BIRTHDAY [...] (SBU) On 28 October, 2008, U.S. Embassy Montevideo convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review and discuss the security preparations for the 233rd U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Birthday Ball. EAC participants included DCM, RSO, MGMT, MSG, and ESC. RSO reviewed the security preparati [...]	2008-10-29 15:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KMSG UY
08MONTEVIDEO596	SECURITY PREPARATIONS FOR THE ELECTION NIGHT EVENT [...] (SBU) On October 28, 2008, U.S. Embassy Montevideo convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review and discuss the security preparations for the election night event to be held at the COMR. EAC participants included DCM, RSO, MGMT, MSG, and ESC. RSO reviewed the security preparatio [...]	2008-10-29 15:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT UY
08MONTEVIDEO597	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF URUGUAYAN FORCES [...] Rank: Mayor (GC) Name: Gabarrot Gabarrot, Oscar Omar DOB: 8/12/1965 ID: 3.050.962-4 2. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Botto Lemos, Martin Jose DOB: 7/08/1960 ID: 2.818.474-9 3. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Munoz Pineiro, Hector DOB: 11/09/19 [...]	2008-10-29 15:42:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ILEA ASEC DS IP WHA
08MONTEVIDEO626	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 16:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP UY
08MONTEVIDEO627	Uruguayan Economists Weigh In on Global Crisis [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguayan economists expect the global financial crisis, lower commodity prices and economic slowdown to slow growth in Uruguay to an anemic 1-3% in 2009. Despite this, observers believe the GOU is in a good position to weather the downturn, with government spending financed t [...]	2008-11-10 13:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV UY
08MONTEVIDEO649	WHA DAS MCMULLEN STRESSES VALUE OF BILATERAL [...] (U) The October 27-30 visit of WHA DAS Christopher McMullen to Uruguay reaffirmed to the GOU and ordinary Uruguayans the importance of the U.S.-Uruguay bilateral relationship. McMullen came to Uruguay accompanying DOD DAS for Western Hemisphere Affairs Stephen Johnson, who was following up a [...]	2008-11-18 11:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR UY
08MONTEVIDEO65	FRENTE AMPLIO DELIVERS HEALTHCARE REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 15:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV ECON UY
08MONTEVIDEO666	AN URUGUAYAN REACTION TO THE EXPULSION OF DEA FROM [...] (C) Ambassador Baxter made reftel points November 28 to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidency and head of Uruguay's drug-fighting agency (JND) Jorge Vazquez. Vazquez agreed that the possibility of an increase in the flow of drugs from Bolivia is a concern, and said he hopes to continue to wo [...]	2008-12-01 14:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL UY
08MONTEVIDEO679	URUGUAYAN ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay will hold presidential elections in October 2009, and its campaign season has begun. This cable offers a brief explanation of the electoral process and introduces the li [...]	2008-12-08 12:17:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
08MONTEVIDEO68	VAZQUEZ ANNOUNCES A MAJOR CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) Summary: President Vasquez announced a major cabinet reshuffle in a February 11 televised address. His long-anticipated changes began in earnest when he convoked several ministers to his residence over the weekend to inform them of their departure. The current Ministers of Foreign Affai [...]	2008-02-12 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR EAGR ETRD UY
08MONTEVIDEO685	URUGUAY SUFFERING FROM DROUGHT, FIRES [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution Summary - - - - 2. (U) Uruguay is currently experiencing a severe drought that is affecting its dairy and beef industries and causing forest fires and human suffering in certain areas due to unavailabilit [...]	2008-12-11 11:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI UY
08MONTEVIDEO696	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In preparation for the upcoming holiday season AmEmbassy Montevideo convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, PAO, POL, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason to believe there is a terrorist threat to soft targets in Uruguay. EAC will continue to [...]	2008-12-12 16:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY
08MONTEVIDEO697	AN OPTIMISTIC GOU PASSES STIMULUS PACKAGE TO SUPPORT THE [...] The GOU's economic team, composed of Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia, Central Bank President Mario Bergara and Director of Planning and Budget Enrique Rubio presented its economic policy guidelines for 2009 to a large business audience on December 3. Official 2009 economic projections include [...]	2008-12-12 16:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV UY
08MONTEVIDEO704	FRENTE AMPLIO CONGRESS FAILS TO CHOOSE OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 13-14 Frente Amplio (FA) party congress designated Former Agriculture Minister and ex-Tupamaro guerrilla, Jose Mujica, as the coalition's official nominee, while still allowing the remaining candidates to compete in internal elections (primaries) in June. The Congr [...]	2008-12-16 16:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO708	URUGUAY: PLANNED PARTICIPATION IN MARCH 2009 [...] Per reftel request, embassy Montevideo provides notification of Uruguay's intent to send candidates to the March 9-20, 2009 G/TIP & INL course, "Trafficking in Persons for Law Enforcement Professionals", to be held at ILEA Regional Training Center in Lima, Peru. Embassy is in the process of id [...]	2008-12-19 17:49:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM
08MONTEVIDEO709	EDUCATION REFORM LEGISLATION DIVIDES FRENTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The governing Frente Amplio party (FA; "Broad Front") proposed legislation to restructure Uruguay's public education system at all levels, seeking to fulfill its campaign promise to modernize the system and make it more accountable. The bill was approved in the Chamber of Deputi [...]	2008-12-19 17:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ELAB UY
08MONTEVIDEO716	URUGUAY PREPARING FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW BY [...] (U) On December 16 and 17, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Laura Dupuy and President of Amnesty International Marisa Ruiz. Both parties reported wide-spread awareness of the May review. The MFA indicated that they are currently compiling their submission. [...]	2008-12-23 15:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UNHRC UY
08MONTEVIDEO721	Uruguay: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The level of cooperation and intelligence sharing on counterterrorism related issues greatly improved in 2008, especially at the working level where officers in law enforcement and security services recognized the importance of conducting proactive investigations, sharing intelligence with the [...]	2008-12-29 17:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC UY
08MONTEVIDEO726	URUGYAY TO BE FOUNDING MEMBER OF IRENA [...] Minister of Industry, Energy, and Mining Daniel Martinez announced to the press on December 29 that Uruguay will participate in the launching of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Both the Minister and National Director of Energy Ramon Mendez will travel to Bonn, marking Urugu [...]	2008-12-31 13:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV UY
08MONTEVIDEO75	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) A/POL Chief delivered reftel points on February 14 to MFA Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy. Dupuy confirmed that Uruguay would participate in the Olso Process following up on its participation in the regional meeting held in Costa Rica in September 2007. In addition to the other poi [...]	2008-02-14 16:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN UY
08MONTEVIDEO76	KOSOVO: EARLY RECOGNITION UNLIKELY [...] (C) The MFA's Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy told A/POL Chief that Uruguay would be unlikely to make a quick decision to recognize Kosovo, especially in light of the current transition at MFA before the new Foreign Minister takes the helm on March 1 (ref A). If Kosovo declares independe [...]	2008-02-14 17:43:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI UY
08MONTEVIDEO82	URUGUAY PLANTS VENEZUELAN FLAG IN ANTARCTICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Colorado Party joined forces with Frente Amplio (FA) deputies to approve a Venezuela-sponsored joint expedition to Antarctica that departed Montevideo this week. According to GOU officials, Venezuela aims to become a full consultative party to the Antarctic Tre [...]	2008-02-19 19:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY VZ UY
08MONTEVIDEO83	URUGUAY ON U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S [...] (C) On February 19, the Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Maria "Belela" Herrera, Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo and Political Advisor Federico Gomensoro. (Note: Embassy consciously chose not to meet with the anti-American Foreign Minister R [...]	2008-02-20 17:19:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KVPR UNMIK UN YI EU UY
08MONTEVIDEO92	IOM PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-FUNDED PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: IOM proposed a third-phase of its successful previous G/TIP-funded projects. The Embassy fully endorses the proposal, which is summarized in this cable. The GOU has also emphasized its support for continued cooperation in this vital area. Post submitted the full proposal with [...]	2008-02-22 14:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB KTIP EINV SOCI UY
08MONTREAL59	ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...]	2008-03-05 19:54:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX
08MUSCAT877	OMANI MFA PRE-BRIEF OF GCC SUMMIT AGENDA AND ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) briefed the diplomatic corps December 27 on the agenda for the December 29-30 GCC Summit. The agenda combines old, well-known issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf common market along with newer i [...]	2008-12-28 12:55:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PTER IR MU
08NEWDELHI2367	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on September 2 to discuss upcoming high level bilateral meetings, including the President-Prime Minister meeting on September 25 and the CEO Forum scheduled for October 14. In addition, the Ambassador [...]	2008-09-04 00:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON EDU EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC IN KNNP
08OTTAWA1068	CDMA 2008: CANADA TO HIGHLIGHT NEW FOCUS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Canada will highlight its renewed focus on the Americas at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) 2008 in Banff, September 2-6. Canadian officials look forward to a robust U.S. presence at the CDMA and want to collaborate with the U.S. to ensure that the Dec [...]	2008-08-12 11:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA889	CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...]	2008-06-30 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN
08PARIS141	FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2008-01-28 14:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
08PORTAUPRINCE114	SRSG ANNABI ON MINUSTAH'S EXPANDED MANDATE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. During the past week, UN SRSG Hedi Annabi has outlined MINUSTAH's priorities for 2008 and his key objectives. Consistent with the broader MINUSTAH mandate approved in UNSCR 1780, the organization has moved swiftly to address border issues, deploying MINUSTAH forces at [...]	2008-01-23 19:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL HA UN KPKO
08PORTAUPRINCE1251	HAITI: HANNA STORM SITUATION REPORT 5 [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince created an internal working group September 3 to monitor the impact of severe flooding and damage in several Haitian cities, caused by Tropical Storms Gustav and Hanna, and to discuss the status of relief efforts. Gonaives in the Artibonite regional (populati [...]	2008-09-05 20:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE544	COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE A SECOND DAY WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MINUSTAH and Haitian government sources report April 4 that protests in Les Cayes are continuing for a second day at reduced but still potent levels. They warn that there is a strong possibility these demonstrations will last throughout the weekend. There have been no further [...]	2008-04-04 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA ECON CASC ASEC
08PORTOFSPAIN288	WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on June 25 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The FM briefed Kelly on the visit of a large PRC delegation, discussing a $400 million aluminum smelter loan the GOTT was receiving and China's role in helping T&T rea [...]	2008-07-01 12:19:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD
08PRETORIA1584	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 20, 2008 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 8, issue 29 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - OECD Thinks SAG Is too Dominant in Economy - ANC Will Keep Inflation Targeting - Crime Crippling Small Business - SADC to Launch Free Tra [...]	2008-07-21 06:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
08QUITO197	SUBJECT: ECUADOR LOOKING TO TERMINATE INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador will attempt to negotiate early termination of its bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with nine small countries, according to the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Trade. In the interim, all of Ecuador's BITs remain in force. In response to the Foreign Minister's [...]	2008-02-28 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EC
08QUITO427	ECUADOR PLANS TO REORGANIZE TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from the successful renegotiation of its two private mobile phone concessions, the government of Ecuador is planning the possible reorganization of its telecom sector, including the eventual creation of a telecommunications ministry and consolidation of Ecuador's three s [...]	2008-05-13 22:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EC
08QUITO439	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: APRIL INFLATION; BANK OF THE SOUTH; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Intervention of Banking Cooperative ----------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 7, the Superintendent of Banks announced that Mutualista Benalcaz [...]	2008-05-15 19:21:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD EINV EC
08QUITO459	ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION CASES; IDB LOANS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Two New Oil Arbitration Cases --------------------------- 2. (U) Ecuadorian press reported that French petroleum company Perenco and its U.S. partner, [...]	2008-05-27 17:05:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EC
08ROME126	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...]	2008-01-29 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
08SANSALVADOR1209	HIGH GOES EXPECTATIONS FOR IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: El Salvador will host the 2008 Ibero-American Summit October 29-31. All 21 participating countries, except Uruguay, have confirmed their attendance. The theme of the conference will be "Youth and Development" and the GOES expects the summit to produce a consensus declaration a [...]	2008-10-21 21:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AORC ES
08SANSALVADOR1333	PORT DEVELOPMENT DELAYED AS CONSTRUCTION OF LA UNION PORT NEARS COMPLETION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ES EWWT
08SANTIAGO1085	UNASUR AGENDA: REPORT ON BOLIVIAN KILLINGS, [...] (U) On December 16, leaders from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet in Bahia de Salvador, Brazil on the margins of the MERCOSUR meeting in the same city. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, acting in her capacity as UNASUR President Pro Tempore, will chair the meeting. [...]	2008-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER MARR CI BL BR
08SANTIAGO1098	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 13-15 [...] All dailies highlighted the Christian Democrats (DC) proclaiming Eduardo Frei as their presidential candidate as well as the UDI endorsement of Sebastian Piera as the Alianza candidate in the 2009 electoral race. Other headlines highlighted concerns over the effect of declining copper prices [...]	2008-12-15 19:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1149	EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, PINOCHET-ERA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although General Augusto Pinochet stepped down as President in 1990 and died two years ago, Chile continues to struggle with his legacy. Successive Concertacion governments were cautious about launching investigations into abuses committed under Pinochet's rule, and Chile's j [...]	2008-12-24 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV XR
08SANTIAGO453	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO454	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV
08SANTIAGO741	CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR PEACE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean military personnel who have been nominated to participate [...]	2008-08-13 18:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO851	UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...]	2008-09-17 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO891	CHILE'S UNASUR DESIGNEE ON BOLIVIA CRISIS PROVIDES [...] (C) According to Chile,s UNASUR representative Juan Gabriel Valdes, UNASUR's role in helping resolve Bolivia's political crisis remains unclear, although it appears Morales wants UNASUR present and prepared to intervene should tensions escalate. Talks in Bolivia are focused on two technical a [...]	2008-10-03 17:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO893	CHILE: OPPOSITION LEADER LOOKS FOR INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Andres Allamand, a founding member of the National Renewal (RN) center-right political party, told Ambassador the opposition hopes to improve its performance in municipal elections on October 29, but an outright victory is out of reach. Instead, the opposition Alianza c [...]	2008-10-06 14:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI CO XM
08SANTIAGO982	FORMER CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CORBO [...] (C) Vittorio Corbo told Ambassador Simons October 30 he is confident Chile can withstand the global financial crisis, although there will be a significant impact on the real economy. The Central Bank had built up reserves that could act as a cushion, foreign denominated debt was low, and the [...]	2008-11-04 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI XR
08SAOPAULO247	BRAZIL AWARDED INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprising move, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) upgraded Brazil's foreign currency sovereign credit rating to investment grade on April 30. Financial analysts had widely speculated that Brazil might earn the upgrade later in 2008, but S&P surprised analys [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO497	BRAZIL FOREIGN POLICY: INTERESTS VS. IDEOLOGY, AND MAYBE [...] (SBU) A significant number of academics and international relations consultants in Sao Paulo are frustrated with Brazil's current foreign policy. In their view, left-wing elements in both the Workers Party (PT) and in the Foreign Ministry put ideology ahead of national interest. The critics [...]	2008-09-23 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	BR

08SAOPAULO683	UN WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, SAO PAULO, NOVEMBER [...] (U)Summary: The UN Workshop on UNSCR 1540 Implementation held in Sao Paulo on November 24-28, 2008, was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Brazil with funding by the European Union and the Governments of Norway and the United Sta [...]	2008-12-23 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP BR
08SAOPAULO687	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit, and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as well as the answers to the r [...]	2008-12-29 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08SEOUL2177	MOFAT-WHA CONSULTATIONS: ROK'S EXPANDING TIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korea is actively expanding ties with Latin America through trade, investment, overseas development assistance and high-level engagement, according to ROK Foreign Ministry officials who met with WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon on October 15 for consultations. The Ministry's Lati [...]	2008-11-06 22:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ETRD SK BR BL CU CI MX PE
08STATE105127	REQUEST FOR HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE BY [...] This is an action request for the Ambassador or Charge. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. To seek tangible improvements in UNGA voting by Uruguay as part of a targeted effort to engage 17 friendly countries whose UNGA voting records vary sharply from their close relations with the United States. [...]	2008-10-01 22:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA UY
08STATE110066	REQUEST FOR HIGH-LEVEL PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Prior to the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. sought PSI endorsements from as many countries around the world as possible (refs A and B). While Uruguay did not respond to that U.S. call (or to Canada's outreach efforts),Uruguayan [...]	2008-10-15 14:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UY
08STATE114820	DEMARCHE REQUEST: CHINESE LAUNCH OF VENEZUELAN [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Venezuela is planning to operate a satellite that may create significant interference problems for two U.S.-licensed satellite operators, SES Americom and Intelsat. The satellite, known both as Venesat-1 and Simon Boliva [...]	2008-10-28 19:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TSPA KSCA CH
08STATE115948	PSI: OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP MEETING IN PARIS, [...] The seventeenth Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting took place in Paris, France on September 25-26, 2008. Delegations from the 20 OEG countries participated. Information contained in this cable is provided for Posts' information and is not to be pas [...]	2008-10-30 19:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
08STATE123081	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]	2008-11-20 01:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE12905	WTO DEMARCHE REQUEST - U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Action Request: In coordination with European Commission representation, Post is requested to approach host government at the Econ Counselor or other appropriate level and seek co-sponsorship of a joint U.S./ European Communities (EC) propo [...]	2008-02-07 18:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON
08STATE132759	PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...]	2008-12-19 03:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08STATE2033	VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...]	2008-01-08 20:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08STATE22040	OAS NOTES 03/03/07 [...] (U) Summary: This message is a regular report regarding current Organization of American States (OAS) issues that may be of interest to overseas posts and domestic agencies. The purpose of these roundup cables is to inform posts of otherwise unreported developments in the inter-American syste [...]	2008-03-04 17:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OAS ECON ENRG EWWT
08STATE25671	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE: OAS RESOLUTION 930 [...] (C) Summary. The OAS Permanent Council approved Resolution 930 on March 5 regarding the Colombia-Ecuador dispute stemming from the Colombian attack on a FARC camp on the Ecuadorian border on March 1. Resolution 930 reaffirmed the inviolability of national sovereignty, established a commissio [...]	2008-03-12 12:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO EC
08STATE2731	PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...]	2008-01-09 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX
08STATE27603	WTO DEMARCHE REQUEST - U.S./EC TEXTILES, APPAREL, [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Action Request: In coordination with European Commission representation, Post is requested to approach host government at the Econ Counselor or other appropriate level and seek co-sponsorship of a joint U.S./ European Communities (EC) propo [...]	2008-03-17 15:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON SF
08STATE29766	URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The U.S. is hosting two events in Washington on May 28-29, 2008 on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). First announced by President Bush at Krakow, Poland, this initiative is one of the hallmarks of the Administration's e [...]	2008-03-21 17:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE3573	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050079084 for the export of rifles to Uruguay. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...]	2008-01-11 20:04:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UY
08STATE50792	DEMARCHE REQUEST - RELEASE OF JAPANESE RICE STOCKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Japan currently holds stocks of approximately 2.4 million metric tons (MT) of rice, of which 1.5 million MT was imported to fulfill its Uruguay Round Minimum Market Access requirements (MMA). Under its MMA obligations, Japan is [...]	2008-05-13 20:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EAGR ECON ETRD JA
08STATE51535	MEETING ON JAPAN'S RICE STOCKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. This cable supersedes guidance provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) Administrator Yost met with Embassy of Japan Economic Minister and Acting DCM Yokoi on May 14, 2008 to d [...]	2008-05-14 23:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EAID JA
08STATE60269	REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]	2008-06-04 22:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE60525	REPORT OF THE SECOND GNEP STEERING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Second Steering Group Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) was held in Jordan on May 14-15, 2008, hosted by the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and chaired by the United States. The meeting was attended by approximately 105 representatives of 28 countries ( [...]	2008-06-05 15:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
08STATE63666	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (U) The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held its Seventh Regular Meeting of Subscribing States on May 29-30, 2008, at the Vienna International Center (VIC),in Vienna, Austria. 75 of 130 Subscribing States registered for the meeting. Many Subscribing St [...]	2008-06-12 20:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE64660	38TH OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COLOMBIA SCORES A WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 38th OAS Regular General Assembly, held June 1-3 in Medellin, Colombia, focused positive international attention on the Colombian Government's progress in restoring "Democratic Security" in previously-violent areas and helped promote regional support for Colombia's efforts [...]	2008-06-16 18:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PREL PHUM ETRD CO
08STATE64684	38TH OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COLOMBIA SCORES A WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 38th OAS Regular General Assembly, held June 1-3 in Medellin, Colombia, focused positive international attention on the Colombian Government's progress in restoring "Democratic Security" in previously-violent areas and helped promote regional support for Colombia's efforts a [...]	2008-06-16 19:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PREL PHUM ETRD CO
