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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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08VATICAN47EMBASSY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC
[...] Summary. Ambassador Glendon recently hosted a substantive and well-attended conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the critical contributions of Latin American countries and Catholic social teachings to the creation of that documen [...]
2008-07-02 12:16:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI XM XL CU VT
08VIENTIANE149INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 01:30:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
09ACCRA1331ACCRA SUBMISSION FOR 2009-1010 INCSR PART II (AML,
[...] SUMMARY. Post submits Q&A replies below in response to reftel. Post also submitted same content by email. Post POC is Philip Cummings, Economic Section Chief, cummingspm@state.gov. END SUMMARY. 2. Q: Describe the anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) plans, programs [...]
2009-12-16 16:02:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN PTER SNAR GH
09AITTAIPEI1203MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 10:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI269MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY,
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused March 11 news coverage on the unexpected resignation of Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Henry Tsai Tuesday; on Taiwan's sagging economy; and on the controversy over the assassination attempt against former President Ch [...]
2009-03-11 09:29:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI785MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their June 27-29 news coverage on the sudden death of Michael Jackson last Thursday; on the arrest of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya by the Honduran military Sunday and its impact on President Ma Ying-jeou's upcoming trip to Central Am [...]
2009-06-29 09:39:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ANKARA1264GOT PROTESTS GEORGIAN SEIZURE OF MERCHANT SHIPS
[...] (SBU) The GOT has protested the seizure of two ships, which, it claims, were stopped by the Georgian Coast Guard in international waters in the Black Sea off the coast of Georgia and taken into the port of Poti (see reftel). The Turkish-crewed Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Buket," which was [...]
2009-08-26 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EWWT TU GG
09ANKARA385TURKEY OBJECTS TO CYPRUS BID FOR MEMBERSHIP IN
[...] (C) On March 16, Basat Ozturk, MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, contacted us to encourage the USG to oppose including Cyprus in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Ozturk, acting on instructions, said that he had been informed that the GOC sought, at the [...]
2009-03-16 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TU
09ASTANA811 KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVING H1N1-RELATED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Akhmetzhan Sultanov, Vice Chairman of the Ministry of Agriculture's State Inspection Committee told us on May 6 that, in response to the H1N1 virus, the Government of Kazakhstan took preemptive steps to prevent the [...]
2009-05-07 08:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ
09ATHENS1920Greece: 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1
[...] (U) Greece's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1: Greece 2009-2010 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed for the United St [...]
2009-10-30 16:31:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM GR
09BAGHDAD2348HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]
2009-08-31 13:57:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3307Louis Dreyfus Commodities Moves Closer to Large
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 14:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ETRN BEXP IZ
09BANGKOK706AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]
2009-03-20 04:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS
09BELMOPAN171BELIZE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: HONDURAN INITIATIVE
[...] (U) CDA met with MFA CEO Ambassador Alexis Rosado on May 5 and delivered the subject demarche. CDA informed Rosado that WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster had delivered the same demarche to Belizean Ambassador to the U.S. Nestor Mendez in the evening of May 4. 2. (C) Rosado sta [...]
2009-05-05 22:13:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS BH CU HO
09BERLIN686GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: A 19-CASE SPIKE, 68 TOTAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 68 on June 8 as nineteen more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. Two US soldiers at a military facility in Landstuhl (Rhineland-Palatinate) are infected with the virus and several other US military cases are suspe [...]
2009-06-09 14:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN695GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: ANOTHER SPIKE IN CASES, 86
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 86 on June 10, as twenty more people were confirmed to be infected with the new virus. The four suspected military cases at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center were confirmed positive. RKI says the growth of cases in Germany does not rep [...]
2009-06-10 16:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BISHKEK740UPDATE ON KYRGYZ RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. MEAT EXPORTS
[...] (U) Following the outbreak of the H1N1 (swine flu) virus, Kyrgyz authorities in late April announced a ban on the import of an unspecified variety of meat products from the United States. Kyrgyz authorities subsequently relaxed their ban to conform to similar bans established by Russian and K [...]
2009-07-14 05:24:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD KG
09BOGOTA1108NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to poor weather, 6,410 total hectares were sprayed in February; eradication aircraft were involved in one hostile fire incident. February's operations in Tumaco included several NAS humanitarian missions to aid victims of floods and violence. The GOC's 2009 manual eradicat [...]
2009-04-02 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1283NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aerial eradicators sprayed 10,920 total hectares in March; this number brought the calendar year total to 23,200 hectares of coca sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in three hostile fire incidents, resulting in four impacts for a total for the year of seven hostile f [...]
2009-04-20 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1294COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL MOVING AHEAD ON JOINT SECURITY
[...] (C) The GOC is reaching out to Brazil and Peru to raise its regional profile and improve trade and security relations with its neighbors. Colombian and Brazil recently concluded an agreement to jointly monitor each other's airspace to combat illegal armed groups (the FARC) and narco-traffickin [...]
2009-04-20 20:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA1359CODEL HOYER FOCUSES ON FTA AND PLAN COLOMBIA IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer led a Congressional Delegation to Cartagena and Medellin, Colombia, from April 6-8, 2009. President Uribe outlined to the delegation the progress Colombia has made, with U.S. support, on counternarcotics efforts and the fact that much remains t [...]
2009-04-27 18:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OREP PGOV ECON CO
09BOGOTA1481COLOMBIA EAGER TO PURSUE ECPA COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of senior-level meetings April 29-30, GOC officials told State Western Hemisphere Affairs Director for Economic Policy and Summit Coordination Matt Rooney that Colombia was very interested in pursuing cooperation with the U.S. and regional partners under the Energy a [...]
2009-05-11 21:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1534FARC DESERTIONS SLOW, BUT MILITARY REGAINS
[...] (C) FARC desertions dropped nearly 20% in the first quarter of 2009, slowing for the first time since 2005. Kills and captures also fell. Still, some military officials believe that FARC desertions are starting to "cut to the bone," citing the defections of more senior members. The Colombia [...]
2009-05-14 21:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER MARR PHUM SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1554CODEL LEVIN'S FACT-FINDING MISSION TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Representative Sander Levin, Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, visited Bogota, Medellin, and Cali from April 12-17. President Alvaro Uribe outlined GOC efforts to reduce violence against trade union members, increase resolution of labor cases, protect vulnerable groups [...]
2009-05-15 21:37:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OREP PGOV ECON CO
09BOGOTA1582SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of the USNS Comfort and her crew to Colombia from June 6-17. The humanitarian and medical services you will provide will be welcomed by the Government of Colombia (GOC) and by the people of Tumaco, Narino -- one of the poorest areas of Colombia. Your visit [...]
2009-05-19 21:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER OIIP SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1855NAS MONTHLY w5a hectares, with poor
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 13:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1982SUPREME COURT DENIES MARTIN SOMBRA'S EXTRADITION
[...] (C) The Supreme Court denied our request for the extradition of FARC member Eli Mejia Mendoza ("Martin Sombra"),who was involved in the hostage-taking of the three American contractors rescued last July. The Court concluded that our request failed to meet the necessary "extraterritorial" req [...]
2009-06-18 23:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2030NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aerial Eradication program sprayed 10,895 hectares in May, putting the program on schedule to reach the calendar goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Due to enhanced communication and synchronization, Accion Social management agreed to remove previously established, large no- [...]
2009-06-24 22:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2062URABA SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) Local security officialstold us major drug trafficker Daniel Rendon's (Don Mario's) capture has not affected local crime rates, and that narcotrafficking remains an enormous problem. The FARC, ELN, and criminal groups grow coca in the region's national parks, ship drugs out through the G [...]
2009-06-26 21:10:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
09BOGOTA2345 YOUTH OUTREACH VISIT FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The DCM traveled on June 27 to the city of Barranquilla (in the Caribbean coast department of Atlantico) to visit a drug demand prevention program sponsored by the Lion's Club International and to participate in the inauguration ceremony for the Latin American Little League Tourna [...]
2009-07-23 21:29:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2380NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 14,380 hectares in June and is on schedule to reach the 100,000 hectare goal. Accion Social opened up more area to spray in Tumaco, Narino. Phase II of the manual eradication campaign will end in July and Phase III will start in mid-August; [...]
2009-07-28 18:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2698NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following developments occurred in July, 2009: The aerial eradication team sprayed 10,576 hectares (ha) and, with 57,219 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Total manual coca eradication through July was 28,739 ha. The GOC is ta [...]
2009-08-24 19:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2714GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...]
2009-08-25 21:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX
09BOGOTA2715GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...]
2009-08-25 21:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX
09BOGOTA2925COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) has heated up and amidst significant political developments. The Government of Colombia (GOC) [...]
2009-09-11 16:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP MASS ASEC PREF ECON
09BOGOTA2929NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 5,868 hectares (ha) and, with 73,084 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Phase III of the GOC's 2009 manual eradication campaign began in early August; total manual coca eradication through August [...]
2009-09-11 21:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3045SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota warmly welcomes the visit of R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Your visit comes as Colombia faces new challenges from narcotrafficking groups as well as some political uncertainty. The Colombian Congress has just approved a referend [...]
2009-09-23 23:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3093COLOMBIA-ECUADOR TIES THAWING
[...] (C/NF) Colombia and Ecuador announced on September 24 that they had begun the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations, which Ecuador severed in March 2008 after a Colombian military raid against a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadorian territory. The two sides [...]
2009-09-29 15:02:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC
09BOGOTA3204AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS USG INTEREST IN SAN ANDRES
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to San Andres, Colombia on September 22-23, to highlight U.S. interest in San Andres and discuss how the United States can best support the development of the island. The Ambassador was briefed by the Governor, leaders in conservation and tourism, leaders of the A [...]
2009-10-09 15:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OEXC PREL KLSO SNAR SENV PHUM CO
09BOGOTA3236COLOMBIA: POTENTIAL DESTINATION FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE
[...] Summary: Colombia is a rich environment for renewable energy investment and would benefit from additional financing from the USRG Emerging Market Fund, LP. Colombia is a regional leader in the production of biofuels, specifically ethanol and biodiesel. Wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric pro [...]
2009-10-15 00:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC CO ENRG
09BOGOTA3256AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 1,703 tracks during September. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks [...]
2009-10-15 23:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3269JUAN MANUEL SANTOS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS WITH
[...] (C) Former Minister of Defense and pre-candidate for President Juan Manuel Santos told Ambassador October 23 he believes President Alvaro Uribe is leaning toward reelection but may fail to fulfill the legal and electoral steps to achieve it. While promoting the third term for Uribe, Santos is [...]
2009-10-27 23:00:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PHUM CO EC VE
09BOGOTA3300NAS Monthly Report for September 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During September, aerial and manual eradicators experienced an uptick in attacks on eradication efforts. The complaints committee's resources are strained as a deluge of new claims of alleged spray damage to legal crops in the CSDI-priority zone of Narino continues. The aeria [...]
2009-10-16 19:09:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3309COLOMBIA 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 16:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO
09BOGOTA335COLOMBIA RAISING ITS REGIONAL PROFILE, STARTING
[...] (C) High-level meetings between Colombian and Mexican officials in recent months highlight the GOC's growing willingness to take on a leadership role in the region in combating terrorism, narcotics and other criminal activity. The two countries are working more closely than ever to fight narc [...]
2009-02-03 21:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA3483COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SOURS ON ISRAELI DEFENSE FIRM
[...] (S/NF) General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),told the Ambassador on November 24 that Defense Minister Gabriel Silva was souring on the Defense Ministry's relationship with Israel. Naranjo said that the CNP's relationship with retired Israeli Major General Yisr [...]
2009-12-01 20:59:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER IS PE PM CO
09BOGOTA3536DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA AND
[...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and other embassy officers, travelled to Barranquilla and Cartagena on October 22-23, where he met with local political, business, and community leaders; visited commercial enterprises; and visited with beneficiaries of USAI [...]
2009-11-05 21:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR CO
09BOGOTA3559Charge Discusses Colombia-Panama Border Cooperation with
[...] (S/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),on December 15 to discuss Colombia - Panama law enforcement cooperation. Naranjo repeatedly stressed that cooperation with Panama would be completely coordinated with the USG, and that the [...]
2009-12-16 20:21:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR ASEC PM CO
09BOGOTA3585Charge 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 14:05:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY
09BOGOTA3662NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress. So far in 2009, the Colombian government has reported a total of 40 fatalities during manual eradication operations. Other GOC forces have also incurred ca [...]
2009-11-18 13:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA36702009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 17:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA36722009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 17:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA383SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) The signing of a new defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with the United States is a priority for President Uribe. The current negotiations come at a time when the GOC is eager to cement the historically solid U.S.-Colombian bilateral relationship under the new U.S. administration. The GOC and [...]
2009-02-05 19:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS CO
09BOGOTA39982009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...]
2009-12-15 18:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC
09BOGOTA401DESERTIONS RISING, OPS SLOWING?: COLOMBIA CONFLICT
[...] (C) The Colombian military did not score any high-profile tactical wins over the FARC in the fourth quarter of 2008, leading to a public perception that the GOC lost momentum following earlier successes. Some officers claimed commanders had become too cautious after the dismissal of 27 milita [...]
2009-02-06 16:22:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA413SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN
[...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...]
2009-02-09 16:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO
09BOGOTA435SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...]
2009-02-11 20:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO
09BOGOTA437 REVISION: COLOMBIA-2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This is a revised copy of the 2009 Colombia Investment Climate Statement (ref B). Please note minor changes in paragraphs 11 (Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications sections),41, 48, 51 and 71. Post will submit text via email to EEB/IFD/OIA and include in the 2009 Country Commercial Guid [...]
2009-02-11 20:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN KIPR PGOV CO
09BOGOTA463PROTECTING COLOMBIA'S CRITICAL ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In follow up to the August 2008 Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary visit to Colombia and subsequent request by Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy Hernan Martinez, a team of DOE and U.S. Southern Command experts completed a preliminary scoping visit January 25-31, 20 [...]
2009-02-13 21:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAID PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA526SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 4-5 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Admiral Mullen to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As you know from previous visits, in ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in [...]
2009-02-19 18:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP ECON CO
09BOGOTA570COLOMBIA'S NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Carolyn Cooley, phone number (57-1) 315-2129, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing the report. 2. (SBU) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 23-27 of reftel. ------- SUMMA [...]
2009-02-24 13:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN
09BOGOTA715PRESIDENT URIBE APPROVES THE "STRATEGIC LEAP"
[...] (C) On February 19, President Uribe approved a comprehensive plan known as the "Strategic Leap," designed to achieve irreversibility in the GOC's fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other criminal groups before his term ends in 2010. The plan calls for the deci [...]
2009-03-02 21:49:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER MOPS MCAP MASS MARR CO
09BOGOTA981SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...]
2009-03-24 22:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO
09BRASILIA1282BRAZIL: 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 20:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA132BRAZIL: 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 16:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA178SOUTH 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 13:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA78SOUTH 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 18:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BUENOSAIRES1168ARGENTINA TRIP REPORT OF A/S TREASURY DAVID COHEN
[...] (U) Summary. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David S. Cohen traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 2 to address members of the U.S.-Latin America Private Sector Dialogue (U.S.-LA PSD) and conduct meetings with the Central Bank of the Republic o [...]
2009-10-28 15:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES123Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties,
[...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...]
2009-02-05 17:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES332ARGENTINA: EMBASSY REQUEST FOR DOD ASSISTANCE IN GOA SEARCH
[...] Summary. Embassy requests that DOD and Southern Command consider training-related activities that might assist Argentine authorities in their ongoing search for the wreckage of a Douglas C-54 Air Force plane lost on November 3, 1965, during a training flight from Howard AFB Panama to San Salva [...]
2009-03-22 17:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS MARR OPRC AR
09BUENOSAIRES553TFFLU01: H1N1 Influenza Outbreak and Argentina: SITREP #2
[...] (U) Summary: The first confirmed case of Influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina - a traveler who had returned from Mexico on April 25 - was confirmed by health authorities on May 7. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has installed thermal scanners at all international airports. The GoA's suspension of di [...]
2009-05-08 23:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09CAIRO1749EGYPT'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 08:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CARACAS103ECONOMIC TIES WITH IRAN GROWING SLOWLY
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with a local businessman to discuss his possible involvement in the establishment of a Venezuelan-Iranian Chamber of Commerce. In the private sector, expatriate Iranians cautiously build enterprises within Venezuela, ever wary of the political and economic pitfalls of doing [...]
2009-01-26 21:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EINV PGOV VE
09CARACAS1181THE CUBANS IN VENEZUELA'S PORTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Post has comfirmed that a wholly Venezuelan government-owned company, Bolipuertos, is now charged with the management of Venezuela's ports. Cuba's ASPORT has a 49 percent share in Puertos del Alba, a separate company, which will reportedly be focused on business development. Contac [...]
2009-09-09 12:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ETRD EINV MARR CU VE
09CARACAS1266BANESCO PRESIDENT CONCERNED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (C) In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Banesco president Juan Carlos Escotet expressed concern that allegations in the blogosphere of Banesco's involvement with Iranian banks, although they were false, could damage Banesco's reputation. (Note: Banesco is privately held and by some measu [...]
2009-09-30 19:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN VE IR
09CARACAS1461VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...]
2009-11-17 14:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC
09CARACAS1489Students Occupy Embassies; Plan Second Hunger Strike
[...] (C) On November 19 student activist Julio Rivas told Polcouns and Human Rights Officer that students would convene a demonstration in Caracas on November 21 in which they would announce their initiation of a second round of political actions, to include a hunger strike by about 50 student [...]
2009-11-20 20:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1559C-AL9-02397 GBRV TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON COLOMBIAN IMPORTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, the Executive President of the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Board (CAVECOL),Luis Alberto Russian, told EconOffs that while custom offices remain open on the Colombian border the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has erected a series of administrative barrier [...]
2009-12-16 13:05:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EAGR PINR PREL VE CO
09CARACAS418CHAVEZ GOES AFTER OPPOSITION LEADER ROSALES
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) continues to go after emblematic targets among the democratic opposition, including Maracaibo Mayor and 2006 opposition presidential candidate Manuel Rosales. As of March 31, rumors abound regarding whether Rosales, who is b [...]
2009-03-31 21:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS673VENEZUELA REPORTS THREE CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES
[...] On May 28, via a press release on its website (www.mpps.gob.ve),the Venezuelan Ministry of Health (MoH) confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Venezuela. According to the press release, the individual, a male of 22 years, returned May 25 from a five day trip to Panama and subsequently checked [...]
2009-06-01 19:51:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDAMED ASEC CASC KPAO KSAF TBIO KFLU KSEAO KSTH
09DHAKA301BANGLADESH INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This is Embassy Dhaka's submission for reftel tasking. 2. Begin text of the 2009 Bangladesh Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Bangladesh actively seeks foreign investment under its industrial policy and export-oriented, private [...]
2009-03-29 09:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR BG
09DUSHANBE1059QATAR TO BUILD FIRST-CLASS RETAIL & RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company in Tajikistan recently announced plans to build a large office, retail and residential development in central Dushanbe. Office Manager Manuchehr Kurbonali said the project is the result of direct talks between President Rahmon and the E [...]
2009-09-04 10:40:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL EAID TI QA
09GENEVA126598TH IOM COUNCIL - GENERAL DEBATE AND RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IOM Director General William Swing presided over the organization's Ninety-Eighth Council meeting November 23-26, which focused on a number of institutional issues, including budget and structural reform initiatives. Member States agreed to a 1.5 percent increase in IOM's 2010 [...]
2009-12-23 11:09:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SMIG
09GENEVA127FEBRUARY 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 16:30:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR GT XK XM
09GENEVA16UNHCR REFORM EFFORTS CULMINATE INTO A NEW WAY OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is fundamentally reshaping every aspect of its work to become a streamlined, efficient organization that delivers more robust protection and assistance to its beneficiaries on the ground. UNHCR's new approach harnesses technological adva [...]
2009-01-13 12:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA250(SBU) UNHCR 44TH STANDING COMMITTEE: FOCUS ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Developments related to UNHCR's operational management and program budgets figured prominently during the March 3-5, 2008, Standing Committee meeting. Discussions included UNHCR's ongoing structural and management change process, implementation of recommendations made by the Board [...]
2009-03-23 17:15:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL
09GUATEMALA145DEMARCHE ON CAFTA-DR LABOR SUBMISSION REPORT
[...] (U) The Ambassador, DCM, and Embassy officers have met with the full range of GOG officials since January 16 to discuss the CAFTA-DR Labor Submission Report and to seek prompt and effective cooperation to address the concerns raised in the report. Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche an [...]