08STATE93970	LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...]	2008-09-02 23:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO
08TEGUCIGALPA1073	PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF HONDURAN PRIMARIES: LOBO [...] (C) Summary. Honduran voters from the two main parties (National and Liberal) went to the polls November 30 to elect the candidates from their respective parties. The election process was smoothly run, with all observers and the press describing them as a clear success. At this point, they a [...]	2008-12-01 02:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV SOCI EFIN EAID HO
08TEGUCIGALPA57	OIL FOR MILK: CHAVEZ PUSHES PETROCARIBE, BUT [...] (C) In a whirlwind eight-hour visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez spoke at length about Latin American history and unity and Petrocaribe. He forgave USD 30 million in Honduran debt (after having refused to join other creditor countries to do so in 2005),but did not "sign" any Petrocaribe [...]	2008-01-17 21:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KDEM VE HO
08TEGUCIGALPA789	HONDURAS SIGNS ON TO "BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE" [...] (U) Summary: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya signed on to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for America (ALBA) on August 25 at a lavish event attended by VIPs from other ALBA countries and a paid crowd of approximately 40,000 people. The day of speeches failed to shed much new light on what Ze [...]	2008-08-26 14:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD HO KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL
08TELAVIV548	EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08THEHAGUE420	CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING [...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...]	2008-05-16 15:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE449	CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND [...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...]	2008-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE984	CWC: SCENESETTER FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (U) Meetings continued apace in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP),without any significant progress on the budget or other CSP issues. The budget consultations remain in the same deadlock reached at the Executive Council (EC) in October, with the key difference remain [...]	2008-11-26 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08TOKYO1134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1220	JAPANESE RICE STOCKS AND FOOD AID [...] (U) Japan is sensitive to emerging world rice shortages and spiking prices and has announced plans to contribute $100 million in food aid over the next three months. So far, however, the GOJ has indicated it will not release minimum access stocks that it has imported under its Uruguay Round [...]	2008-05-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON JA
08TOKYO1233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1367	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1447	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1448	PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) As requested in refs, EMIN met with Japanese Foreign Ministry Director General Yoichi Otabe May 22 and delivered the points reinforcing those made in the President's food policy security address and also regarding the important role agbiotech needs to be allowed to play in increasing agri [...]	2008-05-27 22:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD TBIO EAID PREL JA
08TOKYO1817	TOKYO SCENESETTER FOR USTR SCHWAB [...] (C) Our economic engagement with Japan remains less than it should be given that Japan is our fourth largest trading partner with over USD 700 million in goods and services trade flowing each day between our two countries. However, while "trade disputes" may no longer be the first phrase th [...]	2008-07-02 09:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO1962	JAPANESE THINKING ON UPCOMING WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI) DG for Multilateral Trade Ogawa met with EMIN July 15 to outline thoughts on the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting on the Doha Development Agenda. Ogawa argued the U.S. and EU need to help establish a positive tone at the start if th [...]	2008-07-15 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD JA PREL WTRO
08TOKYO1988	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2006	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2107	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/31/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3137	JAPAN -- 2009 DRAFT NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD JA KIPR
08UNVIEVIENNA545	IAEA/BOG: OCTOBER SESSION APPROVES DG ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 11:29:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNPP MNUC PREL UN
08UNVIEVIENNA546	IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3 [...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...]	2008-10-09 14:38:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA83	IDENTIFYING SENIOR AMCITS AT IAEA AND OTHER [...] (C) Per ref A, Mission has identified senior level positions (Director-level and above) at the IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna that are critical to U.S. interests. At the IAEA, AmCits hold the senior-most of six Deputy Director General (DDG) positions, and three of 19 ava [...]	2008-02-12 16:18:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER IAEA
08USUNNEWYORK1019	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...]	2008-11-05 13:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1030	UNGA VOTES FOR COOPERATION WITH PREPCOM, OTHER [...] The UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered on November 3 its agenda item on UN cooperation with other international organizations, and passed five resolutions by consensus and one voted text calling for cooperation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty O [...]	2008-11-06 19:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OARC KNNP KISL
08USUNNEWYORK1061	UNGA/C-6: UNGA'S SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] SUMMARY: The 63rd UNGA Sixth committee held its debate on agenda item 73, "Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission," on October 10. Many delegations supported the UN zero tolerance policy with respect to serious crimes committed by its officials and experts [...]	2008-11-12 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1094	UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...]	2008-11-19 22:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1115	UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part two of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 29-30. The discussion in part two included Chapter 6, "Reservations to Treaties;" Chapter 7 "Responsibility of International Organizations;" [...]	2008-11-26 16:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1197	UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...]	2008-12-22 18:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
08USUNNEWYORK859	SHARP DEBATE ON UKRAINE MARKS UN GENERAL COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 17 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 63rd UNGA, which opened September 16, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. There were no votes in the General Committee, but several controversial items were deferred for fut [...]	2008-09-22 23:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CH TW
08USUNNEWYORK883	UN GENERAL DEBATE: RUSSIA, NORTH KOREA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 27 continued discussing the food, energy and financial crises; United Nations democratization; terrorism; and regional conflict resolution. Russia defended its actions in Georgia with a criticism of the anti-terrorism coal [...]	2008-09-30 16:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA RS SW TS HU ZA LT ID
08USUNNEWYORK962	UN TO COMMEMORATE BICENTENNIAL OF END OF SLAVE [...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary-General's report on the Follow-up to the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/63/213),and passed a resolution on a Permanent Memorial to and Remembra [...]	2008-10-22 19:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIP AORC
08WELLINGTON237	NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER'S REACTION TO DOHA [...] Action Request - see paragraph 5. 2. In a press release issued Wednesday (7-30),NZ Trade Minister Goff said, "Despite substantial progress made across a range of issues taking us closer to agreement than the (DOHA) Round has ever been...differences of opinion between the U.S. and India ov [...]	2008-08-01 04:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OPRC PREL WTRO NZ
08WELLINGTON91	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 00:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ
08YEREVAN244	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 05:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08ZAGREB50	CROATIA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART I) [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]	2008-01-24 14:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
09ANKARA1841	TURKEY DROPS VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE COUNTRIES [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA Head of Visa Section Kemal Demirciler recently gave us a consular perspective on the increasing number of Turkish bilateral visa waiver agreements. He said his department is not consulted before a visa waiver agreement is signed, and he expects no notification as to which c [...]	2009-12-28 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV PTER SY LY TU
09ASUNCION103	IRAN MAKES COMMERCIAL OVERTURES TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Iran's Ambassador to Paraguay, Morteza Tafreshi, resident in Montevideo, met separately January 22 with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Hamed Franco and with Minister of Industry and Commerce Heisecke in Asuncion. During his meeting with Hamed, Tafreshi invited President Fernando Lugo to vis [...]	2009-02-17 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PA IR
09ASUNCION147	PARAGUAY: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. What are the sources of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further docume [...]	2009-03-09 20:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ASUNCION17	LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION185	CORREA'S PARAGUAY VISIT PRODUCTIVE AND [...] (C) During his March 23-24 visit to Paraguay, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed three bilateral accords, unleashed populist rhetoric, bashed the press and "traditional" politicians, offered Paraguay free advice on renegotiating the Itaipu Dam treaty with Brazil, and exchanged medals [...]	2009-03-26 22:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC PA
09ASUNCION187	PRESS ASSOCIATION GIVES LUGO GOOD MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA),which held its biannual meeting in Paraguay this month, was harshly critical of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, but Paraguay received good marks. As the IAPA director explained: "Whereas other governments in the region are systematically atta [...]	2009-03-27 13:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION228	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance (refs A-D). Many were previously vette [...]	2009-04-13 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION242	INVITATION TO SECRETARY CLINTON TO SPEAK AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Gloria Rubin, Paraguay's Minister for Women's Affairs, requested that the Embassy forward an invitation to Secretary Clinton inviting her to participate as a keynote speaker during the opening act of the "XXI Specialized Meeting of the [...]	2009-04-20 20:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OPDC PREL KWMN PHUM SCUL PA
09ASUNCION293	CIRCLING SHARKS IN LANDLOCKED PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Lugo approaches nine months in office, he faces increasing political and social instability. Rumors persist that former coup-plotting General Lino Oviedo, ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, and/or Vice President Frederico Franco continue to look for ways to cut Lug [...]	2009-05-06 22:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
09ASUNCION338	MIXING THE MILITARY AND POLITICS IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 8-12 holding of a South American leftist, anti-imperialist youth convention at a Paraguayan military facility continues to cost the Lugo government scarce political capital. President Lugo publicly denied authorizing the use of the military facility to hold the political event [...]	2009-05-22 17:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION380	US COMPANY INVESTMENT DISPUTE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Texas-based Crescent Global Oil disputes with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) the starting date for an oil exploration contract. While ambiguities in the contract were clarified by MOPC Resolution 583 in Crescent's favor under President Duarte's administrati [...]	2009-06-17 20:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION474	REGIONAL ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS MARK MERCOSUR SUMMIT [...] (U) Paraguay hosted the MERCOSUR Summit July 24-25 in Asuncion with the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia attending, as well as representatives from Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia. (NOTE: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declined to attend the Summit at the la [...]	2009-07-28 17:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV PA
09ASUNCION567	PETROPAR'S DEBT ALBATROSS WITH PDVSA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 15:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL VE PA
09ASUNCION91	PARAGUAY'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND 2009 OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) COMMENT: Following a period of strong economic growth in the first semester of 2008, economic activity decelerated during the last quarter of 2008 across the three main sectors of the economy: agriculture, services and manufacturing. GDP growth for 2009 is expected to slow down to 2 to 3 [...]	2009-02-11 21:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV PA
09ATHENS206	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]	2009-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09BEIJING989	Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]	2009-04-15 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BELGRADE1222	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...]	2009-10-22 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1316	SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION [...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]	2009-11-06 16:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BERLIN520	SCENESETTER FOR GERMAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER AIGNER'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner's trip to New York and Washington, D.C. during the week of May 12-16, will be her first official visit to the United States since assuming her position in November 2008. Aigner is new to the international arena and this visit is billed as [...]	2009-05-06 09:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD GM TBIO
09BOGOTA1377	COLOMBIA: FOREIGN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY. Internet usage has grown to 40 percent of the Colombian population in the last ten years, with internet subscriptions rising at an annual rate of 75 percent. Over 73 percent of internet subscribers use broadband. Despite the growth, Colombia's subscription penetration average rema [...]	2009-04-28 22:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON CO EINT EINV ETTC
09BOGOTA2520	URIBE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR DEFUSES SOME U.S. DEFENSE [...] (C) President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez visited the presidents of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil from August 4-6 to privately make the case that the August 10 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit in Quito would be an inappropriate forum to [...]	2009-08-10 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3011	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD SILVA REGARDING UNASUR [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva during a Colombian Air Force ceremony in Tres Esquinas, Caqueta on September 16, 2009. Silva said that the Government of Colombia (GOC) was satisfied with the outcome of the September 15 UNASUR summit in Quito, Ecuador. S [...]	2009-09-18 18:19:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER KTIA CO
09BOGOTA3033	COLOMBIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank and World Economic Forum (WEF) published their "Doing Business" and "Global Competitiveness Index" reports on September 8. Colombia's ranking improved in both publications. The World Bank listed Colombia as the best country in Latin America for doing business, [...]	2009-09-21 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA3309	COLOMBIA PUSHES FORWARD WITH AMBITIOUS TRADE AGENDA [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Government of Colombia continues to make progress toward its goal of having nine free trade agreements (FTAs) with 45 countries in place by 2010. While not all nine are likely to be in force by next year, Colombia is already looking to other trade partners in the Hemisphere [...]	2009-11-05 16:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO
09BOGOTA3585	Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...]	2009-12-21 14:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY
09BRASILIA1076	WHA DAS MCMULLEN,S CLEARS THE AIR ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher McMullen,s visit to Brazil and briefings to GOB officials on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) helped ease Brazilian concerns over the issue and spurred new dialog aimed at greater bilateral and multilateral cooperation [...]	2009-08-27 20:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1097	BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...]	2009-09-01 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR
09BRASILIA1129	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK VISIT TO SAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. Excellent opportunities for increased bilateral trade cooperation exist, including issues raised in the recent CEO Forum. Brazil has also prioritized concl [...]	2009-09-11 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1140	KEEPING LIT BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA'S FLICKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials raised Bolivia,s nascent interest in trilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and Brazil during a late August meeting with U.S. officials. In follow-up discussions with PolOffs, Itamaraty,s Head of the Departm [...]	2009-09-14 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR BR BO
09BRASILIA1188	BRAZILIAN UNDERSECRETARY TALKS AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. In his September 21 introductory lunch with the Charge D'Affaires, Ambassador Piragibe Tarrago, the recently named Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Under-Secretary for the newly created Middle Eastern and African Affairs portfolio, provided insight into Brazil's evolving dev [...]	2009-09-23 18:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS
09BRASILIA1201	BRAZIL: USTR Amb Kirk Sept 16-17 Visit to Brasilia and Sao [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with the private sector and labor representatives, as well as government officials, USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk achieved significant success in re-framing the tone of the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. Common themes, including the need for a Bilateral T [...]	2009-09-28 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1282	BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" [...] (SBU) Summary: An S/CT funded regional conference entitled "Illicit Financial Crimes" held in Rio de Janeiro during October 4-9, 2009, successfully brought together representatives from Brazil,s federal and state law enforcement community and countries from throughout Latin America. The week [...]	2009-10-30 20:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA132	BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]	2009-02-03 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1447	WHA A/S VALENZUELA RECEIVED BY EAGER BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. On his first visit to Brazil as Assistant Secretary, Arturo Valenzuela was received December 14 by senior government officials eager to minimize differences and demonstrate their interest in working with the USG on a range of topics. Meetings with the Presidential Foreign Policy A [...]	2009-12-29 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09BRASILIA1476	Brazil approves Venezuela's entry into Mercosul [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Brazilian Senate approved the Protocol to admit Venezuela as a member to the Southern Cone trade bloc Mercosul (Mercosur). The issue now moves to Paraguay for ratification by its Congress. In Brazil, there was some debate and political maneuvering to delay [...]	2009-12-16 21:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EINT BR PA VE PREL
09BRASILIA1498	BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...]	2009-12-21 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA156	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: MAKING THE 3 PLUS 1 [...] (C) Summary: The 3 Plus 1 Mechanism on Security in the Triborder Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, six years after its initial plenary session, the only instrument available to discuss counterterrorism (CT) with regional partners at the policy level. Given the likelihood t [...]	2009-02-06 15:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA AR BR
09BRASILIA178	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 117 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-02-12 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA251	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) While adult prostitution is legal (an adult is defined by Brazilian law as a person 18 years of age or older),various associated activities, such as operating a brothel and pimping, are illegal. The degree to which these laws are enforced varies from place to place in Brazil based on lo [...]	2009-03-02 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR

09BRASILIA254	BRAZIL: 2009 Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2009 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil be maintained on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB actions demonstrate a strong, inter-agency commitment to anti-piracy policy and consumer ed [...]	2009-03-02 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA310	Supporting Educational Improvements in Brazil: Public [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several international comparative measures demonstrate that Brazil's education system lags behind that of most of its Latin American neighbors, global competitors such as the BRIC countries, and more developed countries, which is causing a shortage of skilled labor and could be [...]	2009-03-13 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL ECON PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA34	BRAZIL,S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY--STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. On December 18, President Lula signed the National Defense Strategy, concluding a fifteen month drafting exercise. The document was principally drafted by Minister for Strategic Planning Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and it provides a security policy framework tha [...]	2009-01-09 16:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR
09BRASILIA400	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-03-31 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA497	CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...]	2009-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA757	BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s strategy for dealing with the trafficking of illegal drugs has focused in part on creating a robust diplomatic framework in recognition that the "illegal traffic of narcotics represents a grave threat to the health and well-being of populations as well as a problem that a [...]	2009-06-16 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA78	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2009-01-16 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BUENOSAIRES1017	ARGENTINA: CFK'S NEW CABINET CHIEF [...] (S) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) promotion of former Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez (AF) to Cabinet Chief puts in place someone with six years of experience working for the First Couple, first as former president Nestor Kirchner's Interior Minister and then [...]	2009-09-10 15:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SNAR KCOR ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES1095	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SOLIS' VISIT TO ARGENTINA, OCTOBER 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your October 6-8 visit to Argentina. I will have been in the country a little less than three weeks when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first visitors. The Government of Argentina will also be extremely interested in [...]	2009-10-02 14:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1183	ARGENTINA: POLITICAL REFORM BILL "TAILOR-MADE" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) sent Congress her proposal for political reforms, requiring mandatory primaries for picking party nominees, establishing new thresholds for parties, limiting the use of private funds for campaigns, and restricting the publi [...]	2009-11-02 17:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES1212	ARGENTINE MINISTER OF JUSTICE DESCRIBES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Argentine Minister of Justice Alak welcomed USG interest in deepening cooperation on counter-narcotics, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and other security issues. The Minister requested USG help in developing a national security plan [...]	2009-11-09 20:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR KTIP CPAS AR
09BUENOSAIRES1237	ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY REVIEW REGARDING TITLE [...] (U) Post answers to questions in paragraph 5 of reftel A follow. 2. (C) "Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba." Answer: No. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner visited Cuba January 18-21 and did not publicl [...]	2009-11-20 17:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU AR
09BUENOSAIRES126	ARGENTINA: FUGITIVE HACKER RETURNS TO ARGENTINA [...] (U) Fugitive Argentine government employee or contractor Pablo Carpintero returned to Buenos Aires on February 3 and is in the custody of the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura). Carpintero and his fellow indictee, Ivan Velazquez, sought political asylum in Uruguay in May 2008 claiming to be the [...]	2009-02-05 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PTER SNAR ASEC KCOR KFRD UY AR
09BUENOSAIRES139	ARGENTINA: GOA REQUESTS FAA SECURITY REASSESSMENT DELAY [...] (SBU) Econoff and Defense Attache delivered reftel demarche to Brigadier (two stars) Marcelo Adolfo Ayerdi, the new head of the Comando Regiones Aereas (CRA),February 6. On February 9, Post received a letter response from Ayerdi requesting that the proposed formal reassessment be delayed "no [...]	2009-02-10 17:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES1414	Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7 [...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...]	2009-12-29 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP
09BUENOSAIRES144	ARGENTINA: PERONIST DISSIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In his first substantive meeting with Ambassador Wayne February 5, National Deputy and Peronist dissident Felipe Sola of the Peronist Union bloc discussed his 2011 presidential aspirations, this year's midterm elections, and the merits of a single ballot system. Sola is in the A [...]	2009-02-11 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR
09BUENOSAIRES156	Argentina: Airport Landing Fee Decrease and User Fee [...] (SBU) After announcing cuts in aircraft landing fees and linked increases in airport passenger user fees in late February, the GoA has rescinded the move, reportedly at the behest of former President Nestor Kirchner. International carriers had been promised the landing fee cuts in December 200 [...]	2009-02-13 14:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES211	ARGENTINA: DOMINGO CAVALLO PANS GOA POLICIES, [...] (C) The post-crisis Kirchner model no longer works and Argentina is headed for "stagflation," according to controversial Argentine ex-Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo. During a meeting with the Ambassador, Cavallo suggested that returning to the IMF may be the only way to alleviate Argentina's [...]	2009-02-27 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES231	Argentina: Production Minister Giorgi on G-20 and Bilateral [...] (SBU) Production Minister Debra Giorgi met with Ambassador February 25. The discussion included the G-20 process and related agricultural technical assistance the GoA is providing to poorer countries as well as outstanding bilateral trade frictions. Giorgi noted the significant increase in 20 [...]	2009-03-04 19:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES267	U.S. Beef Legislation Targeting Argentina: Sending the [...] (SBU) Argentine industry and government contacts are concerned by U.S. legislative proposals to restrict approval of the country's fresh beef exports to the United States, including provisions in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The Argentine Government has placed a high priority on regaining [...]	2009-03-12 15:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES287	ARGENTINA: ICE EXPERTS DELIVER TIP TRAINING [...] Summary. In an effort to strengthen the Argentine government's anti-trafficking efforts, Post,s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache Office in coordination with the political section brought down two ICE experts to address three conferences on trafficking in persons (TIP). The f [...]	2009-03-13 21:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB KWMN
09BUENOSAIRES304	ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO DOL LIST OF GOODS BELIEVED TO BE [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. This is an action request. See para 3. SUMMARY/COMMENT --------------- 3. (SBU) Below please find post's response to ref A's request for additional information on the Department of Labor's list of goods [...]	2009-03-18 13:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTIP PHUM EAGR EINV ETRD SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES333	ARGENTINA: NATIONAL DEPUTIES PLAN TRAVEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 19 with congressional deputy Ruperto Godoy, chairman of the Argentine Lower House's Foreign Relations Committee, to discuss plans to lead a multipartisan delegation of seven national deputies to Washington in May. Godoy stressed that they are committed [...]	2009-03-23 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR
09BUENOSAIRES381	ARGENTINE JUSTICES TO VISIT U.S. IN MAY, HOST RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court is organizing a regional conference on rule of law issues in early September, bringing together Supreme Court justices from throughout the Americas, Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti and Associate Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda told Ambassador Wayne in a [...]	2009-04-01 19:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM KPAO AR
09BUENOSAIRES424	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 17:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES475	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
09BUENOSAIRES501	ARGENTINA HOSTS OAS TIP CONFERENCE; [...] (U) Summary. The Argentine government recently hosted the Organization of American States (OAS) Second Meeting of National Authorities on Trafficking in Persons (TIP),which included representatives from governments, international organizations and civil society organizations. As head of t [...]	2009-04-30 21:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG AR
09BUENOSAIRES509	Argentina Hosts Lugo and Morales for Signing of Final Act [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina hosted Paraguayan President Lugo and Bolivian President Morales for an April 27 ceremony to deliver the Final Record of the border commission in execution of the 1938 Peace Treaty between the two countries. The Ambassador attended as representative of one of the six g [...]	2009-05-04 17:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PA BL AR
09BUENOSAIRES520	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES594	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 23:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES597	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...]	2009-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES603	ARGENTINA: A USEFUL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary: With its reliance on agricultural exports and hydro-electric power generation, Argentina is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As such, the country's plans tend to focus on adaptation rather than mitigation. Argentina was an early participant in the negotiations lea [...]	2009-05-22 11:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES614	ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Post responses to questions in para 5 of ref A follow: 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Answer: No. The GOA has not taken public or private actions in the past year to promote the advancement of [...]	2009-05-26 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AR
09BUENOSAIRES65	ARGENTINA: ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Overall Crime and Safety Situation. A. Crime Threat Levels. Crime is a serious problem in Argentina, but one that can be managed with common sense precautions. Street crime has become common and increasingly more violent, and often is perpetrated with a firearm or other deadly wea [...]	2009-01-21 15:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AR CASC
09BUENOSAIRES679	Staffdel Winters in Argentina - Piracy and Television [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the Internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Staffdel Winters visited Argentina [...]	2009-06-10 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES787	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) returned to Buenos Aires July 6 from a 60-hour trip that took her to Washington and El Salvador in a failed attempt to restore Manuel Zelaya to the presidency of Honduras. In El Salvador, CFK argued that she was on a missi [...]	2009-07-06 21:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM OAS HO AR
09BUENOSAIRES82	ARGENTINA BACKS OFF BOTNIA PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: After allowing protesters to block the main bridge between Argentina and Uruguay for over two years, the Government of Argentina has reversed course and begun to express opposition to the protest. The Kirchner-allied governor of Entre Rios in December made headlines by concedin [...]	2009-01-23 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV PBTS ASEC CASC AR
09BUENOSAIRES827	NOW WHAT? THE KIRCHNERS' OPTIONS IN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. More than two weeks have passed since Argentina's ruling first couple lost badly in mid-term congressional elections. It has taken President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor time to process the meaning of the debacle and respond. Though the GOA h [...]	2009-07-15 18:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES844	ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...]	2009-07-17 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR
09BUENOSAIRES86	Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...]	2009-01-26 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
09BUENOSAIRES908	ARGENTINA: UPDATE ON H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] As of August 5, Argentina had confirmed 337 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. According to the press, over half these fatalities were in otherwise healthy patients who had no pre-existing chronic conditions or ailments. Tests to determine the cause of an additional 400 deaths are still pending. [...]	2009-08-06 16:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR
09BUENOSAIRES909	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
09BUENOSAIRES912	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-07 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
09BUENOSAIRES944	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 20:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES952	ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...]	2009-08-21 16:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR
09CAIRO1749	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 10 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- -- Preparing for Free Trade Negotiations with MERCOSUR --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and In [...]	2009-09-10 08:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CARACAS1231	CARABOBO GOVERNOR CALLS VENEZUELA A DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with the Ambassador on September 16, opposition Governor of Carabobo State, Henrique Salas Feo, highlighted the deterioration of Carabobo's economy and problems following the nationalization of Venezuela's main port, Puerto Cabello. He observed that disagreement [...]	2009-09-18 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PREL KDEM VE
09DOHA132	QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...]	2009-02-19 10:34:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA
09DOHA188	LONG-WINDED CHAVEZ EXPECTED AT MARCH 31 ARAB-SOUTH [...] (SBU) On March 31, Qatar will host in Doha the Second Arab-South American Summit. The timing of the Summit aims to take advantage of the presence in Doha of Arab League heads of state, who will be meeting here March 29-30. MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi told [...]	2009-03-17 12:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WGG AL XR UY QA
09GENEVA127	FEBRUARY 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Guatemala on February 4 and 6, 2009. The head of Guatemala's delegation, Vice-Minister Morales, discussed Guatemala's export market diversification efforts and its firm belief in the rules-based multilateral trading system, unshaken i [...]	2009-02-12 16:30:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR GT XK XM
09GENEVA230	MARCH 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF BRAZIL [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Brazil on March 9 and 11, 2009. The head of Brazil's delegation, Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, described the economy's sound fundamentals and the government's stimulative policy measures that would help ease the effects of the global cr [...]	2009-03-18 13:24:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA259	WTO COUNCIL FOR GOODS APPROVES AGOA, CBERA AND [...] Summary: On March 24, 2009 the CTG agreed to waive WTO MFN rules to allow the U.S. to grant preferential access to the U.S. for AGOA, CBERA and ATPA beneficiary countries. With some reluctance, Bolivia joined the consensus on these waivers. They expressed their hope that the U.S. will restor [...]	2009-03-25 16:43:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR BL
09GENEVA269	Human Rights Council 10th Session - Postmortem [...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its 10th session on March 27. The United States participated actively as an observer in the Council for the first time in nearly a year. Passing over 30 resolutions, the session produced mixed results, continuing some of the disappointing trends [...]	2009-03-31 15:47:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA303	APRIL 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF THE EC [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of the European Communities (EC) on April 6 and 8, 2009. The head of the European delegation, Deputy Director General Peter Balas, said that the EC is taking active steps, including fiscal stimulus packages, to foster their recovery and [...]	2009-04-14 08:47:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA894	GAZA, GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION PASSES AT HRC SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council Special Session passed a resolution endorsing the recommendations contained in the Goldstone Fact Finding Mission's report on the conflict in Gaza. By a margin of 25 in favor, 11 abstentions, 6 no votes, and 5 not voting, the Council adopted the resolution that [...]	2009-10-20 14:05:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09HAVANA194	MAKING THE MOST OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR NOWAK'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Manfred Nowak, is expected to visit Cuba sometime in 2009. USINT urges that he be approached before the trip with offers of information we have on prisoners and prisons in Cuba. ACTIO [...]	2009-03-30 18:22:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PHUM PREL UN
09KINSHASA161	DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...]	2009-02-18 15:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG
09KINSHASA249	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) During a March 16 briefing, MONUC Goma noted that Uruguayan reinforcements [...]	2009-03-18 15:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09LAPAZ103	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM OBSERVERS UNDER OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Jose Luis Exeni has confirmed that 11 international observer missions are expected to observe the January 25 constitutional referendum, including most prominently the European Union, OAS, Carter Center, the CAN, and Unasur. OAS Mission Re [...]	2009-01-23 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ695	POSITIVE TARIJA EVENTS: BOOKS, OREGANO, BASEBALL [...] Building on the positive relationship enjoyed between the Embassy and the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija, the A/DCM traveled to the region May 7-8 to host a variety of events. A PAS book donation was attended by the mayor of Tarija, Oscar Montes and well over 100 red, wh [...]	2009-05-12 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BL EAID OEXC OPRC EAGR
09LIMA1177	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM ON COLOMBIA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde on August 11 to discuss the Colombia "non-bases" issue and Honduras. Garcia Belaunde imparted two key messages: (A) We are not out of the woods on the Colombia DCA controversy, and B) the USG needs to be seen as doing conside [...]	2009-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SNAR CO HO PE
09LIMA1653	BREWING SPY SCANDAL FURTHER TENSES PERU-CHILE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) noncommissioned officer for alleged spying and passing classified defense information to Chile has brought relations between the two neighbors to a new low point. It also complicates President Garcia's peace initiative aimed at reducin [...]	2009-11-17 20:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PARM PE
09LIMA1665	Peru Response to Review for Suspension of Title III of the [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic [...]	2009-11-20 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA1740	Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]	2009-11-14 01:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA1836	Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]	2009-11-25 20:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA717	PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic tra [...]	2009-05-19 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LISBON101	PORTUGAL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); 6. The [...]	2009-02-17 16:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD KTIP ASEC PREF ELAB
09LISBON614	CUBAN DOCTORS IN PORTUGAL [...] (U) Portugal's thirty-year-old public health system is facing organizational and administrative changes as part of the government's health care reform. One of the biggest challenges is the shortage of family physicians, particularly in rural areas. Recruiting foreign doctors is a temporary sol [...]	2009-12-07 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV PO
09LONDON109	2009 UK INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2009. 2. Much of the data supplied in this report is from 2007, since end-of-year 2008 figures are not yet available. Given the economic down [...]	2009-01-15 13:20:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK
09MANAGUA314	VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...]	2009-03-24 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO2483	CALDERON PLAYS TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon visited Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil August 12-August 17 to advance economic and political interests. The Mexican press published flashy headlines from Calderon's stops in Colombia and Brazil -- one speaking to an ongoing bilateral program on security and an [...]	2009-08-21 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CO ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO3504	MEXICO: VISIT OF A/S VALENZUELA (DEC 06-08) [...] (SBU) Summary: During his two day visit to Mexico (Dec 6-8),A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with senior Mexican officials including key counterparts from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Governance, Federal Police and several key economic ministries. A visit to several Federal Police installation [...]	2009-12-14 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MASS ECON ETRD MX
09MONTEVIDEO104	URUGUAY PROPOSES NEXT STEPS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. Emboffs discussed the current state of Uruguay's energy sector and potential next steps within the framework of the U.S.-Uruguay alternative energy MOU in a meeting with the Uruguayan National Directorate of Energy and Nuclear Technology (DNENT) February 18. Uruguay seeks to reduce [...]	2009-02-20 15:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL SENV UY
09MONTEVIDEO105	CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT LAYS OUT GOU'S ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank President Mario Bergara told the Charge d'Affaires that Uruguay remains relatively well-positioned to confront the worldwide economic slowdown -- its banking sector remains healthy, consumer spending is solid, and its fiscal house is in order. While some in the bu [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO106	ARGENTINE DEPOSITS IN URUGUAY ON THE RISE [...] Deposits by non-residents -- mainly Argentine nationals -- in Uruguayan banks rose by a significant 41 percent in 2008 to USD 2.5 billion (equivalent to 18 percent of total deposits). The increase is largely attributed to a perception by depositors of an increase in instability in neighboring [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO107	CHRONIC DISEASES INCREASING IN URUGUAY [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post prepared the following report to examine the impact of chronic diseases (or Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs) in Uruguay and to inform the Department about policy related developments and the capacity of the local health sector to address those diseases. Uru [...]	2009-02-20 16:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO KPAO WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO119	URUGUAY: POST'S RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 COMMENT [...] (U) Post shared Croplife America's comment on Uruguay (as part of Special 301 consultations) with appropriate GOU officials, and informed them of the procedures for responding to the association's comment(reftel). Uruguay's competent authorities on this issue are the Ministry of Agriculture, C [...]	2009-03-02 19:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO121	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA [...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]	2009-03-03 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO127	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY PLEASED AT U.S. [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche February 27 to the MFA's Human Rights Director, Laura Dupuy. The MFA's Human Rights Department accepted the points but did not immediately offer a substantive response. 2. (C) On March 2, Dupuy offered a more detailed response. She noted that the GOU is p [...]	2009-03-05 12:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO128	URUGUAY REVISITS ITS AMNESTY LAW [...] (C) The Uruguayan political establishment has returned forcefully to a debate dating from Uruguay's emergence from dictatorship 23 years ago. Uruguay's Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of requesting on February 6, 2009, that its separate but equal co-branches of government opine on t [...]	2009-03-05 13:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO138	URUGUAY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (S) Consultations with relevant Embassy sections led to the determination that Uruguay possesses no/no critical infrastructure so vital to the U.S. that its incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on U.S. security, national economic security, national public health or sa [...]	2009-03-10 15:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP UY
09MONTEVIDEO139	URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL 301 COMMENT [...] On March 6, Post received the GOU's official reply to the comment that Croplife America made about Uruguay in the context of Special 301 consultations. The GOU apologized for missing the March 2 deadline to respond, but requested that Post convey its response to USTR. 2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLA [...]	2009-03-10 16:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO140	URUGUAY CONSIDERS EXTENDING VOTE TO DIASPORA [...] The incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) coalition appears set to put a proposal of suffrage for Uruguayan expatriates to a public referendum. As the votes of thousands of returning expatriates played a key role in the FA's 2004 victory, the move is generally perceived to have been posited in order to [...]	2009-03-10 16:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO141	URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ RALLIES THE FA BASE [...] (U) In a downtown Montevideo rally attended by several thousand supporters, President Vazquez delivered an optimistic two-hour-long state of the union address that emphasized Uruguay's progress under his administration. His focus was on the success of ruling coalition Frente Amplio's social r [...]	2009-03-10 16:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO142	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)- [...] (C) Summary: The Spring 2009 Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and concern over a very porous border. In general, anti-US protests have declined in size and intensity since March 2007. END SUMMARY Post provides the following nu [...]	2009-03-11 13:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO145	URUGUAY 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Summary: Post provides herein Embassy Montevideo's CY-2008 End Use Monitoring Report in response to reftel. No new equipment was purchased with INL funds in CY-2008. All previously INL-provided material was used appropriately by the GOU to effectively enhance counter-narcotics and law enfor [...]	2009-03-13 16:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO166	URUGUAY: NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Emboff made Ref A points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca March 25. Malmierca stressed that Uruguay's position has not changed since the issue arose. Uruguay does not plan on recognizing the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, in defense o [...]	2009-03-26 19:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO167	URUGUAY TO CHANGE ABSTENTION TO "NO" VOTE ON UNHRC [...] (U) On March 26, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Human Rights, Laura Dupuy. The MFA's Human Rights Department accepted the points and agrees with the U.S. position on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Dupuy said that the GOU hoped to offer a text change that wou [...]	2009-03-26 19:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF UY
09MONTEVIDEO171	URUGUAY PROGRESS ON TIP: FIRST PROSECUTIONS BEGIN [...] On March 25, two members of a four-member criminal network were criminally charged with trafficking women to Spain. The investigation had previously focused on money laundering and involvement with drug trafficking, but investigators believe they uncovered enough evidence to augment those ac [...]	2009-03-30 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO172	URUGUAY PROGRESS ON TIP: FIRST PROSECUTIONS BEGIN [...] On March 25, two members of a four-member criminal network were criminally charged with trafficking women to Spain. The investigation had previously focused on money laundering and involvement with drug trafficking, but investigators believe they uncovered enough evidence to augment those ac [...]	2009-03-30 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO175	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URUGUAY COMPLIES WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 20:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO178	URUGUAY: HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] President Vazquez made his first Presidential visit to China March 21-26, leading a delegation of ministers, government representatives and over fifty entrepreneurs. Vazquez's trip was the fifth presidential visit to China since both countries established diplomatic relations in 1988. During [...]	2009-04-01 14:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CH UY
09MONTEVIDEO181	URUGUAY ADVANCES ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] An environmental current is gathering momentum in Uruguay, with a notable increase in the number of public and press events related to climate change. On March 17, President Vazquez announced the launching of a National Agenda on Climate Change that creates a $6 million emergency fund to help [...]	2009-04-02 11:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO182	URUGUAY: NEW RULES FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE [...] SUMMARY. On the 2nd March, Uruguay's Senate passed draft legislation detailing the rules for financing campaigns during Uruguay's 2009 election cycle. Although, as in past years, the proposal only covers this year's election cycle, if made into law, it would mark the first time in Uruguay's h [...]	2009-04-02 12:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON
09MONTEVIDEO187	URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...]	2009-04-06 16:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO189	URUGUAY'S SUCCESS WITH THE ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD PROGRAM [...] Summary: Uruguay has taken a leading role in realizing the aims of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative and, under the auspices of its "Project Ceibal," as the project is known locally, is close to its goal of delivering a laptop to every child in the country. A recent poll has linked th [...]	2009-04-06 19:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO193	URUGUAY: FM GONZALO FERNANDEZ ON RECENT TRAVELS, [...] (C) FM Fernandez told the Charge April 2 that President Tabare Vazquez had an excellent meeting with VP Biden March 27 in Chile; that Uruguay is strengthening commercial ties with China; that he hopes to use an April 6 meeting with the Secretary to invite her to Uruguay; that Uruguay is not in [...]	2009-04-07 16:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO205	URUGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT [...] Econoff spoke on April 15 with Leonardo de Leon, President of ALUR (a state-owned sugar producer),regarding reftel request to obtain information on how much sugar Uruguay plans to export to the U.S. under the WTO sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ). 2. De Leon indicated that Uruguay currently h [...]	2009-04-15 19:58:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD UY

09MONTEVIDEO210	URUGUAY IS ENERGIZED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ENERGY [...] Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Industry and Energy Officials welcomed reftel points previewing President Obama,s invitation to join an Economic and Climate Partnership of the Americas. Econoff met with the Director General for International Economic Affairs at the MFA, Ambassador Ricardo Na [...]	2009-04-16 16:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG KSUM SENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO212	URUGUAY: KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING [...] While Uruguay has completed the epidemiological transition from infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases, it nevertheless faces an increasing incidence of diseases, such as parasitic diseases, traditionally linked to poverty and deteriorating social and environmental conditions. The G [...]	2009-04-16 16:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO EAGR WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO214	URUGUAY: UNASUR MULTILAT ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) GOU Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to embassy staff on April 16 that it had received the invitation to the UNASUR multilateral meeting to be held in the context of the SOA, and that they have already communicated the GOU's intent to attend the meeting through UNASUR channels. 2 [...]	2009-04-16 17:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KSUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO216	URUGUAY WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Minister Nury Bauzan de Senes told charge April 17 that Uruguay will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. Bauzan de Senes noted that Uruguay finds itself in a s [...]	2009-04-17 17:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO217	URUGUAY TO VOTE "ABSTAIN" ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] Central Bank President Mario Bergara and MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira told charge in separate conversations April 14 and 17 that Uruguay would vote "abstain" on Kosovo's applications for IMF and WB membership. Uruguay has yet to recognize Kosovar independ [...]	2009-04-17 17:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV UY
09MONTEVIDEO218	URUGUAY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] Per reftel, Embassy Montevideo submits the following contact information for TFCO and Deputy TFCO: 2. TFCO Name: Jack DOUTRICH Title: Economic Officer, Economic and Commercial Section Chief Phone Number: 598 2 1770-2329 Unclassified Email: doutrichjt@state.gov Classified Email: doutrichj [...]	2009-04-17 20:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO23	URUGUAY ESTABLISHES NEW COURTS TO TACKLE COMPLEX [...] SUMMARY. In an effort to ensure that complicated cases are properly understood and adjudicated, and to address the public's growing concern about organized crime and narcotics abuse and trafficking, the GOU has established two new courts to focus specifically on those areas. The Juzgados co [...]	2009-01-15 19:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM KJUS UY
09MONTEVIDEO236	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DINAH SHELTON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 11:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO239	EAC - URUGUAY'S PREPAREDNESS FOR H1N1 INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's Health Ministry reported there are no actual or suspected cases of H1N1 influenza in Uruguay, and that local health authorities stand ready to screen incoming travelers with flu-like symptoms. On 4/28/09, U.S. Embassy Uruguay held an EAC meeting to review post's prepa [...]	2009-04-29 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF PINR PREL TBIO
09MONTEVIDEO245	TFFLU01: H1N1 UPDATE #2- GOU GEARING UP; NO [...] Summary: As of May 5, Uruguay has no confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza. The GOU expects test kits to diagnose H1N1 influenza to arrive shortly. Surveillance of incoming visitors at Carrasco International Airport has been extended to flights from the U.S., with special emphasis on indiv [...]	2009-05-05 19:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09MONTEVIDEO249	Uruguay Elections - Majority of Cabinet Likely to Seek [...] As the election season moves into higher gear, President Vazquez informed the members of his cabinet that any individuals who wish to campaign in October's general election will need to resign their positions after the June 28 primaries. It seems likely that the majority of the cabinet will do [...]	2009-05-06 17:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO250	URUGUAY: UN REPORT PUTS PRISON REFORM ON FRONT BURNER [...] A March report by UN Special Rapporteur for Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Manfred Nowak provoked a swift remedial action from the GOU. The prison system had been a long standing concern in Uruguay and Nowak, a highly experienced Human Rights expert invi [...]	2009-05-06 18:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO253	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY UNDECIDED ON IAEA GS [...] (C) On May 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Director Candidacy to the MFA,s Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, informing her that the USG supports the Japanese candidate, Yukiya Amano, and urges Uruguayan support as well. 2. (C) Bauzan replied that the GOU had st [...]	2009-05-08 20:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAES PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO265	GOU LOOKS TO PRIVATIZE AIRPORTS IN THE INTERIOR [...] (U) Recent press reports indicate that the GOU will introduce two bills in Parliament in the coming weeks to make possible the privatization of the Colonia, Salto, and Rivera airports in the Uruguayan interior. The planned procedure is to auction the administration and development of the airpo [...]	2009-05-12 16:59:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO267	NEW MEDIA AND THE URUGUAYAN ELECTION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the primary to decide presidential candidates set for June, and national elections for October, the campaigns of Uruguay's presidential hopefuls have ramped up. However, Urugu [...]	2009-05-13 19:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO270	URUGUAY: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with Charge, Uruguayan FM Gonzalo Fernandez formally requested that President Obama visit Uruguay in August 2009, in conjunction with a possible trip to Brazil. Charge and Fernandez also discussed preparations and possible dates for an upcoming U.S.-Uruguay Trade and Inv [...]	2009-05-14 19:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO290	SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the Vazquez government renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba. The GOU opened an Embassy in Havana on June 30, 2005, and Cuba's ambassador to Uruguay was sworn in on November 7, 2005. 2. (C) President Vazquez in June 2008 made his only official visit [...]	2009-05-28 15:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
09MONTEVIDEO297	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES: URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 16:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO298	DICTATORSHIP ERA ABUSES CONTINUE TO RESONATE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Uruguay emerged from dictatorship rule 23 years ago, the legacy of that period and the fate of the disappeared continue to resonate in the political spectrum. A citizens' group in late April presented signatures to place a referendum on the October ballot to annul Uruguay's [...]	2009-06-01 17:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO306	AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN: URUGUAY HAS NO MI 17 [...] On June 3 Defense Attache confirmed that Uruguay has no MI 17 helicopters, hence will be unable to support Pakistan's efforts as described in reftel. Matthewman [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PARM PK UY
09MONTEVIDEO308	FOLLOW UP ON URUGUAY'S ABSTENTION VOTE ON KOSOVO'S [...] (C) Charge met on May 27 with Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia, Uruguay's World bank Governor, to follow up on the GOU's stated intention (ref B) to submit an abstaining vote on Kosovo's inclusion in the World bank. Minister Garcia agreed to verify with the MFA and indicated he w [...]	2009-06-04 13:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV UY
09MONTEVIDEO312	Staffdel Meacham visit to Uruguay [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel Meacham visited Uruguay May 26-28 to explore ways to expand trade and political ties with Uruguay. GOU officials expressed their interested in continuing and strengthening ongoing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions. GOU officials emphasized [...]	2009-06-05 19:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO313	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY REQUESTS MORE [...] On June 2, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission Candidate, Lucretia Myers, to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, and the MFA's Director of Political Affairs, Elbio Roselli. Charge requested Uruguayan support for the candidate. [...]	2009-06-08 12:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO314	SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE COLORADO PARTY? [...] After a historical drubbing in the 2004 elections, the once dominant Colorado party remains in the political wilderness. While a victory in this yearQs presidential election is practically impossible, the partyQs long-term hopes for recovery lie with the dynamic figure of Pedro Bordaberry, w [...]	2009-06-08 13:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO316	ENCE Sells Forestry Holdings, New Owners Announce an [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish forestry firm ENCE announced on May 22 the sale of most of its forestry plantations to a consortium formed by Finnish-Swedish Stora Enso and Chilean Arauco, and that it will not continue with plans to build a $1.2 billion cellulose plant. Stora Enso/Arauco announced they [...]	2009-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO318	PRESENTATION BY NASDAQ MANAGING DIRECTOR ON URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY: Steven Phillips, Managing Director of NASDAQ and an experienced financier, came to Montevideo to participate in the Innovation Forum (reftel) and to discuss ways in which Uruguay could revitalize its moribund capital markets. In a presentation to the Capital Markets Development Grou [...]	2009-06-08 21:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO319	URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ REPLACES INTERIOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO32	MONTEVIDEO PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON [...] Summary: Post has prepared a proposal for the organization of a biofuels speaker program in Uruguay in FY2009. Given Uruguay's interest in energy diversification and our recent bilateral alternative energy MOU, post believes this funding possibility could spur development of Uruguay's biofu [...]	2009-01-21 10:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD UR
09MONTEVIDEO320	NOMINATION FOR THE DOJ/OAS SPONSORED CYBERCRIME [...] The following personnel have been nominated for the DOJ/OAS Cybercrime Conference, to be held in Santiago from July 21-23, 2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy Amendment vetting process to ensure this training can proceed as planned. All agencies at post have cond [...]	2009-06-10 13:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MCAP MOPS PARM UY JUS OAS
09MONTEVIDEO322	MONTEVIDEO B1/B2 VALIDATION STUDY [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Montevideo conducted a validation study of B1/B2 visa issuances to Uruguayan nationals using information from DHS's Advanced Targeting System (ATS),Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS),and follow-up telephone calls, Post identified an overstay rate of less than one per [...]	2009-06-10 18:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CMGT
09MONTEVIDEO325	URUGUAY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF SUDAN MANDATE [...] (SBU) On June 11, post delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Nury Bauzan, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Ms. Bauzan reported that Uruguay strongly supports a one year extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur to Sudan, and is deeply concerned about the poor human rights situation [...]	2009-06-11 18:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC UY
09MONTEVIDEO328	URUGUAY'S TEXTILE SECTOR FACES TOUGH TIMES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOU officials and private sector representatives told Staffdel Meacham that Uruguay was interested in getting preferential access on textiles and apparel. This cable provides background information on the situation of the sector, beset by challenges such as China's trade and the [...]	2009-06-12 11:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO331	NATIONAL PARTY FACES CONTESTED PRIMARY [...] (SBU) As Uruguay approaches the June 28 primary elections, the opposition N... [...]	2009-06-12 20:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO334	GOU TO ATTEND IRENA - POLICY NOT YET DEFINED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KGHG SENV UY
09MONTEVIDEO353	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: WHY "PEPE" MUJICA? [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 16:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO359	NATIONAL PARTY STRENGTHENING IN SWING STATE [...] (U) Summary: Leading up to the June primaries, Emboffs met with four of the five congressmen from Maldonado, the third-most populous Uruguayan department and the home of Punta del Este, considered by many to be the face of Uruguay, to discuss the department's primary issues and the likely res [...]	2009-06-24 13:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO360	URUGUAY: IRANIAN ATTENDANCE AT JULY 4TH EVENT [...] (C) Per reftel guidance, Embassy Montevideo invited Morteza Tafrishi, Iran's ambassador to Uruguay, to attend the Embassy's July 4th reception. Post has since learned that Tafrishi will not attend. Matthewman [...]	2009-06-24 14:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL IR UY
09MONTEVIDEO365	COMPLETION OF JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 18:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PINR SNAR KJUS UY OAS
09MONTEVIDEO377	URUGUAY: NO SURPRISES IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES [...] (C) There were few surprises in the June 28 elections to select presidential candidates from Uruguay,s three major political parties, as the front runners translated their respective poll advantages into solid victories. The big winners were ex-President Luis Alberto Lacalle of the Blanco par [...]	2009-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO381	URUGUAYAN NATIONAL HERO JOSE ARTIGAS RETURNS TO THE POLITICAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Each year on June 19, Uruguayans of all political stripes celebrate the birthday of national hero Jose Artigas. Over the past three years, President Tabare Vazquez and his Frente Amplio (FA) coalition have changed this traditionally apolitical holiday into a joint celebration of Uruguayan in [...]	2009-07-01 12:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO388	Uruguay: Macroeconomic Roundup [...] Uruguay's economy grew 2.3 percent in QI/09 over QI/2008. Despite the year-over-year increase, the economy is now shrinking, and seasonally-adjusted GDP dropped 2.9 percent in QI/2009 from QIV/08. Analysts expect GDP to continue falling in the second quarter and zero to slightly negative grow [...]	2009-07-02 13:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO393	URUGUAY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LACALLE ON HIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 16:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO4	URUGUAY: GOU AND URUGUAYAN PRESS KEEP BALANCE ON [...] (U) Both the Government of Uruguay and most Uruguayan media have taken a balanced view of the situation in Gaza. The GOU's public comments have been limited to a single press release by the MFA December 29 that stressed the GOU's concern regarding the escalation of violence and urged all parti [...]	2009-01-08 15:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR UR
09MONTEVIDEO401	URUGUAY'S POTENTIAL AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER IN THE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay has the potential to become an alternative energy-based economy if it continues its current effort and improves the policy environment and needed infrastructure. I [...]	2009-07-13 12:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EAGR UY
09MONTEVIDEO402	URUGUAY ADVANCES IN COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary. On June 24, Uruguay's Anti-Drug Commission released a National Plan Against Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering, which aims to better coordinate the counternarcotics efforts of the varied agencies involved in fighting organized crime. Uruguay has recently created special tribu [...]	2009-07-13 14:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO403	URUGUAY: STEPS TOWARD MEETING TAX TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay's tax policy chief David Eibe told the Charge July 10 that Uruguay is moving forward on its commitment to meet OECD standards on transparency and exchange of tax informat [...]	2009-07-13 15:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO404	URUGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This report covers January through June 2009. The Government of Uruguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (JND) continued to work diligently on drug enforcement activities during this period, and DEA support increased, opening six investigations during the period. Halfway through 200 [...]	2009-07-13 16:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO409	Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco Party [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not... [...]	2009-07-15 11:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO41	URUGUAY SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO [...] Embassy Montevideo has received a diplomatic note from the GOU indicating Uruguay's intention to present its candidacy as a member of the UNESCO Executive Council for the period 2010-2013 in election to be held during the XXXV General Conference of the organization 6-23 October 2009 in Paris, [...]	2009-01-22 18:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO410	Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) While the results of UruguayQs June 28 internal elections largely conformed to expectations, a few surprises have emerged in the light of the full results. The ruling Frente Ampli [...]	2009-07-15 11:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO411	Uruguay: A Strong Start for the Opposition Blanco [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) While the results of UruguayQs June 28 internal elections largely conformed to expectations, a few surprises have emerged in the light of the full results. The ruling Frente Ampli [...]	2009-07-15 11:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO418	H1N1 FLU: DEATH TOLL HITS 15 [...] As of July 15, Uruguay has 15 confirmed deaths from H1N1 influenza, with more than 1,500 cases suspected throughout the country. Despite an increase in numbers, public health officials continue to emphasize preventative measures, and only a few public activities have been suspended throughout [...]	2009-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU
09MONTEVIDEO42	URUGUAY SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY OF DR. [...] Embassy Montevideo received diplomatic note 990/08 informing that Uruguay has nominated Dr. Ernesto Rubio for a new term as Sub-Director General of the WIPO in selections set to take place in Geneva beginning this month. 2. Unofficial translation of diplomatic note text from GOU Ministry of [...]	2009-01-22 18:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO422	EVO MORALES SEEKS INCREASED TRADE AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales came to Uruguay on July 13. During a seven-hour visit, he met separately with President Tabare Vazquez, Vice President Rodolfo Nin Novoa, and Governor of Montevideo Ricardo Ehrlich, and then gave a midnight press conference before his departure. The most [...]	2009-07-17 19:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR EPET UY
09MONTEVIDEO434	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: PARTIES STRATEGIZE AS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the internal elections behind them, both the incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) and the opposition National Party (Blancos) have begun to devise the strategies that they hope will [...]	2009-07-24 13:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO437	URUGUAYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOSE MUJICA SAYS [...] (C) Governing Frente Amplio coalition presidential candidate Senator Jose Mujica told the charge July 23 that the U.S. should count on him as a friend. He noted that he has relationships with and access to leaders within the hemisphere that have difficult relations with the USG, and said that [...]	2009-07-27 17:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO438	URUGUAYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LUIS ALBERTO LACALLE [...] (U) This telegram is... [...]	2009-07-27 17:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO440	URUGUAY: LUNCH WITH COLORADO PARTY PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) On July 20, Charge met with Colorado Presidential candidate Pedro Bordaberry and four of his closest aides. Bordaberry, who currently polls around 10-12 percent, was realistic about his chances for victory this year, but believes he is setting the foundation for a victory as early as 201 [...]	2009-07-28 11:50:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO444	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ SEEKS MEETING WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) On July 16, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez passed along to Charge a second request for President Vazquez to meet with President Obama in September (the first request was made in March 2009 and reiterated in Fernandez, meeting [...]	2009-07-30 17:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO445	URUGUAY: GOU INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1 [...] (U) Through contacts with local health practitioners and the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, Post developed the following timeline of interventions pertaining to the H1N1 pendemic, as requested in reftel: -- First case: The first case of H1N1 in Uruguay was detected on May 23, 2009. Th [...]	2009-07-30 18:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO454	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ NONCOMMITTAL AS [...] (U) Summary. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe took his whirlwind tour of South America to Uruguay August 6, meeting with President Tabare Vazquez to solicit the Uruguayan leader's support for an agreement granting U.S. forces access to seven Colombian military bases. Vazquez expressed Urug [...]	2009-08-07 14:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	CO PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO455	Uruguayan Priorities as Mercosur President [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Uruguay assumes the pro tempore presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc, President Vazquez signaled a measured approach to dealing with commercial barriers the GOU claims its two dominant neighbors have imposed. Uruguay's priorities include pressing Argentina to allow Mercosur [...]	2009-08-07 15:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ENGY UY
09MONTEVIDEO461	MONTEVIDEO NOMINEES FOR ILEA LATIN AMERICA (LETTS) [...] The following individuals have been nominated for the ILEA LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND SAFETY SURVIVAL course to be held in Lima, Peru from 8/24 - 8/29/2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy vetting process to ensure this training can proceed as planned. All agencie [...]	2009-08-10 18:58:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ASEC MCAP MOPS PARM PHUM PTER SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO468	URUGUAY: MUJICA 2.0 UNVEILED IN BRAZIL? [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The FA may have regained some lost ground in the ongoing presidential race with the party's ticket, Jose Mujica and Danilo Astori, making a high-profile three-day visit to Brazil [...]	2009-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO47	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] The following are answers posed in ref B concerning Uruguay's efforts to combat child labor. The Uruguayan Child and Adolescent Institute (INAU) currently employs five labor inspectors. Legislation passed in December 2008 provides for six to twelve days of mandatory leave for students to prepa [...]	2009-01-26 10:19:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI UY
09MONTEVIDEO473	MONTEVIDEO-REVISED NOMINEE LIST FOR ILEA LATIN [...] This cable precedes Montevideo 461 dated 8/10/09. Post revised the nominee list for the ILEA Latin America (LETTS) Law Enforcement training and safety survival to be held in Lima, Peru from 8/24 - 8/29/2009. 2. Post requests that the Department complete the Leahy Vetting Process to ensure t [...]	2009-08-14 15:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ASEC MCAP MOPS PARM PHUM PTER SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO483	URUGUAY: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Uruguay August 13-15 to honor an invitation he received last year when President Tabare Vazquez was in Mexico and for the purpose of broadening commercial and political ties between the two countries. President Calderon also demonstrate [...]	2009-08-19 13:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EAGR MX UY
09MONTEVIDEO486	URUGUAY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 13:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO488	URUGUAY: FRENTE AMPLIO CANDIDATE JOSE MUJICA ON [...] (U) Summary. On August 13, Jose ""Pepe"" Mujica and Danilo Astori, the Frente Amplio (FA) candidates for President and Vice President of Uruguay, held a campaign rally in the town of Paysandu. The event provided a case study into the differing campaigning styles and messages of the tw [...]	2009-08-20 14:17:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO489	URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE [...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...]	2009-08-21 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO491	COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 17:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MARR PINR PHUM SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO498	URUGUAY: DAS MCMULLEN EXPLAINS U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (C) WHA DAS Chris McMullen visited Montevideo August 26 to provide background and information on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Foreign Minister Fernandez and to the Uruguayan public. Fernandez told him that Uruguay would do what it could to ensure the success of the [...]	2009-08-27 19:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MOTT UY
09MONTEVIDEO50	PRESIDENT'S ORDER TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO DETENTION CENTER [...] Summary: Uruguayan media of all political denominations and types (radio, print media, and television) gave positive coverage to President Obama's order closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center. End Summary. 2. All Uruguayan dailies gave prominent coverage and positive editorial comme [...]	2009-01-26 19:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO508	URUGUAY: ALLEGATION OF VENEZUELAN FINANCING [...] (U) An Uruguayan judge has initiated an investigation into the sale of books at enormously inflated prices to Venezuela by a company with possible ties to ruling Frente Amplio (FA) presidential candidate Jose Mujica, leading to accusations by opposition politicians that the money may have been [...]	2009-09-03 16:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	UY VE PREL