2009-02-17 12:03:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL GT
09GUATEMALA197GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] Below is post input (keyed to ref B) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2008 and February 2009 in the areas of prevention, protection of and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While challenges remai [...]
2009-03-03 17:15:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA347 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 19:33:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA691 GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 15:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA925CICIG Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary with Compounding
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) celebrated its two-year anniversary and the approval of another two-year mandate. CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana summarized CICIG's successes, including numerous CICIG-led investigati [...]
2009-10-05 23:23:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA955President Calderon Bolsters Ties with Guatemala in Oct 26-27
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 26-27 visit to Guatemala, Mexican President Felipe Calderon discussed a number of initiatives with his Guatemalan counterpart, Alvaro Colom, to better control migration and enhance security along their shared border. The two leaders pledged to reinforce joint eff [...]
2009-10-29 23:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS SNAR SENV ENRG CVIS MX GT
09HAVANA16DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...]
2009-01-12 12:43:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALAR CU PHUM PREL
09HAVANA210CAUGHT IN THE ACT: AMCIT IN CUBA CAUGHT SMUGGLING
[...] (C) Summary: On 30 March 2009 the American Citizens Services (ACS) unit at the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, received notice from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations that on 27 March, the Government of Cuba (GOC) took into custody an American Citizen (AMCIT) su [...]
2009-04-09 19:40:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA345CUBA BREAKS UP CONGLOMERATE CUBALSE
[...] (C) The Cuban Council of Ministers decided on May 26 to "extinguish" Cubalse, the second largest conglomerate in Cuba, and transfer its assets within 90 days to seven other entities. Cubalse was originally created to serve the diplomatic community with local employees and housing. The entit [...]
2009-06-10 19:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PINR PBIO CU
09HAVANA35THE SPECULATION ON FIDEL'S HEALTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fidel Castro's extended absence from public view, especially during the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the revolution, combined with the long time since he has written one of his occasional "Reflections" pieces is prompting speculation in the international press that his health [...]
2009-01-15 17:22:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETPINS PGOV PINR SMIG PREL CU
09HOCHIMINHCITY670SOUTHERN VIETNAM'S DEEPWATER PORT FIRST PHASE UP AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: After just five months in operation, the two terminals in Vietnam's southern deepwater port facility at Cai Mep have already begun to shift container traffic away from the overly-congested ports in Ho Chi Minh City. Even more importantly, because the new facilities can handle t [...]
2009-12-03 14:00:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EIND ECON PGOV ENRG KNNP VM
09HONGKONG2025HONG KONG 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate rou [...]
2009-11-03 09:08:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HK
09HONGKONG62HONG KONG 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate [...]
2009-01-09 09:59:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HK
09JAKARTA1458GOI CLAIMS MIX-UP IN SMALL ARMS SEIZED IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the GOI, the recent seizure of Indonesian-made small arms by the Philippines was a mistake, as the arms were lawfully exported from Indonesia. The seizure has hit the press here and Indonesian lawmakers have pledged to investigate the country's arms-related export [...]
2009-09-02 07:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ID RP
09JAKARTA26IN ANNUAL SPEECH, FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a review of Indonesian foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Wirajuda portrayed Indonesia as a "bridge and consensus builder" and defender of fundamental principles, particularly in the United Nations. He highlighted Indonesia's role as a key emerging economy and a voi [...]
2009-01-07 10:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ID
09KINGSTON113JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]
2009-02-12 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1190JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...]
2009-12-30 14:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON270JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]
2009-04-07 14:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON58JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR JOHNSON'S FAREWELL CALLS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 15:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM KCRM
09KYIV1271UKRAINE: FEWER SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL STUDENTS IN 2009, BUT
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (U) Summary: Between January and June, Post interviewed 8288 Ukrainian university students aspiring to participate in the summer work and travel and camp counselor (SWT) program in the U.S. The number of SWT applicants was approximately 14 percent lower tha [...]
2009-07-31 14:09:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CMGT ECON UP
09LAPAZ305EVO NAMES EMBOFF AS CIA; TARGETS "TRAITORS"
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Bolivian President Evo Morales named EmbOff Francisco "Frank" Martinez as a "Mexican infiltrator" while sharing his vision of a vast CIA network that permeates all sectors of Bolivian government and social groups February 26. Morales' message was clear: Martinez is a CIA [...]
2009-02-26 23:21:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EMIN EPET EINV
09LIMA123Smugglers Already Targeting Korean VWP Travel
[...] SUMMARY: On January 21, 2009, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) arrested eight PRC nationals for allegedly planning to smuggle Chinese asylum-seekers to the U.S. with phony Japanese passports. A raid of the ring's "labs" in Lima suggests they were also targeting Korea's VWP program, by conco [...]
2009-01-28 22:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ASEC SMIG KFRD PE
09LIMA544NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - MARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 20:41:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LISBON608IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HONDURAS DISPUTE
[...] (U) Delegations from twenty-two Iberian and Latin American nations attended the nineteenth Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal November 29-December 1. The summit's theme was "Innovation and Knowledge" and featured discussions on technology and innovation collaboration, social developm [...]
2009-12-04 07:03:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN PREL AN XM CU DR SP PO
09LONDON1092009 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 13:20:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK
09LONDON2001IMO: REPORT OF THE 86TH SESSION OF THE MARITIME
[...] Summary. The Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its 86th session (MSC 86) at IMO Headquarters in London under the chairmanship of Mr. N. Ferrer (Philippines) on May 27 - June 5, 2009. Regarding armed response to piracy, the MSC recommends th [...]
2009-08-27 16:30:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT IMO PHSA UK
09LONDON2676IMO: 14TH SESSION OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID
[...] Summary: The fourteenth session of the IMO Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) Sub Committee (S/C) met in London from 21-25 September 2009, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations from fifty-nine member states, one as [...]
2009-12-01 17:03:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT IMO IR PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON730WILLIAM HAGUE VISITS CUBA; ADVISES CHANGE IN U.S.
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Conservative MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague offered his views to Charge after a recent trip to Cuba. Hague, a respected politician who may be staking out a "safe" political position on the Cuban issue in advance of becoming foreign secretary, offered these obse [...]
2009-03-25 13:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UK CU
09MADRID59JANUARY 8-9 VISIT BY WHA A/S SHANNON REAFFIRMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon's January 8-9 Madrid program and subsequent media play were characterized by bilateral goodwill and Spanish optimism for a new phase in U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America despite significant challenges in the region. He highlighted U.S. engagement in the Americas, [...]
2009-01-16 16:59:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KSUM AR BL CU SP
09MADRID688MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JULY 6-10
[...] (U) The IMF predicted on Wednesday that Spain,s economy will shrink 4% this year, a significant downward assessment from the previous forecast of -3%. The IMF also lowered its 2010 growth forecast for Spain to -.08%, making Spain the only country to have its 2010 forecast revised downward. T [...]
2009-07-10 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG EWWT SP
09MANAGUA1198NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, CENTRAL AMERICA REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF SEMINAR IN PANAMA CITY
[...] 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 Central America Regional Disaster Preparedness and Relief [...]
2009-11-18 18:28:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA152 INL MANAGUA 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Embassy Managua submits its 2008 End Use Monitoring Report per reftel instructions. 2. Begin Text: PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator Byron Tsao, 505-252-7711, TsaoBF@state.gov, United States Embassy, Km 4.5 Carretera Sur, Managua, Nicaragua. Inventor [...]
2009-02-09 18:58:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NU
09MANAGUA284NICARAGUA: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Managua reports three international submarine fiber optic telecommunication cables, two in the Caribbean and one in the Pacific, parallel to Nicaragua's coasts and within the country's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone. They are the Americas Region Caribbea [...]
2009-03-17 17:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG
09MANAGUA301VISIT NICARAGUA! NO VISA NEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On Friday, March 13, 2009, during a late-night event Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a presidential decree relaxing visa requirements for foreigners seeking to visit Nicaragua. Initial media reports that Nicaragua was removing visa requirements for all countries appear [...]
2009-03-19 21:40:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALSMIG CVIS ASEC PGOV PREL NU
09MANAGUA308NICARAGUA: PANDEMIC AND AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: With no cases of the virulent H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) strain existing yet in the Americas, the Emergency Action Committee reviewed and approved the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for Pandemic and Avian Influenza. The plan recognizes Nicaragua,s current i [...]
2009-03-23 13:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AMGT ASEC KSAF KSEO SENV TBIO KFLU NU
09MANAGUA314VISIT 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 18:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MANAGUA343NICARAGUA: BANKERS REPORT STABILITY, BUT NO GROWTH
[...] (C) Summary. Despite rumors of economic meltdown and possible capital flight, Nicaragua's highly dollarized banking sector appears to be holding its own. Officials from the Superintendent of Banks (SIBOIF) and the Central Bank as well as prominent banking executives tell us that liquidity i [...]
2009-03-31 23:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA781NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: INL, CYBERCRIME CONFERENCE IN PANAMA CITY
[...] 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 Cybercrime Conference in Panama City, Panama from August 25 [...]
2009-08-06 22:08:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
09MANAGUA871GON NON-COOPERATION ON FARC ARMS SMUGGLING CASE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a series of communications and meetings between June 17 and June 19, various senior-level officials of the Government of Nicaragua (GON) refused to cooperate with a routine USG request for the transfer of evidence pertinent to an on-going Department of Justice (DOJ) investigat [...]
2009-09-02 15:54:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPGOV SNAR PTER PREL NU
09MANAGUA907NICARAGUA PASSES RETIREES AND RESIDENTS LAW TO BOOST FOREIGN INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) The National Assembly approved a foreign retirees and residents law to promote Nicaragua as a retirement destination. The law was drafted in close consultation with the private sector, which sought legislation that would provide a stimulus to the construction, real estate, and tourism indust [...]
2009-09-16 21:30:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINV ECON NU
09MEXICO1GOM Views on Next Steps in Regional Precursor Control
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nadia Levy-Popp, Director of Precursor Chemicals in PGR/SIEDO, recently shared with Emboffs a report that reviews the status of precursor controls in Central America (below). Levy-Popp stressed the importance of training to the development of new precursor regimes in Central Ame [...]
2009-01-02 14:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1034SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IP A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy, with the financial support of the Department of Justice (DOJ),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),and the Copyright Office, sponsored the Second International Conference on Intellectual Property, held in Monterrey from March 25- 27. This event, organi [...]
2009-04-08 21:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO1602009 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 22:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO2616MEXICO READY TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretariat officials told State/WHA's visiting Director for Economic Policy and Summit Coordination that Mexico supports the Economic and Climate Change Partnership (ECPA). The GOM wants to highlight an ongoing initiative to promote North American standards for househol [...]
2009-09-02 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2922GOM REMAINS CAUTIOUS ON HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico regards as hollow the threat by Honduras' de facto president, Roberto Micheletti, to suspend the diplomatic privileges of several states, including Mexico, if they continue to deny his government recognition. Nevertheless, the GOM is reluctant to inject the Rio Group, of w [...]
2009-10-07 18:00:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MX HN
09MEXICO3311Mexico Economic Weekly - November 20
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-11-23 18:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3364GOM ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT U.S.-BOLIVIA TALKS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 23 to Raphael Bernal, Director for South America, emphasizing that USG views the new Framework Agreement concluded October 27-28 as the opening of a more collaborative relationship with the Bolivian Government. Cuevas expressed appreciation for the US [...]
2009-11-27 19:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV PINR PREL BO
09MEXICO3623MEXICO: UNODC REPRESENTATIVE SUGGESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) regional and country representatives recently met and discussed ways to promote greater regional coordination among our Merida partners on combating narco-trafficking with a view to producing more concrete progress. [...]
2009-12-23 21:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL UN MX
09MEXICO509MEXICO LOOKS TO COLOMBIA AS SECURITY, REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico's increased outreach to Colombia is driven by a number of factors, principally by both countries' shared security struggles. Mexico's outreach to its South American neighbor probably also is part of a desire to increase its influence in the hemisphere and cultivate Latin A [...]
2009-02-23 19:01:00Embassy MexicoSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO586NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT -
[...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizatio [...]
2009-02-27 23:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP
09MEXICO869MEXICO ON THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico believes future prospects for the Summit of the Americas (SOA) very much rely on the success of U.S. President Obama in injecting a new sense of purpose for the gathering. To Mexico's view, it is imperative the summit tackle the ongoing financial crisis. Interestingly, [...]
2009-03-24 21:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV OAS PHUM VZ CU MX
09MONTEVIDEO444URUGUAY: 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 17:46:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO580URUGUAY: 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 12:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO584URUGUAY: 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 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO614Uruguay 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 16:06:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09MOSCOW1161RUSSIA EASES RESTRICTIONS ON U.S. MEAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that restrictions placed on all pork and pork products from 10 U.S. states, using influenza A H1N1 as justification, have been lifted effective immediately (REF A). As of to [...]
2009-05-06 13:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09NICOSIA6CYPRIOT FM TO VISIT CARACAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his second official foray to Latin America -- his first took him to Havana in September -- Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will visit Caracas on January 10 for two days of meetings with BRV officials, then fly to Panama, Brazil, and possibly Costa Rica. A working-l [...]
2009-01-09 14:32:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY VE
09OSLO424NORWEGIANS MUSE ON CGPCS AND ASPIRANT COUNTRIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide ranging discussion, Norway's representative to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS),Carl Salicath, expressed reticence about admitting flag-of-convenience states to membership. He also discussed Cyprus's membership, Egypt's "odd" behavior with r [...]
2009-06-30 11:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09OTTAWA291CANADA AND THE AMERICAS
[...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...]
2009-04-15 20:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA
09PANAMA114PANAMA: IMPROVED COOPERATION WITH COLOMBIA AS THE
[...] (C) Colombia's implementation of a new security doctrine that emphasized improved governance on its border with Panama had facilitated cross-border cooperation, Panama's National Security Advisor Marcel Salamin told POLOFF on January 20. In a January 27 conversation, he told POLOFF that he ha [...]
2009-02-06 20:16:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA115PANAMA: BALBINA'S PLATFORM UNDERSCORES CONTINUITY
[...] (C) Governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Balbina Herrera and her party in January released their electoral platform that stresses continuity, particularly with respect to current president Martin Torrijos's economic and social welfare policies. Interestingly th [...]
2009-02-06 20:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM ECON PREL
09PANAMA119PANAMA: SENAN SEIZES 2.5 TONS OF COCAINE IN GAME
[...] (C) Panama's National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN) police seized 2.46 tons of cocaine in a mangrove swamp February 1 that had been off-loaded from a go-fast vessel. The vessel had been hiding in the Lavaina river since January 28 after being trapped by SENAN vessels acting on information gener [...]
2009-02-10 13:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA120PANAMA: HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE FOR PRESIDENCY BEGINS
[...] (C//NF) Summary: In a remarkable turn of events in Panama, there will be a head-to-head race for the presidency as governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) nominee Balbina Herrera heads off against Democratic Change (CD) presidential nominee Ricardo Martinelli and "Alliance for Change. [...]
2009-02-10 15:20:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PM
09PANAMA122PANAMA: REFINERY ON HOLD DUE TO WORLD ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive proprietary business information concerning on-going negotiations. Please handle accordingly. SUMMARY 2. (C) Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) representatives privately informed the Ambassador their firms are putting on hold (not cance [...]
2009-02-10 18:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ECON EIND EPET PM
09PANAMA123CODEL COSTELLO MEETS PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Costello, composed of members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on President Martin Torrijos Espino during the afternoon of February 2 to discuss transportation and the overall bilateral relationship. During the cordial meeting, Torrijos e [...]
2009-02-10 22:05:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EWWT OREP PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA127PANAMA: VP/FM DISCUSSES DARIEN OPTIONS WITH
[...] (S//NF) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis met with the Ambassador on February 4 to discuss the situation in the Darien and the Ambassador's recent meetings at SOUTHCOM in response to Lewis' December 12 request for USG planning assistance for Darien operations. The Ambassador told Lewis that SOUT [...]
2009-02-11 16:01:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA149PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOLLOW-ON WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 21:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA15PANAMA: NEW MOGJ MINSTER LAYS OUT PLANS
[...] (C) Security has become the government's weak spot, newly appointed Minister of Government of Justice Dilio Arcia told the Ambassador December 19. He described plans to address gang violence, including tougher sentences and implementation of community policing initiatives. In discussing the FA [...]
2009-01-07 20:22:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA151PANAMA: PROSECUTERS REQUEST ACCESS TO PAS DATA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Panamanian MFA on February 17 asking whether five individauls had "benefited from any kind of program" from the USG from 2007-2008. The note said the information was being requested in relation to a corruption investigation. Afte [...]
2009-02-19 21:52:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO CVIS CJAN OEXC PM
09PANAMA153PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH
[...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...]
2009-02-23 15:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA156PANAMA: MARTINELLI MAINTAINS LEAD BUT LOSES GROUND
[...] Democratic Change (CD) opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli lost six points in the polls, shortly after naming former Panamenista Party presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela as his vice presidential running mate and thereby cementing a grand opposition "Alliance For Change" [...]
2009-02-23 20:19:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PM
09PANAMA16PANAMA: NEW AERO-MARITIME SERVICE DIRECTOR MAKES
[...] (S//NF) "Something is going on," Rigoberto Gordon, Director of the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),told EMBOFFs December 5, referring to apparent corruption among former National Maritime Service (SMN) members now in SENAN's ranks. (Note: SENAN, formed on December 22, combines the pervio [...]
2009-01-07 22:33:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA163PANAMA: OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF PORNOGRAPHY
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to review the documents used by DOL to determine whether a "significant incidence" of child labor is used in Panama to produce pornography, but is troubled by the conclusions drawn from these sources. Of the two sources that post was able to obtain, one [...]
2009-02-26 20:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PM
09PANAMA171PANAMA'S SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 13:54:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
09PANAMA176PANAMA: HOW MERIDA FITS INTO THE EMERGING SECURITY
[...] (C) The threat from home grown gangs and international criminal organizations in Panama is growing and worrisome. As Panamanians feel increasingly threatened in their homes and on their streets, some are arguing that Panama must choose between protecting itself and stopping the flow of drugs [...]
2009-03-03 20:16:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA182PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH
[...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...]
2009-03-04 21:46:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA184PANAMA: MARTINELLI'S "GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR CHANGE"
[...] (C) Leading presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli of the Alliance for Change on February 11 released his "Government Plan for Change," that lays out 179 proposals designed to "make a better Panama reach everyone" (que un mejor Panama llegue a todos). The document is flashy, includes big c [...]
2009-03-06 15:38:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA194PANAMA: TORRIJOS TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS IN FINAL
[...] (C) In his final address to the National Assembly before the end of his term, President Martin Torrijos touted his administration's greatest achievements, acknowledged the cooperation of the Assembly, and called on the next government to build upon these successes. (Note: Constitutionally, Pa [...]
2009-03-10 13:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA195PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION BIDS SUBMITTED
[...] (U) Under the lights of TV cameras in a packed auditorium, three consortia, including one led by American firm Bechtel, submitted bids to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) on March 3 to build the 3.3 billion USD set of locks for the already under-construction third lane of the Panama Canal. The bid [...]
2009-03-10 15:14:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
09PANAMA196PANAMA: PLANS FOR NORMALIZATION FOR COLOMBIANS
[...] (C) The GOP planned to offer legal immigrant status to individuals living in the Darien region under Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP) status, said MFA DG of Exterior Policy Javier Bonagas told POLOFF on February 20. The official census of THP persons taken in 2004 counted 542 Colombia [...]
2009-03-10 15:52:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTBS SOCI PM
09PANAMA21EMBASSY ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OUTREACH
[...] (C) Summary: Spearheading Mission Panama's anti-money laundering outreach, Ambassador Stephenson met with Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano during a December 17 visit to Colon. Quijano described the competitive advantages of the CFZ for legitimate businesses and the steps be [...]
2009-01-08 21:03:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SNAR KTFN PM
09PANAMA216VP/FM LEWIS TRAVEL TO CUBA FOR TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on March 13 and inquired about Lewis' upcoming trip to Havana on March 16. Lewis said that he and Vice Minister of Trade Severo Sousa will sign a trade agreement entitled "acuerdo de alcance parcial." Lewis said that Panama [...]
2009-03-13 22:27:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
09PANAMA227PANAMA TO SIGN FTA WITH CANADA; SIGNING AT SOTA
[...] (C) Panama will conclude negotiations on a free trade treaty with Canada this week, Minister of Commerce and Industry Gisela Alvarez de Porras told the Ambassador on March 17. The GOP hopes to sign the treaty with Canada during the Summit of the Americas, continued Porras. 2. (U) Panama [...]
2009-03-18 17:03:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PM PREL
09PANAMA228PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 15:25:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PBTS
09PANAMA236PANAMA: MERIDA AND PUBLIC MESSAGING
[...] (SBU) Summary: As we roll out the Merida Initiative in Panama, the Embassy has launched a public diplomacy campaign to inform Panamanians about the broad range of Merida programs, placing a special emphasis on crime prevention. Media coverage of drug-related violence in Mexico has cast Merida [...]
2009-03-20 16:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KPAO PM
09PANAMA237PANAMA: AMBASSADOR VISITS THE DARIEN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador and several members of her Country Team visited the Darien province March 10-11. During the first day of her visit she received a briefing on the security situation from Director of the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) Frank Abrego and met with Darien Governor Juan [...]
2009-03-20 19:28:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PM
09PANAMA242PANAMA: MURCIA ACCUSATIONS UNLEASH POLITICAL
[...] (C) The Panamanian Electoral Tribunal (TE) suspended the legal immunity of the leading presidential candidates Ricardo Martinelli and Balbina Herrera March 19, in addition to the front-running candidate for Mayor of Panama City, Roberto "Bobby" Velasquez and Martinelli's attorney, Alma Cortez [...]
2009-03-20 20:29:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA252PANAMA: LIMITED WINDOW FOR FTA RATIFICATION
[...] (S//NF) The U.S. and Panama need to resolve several complicated issues in order to meet congressional concerns associated with the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries. With three months left until the end of the Torrijos administration, it may be tempting to put negotiat [...]
2009-03-26 19:12:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA255LAWYERS VS. EVERYONE ELSE - GOP STRIVES TO PREEMPT
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Panama intends to announce financial transparency measures before the April 2 G20 Meeting to ensure that Panama is not placed on the OECD Blacklist of "tax havens." In a March 25 letter to the OECD, the GOP acknowledged that it does not want its financial center [...]
2009-03-26 20:14:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA265PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOYER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and strived to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader [...]
2009-03-30 18:50:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM
09PANAMA290PANAMA: AMP SUB-ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS, CRITICIZES
[...] (C) The Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP) is in the headlines following the resignation of sub-administrator Carlos Raul Moreno, who, as he headed out the door, denounced "questionable" practices designed to generate extra revenue from maritime flagging procedures at some Panamanian consulate [...]
2009-04-06 21:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL EWWT
09PANAMA293PANAMA ANNOUNCES KEY TAX HAVEN SOLUTION - A PATH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOP announced on April 7 that it intends to regulate bearer shares. This breakthrough, when fully executed, will solve Panama's most pressing transparency issue, fulfill the USG's most prominent financial crimes regulatory recommendation, and remedy Panama's sole grave rema [...]
2009-04-08 14:12:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN SNAR PREL PGOV PM
09PANAMA298(U) PANAMA AND THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] (C/NF) Panama's main priority for the 17-19 April 2009 Summit of the Americas (SOA) was addressing the global economic crisis, and Delia Villamonte, Panamanian MFA DG for International Organizations and Conferences, was optimistic that President Obama would be a positive broker for consensus. [...]
2009-04-09 20:31:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPINR PGOV PREL ECON
09PANAMA299PANAMA: TAKING IT TO THE STREETS
[...] (U) Panamanians regularly take to the streets to protest a wide array of social and employment grievances. These protests mire city residents, who already spend hours in traffic due to the outdated road network and poor transit system, in horrendous traffic jams for hours. More often than n [...]
2009-04-09 21:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA PGOV PHUM PM
09PANAMA306PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEVIN
[...] (SBU) The fate of the U.S./Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will determine the trajectory of our bilateral relationship through the foreseeable future. Congressional passage and a successful implementation of the FTA would serve to maintain extraordinary, yet vulnerable, U.S. influence in Pan [...]
2009-04-14 23:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EWWT OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PM
09PANAMA308PANAMA: WITH POLLS LOCKED, MARTINELLI MAINTAINS 15
[...] (U) Democratic Change (CD) opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli continues to hold a 15 point lead over Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera for the third week running, according to Dichter and Neira's presidential poll for the first week of April. W [...]
2009-04-16 17:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PM
09PANAMA309SICA MULTILAT
[...] (U) GOP Protocol Director Ambassador Flavio Mendez has confirmed acceptance of President Obama's invitation to attend the Sunday, April 19, 2009 SICA Multilateral. President Martin Torrijos and Vice-President Samuel Lewis Navarro will participate in the 8am meeting. STEPHENSON [...]
2009-04-16 20:56:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM
09PANAMA310PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED- U.S. WTO RAW SUGAR
[...] (U) The GOP has confirmed that Panamanian sugar mills expect to export the 9,330 tons remaining in the FY 2009 sugar quota. Furthermore, the GOP noted that they would be interested in exporting more sugar in addition to the FY 2009 quota if authorized to do so. 2. (U) The Ministry of Co [...]
2009-04-16 20:56:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD
09PANAMA316PANAMA: MARTINELLI PLAYS PRESIDENT TO FRIENDLY
[...] (C) The Foundation for the Development of Citizen Liberty, Panama's Transparency International (TI) chapter, hosted an untelevised "Presidential Candidates Forum" on April 14. Though dubbed as a forum for both leading candidates, only Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinell [...]
2009-04-20 15:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA320PANAMA: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM
[...] (U) Summary: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent over 92% of Panamanian businesses. This cable surveys an unrepresentative sample of small businesses and attempts to get a glimpse into their experiences. The six entrepreneurs interviewed appeared confident about their businesses. Th [...]
2009-04-21 17:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PM EFIN ELAB
09PANAMA322PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 21:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV
09PANAMA323CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES OVERCOMING FTA ROADBLOCKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Codel Levin, composed of Representative Sandy Levin (D-MI and Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee of the Ways & Means Committee),met with Panamanian President Martin Torrijos on April 20. The discussion centered on the U.S-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the two core issues [...]
2009-04-22 14:54:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PM
09PANAMA326ENDGAME: TORRIJOS'S BOTTOMLINE ON THE FTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 18:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PM
09PANAMA329PANAMA: DOMESTIC POLITICS HAUNT FTA
[...] (S//NF) As Panama enters the final stretch of its general election campaign season, politics has come to haunt the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA). "Forget about the FTA," governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Balbina Herrera declared on April 19 to law [...]
2009-04-23 18:26:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PM
09PANAMA330PANAMA: POLITICAL ANALYST WARNS OF ROUGH
[...] (S//NF) Ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) leaders expect Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli to win the May 3 presidential election, pro-PRD political commentator Jose Blandon, Sr. told POLOFFs on April 20. --The Torrijos administration's own internal PRD [...]
2009-04-23 22:23:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA332PANAMA: THREE FARC MEMBERS HANDED OVER ON MATERIAL
[...] (C) The GOP handed over three alleged FARC members to the U.S. April 17 for prosecution on charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization, the first time the GOP has ever agreed to material support charges as grounds for a hand-over. This precedent setting step is part of [...]
2009-04-24 22:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PM
09PANAMA338PANAMA: FINAL POLL RESULTS: MARTINELLI HOLDING
[...] (U) With Panama's May 3 elections just nine days away, Alliance for Change opposition presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli holds a twelve to sixteen point lead over Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera, according to the final presidential polling data from Dich [...]
2009-04-27 19:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
09PANAMA339PANAMA: TORRIJOS SOCIAL PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE UNDER
[...] (C) Both leading presidential candidates have acknowledged the success of some social programs initiated during President Martin Torrijos' term, and have agreed to continue certain programs after the next administration is sworn in on July 1. Programs earmarked for continuity by ruling Revolu [...]
2009-04-27 20:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV SOCI PM
09PANAMA341CODEL HOYER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR PANAMA FTA;
[...] (SBU) On April 5, the members of Codel Hoyer met with President Martin Torrijos and selected members of his government to discuss continuation of what Majority Leader Hoyer described as an &extraordinarily close8 bilateral relationship, to thank President Torrijos for the cooperation that enha [...]
2009-04-27 20:40:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFTA ELAB ETRD OREP OVIP PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA343GOP AUTHORIZES "GRAY HULLS" ACCESS TO PANAMA'S TTW
[...] (S//NF) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos has agreed to allow U.S. Navy assets to patrol Panama's territorial waters on counter-narcotics missions. Torrijos asked the Ambassador April 15 for Embassy assistance organizing a DEA-funded "Operation Together" (Operacion Conjuntos) featuring U. [...]
2009-04-28 18:25:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PM
09PANAMA345PANAMA: REQUEST FOR COAST GUARD COORDINATES
[...] (U) The Embassy received a diplmatic note from the Panamanian MFA on April 14, 2009, requesting that the Embassy send the search coordinates used by the USCG during a search and rescue operation from November 29-30, 2008, following a helicopter flying off a the Venezuelan flagged tuna boat F/V [...]
2009-04-29 15:14:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA347PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON
[...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...]
2009-04-29 21:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA348PANAMA: MARTINELLI ADVISER WEIGHS IN ON ELECTION
[...] (C) Dennis Allen, former Electoral Tribune (TE) magistrate and current "electoral process adviser" to Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli ran down for the Political Section his vision of how Panama's May 3 elections will play out. Although the election would probably [...]
2009-04-30 15:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA349PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON
[...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...]
2009-04-30 15:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA357PANAMA: MARTINELLI WINS BIG
[...] (SBU) The opposition's Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli defeated governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate by over twenty points and more than 300,000 votes on May 3. Martinelli also appears to have wrested gained control of the 71-seat National Asse [...]
2009-05-05 13:16:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA366PANAMA: FARC MEMBER DEMOBILIZES IN DARIEN: SIXTH
[...] (U) Reports indicate that a member of the FARC's 57th FRONT surrendered to members of Panama's National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) on May 2. The event took place at the newly established SENAFRONT position in the village of Sobia Quiro, near the Colombian boarder. The temporary position was [...]
2009-05-06 22:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA367TORRIJOS BRIEFS MARTINELLI AS TIEA THREATENS FTA
[...] (SBU) Vice-President Lewis reported to the Ambassador that President Torrijos recommitted to his endgame (reftels) for the U.S.-Panama FTA (FTA) during his first meeting with President-elect Martinelli. That endgame calls for the Obama Administration to submit the FTA to Congress, after which [...]
2009-05-06 22:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFTA EFIN SNAR PM
09PANAMA37PANAMA HOSTS QUADRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS WITH
[...] (C) "We are trying to put in place information sharing and coordination mechanisms to expedite quick deportations, expulsions, and extradition of organized crime figures," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on January 15 in laying out his vision for the quadrilateral Panama-Colombia- [...]
2009-01-15 19:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PM
09PANAMA372PANAMA: MARTINELLI MAKING PROGRESS ON CABINET
[...] (C) Four days after his May 3 landslide electoral victory, Panamanian President-elect Ricardo Martinelli has made significant progress naming his cabinet. On the evening of May 6, Panama's Electoral Tribunal (TE) formally declared Martinelli the victor in the May 3 after analyzing every vote [...]
2009-05-07 22:30:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PM
09PANAMA373MARTINELLI'S U.S. AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Jaime Aleman, President-elect Martinelli's Ambassador-designate to Washington, told Ambassador Stephenson today (May 7) that Martinelli would support initiation of Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with the United States soon as part of Panama's 2002 and 20 [...]
2009-05-07 23:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA381PANAMA: PRD SCRAMBLING AFTER SWEEPING ELECTORAL
[...] (SBU) The Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) - Panama's largest and traditionally best organized political party - is suffering immensely from its resounding May 3 electoral defeat. "Alliance for Change" candidate Ricardo Martinelli's overwhelming victory over the PRD has caused the ruling p [...]
2009-05-12 20:34:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA384PANAMA TO PARTICIPATE IN MAY MEETING OF CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 22:35:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA406PANAMA: PRESIDENT OBAMA INVITED TO ATTEND
[...] (U) Ambassador Stephenson received a letter addressed to President Obama from current President of Panama Martin Torrijos. The letter invited President Obama to attend the inauguration ceremonies for newly elected President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli, to be held on June 30 and July 1, 2009 [...]
2009-05-20 15:12:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP OPDC OTRA PGOV PM
09PANAMA417PANAMA: GOP SAYS USCG DID NOT FOLLOW SALAS-BECKER
[...] (C) The GOP protested in a diplomatic note from the MFA on May 20, 2009 that the U.S. Coast Guard did not follow agreed upon procedures during the search of Panamanian flagged vessel, M/V Pollux A on April 27. Specifically, the note protested that the USCG did not share information with the [...]
2009-05-22 22:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA421PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (SBU) Since the 1989 restoration of democracy, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable and responsive government; accelerated economic growth through open markets; and worked to ensure that the benefits of that growth reach all citizens. While a hemispheric leader in progr [...]
2009-05-26 22:40:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA422PANAMA: JULIA TAFT REFUGEE FUND NOMINATION
[...] (U) Post is pleased to nominate local NGO Fundacion Calicanto for a 20,000 USD grant from the Julia Taft Refugee Fund for job training for refugees and persons under Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP). Filling A Gap ------------- 2. (U) A critical gap in services provided to refug [...]
2009-05-27 15:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF
09PANAMA435PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID
[...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...]
2009-06-01 17:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA439PANAMA: NEITHER TORRIJOS NOR MARTINELLI CAN
[...] (C) While President-elect Ricardo Martinelli would very much like to secure U.S. ratification of the pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Martinelli and his closest advisors assess that President Martin Torrijos and his Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) deputies in the National Ass [...]
2009-06-01 21:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFTA PM
09PANAMA454PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID
[...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...]
2009-06-05 18:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA470PANAMA: GRAY HULL OPERATION CUTS COASTAL DRUG
[...] (S//NF) "Thank you for convincing us to support this operation. It has really worked," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the Ambassador June 5, referring to Operation Goal Line Stance (aka Conjuntos-09). This DEA-funded maritime drug interdiction operation used JIATF-South and Panaman [...]
2009-06-12 17:37:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA473PANAMA: REQUEST FOR SEARCH COORDINATES
[...] (SBU) Post received a dipnote from the MFA on June 2 informing the Embassy that the Attorney General's Office was requesting the "documentation related to search operations that took place in the month of November 2009." The note refers to a USCG P-3 that responded to a Panamanian Aero-Naval [...]
2009-06-12 21:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA481PANAMA: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim agai [...]
2009-06-16 15:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC
09PANAMA490PANAMA FTA LABOR REFORMS: TIME IS TICKING AWAY.
[...] (C) President Torrijos issued four executive decrees on June 5 to bring the Panamanian labor code into alignment with International Labor Organization (ILO) standards, as he continues his attempt to fulfill his Free Trade Agreement (FTA)-related promises to the Obama Administration. However, [...]
2009-06-18 18:24:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA518--CORRECTED COPY--DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE REQUESTS DURING
[...] (C) Panama's next President, Ricardo Martinelli, and his cabinet will be sworn in on 01 July 2009. The current government is not approving any diplomatic clearance requests for ships or aircraft that occur on or after 01 July. Beginning on 01 July a new group of officials will be sworn in a [...]
2009-06-29 17:13:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA519PRIMARY PANAMA CANAL CONTRACT TO BE AWARDED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-30 17:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
09PANAMA523PANAMA: EARLY INDICATIONS ON SECURITY POLICY OF
[...] (C) The incoming government of Panama will not/not dismantle the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) or the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),two of the key security services created by the reforms of the outgoing government of Martin Torrijos (see reftel). This is one of Post's key con [...]
2009-06-30 21:12:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA527CORRECTED COPY DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE REQUESTS
[...] (C) Panama's next President, Ricardo Martinelli, and his cabinet will be sworn in on 01 July 2009. The current government is not approving any diplomatic clearance requests for ships or aircraft that occur on or after 01 July. Beginning on 01 July a new group of officials will be sworn in a [...]
2009-07-02 15:20:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA535GOP SET TO LAUNCH TIEA NEGOTIATIONS WITH OECD
[...] (SBU) Minister of the Economy and Finance (MEF) Alberto Vallarino will assume leadership of the Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA)/OECD-G20 transparency issues by spearheading the GOP's efforts to negotiate TIEAs with OECD nations. "Not having a TIEA could severely damage our service-b [...]
2009-07-07 23:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PM PREL
09PANAMA539SACYR WINS CANAL CONTRACT, SIGNALING BROADER
[...] (C) In an elaborate ceremony attended by President Martinelli and most of the Cabinet, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced that the consortium led by Spanish firm Sacyr had won the $3.2 billion contract to build the third set of locks, centerpiece of the once-in-a-century Canal Expansion pro [...]
2009-07-08 19:20:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EWWT PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA545PANAMA: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN PM
09PANAMA547PANAMA: NEW PRESIDENT AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ASSUME
[...] (U) Ricardo Martinelli became the fifth democratically elected President of Panama in the last 20 years on July 1, while Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar led a White House delegation to the inauguration ceremony. In his inaugural address Martinelli defended Panama's economic model, state [...]
2009-07-09 21:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA549PANAMA: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A FRACTIOUS GOVERNMENT
[...] (S//NF) After one week of the new Martinelli government, Post has some initial impressions. The government is a fractious combination of strong personalities with widely differing agendas. There are signs that some newly appointed officials have questionable backgrounds that indicate that cor [...]
2009-07-09 21:35:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA550IN BARGAIN BASEMENT BID, SPANISH TO EXPAND PANAMA
[...] (C) During a morning of high political theater, President Martinelli, Panama's senior government officials, consortia representatives, diplomatic corps, and the public (through live TV and an internet broadcast) witnessed the presentation of the technical scores and the opening of the financial bid [...]
2009-07-09 21:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT PREL
09PANAMA568PANAMA: GREATER COORDINATION NEEDED ON TDN NOTES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. ------------------------------ Late Dipnotes Causing Problems ------------------------------ 2. (C) The process of obtaining privileges for U.S. military forces operating on training or high value transit (HVT) missions in Panama is not f [...]
2009-07-16 21:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA571PANAMA: EMBASSY BRIEFS INCOMING GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) "You have saved us six months time getting started," Panama's Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela told the Ambassador June 23, following a security briefing by the Embassy Law Enforcement and Security Working Group (LESWG) for the incoming GOP security leadership. Vare [...]
2009-07-17 20:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA58PANAMA: LEFT WING DON QUIJOTE TILTS AT CLOSED
[...] (C) A "symbolic" effort to open the Panamanian Political system is how Juan Jovane described his independent campaign for president. Jovane told POLOFF on November 25 that while he did not expect to be allowed to run, he wanted to open the system up to independent candidates who could mount p [...]
2009-01-21 14:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA584PANAMA DATA FOR U.S. BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN
[...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) Post obtained from the Ministry of Commerce and Industries a list of every Panamanian business that exported under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA). All 145 bu [...]
2009-07-23 21:17:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON OTRA PM
09PANAMA61PANAMA POST: THE SHAKE-UP EDITION
[...] (SBU) Welcome to the third edition of the Panama Post, a collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section and the Open Source Center (OSC). Having last left our readers before the holiday season lull, the Panama Post is happy to report that the politicians and those who care [...]
2009-01-21 15:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
09PANAMA617PANAMA INFORMED OF AGREMENT FOR NEW AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL PGOV PM
09PANAMA625THE GANG THREAT ON PANAMA'S COSTA RICAN BORDER
[...] (S//NF) The border between Panama and Costa Rica has been described as a "no mans' land", where drugs flow across into Costa Rica and guns and money flow back into Panama. With parallel roads along either side of the border, over 200 possible crossing points, a free trade zone town sitting on [...]
2009-08-17 19:09:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA626MARTINELLI'S SECURITY LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
[...] (S//NF) Six weeks into the Martinelli Administration, the make up of the GOP security leadership is complicated and unclear. The Minister of Government and Justice Jose Raul Mulino is exerting control over formal communications between the Embassy and the various security services, but there [...]
2009-08-17 19:10:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC PM
09PANAMA639MARTINELLI WIRETAP QUEST SHOWS DARK SIDE OF NEW GOP
[...] (S//NF) President Martinelli has reached out to the Embassy, among other actors, to request help in building infrastructure to conduct wiretaps against ostensible security threats as well as political opponents. The Ambassador has made it clear to the president that the USG will continue our succe [...]
2009-08-22 14:46:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PM
09PANAMA640ONCE AGAIN, GOP SET TO LAUNCH TIEA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) GOP Ministers informed the Ambassadors to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries that Panama will enter Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with a sufficient number of OECD countries to prevent Panama from being blacklisted as a tax [...]