09MONTEVIDEO509	URUGUAYAN PARLIAMENT PASSES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING [...] (U) On September 2, the Uruguayan Congress passed a law establishing government regulation of collective bargaining. Despite criticism from business leaders, the bill passed with support from both the leftist Frente Amplio coalition and the more conservative National Party, largely due to the [...]	2009-09-04 11:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UY PGOV ELAB
09MONTEVIDEO513	URUGUAY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: MUJICA AND ASTORI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia told the charge September 3 that "no question" should remain that ruling Frente Amplio coalition Presidential candidate Jose Mujica and his running mate Danilo Astori "are on the same page" on Economic policy. Garcia explained that the Frente Amp [...]	2009-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO514	URUGUAY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: MUJICA AND ASTORI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia told the charge September 3 that "no question" should remain that ruling Frente Amplio coalition Presidential candidate Jose Mujica and his running mate Danilo Astori "are on the same page" on Economic policy. Garcia explained that the Frente Amp [...]	2009-09-08 14:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO519	URUGUAY: GOVT LAUNCHES INDEPENDENT SAVINGS PROTECTION [...] The GOU launched the Corporation of Bank Savings Protection (COPAB) on September 1. The COPAB succeeds the Superintendence of Bank Savings Protection, which was created as a Central Bank division soon after Uruguay's 2002 banking crisis. Like its predecessor, the COPAB will be in charge of p [...]	2009-09-10 17:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID UY
09MONTEVIDEO525	URUGUAY: INTERESTED IN MORE INPUT ON HAITI [...] (U) Charge passed reftel invitation to the planned Haiti Key Players meeting September 15 to MFA Acting Director of Political Affairs Patricio Silva. Silva was unable to say whether Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz or another member of the Uruguayan delegation to UNGA would be able to attend, as Va [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA UY
09MONTEVIDEO526	URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY
09MONTEVIDEO528	URUGUAY NOT ABLE TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] Charge Matthewman met September 10 with Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz, and during that meeting delivered reftel invitation and draft statement. Vaz noted with regret that the Uruguayan delegation would be departing the U.S. on September 25, and would therefore not be able to attend the Secretary [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO529	URUGUAY: GOU REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR 2016-2017 UNSC [...] Embassy Montevideo has received a diplomatic note from the GOU indicating Uruguay's intention to present its candidacy as a Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2016-2017, with elections to be held during the 70th Session of the United Nations General Asse [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	USUN PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO536	FIFTY NGOS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS COME [...] Embassy Montevideo held its first ever Civil Society Summit on August 28. The event was a huge success, bringing together more than 80 community activists and government officials from 50 organizations. Post used the event to explain to eager but inexperienced local NGOs how best to pursue [...]	2009-09-17 16:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO553	URUGUAY: FERTILE GROUND FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Montevideo considers Uruguay fertile ground for potential OPIC-supported Renewable Energy Fund investments. Uruguay has a tremendous amount of potential in the field of alternative energy and is already a regional leader in some aspects. Several projects in both the private an [...]	2009-09-25 11:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGY UY
09MONTEVIDEO554	INITIAL REVIEW OF MICROFIN URUGUAY FOR PROPOSED OPIC [...] In response to reftel, emboffs spoke with Microfin Uruguay's General Manager, Antonio Martinez (CPA). Micofin Uruguay Shareholders include: -- ACP Peru (Mi Banco) http://www.grupoacp.com.pe/ -- Corporacion Andina de Fomento since February 2009 -- FOMIN/IDB (not official yet, to be signed in [...]	2009-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV UY
09MONTEVIDEO556	URUGUAY WILL SEEK A MODERATE OUTCOME ON GOLDSTONE [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to MFA Director Human Rights Silvia Izquierdo on October 23. Ms. Izquierdo appreciated the constructive nature of this demarche and its early communication. She said the GOU will seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report, but could not [...]	2009-09-25 14:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MONTEVIDEO558	URUGUAY AVOIDS ECONOMIC RECESSION, GOU THRILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's GDP grew by a mild 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009, thus avoiding an economic recession. Growth was widespread among sectors, with only agriculture and electrical generation declining. The rise was led by rising public expenditure and public investment, whi [...]	2009-09-25 19:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO560	URUGUAY: CONTROVERSIAL MUJICA INTERVIEWS PROMPT [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) A number of controversial statements by Frente Amplio (FA) coalition presidential candidate Jose Mujica have led to a press firestorm and criticism of the candidate both from th [...]	2009-09-28 13:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO562	COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR [...] Embassy Montevideo is pleased to inform that Uruguayan nominee for attendance to the FBI National Academy, 240th session has been successfully vetted at post. In accordance to Leahy vetting, Uruguay is part of the Fast Track approved countries, State 87762, therefore; this cable completes the [...]	2009-09-28 18:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MARR PHUM SMIG SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO565	COMPLETION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCESS FOR [...] Embassy Montevideo is pleased to inform that Uruguayan nominee for attendance to the "Major Financial Crimes Conference" to be held in Rio de Janeiro has been successfully vetted at post. In accordance to Leahy vetting, Uruguay is part of the Fast Track approved countries, State 87762, theref [...]	2009-09-30 14:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM MARR PHUM SMIG SMAR
09MONTEVIDEO572	Uruguay Presidential Campaign Programs Released [...] After months of campaigning, in September, leading Uruguayan presidential candidates Jose Mujica and Luis Alberto Lacalle released their respective proposals for government. As both documents make clear, the fight for votes continues to be concentrated on the political middle ground. Conseque [...]	2009-10-06 17:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO577	GOLDSTONE - URUGUAY WILL ABSTAIN IF HRC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge conveyed reftel points to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz on October 1, following up on an earlier demarche delivered to the Director Human Rights on October 23. The Foreign Minister reiterated the GOU's intention to seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report. He ex [...]	2009-10-09 12:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MONTEVIDEO578	URUGUAY: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM VAZ [...] (SBU) Charge Matthewman called on Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz October 1 to discuss the trip to the U.S. that President Vazquez, FM Vaz, and Economy Minister Alvaro Garcia made from September 13-25. Vaz said all members of the Uruguayan delegation was very satisfied with their reception and with [...]	2009-10-09 12:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PLEC PREL UN EAGR HA KPKO UY
09MONTEVIDEO579	URUGUAY: UNDECIDEDS GROW AS ELECTION APPROACHES [...] (U) Summary. With ==Qn [...]	2009-10-09 12:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO580	URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...]	2009-10-09 12:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO584	URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...]	2009-10-13 17:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO59	URUGUAY: STRENGTHENING BILATERAL ANTARCTIC [...] Summary: Starting with the signing of the bilateral Science and Technology Agreement (April 29 2008) and the ensuing U/S Dobrianksy visit, the U.S. and Uruguay have deepened relations in the field of Antarctic cooperation. U.S. Antarctic institutions are showing interest in pursuing joint rese [...]	2009-02-02 10:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KTIA EAID AY MESUR UY
09MONTEVIDEO592	URUGUAY: BORDABERRY: LOOKING FAR BEYOND OCTOBER 25 [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (U) With the electoral coverage mostly focused on frontrunners Luis Alberto Lacalle and Jose Mujica, the presidential electionQs third place contender, Colorado Party candidate Pedro B [...]	2009-10-21 09:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO595	Uruguayan Elections: Counting Down to October 25 [...] (U) With Uruguayans voting October 25, local polling indicates that the two leading presidential candidates are running in place or even losing ground. A second round seems likely, as neither ruling Frente Amplio coalition candidate Jose Mujica nor National Party candidate Luis Lacalle appears [...]	2009-10-21 18:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO6	EAC MONTEVIDEO CONVENED TO REVIEW SECURITY POSTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Per Reftel, On January 5, 2008, in response to a demonstration against the Israeli Embassy in Uruguay, AmEmbassy Montevideo, Uruguay convened an EAC. In attendance at the EAC were the DCM, ARSO, PAO, POL, ODC, DAO, RAO, MSG, FMO, and MGMT. 2. (S/NF) The EAC has no reason t [...]	2009-01-08 16:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	ASEC CASC IS KWBG PREL PTER UY

09MONTEVIDEO60	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: STRUGGLE FOR RULING COALITION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) For the first time in at least three election cycles, Uruguay's ruling Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition faces an internal struggle for the coalition's nomination for preside [...]	2009-02-02 10:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR UY
09MONTEVIDEO606	URUGUAY: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (C) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's Officer for International Candidates, Amelia Tedesco. Ms. Tedesco accepted International Civil Service Commission candidate Myers' curriculum vitae. Although she could not confirm support from [...]	2009-10-26 15:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO607	URUGUAY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES [...] (U) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's UN specialist, Gabriela Ortigosa. Ms. Ortigosa accepted all of the points and agreed to share them with the MFA's Human Rights office, as well as with the UN representative from Uruguay. Although s [...]	2009-10-26 17:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UY
09MONTEVIDEO608	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: MUJICA ON TOP WITH TOUGH RUNOFF [...] (U) Jose Mujica of the ruling Frente Amplio coalition (FA) and Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party (Blancos) will face off for the presidency in a November 29 runoff, after neither candidate was able to capture 50 percent of the vote in national elections October 25. With 98.5 percent o [...]	2009-10-26 18:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO609	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: FRENTE AMPLIO WINS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) The ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition will retain its majority in the Senate and Congress of Deputies following elections October 25, defying early projections that they would narrowly fall short of a majority. Updated vote totals increased the FAQs share to 48.16% of the vote, just enou [...]	2009-10-28 14:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO614	Uruguay 2009-02010 INSCR Part I (draft) [...] (U) Following is Embassy Montevideo's draft text for the INCSR Part I which was also submitted by email per reftel instructions. BEGIN URUGUAY INSCSR DRAFT TEXT: Uruguay 2010 I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing or transit nation. Foreign [...]	2009-11-03 16:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO615	700 Illegal Weapons Found in Uruguay [...] (S) Uruguayan police confiscated over 700 firearms October 30- November 1, including handguns, shotguns, military style rifles, grenades, rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition from what appears to have been an arms trafficking operation. At least five of the confiscated weapons are rep [...]	2009-11-05 19:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	SNAR ASEC MASS PGOV UY BR
09MONTEVIDEO616	Biofuels Visit Trip Report - Richard Simmons [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO617	Uruguay: Review For Suspension of Title III of the Libertad [...] (SBU) Post provides the following information in response to Ref A request for information on Uruguay's policies related to Cuba. Ref B is Post's reporting for the preceding six-month period. 2. (C) President Vazquez led an official visit to Cuba in June 2009, fulfilling a campaign pr [...]	2009-11-12 18:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU UY
09MONTEVIDEO619	Largest Drug Seizure in Uruguayan History [...] (C) On October 15, Uruguayan officials seized 2.174 kilos of cocaine valued at over 108 million USD on a yacht just west of Montevideo. This seizure is the largest narcotic bust of its type in the history of Uruguay and the region. The seizure is the result of a successful internationa [...]	2009-11-12 19:37:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO621	Uruguay: A Race to the Runoff [...] (U) Uruguay's presidential runoff campaign is in full swing. Although both contenders are struggling to build on the October 25 elections, polls give ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition candidate Jose Mujica a significant lead (48 percent to 40 percent) for the November 29 run-off. As the Octo [...]	2009-11-12 19:40:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO625	GOU LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT FOR THE ANGARSK RESERVE [...] (SBU) The GOU has not finalized its position on the Russian proposal to establish a nuclear fuel bank at Angarsk, but is leaning toward supporting the Angarsk reserve. In response to reftel points, the MFA Acting Director of International Affairs Gustavo Somma told emboff on November 20 that [...]	2009-11-20 16:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS UY
09MONTEVIDEO627	Uruguay: Low-Level Representation at Next UNASUR Defense [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion on defense issues November 23, Uruguayan Defense Minister Gonzalo Fernandez told Charge Matthewman that ALBA countries are pushing for another UNASUR Defense Council ministerial, which is to be held in Quito. The principal agenda item would again be t [...]	2009-11-23 19:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UY
09MONTEVIDEO641	Uruguay: A/S Valenzuela's December 16-17 Visit [...] (C) During A/S Valenzuela's December 16-17 visit to Uruguay, he met with Uruguayan President-elect Jose "Pepe" Mujica, Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz along with five other ranking Uruguayan career diplomats, and with Minister of Defense (and former foreign minister) Gonzalo Fernandez. Mujica t [...]	2009-12-31 13:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO648	URUGUAY: ELECTION RESULTS SHOW INTERNAL PARTY SHIFTS [...] (U) Summary. Uruguay's October 2009 presidential and legislative elections represented a historic change for all three major national political parties in regards to their internal dynamics. Within the incumbent Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, the elections reinforced the predominance of leadin [...]	2009-11-12 18:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO656	Uruguay: MFA offers End-Use, Retransfer, and Security [...] Reftels instructed post to encourage the Government of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to enter into a new agreement to establish end-use, retransfer, and security obligations that satisfy statutory requirements, and that may be applied to articles and services provided pursuant to the Global [...]	2009-11-16 12:25:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR KPKO MASS UY
09MONTEVIDEO660	Uruguay TIP Training: Standing Room Only [...] Summary: Post cohosted a two-day training on trafficking in persons on November 9- 10 with Partners for the Americas. The event was standing room only, and received excellent feedback from participants and positive press coverage. Due to interest and space limitations, post will plan t [...]	2009-11-18 19:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIP UY
09MONTEVIDEO666	Uruguay: Mujica Strong Favorite in November 29 Presidential [...] (U) With the November 29 runoff election less than a week away, ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition candidate Jose Mujica appears in position to be elected the next President of Uruguay, with 48 percent of likely voters intending to support him, according to recent polls. Challenger Luis Alber [...]	2009-11-24 18:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO668	Uruguay: Disaster Alert Cable for DCHA/OFDA [...] (U) A number of departments in the interior of Uruguay have experienced widespread flooding following heavy rains throughout the country beginning mid-November. The flooding has primarily affected the northwest of the country, with the heaviest damage in Artigas and Salto departments, which a [...]	2009-11-25 16:17:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID UY
09MONTEVIDEO670	OTA SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES OPERATIONS IN URUGUAY [...] SUMMARY: Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently launched a program in Uruguay, with the visit to date of five missions from its Banking, Debt Management and the Financial Crimes Teams. There are several additional missions planned by the Banking and Financial Crimes teams us [...]	2009-11-25 17:42:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO672	Uruguay's Position Paper on Climate Change and Delegation [...] The GOU has shared with us a copy of its position paper on climate change, to be presented at the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties (COP-15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The GOU delegation, which will be led by Minister of Environment Carlos Collac [...]	2009-11-27 11:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG UY
09MONTEVIDEO680	Jose Mujica Wins Uruguayan Presidency [...] (U) Summary. As predicted by all major polling companies, Frente Amplio candidate and former Tupamaro guerrilla Jose "Pepe" Mujica will be the next President of Uruguay, after winning 53 percent of the vote in a runoff election against Luis Alberto Lacalle November 29. Both Mujica and Lacalle [...]	2009-11-30 18:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO7	URUGUAY: DROUGHT CONTINUES, BUT GOVERNMENT NOT YET [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary: - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay continues to suffer from a serious drought, but Deputy Chief of Staff Jorge Vazquez told Ambassador Baxter January 8 that the GOU does not yet consider it necessary to requ [...]	2009-01-09 14:51:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI UY
09MONTEVIDEO700	UPCOMING MERCOSUR SUMMIT UNLIKELY TO SCORE MUCH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, Montevideo will host Mercosur's 38th Presidential Summit. The GOU's main targets at the beginning of its pro-tempore presidency were on the commercial, external relations and institutional fronts. Achievements seem to have fallen short on every front and no majo [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD BR AR PA UY
09MONTEVIDEO714	Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December [...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...]	2009-12-09 12:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO718	Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Debut at Mercosur Summit [...] (U) The December 8-9 38th summit meeting of MERCOSUR, provided an appropriate platform for Jose Mujica's regional debut as president elect. Mujica was warmly received by the delegates and, thanks in particular to high profile meetings with Christina Kirchner and Hugo Chavez, managed to attract [...]	2009-12-10 19:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO726	MERCOSUR SUMMIT PREDICTABLY SHORT ON ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, heads of state of Mercosur's four full members and aspiring member Venezuela gathered in Montevideo for the bloc's 38th Presidential Summit. As expected, (ref A) dialogue at the summit focused more on regional politics and less on tangible progress of the economi [...]	2009-12-11 19:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO730	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Emboffs conducted ref A Blue Lantern re-license check at the main office of Glock America S.A. (Plaza Independencia 831, Montevideo) on November 30. Emboffs were received by Glock America Vice President Luiz Horta. Responses to reftel questions follow: 2. (SBU) Glock America was [...]	2009-12-15 16:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ES UY
09MONTEVIDEO734	INCSR II -- URUGUAY [...] Post submits the 2009-2010 INCSR II report. An e-mail copy with tracked changed was delivered by e-mail, per reftel instructions. 2. While the level of money laundering and related crimes is considered relatively low in Uruguay, the country's financial system remains vulnerable to th [...]	2009-12-17 16:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO74	CONCERNED ABOUT INFLATION, GOU TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay has steadily taken steps to moderate the impact of the global economic slowdown in recent months, including measures to keep consumer confidence and spending steady. However, concerns about rising inflationary pressures caused a shift in emphasis in late January. Whil [...]	2009-02-09 11:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR UY
09MONTEVIDEO758	Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Cabinet Taking Shape [...] (U) President elect Jose Mujica has buckled down to the business of appointing his cabinet. Mujica's selection process was complicated slightly by internal unrest within factions of the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, but those problems were resolved quickly. Although the announcement of [...]	2009-12-21 14:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO760	URUGUAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is a CORRECTED COPY of 09 Montevideo 760. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol/Econ officer Eric Theus. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Uruguay is a willing partner of the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts. It supports the fight agains [...]	2009-12-22 15:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO78	URUGUAY: FM LAUDS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, [...] (C) Getting to know officials in the new U.S. administration and helping them understand Uruguay's excellent relationship with the U.S. is a priority for President Vazquez during his last year in office, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez told the Charge February 6. Complicating that challenge [...]	2009-02-10 15:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TBIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO89	URUGUAY 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: There is a relatively low incidence of trafficking in persons in Uruguay but the government is nonetheless undertaking robust efforts to improve public consciousness, detection, prosecution and protection of victims, to the extent possible with existing resources. These efforts to ta [...]	2009-02-13 16:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UY
09MONTEVIDEO9	URUGUAYAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS NOT DEFINITIVE [...] Uruguay is increasingly interested in diversifying its energy sector, potentially including the use of nuclear power. Currently, the implementation of such a program is prohibited by law, but President Tabare Vazquez authorized feasibility research of a civil nuclear program and its implication [...]	2009-01-12 19:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO90	URUGUAYAN ELECTIONS: THIRD CANDIDATE EMERGES FOR RULING COALITION NOMINATION [...] (U) A third candidate has emerged for the presidential nomination of Uruguay's ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition. Marcos Carambula is Mayor of Canelones, Uruguay's second-largest province, and he is hoping to draw support from the middle ground between longtime front-running senators Jose Mujica [...]	2009-02-17 14:10:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR UY
09NDJAMENA97	MINURCAT RISING: REINFORCED UN PKO REPLACES EUFOR [...] (SBU) The EU PKO EUFOR, one of two PKOs authorized by UNSC 1778, stood down March 15, transferring its authority to provide security to civilians in Eastern Chad and Northeastern CAR to the UN's MINURCAT, whose mandate was enhanced to include such a role by UNSC 1861. Many of EUFOR's EU-membe [...]	2009-03-23 08:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MASS MARR UN PKO SU LY
09PANAMA713	Commentator Urges Martinelli To Cancel 'Clownish' Panamax [...] (SBU) On September 18, in the middle of the annual Panamax exercise, leading daily La Prensa ran an op-ed by I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. titled "An Irresponsible, Unnecessary Militaristic Stunt Returns." Eisenmann has long been an anti-military voice in Panama. He is one of the founders of La [...]	2009-09-24 18:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR KPAO PREL PM
09PARISFR1397	UNESCO: Executive Board Election Results [...] (U) The election of members of the Executive Board took place on Wednesday, 14 October 2009. The names of the Member States elected to the Executive Board were announced at the plenary meeting by Mr. Khamlihne Nhouyvanisvong (Laos),Chairperson of the Nominations Committee. 182 Member States we [...]	2009-10-15 14:33:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR718	UNESCO: 181ST EXECUTIVE BOARD APPROVES LAUNCHING OF A [...] Uruguay first proposed a network of national authorities against racism and xenophobia modeled on an existing network of city authorities during the Spring 2007 Executive Board, depicting it as an offshoot of UNESCO's "Integrated strategy to combat racism, discrimination, xenophobia and relate [...]	2009-05-29 09:07:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNESCO
09PHNOMPENH114	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 06:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PORTAUPRINCE245	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S MARCH 11-14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as democratic consolidation and economic progress have stalled, as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. Although President Preval alloc [...]	2009-03-04 17:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE371	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CONYERS'S VISIT TO HAITI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. The storms and resulting flooding displaced hundreds of thousands of people and made Haiti's al [...]	2009-04-03 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE372	HAITI: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT [...] (SBU) The government and people of Haiti will warmly welcome the visit of the USNS Comfort. The medical services you will provide are badly needed in this, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where a large portion of the population has virtually no access to medical services. Your [...]	2009-04-06 11:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE404	THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary. As the first Secretary of State to travel to Port-au-Prince since 2005, your visit on Thursday sends Haitians a clear signal of continued, indeed intensified, U.S. support for a neighbor and friend in need. Haitians, both within the government and without, will respond positively [...]	2009-04-14 20:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL OVIP CLINTON HILLARY HA