2009-08-24 12:06:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PM PREL
09PANAMA657AES CONCERNED ABOUT GOP ACTIONS ON PANAMA'S
[...] (SBU) AES representatives informed the DCM that they are concerned that the Martinelli Administration may jeopardize their $856 million dollar investment in Panama by unilaterally changing the contracted price of water for hydroelectric generation plants owned by AES and others. The Martinell [...]
2009-08-27 17:50:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PM EINV PGOV
09PANAMA68MARTINELLI SECURES 12 POINT LEAD OVER RULING PARTY
[...] (C) Opposition candidate Ricardo Martinelli of Democratic Change (CD) has been declared the "absolute favorite" by the Panamanian media after gaining a 12 point lead over ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) candidate Balbina Herrera, according to a recent Dichter and Neira presidential [...]
2009-01-22 19:40:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
09PANAMA680PRD IN CRISIS
[...] (C) After suffering a humiliating electoral defeat in the May presidential elections, leaders of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) have been publicly lambasting one another and fighting for control of the party amidst serious corruption allegations. President Martinelli, like a shark s [...]
2009-09-11 13:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PM
09PANAMA692MARTINELLI PRESSURES THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT
[...] (S//NF) Panamanian Supreme Court Justice Adan Arjona told poloffs August 26 that President Martinelli personally called each of the nine justices of the Court to pressure them to vote in favor of reopening a corruption case in which over 30 members of the Revolutonary Democratic Party (PRD) ar [...]
2009-09-16 19:38:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA698MARTINELLI AND VARELA STAND BEHIND SAN JOSE ACCORD
[...] (SBU) At a September 16 breakfast meeting with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli and Vice President/Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela, WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Craig Kelly reviewed in detail the situation in Honduras, looking forward to the meeting between Costa Rican [...]
2009-09-18 13:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KNNP MNUC ECON HO AA IR PM
09PANAMA699MARTINELLI MOUNTS DOMESTIC SPY OPERATION, PUTS DEA
[...] (S//NF) President Martinelli is following through on his intention to expand the duties of Panama's Council of Public Security and National Defense ("Consejo") to include spying on domestic political enemies (reftel). Martinelli has told the Ambassador that he no longer needs USG help to estab [...]
2009-09-18 17:03:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA701MARTINELLI: PRESIDENTIALISM OR POPULISM?
[...] (S//NF) President Ricardo Martinelli has begun his five year term by energetically taking on a number of vested interests, from powerful local businessmen perceived to be abusing state concessions, to major international businesses (ref A),civil society leaders, and officials of the former [...]
2009-09-18 19:46:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PM
09PANAMA702PANAMA'S LONG FAREWELL TO PARLACEN
[...] (SBU) The Government of Panama (GOP) is attempting to withdraw from the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN),a decision based exclusively on domestic politics. The departure is an easy way for President Ricardo Martinelli to make good on his campaign promise to reform Panamanian institutio [...]
2009-09-21 11:47:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA710VENEZUELA DETAINS COPA AIRLINES PLANE
[...] (C) Vice President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela told Ambassador September 21 that Venezuela had recently detained a COPA Airlines 737 in Maracaibo for two days, evidently in retaliation for the GOP having permitted anti-Chavez protests in Panama earlier this month. 2. (C) Varela [...]
2009-09-22 22:41:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAIR PM VE
09PANAMA713Commentator 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 18:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR KPAO PREL PM
09PANAMA756MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO MARTINELLI'S LIKELY SUPREME
[...] (C) Rumors that President Martinelli intends to nominate Electoral Tribunal Magistrate Gerardo Solis and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor to the Supreme Court this fall have been poorly received by Panamanian opinion makers. Several leading newspaper editors told the Ambassador and DCM th [...]
2009-10-07 17:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA757MARTINELLI NOT MEETING PRO-BUSINESS RHETORIC OR
[...] (C) Summary: The distinguishing feature of the Martinelli Administration's economic policy has been that there does not appear to be a coherent or consistent policy. It has made one major positive decision, which is to maintain sound macro economic policies. It has made one major negative de [...]
2009-10-07 20:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV PM
09PANAMA765POTENTIAL SCANDAL BREWING FOR MARTINELLI
[...] (S//NF) Failed PRD candidate for president Balbina Herrera publicly alleged September 24 that Secretary of State for Security Jose Almengor had withheld evidence during the past presidential campaign that incriminated President Martinelli in the David Murcia scandal. That scandal contributed [...]
2009-10-14 18:06:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA776ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez has reported both publicly and privately that she is receiving pressure from the GOP to prosecute former government officials, and she vows to resist the pressure and defend the independence of the AG's office. President Martinelli, frustrated b [...]
2009-10-19 21:14:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM PINR PM
09PANAMA777PANAMANIAN INTEL DIRECTOR CONFRONTS DEA
[...] (S//NF) Olmedo Alfaro, Executive Secretary of the Council of Public Security and National Defense (Consejo),engaged in two tense encounters with DEA personnel last week, indicating continued tension over the Embassy decision to remove the Matador judicialized wiretap program from the contro [...]
2009-10-19 21:35:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
09PANAMA789MARTINELLI'S APPROVAL RATING AT 86 PERCENT AFTER 100 DAYS IN
[...] (SBU) After 100 days in office, President Ricardo Martinelli's approval rating has reached historic levels. The question remains whether the numbers are the result of an optimistic interpretation of poll data by the press, or simply reflect the success of Martinelli's brand of presidential po [...]
2009-10-22 16:43:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PM
09PANAMA795Panama's National Assembly Debating Property Law
[...] (SBU) American citizens in Panama reacted strongly to proposed legislation that would change the rules for recognizing rights of possession. As currently worded and depending upon possible implementation, domestic and foreign holders of rights of possession may have to pay the government for t [...]
2009-10-23 17:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PM PGOV USTR
09PANAMA797RE: POST INPUT TO REPORT THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN
[...] Below is post's response to reftel. Economic Review --------------------- 2. (U) Panama is experiencing a period of extended economic growth, with 8.5 percent GDP growth in 2006, 11.5 percent in 2007, and 9.2 percent in 2008. However, due to the global economic crisis, its GDP gro [...]
2009-10-23 17:52:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDUSTR ETRD ECON PM
09PANAMA799President's Top Advisor Affirms Security is GOP's Biggest
[...] (S/NF) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli's most trusted advisor, Minister of the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu, has appealed to the Embassy to assist him in focusing the president's attention on security issues and bringing order to the GOP's chaotic security policy apparatus. Papadimitriu [...]
2009-10-23 18:04:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PM
09PANAMA8PANAMA: EMBERA INDIANS REPORT FARC TAKE OVER OF
[...] (S//NF) The FARC had taken over the village of Pavarando, leading to the flight of 200 Embera, who are still displaced from their homes, Edilberto Dogirama, the President of the Council of the Embera Comarca, told EMBOFFs on December 19. He said it took over two weeks for the GOP to send for [...]
2009-01-05 21:39:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA803GOP DELAYS PROPERTY RIGHTS LEGISLATION - WILL TALK WITH
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Stephenson informed Vice-President and Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Varela on October 23 of the angst of American citizens in Panama over proposed law 71 (which deals with property rights),which many American citizens perceive as a form of expropriation. (See Reftel.) Varela [...]
2009-10-27 20:04:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD USTR PREL EINV PM CASC
09PANAMA807CONTROVERSY OVER NEW CONTROLLER GENERAL IN PANAMA
[...] (SBU) The National Assembly has selected Gioconda Torres de Bianchini, a longtime associate of President Ricardo Martinelli in both his public and private incarnations, as Controller General of Panama, effective January 1, 2010. Despite de Bianchini's qualifications, her close ties to Mart [...]
2009-10-29 21:27:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA815PANAMA SUPPORTS U.S. ON NO-ACTION, COUNTRY SPECIFIC
[...] (U) The Director of the Office of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post on November 2nd that she had passed a decision memo to the Foreign Minister recommending that Panama oppose "no-action" motions and support country-specific resolu [...]
2009-11-04 16:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA PM
09PANAMA829PLANS TO ESTABLISH FOUR MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Government and Justice Jose Raul Mulino announced in late October that the GOP intended to establish four maritime operating centers to interdict narcotics and other illegal items transiting Panamanian waters. The operation centers would be jointly manned by security f [...]
2009-11-09 23:28:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS PINR ASEC SNAR PM
09PANAMA837Demarche Delivered, Panama Thanked for UNGA Votes on No
[...] (C) Poloff delivered a message of thanks to the Office Director of International Organization and Conferences in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Delia Villamonte, for Panama's recent vote against no action motions and "yes" vote on country-specific human rights motions in the UN Gene [...]
2009-11-16 16:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN PM
09PANAMA839PANAMA RELUCTANT TO PROSECUTE PIRATES
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Treaty and Legal Affairs Vladimir Franco October 29, following up on an informal approach on September 22, which in turn followed up on a discussion between USCG lawyers and MFA officials in September 2008. Franco said that he u [...]
2009-11-16 19:06:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM KPIR EWWT
09PANAMA84PANAMA: INSIDE SCOOP ON THE QUADRILATERAL SECURITY
[...] (C) The aim of the recent quadrilateral meeting of the presidents of Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala was to establish the means to quickly extradite Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers from Panama to their native countries, Panamanian National Security Advisor Marcel Salamin told P [...]
2009-01-29 12:41:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA856Observers for Honduran Elections
[...] (SBU) The Panamanian Electoral Tribunal is still evaluating whether it will send representatives to Honduras to provide technical assistance or serve as observers for the November 29 elections. They expect to have a final decision by November 20. 2. (SBU) A representative from t [...]
2009-11-16 22:26:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HO PM ETRD
09PANAMA859PANAMA CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 21:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALUNGA PGOV PREL
09PANAMA861THANKS DELIVERED TO PANAMA FOR UNGA VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF
[...] (C) Per reftel, on November 30, POLOFF delivered a message of thanks to Jonattan Del Rosario, Assistant Director General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. POLOFF expressed gratitude for Panama's vote at the UN General Assembly against the resolution on defamation of reli [...]
2009-12-07 21:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALUNGA PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA873ILLEGAL AFRICAN MIGRATION POSES CHALLENGE TO PANAMA
[...] (U) The number of illegal African migrants smuggled through Panama has grown six-fold in 2009. Somali and other Horn of Africa migrants are a particular concern for Panama, which has shown no inclination to accept them as refugees, yet is struggling to find a humane response to the increase. [...]
2009-12-10 20:17:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM SO SMIG PREF
09PANAMA877Panama: Colombian Cross-Border Offer Sows Doubt and
[...] (S//NF) A Colombian offer, which appears to have been accepted by President Martinelli, to mount a cross-border operation against FARC forces in Panama's Darien province has caused confusion among the GOP's senior security team and raised concern about coordination with USG efforts in that r [...]
2009-12-11 19:22:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA879Ambassador's November 25 Meetings with President, Vice
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Ambassador and DCM spent six hours in meetings with top government officials on November 25 to persuade them that neglecting to focus attention and resources on Panama's burgeoning crime and gang problems would be disastrous. The Martinelli Administration has taken [...]
2009-12-15 14:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MASS ECON SNAR ASEC PINR PM
09PANAMA88PANAMA TO REQUIRE NO DEATH PENALTY/LIFE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a dip note from the Panamanian MFA on January 7 stating that the Attorney General's Office had decided to require a declaration of certificate in extradition cases on charges that might lead to a sentence of death or life imprisonment that these penalties [...]
2009-01-29 21:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA881GOP Suspends Discussions with Security Firm Global CST
[...] (S//NF) Senior GOP leaders have told the Embassy that they have suspended discussions with the Israeli security firm Global CST. Minister of the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu told the Ambassador on December 13 that "the issue is closed" and that the GOP would not entertain further consideration [...]
2009-12-15 18:28:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR PINR PM CO
09PANAMA883DARIEN ACTIVITY UPDATE
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Panama is advancing on many fronts in our Darien strategy to deny the FARC and other Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) safehaven in the Darien. Built around our 1207 funding request, the strategy now includes significant additional resources from SOUTHCOM, JIATF-South, and [...]
2009-12-15 19:15:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SNAR PTER PM
09PANAMA887Security Dialogues with the Panamanian Government
[...] (U) This cable is a response to ref A. 2. (C//NF) As Panama has no military, there are no formal POL-MIL or MIL-MIL dialogues between the GOP and the USG. Our robust security cooperation is coordinated through high level meetings between the Ambassador and various senior GOP official [...]
2009-12-17 17:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA889Martinelli Confirms Approval of Cross-Border Attack Plan
[...] (S//NF) President Martinelli told Ambassador on December 13 that he had given approval for Colombian forces to attack FARC forces that will be gathered for the holidays in Panama's Darien province (ref A). He confirmed that the plan had been discussed during a meeting on December 9 with visiti [...]
2009-12-17 18:11:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SNAR PM CO PINR
09PANAMA89PANAMA: COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 3. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Regarding REFTEL A, Embassy Panama concurs with DOL's assessment that coffee is a good for which there is reason to believe is produced by child labor in violation of international standards. Indeed, there is [...]
2009-01-29 21:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP
09PANAMA891Ambassador's November 25 Meetings with President, Vice
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Ambassador and DCM spent six hours in meetings with top government officials on November 25 to work through a number of specific security issues, as well as to agree on a structure for better coordination on security issues. End summary/ introduction. The U [...]
2009-12-17 18:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MASS SNAR ASEC PINR PM
09PANAMA893TOCUMEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FLYING HIGH BUT CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Summary: Tocumen International Airport captures the Panamanian zeitgeist in a concentrated dose. Tocumen's legitimate status as a crux of Latin America's passenger and cargo traffic is tainted by a seamy underside of alien smuggling, money laundering, narcotics trafficking and corruption. Explo [...]
2009-12-18 18:05:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPREL PGOV PM CTM DEA DHS
09PANAMA894Scenesetter for CODEL Boehner
[...] (SBU) Since the restoration of democracy after Operation Just Cause twenty years ago, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable government, achieving a new confidence, dynamism, and psychological sovereignty that complements the 1999 completion of its territorial sovereignty. [...]
2009-12-03 14:17:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SOCI ASEC SNAR PGOV KPAO CASC PM
09PANAMA90PANAMA: 2009 CHILD LABOR REPORT
[...] Panama continued its efforts to combat child labor in 2008. The GOP trained labor inspectors, prosecutors and judges, engaged in activities to increase public awareness and moved forward on its National Plan for the Eradication of Child Labor that is being implemented by an active, inter-ag [...]
2009-01-29 21:50:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINT ELAB ETRD PHUM SOC PM
09PANAMA901Intelligence Chief Proposes Reform to Severely Restrict USG
[...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 5. 2. (S//NF) The head of Panama's Council for Public Security and National Defense (Consejo, or CSPDN),Olmedo Alfaro, has told Embassy officers that the GOP plans to introduce new legislation soon that would make it unlawful for Panamanian gover [...]
2009-12-22 19:57:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR EAID ASEC PM PINR
09PANAMA902Panama Environmental Team in Disaray as it Prepares for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Panama's National Authority for the Environment will not lead the Panama delegation to Copenhagen and has lost the support of the Panamanian environmental NGO community. Additionally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a new environmental point of contact who is getting up to s [...]
2009-12-04 18:35:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG PM
09PANAMA905Guidance Request: DEA Wiretap Program
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Since July 2009, Embassy Panama has grappled with President Martinelli's desire to involve the USG in his efforts to construct a wiretap program that would target his domestic political opponents. Refs A, B and C document the sequence of eve [...]
2009-12-24 16:58:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SNAR PINR ASEC KJUS PM
09PANAMA907Supreme Court Appointees: Panama in Mourning for Justice
[...] (U) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli and his cabinet's December 16 nomination of Alejandro Moncada Luna and Jose Abel Almengor as the two new Supreme Court justices sparked strong criticism from all major media outlets and from civil society organizations including the bar association and [...]
2009-12-29 14:06:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PINR PM SNAR
09PANAMA914CODEL Boehner Warmly Recieved in Panama to Discuss Security
[...] (SBU) Summary. From December 11 to 14, CODEL Boehner was received like an old friend by the Government of Panama as the first U.S. Congressional delegation to visit since the July 1 inauguration of the Martinelli Administration. The message from the President and his ministers to the CODEL wa [...]
2009-12-16 19:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PM ETRD PREL USTR
09PANAMA94PANAMA ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF VICTIMS OF OPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Panamanian MFA on January 30 asking about the "legal condition" in the U.S. of the victims of Operation Just Cause in 1989 and whether there are legal processes, administrative or judicial related to the "civil victims." The note [...]
2009-02-02 14:26:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA97PANAMA: MEXICAN TAKE ON QUADRILATERAL MEETING
[...] (C) While Mexico was pleased with the results of the January 16 Colombia-Guatemala-Mexico-Panama quadrilateral security talks, the Mexican delegation had also been very frustrated with the GOP's simplistic tendency to blame all its internal criminal problems on the presence of Colombians and [...]
2009-02-03 15:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
09PARISFR1640SECOND MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE
[...] SUMMARY: THE STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE (CONVENTION) MET DECEMBER 1-2 AT UNESCO HEADQUARTERS. THE PARTIES ELECTED A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ADVISORY BODY, DECIDED TO SET UP AN "UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND", AND ESTABLISHED A WORK [...]
2009-12-04 13:20:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL AORC UNESCO PREL
09PORTAUPRINCE318LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE: HAITI'S NORTHERN COASTLINE
[...] Summary (C) A UN Police technical advisor working in Cap Haitien believes that clandestine boat migration is a highly-organized business and that intercepted passengers almost always try to shield captains and trip organizers from detection and capture by maritime authorities. He also repor [...]
2009-03-20 19:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE533HAITI ECONOMIC MONTHLY UPDATE FOR MAY 2009
[...] (U) Summary. This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. 2. (U) REMITTANCES CONTINUE SLOWDOWN. April remittances amounted to USD 81.8 million, down 16 percent compared to March. Year-to-date remittances total USD 590 [...]
2009-06-05 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE862009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI
[...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...]
2009-01-27 14:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD
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 22:03:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD
09PRISTINA178KOSOVO EFFORTS TO SECURE RECOGNITION
[...] (C) Summary: Since the initial rush of recgonitions after its declaration of independence in February 2008, Kosovo has had to work intensively for each additional recognition, using all tools available to move the undecideds into the "yes" column. Support from the USG and other friendly nat [...]
2009-05-04 10:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KV
09QUITO1009UNASUR Establishes Confidence Building Mechanism
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 27 UNASUR meeting of foreign and defense ministers managed to reach agreement on a resolution establishing a "confidence building mechanism," with provisions designed to improve transparency and information sharing, provide guarantees regarding the use and/or threat [...]
2009-12-01 22:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AORC EC CO XM XR
09QUITO112GOE REMAINS ON ATTACK AGAINST EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Both President Correa and Minister Carvajal condemned the Embassy's actions with regard to vetted units publicly throughout the week of February 9. The Department's February 9 statement that the USG would work through diplomatic channels to address Correa's concerns and Carvaj [...]
2009-02-13 22:54:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PTER KCRM EC
09QUITO1148ATPDEA Still Key to Many Ecuadorian Industries and Jobs
[...] (U) Ecuador has benefitted substantially from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) program since its inception in 1991. ATPA currently provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for approximately 5,600 Ecuadorian products. According to GoE estimates, approximately 350,000 jobs are tied [...]
2009-11-30 14:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL EC AGR FAS EPET EMIN
09QUITO178HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...]
2009-03-12 14:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH
09QUITO322COMBATTING ECUADOR'S INCREASING REFUGEE POPULATION
[...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes a review of the World Food Program's (WFP) assistance to Colombian refugees (defined in this cable as persons of concern) in northern Ecuador. The review was conducted by Barry Burnett, USAID/DCHA/FFP, over the period April 6 - April 10, 2009 and included field [...]
2009-05-06 15:58:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG EC
09QUITO36 ECUADOR'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] In response to State 123907, Embassy Quito reports the following update for its 2009 Investment Climate Statement. This update has also been sent to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher) by email. Openness to Foreign Investment Ecuador can be a difficult place in which to do business, althoug [...]
2009-01-20 21:51:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR EC
09QUITO374ECUADOR COMMEMMORATES WORLD IP DAY WITH IP AWARENESS
[...] (U) In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day (April 26),the Embassy collaborated on several events in Ecuador. Economic, Public Affairs, and Foreign Commercial Service staff obtained promotional materials from WIPO and helped organize and support an IPR awareness roundtable held by t [...]
2009-05-21 17:00:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR ETRD EC
09QUITO549PRESIDENT'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 14:19:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EC
09QUITO57GAS-AND-GO LOOKS LIKE A GO
[...] (C) Summary: At a wide-ranging lunch for the Ambassador on January 26, a warm and friendly President Correa gave a firm green light for discussion and development of a gas-and-go model for anti-narcotics cooperation with the U.S., following the shutdown of the Manta Forward Operating Location [...]
2009-01-27 12:33:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SNAR ETRD EC
09QUITO707SCENESETTER 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 18:05:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO
09QUITO883Refugees Programs in Ecuador Risk Benefitting the FARC
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Embassy Quito and the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) request guidance on how to respond to information that suspected FARC members have manipulated Ecuador's Enhanced Registration Program implemented [...]
2009-10-15 20:44:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09RABAT195MOROCCO'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 18:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO
09RABAT735REQUEST FOR WHITE HOUSE ENDORSEMENT OF
[...] Summary: This is an action request. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Kitin Munoz Valcarcel is planning a fourth Mata-Rangi expedition -- from Tarfaya, Morocco, to Florida in 2010. Munoz has the support of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura. Munoz seeks no [...]
2009-08-31 07:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC PREL OPDC KISL MO
09RANGOON33BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...]
2009-01-14 08:32:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
09RIGA375RESULTS OF BLUE LATERN APPLICATION 050177010 - PRE-LICENSE
[...] Summary. On July 10, post met with Hansa Electronics SIA President Jevgenijs Orlov and Director Anatoliy Arkhipov to conduct a pre-license check for the sale of a FLIR Model SeaFlir II thermal imaging system. The Hansa officials stated they had been briefed by FLIR on USML guidelines and restr [...]
2009-07-14 13:46:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GV PN LG
09RIODEJANEIRO400Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Honduran Saga
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 20:36:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09SANJOSE107WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO COST RICA:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior MFA official candidly discussed a wide range of regional issues with WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during the latter's February 9-11 visit to Costa Rica. Wolfe's interlocutor contrasted Costa Rica's frosty Nicaraguan relations with a warming trend with Panama, and [...]
2009-02-21 00:27:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS EFTA KSUM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE11COSTA RICA CREEPS INTO CAFTA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly six years after negotiations began, CAFTA-DR entered into force for Costa Rica on January 1, achieving a major policy objective of the USG, the Arias administration and the Embassy. Although the end-year holidays muted the headlines, there was some (characteristically) [...]
2009-01-09 22:35:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL
09SANJOSE1132COSTA RICAN IPR EVENT LINKS PIRATED GOODS TO ORGANIZED CRIME
[...] SUMMARY: On December 2, Embassy San Jose sponsored an intellectual property rights (IPR) event featuring the screening of National Geographic's Illicit, a film about the nefarious links between pirated consumer goods and transnational crime networks. We highly recommend screening the film Ill [...]
2009-12-11 22:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE1156Embassy San Jose: December 2009 Merida Report
[...] Per Ref A, Post submits the following report detailing Embassy San Jose's Merida activities for November and December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. Post appreciates the support that we have received from NAS Mexico in their role as certifier of funds for all Merida Initiative-rel [...]
2009-12-17 21:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CS PGOV
09SANJOSE1166COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2009-2010 PART II MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 21:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN CS
09SANJOSE127 PART 1 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Part 2 of this report is being sent septel. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The most significant progress the GOCR made since the November 2008 TIP Interim Assessment (Ref A) - and during the reporting period in general - was its February 12, 2009, passage of a Victim and Witness Pro [...]
2009-02-27 22:07:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE128 PART 2 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This cable is Part 2 of 2 and continues section numbering from Part 1 (septel),in according with TIP reporting instructions. --------------------------------------------- - III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION - CONTINUED --------------------------------------------- - E. LAW ENFORCEME [...]
2009-02-27 23:05:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE217SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Vice President and Dr. Biden and their delegation, and provides this broad overview as requested by the OVP. The Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably entering the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repub [...]
2009-03-23 16:05:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI
09SANJOSE25HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT TOUTS NEW ERA OF HHS/FDA COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's January 7, 2009, return visit to Costa Rica to open the new regional office of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a warm welcome from President Oscar Arias, relevant Government Ministries, the press, [...]
2009-01-16 18:25:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
09SANJOSE28NOVEMBER'S MASSIVE FLOODING IN LIMON PROVINCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. At the end of Costa Rica's rainy season late last November, a stationary storm caused massive flooding in Limon province. The Ambassador authorized his $50,000 disaster assistance authority (Ref B) and Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) helicopter assets were deployed to assist both [...]
2009-01-20 18:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS PGOV SOCI PHUM CS
09SANJOSE297VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 30 MULTILATERAL
[...] (U) March 30, 2009; 1045 am; San Jose, Costa Rica. 2. (U) Participants: USG: The Vice President Ambassador Peter Cianchette Anthony Blinken, NSA to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy NSA to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSC Craig Kel [...]
2009-04-08 21:46:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALECON PINR PREL XK OVIP PGOV JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANJOSE40COSTA RICA - NOMINATION FOR 2009 TIP HERO
[...] (U) Embassy San Jose is pleased to nominate Mariliana Morales Berros, founder and Executive Director of the Rahab Foundation (Fundacisn Rahab) as a 2009 TIP Hero, per reftel. ------------ NOMINEE DATA ------------ 2. (U) Nominee: Mariliana Morales Berros. 3. (U) Title and Institution [...]
2009-01-26 15:08:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KTIP CS
09SANJOSE478 COSTA RICA AND PANAMA - COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its historically problematic relationship with Nicaragua, Costa Rica has deepening and positive political-economic ties with Panama. Both countries have abolished their militaries and are cooperating more closely on counternarcotics, law enforcement and disaster [...]
2009-06-05 14:19:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KDEM SNAR MASS PA CS
09SANJOSE608TFHO1: LITTLE PROGRESS WITH SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) The second round of talks to resolve Honduras' political crisis ended Sunday, July 19, with no agreement between the Zelaya and Micheletti delegations. The key issue and first point of President Arias' "Seven Points" is the return of Zelaya as President of Honduras. The Micheletti team [...]
2009-07-20 22:59:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR AMGT PGOV PINR KDEM
09SANJOSE615COSTA RICA'S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE - OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. investors identify physical infrastructure challenges as the key hurdle for Costa Rica's development and modernization, according to the Costa Rican-U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Costa Rica provides a sometimes reliable electric power supply to over 97 percent of the country. Its [...]
2009-07-23 19:03:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EIND SENV EFIN EINV PREL
09SANJOSE656TUXTLA SUMMIT FOCUSES ON HONDURAS SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Mexico, Colombia, Honduras and the Dominican Republic met July 29 in northern Costa Rica at the 11th Tuxtla Summit. The summit focused in large part on the ongoing crisis in Honduras, with all present (including Ma [...]
2009-08-03 22:22:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR PREL CS
09SANJOSE697CENTRAL AMERICANS RENEW "CONCAUSA III" PUSH FOR CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Central American environment ministers continue to seek greater U.S. cooperation with the region on climate change through a revival of the Central American-United States Joint Declaration ("CONCAUSA") process launched in 1994. As Costa Rica serves as Presiden [...]
2009-08-17 16:31:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG CS
09SANJOSE747COSTA RICA: BALANCING SIEPAC PROGRESS AGAINST THE
[...] SUMMARY. Costa Rica struggles to complete its portion of the Panama to Guatemala power grid interconnection project (SIEPAC). The negotiation and acquisition of land consumes most of the project's time )- much more so than actual construction -- such that only approximately 60 percent of th [...]
2009-08-28 13:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS ECON ENRG KIDE PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE758U.S. BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With Entry Into Force (EIF) of the Dominican Republic - Central American Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) on January 1st 2009, the reporting period 2007-2008 is the last in which the Caribbean Basin trade programs (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) figure among Costa Rica's trade benefits. Textile [...]
2009-09-02 15:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS
09SANJOSE772COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #1: POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 26-28, Merida Information Technology (IT) Representative Frank Swain visited Post and host nation law enforcement authorities to validate Costa Rica's Merida Initiative-related communications/police equipment requests. We also validated the police equipment list tha [...]
2009-09-09 15:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE812COSTA RICA'S CLOSE RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica has an expanding political and economic relationship with Colombia, which it currently sees as its second closest partner in Latin America, behind Panama. Politically, Presidents Arias and Uribe share a warm relationship, and the two countries coordinate closely on l [...]
2009-09-24 18:02:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SNAR PREF CO CS
09SANJOSE823COSTA RICA: POSSIBLE PATHWAYS TO REGIONAL ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY. In their September 16-17 trip to Costa Rica, the Pathways to Prosperity team of WHA/EPSC Director Matt Rooney, WHA/EPSC Trade Officer Susan Garro and EEB/TPP/BT Director Robert Manogue met with three energy-sector leaders: Pedro Pablo Quiros, executive President of the Costa Rican Ins [...]
2009-09-25 20:06:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE862PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY: COSTA RICA PREPARES FOR
[...] SUMMARY. Costa Rican officials are working diligently to prepare for a successful Pathways to Prosperity ministerial meeting in December, which they hope Secretary Clinton will attend. In a meeting with visiting State Department officials, they undertook to coordinate efforts to improve and [...]
2009-10-08 15:09:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON CS HO AMGT OPDC OVIP
09SANJOSE921COSTA 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 20:48:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE959COSTA RICA: VENEZUELA'S "PEACE BASE" CAUSES CONTROVERSY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Venezuelan government's establishment in late September of an anti-US "Peace Base" in San Jose is causing continuing controversy in Costa Rica, and proving to be a large public relations misstep for the GBRV. The "Peace Base", which is billed as Hugo Chavez's response to th [...]
2009-11-20 17:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL VE CS
09SANJOSE978COSTA RICA: MERIDA 2.0
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 22:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PINR MASS CS
09SANJOSE98WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MERIDA AND CAFTA
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOCR officials and legislators asked for additional Merida assistance for Costa Rica, and echoed the region's positive hopes for the Obama Administration in meetings with visiting WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe February 9-11. Key legislators made clear that the domestic po [...]
2009-02-18 20:27:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CS ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE991Costa Rica's Foreign Affairs "Accomplishments" in 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented its major accomplishments for the year to the public on December 15. Arias' foreign policy has focused on creating new political partnerships in Asia and the Middle East as well as strengthening relations with Latin American pa [...]
2009-12-18 21:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM CS
09SANSALVADOR1039ATF REGIONAL FIREARMS ADVISOR FAMILIARIZATION VISIT
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Mark D. Jones, ATF Regional Firearms Advisor (RFA) for Central America, proposes scheduling a familiarization visit to post the week of November 16, 2009. In addition to briefing interested parties on the role of the newly- [...]
2009-11-04 19:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES KCRM
09SANSALVADOR1057 SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO FLOODING DISASTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe flooding and landslides triggered by the passing of Hurricane Ida caused significant loss of life and economic damage in El Salvador. Heavy losses in the agricultural sector have many in the GOES concerned about short-term food security. USG relief supplies have arrived [...]
2009-11-13 11:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MOPS EAID ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1184ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORMS THREATEN PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] SUMMARY. Proposed regulatory reforms in the electricity sector will introduce a cost-based pricing system with publicly bid long-term contracts, designed to promote transparency in energy costs, reduce price volatility, and foster healthy competition in the sector. While both private sect [...]
2009-12-14 16:54:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR135EL SALVADOR: NEAR-TERM KOSOVO RECOGNITION UNLIKELY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 21:30:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL ES KV ICJ
09SANSALVADOR179EL SALVADOR'S PATHWAYS PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOES is pushing hard to make the next Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas (Pathways) ministerial meeting focus on concrete actions. In February 5 meetings with visiting State and USTR officials, the GOES proposed April 28-29 for the technical and ministerial meetings in [...]
2009-02-26 20:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR39FINANCIAL CRISIS ACCELERATES REDUCTION OF LENDING TO
[...] SUMMARY: The construction industry has raised alarms over the impact of the global financial crisis on El Salvador's construction sector. While public funding for infrastructure and low-income housing continue, credit shortages have delayed commercial building projects. Salvadoran banks wer [...]
2009-01-13 21:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ES
09SANSALVADOR433SERVIR PROJECT SUPPORTS DISASTER RELIEF AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] SUMMARY: The SERVIR project has closed a successful two-year global development alliance with USAID that created innovative geographic imaging tools to help manage disaster relief operations, monitor environmental trends and study the effects of climate change in Central America. In its next p [...]
2009-05-18 13:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV EAGR SV
09SANSALVADOR462FUNES MEETS WITH CHAVEZ, RELATIONSHIP WILL IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary: Salvadoran Foreign Minister-designate Hugo Martinez told PolCouns May 21 that he and President-elect Mauricio Funes approached their May 20 meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with trepidation, but Chavez was welcoming and respectful, and the meeting went smoothly. Marti [...]
2009-05-22 23:09:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR463LA UNION PORT: A WHITE ELEPHANT IN THE MAKING?
[...] (U) Summary. Four months after its inauguration, El Salvador's $187 million La Union port project remains in limbo due to a political deadlock over who will manage the port. The ruling ARENA party was unable to secure approval for a proposed port concession due to opposition from parties favo [...]
2009-05-26 18:33:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EWWT ES
09SANSALVADOR47EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous [...]
2009-01-15 22:28:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES
09SANSALVADOR494FUNES INAUGURAL ADDRESS PROMISES RELIEF FOR POOR,
[...] (U) Summary: Mauricio Funes, of the left-wing FMLN, was sworn in as President of El Salvador on Monday, June 1. Addressing a full house of invited heads of state and government, foreign ministers, diplomats, local dignitaries, and the public, Funes announced plans for an ambitious program of " [...]
2009-06-03 15:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR6OAS AND IOA HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY: The OAS and the Institute of the Americas (IOA) organized two USG-funded regional conferences on renewable energy in San Salvador on December 11-12. At the December 11 OAS conference, delegates from Central and North America discussed their current energy matrices and policies to imp [...]
2009-01-06 14:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EINV EPET ES
09SANSALVADOR748GOES SANGUINE ON COLOMBIA DCA; FM TO HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: Salvadoran FM Martinez welcomed reftel points on the proposed U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. Separately, he has been asked by OAS SG Insulza to join the planned mission of Foreign Ministers to Honduras o/a August 21, partly as a counter-balance to Panama. End Summary [...]
2009-08-13 22:11:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ES CO HO
09SANSALVADOR880LAUNCHING OF VITAL VOICES EL SALVADOR
[...] Summary: On September 17, Salvadorans launched their Vital Voices Global Network Affiliate Chapter, with the goal of identifying, mentoring and developing the next generation of women leaders in business, politics, civic society and the media. The president and vice president of the Salvadora [...]
2009-09-21 20:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PGOV ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR980TACA AND AVIANCA AGREE TO MERGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, El Salvador's Grupo TACA announced a merger with Colombia's Avianca Airlines to form Latin America's second-largest carrier. TACA's primary short-term benefit is new long-haul routes to Europe and North America. The local American Airlines representative does not [...]
2009-10-14 19:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON SOCI ES
09SANTIAGO1136Santiago Nov. 24 Media Report
[...] The dollar exchange rate dropped to 492 pesos, the lowest in the last 16 months. Meanwhile, copper reached a new record of 3.15????, the highest since September 2008 (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/24). 2. U.S.-Related News 2. In his debut before the OAS Permanent Co [...]
2009-11-24 19:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1162Santiago Dec 2 Media Report
[...] All Santiago major news dailies covered President Obama's announcement on Afghanistan. While both conservative, influential El Mercurio and conservative, independent La Tercera ran front-page headlines on the announcement, El Mercurio headline highlighted the withdrawal of troops starting [...]
2009-12-02 13:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1198CHILEAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON TPP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rodrigo Contreras, Director for Bilateral Relations at Chile's trade ministry equivalent (DIRECON) welcomed President Obama's announcement on joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). He though TPP could bring order to the mix of trade agreements in the Pacific reg [...]
2009-12-10 18:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON CI
09SANTIAGO12 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6
[...] Dailies highlighted President Michelle Bachelet's announcement of a USD 4 billion program to reactivate the economy; and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's official statement declining to run for the presidency of Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. OAS Secretary [...]
2009-01-06 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO167CHILE SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF JOINT CHIEFS OF
[...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Santiago welcomes your visit to Chile on March 2-3. Your presence is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise greater regional leadership. We have had several successful high-level defense and security-r [...]
2009-02-24 19:45:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO279CHILE 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 20:53:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL KSUM PGOV ETRD ECON XL XM XS
09SANTIAGO326 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 6
[...] The death of an 11-year old boy who was waiting for a heart transplant has brought to the forefront the problems with organ donations and transplants in Chile. The Llaima volcano has become active again and the Region of Araucania is on red alert. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. [...]
2009-04-06 21:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO470 TFFLU01: CHILE CONFIRMS FOUR H1N1 CASES; GOC MAINTAIN
[...] According to Chilean press reports and the Ministry of Health's website (www.minsal.cl),as of May 18, Chile has four confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza. THREE CASES ON SAME VACATION TOUR, FLIGHT ----------------------------------------- 2. Three of the cases are women who arrived in San [...]
2009-05-18 20:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AMED CASC TBIO KFLU KSAF KSEAO KPAO KSTH ECON
09SANTIAGO537 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 8
[...] A 56-year old man died from AH1N1, marking Chile's second casualty. He suffered from an array of heart and respiratory conditions due to his obesity. Chile now leads South America for AH1N1-related deaths. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary [...]
2009-06-08 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO86 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 27
[...] Headlines noted Minister of Interior Edmundo Perez-Yoma will testify over the 1994 Belgium sale of Mirage aircraft to Chile. Former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is one of several officers arrested on suspicion of embezzlement in this case. Dailies also highlighted that Eduardo Frei [...]
2009-01-27 20:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO865Chilean FM on Honduras, Salitre Military Exercises,
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Fernandez told PDAS Kelly that Chile strongly supports the San Jose Accord to resolve the crisis in Honduras, but noted disagreements in the international community about the most constructive way forward. Chile is trying to ease tensions with Peru, in particula [...]
2009-10-06 20:58:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETPREL PHUM MOPS UNESCO UNHRC CI HO
09SANTIAGO938Santiago Sept. 30 Media Report
[...] The Executive Office submitted a bill to Congress that creates a ministry for indigenous affairs and a new agency to implement indigenous policies (Government-owned La Nacion, 9/30). Secretary Locke -------------------- 2. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Loc [...]
2009-09-30 16:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1081LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG PANAMAX (2 NAMES),
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 2 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Panamax training, scheduled to start 05 October. Post has no disqualifying information. [...]
2009-09-18 19:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR PGOV PHUM
09SANTODOMINGO1329WHA P/DAS KELLY'S DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a 12/10 meeting with visiting WHA P/DAS Craig Kelly, President Leonel Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso stated that the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) shares the USGbs views on resolving the Honduran crisis, is actively seeking to facilitate [...]
2009-12-15 15:37:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETPREL DR HO
09SANTODOMINGO156(U) HUMAN SMUGGLING VIA AIR APPEARS BROADER THAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Dominican Civil Aviation Institute (IDAC) officials told EmbOffs January 28 that two recent incidents of charter flights ferrying illegal migrants into or toward the United States have revealed the existence of well-organized networks of human smugglers using Dominican airspace an [...]
2009-02-04 10:04:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR KCRM DR
09SANTODOMINGO1586DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Dominican Republic Country report on terrorism submitted in compliance with reftel. 2. Begin Text. While there were no reported terrorist attacks in 2009, the Dominican Republic is considered a transit point for human trafficking and contraband, which can also be exploited by s [...]
2009-12-21 16:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC DR
09SANTODOMINGO610LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG PANAMAX (3 NAMES),
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 3 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Panamax training, scheduled to start 08 June 2009. Post has no disqualifying informatio [...]
2009-05-26 14:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR PGOV DR
09SANTODOMINGO857LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DHS/ICE HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 2 ICE sponsored individuals who have been selected for Human Trafficking, Sex Tourism, Forced Child Labor training, scheduled to start 20 July 2 [...]
2009-08-05 15:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR PGOV PHUM
09SECTION01OF03SANJOSE525COSTA RICA: MORE MEANINFUL MILITARY MISSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Significant U.S. military humnitarian missions and training took place in Cosa Rica during April and May, continuing the strig of activities begun in late 2007. In April, oer 150 U.S. military personnel practiced disaster mnagement and recovery techniques with civilian clleagu [...]
2009-06-25 18:47:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS MARR SOCI EAID CS
09SEOUL1582SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 5, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-05 05:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1586SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; October 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 07:55:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL307PRESS BULLETIN - February 27, 2009
[...] The Only Way Out (JoongAng Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 27) 2. A Part-Time Envoy for a Full-Time Task (Chosun Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 26) 3. Ratification of the KORUS FTA Is Urgent (Hankook Ilbo, February 27, 2009, Page 39) Features 4. Even If the U.S. Successfully Intercepts [...]