09PORTAUPRINCE600	HAITI: MAY 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT [...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in May 2009. 2. Trilateral Conference a Big Success: On May 5-7, law enforcement, national security policy makers and prosecutors from Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as U.S. officials met in Florid [...]	2009-06-23 17:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM HA
09PORTOFSPAIN197	CODEL Engel meets LAC leaders at Fifth Summit of the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a Congressional delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, 2009. The delegation consisted of Representative Connie Ma [...]	2009-04-30 22:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD
09QUITO1026	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-10-20 19:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO549	PRESIDENT'S BROTHER INVOLVED IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING [...] (U) Summary: An Ecuadorian newspaper story on June 14 denounced President Correa's brother Fabricio for alleged corruption in public contracting, claiming he received $80 million worth of government contracts through shell companies based in Panama and other suspicious business dealings. Pre [...]	2009-07-06 14:19:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO703	ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...]	2009-08-07 15:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO707	SCENESETTER FOR INAUGURATION DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Quito warmly welcomes the delegation headed by Senator Bob Graham for the inauguration of President Correa on August 10, held on the 200th anniversary of Ecuador's first call for independence. While we do not agree with the Correa government on every issue, we have enjoyed stron [...]	2009-08-07 18:05:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO
09RABAT195	MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...]	2009-03-06 18:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO
09RIODEJANEIRO161	Media Reaction, Jornal do Brasil Newspaper, Brazil: Between [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 19:48:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09ROME171	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]	2009-02-12 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09SANJOSE365	AMCHAM'S DISCONTENT: OECD BLACKLISTS COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) met with DCM and Emboffs on April 17 to make a strong case against the recent OECD listing of Costa Rica on the tax haven "blacklist". They argued that the OECD's decision, which seemed to ignore the transparency of the [...]	2009-04-30 22:10:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE498	LULA'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA - PROMOTING TRADE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Costa Rica June 2-3 to advance cooperation between the Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (MERCOSUR) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA),of which Costa Rica will assume the Presidency in July, and to strengthen bil [...]	2009-06-17 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL BR CS
09SANJOSE651	GOCR'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES: SICA, UNSC AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, Costa Rican MFA Director of Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano gave a presentation to representatives of the diplomatic corps on Costa Rica's foreign policy priorities over the next six months. Solano focused on Costa Rica's six-month presidency of the Central America [...]	2009-07-31 14:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE921	COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO USTR REQUEST FOR INFO ON CBI- [...] The following is Post's response to reftel A. The text replies to specific keyed reftel questions and updates Post's 2007 submission (reftel C) to USTR's request regarding CBI beneficiary countries. Questions can be directed to Economics Specialist, Kevin Ludeke at +506 2519-22261, Fax +506 [...]	2009-10-27 20:48:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANSALVADOR1108	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Econoff conducted reftel Blue Lantern pre-license check on November 23 at COSASE's principal San Salvador store, meeting with store manager Mario Serrano and general administrative manager Romero Hernandez. Responses to reftel questions follow: 2. (SBU) COSASE was established over [...]	2009-11-24 21:35:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC UY ES
09SANTIAGO10	INSULZA WITHDRAWS FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Socialist party leader Jose Miguel Insulza formally announced January 5 that he would not run for president, ending months of indecision and vague, and at times contradictory, statements concerning his political aspirations. During a January 4 conversation with the Ambassador, [...]	2009-01-05 19:39:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CI
09SANTIAGO1018	Santiago Oct. 27 Media Report [...] After three months of negotiation, the Ministers of the Environment and Finance signed an agreement with the heads of the political alliances in Congress to speed up the project that creates a ministry and regulatory agency for the environment. Senator Pablo Longueira (USI) labeled t [...]	2009-10-27 19:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1070	Santiago Nov. 9 Media Report [...] The national scholastic test for fourth graders shows that only 24% have the level of language skills required for that grade. The test also confirms that the gap that exists between private and public education remains unchanged; only 12% of low-income school students achieved adva [...]	2009-11-09 20:12:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1174	Santiago Dec. 3-4 Media Report [...] A Gallup poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries shows that in Chile 72% of those polled have a positive image of President Obama and 59% approve of the U.S. government. This is 30% higher than the same poll in 2008 when George W. Bush was in office. The positive perception of the US [...]	2009-12-04 18:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1204	Santiago Dec. 10 Media Report [...] President Bachelet will celebrate the International Human Rights Day today with a visit to Talagante, the location where the first victims of the military regime were found in 1978. Bachelet and presidential candidate Eduardo Frei have been highlighting human rights in the final portion o [...]	2009-12-10 20:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1246	Santiago Dec. 22 Media Report [...] The results o the National College Admissions Tests confirm once again the gap that exists between private and public schools (Conservative, afternoon La Tercera, 12/22). U.S.-Related News 2. Forensic expert Laura Borgel, owner of the Servitox laboratory, explained how it was t [...]	2009-12-22 17:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO142	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 18 [...] Stock markets worldwide fall due to doubts in the effectiveness of the bailout plan for the automobile industry in the United States. Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter accidentally fell into a swimming pool yesterday, and is on an induced comma to prevent further neurolo [...]	2009-02-18 14:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO162	CHILE: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER'S TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political instability in Paraguay, an improving Chilean relationship with Bolivia, cooperation with Ecuador, and normal bilateral relations with Peru were among the highlights of Acting Foreign Minister Van Klaveren's February 13 tour d'horizon meeting with DAS Christopher McMullen. [...]	2009-02-23 20:49:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON OVIP KPAO XM
09SANTIAGO164	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 24 [...] Dailies highlighted an investigation in Uruguay that revealed an Argentine agent, Ivan Velazquez, had hacked into e-mails of at least eight Chilean government officials in 2007, including that of former Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet. The GOC has asked Uruguay for additional information. Ano [...]	2009-02-24 18:06:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO166	CHILE SUPPORTS U.S. ON DURBAN, STRATEGIZES ON [...] (U) This is an action request for IO/RHS and DRL/MLGA. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Chile supports U.S. positions at the Durban Conference, but does not consider anti-Israeli language to be a key issue. MFA Human Rights official Eduardo Chihuailaf said Chile is eager to work [...]	2009-02-24 18:57:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO191	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 3 [...] Dow Jones industrial average dropped to its lowest level in twelve years, affecting stock markets worldwide. Chile's Central Bank anticipates lowering interest rate for a third consecutive time. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs [...]	2009-03-03 13:19:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO245	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 13 [...] Late morning on-line dailies report that La Moneda confirmed Vice President Joe Biden's participation at the Progressive Governance Summit, March 27-28 in Chile. Dailies also ran extensive coverage on Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's departure and the subsequent cabinet shuffle. Dailies al [...]	2009-03-13 15:43:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO279	CHILE LOOKS TOWARD SUMMIT WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Chilean officials see President Obama's participation in the Summit of the Americas as a critical chance for the president to signal his re-engagement with Latin America, a region that feels jettisoned by conflicts and emerging powers in other regions. The financial crisis and [...]	2009-03-23 20:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KSUM PGOV ETRD ECON XL XM XS
09SANTIAGO282	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (C) Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes you to Chile -- the first visit to Latin America by a senior Obama White House representative. Your participation in the Progressive Governance Summit and subsequent bilateral meeting with President Bachelet will bolster our relationship with a close ally whos [...]	2009-03-24 19:37:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CI
09SANTIAGO299	MEDIA REPORT: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHILE [...] Summary: Vice President Biden's participation at the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Vina del Mar and his bilateral with President Bachelet in Santiago produced extremely positive media coverage in Chile. Articles and TV news highlighted Biden's stature as the "second man in the [...]	2009-03-31 19:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO306	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 1 [...] The national unemployment rate for the December-February period reached 8.5 percent, which is 1.2 percent higher than in 2008. Chile plays Uruguay this evening and could qualify for the 2010 World Soccer Cup if it wins. U.S.-Related Articles --------------------- 2. Minister Counselor Ca [...]	2009-04-01 21:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO309	VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH [...] (U) March 27, 2009; 6:30 pm ) 7:05 pm; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Dire [...]	2009-04-02 15:53:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UY JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO313	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 2 [...] Chile tied 0-0 with Uruguay yesterday in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Soccer Cup. Dailies continue to report extensively on the status of the collusion investigation of pharmacy chains that allegedly hiked prices beginning in 2005. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editoria [...]	2009-04-02 20:08:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO5	CHILE HOSTS IBERIAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: Approximately 150 public prosecutors, NGO leaders, and other government officials from 21 Latin American countries gathered at the recent Iberian-American Public Prosecutor's summit to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP) investigations, prosecutions, victims' assistance, and preventi [...]	2009-01-02 20:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTIP XM XL CI
09SANTIAGO523	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - REACTION TO OAS RESOLUTION ON CUBA -- [...] The OAS resolution on reincorporating Cuba received front-page coverage. The media also reported on Chile's 369 cases of AH1N1. Of the seven patients in serious condition, six are from Puerto Montt, in Chile's far south. The Ministry of Health sent a team of experts to determine why the viru [...]	2009-06-04 22:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO714	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 27 [...] "La Tercera" telephone survey on 800 registered voters shows that in an eventual presidential election, Sebastian Pinera would receive 30%, Eduardo Frei 25%, and Marco Enriquez-Ominami 21% Frei (La Tercera, 7/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Last week, former military regime Jus [...]	2009-07-27 19:35:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO769	FM FERNANDEZ ON UNASUR -- GREATER COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary. On August 11, Foreign Minister Fernandez suggested to the Ambassador that UNASUR moderates can balance out the populists and hold UNASUR together in spite of tension over Colombia. However, Colombia needs to participate in UNASUR at a senior level to effectively explain its pos [...]	2009-08-12 20:31:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO78	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 23 [...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detention of the former National Registry Service Director for mismanagement and embezzlement; the more than 40% rate reduction for calls to cell phones; and the violent attack of an estate in the indigenous Mapuche area in southern Chile. U.S.-Related News - [...]	2009-01-23 15:30:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO781	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 14 [...] The death of an indigenous Mapuche when the police evicted him and others from a private estate in southern Chile has triggered violent incidents in the Region of Araucania. Eight policemen have been injured by shotgun pellets (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/14). Honduras -------- [...]	2009-08-14 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO809	FM FERNANDEZ ON UNASUR: CHILE TO BACK DCA, AVOID [...] (C) The Ambassador verbally delivered reftel demarche in an August 27 conversation with Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez. Fernandez stated that the Chilean government was focused on two objectives surrounding tomorrow's UNASUR meeting. First, Chile wants to ensure that the Chilean-Bolivia [...]	2009-08-27 18:09:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OPDC XR
09SANTIAGO829	Chile's Foreign Minister Outlines Honduras, UNASUR Challenge [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Fernandez suggested that Honduran President Zelaya needed to adopt a more conciliatory public tone to ease his return to power, and that it was important for the sake of hemispheric unity that he return to Ho [...]	2009-09-03 21:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CI
09SANTIAGO833	CHILEAN MFA DG IBARRA ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS: RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Roberto Ibarra, new MFA Director General for Foreign Policy, affirmed to the Ambassador September 3 that U.S. - Chile relations are excellent. He qualified the results of the UNASUR Bariloche summit as "better than expected" and underlined Chile's commitment to working with the o [...]	2009-09-04 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XR CI
09SANTIAGO972	Santiago Oct. 8 Media Report [...] The Distortions Committee, formed by Central Bank and finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, and economy ministry officials decreed a 15% temporary special duty on powdered milk and gouda cheese imports from Uruguay and Argentina (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/8). Salitre [...]	2009-10-08 17:21:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1408	Socialist International Holds Second Council Meeting in the [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 16:20:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON DR
09SAOPAULO222	BRAZIL: MUDDLING THROUGH WITH MERCOSUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Mercosul is overly politicized and structurally defective, particularly for a major emerging economic power like Brazil, according to participants in a 4/7/09 Consulate-sponsored roundtable. However, membership in this organization provides some economic benefits to Brazil even [...]	2009-04-15 15:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BR
09SAOPAULO372	Brazil: Pragmatism, Uncertainty Temper Theory at Leftist [...] (U) Summary: The ongoing financial crisis is focused on the core countries of the world economy, and so opens opportunities for Brazil and other South American countries to assert themselves, according to participants in a June 20-21 international meeting of leftist organizations in Sao Paulo. [...]	2009-06-30 14:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM EFIN BR
09SAOPAULO489	MEDIA REACTION - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: COLOMBIA, FARC, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 16:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO601	LABOR LEADERS' POSITIVE OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent discussions, Sao Paulo labor leaders were positive on the voice of unions in Brazilian economic policy. Sector representatives praised U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Kirk's September 16 visit, expressing gratitude for his interest in their views on trade but indicate [...]	2009-10-13 17:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR
09SINGAPORE19	SINGAPORE EYES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Singapore's Prime Minister and other top officials took advantage of attendance at APEC meetings in Peru to strengthen and broaden relationships in Latin America. After years of mostly indifference to the region, Singapore is making a push to expand trade and investment in Lat [...]	2009-01-07 00:31:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD SN
09STATE105775	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective October 11, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-718. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-10-09 20:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE112828	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 15, South African Justice Richard Goldstone released the report of his fact-finding Mission into alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the fighting between Hamas [...]	2009-11-02 17:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09STATE118799	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]	2009-11-17 23:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE119092	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050200117 for the export of firearms to El Salvador. Post is requested to complete thi [...]	2009-11-18 17:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ES UY
09STATE122629	A-BR ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122637	B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122638	K-P ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA

09STATE122639	PH-UL ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON [...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]	2009-11-30 20:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122641	V-Y ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 20:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM UN
09STATE124654	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective December 6, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-722. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-12-04 22:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE25870	COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - URUGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 16:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC
09STATE26136	PSI: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING - OFFICIAL [...] The U.S. will host a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) meeting and a PSI Outreach meeting on May 12-14, 2009 in Miami, FL. The OEG meeting for PSI participating countries will take place on May 12-13, and the Outreach meeting for Western Hemisphere coun [...]	2009-03-18 21:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
09STATE322	ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15-17. ------- Summary ------- 2. Summary: On December 30, 2008, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy [...]	2009-01-03 03:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09STATE33629	DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] (SBU) This is a time-sensitive action request for addressee posts. Given the importance of these IMF and World Bank votes, Department asks that the demarche be delivered at the highest appropriate level, preferably by Chief of Mission or DCM (please see paragraphs 2-5),with reports by April [...]	2009-04-07 11:44:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE40824	HCOC - ENCOURAGING INDIA TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE HCOC [...] (C) Summary: Department requests Embassy to encourage India to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). This overture is consistent with India's positive efforts related to preventing the spread of ballistic missiles via harmonization and adherenc [...]	2009-04-23 16:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE41478	(C/NF) KUDOS FOR EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO (C-AL9-00888) [...] (S/NF) KUDOS TO EMBASSY MONTEVIDEO FOR PROVIDING TIMELY AND RELEVANT REPORTING THAT WAS USED IN ANALYTIC PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHILE IN MARCH. 2. (C/NF) REFS A AND B PROVIDED INFORMATION ON URUGUAY'S EXPECTED GROWTH RATES. REF A ALSO PROVIDED SOME USEFUL PERSP [...]	2009-04-24 18:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UY
09STATE44996	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...]	2009-05-04 15:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE44998	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...]	2009-05-04 15:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE46302	DEMARCHE: IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) Department requests Embassy to urge host government to vote for Ambassador Yukiya Amano of Japan for Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Ambassador Amano is the best qualified candidate for Director General and the USG's preferred choice to lead the Ag [...]	2009-05-06 23:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AORC KNNP IAEA PREL
09STATE47360	KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]	2009-05-08 21:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47369	KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]	2009-05-08 22:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47372	KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]	2009-05-08 22:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE48359	ANTARCTICA: THE THIRTY-SECOND ANTARCTIC TREATY [...] Begin Summary and Comment: The 32nd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) met in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 6-17, 2009, to discuss a range of issues related to Antarctica. The Meeting was convened initially at the Department of State in Washington as part of the first-ever joint mee [...]	2009-05-12 18:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY
09STATE59969	U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. In a change to our prior position, the USG is carefully considering joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Membership in IRENA could advance the Administration,s object [...]	2009-06-10 22:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE59971	U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. In a change to our prior position, the USG is carefully considering joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Membership in IRENA could advance the Administration,s object [...]	2009-06-10 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE60637	URUGUAY -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-12 01:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL UY
09STATE61286	U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. The USG is considering signing the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),the international agreement establishing the organization, in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Per reftels A and B, the D [...]	2009-06-13 17:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE64971	2009 OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP REPORT [...] (U) This cable is from the U.S. Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States. 2. (U) Note: This cable reports on activities at the Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We report on other OASGA decisions on Cuba in SEPTEL. Info [...]	2009-06-23 16:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD KSUM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI XM OAS
09STATE66233	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050106987 for the export of rifles to Uruguay. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lanter [...]	2009-06-25 22:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UY
09STATE68619	UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON HONDURAS; PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 29, President of the General Assembly (PGA) D'Escoto convened a meeting on the situation in Honduras, calling on the UNGA to join many countries in issuing a universal condemnation of the June 28 coup. Honduran PermRep Reina called the situation a tragic but transitional [...]	2009-07-02 01:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS XK XM HO
09STATE69220	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective JULY 5, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-711. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire me [...]	2009-07-02 22:13:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE70077	(C/NF) VENEZUELAN FOREIGN POLICY WITHIN LATIN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE THE WIDE BODY OF REPORTING OVER MANY YEARS ON THE PUBLIC AND COVERT TOOLS VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ USES TO GAIN INFLUENCE IN LATIN AMERICA. US POLICYMAKERS AND ANALYSTS REMAIN INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC AND, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, WOULD APPRECIA [...]	2009-07-07 17:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR EPET ETRD PREL VE
09STATE74796	(C/NF) URUGUAY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C/NF) SENIOR POLICYMAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN URUGUAY IN LIGHT OF RECENT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REPORTING TO DATE ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL EVENTS AND PRIMARY CAMPAIGN COVERAGE. ANALYSTS HAVE FOUND RECENT CABLES ON THE PRIMARY ELECTIO [...]	2009-07-17 18:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV UY
09STATE80163	(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED [...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the United Nations (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the United Nations (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the [...]	2009-07-31 20:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KSPR ECON KPKO KUNR
09STATE8410	2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: REQUEST FOR POST INPUT [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 review is requested no later than 10:00 a.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on March 2, 2009. All Posts whose host countries/economies have been proposed by the private sector for inclusion on the Spe [...]	2009-01-30 10:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR
09STATE85140	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective August 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-714. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]	2009-08-14 22:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE87522	(U) VIETNAM: INVESTMENT SECTORS (C-DI9-01568) [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA THAT HAVE SIGNED OR NEGOTIATED INVESTMENT TREATIES, PARTICULARLY VIETNAM. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER DETAILS POSTS CAN PROVIDE ON THE TOPICS AND QUESTIONS BELOW, TIME AND RESOURCES PERMITTING AND IN THE COURSE OF [...]	2009-08-21 21:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON EIND ETRD VM
09STATE87762	LEAHY VETTING FAST TRACK THIRD TRANCHE AND [...] This cable announces the third tranche of countries approved for Fast Track Leahy vetting status. It also consolidates all three fast track tranches into one list that will be re-approved annually. This cable constitutes re-approval of the first two fast track tranches for another year from t [...]	2009-08-24 13:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM MASS PHUM PREL SNAR
09STATE90944	PREPARATORY MEETING OF THE XVI INTER-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Preparatory Meeting of the Sixteenth Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor (IACML) took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina July 22-24. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) led the U.S. delegation, which also included officials from the Department of State's Bureau of [...]	2009-09-01 14:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ELAB ETRD OVIP PREL
09STATE94913	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective September 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-716. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this enti [...]	2009-09-11 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE96468	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver President Obama's invitation (paragraph 4) to Heads of State or Heads of Government of action addressee posts to join an event that will honor the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping [...]	2009-09-16 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPKO
09STATE97949	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Embassy is requested to deliver President Obama's invitation to President Hu (paragraph 2) to join an event that will honor the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping operation. Given the short turnaround, USUN has passed [...]	2009-09-21 21:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPKO
09STATE99783	US PARTICIPATION IN JOINT DEMARCHE TO ICELAND ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. Post is requested TO participate in a joint demarche to the Government of Iceland concerning their recent decisions regarding whaling activities. The text of the demarche is contained in paragraph 5. The United Kingdom has agreed to lead the demarc [...]	2009-09-24 21:22:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS IC KSCA PGOV SENV IWC
09STOCKHOLM34	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: SWEDEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 12:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KIDE KSPR OPIC KTDB USTR SW
09TBILISI1602	GEORGIA SEEKS U.S. HELP IN PROMOTING UNGA IDP [...] (SBU) Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Sergi Kapanadze told emboffs on August 25 that the EU has decided to support the draft UN General Assembly resolution entitled "Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia a [...]	2009-08-25 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNGA RS GG
09TBILISI2240	GEORGIA DOWNPLAYS NAURU'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgian officials downplayed the significance of Nauru's apparent December 14 recognition of Abkhazia's "independence," which Russia reportedly encouraged with an offer of $50 million to the island nation. Although officials are discussing with Australian counterpa [...]	2009-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS XM AS NR RS GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1011	TFH01: OAS REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS G-16 [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador John Biehl of the Organization of American States (OAS) told the G-16 donors group on October 2 that a delegation of OAS Foreign Ministers will visit Honduras on October 7. Biehl said he is optimistic that progress is being made toward finding a solution to Honduras' [...]	2009-10-05 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA730	TFHO1: AMERICASBAROMETER ARTICLE ON PREDICTING [...] (U) Summary: In the latest "AmericasBarometer Insights" article, public opinion researchers Mitchell Seligson and John Booth point to their conclusion in a book published earlier this year that Honduras demonstrated "greater risk for unrest, political turmoil, and support for antidemocratic [...]	2009-08-11 18:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA867	TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP [...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies from August 29 through September 1. End Summary. 2. (U) "El Heraldo," "La Prensa," and "La Tribuna" September 1 report that Venezuelan President Chavez admits it is highly unlikely that President Zelaya will re [...]	2009-09-01 23:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09THEHAGUE451	CWC: PRESENTATIONS BY DG CANDIDATES, JULY 15, [...] (SBU) The seven candidates to succeed Rogelio Pfirter (Argentina) as the next Director-General (DG) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) each presented themselves to the Executive Council (EC) on July 15. During the day-long closed session presided over by EC Ch [...]	2009-07-24 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AU FI GM ID TU UK AG
09TOKYO1217	UNION DELIVERS MESSAGE ON U.S. LABOR LEGISLATION [...] Tomoyasu Kato, President of the All NTT Workers Union of Japan, delivered the following letter and resolution regarding the Employee Free Choice Act to the Embassy May 28. Kato, who is also Vice President of the Japan Trade Union Confederation (RENGO),said he delivered the message in his ca [...]	2009-05-29 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV JA
09TOKYO2813	JAPAN - 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATES REPORT [...] Per reftel instructions, post submits it draft chapter on Japan for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first five paragraphs of the report as they have done in the past. Additionally, we have excluded the midd [...]	2009-12-09 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR ECPS SN
09TOKYO597	JAPAN'S LEGISLATURE CONSIDERS BILL TO AVOID [...] (U) Japan's Lower House is deliberating a bill to extend for one year temporary tariff rates -- including beef and pork tariffs -- that will otherwise expire March 31. This same problem has occurred in previous years. Covering 417 tariffs in total, mostly for agriculture products, the bill t [...]	2009-03-18 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV JA
09UNVIEVIENNA128	IAEA/DG ELECTION: FIRST DAY INCONCLUSIVE, AMANO [...] (S) The first three rounds of balloting for the IAEA Director General election on March 26 proved inconclusive, with neither candidate able to command the required two-thirds majority of the 35-member Board. The vote tally was 21(Amano)-14(Minty)-0 in the first round; 20(Amano)-15(Minty)-0 in [...]	2009-03-26 15:09:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA178	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE [...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...]	2009-04-22 14:41:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF
09UNVIEVIENNA189	IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF [...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...]	2009-04-28 16:28:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA240	IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...]	2009-05-26 16:25:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA244	IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...]	2009-05-27 16:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA260	IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO [...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...]	2009-06-05 12:06:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA285	NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]	2009-06-18 13:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA287	NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]	2009-06-19 07:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA289	IAEA/SYRIA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: CONCERN OVER NEW [...] (C) Summary: The June Board debate on Syria unfolded along largely familiar lines with many Board members calling on Damascus to cooperate with the Agency,s requests, while NAM and Arab delegations continued to focus on Israel,s misdeeds, rather than the need for Syrian cooperation. The debat [...]	2009-06-19 15:59:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA292	IAEA/DPRK/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: BROAD CONDEMNATION [...] (SBU) The IAEA June Board of Governors registered universal condemnation and deep concern regarding the DPRK's nuclear test. Fourteen statements (representing 22 of 35 Board members) were delivered under the Agenda item on the Application of Safeguards in the DPRK: Six party partners, the EU, [...]	2009-06-22 12:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA299	IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...]	2009-06-24 06:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA300	IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...]	2009-06-24 06:36:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA301	IAEA JUNE BOARD: MOVES FUEL BANKS FORWARD [...] (SBU) In its debut as formal item on the IAEA Board of Governors agenda, the issue of nuclear fuel assurances concluded with the IAEA Secretariat empowered to continue developing select proposals and with the way cleared for continued Board discussions and eventual Board action. For the first [...]	2009-06-24 14:55:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN GR
09UNVIEVIENNA310	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE [...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...]	2009-06-29 15:46:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA527	IAEA: URGENT RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Mission recommends Washington immediately instruct posts in selected IAEA Board capitals, consistent with Russian request, to try to secure co-sponsorship commitments for a resolution to approve the LEU reserve proposal to be considered by the IAEA Board of Gove [...]	2009-11-20 15:48:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA531	IAEA/NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE: RUSSIAN-U.S. JOINT [...] (SBU) Russian IAEA Governor Berdennikov and resident Ambassador Zmeyevskiy hosted Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, group meetings to discuss the IAEA Board agenda item "Establishment of a physical reserve of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) in Russia." Beside U.S. Ambassador Davies (both d [...]	2009-11-23 13:51:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA535	IAEA/BOG - RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FUEL RESERVE APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: The years-long IAEA debate over the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve finally came to a head at the Board of Governors' Thanksgiving session. Rather than have the Board act on a Secretariat recommendation, Russia chose the tactic of seeking approval of its plan by [...]	2009-11-30 16:59:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP AORC TRGY IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA539	IAEA/SYRIA: DIVIDED BOARD REMAINS SEIZED OF THE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors November 27 formally addressed Syria for the fifth time in as many boards. Despite a critical report by the Director General noting no progress on the Dair Alzour investigation and mounting questions on uranium traces at the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor th [...]	2009-12-02 15:08:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA544	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program on November 27 , marking the first time since Iran was referred to the UN Security Council in February 2006 that the Board has taken formal action on Iran. The German-sponsored resolution had the support [...]	2009-12-03 15:10:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA92	IAEA/SYRIA: SYRIA OFFERS NO FURTHER COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) The March 4 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations on Syria broke down along similar lines as past Board discussion of this issue. Although the Director General and a majority of Board members (21 of 33 Board members) called for cooperation by Syria, NAM standard bearers Egypt, Cuba and [...]	2009-03-06 14:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK1008	UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...]	2009-11-09 21:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1024	ELECTIONS IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ELECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly held elections on November 3, 2009 to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs of the Assembly and other UN administrative and budgetary bodies: the Committee for Program and Coordination, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (U.S. was re-elected [...]	2009-11-13 00:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1028	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 18:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1030	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. Most delegations raised the issues of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and elements of the Conv [...]	2009-11-13 18:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1031	UNGA/C-5: G77 AND OTHERS ATTACK U.S. FOR ARREARS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recently, Under Secretary General Angela Kane briefed the Fifth Committee during a formal session on Item 134: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations. Following this briefing, the Fifth Committee held another formal meeting to discuss this issue and received update [...]	2009-11-13 19:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1038	PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC [...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...]	2009-11-16 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1133	WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's speech was the high point of the UNGA's opening session. WHA and other delegations warmly welcomed his call for a "new era of engagement." One of the most striking expressions of this sentiment came later in the session when the Third Committee erupted into appl [...]	2009-12-18 17:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
09USUNNEWYORK1159	MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...]	2009-12-24 17:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK122	U/SYG MALCORRA ON STAFFING, SUDAN, SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice paid a courtesy call on UN Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra on Wednesday, February 11. U/SYG Malcorra, who heads the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS),told the Ambassador that Amcit Tony Banbury was on a "one man shortlist" for the position of Assista [...]	2009-02-11 23:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SU SO AF
09USUNNEWYORK134	FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOS [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK289	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 16 and 17 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the question of the veto. 74 delegations spoke during the day-and a-half discussion with most stating their general aversion to the vet [...]	2009-03-19 20:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK359	UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) concluded its annual session on March 20 by adopting a consensus report on schedule for the first time since 2006. The report contains specific language regarding the protection of civilians and broadly as [...]	2009-04-07 18:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK480	USUN MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. Ambassador Wolff met May 5 with two members of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Eminent Jurists Panel (EJP),Mary Robinson and Robert Goldman. The eight-member EJP recently completed a report titled "Assessing Damage, Urging Ac [...]	2009-05-11 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK496	U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...]	2009-05-13 09:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC UNGA PREL
09USUNNEWYORK506	SOMALIA: UNSC BACKS UK DRAFT, DEFERS UNPKO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security Council members welcomed the UK's draft resolution on UN support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) with only a few members advocating a rapid transfer to a UN peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Security Council consultations on May 13. In a briefing prece [...]	2009-05-14 21:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK544	ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES [...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...]	2009-06-01 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK597	LIBYA'S TREKI ELECTED UNGA PRESIDENT; QADDAFI TO [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly elected Libyan diplomat Ali Treki to serve as its president in the forthcoming session. Also elected by acclamation were 21 vice presidents. The bureaus of the Assembly,s six Main Committees were elected with a few remaining vacancies to be filled soon. In [...]	2009-06-16 14:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC LI PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK644	SECURITY COUNCIL WEIGHS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members, senior Secretariat officials, and major troop contributing countries debated the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) in a full-day session on June 29. UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy said in his open [...]	2009-07-01 23:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK645	UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON HONDURAS; PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 29, President of the General Assembly (PGA) D'Escoto convened a meeting on the situation in Honduras, calling on the UNGA to join many countries in issuing a universal condemnation of the June 28 coup. Honduran PermRep Reina called the situation a tragic but transitional [...]	2009-07-02 00:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS XK XM HO
09USUNNEWYORK65	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members and invited speakers considered in lengthy January 22-23 sessions the state of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Participants agreed that a decade of dramatic expansion in UN peacekeeping efforts leaves the Council overdue for a systematic stockta [...]	2009-01-30 01:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK667	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) The UN's Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Executive Director, Mike Smith, met with Ambassador Rice on July 7. Ambassador Rice thanked Smith for the positive impact he has had as Executive Director. Smith provided an overview of CTED's work and shared some recent initiati [...]	2009-07-09 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK764	SECURITY COUNCIL AGAIN DEBATES THE FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Alain Le Roy, U/SYG Susana Malcorra and UNAMID Force Commander Agwai briefed the Security Council on August 5, during an open debate on peacekeeping convened by the UK. The two U/SYGs highlighted key themes in the Secretariat's recently issued "New Horizon" non-paper, i [...]	2009-08-12 21:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK810	AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH INCOMING FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (C) During a brief August 27 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Uruguayan PermRep Jose Luis Cancela, incoming Chair of the First Committee (on disarmament),explained his strong desire to move things forward in the First Committee rather than repeating what has been done in previous years, and to wo [...]	2009-09-02 14:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK813	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN PR VIOTTI [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Brazilian PermRep Viotti listed peacekeeping and peacebuilding as priorities for Brazil, in particular the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and peacebuilding activities in Guinea-Bissau. Viotti noted the importance of [...]	2009-09-02 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PHUM PREL BM
09USUNNEWYORK838	UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON SYG'S REPORT ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 9 the Security Council held an open debate on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Former President Bill Clinton, addressing the Council in his capacity as UN Special Envoy to Haiti, called for projecting a "more posi [...]	2009-09-15 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC HA
09USUNNEWYORK846	64TH UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 16 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 64th UNGA, which opened September 15, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. The meeting went smoothly. Taiwan was not an issue this year, and there were no other major issues. [...]	2009-09-18 20:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CN
09USUNNEWYORK866	PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH TOP UN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following his address to the Open Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 23, President Obama convened an unprecedented meeting with the Heads of State and Foreign Ministers of the top contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping operations. President [...]	2009-10-01 09:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK888	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 23 PM): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 23rd afternoon session of the General debate saw the U.S. delegation walk out of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's fiery diatribe against the U.S. and Israel. The Iranian President derided capitalist economic systems, defended recent election results, and condemned bo [...]	2009-10-09 21:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO SW UK IT AR
09USUNNEWYORK907	UN GENERAL DEBATE BEGINS: OVER 100 HEADS OF STATE [...] SUMMARY: Over 100 heads of state and government participated in this year's United Nations General Debate, which opened on September 23, including President Obama for his first Assembly appearance. Most interventions addressed the economic impact of the financial crisis, nuclear disarmament an [...]	2009-10-13 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US LY UG QA
09USUNNEWYORK970	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: NUCLEAR [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 13 to 15. This summary comprises statements from all three days. The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, the Secretary General of the Conference [...]	2009-10-30 19:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK982	UNGA: UN PASSES 18TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 18th annual resolution condemning the United States economic and commercial embargo on Cuba. The Foreign Minister of Cuba delivered a hostile, cold-war style intervention, blaming the United States for pr [...]	2009-11-03 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ECON UNGA CA
09USUNNEWYORK991	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OTHER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 13:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK996	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: OTHER [...] (U) Summary: The UN Disarmament and International Security Committee (First Committee) conducted its thematic debate on other disarmament measures and international security on October 21. 2. Netherlands (U) The Netherlands presented updated versions of its draft resolutions on transpare [...]	2009-11-05 23:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09WARSAW59	POLAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The 1923 Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses 2. The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards 3. The 1961 Geneva European Convention on International Trade Arbitration 4. The 1972 Moscow Convention on Arbitration Resolution of Civ [...]	2009-01-20 07:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EIQ EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PL

09WINDHOEK20	NAMIBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Summary. Post is pleased to submit its 2009 Investment Climate for Namibia. Per reftel paragraph 13, Post sent the ICS in Microsoft Word format to J. Nathaniel Hatcher and his backup Gregory N. Hicks on January 16. End Summary. BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Openness to [...]	2009-01-22 15:01:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR WA
09ZAGREB26	CROATIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]	2009-01-16 07:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
10ABUDHABI89	PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...]	2010-02-21 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ASUNCION138	PARAGUAY'S 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel A questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 2A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake f [...]	2010-02-17 15:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PGOV ELAB PREL KPAO KCRM KFRD ASEC KWMN
10BELGRADE35	SERBIA: FINGERPOINTING CONTINUES IN MAJOR ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (C) Serbian efforts to crack down on narcotics trafficking and organized crime have led to several arrests, including in the Operation Balkan Warrior case, which began with Serbian cooperation in seizing two tons of cocaine in October 2009. Montenegrin-born organized crime figure Darko Saric [...]	2010-02-24 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SR MW
10BERLIN166	Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...]	2010-02-05 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM
10BOGOTA231	COLOMBIA'S 2010 ECONOMIC FORECAST: POSITIVE GROWTH, BUT SLOW [...] (SBU) Colombian Finance Minister Oscar Zuluaga projects a 2.5 percent GDP growth rate for 2010, which is supported by both local and international analysts. Zuluaga, however, told us that Colombia's economic recovery will be slow and behind those of Brazil, Chile, and Peru on account of Colomb [...]	2010-02-12 14:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT PGOV CO
10BRASILIA180	BRAZIL: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Brazil is pleased to submit proposals to the S/GWI Small Grants Initiative. We as a Mission believe these proposals will assist in the advancement of U.S. objectives, primarily in supporting our joint effort to provide education to support social advancement in local communities and assistance [...]	2010-02-19 12:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY
10BUDAPEST43	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HUNGARY [...] The following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Hungary: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HUNGARY OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Hungary maintains an open economy and attracting foreign investment remains a priority for the Hungarian government. According to the Hungaria [...]	2010-01-27 13:39:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB PGOV HU
10BUENOSAIRES114	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA; THE MILITARY IN LATIN AMERICA; [...] China's threats to suspend its military ties with the U.S. and to impose sanctions on U.S. companies selling weapons to Taiwan received wide coverage over the weekend. Opinion articles highlighted U.S.-Chinese interdependence and their need for a strategic partnership based on issues such as [...]	2010-02-02 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL CH AR
10BUENOSAIRES138	ARGENTINA - PREPARATIONS FOR GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Alberto Dojas, Deputy Director at the MFA's Direction for International Security and Nuclear Affairs (DIGAN),and with Francisco Spano and Elena Maceiras, respectively Chairman and Vice-President of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN),to discuss points raised in reftel. [...]	2010-02-05 15:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PARM KSUM PINS PREL IAEA PTER AR
10BUENOSAIRES23	Argentina Reconsidering its Position on "Defamation of [...] (C) A Foreign Ministry contact informed poloff on January 13 that the Government of Argentina (GOA) is strongly reconsidering its previous position on the Defamation of Religion issue in the UN, and is very likely to change its position from abstaining to voting along with the United States. [...]	2010-01-14 17:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN AR
10BUENOSAIRES256	MEDIA REACTION: CFK CRITICIZES PRESIDENT OBAMA DAYS BEFORE [...] Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's "critical" interview with CNN and her "photo opportunity" with Secretary Clinton made headlines in all newspapers. Most highlighted Kirchner's comments that President Obama failed "to meet Latin American expectations" and that she disapproved of the wa [...]	2010-02-26 19:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES28	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 16:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES30	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 16:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AR PINR MARR
10BUENOSAIRES96	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2010-01-29 14:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10CARACAS15	Chavez Seeks to Institutionalize His Regional Vision and [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to try to institutionalize his revolutionary vision for Latin America and his regional leadership by formalizing his socialist ideology; creating and financing new regional political, economic, social and media structures; and trying to [...]	2010-01-07 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS63	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel, please find following the submission of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela. 2. (U) Openness to Foreign Investment Economic and political uncertainties, a recent history of actual and threatened nationalizations, and increasing state inter [...]	2010-01-21 22:06:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB VE
10GENEVA94	Preview of March 2010 Human Rights Council Session [...] (U) The 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will take place in Geneva from March 1 - 26, 2010. The longest of the three yearly meetings, the March session opens with the High Level Segment. This cable outlines key issues Mission Geneva expects will be raised at the 13th Session, p [...]	2010-02-02 11:39:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
10HAVANA109	USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS [...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...]	2010-02-25 20:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HELSINKI19	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...]	2010-01-15 15:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI
10HONGKONG279	SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. Para 25: T [...]	2010-02-17 07:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG304	SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. [...]	2010-02-22 09:52:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KINGSTON118	Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 20:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM
10KOLONIA12	ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 03:17:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KUALALUMPUR12	MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL [...] (C) Malaysian government officials continue to communicate little information directly to Post regarding the missing F-5 engines (reftels). Most of the information on the scandal to date has come thru the local media, which reported on January 6 that police arrested and charged one Air Force s [...]	2010-01-10 23:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PM PGOV MY
10LAPAZ72	BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...]	2010-01-13 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL
10LIMA272	CIVAIR: PERU RESPONSE TO IATA'S "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM" [...] Summary. The Peruvian aviation authority indicated that Peru will not be interested in endorsing reftel policy statement. The policy of the Peruvian government is to enter into bilateral aviation agreements instead of general agreements. Peru has bilateral aviation agreements with thirty coun [...]	2010-02-10 20:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD ECON PGOV PE
10LONDON439	UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Island's Gov [...]	2010-02-24 19:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK
10LONDON440	UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Isla [...]	2010-02-25 06:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK
10LONDON92	United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010 [...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]	2010-01-15 17:27:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10MADRID183	TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN [...] (SBU) Pursuant to Ref A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is POLOFF Hugh Clifton, Tel. (34) 91-587 [...]	2010-02-16 16:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10MADRID68	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH SPANISH CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador discussed follow-up to the Copenhagen Accord with Secretary of State for Climate Change Teresa Ribera on January 21. The discussion focused on Spain's outreach efforts in Latin America, particularly to counter efforts by Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba to discredit [...]	2010-01-22 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG SP KGHG
10MONTEVIDEO104	Uruguay: Engaging on MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 19:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MCAP EAID MASS HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO108	Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica Courts Business Community [...] (U) On February 10, President-elect Jose Mujica made a dynamic and much-applauded presentation on why to invest in Uruguay to a large crowd of businesspersons. Speaking to an international crowd in the resort city of Punta del Este, Mujica emphasized that his administration would work hard to [...]	2010-02-12 20:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO112	Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 12:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY
10MONTEVIDEO132	Scenesetter for the Secretary's March 1 Trip to Uruguay [...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your March 1 visit to attend the inauguration of Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla with a remarkable life trajectory. Mujica's ascension to power at the age of 74 can be seen as a success story of national reconciliation and the matur [...]	2010-02-22 15:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD UY
10MONTEVIDEO146	Uruguay: Additional Information on Child Labor and Forced [...] Post provides missing information from Ref A to complete the request for information on child and forced labor in Uruguay. 2G) Continual Progress ------------------------------- 2. The incidence of child labor in Uruguay is relatively low, and the GOU sustained its efforts to [...]	2010-02-26 13:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI UY
10MONTEVIDEO19	URUGUAY: FM'S TAKE ON HAITI, UNASUR, AND THE PATHWAYS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nelson presented a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz February 8, before completing the credentialing process with a call on President Tabare Vazquez that same evening. In a warm meeting, Vaz confirmed Uruguay would send more peacekeepers to Haiti, explained [...]	2010-02-09 17:38:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO2	Uruguay: Economy Continues to Grow; GOU Seeks to Counter [...] SUMMARY: Uruguay's economy continued to grow in the third quarter of 2009, led by strong private consumption, exports, and countercyclical government spending. The GOU expects GDP growth of 2.0 percent and 4.0 percent for 2009 and 2010, respectively. The sharp fall in the price of the dollar [...]	2010-01-04 12:53:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO23	Uruguay: President Vazquez confident strong ties with the [...] In a warm and friendly meeting following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told Ambassador Nelson that he had worked hard to build strong relations with the United States and was gratified by the results. He noted that President Elect Muji [...]	2010-02-10 13:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO26	URUGUAY - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The Government of Uruguay recognizes the important role foreign investment plays in economic development and works to maintain a favorable investment climate. Aside from a few sectors in which foreign investment is not permitted, there is neither de jure nor de facto discrimination toward inv [...]	2010-01-15 17:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY
10MONTEVIDEO27	Uruguay: Incoming Foreign Minister Sends Positive Signals [...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on incoming Foreign Minister Luis Almagro February 19. The two shared a warm and friendly ninety minutes discussing Uruguay's role in regional and international affairs, with Almagro stressing his understanding of the necessity of active U.S. participation in a [...]	2010-02-19 19:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CVIS UY
10MONTEVIDEO28	Uruguay Offers K-9 SAR Team for Rescue Efforts in Haiti [...] The GOU has offered to send a K-9 Search and Rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to assist in rescue operations in Haiti. The team has U.S. visas and will fly commercial air to Miami if onward transport into Haiti or the Dominican Republic can be confirmed. In addition, a ge [...]	2010-01-15 19:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MOPS AEMR MARR PREL HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO29	Uruguay: Vice President-elect says Bilateral Relationship a Top Priority [...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on Uruguayan Vice President-elect Danilo Astori February 22. In addition to the active role an Uruguayan vice president is expected to play as president of Uruguay's Senate, Astori has been tapped by President-elect Jose Mujica to manage Uruguay's economic policy. Per [...]	2010-02-23 13:39:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV UY
10MONTEVIDEO32	FOR RELEASE: BFIF 2010 PROPOSALS FOR URUGUAY [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE PROJECTS FOR WHICH POST IS REQUESTING FY 2010 BFIF FUNDS - NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER: ---------- PRADO FAIR ---------- 2. In 2009, Post adjusted its participation at the Prado fair from the large-scale U.S. pavilions of years past (lasting the entire two week [...]	2010-01-19 14:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BEXP UY
10MONTEVIDEO4	URUGUAY IMPLEMENTS TSA SECURITY DIRECTIVES AMIDST OPENING OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been in regular contact with Uruguay's National Directorate of Civil Aviation (DINACIA) since December 26 to confirm delivery and implementation of TSA security directives for non-stop flights to the U.S. GOU authorities responded quickly in coordination with American [...]	2010-01-05 15:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PTER PINS UY
10MONTEVIDEO52	Uruguay Recognizes the Importance of a New Climate Change [...] On January 21, Charge met with Minister of the Environment Carlos Colacce and advisor Dr. Daniel Rueda to discuss reftel demarche and Uruguay's plans to counter climate change. Minister Colacce, who was present in Copenhagen, noted that although seen by many as a failure, the Copenhagen summit [...]	2010-01-22 19:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG UY
10MONTEVIDEO60	Uruguayan Engagement on Haiti Continues [...] Uruguay continues to participate proactively in the Haitian relief effort. The GOU is preparing to send the command and control ship ROU 04 General Artigas, in addition to the 1,200 peacekeeping troops already in country and the two large water purification units that are set to be sent via B [...]	2010-01-26 18:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC MARR PREL KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO62	Uruguay will associate with the Copenhagen Accord [...] On February 1, advisor to the Minister of Housing, Land Use, and Environment Daniel Rueda informed post that Uruguay would submit a diplomatic note stating its association with the Copenhagen Accord. President Vazquez approved the association last week, and the note will be sent after other m [...]	2010-02-01 15:59:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KGHG SENV PREL ENRG UY
10MONTEVIDEO7	URUGUAY: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR HAITI [...] ChargC) spoke with MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Elbio Rosselli January 20 to thank the GOU for its support of the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti. Rosselli confirmed that the GOU sent a K-9 search and rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to Haiti Januar [...]	2010-01-19 19:19:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS EAID PGOV PREL PREF HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO72	FOR RELEASE: Uruguay Will Send Additional PKO Troops to [...] Uruguayan Army Commander General Jorge Rosales informed emboffs February 1 that the UN had requested the GOU to send an additional 155 peacekeeping troops to Haiti. Uruguay agreed to send the team, which will included a medical unit, although MFA Vice Minister Nelson Fernandez told Charg???? [...]	2010-02-04 17:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV EAID UY
10MONTEVIDEO80	Uruguay: Governing Coalition President Calls U.S. Role in Haiti ""Vital"" [...] Charg???? met with ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition president Jorge Brovetto February 3 to explain the U.S. role in Haiti disaster relief and underscore the extensive support the USG is providing to Uruguayan peacekeepers in Haiti. She emphasized the moral imperative our entire govern [...]	2010-02-05 16:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO90	Uruguay: President Vazquez Going Out on Top [...] (U) Under the leadership of Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay enjoyed five years of relative prosperity and growth, and the governing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition was able to surpass - in two elections running - Uruguay's traditional National (Blanco) and Colorado parties. On Vazquez's coattails, the [...]	2010-02-11 18:11:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON UY
10MONTEVIDEO98	Uruguay: Race to Lead Montevideo Bruises Ruling Coalition [...] (SBU) Of all the offices to be contested in Uruguay's May 9 municipal elections, the position of intendente (a combination of governor and mayor) of Montevideo carries by far the greatest political weight. Montevideo's status as a bastion of ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition support, however [...]	2010-02-11 19:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UY
10OSLO100	NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...]	2010-02-22 13:06:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI
10OTTAWA208	CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 23:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10PANAMA54	Panama: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 16:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON USTR OPIC KTDB PM
10PARIS179	WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...]	2010-02-16 17:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR
10QUITO160	UNASUR Stresses South-South Assistance to Haiti [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a UNASUR summit meeting in Quito on February 9, presidents and other representatives from member countries approved a $100 million UNASUR fund for Haiti and requested a $200 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank that would be repaid by UNASUR member states. [...]	2010-02-09 23:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN MARR EC HA CO XR
10RIYADH102	SAUDI FOREIGN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANS: OPPORTUNITIES [...] (U) This is an action request for EEB and USDA. Please see paragraph 17. Summary and introduction ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After decades of heavy support for domestic agriculture that made this arid Kingdom one of the world's largest wheat exporters for many years, the Saudi g [...]	2010-01-24 03:32:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ECON EAID SENV PGOV PREL SA
10ROME82	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. The Government of Italy (GOI) maintains a welcoming posture to foreign investment and has made modest progress in addressing the structural e [...]	2010-01-21 14:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
10SANTIAGO166	CHILE: Labor Monitoring and Engagement with FTA Countries [...] (SBU) Summary: Chile has a developed and steadily growing economy and a stable government which generally protects most worker rights adequately. Areas of concern include low levels of female and youth participation in the workforce, lack of regulation in the informal economy, an inflexible [...]	2010-02-05 19:49:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV CI
10SANTIAGO17	Former President Lagos Discusses Honduras, Latin America [...] (C) Summary: During a January 11 meeting with A/S Valenzuela, former President Ricardo Lagos offered any help he can provide in persuading de facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti to step down prior to the inauguration of president-elect Porfirio Lobo on January 27. Lagos also discussed [...]	2010-01-15 14:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OAS HO CI
10SANTIAGO206	Santiago Feb. 11 Media Report [...] President-elect Pi????era instructed his new cabinet members to resign from any company boards and foundations to which they belong by February 28. He also instructed them to sell their shares in companies that could in any way lead to a conflict of interest or that are supervised by thei [...]	2010-02-11 19:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO236	Santiago Feb. 19 Media Report [...] President-elect Pi????era began the process to his shares in commercial airline Lan Chile which are worth US$ 1.237 billion (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 2/19). Chile-U.S. 2. David Rockefeller, Jr., was interviewed during his visit to southern Chile. Rockefeller has [...]	2010-02-19 15:47:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO238	Santiago Feb. 20-22 Media Report [...] It is expected that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will Pi????era's swearing-in ceremony on March 11. The presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, and Guatemala have confirmed their attendance (La Tercera, 2/21). 2. On Thursday President-e [...]	2010-02-22 20:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO33	CHILE: Bachelet and President-elect Pinera Working Towards a [...] (U) Summary: With the inauguration of president-elect Sebastian Pinera less than six weeks away, both Pinera and outgoing president Michelle Bachelet are focused on making the historic transition smooth and efficient. Both sides have appointed transition teams who are working closely to maxi [...]	2010-02-03 17:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON CI
10SANTIAGO58	Media Report January 21 [...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]	2010-01-21 13:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO60	Media Report January 21 [...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]	2010-01-21 14:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO62	Media Report January 21 [...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]	2010-01-21 15:03:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO64	Media Report January 21 [...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]	2010-01-21 15:16:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO66	Media Report January 21 [...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]	2010-01-21 18:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO8	Media Report January 5 [...] In an attempt to reach an agreement with the mining workers on strike, Chile's state-owned copper mine authorities increased its initial offer by improving its wage and benefit proposal. Former President Frei's Death 2. The two physicians who are facing homicide [...]	2010-01-05 14:01:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTODOMINGO65	OAS REFORM AND MANDATE FOR NEXT SECRETARY GENERAL (DOMINICAN [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by Pol-Econ Counselor, on 24 February 2010, delivered the demarche on "OAS Reform and Mandate for Next Secretary General" (Reftel) to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso and Vice Minister Juan Manuel Trullols. The Foreign Minister said that the Dominican Governm [...]	2010-02-25 18:34:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS KDEM AORC DR
10STATE11764	TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] (SBU) A 14-member CODEL led by Senator Durbin (D-IL) and Representative Clyburn (D-SC) is scheduled to make a stopover in Port-au-Prince February 5, weather permitting (a go/no-go decision should be made by about 1800 EST). The CODEL will be accompanied by Assistant Secretary for Legislative [...]	2010-02-05 00:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE12414	MEXICO CITY AVIATION SECURITY CONFERENCE: [...] (U) This is background and guidance sent in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security. Summary and Guidance -------------------- 2. (SBU) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Mexico City on February 16-18, 2010 to attend a conferenc [...]	2010-02-09 19:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER
10STATE12464	ADDRESSING RESOURCE REQUESTS FROM THE UN [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN New York to share the information in paragraphs four through six with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). In addition to sharing the U.S. Government responses to DPKO requests for assistance, USUN is asked to confirm with DPKO that t [...]	2010-02-10 00:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10STATE12558	FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs seven and eight. Action Posts are requested to report back to Washington by February 16, 2010. 2. (SBU) Background: In response to the massive January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the UN Security Council (UNSC) authorized the UN Depart [...]	2010-02-11 05:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR
10STATE15722	GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Embassy Suva for Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Embassy Libreville for Gabon and Sao Tome. Embassy Port Moresby for Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Embassy Port Louis for Seychelles only. Embassy Koror for Palau only. Embas [...]	2010-02-22 00:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO PHUM UNGA
10STATE16555	HCOC - ENCOURAGING SINGAPORE TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. OBJECTIVE AND ACTION REQUEST ---------------------------- 2. (U) Objective: We want Singapore to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). 3. (SBU) Action Request: Drawing on the ta [...]	2010-02-23 19:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SN
10STATE17466	Shortage of Hotel Rooms in Montevideo February 27 through [...] Uruguay's Presidential Inauguration will take place on Monday, March 1, 2010. Official travelers are advised that hotels are not available in Montevideo except through MFA channels and restricted until March 3. In the days after the inauguration, Montevideo will host several conferences, furt [...]	2010-02-25 14:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA UY
10STATE18410	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective February 28, 2010, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-728. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entir [...]	2010-02-26 21:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
10STATE2094	PREPARING THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 14-35. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department [...]	2010-01-09 04:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10STATE4749	THANK YOU FOR VOTES ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) This is an action message for action addressees. See para 5. 2. (U) Summary: Efforts to reach out to host countries, at all levels, paid off on December 18, 2009 as the votes in favor of the Defamation of Religions resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) declined by six votes ( [...]	2010-01-16 01:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA OPDC KIRF KISL
10STATE9433	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on application 050208979 for the export of rifles to Uruguay. Post is requested to complete this [...]	2010-01-29 17:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UY
10USUNNEWYORK115	URUGUAYAN FINANCE MINISTER SAYS UN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Uruguayan Minister of Economy and Finance Alvaro Garcia requested a meeting with Ambassador Wolff to express Uruguay's concern about the UN's late disbursements to Uruguayan peacekeepers. Garcia said Uruguay has been contributing to UN peacekeeping operations for years, regardless of th [...]	2010-02-26 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR UNSC UY
10USUNNEWYORK60	UNICEF Executive Board 2010 First Regular Session [...] (U) Summary: The UNICEF January 12-14 first regular session dealt with a light menu of routine items (budgeting and final approval of a few country programs),but took place against the backdrop of the Haiti earthquake disaster and Executive Director Ann Veneman's announcement that she would no [...]	2010-02-03 15:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNICEF EAID ECON TZ
10WINDHOEK42	Namibia: 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) is committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through attracting foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Act of 1990 is the primary legislation that governs foreign direct investment in Namibia. The Ministry of Trade and In [...]	2010-01-15 07:03:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC WA
10YEREVAN105	ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 14:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10ZAGREB34	CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]	2010-01-15 11:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
89STATE406652	OAS "REGRETS" U.S. ACTION: INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY REPORTS [...] No summary [...]	1989-12-22 18:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PM OAS
90KHARTOUM10657	GOS COUNCIL REPUTEDLY SUPPORTS DISMANTLING [...] (U) Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman and Karen Paikin visited Uruguay July 6-7, and found few overt manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country. The visit included meetings with Jewish community members including Montevideo Mayor Ricardo Ehrlich, and with the [...]	1990-10-11 10:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS MARR EAID PHUM PREL EG IZ SU
90TOKYO3841	FOREIGN MINISTER NAKAYAMA'S MARCH 2 FOREIGN [...] (LOU) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER NAKAYAMA'S MARCH 2 SPEECH TO THE DIET ON JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE COMING YEAR CONTAINED NO SURPRISES BUT SEVERAL INTERESTING SHIFTS OF NUANCE. NAKAYAMA STRESSED THE CENTRALITY OF JAPAN-U.S. ECONOMIC AND SECURITY RELATIONS TO JAPAN'S OVERALL FOREIGN POLIC [...]	1990-03-02 10:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JA

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