2009-02-27 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL339PRESS BULLETIN - March 4, 2009
[...] The USTR, in a report delivered to Congress last week, said that the Bush Administration left a legacy of numerous pending free trade agreements and negotiations and that the Obama Administration will conduct extensive outreach and discourse with the public on whether these agreements appropria [...]
2009-03-04 08:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL594SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 07:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL600SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 07:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL85PRESS BULLETIN - January 16, 2009
[...] FTA Floundering (JoongAng Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 26) Features 2. Obama Ally Calls Korea-U.S. FTA "Unfinished Business" (Dong-a Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 3) 3. U.S. Embassy Provides Online Information on Visa-free U.S. Travel (Kookmin Ilbo, January 16, 2009, Page 5) 4. ROK's [...]
2009-01-16 05:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
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 00:31:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD SN
09SINGAPORE51 SINGAPORE - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2009 Investment Cli [...]
2009-01-15 09:16:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
09SINGAPORE603SINGAPORE: 220 H1N1 CASES; SLOW MOVE TO MITIGATION STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Singapore health officials have confirmed 220 cases of H1N1 influenza as of June 24, including numerous cases of local transmission. With community spread of the virus confirmed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced June 22 that Singapore would begin the transition from a con [...]
2009-06-25 10:25:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR CASC ETRD ECON SN
09STATE100087AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5 and 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. DOD PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, OCTOBER 17 ) NOVEMBER 7, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MOBILE TRAINING TEAM EXERCISE. TRAINING WILL FOCUS ON COUNTER NARCOT [...]
2009-09-25 16:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE100682EXTRADITION: COLOMBIA: FARC MEMBERS JULIO ENRIQUE
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. THIS CABLE CONTAINS SENSITIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE HOST GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. 2. (SBU) At the request of the United States [...]
2009-09-28 14:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN CVIS CO
09STATE103113U/S BURNS' SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (U) September 25, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; New York City, NY, USA. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES U/S Willian J. Burns DAS Christopher J. McMullen Sara Mangiaracina (WHA Notetaker) PERU FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Chavez [...]
2009-10-02 20:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETBR CU HO NU OVIP PE PINS PM PREL SNAR VE OAS
09STATE104391STATEMENT FOR SIXTH COMMITTEE ON UN
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national libe [...]
2009-10-07 14:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER CT UNSC
09STATE105342AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, AND 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, FROM OCTOBER 1, 2009 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH COUNTERNARCOTICS RELATED TRAINING EXERCISES (MILIT [...]
2009-10-08 21:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE110149FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE-LICENSE
[...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of firearms to Panama. This request was sent over 45 days ago. We request an update from post regarding the status of this case. If post has already responded to subject case, [...]
2009-10-26 13:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
09STATE110330FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL THREE-LICENSE
[...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to subject Blue Lantern request regarding the export of firearms to Panama. This request was sent over 45 days ago. We request an update from post regarding the status of this case. If post has already responded to subject case, [...]
2009-10-26 19:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
09STATE11119OAS PERMANENT COUNCIL MEMBERS DECRY VENEZUELA
[...] (U) Summary: During the Organization of American States' (OAS) regular Permanent Council meeting on February 4, seven countries spoke out about the January 30-31 synagogue attack in Caracas (see reftel). Five countries, including the United States, decried anti-Semitism in the hemisphere, d [...]
2009-02-06 18:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS OAS
09STATE112990AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2,5 and 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, FROM JANUARY 1, 2010, TO JUNE 30, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH U.S. NAVY MOBILE SECURITY DETACHMENT OPERATIONS FOR HVUT [...]
2009-11-02 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE118799OPPOSING 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 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE122629A-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 20:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122637B-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 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122638K-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 20:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122639PH-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 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122641V-Y ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM UN
09STATE124627(U) TENSIONS BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS HAVE INTENSE INTEREST IN THE DEVELOPING CONFLICT BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA. AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INSIGHT POST COULD PROVIDE THAT MIGHT SHED LIGHT ON HOW BOGOTA IS REACTING TO THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY STEPS CARACAS [...]
2009-12-04 21:38:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR BEXP ECON ETRD PREL CO VE
09STATE126463AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, and 6. 2. (U) DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM JANUARY 15, 2010 THROUGH JANUARY 14, 2011, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CIVIL AFFAIRS DEPLOYMEN [...]
2009-12-10 17:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE131668LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BAKU 992)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the FY09 IMET TRAINING IN THE US STARTING DEC.30, 2009. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reftel and possesses no credible derogat [...]
2009-12-29 20:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM AJ
09STATE15113REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD)
[...] (U//FOUO) This is an action request; see Para. 13. 2. (U//FOUO) Under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) was written to provide the unifying structure for the integration of critical infrastructure and key resources ( [...]
2009-02-18 23:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP PGOV PTER
09STATE1730REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para. 2) and paras. 6 through 10 for specific information requested. 2. (SBU) Summary: This is a request for comment on the Department of Labor,s (DOL) draft list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor [...]
2009-01-08 15:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP
09STATE26136PSI: 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 21:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
09STATE26152PSI: MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP AND
[...] As promised in REFTEL, below is the official U.S. invitation to the events the U.S. will host May 12-14 in Miami for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) and Outreach meetings. 2. Addressees are requested to deliver the invitation letter under appro [...]
2009-03-18 23:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09STATE26174PSI: MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP AND
[...] As promised in REFTEL, below is the official U.S. invitation to the events the U.S. will host May 12-14 in Miami for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Operational Experts Group (OEG) and Outreach meetings. 2. Since this OEG meeting will have a Western Hemisphere focus, the U.S. [...]
2009-03-19 00:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09STATE29186AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, & 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, FROM APRIL 11 - 25, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEDICAL READINESS TRAINING EXERCISE. POST IS REQUESTED TO IMMEDIAT [...]
2009-03-26 16:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE29290AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, & 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, FROM APRIL 11 - 25, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEDICAL READINESS TRAINING EXERCISE. POST IS REQUESTED TO IMMEDIAT [...]
2009-03-26 18:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE32018FY2010 DEMARCHE/OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST
[...] This message is an action request (Paragraphs 7, 8 and 9). 2. Summary and Action Requested. This message provides guidance for posts to engage the host country through a demarche on USG narcotics control objectives. This process is in connection with the State Department coordinated ann [...]
2009-04-02 17:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PE PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE322ANNOUNCING 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 03:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09STATE33629DEMARCHE 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 11:44:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE34680(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) APRIL 6, 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES The Secretary WHA A/S Thomas Shannon PA Spokesperson Robert Wood S Staff Dorothy Ngutter (WHA notetaker) PERU Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Ambassador Luis Valdivieso (Appointed) DCM Manuel Talaver [...]
2009-04-09 01:32:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNOVIP HILLARY CLINTON PREL PTER SNAR ECON
09STATE35122ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO SECURITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Top-level port officials met in Buenos Aires, March 23-27, for the Tenth Executive Board Meeting of the Organization of American States' Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP). The Maritime Administration led the U.S. delegation, which included USOAS and Coast Guard officials. Th [...]
2009-04-09 20:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PHSA PREL SENV SOCI OAS
09STATE40824HCOC - 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 16:49:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE42235AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, & 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, FROM MAY 8 - 24, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEDICAL READINESS TRAINING EXERCISE. POST IS REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY [...]
2009-04-27 19:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE44996HCOC - 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 15:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE44998HCOC - 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 15:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE45157ACTION REQUEST: URGENT MEETING OF CONTACT GROUP
[...] The United States will host an urgent meeting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on May 29, 2009. Posts and missions are requested to deliver the talking points in paragraph 2 and encourage active participation [...]
2009-05-04 19:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR ECON POL
09STATE47202ECUADOR: "GAS AND GO" NON PAPER AND DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Reftels A and B noted GOE willingness to consider a "Gas and Go" civilian counter-narcotics air interdiction program in the Eastern Pacific, in the wake of the pending U.S. withdrawal from Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) later this year. This cable provides Embassy Quito with a non [...]
2009-05-08 18:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
09STATE47360KUDOS 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 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47369KUDOS 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 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47372KUDOS 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 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE494772009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] This is an action request. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Action Request: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),the Department must prepare an annual, non-public rep [...]
2009-05-14 18:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09STATE50101LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 364
[...] (SBU) As of May 14, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. MARIN PEREIRA, Abdiel DOB: 20 AUG 1965 POB: Panama RANK: Sub-Comisionado UNIT: SENAN GARCIA-TOVAR, Tomas DOB: 25 JUL 1955 POB: Panama RANK: D [...]
2009-05-15 18:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE501812009 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS
[...] This is an action request, please see para 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) shi [...]
2009-05-15 20:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
09STATE50240GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE 231/09 ON VICTIMS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. This cable provides guidance, as requested in reftel, for Embassy Panama to respond to Diplomatic Note 231/09 from the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Please deliver the followingresponse to the MFA. 2. (SBU) Begin text: (Complimentary [...]
2009-05-15 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09STATE50285H1N1 -- UPDATE AND GUIDANCE
[...] Summary: This is a joint cable to provide an update and guidance regarding the H1N1 situation from USAID's Global Health Bureau's Avian and Pandemic Influenza Unit and the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. 2. The ident [...]
2009-05-16 01:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDREF SOCI EAID
09STATE52512GOI'S RELEASE OF IRANIAN-ORIGIN TACTICAL VEHICLES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The USG received information on 18 May that the GOI had released a cargo of Iranian-origin tactical vehicles, destined for Syria, that Italian customs officials had seized in 2006. The vehicles were suspected of being part of a ground-based electronic warfare system. When ap [...]
2009-05-21 21:29:00Secretary of StateSECRETEUR ISN NEA
09STATE54322LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 335 (NAS 026-09)
[...] (SBU) As of May 11, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed. BEJARANO ANDRADE, Julio DOB: 04 APR 1961 POB: Panama RANK: Captain UNIT: PNP DIAZ HERRERA, Alberto DOB: 09 JUL 1973 POB: Panama RANK: Sergeant [...]
2009-05-27 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE54335LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 399, (ODC-033-09)
[...] (SBU) As of May 27, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. CHANIS FOSTER, Nemesio Ricardo DOB: 09 SEPT 1976 POB: Panama RANK: Taniento UNIT: SENAN 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide t [...]
2009-05-27 20:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE54778LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 398, 400, 401, 402
[...] (SBU) As of May 27, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Panamanian Public Force individuals listed. MENDEZ JARAMILLO, Gilberto DOB: 25 NOV 1966 POB: Panama RANK: SUBCOMANDOR UNIT: SENAN SAMANIEGO MONTENEGRO, Jose Man [...]
2009-05-28 18:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE55181AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. DOD PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA, JUNE 6 ) 20, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MOBILE TRAINING TEAM EXERCISE. TRAINING WILL FOCUS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS ASSISTANCE BY AS [...]
2009-05-29 14:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE57016(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING IN ADVANCE OF 5TH
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE HIGH-QUALITY REPORTING, BOTH IN RESPONSE TO REF A AND THOSE PREPARED SEPARATELY, FROM POSTS ON US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS AND REGIONAL PREPARATIONS IN THE MONTHS PRECEEDING THE 5TH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS. WHILE MANY MORE CABLES WERE ALSO HIGHLY [...]
2009-06-03 14:41:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL AC AR BB BF BH BL BR CI CO CS CU DO DR
09STATE58376LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 425 AIRCRAFT
[...] (SBU) As of June 2, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. SAVAL ZAMBRANO, Nicolas DOB: 5 MAY 1966 POB: Panama RANK: N.A. UNIT: SENAN 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide the following [...]
2009-06-05 20:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE59193RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE ON SALAS BECKER PROTOCOL
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. This cable provides guidance, as requested in reftel, for Embassy Panama to respond to Diplomatic Note 231/09 from the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Please deliver the following response to the MFA. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Department [...]
2009-06-09 16:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
09STATE60546DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS
[...] 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 [...]
2009-06-11 22:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR
09STATE60610COLOMBIA -- 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 00:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CO
09STATE60629NICARAGUA -- 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 01:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NU
09STATE61640LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 438,(ODC #047-09)
[...] (SBU) As of June 4, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ, Javier DOB: 11 JUNE 1968 POB: Panama RANK: N.A. UNIT: PNP RODRIGUEZ MORALES, Boris DOB: 25 APR 1977 POB: Chiriqui, Pa [...]
2009-06-15 17:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE63883PANAMA 447 LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (NAS #030-09);
[...] (SBU) As of June 18, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. AGRAZAL CHEN, Iraida DOB: 15 MAR 1975 POB: Cocle, Panama RANK: Sergeant UNIT: DIJ ALTAMIRANDA AROSEMENA, Hermelo DOB: 4 AUG 1967 POB: P [...]
2009-06-19 17:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE64090ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL
[...] Effective June 21, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-710. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire m [...]
2009-06-19 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE64493SUBJECT: AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM JULY 1 - DECEMBER 31, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH U.S. NAVY MOBILE SECURITY DETACHMENT OPERATIONS FOR HIGH VALUE UNIT TRA [...]
2009-06-22 19:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE649712009 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 16:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD KSUM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI XM OAS
09STATE66632CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. ----------------- OBJECTIVE ----------------- 2. Post,s objective is to gain agreement by current CGPCS participants on the participation of aspirant countries Canada, Cyprus, Liberia, Malaysia, Panama, and Singapore, and potentially other [...]
2009-06-26 19:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09STATE68170BLUE 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 the assistance of Embassy Conakry, Embassy Panama and Embassy Riga in conducting a pre-license check on application 050177010 for the export of Sea FLIR II Ther [...]
2009-07-01 14:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GV PN LG
09STATE68619UNGA 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 01:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MOPS XK XM HO
09STATE68878DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. Response requested by July 7. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overa [...]
2009-07-02 15:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT
09STATE69224DEMARCHE REQUEST: ENSURING FAIRNESS BY BIDDERS IN
[...] 1. (SBU) Summary and action request. Please see para 2 for action request. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is expected to announce next week the winner of the nearly $4 billion third set of locks contract. This project is the centerpiece of the Canal,s overall expansion plan. The thre [...]
2009-07-02 22:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD PM SP FR IT
09STATE70111LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 501
[...] (SBU) As of July 6, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. HERNANDEZ, Molluk Jairo DOB: 18 JAN 1977 POB: Veraguas, Panama RANK: 0-2 UNIT: UMOF CASTRO RODRIGUEZ, Jose DOB: 4 APR 1982 POB: Panama [...]
2009-07-07 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE71171LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 503 (NAS #058-09);
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. CASTILLO AVLARADO, Mario DOB: 12 MAY 1973 POB: Chiriqui, Panama RANK: Captain UNIT: DIJ CORREA SANCHEZ, Alberto Antonio DOB: 28 JUNE 1971 P [...]
2009-07-09 18:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE72101LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 478 (RSO 050-09)
[...] (SBU) As of June 25, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. HERNANDEZ JURADO, Jose DOB: 5 AUG 1970 POB: Panama RANK: N.A. UNIT: PNP CANAL MORALES AVILA, Luis DOB: 20 JAN 1982 POB: Panama RANK: N [...]
2009-07-10 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE77440AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 2, 5 AND 6. 2. DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM AUGUST 31 TO SEPTEMBER 27, 2009, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TRAINING EXERCISE, FUERZAS ALIADAS PANAMAX. POST IS REQU [...]
2009-07-24 14:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
09STATE81650PANAMA 585 LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ACCUSATORY
[...] (SBU) As of August 5, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed. 2. Names of the proposed candidates are as follows: CHEN MONROY, Moises Alfonso DOB: 11 JUNE 1975 POB: Panama RANK: Lieutenant UNIT: DIJ [...]
2009-08-05 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE85140Allowance 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 22:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE89300Career Opportunities in the Bureau of
[...] The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) offers unique opportunities at the senior and mid levels to manage some of the State Department's largest and most critical programs, many of which are at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. INL positions offer the ch [...]
2009-08-26 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM AMGT APER
09STATE89930THE SECRETARY'S GREENING DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. On Earth Day, April 22, 2009, the Secretary launched the Greening Diplomacy Initiative (GDI),a new commitment to lead by example and improve the sustainability of the State Department's facilities and operations. The GDI will: -- Develo [...]
2009-08-28 14:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT
09STATE92560DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED BY
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paras.8-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, the Department of Labor (DOL) will release 3 items related to child labor and/or forced labor in numerous countries. (1) DOL will release a report containing its initial "list of goods from countries [...]
2009-09-04 19:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09STATE93874BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK
[...] 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 pre-license check on license 050188191 for the export of handguns to Panama. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern chec [...]
2009-09-09 21:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
09STATE98892HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that a visa application for this individual be filed with as muc [...]
2009-09-23 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL POLM
09STATE99783US 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 21:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIS IC KSCA PGOV SENV IWC
09TAIPEI197FM OU ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, TRA ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Ou assured the Director on February 18 that the Foreign Ministry will keep AIT fully abreast of its planning for events related to the 30th anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and said no events are being planned on or around April 3, the anniversary of [...]
2009-02-20 09:14:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CVIS CH TW
09TAIPEI301AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The Obama administration views progress in cross-Strait relations in very positive terms, visiting AIT Chairman Burghardt told President Ma Ying-jeou during their March 18 meeting. U.S. officials have made clear both publicly and in private with Chinese officials that the United States re [...]
2009-03-19 02:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL GPGOV ECON ETRD EAGR MARR WHO CH TW
09TAIPEI320AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]
2009-03-20 09:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TW CH ES PM
09TBILISI1587GEORGIAN COAST GUARD CRACKS DOWN ON ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) Summary and comment. On August 15 and 18 the Georgian Coast Guard detained two vessels for violations of the Law on Occupied Territories and other infractions, including for traveling in restricted Black Sea waters off the coast of Abkhazia. Although both vessels were stopped more than [...]
2009-08-24 14:48:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA PGOV EWWT ETRD CB FR PM RS
09TBILISI1602GEORGIA 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 14:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNGA RS GG
09TBILISI1627GEORGIA: LEGAL QUESTIONS SURROUNDING OCCUPIED AREAS
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (C) Summary. Recent seizures by the Georgian Coast Guard of Black Sea vessels suspected of violating various Georgian laws, including the Law on Occupied Territories, have raised questions about the legal basis for Georgia's enf [...]
2009-08-27 14:41:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA ETRD ETTC EWWT RS GG
09TBILISI1729GEORGIA: QUAD DEMARCHE ON GEORGIAN SHIP SEIZURES
[...] (C) As requested, Charge joined the German, French and UK Ambassadors in a September 16 meeting to deliver the points contained ref a to Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze. The Quad group reviewed the points and stressed that the decision to deliver this demarche jointly was intended [...]
2009-09-16 14:08:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GG RS
09TBILISI2240GEORGIA 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 13:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS XM AS NR RS GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1002CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN (OCTOBER 5-6)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy welcomes the October 5-6 visit of Codel Ros-Lehtinen to Honduras. Honduras, a close ally of the United States, is currently in the throes of a severe political crisis. Honduran society is severely polarized and reconciliation of the Honduran people will be essential fo [...]
2009-10-02 15:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID ECON CASC ASEC
09TEGUCIGALPA103HONDURAN PREPARATIONS FOR PATHWAYS MINISTERIAL IN
[...] (U) Summary: The GOH now has a good understanding of the role of the the Pathways to Prosperty working group on spreading the benefits of trade that it agreed to coordinate. Its proposal is to focus the Pillar I work plan on policies to assist small and medium enterprises, in order to highligh [...]
2009-02-18 19:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1231AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT PEPE LOBO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and President-elect Lobo met on November 30. Both discussed the positive results of the elections. The Ambassador briefed Lobo on the continued U.S. approach post-election that included implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord. They reviewed prospects fo [...]
2009-12-01 00:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1244TFH01: SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador spoke to President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo on November 3. They discussed the results of the congressional vote rejecting President Zelaya's restoration. Both agreed that the process, despite U.S. disappintment, was done in a transparent and open way. Lobo cite [...]
2009-12-03 20:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1253THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo met on November 4 to discuss the situation in the wake of the elections and the congressional vote rejecting President Manual "Mel" Zelaya's restitution. Lobo discussed his support for the full implementation of the Tegucig [...]
2009-12-04 20:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1264TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO
[...] (S) The Ambassador discussed the latest political developments with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo on December 7. Lobo confirmed to the Ambassador that he will be traveling to San Jose at the invitation of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias tomorrow, December 8. Lobo said he would be tr [...]
2009-12-07 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1265TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ARIAS DISCUSS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador and Arias discussed the Honduran situation on December 7. Arias remains committed to a negotiated solution to the Honduran crisis and expressed his willingness to stay engaged and provide leadership. He added that the holding of free and fair elections provides a [...]
2009-12-08 17:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1270TFH01: THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HONDURAN SITUATION
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador held a series of conversations with President Arias, President Zelaya and President-elect Lobo. Arias provided a briefing on the results of Lobo's visit to San Jose. Arias stressed that he and Martinelli had a common vision -- consistent with the U.S. position. Th [...]
2009-12-09 21:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA181Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Shannon's Visit to
[...] (SBU) Summary: We warmly welcome you to Tegucigalpa. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to hold substantive discussions with President Zelaya, senior GOH officials, as well as with the two leading presidential candidates. The political situation continues to be stable as we move for [...]
2009-03-17 01:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SOCI OVIP HO
09TEGUCIGALPA249Drug confiscations in Honduras for 2009 already exceed 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first quarter of 2009 USG-supported joint Honduran antinarcotics forces have confiscated more drugs and vehicles than in all of calendar year 2008. Many of the cases have garnered broad press attention, and have sparked increased discussion of the trafficking issue in [...]
2009-04-06 11:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA250HONDURAS: March 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in March 2009. 2. Donations: Four hard drives and cartridges were donated to the Polygraph Unit to increase their memory capacity to store polygraph sessions. Two air conditioners were donated to the San Pedro Sula Prison, one for t [...]
2009-04-06 11:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA353 Mission Integrated Strategy to Fight Crime and Illicit
[...] Summary and Background: The Mosquitia is a huge swath of territory accounting for nearly 20 percent of Honduras' land mass on the eastern border with Nicaragua. The area is swampy, undeveloped, difficult to access and virtually uninhabited (only 60,000 people),which over the centuries has mad [...]
2009-05-15 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA379YOUR TRIP TO SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS, FOR THE OAS
[...] (C) Summary: We warmly welcome you to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Pedro is the business capital of the country, but not the seat of government, so both the Government of Honduras and the U.S. Embassy will be working out of temporary facilities there. Your visit provides an excellent opport [...]
2009-05-22 20:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ECON EAID KCRM KCOR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA438ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN
[...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]
2009-06-09 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA439ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN
[...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...]
2009-06-09 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM CU HO
09TEGUCIGALPA662TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]
2009-07-28 00:41:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA696TFH01: HONDURAS COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 08/03/09
[...] (U) This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. -------------------------------------- CONGRESS CONSIDERING POLITICAL AMNESTY -------------------------------------- 2 [...]
2009-08-03 23:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA717TFH01: HONDURAN COUP: POLITICAL WRAP-UP 07/27/09
[...] (U) Summary: This is another in a series of daily round-ups of political news in the aftermath of the June 28 forcible removal and exile of President Manuel Zelaya from Honduras. End Summary. --------------------------------------- Zelaya Spends the Weekend at the Border ------------------ [...]
2009-08-10 18:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA741TFH01: STATUS OF USG ASSISTANCE TO HONDURAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the events of June 28 the United States Government has halted communications with high-level GOH officials and has been steadily suspending programs with the GOH in compliance with USG policy guidance. The following is a summary of the current status of actions taken b [...]
2009-08-13 18:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EAGR ETRD MASS OEXC PGOV PREL SCUL
09TEGUCIGALPA809TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #49 08/24/2009 AS OF
[...] (SBU) At approximately 0830 local (1030 EDT),the Organization of American States group of Foreign Ministers arrived in Tegucigalpa. The delegation included Argentinean Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, Canadian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Peter Kent, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno [...]
2009-08-24 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA811TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]
2009-08-24 23:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA813TFH01: MEDIA REACTION OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS VISIT
[...] (U)Editorial in the San Pedro Sula-based conservative paper La Prensa (8-24-09): "The arrival... of seven Hispanic-American foreign Ministers is announced for today; perhaps they will listen and later ponder on the situation as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission did that stuck to an ag [...]
2009-08-25 13:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA831TFH01: FOREIGN MINISTER DELEGATION FACES DE FACTO
[...] (C) Summary: The OAS delegation of foreign ministers and OAS Secretary General which visited Honduras August 24-25 to press all parties to accept the San Jose Accord as the peaceful solution to the current political crisis concluded without a concrete result, due primarily to inflexibility on [...]
2009-08-27 02:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA887TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP: LOCAL PRESS WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Summary. This is a round-up of local news reported in major Honduran dailies on September 2. End Summary. 2. (U) "La Tribuna," "El Heraldo," and "La Prensa" September 2 carry headlines reporting that Honduras will not be excluded from an Association Agreement between Central America and [...]
2009-09-03 23:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA945TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #55 09/21/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) At 1300 local (1500 EDT),President Zelaya appeared on a balcony before a crowd of over 5,000 supporters who had gathered outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, but made no statement. Earlier via radio and television channel 36, Zelaya publicly stated he was ready to sign the San Jo [...]
2009-09-21 22:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA947TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION
[...] (C) Honduran authorities can no longer handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly deteriorating. There is [...]
2009-09-22 15:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA948TFH01: NEED FOR COMMISSION - CORRECTED CABLE
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran authorities may no longer be able to handle their deteriorating political situation and need the intervention of an international commission, preferably headed by senior UN and OAS officials accompanied by regional foreign ministers. The current situation is rapidly dete [...]
2009-09-22 16:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI HO
09TEGUCIGALPA949TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #56 09/22/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) Security forces removed protesters from the Brazilian Embassy in the early morning hours, employing tear gas, according to Brazilian Embassy sources. Estimates on the number of protestors removed range from 500 to 1,000, depending on the source. According to a televised police announceme [...]
2009-09-22 19:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TEGUCIGALPA967TFHO1: HONDURAS COUP SITREP #62 09/24/2009 AS OF
[...] (U) The Executive Director of the Center for the Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture (CPTRT),a Honduran human rights NGO, sent a letter on September 22 to the President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly requesting that the UN send a medical and human right [...]
2009-09-25 00:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC MARR KDEM PHUM ASEC HO
09TELAVIV2164ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the deal reportedly brokered by Germany and Egypt, in which Hamas will give Israel tomorrow a video recording proving that Gilad Shalit is alive. In exchange Israel will [...]
2009-10-01 11:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09TELAVIV2377ISRAEL INCSR 2009 PART I
[...] (U) Israel is not a significant producer of or trafficking point for illicit narcotics. However, domestic demand fuels a diverse local drug market that relies on smuggling from both neighboring and more distant countries. Imported marijuana, hashish, ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, and LSD are all [...]
2009-10-28 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IS
09TELAVIV2499ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday the Jerusalem Municipal Planning Committee approved a plan to build 900 housing units in the cityQs southeastern neighborhood of Gilo. Leading media repor [...]
2009-11-18 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
09THEHAGUE296CWC: EC-56 DONORS MEETING AND DESTRUCTION INFORMALS
[...] (SBU) On the day before the formal opening of the 56th session of the Executive Council (EC),U.S. Del participated in the Donor Coordination Meeting (hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the Destruction Informals (chaired by EC Chairperson Amb. Oksana Tomova). The Donors Mee [...]
2009-05-08 18:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE462CWC: DESTRUCTION INFORMALS, JULY 13, 2009 (EC-57)
[...] (SBU) On July 13 before the formal opening of the Executive Council (EC),the new EC Chairperson, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico),convened the customary informal consultations on chemical weapons destruction issues. In addition to the usual presentations by the Technical Secretariat (TS) [...]
2009-07-30 07:43:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE463CWC: DESTRUCTION INFORMALS, JULY 13, 2009 (EC-57)
[...] (SBU) On July 13 before the formal opening of the Executive Council (EC),the new EC Chairperson, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico),convened the customary informal consultations on chemical weapons destruction issues. In addition to the usual presentations by the Technical Secretariat (TS) [...]
2009-07-30 07:43:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
09THEHAGUE628CWC: DESTRUCTION INFORMALS, DONOR COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) On October 12 before the formal opening of the 58th Session of the Executive Council (EC-58),the EC Chairman, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco (Mexico),convened the customary informal consultations on chemical weapons (CW) destruction issues. In addition to the usual presentations by the Te [...]
2009-10-21 17:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM PREL CWC
09TOKYO128JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 1/22/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 04:38:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO2860 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/14/09-2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 23:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO588 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/17/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-17 07:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09UNROME22FAO 125TH FINANCE COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS: FUNDING FOR REFORM
[...] (SBU) Member representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Finance Committee (FC) met in Rome on March 9-10 to discuss funding for FAO's ambitious new reform program and to review the agency's human resource management strategy. Noting a shortfall in voluntary financial contr [...]
2009-03-27 11:44:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDFAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME38FAO 126TH FINANCE COMMITTEE OUTCOMES: FUNDING FOR FOOD
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and for official use only; not for transmission outside USG channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Finance Committee (FC) of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held its 126th session from May 11-15 in Rome, concurrent with FAO' [...]
2009-05-21 16:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDFAO UN EFIN EAID
09UNROME54RECOMMENDED STRATEGY ON FAO DRAFT BUDGET
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The FAO Director General distributed on September 1 a revised draft Program of Work and Budget (PWB) for the 2010-11 biennium that proposes a significant 7.1 percent increase over the cur [...]
2009-09-03 16:36:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME78ROME FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3 and 4, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome co-hosted the third follow-up to the G8 `plus' meeting on global food security held i [...]
2009-12-11 16:51:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR EAID FAO WFP IT
09UNVIEVIENNA5IAEA/RANF: DG CAUTIOUS ON NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE
[...] (U) Embassy Tokyo's ref (a) provides useful information on Japan's preparation of a full-day Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply, which will take place in the IAEA Board Room Monday, January 26. Mission provided the invitation and first notional program to DOS and DOE offices in mid-December [...]
2009-01-09 15:15:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09USUNNEWYORK1008UNGA 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 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1060SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-21 00:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN
09USUNNEWYORK1114SIXTH COMMITTEE RECONVENES ON OBSERVER STATUS ONLY
[...] Summary: On December 9, the Sixth Committee reconvened to consider agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. The [...]
2009-12-11 21:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK112964TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC
[...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...]
2009-12-18 01:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
09USUNNEWYORK1133WESTERN 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 17:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
09USUNNEWYORK208KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...]
2009-03-04 22:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK230UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...]
2009-03-10 00:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK544ECOSOC 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 14:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK645UNGA 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 00:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MOPS XK XM HO
09USUNNEWYORK651UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING MISSION
[...] Summary: Following weeks of sometimes contentious negotiations, the Fifth Committee, on June 23rd, reached agreement on the 14 peacekeeping operation (PKO) budgets financed under the peacekeeping scale of assessments and on other peacekeeping-related requirements for the UN peacekeeping fina [...]
2009-07-03 00:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IS LE PREL UNGA YI
09USUNNEWYORK69UNGA: UNSC REFORM: PGA BRIEFS INFORMAL PLENARY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the General Assembly (PGA) presented the results of the Open-ended Working Group's consultations on framework and modalities of Security Council expansion negotiations in an informal session of the General Assembly on January 29, in line with General Assembly D [...]
2009-01-30 18:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK885UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.)
[...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...]
2009-10-09 18:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM
09USUNNEWYORK893SECRETARY CLINTON CHAIRS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of State Clinton chaired the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1888 on conflict-related sexual violence which was co-sponsored by 68 UN member states including 10 members of the Security Council. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam did not co- [...]
2009-10-13 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09VALLETTA490MALTA 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Malta's 2009-10 INCSR Part I is submitted in response to reftel. 2. Text follows: I. Summary The Republic of Malta does not play a significant role in the transit, processing or production of narcotics and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances. Surveys indicate that illici [...]
2009-11-06 10:09:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MT
09VIENTIANE672009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] The Lao government is open to foreign investment as a matter of policy. It allows 100% foreign ownership of investments. The overall investment climate is poor but improving. Laos rates very low in international indices of transparency and ease of doing business. 2. The economic reform [...]
2009-02-10 07:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
10ABUDHABI89PROGRESS 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 11:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ASTANA44KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 01:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
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 16:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM
10BERLIN209MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, U.S.-CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai takes Control over Electoral Watchdog 3. (NATO) New Strategic Concept 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Climate Policy 6. (Western Hemisphere) Summit of the Americas 7. (Turkey) Alleged Coup Plot 8. (EU-Greece [...]
2010-02-24 13:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF NATO XF KGHG XM TK EMS XT
10BOGOTA103COLOMBIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY: DYING OR JUST DOWNSIZING?
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Long a cornerstone of Colombia's industrial base, the textile/apparel industry has declined in recent years. Industry experts point to four primary reasons for the sector's dismal performance in 2009: 1) decreased exports, particularly to Venezuela; 2) short-term U.S. trade prefe [...]
2010-01-28 21:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL EIND KTEX CO
10BOGOTA11SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JAN 11-13 VISIT
[...] (C) Your visit is an opportunity to focus U.S. and Colombian efforts to consolidate Colombia's gains as the country enters a transition year. President Uribe will seek your reassurance of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. His decision on whether to [...]
2010-01-06 23:01:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
10BOGOTA141TAKING A LEAD IN THE ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia plans to host the first regional Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) meeting in Bogota on February 26 in preparation for the April ECPA ministerial. Department of Energy officials visited Bogota to assist the GOC's planning efforts. The regional mee [...]
2010-02-03 16:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL KSUM
10BOGOTA198Haiti Reporting from Colombia
[...] (U) SUMMARY. All leading national and regional newspapers in Colombia continue their extensive coverage of the events in Haiti, and have highlighted the USG's quick response to the crisis. Post has closely followed the overwhelmingly positive coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assista [...]
2010-01-21 18:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA214AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: NOVEMBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for November, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,808 tracks during November. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks [...]
2010-01-21 21:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
10BOGOTA231COLOMBIA'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 14:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT PGOV CO
10BOGOTA235THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...]
2010-02-12 17:01:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA
10BOGOTA237INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] Per reftel a, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. The following is new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) [...]
2010-02-12 17:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA238CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES FTA AND DCA, ENCOURAGES COLOMBIAN
[...] (SBU) House Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairman Eliot Engel led a Congressional delegation to Cartagena and Monteria, Colombia from January 7-10, 2010. At his private ranch in Monteria, President Uribe outlined Colombia's progress, with U.S. support, on counterna [...]
2010-01-22 18:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
10BOGOTA244NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares (ha) of coca sprayed, with a total True Ground Area Coverage of 101,573 ha for the year. Manual eradication of coca for 2009 totaled approximately 61,000 ha, short of the goal of 70,000 ha; total eradicati [...]
2010-01-22 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
10BOGOTA258Haiti Reporting from Colombia (January 22-25, 2010)
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post continues to closely follow the Colombian media coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assistance. Though Colombian coverage of the earthquake aftermath is beginning to diminish, reporting on the U.S. role in providing sweeping disaster and humanitarian assistance continu [...]
2010-01-26 13:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA264CONSOLIDATION PROGRESS IN FORMER FARC STRONGHOLD IMPRESSIVE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite notable progress, including marked gains in public security, reduction of coca cultivation, and winning support of the local population for governmental institutions, the overall situation is fragile in the Macarena area of Meta Department -- the former heartland of the [...]
2010-01-26 21:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO
10BOGOTA276EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS TRADE AND EXPORT OPPORTUNTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg announced a $1 billion Preliminary Commitment to Colombia's state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, for the purchase of U.S. goods and services during a visit to Bogota and Cartagena on January 18-21. Ecopetrol's goals [...]
2010-01-27 17:31:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON ENRG EAID PGOV CO
10BOGOTA337WHY FEW COLOMBIAN COMPANIES ARE LISTED ON NYSE
[...] (U) Summary. Only seven Latin American countries have companies listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). Brazil leads with 33 companies, followed by Mexico (19),Chile (12),Argentina (11),Panama (3),Peru (2),and Colombia (2). Ecopetrol (oil and gas) and Bancolombia (financial servi [...]
2010-02-24 18:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV CO
10BOGOTA93BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: TAA 0361-04F AND TAA 4140-08D
[...] (S//NF) Summary. Blue Lantern Officer consulted with the Defense Attache Office, US MilitaryGroup (MILGROUP),FBI and DEA regarding the accuracy of intelligence reports listed in ref A. DEA confirmed the derogatory information in ref A, linking Vertical de Aviacion to Helitaxi, [...]
2010-01-27 18:09:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC SNAR CO TH PM
10BOGOTA95EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS EXPORT AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg announced a $1 billion Preliminary Commitment to Colombia's state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, for the purchase of U.S. goods and services during a visit to Bogota and Cartagena on January 18-21. Ecopetrol's goals a [...]
2010-01-27 19:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD ECON ENRG EAID PGOV CO
10BUENOSAIRES5ZA-09-0007/YAZ1K MARTINETTI, JULIO et al/ OPERATION HEART OF
[...] (SBU/NF) Reference is made to a classified cable, written under ZA-09-0007/YAZ1K; MARTINETTI, Julio et al/Operation Heart of Stone on October 27, 2009 by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent (SA) Russell Baer titled: OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BANCO AMAMBAY MONEY LAUNDERING INVES [...]
2010-01-05 17:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSTAG DEA
10CARACAS155VENEZUELA: PDVSA Official's Comments on Bariven and PDVSA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to George Kabboul, the former President of PDVSA procurement subsidiary Bariven, the Venezuelan national oil company continues to be concerned that the USG might decide to close down its Houston operations. Kabboul maintains that Bariven provides procurement services for [...]
2010-02-05 22:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10GUATEMALA1Guatemala Response: Blue Lantern Level 3:
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, EmbOffs conducted an interview with the arms import company Proximidad, S.A. At the time of the interview, and per reftel, Proximidad, S.A. was not able to provide a contract from the Guatemala's National Civil Police (PNC). As a result of the invest [...]
2010-01-08 16:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GT
10ISLAMABAD332U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...]
2010-02-11 14:30:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL
10ISLAMABAD441 PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 09:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10KINGSTON214JAMAICA LOOKS TO THE EAST
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's relationship with China has continued to blossom after Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding led a delegation to Beijing from January 30 to February 6 (Reftel A). The delegation, which also included three government ministers as well as several public sector officials, discussed a [...]
2010-02-10 20:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP ECIN ECON EAIR EIND EINV EMIN ETRD ELTN
10KINGSTON46JAMAICA: POSSIBLE HOST COUNTRY AID TO HAITI; POSSIBLE
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph four. 2. Despite Jamaica's extreme financial difficulties, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) currently are developing courses of action (COAs) to provide up to a company of engineers [...]
2010-01-13 20:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA JM XL
10KINGSTON60JAMAICA / HAITI / CARICOM: RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT SOCI OVIP EAID
10LAPAZ90Bolivia CN Update December 09
[...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures of cocaine HCl and coca leaf declined significantly in 2009 compared to the previous year. Seizures of solid and liquid precursor chemicals, and cocaine recycling and HCl labs rose dramatically. (paras 2-6). * Era [...]
2010-01-20 13:47:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BL KJUS PHUM
10LIMA272CIVAIR: 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 20:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD ECON PGOV PE
10LIMA99Peruvian Banking Superintendent Talks about Future of FIU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Superintendent of Banking Felipe outlined his vision for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) moving forward and discussed his priorities as the new chairman of GAFISUD (spell out first usage) in a January 22 meeting with Emboffs. Accompanied by International Affairs Mana [...]
2010-01-28 20:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN SNAR PE KCRM KTFN
10LONDON92United 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 17:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10MADRID179SPAIN IPR: AUSTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOS, OPPOSITION,
[...] (SBU) During a February 4-5 visit to Madrid, Assistant USTR for Europe met with government officials, private sector representatives, and an opposition politician to discuss USG concerns over Internet piracy in Spain and the government's legislative proposal. Content industry representatives d [...]
2010-02-16 07:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EUN SP
10MADRID203SPAIN CONTINUES TO LEAD HAITI ASSISTANCE EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish assistance to Haiti in the wake of the January 12 earthquake has been swift and generous. As of February 18, Spain had sent 26 planes bearing humanitarian supplies, and deployed a total of 450 including physicians, nurses, and engineers as well as security forces aboar [...]
2010-02-23 17:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA MARR EAID
10MANAGUA93CODEL Dodd: Scenesetter for Nicaragua
[...] (C) Senator Dodd, Senator Corker, your visit to Nicaragua comes as we face exceptional challenges in the political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the United States Government (USG),even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-U.S. and increasin [...]
2010-02-16 21:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV NU
10MONTEVIDEO26URUGUAY - 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 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY
10MUSCAT35TFHA01: OMAN'S RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Embassy contacted Ali bin Ibrahim bin Shenon al Ra'isi, CEO of the Oman Charitable Organization (OCO),which is the Government of Oman's aid and development organization. Per ref A, we expressed the USG's appreciation for Oman's rapid response to support the humanit [...]
2010-01-20 05:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR PREF PREL HA MU
10PANAMA1Senior GOP Officials Express Doubts About Contractor for
[...] (C) Senior GOP Officials have expressed doubts to the Embassy and to members of a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation about the ability of the GUPC Consortium led by Spanish and Italian firms Sacyr and Impregilo to carry out the work on the expansion of the Panama Canal. 2. (C) At a December 2 [...]
2010-01-08 17:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EWWT EINV PM
10PANAMA11Demarche Response: Panama Passes On UN Human Rights Council
[...] (C) Panama will not run for the UN Human Rights Council in 2010, according to Tomas Guardia, the Director of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Guardia stated to Poloff that Panama did not have the resources in Geneva necessary to participate in the [...]
2010-01-20 13:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN
10PANAMA134Blue Lantern: Response to end use check on license GC
[...] (SBU) Per STATE 3402 (Blue Lantern level 3: Post-shipment end use check on license GC 0706-08),below is the requested information. All answers (A) are direct responses from Terry Holowach, a representative of Cargo Three Inc., in this case, the purchaser of the three aircraft. For the recor [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
10PANAMA15Demarche Response: Panama Will Not Accept Resettlement of
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Panama is not willing to resettle Cuban national Santiago Alvarez Fernandez Magrina. Citing the UN Convention on Refugees and the Inter-American Convention on Political Asylum, the ministry suggested that the United States seek resett [...]
2010-01-20 22:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SMIG
10PANAMA29Martinelli Ratchets Up Pressure on Attorney General
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PINR PM
10PANAMA41Confrontation with the FARC Rattles GOP
[...] (S//NF) Three members of the FARC were killed in Panama's Darien province and two were captured on January 27, apparently after a Panamanian National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) patrol stumbled upon the guerrillas traveling in a boat on the Tuira river. Reports indicate the guerrillas opened [...]
2010-02-01 22:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPTER SNAR PGOV PREL PM CO
10PANAMA43Martinelli's Wish is Supreme Court's Command: Attorney
[...] (C) Panama's Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to temporarily suspend Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez pending trial on a charge of abuse of authority. Removing Gomez became feasible only after President Martinelli appointed two new justices to the court last month who were widely viewed as persona [...]
2010-02-01 23:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PM KJUS
10PANAMA50Panama Request for FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. Agricultural producers, the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Panama, and the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama are interested in developing programs to research and produce genetically modified crops, such as: rice, maize, sorghum, and sugar cane. The goals would [...]
2010-01-14 22:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR FAS PM
10PANAMA54Panama: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON USTR OPIC KTDB PM
10PANAMA61Alleged Kidnap Plot Shows Intel Chief's Hostile Intent,
[...] (S//NF) Summary: The head of Panama's intelligence service, Olmedo Alfaro, has again demonstrated his anti-U.S. bias in his handling of an alleged kidnapping attempt against President Ricardo Martinelli. Although Martinelli requested the Embassy's help in the investigation, Alfaro refused assi [...]
2010-02-09 21:45:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR PINR KCRM PM CASC
10PANAMA69Terrorism Finance: Pre-Notification for UN 1267 Designation
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 21:57:00Embassy PanamaSECRETEFIN PM KTFN PTER
10PANAMA7Supreme Court Turnover Consolidates Presidential Power
[...] (C) On January 4 the Supreme Court elected longtime member Anibal Salas as president and chose recent appointee and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor as president of the court's criminal chamber. Salas won six votes for president, including those of Alberto Cigarruista and Winston Spadafora [...]
2010-01-19 19:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM PINR PM
10PANAMA71Deterioration of Panama's Business Climate Under President
[...] (C) The Government of Panama (GOP) disadvantaged at least two American companies in a $55.5 million dollar improperly implemented emergency licitation procedures for electrical generators to fortify Panama's electrical generation capacity in anticipation of El Nino. This improper licitation in [...]
2010-02-10 22:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PM COM EINV ENRG
10PANAMA87No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with
[...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...]
2010-02-23 19:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON
10PANAMA89No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with
[...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...]
2010-02-23 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON
10PANAMA92Embassy Panama's Energy Team - Response to 2010 State 9572
[...] (U) The information below is in response to 2010 State 9572 (Developing a Community of Energy Officers). 2. (U) Jim Bangert (bangertj@state.gov Country Code 507, 207-7237) covers energy issues at Embassy Panama. Jim will handle Energy Portal submissions until he departs post [...]
2010-02-04 22:36:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PM
10PORTAUPRINCE80HAITI EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART HUMANITARIAN SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. Despite U.N. and media reports noting that the Government of Haiti (GoH) declared the end of the search and rescue phase on January 22, urban search and rescue (USAR) teams responded to a request for assistance that resulted in a live rescue on January 23. On January 22, the GoH [...]
2010-01-24 03:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PINR PREL PREF HA
10QUITO45GOE Expectations for Secretary Meeting with Correa as UNASUR
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary's January 15 letter to President Correa in his capacity as interim leader of UNASUR was portrayed by the Ecuadorian press and GOE as the Secretary agreeing to meet with UNASUR on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's comme [...]
2010-01-27 23:14:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KTIA EC CO XR
10QUITO53Ecuador Rebuffs International Companies on Balance of
[...] (C) Three of the most recognizable companies in the world, Apple, RIM (Blackberry),and Nokia, concluded a three-day visit to Ecuador in January with the impression that they have limited to no ability to influence GoE trade and investment decisions. In attempting to convince GoE officials to [...]
2010-02-02 14:38:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EFIN COM USTR ECPS PREL EC
10ROME82INVESTMENT 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 14:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
10SANJOSE130COSTA RICA 2009 END-USE MONITORING (EUM) REPORT
[...] Per Ref A, Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding EUM of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) funds. 2. EUM Program Coordinator: NAO Robert B. Andrew, IVG 220-2253, andrewrb@state.gov. The NAO i [...]
2010-02-02 19:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT PGOV PINR PREL AFIN CS
10SANJOSE182COSTA RICA: Merida Monthly Report January 2010
[...] (U) Per Ref A, Post submits the following report detailing Embassy San Jose's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Due to the amount of preparation and work that goes into producing the annual End-Use Monitoring (EUM) Report, due on February 1 (see Ref [...]
2010-02-09 19:38:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MASS PGOV PREL CS
10SANJOSE23CHINCHILLA WINS: COSTA RICANS CHOOSE CONTINUITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Chinchilla won Costa Rica's February 7 presidential election, promising continuity and consolidation of the Arias Administration's agenda. The USG's top notch collaboration with Costa Rica will continue with the new government, as Chinchilla's policy goals coincide with o [...]
2010-02-08 16:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR PLN CS CH CU VE KWMN
10SANSALVADOR5El Salvador December Merida Initiative Implementation Report
[...] The following summarizes El Salvador Merida Initiative implementation activities for December 2009. 2. Prison Security Upgrades: In December INL San Salvador completed installation of twelve body orifice scanning system (i.e. BOSS) chairs in eight correctional centers that house the m [...]
2010-01-06 14:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PINS ES KCRM KHLS XK
10SANSALVADOR65FUNES WORKING WITH LIKEMINDED LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Funes told visiting EEB Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez that he, President Colom of Guatemala, and President Fernandez of the Dominican Republic are working on building consensus among Central American leaders to publically recognize the Government of Honduras. Assist [...]
2010-02-05 15:56:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON ES
10SANTIAGO206Santiago 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 19:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTODOMINGO124DR: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the country a risky undertaking. Foreign investors cite a lack of clear, standardized rules by which to compete and a lack of enforcement of existing rules. Complaints have included [...]
2010-01-20 12:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR DR
10SEOUL135SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL141SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 1, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 07:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL146SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 2, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 07:29:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL205SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 10, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL226SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 12, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 05:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL311SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SINGAPORE67 SINGAPORE - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2010 Investment C [...]
2010-01-19 00:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
10STATE11133AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] 1. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, and 6. 2. (U) DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR DOD PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM APRIL 4 TO APRIL 23, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A FUERZAS ALIADAS HUMANITARIAS EXERCISE. POST IS REQUESTED IM [...]
2010-02-03 21:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
10STATE12414MEXICO 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 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR ECON PREL PTER
10STATE15151AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, and 6. 2. (U) DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR DOD PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM MARCH 5, 2010, TO APRIL 3, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A LANDING ATTACK AND SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS TRAINING EXERCI [...]
2010-02-19 15:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
10STATE15157AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, and 6. 2. (U) DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM MAY 1, 2010, TO OCTOBER 17, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEW HORIZONS EXERCISE. POST IS REQUESTED IM [...]
2010-02-19 15:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
10STATE15722GOLDSTONE 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 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PHUM UNGA
10STATE16555HCOC - 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 19:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SN
10STATE17168AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, and 6. 2. (U) DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM MAY 1, 2010, TO OCTOBER 17, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEW HORIZONS EXERCISE. POST IS REQUESTED IM [...]
2010-02-24 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
10STATE2021BLUE 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 license 050206440 for the export of firearms to Panama. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...]
2010-01-08 21:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
10STATE2353LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BAKU 975)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the HRV REQUEST FOR MEMBERS OF FOREIGN ARMED FORCES TO ATTEND FY10 IMET TRAINING IN THE US. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in reft [...]
2010-01-11 16:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM AJ
10STATE2370AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR A
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2, 5, and 6. 2. (U) DOD HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO SECURE STATUS PROTECTIONS FOR U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO WILL BE PRESENT IN PANAMA FROM MARCH 13, 2010, TO JUNE 19, 2010, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A BEYOND THE HORIZONS EXERCISE. POST IS REQUE [...]
2010-01-11 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US
10STATE3402BLUE 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 050114240 for the export of three (3) International Traffic in Arms (ITAR)-controlled Canadair [...]
2010-01-13 18:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
10STATE369(U) BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-9. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check on two amendments to previously approved Technical Assistance Agreements (TAAs). Post is requested [...]
2010-01-04 21:34:00Secretary of StateSECRETCO ETTC KOMC PM SNAR TH
10STATE4749THANK 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 01:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA OPDC KIRF KISL
10STATE7254TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Panamanian President Martinelli is scheduled to arrive in Port-au-Prince January 25 at 2100 EST. (TF1/Embassy Panama City e-mail) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) ---------------------- 2. (U) No updates at this time. COMMODITY FLOW -------------- 3. (SBU) Water continues to b [...]
2010-01-25 17:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE7506TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) While Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) continues to plan to travel to Haiti, her staff cannot confirm flight information, itinerary, or her current location. (TF1/House staff e-mail) 2. (SBU) Panamanian President Martinelli's planned arrival in Port-au-Prince January 25 has been [...]
2010-01-26 03:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE7843BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050020587 for the export of riot control grenades to Guatemala. Post is requested to comp [...]
2010-01-26 21:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GT
10TBILISI198GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010
[...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]
2010-02-17 07:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10TEGUCIGALPA13NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN ON MINIMUM WAGE
[...] (U) Summary: A tripartite commission of public, private, and labor sector representatives has begun discussions on raising the minimum wage, attempting to find a compromise between widely diverging demands. Any wage hike will be a strain on both public and private employers, since the minim [...]
2010-01-08 18:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND ELAB HO
10TEGUCIGALPA137SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Lemieux. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United Sta [...]
2010-02-11 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA151SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Dodd. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United States [...]
2010-02-18 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA34ATTENDANCE AT INAUGURATION OF PEPE LOBO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Planning has begun for the January 27 inauguration of president-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. Lobo has called for the inauguration ceremony to have a Honduran flavor. The Honduran public does not expect that large numbers of high-level foreign dignitaries will attend Lobo's ina [...]
2010-01-13 23:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA66SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome you and the delegation to Tegucigalpa January 26-27 to attend the January 27 inaugural ceremonies of the newly-elected Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. The inauguration is an historical event, bringing back democratic and constitutional rule after a seven-month hiatus. The comi [...]
2010-01-26 01:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR KCRM
10TEGUCIGALPA88INAGURATION OF PRESIDENT LOBO AND DEPARTURE OF
[...] (U) Summary: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo was sworn in on January 27 in Tegucigalpa. During his inaugural address, President Lobo thanked the US and others for their help during the political crisis and paused during his speech to sign an amnesty law that had been passed by Congress late on [...]
2010-01-28 01:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10UNROME23HAITI: FEEDING HAITIANS: SEEDS FOR SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the first days after the earthquake in Haiti, there has been concern - and considerable confusion - regarding the need for internationally sourced seed to meet the needs of the upcoming planting season. Haiti's Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Development [...]
2010-02-19 17:52:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR HA BTIO
85LIMA5526 SENDERO CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] I... id: 61 date: 5/17/1985 20:17 refid: 85LIMA5526 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 85LIMA5476 header: O 172017Z MAY 85 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3881 INFO DIA WASHDC AMEMBASSY LA PAZ AMEMBASSY QUITO AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO USCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PN [...]
1985-05-17 20:17:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PE
87BOGOTA7890THE GUERRILLA SITUATION: PREPARING FOR WAR?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. COLOMBIA'S GUERRILLA WAR HAS BEEN QUIESCENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THOUGH ARMED CONTACTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS GUERRILLA GROUPS AND THE MILITARY CONTINUE, THE PACE OF MAJOR CONFRONTATIONS HAS SLACKENED. THE MAIN ARENA OF CONFRONTATION HAS BEEN THE MEDIA, WHERE THE UNION PATRIOTICA ( [...]
1987-06-09 22:18:00Embassy BogotaSECRETKPRP PINS MILI PTER CO
89PANAMA8545PANAMANIANS HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL COUP
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. -------------------------------- SUMMARY -------------------------------- 2. THROUGHOUT 1989, RAPIDLY UNFOLDING POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS HELD OUT HOPE TO MANY PANAMANIANS FOR A RESOLUTION TO PANAMA'S POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: THE ELECTION OF MAY 7, THE SUBSEQUENT O [...]
1989-12-13 19:14:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL PM US
89PANAMA8558 PANAMA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPEALS FOR
[...] IN FACE OF WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS "THE RULE OF INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE" IN PANAMA, THE PANAMANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (CPDH) HAS ISSUED AN URGENT INTERNATIONAL CALL ASKING THE NATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE WORLD TO BRING PRESSURE ON THE NORIEGA REGIME, PARTICULARLY TO SECURE THE RELEASE O [...]
1989-12-13 20:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PGOV PREF PREL PM
89PANAMA8566 OPPOSITION ACTIVIST GIVES ACCOUNT OF
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT GUSTAVO CEDENO (STRICTLY PROTECT),WAS ARRESTED BY REGIME AUTHORITIES ON DECEMBER 5, DETAINED FOR 21 HOURS, BEATEN, AND QUESTIONED ABOUT A POSSIBLE NEW COUP ATTEMPT. HE WAS FORCED TO SIGN STATEMENTS AGAINST THE CHURCH AND CHRISTIAN D [...]
1989-12-13 22:21:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPHUM PINR PGOV PREF PREL PM
89STATE401887 PANAMA: SHARING THE FACTS ON ATTACKS BY NORIEGA
[...] (LOU) THERE FOLLOWS AN ACCOUNTING OF BASIC FACTS CONCERNING THE DECEMBER 16-17 INCIDENTS IN PANAMA IN WHICH A U.S. MILITARY OFFICER WAS SHOT AND KILLED AND ANOTHER BEATEN BY THE PANAMA DEFENSE FORCES (PDF). THE NORIEGA REGIME IS ALREADY EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN OF DISINFORMATION WHICH THE U. [...]
1989-12-19 02:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS MARR PREL PM
89STATE403378 TFPM02: PANAMA: REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE DEMARCHE
[...] (C) THIS CABLE IS INFO FOR MEXICO CITY CARACAS, SAN JOSE, KINGSTON, BUENOS AIRES, BOGOTA, TOKYO, SAN SALVADOR, LIMA, LA PAZ, BRASILIA, QUITO, MADRID, LONDON, PARIS, OTTAWA, BONN, MOSCOW, CANBERRA, AND USUN. FOR ALL INFO ADDRESSEES EXCEPT MOSCOW: THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT OR SECRETARY [...]
1989-12-20 14:05:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PM
89STATE404719U.S. PRESENTS ITS CASE ON PANAMA TO THE ORGANIZATION OF
[...] SUMMARY: THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS) MET IN SPECIAL SESSION DECEMBER 20, AT THE REQUEST OF NORIEGA'S OAS AMBASSADOR. (CONTRARY TO THE IMPRESSION CONVEYED BY MEDIA ACCOUNTS, THERE WAS NO VOTE ACCEPTING CREDENTIALS OF THE NORIEGA REPRESENTATIVE, WHO HAS [...]
1989-12-21 02:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV US XM PM OAS
89STATE404914 TF/PM02: HISTORY OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO
[...] No summary [...]
1989-12-21 05:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPM US PREL
89STATE405134TFPM02: SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON PANAMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SECURITY COUNCIL MET EVENING DEC. 20 TO CONSIDER THE SITUATION IN PANAMA. SOVIET, CHINESE AND NICARAGUAN DELEGATIONS CONDEMNED U.S. INTERVENTION. FRANCE, UK AND CANADA FOCUSED ON THE NEED TO UPHOLD THE WILL OF THE PANAMANIAN PEOPLE AND SUPPORTED U.S. ACTIONS. AMB. PICKERING M [...]
1989-12-21 09:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UN OAS XM
89STATE406652OAS "REGRETS" U.S. ACTION: INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
1989-12-22 18:14:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PM OAS
89STATE406844OAS "REGRETS" U. S. ACTION
[...] (U) THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATE (OAS),IN A MARATHON SPECIAL SESSION, ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 20 - 1 (US),WITH 6 ABSTENTIONS (ANTIGUA, COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, AND VENEZUELA) A RESOLUTION THAT: --"DEEPLY REGRETS" THE MILITARY INTERVENTION I [...]
1989-12-22 22:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PM OAS
89USUNNEWYORK3978TFPM02: MEETING WITH SC PRESIDENT ON PANAMA
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. SUMMARY. AMB PICKERING MET WITH SC PRESIDENT (COLOMBIA) DEC 20 TO ASK THAT A LETTER SETTING FORTH THE REASONS FOR U.S. ACTIONS IN PANAMA AND A COPY OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENT BE CIRCULATED AS OFFICIAL UN DOCUMENTS. PICKERING ALSO ARGUED AGAINST PREMATU [...]
1989-12-20 18:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL XK UNSC OAS PM
90USUNNEWYORK2143UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTED BY A VOTE OF 14-0-0 WITH ONE MEMBER, YEMEN, NOT PARTICIPATING, A RESOLUTION (SC RES 660) CONDEMNING THE IRAQI INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE ALL-NIGHT SC SESSION, CALLED BY THE U.S. AND KUWAIT, HEARD THE KUWAITI PERMREP EXPRESS SHOCK AND "BITTERNESS" OVER [...]
1990-08-02 17:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ UNSC PINS
91BOGOTA8074 UPDATE ON FARC "EXECUTION" GRAVEYARD
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DURING A MAY 20 CONVERSATION WITH CHARGE AND POLOFF, PRESIDENTIAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR JORGE ORLANDO MELO DISCUSSED THE FARC GRAVEYARD UNCOVERED BY THE ARMY IN LA URIBE, META DEPARTMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR (REFTEL). MELO SAID HIS INFORMATION WAS NOT FIRST-HA [...]
1991-05-29 14:38:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPHUM PTER PINS CO
97COLOMBO3477 LTTE ATTACKS SHIP CHARTERED BY US
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL OWEN, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 LOCAL TIME SEPTEMBER 9, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) ATTACKED THE MERCHANT VESSEL "CORDIALITY" WHICH WAS ANCHORED OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF S [...]
1997-09-09 10:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PREF PGOV EWWT CE
97MADRID11809 SPAIN: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP OPERATING IN SPAIN IS THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA (FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY),WHICH CONTINUED IN 1997 ITS CAMPAIGN OF MURDER, BOMBINGS, KIDNAPPINGS, AND STREET VIOLENCE. THE GOVERNMENT HAD SOME SUCCESS AGAINST ETA DURING THE YEAR, WITH KEY ARRESTS IN SPAIN AND FRANCE [...]
1997-12-02 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
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